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"Bryan doesn't drive a 1M" (bryantakespictures) 09/27/2018 at 22:25 • Filed to: None

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To save you some reading, he says you should take Uber instead. I think it’s a slim margin of people for whom this makes sense. And for all of those people, public transit makes more sense. For me, Uber would cost at least $2,000 a month for just my commute.

The Dummy Gummy > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:28

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That’s terrible advice. Even if I worked locally; to take an uber a mile in my town costs $7.50 each way. $14 if I want to go 5 miles. Even if I was lazy and did $15 a day that’s $312.50 a month (assuming 5days/50weeks) , but if I work 5 miles away that’s $625. 

functionoverfashion > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:29

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Residents of rural areas need not apply.

What is this public transportation you speak of? Uber? In an average week, I see about zero taxis. I mean, of any kind. No, I’m not exaggerating. 

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:29

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It’s a $60 round trip to my job everyday via lyft; on the flip side I spend $30-40 on gas once every 10(ish) days.

I dont have a car payment anymore, only insurance. Even factoring that in, lyft doesnt make sense

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:31

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I was once in a precarious situation where I had to explore Alternative Facts, err, transportation options. Some quick math showed that Ubering was not a realistic option.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 09/27/2018 at 22:35

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As a resident of a Western suburban city, I'm trying to remember what year it was I last saw a taxi.

For Sweden > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:35

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Hosts of business-focused reality TVs shows are bad people with bad ideas.

HammerheadFistpunch > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:39

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Im having a hard time understanding “don’t do something you can do yourself, pay someone to do it...it will be cheaper”.  

functionoverfashion > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/27/2018 at 22:46

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Ha, well at least I assume you have Uber or something. Here it’s neither. Last time I rode in a taxi here was.... hmm. 2006? A friend got married and hired a “taxi” which turned out to be a kid I went to high school with, who drove people around with his minivan at night for extra cash. 

promoted by the color red > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:47

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I live in BFE nowhere, smack-dab in a desert. We don’t even have a Target, much less public transportation . Owning a car or a bike is pretty much required.

PS9 > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:47

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Cars cost a fortune in maintenance and insurance and just the amortization, which means as they go down in value, you’re losing money,” O’Leary explains. “Let’s say I pay $25,000 for it. Two years later, it might be worth only 12 [thousand dollars].

Why don’t people who make this calculation ever add the money you make using your car? If you use your car to get to work and don’t have a very good reliable alternative to it, then your income should be added to this equation. 

lone_liberal > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 22:53

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If you live in New York that might make sense, but for most people it’s nonsense.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > functionoverfashion 09/27/2018 at 22:55

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We do have Uber here (maybe lyft, too?).  I have ridden in a Taxi exactly once in my life, in San Antonio.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > functionoverfashion 09/27/2018 at 22:56

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That’s what I mean, in the places where Uber could actually compete with buying a car (i.e. cities), public transit is also probably good.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > HammerheadFistpunch 09/27/2018 at 23:05

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Especially since his math shows depreciation of $13k over 5 years,  which works out to 2 $5 Uber rides per day for 5 days a week.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 09/27/2018 at 23:20

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Oh look, some crackhead on Shark Tank is 100% full of shit just like every other chucklefuck in Silly-con Valley! (Come at me, bitches. I’ve been on Sand Hill. You’re all LITERALLY RETARDED. )

HammerheadFistpunch > functionoverfashion 09/27/2018 at 23:57

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I see about 1 every other week.  I see more roof top tents than I see taxis BY FAR

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PS9 09/27/2018 at 23:59

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Because most people don't understand monies at all, opportunity costs, and forget about logic or critical thinking

PS9 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/28/2018 at 01:11

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They also just figure that $13k in depreciation to be lost to the ether, like the car should just be eternally valuable no matter how much wear and tear you put on it.