Today in bad decision making:

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/23/2018 at 09:14 • Filed to: I bet he vapes

Delivering pizza in an aging Audi.

There aren’t enough tips in the world.

DISCUSSION (29)

E90M3 > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:24

I saw one of those on the side of the road one day, should’ve stopped and picked it up so I could festoon it to the roof of the M3 on occasion.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:27

Well, that’s one way to legally work for below minimum wage!

facw > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:28

I had a pizza delivery guy in Houston driving a 3-series. New enough that he wouldn’t likely be on the hook for expensive repairs, but also new enough that delivering pizza can’t have been a good way to pay it off. Maybe his family had money and the job was just about learning responsibility.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:36

I’ve seen a guy delivering pizzas in a Mazda RX-8 once. I think it’s probably the worst choice when you consider the gas mileage.

shop-teacher > E90M3
02/23/2018 at 09:39

That would’ve been funny!

Arrivederci > facw
02/23/2018 at 09:39

There used to be one around here in a new FRS with a few cosmetic modifications. I later saw it parked in front of a bank for about two weeks before it disappeared (aka: voluntary repo).

shop-teacher > facw
02/23/2018 at 09:40

Probably. I grew up in a pretty wealthy town, and delivered pizza in high school. There were a couple guys there in similar situations. I wasn’t one of them!

shop-teacher > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/23/2018 at 09:41

WOW!!! That is even worse!

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
02/23/2018 at 09:41

I think at the end of the week, you probably owe money.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:43

A2003-ish F-350 Dually Papa Johns or Dominoes truck runs around town. Most ridiculous thing I have ever seen.

shop-teacher > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/23/2018 at 09:49

Damn! I think the RX-8 still wins the stupid prize though. The dually is at least likely to be reliable.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:50

Kinja'd!!!

That’s an E55 AMG with a Jimmy John’s delivery sign on the roof - bad picture, but it was one of the most beat up AMG’s I’ve seen too.

BTW - this was at Midwest Road and 22nd street in OB a while back.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:52

It would be the diesel 6.0L though and those kind of suck... but imagine all the pizzas you can carry!

fintail > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 09:53

I saw a prior gen A4 with an Uber sticker the other day. Seems like a dangerous game.

Best local pizza delivery car I have seen is a Peugeot 505 (old cars survive here).

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
02/23/2018 at 09:55

We have a new leader in the game of stupid!

Right in my stomping grounds too.

shop-teacher > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/23/2018 at 09:56

Could be a gas 5.4 or V10 as well. Any of those motors, flawed as they all are, would be better than a rotary (sorry rotary fans!)

shop-teacher > fintail
02/23/2018 at 09:57

Very dangerous game!

I understand those 505s were pretty rugged, so that could actually work out OK.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 10:00

My theory is that people doing this fall into 1 of 2 categories - either a) rich kids whose parents bought the car and are making them work a bit or b) people that lost higher paying jobs and are just scrambling to make a few bucks where they can.

fintail > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 10:02

I am surprised it wasn’t blowing soot, but there’s a good chance a dash light or 3 was lit up.

Yeah, a 505 should be OK - IF you can turn a wrench yourself - as you will be doing so frequently. Kind of like old MBs, they will last forever, but only if you maintain them.

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
02/23/2018 at 10:27

Both good possibilities, but there’s a third: People who make really really bad decisions.

WilliamsSW > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 10:29

Yes, that’s always a very real possibility...

shop-teacher > WilliamsSW
02/23/2018 at 10:36

The siren song of cheap German hardware is just too much for many to resist. They will need to learn the hard way, that there is nothing more expensive than a cheap German car.

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 10:50

Now I wish I had taken a picture of that Corvette I saw a few years ago, used to deliver Hungry Howies. C5, IIRC.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
02/23/2018 at 11:07

Wow.

To think, I delivered pizza in high school, and I actually took shit once from a customer for delivering in too nice a car. It was a decade old $3000 Oldsmobile (that was bleeding me dry!).

Related: I discovered that I got better tips, if I put duct tape on my shoes. I discovered it by accident, when I had a blowout in my shoe at work one night, but I started doing it on purpose after that.

StudyStudyStudy > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 16:07

We used to have a guy in a porsche boxster, we always wondered how that would affect his tips. One of the guys who was part time had a mercedes. In an interesting turn of events, a cop ran into him running a red light without his lights or sirens on, then jumped in another cruiser and took off. Pizza delivery is a weird intersection of “professionals,” kids, part timers, and students kind of interesting what people have.

shop-teacher > StudyStudyStudy
02/23/2018 at 16:26

Yeah it really is an odd bunch. There was nothing sadder than those old “professionals” who never did anything but deliver pizza.

StudyStudyStudy > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 16:42

Yup, sometimes there is a reason. A character flaw, short fuse, odd views, things that probably wouldn’t allow them to go very far in a more professional environment. Then there are the old guys who just do it because it is good money, easy, and they are good at it.

fryguy > shop-teacher
02/23/2018 at 17:29

Is no one considering the aerodynamic improvement on cornering that sign gives him!

shop-teacher > fryguy
02/23/2018 at 21:04

Good point!