Semantics I guess. I read the "but" before the tip phrase and the "on the flip side" as meaning that his gross fare income is less but that the tips are more and he has substantial fuel and maintenance savings. I guess we'd have to ask him to find out what the he actually meant.
--Rick On 07/26/2013 10:37 AM, Brett Davis wrote: > What? The guy says he makes less. He doesn't say net or gross, just less. > If he's paying all his costs, which the article suggests that he is, then > he is aware of income and expenses. > > Based on what is written, he makes less. If not for the double tips and > fuel cost savings, it would be worse. > > In spite of that, he loves it. > > Brett > On Jul 26, 2013 7:59 AM, "Rick Beebe" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> He makes more because he's also saving $39/day in gas. And maybe the >> doubling of tips adds up to more than the $25. >> >>>> On the flip side, he doesn't pay any maintenance costs on the car >>>> and spends only about $11 a day on electricity, including roughly >>>> $4 a night to charge his car - as opposed to about $50 in gas. >> >> --Rick >> >> On 07/26/2013 09:48 AM, Brett Davis wrote: >>> He makes less. - BD >>> >>> Thind said he makes $250 a day, about $25 less than with his old >>> car, because he has to turn down certain fares when he thinks he >>> won't be able to make the trip - but the flashy ride does bring in >>> double the tips. On Jul 26, 2013 7:18 AM, "Peri Hartman" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130726/5ac3d10c/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
