He's a cabbie. I can't imagine for one moment that if he was making any less money that he would have *anything* positive to say about the car! MW
On 26 Jul 2013, at 16:23, Rick Beebe wrote: > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
