You don’t make $30/hr. That is only if you are constantly booked, if you do 6-10 min. trips over three hours you will make $30 in a hour of work time, but it will have taken you 3 hours to work an hour. Their $30/hr booked rate is a useless stat unless you can work non-stop, which is impossible since you are never… Read more

You’re right in a lot of what you’re saying, but when I put off cdl school to do this gig because they say they only take 20% or so, then stiff me another 10-15%, then I’ve wasted time and money because they lied about how they do business. That's shitty Read more

So the companies are ripping off drivers and still losing a metric shit ton of cash.  It seems nobody is making any money in this scheme except the investors and executives, ohhhhhhhhhh. Read more

The switch from a percentage based compensation for drivers to the Upfront Pricing was the moment drivers became employees. Under the percentage based compensation, drivers created the final fare through the act of driving the passenger - the route they took and the time it took. Read more

I’d have it over the Camry, IMO.  Read more

Fuck this shit

My 85 year old grandmother passed up on a 2014 Legacy Limited because she said “it doesn’t have enough shit n git” and we got her a Buick Regal GS instead. Read more

Is creationism think tank an oxymoron? Read more

Pretty sure that’s the album cover for an early aughts punk band called the New Left Urbanists that never quite got off the ground. Read more

Whoever his illustrator is deserves a Caldecott Medal Read more

...but those did not sprout up due to the Magical Invisible Hand of the Free Market. Perhaps he has heard of the various Federal Highway Acts that funded the Federal Highway Administration and paid for the interstate system

I’ve owned one. Drove it 78,000 miles. Never had a problem. I kept up on oil changes and fills, pre-mixed, warmed it up properly every time I drove it, took it to redline every time I drive it (critical for Wankel health), and let it cool properly before shutting it off every time. I’ve owned four Mazda rotaries in… Read more

and she’s also a reason Drew is still alive Read more

‘Ring Time is so overrated. How about hang time?

Record my ass. Read more

The DeLorean DMC-12. We all love it because of Doc Brown and Marty. Read more

In a world that is routinely a rampant sewage fire, this series brings me great joy. Read more

I think the funniest part of the Mercedes Illuminated star is that you can only get it if you cheap out on options that really matter, like adaptive cruise and automatic emergency braking. You are literally making your MB shittier from the factory for the sake of adding the “look at me” emblem.

The year is 29371 CE. Read more

For his many, many faults, Henry Ford figured out that paying his employees enough money to actually buy the product they were making was a smart idea. Businesses are supposed to sell things and make money, not manipulate their numbers so the gamblers on Wall Street can make another fraction of a penny on their stock.  Read more