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Re:My 300 Mile Lyft Ride From Chicago to Bradford by sokoloff on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @02:44AM (#20512856)
When considering “I’m being offered $300 for a 600 mile drive; is that more profitable (and by how much) than parking the car and watching TV instead?”, you should consider only those costs that vary with usage rather than those that you’d incur anyway.

When considering “Should I buy a car to drive Lyft?”, you should consider all costs, of course.

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Re:My 300 Mile Lyft Ride From Chicago to Bradford by ska on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:04PM (#20519096)
Ok, I see where you are coming from, but as far as I can tell for the majority of cases it seems that uber/lyft drivers are effectively running small businesses (notwithstanding the PR efforts to convince people it is "on the side"). So the realistic comparison is what other earning can I do in that time, not "sit on the couch", so the TCO comes in.
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