“I was part of business development in the East Coast. The entire department got closed down when the company centralized that office. I wasn't going to move my wife and kids away from their friends and family to go half way across the country, so I took the exit and here I am."

Ehh with -that- much difference in mass and speed, the rear half of the vehicle that got hit probably just folded up and squashed the fuel tank with so much pressure that it popped like a balloon, all over the hot exhaust.

Depends on the situation! If it were a very public layoff where it would be commonplace for an HR person to recognize the event, if you’ve got enough money to bank-roll yourself for a long enough time, and if your sabbatical story is cool enough - you’ll do just fine.

Cool. I'd give them four hundred bucks for it.

Crazy. I have a friend who was called an idiot for driving a “foreign” truck - a Nissan Frontier.

You totally can choose to not tip. The app allows you to do so. I’ll choose another order which will pay me more money (that’s the second reason - the first being it’s a lot of fun- why I’m doing this in the first place: I could care less if you in particular get your food or not). Just don’t be surprised if your food…

Hey Mercedes! Great article - fun to read, and a neat change in content! Keep up the good work!

Confirming that the 2.0L Nu consumes about 1L of oil / 1500km at around 100,000km. And then destroys it's catalytic converter due to oil pollution around 120,000km. Not great!

Definitely agree. 

I’ve literally delivered to the open window of a parked truck before. Businesses never have cash in hand tips, etc, etc. 

And frankly, delivering to you in particular is also not my problem. I can - and absolutely will and do - click decline anytime the money isn’t worth my while. There’s no penalty in doing do. 

They get paid as long as they make it. They even get paid to re-make it, when things go really sideways.

As a Dasher: if you don’t tip, the base rate hardly covers my (or anybody else’s) vehicle costs and it definitely isn’t profitable. I’ll hit decline every time.

Probably a lot. There’s more complexity in an EV than an ICE vehicle: it’s been moved to electronic power management and thermal management, rather than mechanical.

I’ve heard “A Toyota desnt stand out in Year 1. It stands out in Year 10."

Sure would. I have to drive over an hour east before I hit a road where I’d ever be able to exceed about 60km/h, and I do that very infrequently. I’d gladly rock a Smart.

Practicality is all in context. In a dense, urban setting - for a single person, or a couple without kids - it's all the car you need, and it's convenient as hell. 

Gotta be the FWD Monte Carlo. Bar star styling, terrible handling, attrocious engineering and build quality. It's fallen squarely into the "white trash" column with time, as well.

Hah! Well, now I only own 1/5 as many Smarts as you do. I’d love to get my hands on a manual 453, though!

In-town jobs here start at $28/hr and cap out at around $38/hr. I’m sure you could do long-haul and make more, but that’s about the definition of a poor work/life balance.