NorCalPhil
Elio Enthusiast
100 miles per day, 5 days per week, until you can pick up your Elio (assume 2017 delivery).
What car do you buy (no motorcycles).
What car do you buy (no motorcycles).
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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.Used Camry100 miles per day, 5 days per week, until you can pick up your Elio (assume 2017 delivery).
What car do you buy (no motorcycles).
I used to when I was working on cars for a living, fixing them was second nature.Buy an inexpensive car (sub-$4000) from a used car lot. Heck, to last me one year I wouldn't spend more than $1000. If I could get a running vehicle for $500, I'd drive that POS for a year, then have Pick-n-Pull haul it out of my driveway on the day my Elio arrives. Pick-n-Pull pays at least $100 for a car, so I'm only $400 in on this piece of junk and it allowed me to save enough of the insurance payout to basically pay for my Elio.
But that's just me. Most of my life has been spent driving crap cars, so I'm used to it.
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You don't say your location, but your name is "NorCalPhil", so if I assume Northern California and look at the Redding craigslist, this beauty comes up I'd drive it for a year, if it really is as nice as the seller says it is.
https://redding.craigslist.org/cto/5655301230.html
Not quite that far north. SF Bay Area.I assume Northern California and look at the Redding craigslist,
I had 250k on my Audi TT before someone couldn't break in time. I thought I might get 300 or 400 out of it. Still runs great, but $12k estimate to fix it isn't worth taking on. Pains me to look at it now.I just read an article, guy had a Toyota PU he bought new in 2007, a month ago, he hit 1,020,763 and Toyota traded him a new 2016 Tundra quad cab limited with the same V8. His big complaint? The cup holders were smaller in the new one and didn't hold his 42oz drinks.
Drive for Uber? Or use it for transportation?Could even mess around with Uber in SF for a bit. I've wanted to do that for fun, this would be the opportunity.
That's interesting. I have a few friends who drive for them here, and have had positive experiences. San Francisco may have a larger user base. I'll research it more before doing it regardless.Drive for Uber? Or use it for transportation?
If it's drive, don't do it! I did and I would never do it again. There is an Uber Forum and if I find the link I'll send it to you; it tells the true from the drivers point of view, and it's not pretty. For every one person that says they make money, 5 others have lost money. You do know they charge you a fee for driving for them yes? And a cell phone bill, and an inspection fee, and the list goes on. I lost $43 for driving for them for 2 months, never made a cent.
Here's two forums I've used:That's interesting. I have a few friends who drive for them here, and have had positive experiences. San Francisco may have a larger user base. I'll research it more before doing it regardless.