With the EV exemption gone, TLC drivers fear the return of the "$400 per week Camry". We dig into the numbers on why it costs so much to rent a TLC-plated Camry and how TLC rules may progress
I get what your saying about the fleet cost of renting a car, but as a long term driver the cost for me is a but mich when I have to pay $459 a wk to rent a 18 Nissan Altima rented from Buggy. I can buy the same car for about 10 to 15k (which i check on multiple used car sites, ie carfax, autotempest and even kbb) and pay no more than $300 a month (high balling) to own. And of course I'll have other expenses including insurance, maintenance, etc. But the difference is timing. Once a month as opposed to every week make a HUGE difference in profit saving. That's my only grip with renting from a fleet. I have to pay Buggy $459 a week while still having to try and save for all my other bills that come once a month. Then when that week where all my monthly bills plus again the rental are due the rental has already ate a HUGE chunk of my profits from working that month. It's like I'm working for the rental company and not myself.
Yes, I am for such a mechanism! It should be so!
I get what your saying about the fleet cost of renting a car, but as a long term driver the cost for me is a but mich when I have to pay $459 a wk to rent a 18 Nissan Altima rented from Buggy. I can buy the same car for about 10 to 15k (which i check on multiple used car sites, ie carfax, autotempest and even kbb) and pay no more than $300 a month (high balling) to own. And of course I'll have other expenses including insurance, maintenance, etc. But the difference is timing. Once a month as opposed to every week make a HUGE difference in profit saving. That's my only grip with renting from a fleet. I have to pay Buggy $459 a week while still having to try and save for all my other bills that come once a month. Then when that week where all my monthly bills plus again the rental are due the rental has already ate a HUGE chunk of my profits from working that month. It's like I'm working for the rental company and not myself.