SamNav
SamNav Archive 2014 Uber vs Car Ownership
SA-2014-07 · Entry 0045Public essay

Uber vs Car Ownership

Taking uberX everywhere is now cheaper for me than owning a car (I have an expensive car, so it's not a super fair comparison, but I still think it's interesting)....

Published 2014-07-29 2 min read 341 words 1 topics
Before you set out 2/5 Navigation SeverityPoorly MarkedFindable with effort. The title or placement undersells what is actually inside.

Summary

SamNav editorial

Taking uberX everywhere is now cheaper for me than owning a car (I have an expensive car, so it's not a super fair comparison, but I still think it's interesting)....

Excerpt · opening linespulled from source
Taking uberX everywhere is now cheaper for me than owning a car (I have an expensive car, so it's not a super fair comparison, but I still think it's interesting). I first played around with one of those web calculators and was so surprised by the result I sharpened my pencil and did it myself with more precise
SamNav stores no post bodies. Only enough to orient you - the rest lives at the source.
Original source
Read the full essay on Sam Altman's blog
blog.samaltman.com/uber-vs-car-ownership
Opens the original in a new tab · last reachable 2026-06-05
Go to source