Uber comes to Guanajuato

[mr bill]

Hi Don,

Thinking about your UBER post I wondered if the driver would expect a healthy tip as he couldn't be making much if anything off the tarifa at 180 pesos.

I'm away too long to know actual current GTO prices but I think I'm pretty close. Assuming a Tsuru gets 28mpg on the highway [12km/l] at the current price of Magna [13.16 pesos/l is what I have] and using 24 pesos for the toll each way I get a cost [less daily rent to the owner of the cab if any] of 126 pesos round trip.

48.00 --Toll 24 x2 [of course he could cheap out and use the Libre or ask the passenger to pay the toll - common here in Thailand]

78.00 -- gas 6 litres at 13.16/l on a 70km round trip [SCT "Traza su Ruta" has 28km one way GTO Silao Centro so I added a few more to get to BJX]

126 peso/r/trip so if the UBER tarifa was 180 what would be left for the driver would be a mere 54 pesos for around 1 hours' work. If the driver adds in any other operating expense he won't earn anything. When I was in GTO I was happy paying my taxi guy 300 or around $15.