[chongli]

I’m in Canada. Uber has different rules for vehicles here. Though now that I check the 10 year requirement has changed since I wrote that comment.

Perhaps someone from Uber saw my comment and updated the requirements. If so, they must’ve been working on the weekend!

[AnthonyMouse]

It does appear to be 10 years in Canada:

https://www.uber.com/ca/en/drive/requirements/vehicle-requir...

This is presumably some kind of regulatory requirement since it's jurisdiction specific. But even selling the car at 10 years old under similar conditions still causes the depreciation to be less than $0.02/mile.

On the other hand, that's around an extra $1000 over the life of the car, and who is to blame for that increase in costs on the driver? It's not as if 10 year old cars are meaningfully safer than 12 year old cars, nor would non-trivial numbers of people be using significantly older cars than that to begin with. Is this really just the Canadian government screwing the drivers for want of something to do?

[chongli]

It might just be a weather thing. 10 year old cars in Canada can be almost completely rusted out unless the owner has been diligent about rustproofing and washing the car frequently during winter. It’s all that road salt slush that splashes all over the car underbody and sticks to it, causing horrible galvanic corrosion.

[AnthonyMouse]

But then why have an age limit instead of a rust inspection?