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KCrockaholic 11-16-2021 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TambaBerry (Post 15959149)
That's after deducting wear and tear and gas?

I’ve done DD too and I make around $25 an hour. I’d say $20 an hour is pretty accurate when you deduct the expenses. Also, track the mileage for taxes.

TambaBerry 11-16-2021 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by KCrockaholic (Post 15959180)
I’ve done DD too and I make around $25 an hour. I’d say $20 an hour is pretty accurate when you deduct the expenses. Also, track the mileage for taxes.

That's not bad at all, maybe something I might consider

otherstar 11-16-2021 07:48 PM

I drove Uber for three years in Houston and quit driving in April. I live in the Houston area, and after getting in a minor accident while driving Uber, my insurance rates skyrocketed because I had to raise my liability limits and get a Rideshare endorsement (my insurance company didn't know I was driving, and it wasn't clear that I needed to tell them because Uber touts the fact that it insures you while driving). The other reason I quit is that gas/maintenance/and misc. expenses were really eating into my income from driving, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I began to look more closely at how much my passengers were paying Uber, and what my cut actually was. I had one trip where my passenger paid Uber around $75 and I got paid only $32...and there were multiple cases where Uber was taking anywhere between 25% and 50% of the fares (it was wildly inconsistent but the average was between 40% and 45%).

On the plus side, I had a few cool passengers including former Chiefs backup QB Pete Beathard, Texans OL Max Sharping, and while I can't remember his name, he'd been Neil Armstrong's commander in the Navy during the Korean War.

Simply Red 11-16-2021 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious (Post 15814334)
Boy, we just went from 0-60 in 1.9 seconds!

hell yes! did they show you their butthole reroka?

Bugeater 11-16-2021 08:08 PM

This guy pretty much shreds Uber<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KkmAIeOVfKg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Jewish Rabbi 11-16-2021 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 15959103)
Door dash bruh. I usually make 100 bucks in 5 hours or so

Titty you ever cum in someone's Wendy's?

otherstar 11-16-2021 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 15959367)
This guy pretty much shreds Uber<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KkmAIeOVfKg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This is pretty much true, and accurate of my own experience driving for three years with them. Thanks to a raise at my f/t job, I was able to quit (that and I started looking closer at how much passengers were paying Uber vs. what Uber was paying me). It can be an OK side hustle, but making a "real" profit doesn't happen because of the expenses that most drivers don't take into account that eats up your earnings.

I traded in a Nissan Quest a few years before I should have had to trade it in (because I ran up the mileage driving Uber), and got almost nothing for it. I bought a brand new car and drove that for less than a year (because of Covid, and because of quitting driving) and it's value is so much less than it should be because it has more miles on it than it should for the age of the car.

Spott 11-16-2021 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi (Post 15959370)
Titty you ever cum in someone's Wendy's?

I thought my frosty tasted weird. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t ask for salty mayonnaise when I ordered online.

Jewish Rabbi 11-16-2021 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott (Post 15959423)
I thought my frosty tasted weird. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t ask for salty mayonnaise when I ordered online.

I’m pretty sure I did

TimeForWasp 11-16-2021 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 15814398)
Oh that's very nice of you, very kind gesture sweetie!

wTF I am going to puke.

TLO 11-17-2021 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by meleknistra (Post 15959089)
Good for you. I always hear uber guys complaining about how small the fees are ... etc etc. Now we now the truth

This drives me insane. Stupid bot bumps an old thread with a barely coherent sentence, then the next 10 people just reply on like the thread was just created.

KCrockaholic 11-17-2021 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TLO (Post 15959678)
This drives me insane. Stupid bot bumps an old thread with a barely coherent sentence, then the next 10 people just reply on like the thread was just created.

It's not a big deal. Some of us never saw this thread the first time it was made.

ChiefBlueCFC 11-17-2021 12:22 PM

I was in Dallas this past weekend for a bachelor party. We took Lyft's pretty much everywhere and holy shit, IDK if it is Dallas or what, but every single one was a ****ing nightmare.

One guy was going anywhere from 90-120 showing us "all the best spots in Dallas." A ride that was supposed to take 20-25 minutes, took an hour and a half. The next morning my friend noticed that Lyft was sending him notifications asking him if we were okay because we "appeared to not be headed towards our destination."

Another driver was trying to pick up hookers on the way back from dinner. He said he wanted us to see how easy it was and how cheap they are...

Another one just refused to really speak with us other than yes or no responses, and was driving like he just learned. Getting on the highway doing 30 miles an hour and shit.

Like I said, I don't know if that is just Dallas in general or if we were just unlucky with our drivers, but jesus christ it was an adventure each time.

Saulbadguy 11-17-2021 12:25 PM

It's been increasingly hard to count on getting one in the KC area.

Bugeater 11-17-2021 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by otherstar (Post 15959421)
This is pretty much true, and accurate of my own experience driving for three years with them. Thanks to a raise at my f/t job, I was able to quit (that and I started looking closer at how much passengers were paying Uber vs. what Uber was paying me). It can be an OK side hustle, but making a "real" profit doesn't happen because of the expenses that most drivers don't take into account that eats up your earnings.

I traded in a Nissan Quest a few years before I should have had to trade it in (because I ran up the mileage driving Uber), and got almost nothing for it. I bought a brand new car and drove that for less than a year (because of Covid, and because of quitting driving) and it's value is so much less than it should be because it has more miles on it than it should for the age of the car.

The thing that stands out to me the most as something people don't consider is when he talks about how spending that much time on the road increases chances of something bad happening. Getting into an accident where you're at fault is something that can continue to haunt you even if you stopped driving for them. The icing on the cake is at the end where he explains how Uber is basically using today's drivers as a way to finance their development of autonomous vehicles. That alone should keep people from wanting to work for them.


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