Anonymous
08/03/2017 15:08
Subject: Tell me about your experience driving for Uber or Lyft
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the link.
It would only be as a side gig for the next few months, is my plan.
My one concern is my car, it's not fancy, it meets the requirements, but it's not fancy.
This is ideal, not a detriment. Have you seen the inside of DC cab after it's been used for thousands of rides? Now imagine that occurring in something that you own personally.
And the most perfect uberX car would be a clean and running ~2009 Toyota Prius/Corolla/Camry that already has 100k+ miles on the odometer.
Anonymous
08/03/2017 15:02
Subject: Tell me about your experience driving for Uber or Lyft
Thanks for the link.
It would only be as a side gig for the next few months, is my plan.
My one concern is my car, it's not fancy, it meets the requirements, but it's not fancy.
It would only be as a side gig for the next few months, is my plan.
My one concern is my car, it's not fancy, it meets the requirements, but it's not fancy.
Anonymous
08/03/2017 14:30
Subject: Tell me about your experience driving for Uber or Lyft
Friend did it in his non-eco friendly car and quit after a few months because of the cost of gas.
He got a new hybrid earlier this year and has started again. He only drives on Friday and Saturday evenings and said he makes enough those two nights to where it's worth it now. He has a whole system of napping when he gets home from work on Friday and the starts to drive from 10PM to 4AM. On Saturday he drives from 4PM-8PM, naps in his car, and then starts up again at around 11 or midnight until 4AM again. Gets all the drunks and those leaving the bars.
He got a new hybrid earlier this year and has started again. He only drives on Friday and Saturday evenings and said he makes enough those two nights to where it's worth it now. He has a whole system of napping when he gets home from work on Friday and the starts to drive from 10PM to 4AM. On Saturday he drives from 4PM-8PM, naps in his car, and then starts up again at around 11 or midnight until 4AM again. Gets all the drunks and those leaving the bars.
Anonymous
08/03/2017 14:18
Subject: Tell me about your experience driving for Uber or Lyft
It's a great side gig while at the same time being the world's worst full-time job...great for paying down loans, saving, and investing, but terrible as main/sole source of income. The real issue with ridesharing is that there aren't enough busy hours over the course of a week to have earnings consistently high enough to make it worth your time.
To be successful you have to be a great driver that's fully confident of your abilities in DC traffic, a friendly people person, good with the app, and drive a cheap, clean car. Good drivers who know what they're doing always consistently net $20+/hr after expenses. Average drivers make between $10-20/hr, and bottom-of-the-barrel make less than $10/hr and are likely to quit very soon after they start.
Read this too:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/544126.page
To be successful you have to be a great driver that's fully confident of your abilities in DC traffic, a friendly people person, good with the app, and drive a cheap, clean car. Good drivers who know what they're doing always consistently net $20+/hr after expenses. Average drivers make between $10-20/hr, and bottom-of-the-barrel make less than $10/hr and are likely to quit very soon after they start.
Read this too:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/544126.page
Anonymous
08/03/2017 13:41
Subject: Tell me about your experience driving for Uber or Lyft
Considering taking it on as a side gig , to help pay down loans and increase savings.