- 5,822
- 9,015
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
^so you make over $6k a month? Wow
- 1,469
- 887
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2013
Damn that's a lot...might consider getting into this. Can you carry a firearm in your whip?
- 118
- 111
- Joined
- May 3, 2015
Wow - $6k a month is a lot. I've found driving to be a waste unless its surging after calculating gas+depreciation+maintenance (frequent oil changes/tires/etc) and only drive during surge if 1.5x or more and still seem to only avg $12/hr. The area I drive in pays $1.00 base+$0.12 per minute+$0.75 per mile.
Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong because doing 8 hours a day (7 days a week) @ $12/hr is ~$3k/month.
- 4,150
- 2,493
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
I'm calling Tales of the Duck
$6k take home?
Which means its roughly 8.5k to 9k per month.. or $45 to $50 / hour
found this
View media item 2216026
- 5,822
- 9,015
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
To be fair, he said $3500 take home. Still alot for delivery.
- 118
- 111
- Joined
- May 3, 2015
To be fair, no.
He said he nets $6,100 from driving ($300 ins. + $300 gas + $2,000 tax/maintenance + $3500)
I'm just trying to figure out how you gross $6,100.
Basically he's saying he makes ~$25/hr IF he works 7 days a week, 8 hours a day.
- 868
- 461
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2013
I had an uber driver who had the burner on him. Idk how legal it was tho.
- 637
- 201
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2002
I do UberX not UberEATS or Uber delivery.
I drive in SF and the rates are higher out here. $2.00 base $1.15 per mile and .22 a minute.
I usually start driving around 5am and work til around 10am. Take a break and start back up around noon til 3-4pm. 5 days a week (M-F)
I will do $80-$150 in the morning with a goal of $200-250 for the day.
My goal each week is to do 100-120 rides. Uber gives you $350 for 100 rides and $500 for 120 rides.
So I do about $1000-$1200 avg on rides plus the bonus. I can hit 100 easy so it just depends on the week whether I go for 120. Sometimes If i come up like 5 short by Friday I just pop out for 2 hours but I try to make the weekend family time. So that's how I'm doing $6K.
Last edited:
- 17,198
- 8,793
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2003
You could easily replace your own breaks for under 75 dollars
- 118
- 111
- Joined
- May 3, 2015
That makes more sense driving in SF, which is why I asked.
Is the $350/$500 bonus something that they add on each week? Is that only for SF?
I have some friends that go to SF just Friday Evening - Sunday Night to drive and pull $1k+ for the 3 days.
- 637
- 201
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2002
They run each city differently so other cities will have something similar but I'm not too sure about that. And yes, it's something they add on each week.
And you're right, it's not worth driving if it's not at least 1.5x but I figure I need it for the ride count so I just suck it up and do it. I can't do weekend nights. I would much rather deal with traffic than drunk people.
Was prob like 3.3x-4.2x
View media item 2216192
- 22,975
- 4,910
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2002
How do you like uber pool?
I took it a couple times as a passenger and it was mad cheap, didn't even pick up another rider
I took it a couple times as a passenger and it was mad cheap, didn't even pick up another rider
CVO_RN95
formerly shoegamer19
- 1,998
- 549
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2014
Uber pool is mad dumb man..don't ever make no money on that out here in Chicago.
- 5,822
- 9,015
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
You've said $6100 is both net and gross in your post so I'm not sure where your confusion is. $6100 is gross, $3500 is net, i.e. take home. But I agree that it's still a lot. Doesn't really seem likely to me but idk anything about uber.
Last edited:
- 6,374
- 3,693
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2011
huh? net is take home.
- 5,822
- 9,015
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
Yes I edited my post. I get gross and net confused sometimes. But $6100 is neither net or take home as I was saying.
- 22,975
- 4,910
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2002
Yea prices Are way cheap, don't see how people can make a lot of money off of that
- 15,852
- 3,476
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2006
Definitely good for riders but cant be good for drivers
- 34,898
- 76,781
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2014
Do you guys get tipped a lot?
I probably get tipped like 5% of the time, and I go out of my way to provide my passengers water, magazines, charges, and feel them out for conversation.
I probably get tipped like 5% of the time, and I go out of my way to provide my passengers water, magazines, charges, and feel them out for conversation.
- 1,469
- 887
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2013
Nothing illegal about carrying it in your vehicle according to Louisiana laws...just wondering if uber has some type of guidelines you have to follow....
Last edited:
- 12,981
- 5,243
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
Last time I was in a Uber I puked everywhere and bartered with the driver to avoid the cleaning fee.... Had him run by the gas station with the vacuum to clean the car and gave him a half bottle of goose I smuggled back in my pants, some tree and a carton of smokes
He was pissed but he liked me n the homies. He ended up comin up to our hotel to twist up before bouncing lmao
He was pissed but he liked me n the homies. He ended up comin up to our hotel to twist up before bouncing lmao
- 629
- 447
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2012
Here's my take...
Back in early summer when I did Uber full time (40+hours), I was bringing home at least $1,500 per paycheck each week, so yea $6,000 per month is very much attainable. This is of course without deductions from gas (which I calculated to be about 8% of earnings), I used my own car insurance which increased $300 over six months, have not filed taxes yet so I'm not sure how much that will be, and of course the hidden costs of car depreciation and repairs. I'm in the DC market, so somewhere like San Fran where the rates are higher that goal of 6K is even easier to reach. Put a couple of my pay stubs in spoiler
But now, let's get to the current state of driving for Uber...
If you asked me if it's worth driving for Uber now? Simple answer is No. The negatives outweigh the positives.
-There are way too many drivers out there now. There are even commercials lol. "Get your side hustle on" stuff. With more drivers means longer wait times. And of course with more drivers means supply is meeting demand, which decreases surge pricing.
-UberPool sucks for drivers. You end up wasting more time picking up additional passengers while you are actually getting paid less. Doesn't make sense right. So when I get UberPool requests I just pick up the first person and go straight to their address and ignore all other incoming requests. Those passengers end up cancelling and get another uber. Uber is trying to turn drivers' cars into buses, which makes more profits for the company while drivers are on the losing end.
-The "reward zone" is an area where drivers, depending on their medal status (bronze, silver, gold, platinum...which gives certain guaranteed fares or earnings boost incentives) in my case, got up to 2.6x the original fare. Before this area covered a huge portion of the area I drove in. The huge issue is that this area has gotten much smaller, about 8x smaller, so obviously much less money could be made.
-Before it was possible to make good money driving on weekdays, now the only time where it's even worth driving is weekend late nights. Rush hour may show good incentives within the reward zone, say 2.3x the fare, but you make money by the mileage, not the time. So driving during those hours and being stuck in traffic will not make you nearly as much as you would expect.
Back in early summer when I did Uber full time (40+hours), I was bringing home at least $1,500 per paycheck each week, so yea $6,000 per month is very much attainable. This is of course without deductions from gas (which I calculated to be about 8% of earnings), I used my own car insurance which increased $300 over six months, have not filed taxes yet so I'm not sure how much that will be, and of course the hidden costs of car depreciation and repairs. I'm in the DC market, so somewhere like San Fran where the rates are higher that goal of 6K is even easier to reach. Put a couple of my pay stubs in spoiler
But now, let's get to the current state of driving for Uber...
If you asked me if it's worth driving for Uber now? Simple answer is No. The negatives outweigh the positives.
-There are way too many drivers out there now. There are even commercials lol. "Get your side hustle on" stuff. With more drivers means longer wait times. And of course with more drivers means supply is meeting demand, which decreases surge pricing.
-UberPool sucks for drivers. You end up wasting more time picking up additional passengers while you are actually getting paid less. Doesn't make sense right. So when I get UberPool requests I just pick up the first person and go straight to their address and ignore all other incoming requests. Those passengers end up cancelling and get another uber. Uber is trying to turn drivers' cars into buses, which makes more profits for the company while drivers are on the losing end.
-The "reward zone" is an area where drivers, depending on their medal status (bronze, silver, gold, platinum...which gives certain guaranteed fares or earnings boost incentives) in my case, got up to 2.6x the original fare. Before this area covered a huge portion of the area I drove in. The huge issue is that this area has gotten much smaller, about 8x smaller, so obviously much less money could be made.
-Before it was possible to make good money driving on weekdays, now the only time where it's even worth driving is weekend late nights. Rush hour may show good incentives within the reward zone, say 2.3x the fare, but you make money by the mileage, not the time. So driving during those hours and being stuck in traffic will not make you nearly as much as you would expect.
- 629
- 447
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2012
Just to add on..
Not once have I offered gum or water lol
-aux cord and my iphone charger suffice. If passenger got android, out of luck
-i don't really start convos besides the hey how are you. If passengers seem chill and want to talk then I'll keep the convo going. Most of time it's people on their phone and radio playing on low volume. My dude used to troll passengers lol. If they ask if he got kids he'd say five and got three wives lmaooo. He'd say dumb **** like he drives 80 hrs per week And only get paid like $5/hour
-just get to destination safely and on time and you'll get 5 stars rating
Not once have I offered gum or water lol
-aux cord and my iphone charger suffice. If passenger got android, out of luck
-i don't really start convos besides the hey how are you. If passengers seem chill and want to talk then I'll keep the convo going. Most of time it's people on their phone and radio playing on low volume. My dude used to troll passengers lol. If they ask if he got kids he'd say five and got three wives lmaooo. He'd say dumb **** like he drives 80 hrs per week And only get paid like $5/hour
-just get to destination safely and on time and you'll get 5 stars rating
- 637
- 201
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2002
I used to hate doing UberPool but i don't mind it as much anymore since I'm trying to do 100-120 rides a week for the bonus.
Do you guys get tipped a lot?
I probably get tipped like 5% of the time, and I go out of my way to provide my passengers water, magazines, charges, and feel them out for conversation.
I don't ever get a tip. I also don't provide anything extra but I do try and talk with them.
FWIW....I don't really care about the rating. When was the last time you even looked at the drivers rating? Most people just want to get to wherever they're going.
Last edited:
sonoftony
Supporter
- 28,783
- 22,844
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2005
Is there a mileage requirement the car needs to have before joining? my 2011 Sonata has a little bit over 100k miles on it.
Similar threads
