[UberBastid]

Not to pry into your personal life but what was your solution to your said issue?

I looked back and I didn't see where I alluded to an 'issue'.
I was answering your question as to why someone would get two shots.

Inquiry.
Why would a psychiatrist stick somebody once let alone twice?

Also, sometimes, SOME medicines don't mix in the syringe.

 

[UberPotomac]

I dont much care how much a taxi driver can make, Im not a taxi driver nor do I care how a doctor makes, or a lawyer makes. Im not a doctor or lawyer either

And I absolutely dont care what the minimum wage is. or whether Im making that much or not. What I care about is that I have the cash flow I need to get from month to month without selling my assets.

Other guys have different needs and as long as rideshare helps them satisfy those needs,,, its all good

I dont see rideshare as a career, but it could be a start, . Every month it seems that there are more Surburbans , and other big black cars in the uber lot at the airport. They are building their own client base


heres a listing for a rideshare business for sale. Showing me that someone is doing OK with their rideshare business

Extremely profitable ride share business that comes with real estate, cars, and an auto repair business

This is a very unique business that is exploding after a stellar 2021 year. 150 cars come with this business that are rented for ride share purposes. This opportunity also comes with a built in auto repair business that goes hand in hand with the rental of cars in the main portion of the business. Real Estate tied to where the business is based is also included in the listing price. Inquire within to discuss what is here to offer and review. This business also comes with a stellar manager of operations.

As to my expenses
for the first 4.5 years I did this I drove a Ford Explorer. , that got 20 mpg
fuel cost varied but the average over those 4.5 years was $3/gal

fuel; 15 cents per mile
maintenance and repairs: 5 cents per mile
Insurance 3.5 cents per mile
total was less than 25 cents per mile and I have the receipts for all this

Now I drive a hybrid. I paid $20000 and Im getting 40 mpg and gas is $3.15
fuel 8 cents per gal
maintenance and repairs estimated at 5 cents per mile
insurance 3.5 cents per mile
depreciation 6.5 cents per mile
Total: 23 cents per mile

Since Ive been doing this Ive been earning a little better than 70 cents per mile (total miles) and driving 70000 miles so do the math and my net works out to be about 50 cents a mile or $35000 a year

And I do like the longer rides, I generally get an airport ride from near my home And since the incoming flights dont start until 8:30 or so. I leave the Fort Myers airport and drive 30 miles or so to Naples, where I wait for another airport ride. I do the back and forth thing until about 9 am and then I wait at the airport. so yea, about 50/50 dead miles to paid miles until 9 am then I can usually drive the rest of my day with very few dead miles. Ill turn down every short ride until I get something decent going in the direction I want to go

You got a lot to unpack here and your conclusions are all wrong . But like you just said , we should no care about a word of you just post . Always amaze me how usually the dumbest people think they are the smartest on the room .

 

[taxi818_5076]

Don't worry about it - they never believe it. They decline all short trips 'cause they think it's a waste of time.

I guess you forget about the $600 plus weekly lease of the cab.

 

[uberfellow]

At least he's doing something productive with his life.

Downloading burning and labeling pirated DVDS takes a little bit of effort. Plus you know that your hard earned money is going to that guys heroin rather than a chinese mobs.

The Chinese mobs are the ones making the pirated DVDs. 🤭

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

I guess you forget about the $600 plus weekly lease of the cab.

My comment was that the new rideshare drivers do not believe how profitable short trips in metro areas are. It had absolutely nothing to do with the 'lease of a cab'. So I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Lyfting684]

Common vehicle types for all businesses:

1. Cargo van
2. Sprinter van
3. Box truck
4. Straight truck
5. Pick-up truck

As I have read it, there is an advantage for a business to purchase a larger (over 6000 lbs) vehicle for business since they are allowed a more substantial tax deduction/ depreciation on these types of vehicles. I think its close to 50% depreciation the first year with a possible bonus depreciation up to 100%. This wouldnt benefit an self-employed Uber driver, but for an S Corp or LLC it would allow you to have the company purchase your new truck every other year while reducing the taxable income of the business. Theres a reason you see these business owners driving new big ass vehicles. Im obviously not a great business owner but just a lowly Uber driver, but this is my understanding from what Ive heard.

To illustrate how you may leverage a Section 179 vehicle to reduce your tax burden, consider the following example:

• Janine purchased a new $55,000 truck on April 26, 2021.
• She immediately put the vehicle into use the next day.
• She uses the truck solely to transport materials for her small roofing business.
• The truck has a GVWR of 8,000 pounds.

Janine purchased her new pickup and put it into use in the same year. It is used 100% of the time for business activities. According to its GVWR, the auto falls into the “heavy” Section 179 vehicles category.
Janine is in luck! Her vehicle checks all the necessary boxes. She could take the full Section 179 tax deduction for heavy vehicles up to the limit. Additionally, she could also deduct first-year depreciation – half of the remaining purchase price after the Section 179 tax deduction. This would not cover the full $55,000. But as mentioned above, she could elect to take the 100% bonus depreciation instead, which would cover the full cost of the vehicle

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

As I have read it, there is an advantage for a business to purchase a larger (over 6000 lbs) vehicle for business since they are allowed a more substantial tax deduction/ depreciation on these types of vehicles. I think its close to 50% depreciation the first year with a possible bonus depreciation up to 100%. This wouldnt benefit an self-employed Uber driver, but for an S Corp or LLC it would allow you to have the company purchase your new truck every other year while reducing the taxable income of the business. Theres a reason you see these business owners driving new big ass vehicles. Im obviously not a great business owner but just a lowly Uber driver, but this is my understanding from what Ive heard.

To illustrate how you may leverage a Section 179 vehicle to reduce your tax burden, consider the following example:

• Janine purchased a new $55,000 truck on April 26, 2021.
• She immediately put the vehicle into use the next day.
• She uses the truck solely to transport materials for her small roofing business.
• The truck has a GVWR of 8,000 pounds.

Janine purchased her new pickup and put it into use in the same year. It is used 100% of the time for business activities. According to its GVWR, the auto falls into the “heavy” Section 179 vehicles category.
Janine is in luck! Her vehicle checks all the necessary boxes. She could take the full Section 179 tax deduction for heavy vehicles up to the limit. Additionally, she could also deduct first-year depreciation – half of the remaining purchase price after the Section 179 tax deduction. This would not cover the full $55,000. But as mentioned above, she could elect to take the 100% bonus depreciation instead, which would cover the full cost of the vehicle

Didn't bonus depreciation end a decade ago?
Janine obviously makes a lot more in her small roofing business than rideshare drivers do if she's laying out $60,000 in cash every-other year to buy a new truck.

I would think that for any rideshare driver working F/T, the std mileage deduction is likely all that is needed to reduce their taxable income (from driving) to close to zero. But if you do own your vehicle(s) it's worth having a tax preparer figure your taxes both ways (std deduction or expenses & depreciation) to see what is most beneficial to you.

 

[oldfart]

Oh I can get a joke and humor but at least attempt at it.

Now the one about a lawyer having a doctorate that one was funny. But flat out comparing a doctor to a rideshare driver, exactly where is the humor in that. You're belittling a person that has spent how many years in school to obtain their Phd? When an Uber driver doesn't even have to go to school, just be able to pass a driver's test.

I dont think he was comparing us to doctors, rather he is comparing generalists to specialists

You got a lot to unpack here and your conclusions are all wrong . But like you just said , we should no care about a word of you just post . Always amaze me how usually the dumbest people think they are the smartest on the room .

I dont think I came to any conclusions.. Except, I think if what you are doing works for you...do it

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

15ish rides for $1000 a week for a $50+ an hour average 20 hours a week work rest of the time in bed waiting for the right ping
no smoking 11pm-7am
so it saves on the weed habit as well is the antidote
work smarter not harder
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Can you explain how you calculate $1,000 in 67 hours as being $50 an hour?
If you can, I want some of what you're smoking.

 

[Sean112]

Maybe they (psychiatrist ) have special needles for some people ("Sean112 said"),
what I posted wasn't even about hatred to any drivers new or old, it was to show how Fuber would find ways to pay out less money, if it includes new drivers accepting lower pay,
Rather than ("Sean112 said") try to understand what the topic is about, he decide come out blazing with attacks and insults, and since he suggested the psychiatrist I am telling him to make that trip. ( guess he doesn't realize that he coming full speed with the hatred)
(If some people read the entire tread, they would have better understanding for others opinion)

You call other drivers ants and maggots. You are a nutcase and do need a psychiatrist. What does any of this have to do with needles? Are you sober? What is wrong with you? It's not hate from me. You don't realize how out of line you are from the get go. I'm letting you know.

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

50 of those hours im not smoking bowls watching cnbc, jerking off, fornicating, taking a dump.... in my bed or on my couch. if i was loitering or trespassing in someones neighborhood or parking lot, driving in circles, idling gas o stay warm or cool id count those hours.

No one asked how you count those hours.

You were online for 67 hours and generated $1,065. You couldn't do that without paying attention to the app and logging back in each time you get knocked off for passing on consecutive rides. Apparently you think that other drivers don't also 'work from home'. And you don't mention that in order to do that, you have to dead-head back to home after each cherry-picked ride.

But you go ahead and tell yourself that $14.95/hr before any expenses is the be-all-end-all of driving rideshare. If that what's makes you feel good, more power to you.

I know math really hard for the uber x crowd

Ah yes, the requisite insult to try to make yourself feel better than others. Nice. Fire up another bowl...

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

uber dont log me off? lyft did after 2 ignored rides but uber never has during snow days theyll send me 1000 trips n they never log me off even though i ignored every one, I toggle on x and ignore dozens of rides never logged off so hats specific to certain markets or drivers...

paying attention?
hmmm Id say my 1st trip every day wakes me up from sleep xl only its 1-3 pings ever hour or few
I wake up at 4am with no alarm cant quite do 230 but I do set alarm for 230 turn app on use it as a snooze 2 days a week within 30 minutes it wakes me up, the rest of the week within an hour or shortly after I do naturally wake Im an early bird

if you want to call that paying attention or actual labor fine makes me none

90+% of drivers in my market drive around or loiter/trespass in peoples neighborhoods/parking lots burning gas adding to their expenses, i can see them on the rider app lol

theres a handful of locals but they dont last long Iol and not at those hours anyway Im usually he only xl within 15 minutes at those times, if one pops up I turn on the destination filter and sometimes I see a few guys who stage for hours at certain spots difference is their in their car and its 90 degrees or freezing so again their burning gas they make upwards of $10 less on the trip and are in their car far away from home, I even see where 1 comes from to stage hes by far lastest the longest in this area he goes to the spot almost 5 days a week and will be there hours, sometimes I get the ride and by the time I get back hes still there lol, he is a trooper I give him that plenty have tried this area and failed locals and otherwise, but hard to compete with the local who actually lives there or if you have an actual job or schedule you need to keep....

I only mess with a 5 mile radius that allows a certain route been in the area 8 years so I think I know it I literally picked it based on best uber ride from home, most drivers here dont take toll route I do as it adds $10 to the trip so thats an extra $20 if you add in their idling/waiting literal hours between pings in a parking lot... Im making more on the same trip their doing, id say most dont see the area as profitable, I do count sitting in you car away from home work labor/risk/expense....maybe you dont, i dont count laying in bed

i hear ping see $60+, accept, send pre text I used to send for screening now its a courtesy text while I get dressed, by the time im dressed send a thanks see ya soon text back and proceed with the ride call me simple

yes the 35 mile dead head is included in my advanced triginometry mathmatics and cost/expenses the trip still pays about $75 on occassion I get one back but dont count those I also didnt include the cash tips or off app scheduled rides I get $80+

its still $50+ an hour lol tough math full tank do 1 ride come back fill tank up used to be $8 now its $11ish add $2 future maintenance I round up cuz I dont really spend time couning pennies my cost is $15 and my gross for the trip is $75

it wasnt an insult I dont understand how thats not understandable
its 50 hours a week at $15 an hour at home, sometimes in the bath, sleeping, watching tv, jerking off, fornicating,reading, entertaining myself here

even if they did log me off its basically reaching 5 seconds and tapping he screen so really dont understand your point either way some of us have to win & Im the 1% that makes 50+ an hour or the 1-3% that makes $15+ an hour or minimum wage, while 96% fail and cuz it pays $4 an hour on 95=% of the other trips that Id be stupid to do as 1 airport xl trip is literally 3-20 x trips that would take all day instead of a little over an hour

I dont have to tell myself anything I know my expenses its either $15 an hour for 50 hours a week NO EXPENSES as Im at home doing what Id normally be doing plus $50+ an hour for less than 20 hours a week AFTER EXPENSES or since your being a na l about it $15 an hour for 70 hours a week AFTER expenses because tapping a button on a screen sitting next to me while jerking off or watching cnbc/sports center/tv/porn/taking a bath/dump is work to you

either or top of the world ma or top 1% at uber as if thats some sort of accomplishemnt only posting facts here no fiction

best

No idea what you have against math, but that's your issue, as is the notion that you are somehow doing this differently than everyone else with a license & car. As long as it works for you is all that matters.

It's off topic and you don't have to answer if you don't care to, but do you have any work/career goals in life besides sitting on your butt waiting for pings?

 

[Michael - Cleveland]

nope retired uber driver
...you can get anywhere, on private airport runways, beyond secuirty at events, in gated communities.... "uber pick up ....." and hey just let you thru

Old white guy with a clipboard, you can walk in to anyplace - it's kinda funny.

 

[Diamondraider]

Vehicle age is nearly as important as type and size. Older vehicles are cheaper per mile because of lower depreciation expense relative to newer vehicles.

Another big factor are the drivers.

Costs increase and condition suffers when drivers do not have dedicated vehicles.

 

[Sean112]

Maybe they (psychiatrist ) have special needles for some people ("Sean112 said"),
what I posted wasn't even about hatred to any drivers new or old, it was to show how Fuber would find ways to pay out less money, if it includes new drivers accepting lower pay,
Rather than ("Sean112 said") try to understand what the topic is about, he decide come out blazing with attacks and insults, and since he suggested the psychiatrist I am telling him to make that trip. ( guess he doesn't realize that he coming full speed with the hatred)
(If some people read the entire tread, they would have better understanding for others opinion)

Listen, Sir, I didn't mean to be too hard on you. Maybe I overeacted. I apologize for that. At the same time, I do think that everyone here should show a little respect to others, whether they agree or not, or if they are right or wrong. Calling people maggots, I don't know if you think thats a joke, but that is harsh. You may not mean disrespect, but I think it does show disrespect. So I think that is something you shouldn't do. Have a great day.

 

[UberPotomac]

I dont think he was comparing us to doctors, rather he is comparing generalists to specialists


I dont think I came to any conclusions.. Except, I think if what you are doing works for you...do it

There is nothing you or me or anyone can do to make this gif profitable .The math do not add up .
Like gambling some get the ilusión for a while to get lucky but as long as they keep driving , the earnings get diluted to the point that they keep lowering their standards and work more for less.
The shock came when the car break down or need to be trade in.At that point the number REALLY don’t add up and they finally take back that earnings.It is like the casino You may hit or miss but as long as they keep you at the table , the outcome is always the same. They always win .

 

[Sean112]

Well you're not wrong. However, It does pay something. It certainly is no worse than a $15 an hour job in most markets. And I mean net. In NY, (not NYC), it's pretty easy to gross $25 an hour. If you only work primetime you can make more. But if you took $8 an hour and banked it to pay for the car, repairs, and maintenance, it would work. The problem is, people need the whole $25 to live, so they spend it all, and, yes, when the $1,500 repair comes due, they may not have it. If you accept it's a $15 an hour job there is no problem. The job should pay more, but Uber won't let it pay more.

 

[bobby747]

65 hours watching this bullshit app is work. And I want pay for it. So u worked at $50 he and did 47 hours for free. Nice job

 

[painfreepc]

uber dont log me off? lyft did after 2 ignored rides but uber never has during snow days theyll send me 1000 trips n they never log me off even though i ignored every one, I toggle on x and ignore dozens of rides never logged off so hats specific to certain markets or drivers...

paying attention?
hmmm Id say my 1st trip every day wakes me up from sleep xl only its 1-3 pings ever hour or few
I wake up at 4am with no alarm cant quite do 230 but I do set alarm for 230 turn app on use it as a snooze 2 days a week within 30 minutes it wakes me up, the rest of the week within an hour or shortly after I do naturally wake Im an early bird

if you want to call that paying attention or actual labor fine makes me none

90+% of drivers in my market drive around or loiter/trespass in peoples neighborhoods/parking lots burning gas adding to their expenses, i can see them on the rider app lol

theres a handful of locals but they dont last long Iol and not at those hours anyway Im usually he only xl within 15 minutes at those times, if one pops up I turn on the destination filter and sometimes I see a few guys who stage for hours at certain spots difference is their in their car and its 90 degrees or freezing so again their burning gas they make upwards of $10 less on the trip and are in their car far away from home, I even see where 1 comes from to stage hes by far lastest the longest in this area he goes to the spot almost 5 days a week and will be there hours, sometimes I get the ride and by the time I get back hes still there lol, he is a trooper I give him that plenty have tried this area and failed locals and otherwise, but hard to compete with the local who actually lives there or if you have an actual job or schedule you need to keep....

I only mess with a 5 mile radius that allows a certain route been in the area 8 years so I think I know it I literally picked it based on best uber ride from home, most drivers here dont take toll route I do as it adds $10 to the trip so thats an extra $20 if you add in their idling/waiting literal hours between pings in a parking lot... Im making more on the same trip their doing, id say most dont see the area as profitable, I do count sitting in you car away from home work labor/risk/expense....maybe you dont, i dont count laying in bed

i hear ping see $60+, accept, send pre text I used to send for screening now its a courtesy text while I get dressed, by the time im dressed send a thanks see ya soon text back and proceed with the ride call me simple

yes the 35 mile dead head is included in my advanced triginometry mathmatics and cost/expenses the trip still pays about $75 on occassion I get one back but dont count those I also didnt include the cash tips or off app scheduled rides I get $80+

its still $50+ an hour lol tough math full tank do 1 ride come back fill tank up used to be $8 now its $11ish add $2 future maintenance I round up cuz I dont really spend time couning pennies my cost is $15 and my gross for the trip is $75

it wasnt an insult I dont understand how thats not understandable
its 50 hours a week at $15 an hour at home, sometimes in the bath, sleeping, watching tv, jerking off, fornicating,reading, entertaining myself here

even if they did log me off its basically reaching 5 seconds and tapping he screen so really dont understand your point either way some of us have to win & Im the 1% that makes 50+ an hour or the 1-3% that makes $15+ an hour or minimum wage, while 96% fail and cuz it pays $4 an hour on 95=% of the other trips that Id be stupid to do as 1 airport xl trip is literally 3-20 x trips that would take all day instead of a little over an hour

I dont have to tell myself anything I know my expenses its either $15 an hour for 50 hours a week NO EXPENSES as Im at home doing what Id normally be doing plus $50+ an hour for less than 20 hours a week AFTER EXPENSES or since your being a na l about it $15 an hour for 70 hours a week AFTER expenses because tapping a button on a screen sitting next to me while jerking off or watching cnbc/sports center/tv/porn/taking a bath/dump is work to you

either or top of the world ma or top 1% at uber as if thats some sort of accomplishemnt only posting facts here no fiction

best
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heres more tuff math at 4000 rides I had about $8000 worth of repairs dats $2 per trip
eyes a genius
now Im at $15,000 in repairs, $15,000 paid for vehicle thats $30,000 TOTAL in 8 years
with $320,000 in earning plus that 2 years off free cheese : )
almost 250,000 miles 99% of it this ride
blue book is $400 and its still has 2 good years left
250,000/ 23 mpg is about 11,000 gallons of gas average cost lets call it $3 even though its less

33K gas
30K entire vehicle + repairs
63K TOTAL EXPENSES
in 8 years ive had insurance maybe 6 month so lets just throw that into the gas costs as there were a few years gas was $2-2.50 a gallon shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit the 1st year it was 1.84 lol

420K-63K
357K / 8 years about 44K per year
5000/8 = 625 trips per year average
625/365 days in a year is about 1.7 trips per day for 44K
AFTER EXPENSES
on what I call 20 hours a week of actual work/risk to my life/labor but u call it 70 cuz paying attention to a 1-3 pings every hour or few while literally watching tv, jerking off, or sleeping is hard work
it is what it is
math tuff

I'm doing kind of the exact same thing, Monday through Friday morning I turn my app on around sometime between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. I set my app for Lyft luxury, and I wait for trips most of them are going right in the local area where I live, usually there are people that selected lyft standard, the driver canceled so they see that I'm available on lyft luxury and nearby so they select me, and I usually don't turn app off until around 12:00 noon, most of my driving sitting in the car and waiting for a ping is Friday night to Monday morning Monday through Friday I work from home and doing okay doing it,

I don't get nor do I want to understand the mentality of oh you're online for 60 hours but you're active booked time is only 20 or 30 hours, even though in those 60 hours my booked time $50 to $60 plu per hour, the logic on this site freaking amaze me, I guess it's too hard to comprehend that I am putting less wear and tear and mileage on my car working this way,

Sorry I don't have better High number screenshots to show, but I do not work long hours anymore I don't even work every week anymore, I have some health issues, the point of the screenshot is that that is 65 dollars plus per hour and very little time was spent actually sitting in my car waiting for a ping.

 

[oldfart]

There is nothing you or me or anyone can do to make this gif profitable . The math do not add up .
Like gambling some get the ilusión for a whilr to get lucky but as long as they keep driving , the earnings get diluted to the point that they keep lowering their standards and work more for less.
The shock came when the car break down or need to be trade on . At that point the number REALLY don’t add up and they finally take back that earnings
It is like the casino You may hit or miss but as long as they keep you at the table , the outcome is always the same. They always win .

I disagree You can make money doing this. I dont earn enough to make this my sole source of income. but as a supplement to a primary income, it can work;

If you do this as a side hustle. It can pay for unexpected expenses and/or take care of some of your household expenses. If it only makes the car payment , thats something