[Chris18181]

Hi Everyone,

I am planning on Driving for Uber in May, in The Nashville area, I am wanting to lease a car to own through Uber, does anyone know if this would be a good idea?

also is there anway i could get Uber started in my city where i live?

 

[DatShoGuy]

I loaded 16 tons and what do I get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St Peter don't you call cause I can't go.......I owe my soul to the company store.

Don't do it, brother! Wouldn't recommend driving a car for Uber that you owe on - especially if it's an Uber program lease to own.

 

[Uber Kraus]

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!

Use the search feature and read!

 

[Chris18181]

I was thinking this would be perfect for me since i have no car and i really need a way to get around.

 

[GILD]

if you like making less money than the car payment, then go fo it.
if you want to make money, it wont be driving a car for uber.
$4 an hour, expect that. can you live on $4 an hour and pay the payment on that car? I doubt it.
Dont do it, Dont do it! youll be turning that car in very soon after getting it. REPO!
just say NO.

 

[GILD]

OMG lease to own, horrible. youll be owning a car with 250k miles on that is 2 years old. And youll need a second job to pay rent and the rest of that car payment! UGG, say NO. $4 an hour!

 

[ATL2SD]

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!

Use the search feature and read!

Thank you.

 

[LAuberX]

Bad Plan.

NOBODY is happy with a leased car driving for Uber. Unless as mentioned above a repo and $4 per hour make you happy!

 

[ATL2SD]

I was thinking this would be perfect for me since i have no car and i really need a way to get around.

You thought wrong.

 

[Chris18181]

what about Lyft? I heard they pay more than Uber

 

[ATX 22]

Not enough more.

 

[Tim In Cleveland]

Leases have mileage limits and there typically is NO WAY to drive enough to make the payments hand have enough left over for it to be worthwhile without exceeding the limits.

 

[Chris18181]

what about using a Rental Car to drive for Uber? I was just reading that Uber and Lyft Partnered together. It may be the same way with Hertz too.

 

[LAuberX]

what about Lyft? I heard they pay more than Uber

No, McDonald's pays more, not Lyft.

 

[ATL2SD]

what about Lyft? I heard they pay more than Uber

With Lyft you get tips & driver incentive's but there's still a lot of variables to overcome & being your a new driver, the odds are stacked against you. Not to mention Lyft doesn't have the customer base that Uber has.

 

[Uber Kraus]

https://www.uber.com/cities/nashville/

$0.93 a mile. No deal.

 

[UberMeansSuper]

Nope. I made that pitfall before signing up for this forum (UberMan, who we all hate, also has a "don't do it" video on this subject) and, man, that was hard to do the first few months, and then Uber dropped the fares from $1.10 to $0.85 a mile and was that impossible.
Repo man paid me a visit. Greatest thing to ever happen to me.

Had that car 10 months and it had 35,000 mi. when it magically disappeared into the night.

 

[Chris18181]

Why Does Uber advertise this stuff if they know no one can work for them, I chatted with someone on the Uber Website, and they told me i would make enough to pay the car payments as long as i got in 30hrs a week

 

[Uber Kraus]

Read the forums!!!!

 

[UberMeansSuper]

Why Does Uber advertise this stuff if they know no one can work for them, I chatted with someone on the Uber Website, and they told me i would make enough to pay the car payments as long as i got in 30hrs a week

Because it's a win-win for them both.
Car dealership gets $xx,000 for the car.
Uber gets another slave on the road.

Only one getting screwed in the interim is you.