Why aren't you an uber driver?
I live in Baltimore
>>14856252
truck overheats after like 10 minutes of driving and i cant be assed to fix it
>>14856252
because its a fucking gyp?
Be a taxi driver with your own car is a dumb idea period, you're getting scammed and working for less than minimum wage. I hope I helped you OP decide whether or not you wanted to sign up with Uber.
>>14856252
why should i?
I don't have a car that qualifies.
>>14856252
I don't own a car
Firstly, because Uber is shit.
Secondly, because I have a coupe.
>>14856280
Honestly yea, I'm thinking about it, but I'm a student and just need some extra cash without too many obligations.
Uber doesn't operate here
Don't have a car
Have a fun job with great co-workers
Cause I still cant figure out how to make a box that's both a wifi hotspot and a cell jammer without the jammer jamming what's making the wifi work. Packet modification must wait until another day.
Tfw no qt /o/ boy to be my uber driver :3c
Because uber a shit and doesn't take 2 door/2 seat cars
>tfw you will never be an express taxi
>>14856252
no uber here
>>14856298
>Putting thousands of miles onto your personal car that otherwise wouldn't have been driven
So you make $15-20k a year, but then your car now suddenly has an extra 24k miles on it (100 miles per day; 5 days a week) add on your regular driving miles to that and you're cutting your car's life in half by a factor of 3 at the least.
>>14856357
We should open a business called "G/o/tta Go Fast" where you pay an exorbitant fee to get where you need to be at ultra-illegal speeds. Waiver is mandatory.
>>14856381
>passenger weight limit custom tailored to driver and car for perfect weight distribution
>no luggage allowed
>full face helmet required
>>14856391
helmets are heavy, so that's out. Also, in the interest of weight reduction, no clothes allowed. And all cars involved must have a full tube frame and no body panels because that shit is weak and heavy.
>>14856252
I work as a valet instead, it's pretty alright. Kind of stressful sometimes. I used to deliver pizza and I probably made better money driving less miles doing that than most uber drivers do.
>>14856420
>whole company consists of naked ex-F1 drivers in Factory Five GTM's with no body panels weaving in and out of traffic at 100MPH
>>14856252
Car is too old. Nearest city that does Uber is 45 miles away.
>>14856371
Most ubers I see have cheap cars, Id like to drive for a livery service that I see that uses black Lincoln's and handles VIPS. That job looks legit as hell.
I know a guy who does it, but I think he started because he couldn't find a real job after being laid off. Might be amusing if you get a lot of drunk customers who don't puke all over your car.
Im 19
I don't want strangers in my car.
I signed up on a whim. Passed the background check. Passed inspection. (It's all a joke though, they didn't interview me or ask for references or anything). I still haven't taken a fare yet. I don't like the idea of having strangers in my car, possibly damaging shit, nor do I like the idea of adding 20k extra miles to my car every year. But at least I have the option of doing it, if I needed the money.
>>14856252
>live in area with low competition against other drivers
>Perfect 2009 Civic
>A lot of free time
But can't drive for uber cause I'm under 21..
>>14856252
>Why aren't you getting paid peanuts to ruin your car?
I can't imagine
>>14856734
Uber-x pay is pretty good in Canada
I haven't really thought about uber, but I've recently been considering delivering food for one of those take out services, like GrubHubb or Eat24
I want good pay and a future
Because the cut the pay and I can't be bothered to shuttle around spics in my clean truck.
Also 11 mpg.
Because I'm not about to put on the miles and let fags and niggers sit in my new 328i WTF
Illegal in my country. Police advised Uber passengers to call the police at one point.
>>14856381
Pic related.
Because you only make 8 dollars an hour after you subtract mileage.
>>14856853
Beautiful
>>14856252
Why the fuck would I leave my cushy IT job to be an underpayed taxi driver?
>>14857383
This, why would I want to make 1/4 of what I currently make even if it did mean I got out of the office and actually saw the sun during the week?
>>14857395
Suns overrated as fuck anyway. Night driving is where its at.
>>14856252
afraid of getting mugged and raped
> Apply for lyft
> Car can be 2002 or higher
> Car is 2003
> Apply
> Almost done, just need interview
> Have to go the Miami for interview from West Palm Beach
> One hour drive
> Far but a good secondary job so go with it
> Pass it
> 1 week later application refused
> Car must be 2009 or higher as per Miami regulations
THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU LET ME APPLY IN WEST PALM BEACH AND WASTING 2 HOURS OF MY LIFE AND GAS TO GO TO SOMETHING I WASN'T GOING TO GET APPROVED FOR ANYWAY.
>>14856252
My time is worth more than $15/hr and the chance of someone blowing my head off for my phone and wallet.
>>14856252
They don't operate in my area, they sell your details to everyone, and it's a fine way to get your car worn to shit/vandalised/shat in by drunks.
Because my car is a '99.
Too old.
Apparently Uber has a lease program that's more like a long-term rental, and you can drop it at any time. My friend has a Fusion through it, and pays $150 a week. That seems pretty crazy for a lease, but he made $3600 in fares last month so he still took almost $3k home, and he only drives about 20 hours a week.
It's illegal here apparently because no one has adequate insurance for commercial passenger transport. Carpooling with compensation is legal though, but for this the driver has to make an offer for extra seats on a route he'd be driving anyway so it doesn't count as commercial transport.
I signed up and when I went to an inspection site, a lady who was also signing up referred me and I referred her and I got $750 for doing nothing.
I have heard you make total shit pay so I never bothered.
There is no way to make it worth it unless your gas is payed for and you get and wear and tear bonus for each mile, but you don't.
>>14856252
I am an uber driver. But not an Uber driver.
>>14856252
Its illegal where i live
Alright niggers, hear me out:
I hate people. You're on 4chan, you also hate people.
But you want to drive uber, so people will want to do that small talk shit constantly when you'd rather they just sat down and held on while you blast no one sleep in tokyo or remember me.
So here's my idea:
You become an uber driver, but pose as a mute. Put a little sticker on the head rest 'driver is mute, will respond with head shakes or gestures'.
You always smile and act all cheerful, meanwhile they don't talk.
Here's the best part though: If you act like a normie, happy person all the time while having this 'disability', you will absolutely get more tipz because people are like 'nice guy doesn't let his condition stop him, give him another $5'
Tell me this wouldn't be brilliant
>>14858440
You could even have cute little signs to hold up like
'Thanks for riding with me :)'
and
'I'm not deaf, cunt'
Because they ran when they saw me
You need to be 21 and I'm 19
>>14858440
>>14858449
Oh, also, when you eventually get caught out
'It's psychological, the pills that help make me drousy though so i can't take them when i'm gonna drive'
My car isn't new enough.
>>14858440
So, you think I should put up a 'do not talk to the driver while he is driving' sign?
And just tap it when people try to?
My car is too old.
Because I don't own a car with a security shield.
>client get in
>go to xxxxxx
>put in 1 gear
>realize I have no idea where xxxxx is
that's why
>>14856280
This.
Even if you have a beater, in the long term you'll lose.
Also because I have a real job.
But I am.
The newest vehicle I own was made in 1986 and I never had a smart phone
>>14856324
Are you a boy or a grill?
>>14856264
So do I senpai. That said I feel you
>>14858464
Kek
>>14856264
Hey me three
;_;
>>14858440
>try this
>have problem with road rage
>get cut off
>FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT FUCK U BUDDY
oops
Car is too old.
>>14858603
>>14858624
Hey fellow Baltimoreians. Avoiding the niggers?
Hamden is a best.
>>14858565
So, you're too poor to own a satnav or a smartphone?
Car is older than 10 years.
>>14856252
>letting strangers in your car
>letting drunk people in your car
>>14856252
I don't want shit stains on my passenger seat.
>>14856252
I don't want to drive people around
Because "sit down, shut up, and hold on" is apparently a rude way to greet passengers.
>>14859876
I bought vinyl seat covers to keep my suede seats clean, and OEM rubber mats to keep the carpet clean too.
>>14856357
Same with me, only two seats
>>14856252
Uber actively hates their drivers and will immediately replace them with smart shit the day it becomes viable
Uber passengers enjoy ruining Uber drivers' lives
Just leave a negative review if you want to troll an Uber driver
Looks like he isn't feeding his kids tonight because there was construction and he had to drive some extra miles which you didn't like
There's no incentive unless you're bored and don't have anything better to do than drive people around
>>14856252
i'm not a rapist.
>>14856371
>in half
>factor of three
>>14861533
It's kinda fun driving drunk people home on weekdays. I just camp out in the capital city of my state between 11pm-2:30am and will get at least 5-6 local ubers and maybe 1-2 farther away ones and make bank. It's really easy to get them to give you 5 stars too because they always try to tip me and I'm just like "nah man keep your money and just give me 5 stars on uber, I already get paid from your fare"
>tried Uber for the first time yesterday
>get in, enjoy nice convo with driver
>he picks up the next person (I did UberPool, so you share a ride).
>complete silence through out the rest of the trip.
My wife uses Uber exclusively on her business trips now. She's about 20% travel, so it adds up.
She enjoys the bantz, because she's very gregarious and she can get people to talk (she does focus groups for a living - she's very good). She always comes home with some stories of really interesting people. In fact, everyone has an interesting story. It takes a certain type of person to tease it out of them. She does that and enjoys it.
She actually prefers Uber over liveries and taxis now. It gives her practice in bantz.
Because my daily is a 2 seat sports car, and my other car is from 1965.
>>14856252
Because I want to make more than minimum wage
>>14856819
>my new 328i
Well aren't you special!? What a car!
How does car insurance work when people drive with Uber? Do you have to tell your car insurance company you are doing commercial driving?
I remember Uber has some umbrella policy, but I'd still think the insurance company would want to know...
Also I'm not driving an uber because I have a normal wageslave job.
>>14858668
Hey fuckers, Hopkins block here
>>14856252
Because I don't like driving my friends around, why would I want to drive around strangers, even if I'm getting paid for it?
>>14856252
Because I make enough money to live comfortably and cruise in my car alone without having to let weird, smelly strangers get in and have to, god forbid, interact with them.
>>14856657
This.
I don't even let my kids ride in my car.
I hate driving people around I only like driving to where I want to go
>>14856252
I carry a gun, my car is a shitbox, and I live in rural Iowa.
Man, who wouldn't want to be an Uber driver?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw8vnMuKrGs
Because of the taxi mafia.
>>14856252
my cars are too old.
cool, but too old.
>>14856252
Honestly the only reason I haven't done it is that strangers will inevitably vomit inside of my car
no amount of money is worth that and certainly not the small amounts that they would pay
>>14856252
I hate people and live in the countryside.
>>14856252
I have a problem job.
They only accept the 5 seat phaeton I have the 4 seat
I don't want to get private hire insurance
They pay less the minimum wage
>>14856709
>It's all a joke though, they didn't interview me or ask for references or anything
Gold standard of vetting.
>>14862776
>How does car insurance work when people drive with Uber? Do you have to tell your car insurance company you are doing commercial driving?
Yes you are a private hire vehicle like other prebooked taxis.
>>14862712
She gets UBERd every day m8
>I'm not 21
>My car has 2 doors
>Live in a rural area
Maybe when I'm a couple years older, living in Bowling Green, and have a G8 or STI as a second car.
Does anyone know what they check for during the inspection? Could someone manage to slip through with a heavily modded car that's fast as shit? I could imagine that being fun.
On a side note, there are better options if you want to make money driving your own car around. Scriptfleet comes to mind. You deliver prescriptions to old/disabled people.
>Pretty sure there's no age minimum
>Newer car not required
>Four doors not required
>Loaded old folks handing out big tips and butterscotch hard candy
>Stay for a while and get fucked up on xanny with granny
http://www.idrivewithuber.com/how-much-do-uber-drivers-make/
found this
>>14866065
4 doors, depending on state 2001 or newer car, non salvage, 5 seats.
They check if all your lights work, wipers, sometimes check your tire depth and brake life. Pretty easy really, lyft takes you on atest drive but its chill
>>14856252
I honestly thought about it. I used to work in the same building that Uber operated in too. That being said, Uber are scum. Their employees are hipster garbage who cant hold the fucking elevator door for you.
The daily line for new drivers in Uber looks like a fucking unemployment line. niggers and pakis around the fucking block. The same cunts also double park on the street. And because of them they now closed off an empty lot next to our office building because the taxi/uber driver would fill it up. I used to walk through that lot from the parking garage, and now I have to walk the fuck around cause its all fenced up.
That aside, I was actually considering Lyft, but my car is older and a 2 door so that disqualifies me.
Even if I had a more modern car, I probably still wouldnt. Its probably some nice cash on the side, but I make enough that working for $10 an hour isnt worth it to me.
I really wish they allowed two doors, and made a exception to cars older than 2001. I'm sure some nice, well maintained classic cars would make great taxis.
Deadmau5 did Uber in his Lambo a while back, so clearly there is wiggle room.
>>14866065
> playing taxi in gas guzzling v8 or High maintenance gas guzzling awd 4 cyl turbo
Retard
What's the ideal car for driving uber anyway? Prius? Chrysler Pacifica?
I do it every day.
250 miles a day
$150-$300 on one of those days. Usually $1000 a week. But yeah, the car will be a hard sell when it hits 100k next year.
>>14869446
Ye hybrids are great, and subcompacts like fit/civic
>>14856252
Glorified wetback. Waiting around to do labor for cash with no benefits, no job security.
>>14856252
Because taxi driver here is the definition of anarchy, and they pretty much hate Uber drivers
https://youtu.be/AijkDJwkkZI
>vid related, taxi driver destroying their mate car because they didn't wanted to participate on Uber protest
I don't have a car. :(
![Ford-Fiesta-10-Ecoboost-Red-Edition-Three-door-hatchback-Price-£15995[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nLM3T8c.jpg "Ford-Fiesta-10-Ecoboost-Red-Edition-Three-door-hatchback-Price-£15995[1].jpg")
Not allowed to use a 3 door as an Uber...
tfw only 2 doors
>>14870578
I don't understand why Uber doesn't allow people with 2 doors to only pick up single passengers.
>>14865850
>Yes you are a private hire vehicle like other prebooked taxis.
So then wouldn't your insurance be huge? Commercial insurance is way more expensive because if you have a passenger get hurt then they sue you, etc. Private car insurance doesn't cover that, right?
Even if Uber has some policy that they cover the lawsuits, I doubt car insurance companies would want to take their word for it or that it would stop the lawyers from going after the insurance company...
>>14870785
Uber leaves it up to your to sort out your own insurance. It should be really high for that reason but more often than not Uber driver don't actually tell their insurance companies what they're doing.
It's a bad system for their drivers but hey """disruption""" isn't about thinking things through it's about finding some part of the economics of an established industry to ignore and then making off with buckets of cash before everything collapses.
>>14870835
>Uber leaves it up to your to sort out your own insurance. It should be really high for that reason but more often than not Uber driver don't actually tell their insurance companies what they're doing.
Interesting. That's pretty stupid on the drivers part. If they have a problem, especially a liability one, there could be an exclusion in their auto insurance policy (and there likely is). They could end up with no insurance coverage because they were 'for hire' and the insurance plan doesn't cover that.
Also shouldn't Uber drivers need a commercial drivers license?
>>14864175
agreed, i got a car to have space and time to myself.
>>14856252
Because Miata
>Car not new enough
>Don't have four doors
because i have a real job
>>14871031
plus you have a job as a hair dresser
>>14870735
unless there aren't enough single passenger riders to make it worth it? idk but that doesn't make any sense because it's not like you're paying drivers for not actively transporting passengers
Maybe they just think people don't want to ride in a 2-door four seater and they'd lose business if they had too many drivers with those kinds of vehicles
>>14869805
Why don't taxi drivers just become Uber?
>>14871135
Unions.
>>14870870
Half the point is that they don't need one.
The idea is that It's just ride sharing, with pricing set by a third party.
Because I have a real job
>>14871920
> """ride sharing"""
Every time the news refers to them as a "controversial ride sharing app" rather than an "illegal taxi company" they win.
>>14856252
Necause Uber can go fuck itself and I can't wait for them to reform what a contractor is and remove that loophole forcing uber to perform to the same standards as taxis
>>14861626
holy shit I can only imagine the amount of autism in that car
>>14869682
Would a Silverado 3500 be allowed?
>>14864456
that girl cant keep herself off him
>its not like I want to get arrested or a-anything
>tsundere
>>14871135
>>14871372
Comfort zone
Also, most of them can't afford a car. But Uber now make a motorcycle Uber to compete with gojek and grabbike, so there's that
I took an uber with my friend after a party in Venice beach, ca. Was a new mercedes.
Guy is a full time uber driver, poor merc
>>14856252
Because it's a scam for naive Millienials and retards that don't want to do real work.
I drive charter buses for part time driving work and I actually get $14 an hour instead of getting fucked over on flat rates like those retards.
>>14873279
> financing a new Mercedes
> just for Uber
holy fuck people are stupid. I bet most people that buy that piece of shit CLA are using it for Uber.
>>14871062
No, I have a job as a pizza delivery driver. Hairdressing is just one of my hobbies. :^)
>>14872039
But Uber is real.
>>14873279
Uber has an option to make more money if the driver has a luxury car.
The Model S is eligible for the top paying Uber Lux, which makes over double that of Uber X.
>>14873335
But it is real.
>>14856252
Because I don't want to be like the seaman
Aside from not wanting to spend my own gas and tune-up money driving around drunk strangers in my personal vehicle?
Uber has been banned in my province
>>14856252
Because I could only comfortably fit one other person in my car, not much luggage, and I get about 10 mpg around town.
I also have a job.
>>14858440
this is the kind of scam a character on a nighttime cartoon would try to pull
>>14856252
UBER IS ISIS
>>14856323
That's illegal anon.
>>14871920
>The idea is that It's just ride sharing, with pricing set by a third party.
Which is total marketing bullshit, you are a taxi and your insurance company will rape you for it, as will the police if they catch you operating a taxi without insurance.
>>14873672
I guess you can use Pizza grease as anal lube when your BF turns up.
>>14864293
>2030
>be me
>know shit about cars
>dad didn't even let me get on his car
>my dad was an asshole to me
