First Time Driving For Lyft
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- Today I am going to try and make some money by joining lyft and going online for the first time. Driving for lyft is not something I usually do. How much do lyft drivers make is something I have been asking myself before I decided to just go out there and do it myself. You yourself can try it in your own market as the results may vary. It is not super hard to make money, all you need to do is just go online and obtain a vehicle (which you can rent one as well.) First time driving for lyft videos aren't as common and I hope mine shows you how much you can make and what it is like from the inside.
In this video I was trying out lyft in a different market from ym home market of Atlanta, GA and I was in Miami, FL for this video. Miami is an interesting place and it is filled with tolls as well. I would say that if you don't pay attention to those tolls, they will rack up very quickly.
While this experience does not show exactly how yours might be, mine was like this the first time around. I always give new opportunities that present themselves as not ideal a second chance and I will be doing it again soon. It is something you should look into, because it can make you a decent amount of money on the side, or even become your full time gig.
I hope this video shows you a little inside of what it is like to drive for lyft as well as the financials of driving with a platform like lyft, because there is not that much information that drivers are willing to share with others on their earnings.
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it doesnt worth
What exactly doesn’t worth?
Do they have food delivery 🚚 too or just passengers..?
Interesting! I think we all appreciate you trying new things and showing us. Glad you made a full recovery from Covid.
I try to show how things are from my perspective so that people can make a choice on what to do and what to try themselves haha. Thank you. It is still far from recovery, but I am so much better.
Hey Pasha, great video. So interesting to see you “delivering people”. Just started doing it myself. Great to see you back. Keep up the great work, take care.
Delivering people is right haha. You have no idea how many times I said it like that 😂😂.
Thank you for this video. I’m also a Lyft driver part time . Some days are good while others are not . Keep posting . Mahalo
I love doing Lyft, I drive in NJ and average $30 per hour and avoid the airport unless dropping a rider off. Now with the new bonus zones making more money is easier then ever, Some have been as high as $80 and you only have to accept 1 ride to collect it. Took me a few weeks to find the sweet spots and now I have regular passengers who tip weekly.
I love driving for Lyft. I have only had 2 people with animals get in my car, 1 I wasn't sure if service animal but the owner made sure to keep the Animal seated and it was a nice ride. I average $30-$50 an hour and it has been a great experience. I love meeting and talking to people. I also love how I can pick n choose my schedule and they have so many different bonuses, I always do well. I do pretty well on tips also. Thank You!
Hi found your video while searching about Lyft
I'm waiting for my background to come back then I will be approved to Lyft drive as well.
I stop your video 6 seconds in just to mention your ride.. This point not sure what you drive but.. my gosh that sunroof goes on for days.. very cool.. ...😁. .
Ok back to the video
Glad you’re better. Love the vids💪🏿‼️
Thank you
I’m from miami, finally a video from same location. Thank you for this, I just signed up.
Thank you for watching. Hope it helped :)
Food delivery is much better. It dosn't vomit in your back seat.
Oh do I have a fun one in my next video about a similar topic… lol. Someone may or may not have defecated in my back seat…
This is informative Pasha, keep on posting vids.
More to come!
12:50 5:15 is 4 hours 5 min. 80.81 / 4hr = 20.20 per hour. You have a gas hog and the algorithm is set to have people active longer so 6-12 hour drives are best bet to make more but your forgetting .56 irs mileage back at the end of the year. Basically what your seeing is your efficiency. Now if you had a hybrid or a long range electric doing short local drives even if estimating with hybrid 30 miles before use of gas so for the 4 hr trip - your maintenance. Since it’s self employment and you know your tax deductibles you can get back money on purchase cost if you use it as a company vehicle as expense with advertising which can be the stickers and light. You do a depreciation value that way and you won’t need to bother saving money for all that. You can make car expenses work for you. ... "If you use your car exclusively in your business, you can deduct car expenses," said IRS representative Sara Eguren. If you use your car for both business and personal purposes, you must divide your expenses based on actual mileage." If you purchase the vehicle and choose to do the actual expense instead of mileage, you can write off the actual expenses, including gas, insurance, tires, repairs, etc., as well as depreciation. So, if you have a $50,000 car with 100% business use, $50,000 divided by five years is a $10,000 tax write-off every year.
Love your content bro! Keep it up (:
Thank you. I’ll try my best.
Thanks for posting, this is very informative! What are your recommendations for driver safety in lyft rides during the pandemic?
I honestly wouldn’t know how to answer that without upsetting someone, but I guess cdc guidelines are a good place to start
I installed sneeze guard you can buy it from amazon for $25
So basically $12 an hour risking your life and vehicle. Sounds like one of the worst jobs out there.
Arkansas riders seldom tip
Not really could be working at fast food and making $8 lol
@@davonjohnson5528 Fast food around here pays $15-$23 an hour
Five guys has a sign on the window starting at $19.00
I know people who made up to $80,000 a year! The big question is are you a hustler or do you live life just to pay bills 🤔
whats your average mileage a day? hows the wear and tear of your car? with gas price up, is it worth it to drive still?
If you only going to do Uber X or regular Lyft you must have a hybrid car if you want to make money and if you have a big suv like Suburban do only the premium rides… yes maybe will be only 1 ride in one hour but you will make a minimum of $40 if you park in a airport minimum will be $80 in a hour I know those number because i do it in a Yukon xl in NJ, PA and NY suburb i only do the regular rides if my rating go down or if I want to complete a quest to get extra money in a regular day i make between $450 to $550 in only 6 to 8 rides a day most of the time I only use a little bit more of 1/4 tank of gas
I did it for the 1st time today. I was a little nervous. 1 person didn't speak English. The rest really didn't talk. 7 rides. 1 tip so far. Did about the same amount of time as you. I am physically exhausted. Out of work so my options are limited.
When a person change his mind and ask you to take them to a different location, how you handle that?
$2.77 per gallon wish that was the price here in california .
I think you should keep going i love this video!
Thank you!
Very organized! Thank you!
good stuff mate, what camera are you using to film yourself ?
Sony FX3
How would you have charged them for driving them to the liquor store and their original destination?
I’m in Memphis and I make way more with Lyft vs uber!
Interesting to see other areas and how much they pay
Yessir. Thank you! I’ll have one from Atlanta as a follow up to this one soon
I would recommend getting a Dash cam in case you choose to continue driving
I have one :). My old business actually sold and installed dash cams as well haha
@@Pashak good
What's your final opinion about doing delivery in Miami? Thank you
Scooter - sure
Car - no
Ride-share - no
Too dense so no money on time nor on miles.
Hello, do you fo just passengers rides, no deliveries of food, tools, or medical supplies ? I heard on lyft you can do both. Rides and deliveries ...just interested to start deliveries not Rides, need review from someone
good video^^
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate your feedback!
Great video
Thanks!
Добрый день. Мы тоже в Атланте. Скажите плз папа тоже будет на Lyft and Uber через неделю выходит на работу. Хотела узнать: первые заказы, ему будет видно куда везти человека и сколько он заработает за один заказ или нет? И человеку в возрасте как лучше начать работать с утра до вечера? У него плохо с языком и я во всем помогаю но будет ли ему легко in the app? Спасибо.
He drove in the slow hours of the day if you drive from 4am to 9am and 6pm to midnight you will make more than the double
Yes I always make over 100 between 4am and 10 am
Bro what car your driving?
Cool videos!
Glad you like them!
Nice 👍
Hey. Thanks for watching!
On Monday I had 11 Lyft customers n made over 100 dollars
Airport are the worst. To many drivers go there early morning like 4am and it stays full toll 9pm.
Indeed. Not a fan of airports myself
7:03 did you answer the message, and if so, what happened if you are fine with saying that?
I used to work for Lyft I couldn't stand people in my car anymore I'd started delivering food way better and you make more money with less miles and less time
hey Pasha can you Post a link about this clicker that you used to except rides
In the air, your life is in the pilot's hands and now in the car, his life is in your hands. Lol, dunno why I thought that reversal was funny. :D
In some way I’m a pilot too
When will you do more lyft videos?
I’ll have one more video coming out this week :)
Im in South Cal i make $1,200 weekly
No less than 1k with just 40 hrs sometimes less. God bless California, lawmakers pushed ride share companies to pay more
You can record anybody in your car, If you get attacked, you want everyone to see it to protect your self.
Good ❤
I run both, I make more with uber vs lyft
Same here
Great video and thanks for sharing! I drive both Lyft and Uber, I wish Uber was more active here in DFW. Lyft seems to have a bigger market here. I’m glad Lyft got rid of the “Power Zones” in favor of bonus zones similar to Uber. Lyft is also going to require riders to have an ID on file if they can’t provide a credit card following in Uber’s footsteps.
Ur back. Feeling better ??
Little by little. Long road ahead of me, but I’m a lot better. Thanks for checking up on me!
@@Pashak enjoy ur vids. I do Amazon Flex on my days off
I am signed up with Amazon flex and I’ve done a couple routes from Whole Foods. They don’t pay much but it’s sort of guaranteed. I’d say my Whole Foods averaged $12/hr. I’m going to try it again. Issue is that closest warehouse is 40 minutes away one way haha. Also, hate bringing back the packages
Is it possible to turn off the auto que for Lyft or how do I get out of the other qued ride? Please help
When u accept the ride there’s an option to turn off future requests just it last ride after your stop you can get back online I hate the driver que
What the heck I’m in Florida too it’s like a sea of people out here
Atlanta is bigger than Miami now
Can you drive in at a state car in Atlanta or Florida
What do you mean by state car?
I realized all of this after several years and many trips with Uber and Uber Eats. This is only good of you are desperate or can arrange it so you only have to drive at the most profitable times.
Did you get reimbursed for the deep cleaning? Lyft will give you reimbursement for that. And they will charge it to the passenger.
Negative. I didn’t have 2 photos that they wanted. I only had one
I start my day at 5:00 am drive until 8:00 pm and make $436.97 you never make good cash driving so little hours. For 21 trips.
Okay cool I will try this tomorrow since I’m off at bus.
Im taking in $5000.00 a month
Well I also drive a black 2016 Lincoln towncar mkt so I get it all shared/ lyft/ lux / lux black
@@sb6020 how did you do?
That makes more sense haha
Can u make a video on how teenagers can make money online from home
Are you still doing this, how are the rates keeping up with 2x gas prices LOL
I haven’t done this since than but I might look into it if there’s enough interest
For the first 6 months U/L gives the new drivers the best paying rides until they have their hooks on you and start to give you garbage. Drove for 5 years. Stopped pre pandemic. Started my own limo business. I make . $180 to the airport in my Limo SUV. U/L to the airport in my Camry $35. I’ll never go back to them. They’ll have you starving!!!!
I mean, I signed up in 2016. I wouldn't agree
What car did you use for the lyft?
Hyundai Sonata
I've driven uber and lyft for years. STOP here, stop driving. Long term you are only hurting yourself and your vehicle. Uber and Lyft don't care about you, if you get in an accident or die your family is kicked to the curb left with nothing. Just F'ing stop. ✋ take other forms of transportation. Bus, personal car, bike, moped, trains. Most uber/lyft drivers cars are on the verge of a breakdown, they are severely sleep deprived, and treated like shit by the general public. People never acted like shit or treated cabbies the way they treat rideshare drivers. Ridiculous. Just because it's a cheaper option doesn't make it better or safer. This guy that made the video broke it down accurately, and in the end said it's not worth the hassle. He drove 5 hours. Guys like me would regularly drive 10 or more hours and at the best times and areas. Uber/Lyft rob both the customer and drivers by over charging the customers and paying the drivers next to nothing. Please, STOP driving and riding these death traps. Like I said I'm an experienced driver with years under my belt......
He drove in the slow hours of the day if you drive from 4am to 9am and 6pm to midnight you will make more than the double
If you like working using your own car you should try delivering food you don't have people in your car and you make more money with less miles to give you an example in 3 hours I made $150 delivering food with only 50 miles put on my car
I have driven for UBER for one Year in California. It was total LOSS .
Does Lyft make you do facial recognition every few minutes like Uber does ?
No
In this day and time it is too dangerous to do passenger uber driving. Your safety is too important to risk anything bad that could happen.
Early:)
Glad to have you here
If you want a low-paying, dangerous job with no benefits, working for a company that resents having to pay you anything at all, then rideshare is the gig for you.
Also, how did you get 0.16 depreciation? isn't the IRS like .50?
Irs deduction isn’t what it is for majority of people. My maintenance cost for next 100k miles is .02/mile. My depreciation is about .14/mile or so. IRS Standardized deduction includes everything (like going to dealer to do things which I don’t) including gas. It’s not a calculation of what it will be by any means and that’s why a lot of people who drive a lot use standardized deduction, it just makes more sense as it lowers the tax bill more.
I’m not a CPA. This is not financial advice, all I said is for entertainment purposes only.
@@Pashak that's very informative. I did not know they include all the extra stuff. $.2 a mile for 100k miles is thrifty!
Free maintenance for a while and I can do literally anything myself. I’ve build engines and rebuilt differentials a while back, so I am fairly handy and have all the tools or access to said tools to do any mechanical job on my own and a commercial account with local parts store is a good help.
I said the same thing. Sometimes I think a lot of drivers don't file their taxes like a business and maybe file more like employees. Maybe that's why so many drivers in LA cry that they want to be employees vs independent contractors. When you factor in the mileage deduction and then deduct the standard deduction it almost eliminates the earnings basically giving us tax free income. That's why states like California passed laws trying to make drivers employees, because they wanted access to that driver tax money.
1:00 you don’t need the peoples consent to record in YOUR vehicle…there’s hella videos everywhere ppl doing it
Each state has different rights. Recording with audio in FL isn’t a thing without content, while I could place signs and all of that, it just was too much hassle to do that.
Gas $2.77 damn ..Is $4.09 the cheapest here .. Seattle
East cost gas prices haha. I miss when it was under 1.60
@@Pashak $1.60 here was like 25 years ago in Seattle
I have friends in Seattle. I know it’s all messed up price wise now. Same with pretty much whole west coast haha
So in your video you deducted 16 cents per mile for depreciation and or maintenance. I don't count that when I drive because the IRS gives us like 58 cents a mile in deduction for taxes. If you combine that with the standard deduction, it's almost like earning free money per year.
If I don’t include it in my videos, a lot of people start yelling they I don’t understand how it works and it’s easier to keep accounting on the surface than explain everything, but yes tax benefit in my case saves more than what my costs are
@@Pashak thanks replying. I just finished watching your repossession video. Sorry you had to give up your truck. I had to go through that process about 5 years ago or so. I got a little lucky that when they auctioned it off as they do for repossessions the balance was almost even because the miles were so low. So I didn't have to go through any type of bankruptcy process.
I had a couple businesses that went under due to covid, so I had no other choice that would be better. It happens. Sorry you had to go through a repossession, that sucks but happens. Hopefully you are doing way better now!
PASHA!!!!🤗⭐️
Hello 👋 thanks for watching :)
With these gig jobs. The payout is better when completing the weeks promotions. Gig workers don't understand that this kind of job requires the promotions to make the effort worth while. If people do this for a couple of days a week, it will be just pocket change. Here in Vegas, my wife is making 7k a month @ 40 hours a week. Yes I checked myself. Go full time and the perception changes. I wish you all the best of luck and of course each city varies.
I did it full time on Uber eats and made over 9k a month. Right now it’s $600 weeks on 50 hours
You are aloud to record the interior of your car fyi you don't need consent AND YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD. You do not want to be hurt or have issues from customers who claim you did something that you didn't do.
Florida law doesn’t allow sound recording without content of both parties.
@@Pashak dude you are setting yourself up for a huge problem for yourself just get their permission ahead of time on camera or don't do the ride people are getting killed in Chicago right now from these ride share customers
Or don't record audio
Not a single one allowed. I’ve asked them all. In Ga it’s a different story tho
@@Pashak I hope youre safe then because the issue is real people are dying and getting robbed everyday on these platforms please be safe I'd hate to see anything bad happen 🤗
I stopped driving Uber/Lyft after I caught Delta!! Not worth your Life!!
I had it already. I prefer American Airlines instead.
Hahaha!
On a serious note: (if you follow guidelines/ windows down, no passenger sitting at the front/ shield protection between front and the back and face mask for both parties…you should be good!)
You have to 21?
Yep
Don’t die bro
What does that mean? Lol
@@Pashak I’m the guy who kept mentioning you look at the camera for too long, and too often. Would hate to see you get in a very bad accident due to distracted driving.
I see. Well. You got to keep in mind that you don’t see anything behind the camera nor how the road is. I can assure you its done in a safe manner.
@@Pashak that’s good to hear. Stay safe.
Как ты выучил английский?
Как-то получилось вот так
Hey Pasha
Hello 👋 hello. How are you?
@@Pashak Good. I got my Learners, and am thinking of trying out Uber Eats delivery sometime soon. As the God of UA-cam RideSharing, do you reccomend it?
I don’t know if my title is that hahah. I’d say it’s definitely something worth trying. Different markets are different and someone I know in Denver is making 47/hr while someone in Orlando is making $17/hr. It’s not going to work in every zone but worth trying and when you do try, go for at least 150 rides so you can try different zones and areas around you. Should give you an understanding of how your area is. Hope this helps.
@@Pashak it does. Massively. May I use you as a reference XD
I can give you my referral link if that’s what you are asking, assuming you are in the US haha.
U have ever right to record there is no Privacy is your car you can do what you want they have no choice in the matter is for your protection in there
Each state has its own laws. In Florida you need consent for audio
Lyft and Uber drivers don’t realized that they are not an employee of Lyft or Uber, they are only sub-contractors so stop complaining about not getting paid enough. You accepted the price for your ride so why complain??? Lyft and Uber will try to offer$$ you as little as possible to get you to do a job so they can profit more, smart business strategy. It’s no different than me hiring someone to power wash my drive way. If I got a guy that will power wash my driveway for $50 and another guy that will do the same job for $25 of course I would hire the guy that would do it for cheaper to save me money. Lyft and Uber are in business to make profits not in it for charity work, they will continue paying you as little as possible until every drivers nationwide come together and organize a 3/4 day national strike than Lyft and Uber will realized that the drivers are the backbones of the ride share industry. They will start taking less percentage% from the drivers fares or else they won’t have anyone driving for them and bankrupt their billion$$$$ enterprise. So drivers across this country be smart, come together and put your feet down. If someone is offering you peanut to do a job then why do it???????????
Second?
Correct
So this video was record the week of Aug 2-8 and I believe you got COVID right after that? more than likely one of your rides gave it to ya.
Got it from my brother most likely. He was in PA before he got back to Atlanta and got symptoms the day I was on my way back to Atlanta. Whole family got it. At least I got that over with haha. Who knows
Bruh your gas is $2.77/gallon???
Welcome to the east coast. It’s a little more now but yeah it’s like that for regular.
I’m pretty sure you can record everything without getting their permission, jut cover their faces
In state of Florida you not allowed to do that. Both parties have to be notified and give consent. In GA I can record and as long as I told myself that I am recording, it is fine haha. Just fun little things.
You can film in public
“Florida's recording law is a "two-party consent" law. This means that all individuals engaged in a private conversation must all consent to any audio recording of the conversation to be legal.”
You can put a sign on the door.
I'm a lyft driver. You can record in your car consent or not. It's your property. Block there face out..
First?
Indeed
I want to drive bUT i AM a bet evil
Do yourself a favor and don’t do rideshare, it is a money losing proposition.I was a 6 year driver with 21,000 rides, I’ve seen it all, but I got deactivated for a fake story, it didn’t matter that I was a 5 star platinum driver, that makes no difference at all. I loved Lyft in the beginning, but they have turned completely evil.
How do you afford all these cool cars lol are you not bankrupt recently ? No offence.
It isn’t my car. I currently don’t have a car of my own
I have one thing wrong with this video and that is the $80.00 you state as your gross income when in fact it is your net income. The gross income is what the pax pays Lyft and drivers have to report that amount when doing taxes. . A driver's net income is what is deposited into their account and or what Lyft shows what they made on the ride. Remember gross income is what the pax pays and net income is what shows that you made on the ride (deposited into your account).
Gross is pre expense
Net is post expense…
Don't Waite for people! Cancel trip and move on!
Maybe it’s a good advice
You can record to protect your self from the rider.
Doesn’t count. They wanted two photos
Lyft is much worse than Uber .
At the end of the day they both suck so try to do something else.
Uber did well for me
You waisted your time with Lyft.
Thanks. Didn’t know that
pasha, you appear to be visiting the all you can eat restaurants often. lose weight and improve your miles per gallon
Started doing Uber yesterday. I don’t thinks it’s worth it you waiste so many miles and gas. You don’t profit any money
Have you tried different areas?
PRIVET PASHA EST VOPROS O LYFT
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