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@Therideshareguy I think Will needs to massively up his private client game. He has already committed to the big expenses. Vehicle, licenses, permits, insurance, etc. Cutting out the middleman is what he needs to do next.
How is it legal for them to bait and switch drivers like this? Where is the regulation? People make financial decisions based on the ride types and pricing, for them to just get rid of Lyft Lux overnight is unethical.
Lol if anyone make “financial decision” based on what Lyft pays (or not pay) the problem is with that person. Those companies were never been and never will be a stable reliable income
I bought a 2009 Infiniti in April 2016 so I could do Uber Select and Lyft Lux. Three months later, Uber raised Select to 2010 in my state but left it at 2008 in the adjoining states. So I learned quickly that buying a vehicle to do rideshare is a moving target.
Advice for potential drivers looking for a new path………… Do not invest into rideshare as a business venture! The companies main objectives are to exploit you and your high end machinery for their gain. Don’t do it! Imagine buying a vehicle for a certain platform and they change the rates or take the platform away all together? They don’t care. You’re just stuck with the debt. Sad
I have over and over stated rideshare as is in its standard form, is a waste of your time and energy. I found myself doing rideshare during my darkest period while unemployed. Unless for some reason you are driving a Mitsubishi Mirage, it makes absolutely no sense to do this for $20 an hour factoring your expenses and car depreciation. The only time i found it somewhat profitable was when I drove Lux Black. Uber Black requires commercial insurance for Black but not Lyft. My car is not exactly black but dark gray. I managed to get LYft support to change the color from gray to black, and no rider ever complained. The car is a beauty, and no one cared about the shade. Unfortunately, here in the NJ market, black requests are rare. I'd say 3 per week, which is not sustainable, so you find yourself still on the trash tiers, which most people are on. The bottom line is that just find something better doing and dont be a disrespected slave.
Thank you for this video Sergio. I was waiting for this all day. I heard you talking a few days about getting the vehicle wrapped based off of the money he spent and my market it doesn't justify me spending $10,000. I appreciate you for everything you've done for this community my friend.
I thought the same thing. Will is in my market, I have an approved black vehicle, but I cherry pick. I still make $200 per day, but I'm very selective. However, it doesn't justify $6k in commercial insurance and the business certificate. I did speak with some Black Car drivers at Boston Logan Airport awhile ago, and they explained that it takes up to 1yr to build your private clients. They sit all day in the airport, and like Will said, a lot of patience. You don't get a ride right away, but when you do, it pays. I started to use the same standard that the driver told me to do. He said he doesn't accept a certain amount, $65 and up per trip. I do that now with airports if I choose to go.
I my market, an occasional Black ride during the day. Black rides hit hard on late night. 11pm -4am can make some good coin. Edited: NOTE: Do NOT hit 7% cancel rate with Lyft Black, they will suspend you! It happened to me. Then I have to do 50 regular Lyft rides with no cancellations. My punishment. Lesson learned NO CHERRY PICKING on the Black platform.
I'm confused about the commercial insurance on lyft. I spoke to support last night and they told me in my LA region that to qualify for lyft black and black suv, I just need a qualifying vehicle, have it pass inspection and regular full coverage insurance. I refuse to spend 10x more in insurance when I currently pay 100 for full coverage on 2 vehicles.
@@sergioSMTMC1 i totally agree. But unsure why lyft support which has access to my account and region would say to drive black and black suv only on lyft. I don't drive uber, that all I need is a qualifying vehicle, pass inspection and regular full coverage liability and comprehensive insurance. Is this something you can relay to lyft upper management for LA market verification and maybe include it next week in your podcast. Thx. Have a great weekend. P.s. I'm not buying anything just yet. I am currently in the xl minivan category. But both my vehicles were left off the extra comfort platform and it's seriously cutting my overall level of earnings down. Especially at lax because now there are many more vehicles pushed into the all rides category that used to just only be lux drivers. 300 dam cars continuously and it never surges anymore. Lol.
I agree. The market isn't there for high demand of black rides to justify the high cost of insurance. The black car driver I spoke with at Logan Airport awhile back said he's frustrated that he shelled out tons of money for his Suburban, and his insurance is $10k per year. Only to learn that it takes 1 yr to build a private customer and 2yrs for being a black car service. He said he wished he didn't choose a Suburban, but a smaller classier car that was better on gas
I have been making more money tossing out Lyft since removing Lux by switching to Uber and making a lot of friends who formerly used Lyft and no longer do. I now help these friends who need a ride. I make more friends as weeks pass who used Lyft.
@@sergioSMTMC1I’m just carpooling people to their jobs on my way to mine. I’m registered with the state for my EV to do that. They are donations for helping them get to work 🤷♂️. These apps and insurance companies act like carpooling didn’t exist prior to these ridesharing apps. We gotta do what we gotta do. Many ways the game can be played. Not sure what cash rides are 😉.
IMPORTANT !!! Everything was ok, but he doesn’t know anything about how commercial vehicles work. Now with Commercial insurance he CANT drive this vehicle for personal, if he is involved in accidents when do personal driving he DONT have any coverage. 2. Different cities keep this cars only for certain years. 3. He needs to do quarterly W2 pay to him self by LAW from his company 4. He needs Accounting person to handle his business for quarterly and yearly pays from his new company 5. The car needs to be washed at least once in workday 6. He needs to have DOT commercial vehicles inspection every 6 months 7. He have only 50 miles insurance from the garage when the car is parked, for unlimited miles insurance will be 8,000-10,000$ 8. Now if he is involved in accidents, customers can sue him on the side to cover everything what his insurance will not 9. They are many more things is depends what city and state you live. ( Chicago is the most regulated city in US ) - Ground Tax - Airport tax / Stamps/ Tickets - Commercial plates yearly renewal - Special Driver License ( Like CDL ) - Real Background Check includes all history from the date you are born - Actual address on your company in the city where you registered ( not in the Suburbs) means you need to have office in the city - and now IRS, Department of labor and INSURANCE Company counts the time what you start the vehicle to last drop of ( not like this scam with Uber and Lift. ) means if he do 1 trips in the morning and 1 in the evening this can brig him in trouble if is involved in accident. - and if the car stops for some reason or hi have a flat tire customer can sue him because they missed their first class flight ( Tesla Y even don’t have a spare tire) - 2 accidents in 1 year and no one will insure you for 3 years - they are many more things and for everything will be responsible owner of the company and vehicle. - for every complaint he needs to deal with the city and explain, or du drug test no later then 2h if someone complained
There are absolutely hidden reasons why both platforms don’t offer premium services in every market. And definitely a reason why Lyft ELIMINATED Lux rather than leaving it and simply adding comfort. 🤔
Uber Black can be only with commercial cars with commercial insurance, Lyft Lux is the same like Uber X but with newer cars and drivers with little bit higher ratings. Lyft not required commercial cars and drivers and commercial insurance but they charge customers like they use commercial ( real scam )
I dont know if this topic was covered before. Comfort & extra comfort was the rideshare intentional effort to lower fares. If you look at the car requirements for comfort & extra comfort, it is NEAR identical to Lux & Select platforms. The major difference is the fare. Both companies are their own worst enemies. Lowering fares, in the hopes of getting more riders. Use the excuse that there was low demand for the Select & Lux platform, to eliminate those rides, was just an excuse. Here is a simple question. What does it cost Uber & Lyft to have those rides as an option? Its a program, not an employee dedicated to assigning rides for Lux or Select. 1 of the obvious ways to see it? Comfort was created first, with the Bait and switch plan. Fares were initially higher, but lowered after Select was eliminated. I could go on, but, dont wish to make this comment any longer. Its unfortunate that Uber & Lyft are run by bobbleheads that follow the Trump University business model.
Will - you're missing the boat! Print cards, hand them out...go private and get off the f-ing apps. I did this 5 months ago (I have 2 cars in my TPC fleet in CA) and now have 100s of private clients. I do maybe 1 or 2 Uber black or Lyft black rides a week if I'm not busy and bored.
@@sergioSMTMC1Yah, I caught that and I literally said out loud "Yes! thank you Sergio!" Came here to reinforce the message to him from someone who has done exactly that.
I did business cards, too. My friend doesn't have a black car, but built up his private business. He purchased a credit card scanner so that he could take private rides. Haven't spoken to him in awhile but he probably has his own LLC at this point
I was told I had it too but it still hasn't showed they keep giving me run around about having score and minimum rides etc these people are not transparent
My name is Elbrus Abayev. I had some issue with Lyft when they remove lux from the lift platform and after this, it starts to pop up a lot of XL jobs because I have Tesla model Y with seven passengers and because Lyft move lux it starts to pop up a lot of xl and I didn’t like it and I remove my car also from XL
There is not much of black trips on lyft, it's not worth the investment of converting your car from different to black color, in LA you could set hours and hours to get black ride, remember lyft customers majority are trashy cheap ass type of customers, almost the majority of lyft customers are poorly rated 4.7 and under, so why bother putting this kind of investment for such shitty customers.
Amen. With the way the market is, get the car for personal use and then use it on the platform. But only if you can afford the car without Uber. Uber and Lyft is just additional, even if I drive fulltime, I still have two other sources of income so that I'm not left screwed
That's how this 2 companies messed up drivers income and investments every driver are buying expensive cars to then be surprised that Uber and are going to make changes to their categories and increase their fees living the driver in the air with monthly car pay and king less money that why should always buy cheap horrible cars to work for this 2 companies.
Depends on the market, I think. I was able to do Lyft Lux Black before I had my commercial insurance. So weird because Uber absolutely requires it for Black. My market is San Diego.
I'm in your market, also black car off platform. Only issue is commercial ins is just too high. Spoke to some black car drivers at Logan awhile back, it was interesting to get their feedback. I average $200 to $250 per day, but I choose my rides specifically, I drive when no one else drives, and I hit pretty high supplements off the bat and often due to limited to no drivers when I head out. A lot of the pax have been telling me that they're having a harder time getting an Uber, and it always good convo, mostly I tell them lower rider pay has forced drivers to find other employment.
I can’t get Tesla inspection in South Carolina and now I can’t drive. The inspection stations refuse to do an inspection because they’re not Tesla certified. Uber support no help. My account is suspended
It's not permanently suspended. It's only deactivated until you can resolve the issue of getting a Tesla inspection. You might need to drive out somewhere that specializes in Tesla inspections outside of your state. All is not lost
The problem is everybody started collecting cash and getting them customers for their own business taking money away from the rideshare companies so they said hell with that we’re just gonna wipe it out I’m just saying
@@sergioSMTMC1 I’m saying when the video is first uploaded to TH-cam while the video is processing on the backend sometimes viewers can’t hear the sound. But no one else should have that problem
I just don’t think it’s worth spending $10,000, with $6000 being a recurring annual expense, because it doesn’t pay that much more. He said he can make $500 in 6 hours and he works part time, but regular drivers who work in the 35-45 hour range per week (which is not so grueling) make $1100-1500 in a week consistently. So these drivers who do the “higher” programs work less hours and do less rides, but make more money on the rides that they do get. Well, they’re still making less money than people who are working more hours and doing more rides. I guess it’s good if you work part time. Or it could be super if you combine it with regular rides And work 35 to 45 hours a week. Then I bet you could probably make two grand a week. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thanks.
Same! Plus the application process is annoying. You fill out your reasons, etc. I started off with getting an EIN, and got the paperwork for commercial insurance, just wasn't worth it.
Does surges, quests, and boost bonuses apply to uber black? Also if you have commercial insurance, does uber x pay more because you have comercial insurance will cover the passengers and maybe uber does not have to insure rides for drivers who have commercial indurance.
Kudos to Will C for your creativity and follow through. Kudos+ to Sergio for this video including that we exercise caution in doing our due diligence before making OUR OWN decisions. Sergio, I’m driving a black Tesla Model Y 2023. I’ve only been driving for 8 months. I would appreciate you pointing me to videos on Lyft Black strategies that I can consider. Thank you both!
Thank you, I spoke about some towards the end of the video, but always remember the 3Ps, patience, position and planning, learn the flow of the city for high end rides
Black cars are harder to see, especially at night. White cars are more visible and up to 12% less likely to be in an accident than silver or gray cars and white cars are 6% less likely to be in an accident compared to black cars. When the car's color is harder to see, it's more likely the car will get hit by other cars because it reduces the reaction time of drivers who hit those cars. I wish the rideshare companies let safer colors such as white cars qualify for premium pay like black cars. I would prefer getting a ride in a more visible car to increase safety, and I feel safer driving a white car because it is more visible and safer.
OH BOY. When I went car shopping, dealers stated that white cars are harder to sell because they get dirtier faster and they look dirtier even if its minor. Black cars are sleeker and at night even when they're dirty, they don't look dirty
Texas drivers: Does anyone know if you can drive Lyft/Uber with an out of state license plate? I'll be visiting Texas from Ohio for a few months and it was no problem to use my Ohio plates in Florida for example in summer 2023.
@@sergioSMTMC1 Just some very broad strokes on the benefits of setting yourself up for driving p-r-1-v-a-7-e c1ien7s. Does Harry have a blocklist on certain keywords?
@@sergioSMTMC1 Thanks Sergio. Appreciate you. I don't think it's manual moderation. It's too quick. It has to be something automated. I just tried reposting an exact copy/paste of that text in the email. It was deleted in less than 5 seconds. I can't imagine anything in that text is inappropriate, offensive, controversial, or so off-topic as to be unwanted. But I assure you, it is 100% being deleted within a few seconds.
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@Therideshareguy I think Will needs to massively up his private client game. He has already committed to the big expenses. Vehicle, licenses, permits, insurance, etc. Cutting out the middleman is what he needs to do next.
How is it legal for them to bait and switch drivers like this? Where is the regulation? People make financial decisions based on the ride types and pricing, for them to just get rid of Lyft Lux overnight is unethical.
Unethical, shady, yes illegal no since they own the apps
Lol if anyone make “financial decision” based on what Lyft pays (or not pay) the problem is with that person. Those companies were never been and never will be a stable reliable income
Because they're livery. If Will chooses to open an LLC, the black drivers are allowed to build a private business.
I bought a 2009 Infiniti in April 2016 so I could do Uber Select and Lyft Lux. Three months later, Uber raised Select to 2010 in my state but left it at 2008 in the adjoining states. So I learned quickly that buying a vehicle to do rideshare is a moving target.
Advice for potential drivers looking for a new path…………
Do not invest into rideshare as a business venture! The companies main objectives are to exploit you and your high end machinery for their gain. Don’t do it! Imagine buying a vehicle for a certain platform and they change the rates or take the platform away all together? They don’t care. You’re just stuck with the debt. Sad
Color of the car in relationship to price makes no sense whatsoever. It’s beyond moronic.
I don't care what you think
I have over and over stated rideshare as is in its standard form, is a waste of your time and energy. I found myself doing rideshare during my darkest period while unemployed. Unless for some reason you are driving a Mitsubishi Mirage, it makes absolutely no sense to do this for $20 an hour factoring your expenses and car depreciation. The only time i found it somewhat profitable was when I drove Lux Black. Uber Black requires commercial insurance for Black but not Lyft. My car is not exactly black but dark gray. I managed to get LYft support to change the color from gray to black, and no rider ever complained. The car is a beauty, and no one cared about the shade. Unfortunately, here in the NJ market, black requests are rare. I'd say 3 per week, which is not sustainable, so you find yourself still on the trash tiers, which most people are on. The bottom line is that just find something better doing and dont be a disrespected slave.
When they do this changes people should contact lawyers because according to labor laws your not supposed to cut workers wages.
Thank you for this video Sergio. I was waiting for this all day. I heard you talking a few days about getting the vehicle wrapped based off of the money he spent and my market it doesn't justify me spending $10,000. I appreciate you for everything you've done for this community my friend.
Thank you, do your due diligence
I thought the same thing. Will is in my market, I have an approved black vehicle, but I cherry pick. I still make $200 per day, but I'm very selective. However, it doesn't justify $6k in commercial insurance and the business certificate. I did speak with some Black Car drivers at Boston Logan Airport awhile ago, and they explained that it takes up to 1yr to build your private clients. They sit all day in the airport, and like Will said, a lot of patience. You don't get a ride right away, but when you do, it pays. I started to use the same standard that the driver told me to do. He said he doesn't accept a certain amount, $65 and up per trip. I do that now with airports if I choose to go.
Now Uber is charging $70 for a 75 mi trip WTF aren’t you losing money doing this too
Why are you so stuck on what Uber is charging?
I my market, an occasional Black ride during the day. Black rides hit hard on late night. 11pm -4am can make some good coin.
Edited: NOTE: Do NOT hit 7% cancel rate with Lyft Black, they will suspend you! It happened to me. Then I have to do 50 regular Lyft rides with no cancellations. My punishment. Lesson learned NO CHERRY PICKING on the Black platform.
❤❤❤Lyft is SUPER DED in San Diego, California! This CLUELESS CEO IS making 'Evil Dara ' look like a GENIUS on STEROIDS in my market!
I'm confused about the commercial insurance on lyft. I spoke to support last night and they told me in my LA region that to qualify for lyft black and black suv, I just need a qualifying vehicle, have it pass inspection and regular full coverage insurance. I refuse to spend 10x more in insurance when I currently pay 100 for full coverage on 2 vehicles.
Do your DD all cities are different
@@sergioSMTMC1 i totally agree. But unsure why lyft support which has access to my account and region would say to drive black and black suv only on lyft. I don't drive uber, that all I need is a qualifying vehicle, pass inspection and regular full coverage liability and comprehensive insurance. Is this something you can relay to lyft upper management for LA market verification and maybe include it next week in your podcast. Thx. Have a great weekend. P.s. I'm not buying anything just yet. I am currently in the xl minivan category. But both my vehicles were left off the extra comfort platform and it's seriously cutting my overall level of earnings down. Especially at lax because now there are many more vehicles pushed into the all rides category that used to just only be lux drivers. 300 dam cars continuously and it never surges anymore. Lol.
@visano48 thanks for the comment
I agree. The market isn't there for high demand of black rides to justify the high cost of insurance. The black car driver I spoke with at Logan Airport awhile back said he's frustrated that he shelled out tons of money for his Suburban, and his insurance is $10k per year. Only to learn that it takes 1 yr to build a private customer and 2yrs for being a black car service. He said he wished he didn't choose a Suburban, but a smaller classier car that was better on gas
U don't need commercial for lyft black. Driver misunderstood regulations
I hope your battery doesn't go out
I have been making more money tossing out Lyft since removing Lux by switching to Uber and making a lot of friends who formerly used Lyft and no longer do. I now help these friends who need a ride. I make more friends as weeks pass who used Lyft.
Careful with friend trips
So you do uber black now?
@heathermariestewart not sure if that was directed to me but I think he was saying he does cash trips for friends and family?
@@sergioSMTMC1I’m just carpooling people to their jobs on my way to mine. I’m registered with the state for my EV to do that. They are donations for helping them get to work 🤷♂️. These apps and insurance companies act like carpooling didn’t exist prior to these ridesharing apps. We gotta do what we gotta do. Many ways the game can be played. Not sure what cash rides are 😉.
@@sergioSMTMC1CORRECTAMUNDO!😎
IMPORTANT !!!
Everything was ok, but he doesn’t know anything about how commercial vehicles work. Now with Commercial insurance he CANT drive this vehicle for personal, if he is involved in accidents when do personal driving he DONT have any coverage.
2. Different cities keep this cars only for certain years.
3. He needs to do quarterly W2 pay to him self by LAW from his company
4. He needs Accounting person to handle his business for quarterly and yearly pays from his new company
5. The car needs to be washed at least once in workday
6. He needs to have DOT commercial vehicles inspection every 6 months
7. He have only 50 miles insurance from the garage when the car is parked, for unlimited miles insurance will be 8,000-10,000$
8. Now if he is involved in accidents, customers can sue him on the side to cover everything what his insurance will not
9. They are many more things is depends what city and state you live. ( Chicago is the most regulated city in US )
- Ground Tax
- Airport tax / Stamps/ Tickets
- Commercial plates yearly renewal
- Special Driver License ( Like CDL )
- Real Background Check includes all history from the date you are born
- Actual address on your company in the city where you registered ( not in the Suburbs) means you need to have office in the city
- and now IRS, Department of labor and INSURANCE Company counts the time what you start the vehicle to last drop of ( not like this scam with Uber and Lift. ) means if he do 1 trips in the morning and 1 in the evening this can brig him in trouble if is involved in accident.
- and if the car stops for some reason or hi have a flat tire customer can sue him because they missed their first class flight ( Tesla Y even don’t have a spare tire)
- 2 accidents in 1 year and no one will insure you for 3 years
- they are many more things and for everything will be responsible owner of the company and vehicle.
- for every complaint he needs to deal with the city and explain, or du drug test no later then 2h if someone complained
They will insure you but you have to pay full insurance upfront, and for most ppl $10k is hard to come up with right away
There are absolutely hidden reasons why both platforms don’t offer premium services in every market. And definitely a reason why Lyft ELIMINATED Lux rather than leaving it and simply adding comfort. 🤔
Uber Black can be only with commercial cars with commercial insurance, Lyft Lux is the same like Uber X but with newer cars and drivers with little bit higher ratings. Lyft not required commercial cars and drivers and commercial insurance but they charge customers like they use commercial ( real scam )
The companies call us “partners” but then change things on a dime with no notice. Not cool.
Sadly regular Lyft is a non starter in Boston.
Start trying Uber Eats and cherry pick and get a lot of good high. Pay orders for low miles all the time. Also depending on market
Cherry pick UE in a black tesla model Y, delivery is working for tips
I dont know if this topic was covered before. Comfort & extra comfort was the rideshare intentional effort to lower fares. If you look at the car requirements for comfort & extra comfort, it is NEAR identical to Lux & Select platforms. The major difference is the fare. Both companies are their own worst enemies. Lowering fares, in the hopes of getting more riders. Use the excuse that there was low demand for the Select & Lux platform, to eliminate those rides, was just an excuse. Here is a simple question. What does it cost Uber & Lyft to have those rides as an option? Its a program, not an employee dedicated to assigning rides for Lux or Select. 1 of the obvious ways to see it? Comfort was created first, with the Bait and switch plan. Fares were initially higher, but lowered after Select was eliminated. I could go on, but, dont wish to make this comment any longer. Its unfortunate that Uber & Lyft are run by bobbleheads that follow the Trump University business model.
💯good comment
Robbery 6k commercial license and 6k i insurance thats ridiculous.
Amen
I believe Tesla model y can do XL sometimes XL pays really well or when black is slow
If you have the third row it can be XL. Need to have seats for 6 passengers to be XL
Will - you're missing the boat! Print cards, hand them out...go private and get off the f-ing apps. I did this 5 months ago (I have 2 cars in my TPC fleet in CA) and now have 100s of private clients. I do maybe 1 or 2 Uber black or Lyft black rides a week if I'm not busy and bored.
That's what I suggested to him in the video, good for you
@@sergioSMTMC1Yah, I caught that and I literally said out loud "Yes! thank you Sergio!" Came here to reinforce the message to him from someone who has done exactly that.
@@urgetodrive thanks
I did business cards, too. My friend doesn't have a black car, but built up his private business. He purchased a credit card scanner so that he could take private rides. Haven't spoken to him in awhile but he probably has his own LLC at this point
Lyft practices is outrageous.
Practically, they don't even have extra comfort.I am eligible for it ,but I have never received that ride so far .
I was told I had it too but it still hasn't showed they keep giving me run around about having score and minimum rides etc these people are not transparent
My name is Elbrus Abayev. I had some issue with Lyft when they remove lux from the lift platform and after this, it starts to pop up a lot of XL jobs because I have Tesla model Y with seven passengers and because Lyft move lux it starts to pop up a lot of xl and I didn’t like it and I remove my car also from XL
There is not much of black trips on lyft, it's not worth the investment of converting your car from different to black color, in LA you could set hours and hours to get black ride, remember lyft customers majority are trashy cheap ass type of customers, almost the majority of lyft customers are poorly rated 4.7 and under, so why bother putting this kind of investment for such shitty customers.
Amen. With the way the market is, get the car for personal use and then use it on the platform. But only if you can afford the car without Uber. Uber and Lyft is just additional, even if I drive fulltime, I still have two other sources of income so that I'm not left screwed
Dumb question here...
Why can we not have a base price per mile? PER MILE .
Like Seattle and Washington state or NYC? Actually good question
That's how this 2 companies messed up drivers income and investments every driver are buying expensive cars to then be surprised that Uber and are going to make changes to their categories and increase their fees living the driver in the air with monthly car pay and king less money that why should always buy cheap horrible cars to work for this 2 companies.
I can wrap my car Black but what about my White Interior i think White on White should cost more then Black on Black
Don't need commercial insurance Delivery insurance to do Lyft lux black
Is Boston you do
Depends on the market, I think. I was able to do Lyft Lux Black before I had my commercial insurance. So weird because Uber absolutely requires it for Black. My market is San Diego.
@@urgetodrive different market, he's in Boston, do your DD
@@sergioSMTMC1Yep, and that's why I said "Depends on the market"
This might not work for everyone it just did for me
I'm in your market, also black car off platform. Only issue is commercial ins is just too high. Spoke to some black car drivers at Logan awhile back, it was interesting to get their feedback. I average $200 to $250 per day, but I choose my rides specifically, I drive when no one else drives, and I hit pretty high supplements off the bat and often due to limited to no drivers when I head out. A lot of the pax have been telling me that they're having a harder time getting an Uber, and it always good convo, mostly I tell them lower rider pay has forced drivers to find other employment.
@will , which commercial insurance are you using??
Can i please ask for the info??
Thank you
I can’t get Tesla inspection in South Carolina and now I can’t drive. The inspection stations refuse to do an inspection because they’re not Tesla certified. Uber support no help. My account is suspended
It's not permanently suspended. It's only deactivated until you can resolve the issue of getting a Tesla inspection. You might need to drive out somewhere that specializes in Tesla inspections outside of your state. All is not lost
The problem is everybody started collecting cash and getting them customers for their own business taking money away from the rideshare companies so they said hell with that we’re just gonna wipe it out I’m just saying
Sound is perfectly fine for me. 30 minutes after a video is uploaded you have that issue. It’s all good now!
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@@sergioSMTMC1 I’m saying when the video is first uploaded to TH-cam while the video is processing on the backend sometimes viewers can’t hear the sound. But no one else should have that problem
@@nickwilll oh ok, thanks I didn't know that, I'm technology challenged 🤣
I just don’t think it’s worth spending $10,000, with $6000 being a recurring annual expense, because it doesn’t pay that much more. He said he can make $500 in 6 hours and he works part time, but regular drivers who work in the 35-45 hour range per week (which is not so grueling) make $1100-1500 in a week consistently. So these drivers who do the “higher” programs work less hours and do less rides, but make more money on the rides that they do get. Well, they’re still making less money than people who are working more hours and doing more rides. I guess it’s good if you work part time. Or it could be super if you combine it with regular rides And work 35 to 45 hours a week. Then I bet you could probably make two grand a week. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thanks.
I bet the black wrap looks great. We've always found it difficult to find reasonable Livery insurance.
Will be temporarily until they realize from your title. This is a joke!
Same! Plus the application process is annoying. You fill out your reasons, etc. I started off with getting an EIN, and got the paperwork for commercial insurance, just wasn't worth it.
Does surges, quests, and boost bonuses apply to uber black? Also if you have commercial insurance, does uber x pay more because you have comercial insurance will cover the passengers and maybe uber does not have to insure rides for drivers who have commercial indurance.
Kudos to Will C for your creativity and follow through. Kudos+ to Sergio for this video including that we exercise caution in doing our due diligence before making OUR OWN decisions. Sergio, I’m driving a black Tesla Model Y 2023. I’ve only been driving for 8 months. I would appreciate you pointing me to videos on Lyft Black strategies that I can consider. Thank you both!
Thank you, I spoke about some towards the end of the video, but always remember the 3Ps, patience, position and planning, learn the flow of the city for high end rides
Could Uber black ride regular uber as well?
Or only uber black should drive only black?
Probably should only black but one can always drop down when it's surging super high for X amd grab a few trips
U can do Uber x or comfort even Uber eats but it's not profitable for a black vehicle to do those unless is surging.
Also black SUV can do XL which that makes more sense
No sound on this video
Check your settings
the sound is fine
Black cars are harder to see, especially at night. White cars are more visible and up to 12% less likely to be in an accident than silver or gray cars and white cars are 6% less likely to be in an accident compared to black cars. When the car's color is harder to see, it's more likely the car will get hit by other cars because it reduces the reaction time of drivers who hit those cars. I wish the rideshare companies let safer colors such as white cars qualify for premium pay like black cars. I would prefer getting a ride in a more visible car to increase safety, and I feel safer driving a white car because it is more visible and safer.
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OH BOY. When I went car shopping, dealers stated that white cars are harder to sell because they get dirtier faster and they look dirtier even if its minor. Black cars are sleeker and at night even when they're dirty, they don't look dirty
There's nothing wrong with wrapping your car black. Wrap or black paint...the car is black.. it's just like you deciding to paint a silver car black.
I've got sound, hopefully it's working for you now
No sound?
I was relying to previous comment, saying I have sound so maybe it's a problem on her end..all is good, thanks for all your vids!
@@smileysurface2614 thanks
Texas drivers: Does anyone know if you can drive Lyft/Uber with an out of state license plate? I'll be visiting Texas from Ohio for a few months and it was no problem to use my Ohio plates in Florida for example in summer 2023.
I think you can drive in any state in the U.S. except for NY. New York has special licensing in order to be an Uber driver
@@HarringJess Thank you 😎
Making $200 in 2 hours or $500 in 6 hours -- is it active driving time or total online time?
Online according to him
Ask uber and lyft to get the answer
@Theridesahreguy Why are my comments being deleted? I'm sure nothing I wrote is offensive or against any policy.
We don't block or delete, don't have time for that, you're probably breaking TH-cam TOS
@@sergioSMTMC1 Just some very broad strokes on the benefits of setting yourself up for driving p-r-1-v-a-7-e c1ien7s.
Does Harry have a blocklist on certain keywords?
@MJSmithGroup responded to your email, answer is no
@@sergioSMTMC1 Thanks Sergio. Appreciate you. I don't think it's manual moderation. It's too quick. It has to be something automated. I just tried reposting an exact copy/paste of that text in the email. It was deleted in less than 5 seconds. I can't imagine anything in that text is inappropriate, offensive, controversial, or so off-topic as to be unwanted. But I assure you, it is 100% being deleted within a few seconds.
@MJSmithGroup well the rest of your comments are staying, it's something in TH-cam land
If I order a black and get a model y you best believe you’re getting a 1 star trying to act like your $30k car is nice. lol
Nicer than a surburban. Don't hate om tesla. I drove a benz 450 7 seater. Tesla is a safer amd better driving experience