Johny

With Uber you can earn from £9/hour up to £25+ which will give you more than £100 for 8 hours shift but your daily running costs is around £30, sadly is not ok, to feel ok you need to make minimum £130 in those 8 hours, agree?

Motorists have been hit with more than £500 million in fines since variable speed limits were introduced on UK roads in 2013 – with research revealing that one in eight of those caught simply didn’t realise lower speed limits were being enforced

THis is it, soon we will have auto-pilot cars, smart motorways, 0 jobs

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/revealed-the-smart-motorways-most-likely-to-hit-you-with-a-ticket/ar-BBBbYGA?li=AA8sb7&ocid=spartandhp

3 hours ago, MancX said:

Impressive hours there, but not impressive earnings for you hard work. You deserve alot more for those hours. 

Your hours average over 10 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK! to earn that.  Add on other time for having a break, tiredness. Time out on the road could well be 80+ hours. This is not sustainable at all for most people for many reasons.

. . . And these figures are NOT your earnings.

Most people rent a car at around £200.   To work that many hours on the road (70 hours+) will cost well over £100 diesel. 

Other costs add up to over £20 per week.

Take the above costs off. You will then have your earnings. Oh, and tax and national insurance to come out of your own pocket.

Doing those long hours is dangerous to you and your customers. Also it is damaging to physical and mental health and wellbeing. The amount of Uber cars/private hire cars involved in accidents due to tiredness is a big problem for the trade.

Are these the figures from when you worked in Manchester?

This is from London mate, in Manchester I was just visiting.

I agree long hours indeed, but then again many people work for £1,300/month and they don't have the luxury to own a car. Nothing is perfect mate

31 minutes ago, MancX said:

You don't make £800-£900 for 50 hours. Complete fantasy figures.

What is your role with Uber? Social media monitor? Advertising and marketing team member?

No mate, why do you say this?

Of course people are making those kinda of money otherwise you will not see so many cars online, right?

AS I said on the other post, London is expensive

Where are you based if you don't mind asking and what is your hourly average?

HOPE NOT!

it is possible, to compete with taxify?

I think customers should be more aware of how serious the rating system can affects us:

-4 stars for them is like average where for us a 4 stars rating means deactivation

-3 stars is like not so great and for us is big problem

-1 and 2 stars should be used only for serious issues like assault or...

2019 or 2020 for all diesel cars older than 4 years even if you are PHV

From 8 April 2019, the most polluting cars, vans and motorbikes will have to pay £12.50 to drive through central London, while buses, coaches and HGVs will pay £100.

London's ultra low emission zone (ULEZ):

• Covers the same area as the existing congestion zone and will be in addition to the congestion charge
• Applies to petrol vehicles that do not meet Euro 4 standards and diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6 standards
• Will apply 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Will not apply to residents living in the zone until April 2022
• Black taxis are exempt-but not PHV
• Replaces the £10 T-Charge which will apply for older cars entering the capital from October

Instead of finance why don't you try rent or lease?? maybe you will not like the job and then will be stuck with the finance

I was in Manchester for about 1 week and every evening surge, for X and EXec, is booming although he prices are smaller than London , I wonder if would be the same for Manchester in about 2 years time-same surge pattern was in London 2 years ago and now is fkin hard to make your money....

In London you make around £800-900 for 50 hours driving for x, but then again the cost of living is much higher....so go for uber as you have nothing to lose right? 2 fishing sticks instead of one

Clear criminal record???

http://www.recode.net/2017/3/20/14982926/uber-mapping-brian-mcclendon-steps-down

Brian McClendon, the vice president of maps at Uber, is leaving the company after close to two years, the company has confirmed. McClendon joined the ride-hail company after more than 10 years of working at Google’s mapping department.

“Mr. McClendon is departing amicably from Uber and will be an adviser to the company,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement, noting he was “moving back to Kansas where he is from to explore politics. His exit has been in the works for some time and his last day at Uber is March 28.”

McClendon’s is the latest in a series of departures from the company, which has been shaken by recent accusations of sexual harassment and sexism, leading CEO Travis Kalanick to admit he needs to “grow up” and commit to hiring a chief operating officer.

Have you tried to contact them via help page?

https://help.uber.com/en-GB/h/fe41e668-b240-4a8b-b284-dc75c4080a49

I know for a fact there are thousands of EXEC drivers but I am not sure about LUX, it can not be more than 1000, any thoughts?

So many problems with the new Hybrid cars except the Japanese ones , research before buying

Uber is losing too much money (way more than either Amazon or MS), and the two possible paths to survival are not getting appreciably closer. They either need to replace drivers with automation, or monopolize the market significantly enough to set profitable rates.

OMG, 60k more cars and majority of them in city, no wonder I cant move anymore..... the math is so simple, why is the mayor allowing this???

Guys please make sure you check before apply for an English test, confirm with TFL the certificate is good and recognised by them. I have friends who done it with some God knows centres and then TFL said is not good.

They have to do it again after wasting time and money....

There are currently two approved interim English language test providers: Trinity College London and IELTS (International English Language Test System

https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/english-language-requirement

Drive smart guys, I don't understand people who go straight to Mayfair and expect to make big money when all the people from there they don't  travel more than 2 miles....

I think courier driver is better than uber driver as you don't have to pay for the car. fuel, insurance....you get £500 /week and no hassle

From February should have the business resumed 

When people ask you what do you do for living?

What do you say?  

-I am driving for umber and make £5k per month?

- Private chauffer?

- My own business ?

- Self employed?

- Minicab driver?

Are you proud?

I agree  

By far this is the best phone holder I have ever used in my car or seen used by others.

Best £12 invested so far

WUTEKU car holder £12 on Amazon

The magnet is so subtle on the back of your phone and actually looks nice. It even works through a thin plastic case.
The piece that sticks to your dashboard is so very stable and secure and once in place, it rotates to wherever you would like your phone pointing.

Reception strength by brands:

Best:

Motorola
Blackberry
Sony

The average signal :

Apple
Htc

Weak signal devices :

Samsung
LG??

When your phone is losing reception in that moment you can not receive requests, simple as that.

The phone will lose reception when the signal is low and then will reset the link by connecting to a closer tower for a better reception, if the signal is constant the number of link resets will be lower which it means, less data lost