I found a side gig

My beat-up paid off Camry will earn gasoline for my 4Runner once a week. I think I am good with prices upto $10.00/gallon My TRD Pro will not be a daily driver, just fun trail vehicle

Guys, find some side gig for gas expenses

 

My GSXR has a three gallon gas tank.

 

And I can cut GPS times in half.

 

Good plan as long as one of your passengers don't wrap a cord around yer neck and leave your corpse on the side of the road when they take yer Camry.

 

Good point, I need to be very careful. Thanks

 

I will try to do doordash, let's see how that pays, better to deliver food then passengers

 

LOL...I think you might be much safer with a batch of chicken wings than a couple of amped up unhinged cats needing a ride from a local bar!

 

If you need to do DoorDash, maybe you should reconsider spending 50K on another 4R right now, lol.

I hear Priuses are great for DoorDash and Uber!

LMAO!!

 

No, I have a really decent tech job. I wanted to somehow make a little more money for my 4Runner's gas. And my Camry will do that for me on these apps. I am not trading it in. My Camry has lived its life, I will not feel bad a bit it. But I need to be very careful cuz this money that I make today is not taxed, so I have to keep a little bit of i t for taxes next year.

 

I'm just joking around with you, but honestly I think doing side gigs like this doesn't really make a lot of sense.

How much is your free time worth? And how much money in fuel would you spend in your Camry to make money to buy fuel for your 4Runner? Realistically, what would you get with your Camry around town, mid-20s at best?

If you have tech skills, you're probably way better off doing side jobs or consulting work from the comfort of your own home. And I'm sure that would pay way more money than delivering food also.

 

I totally agree with you. I do freelancing as well on Fiverr and other sites. I don't want to do Tech all the time, too much stress. My coworker who is more skilled and makes more money, also does this rideshare on his Tesla Model X. Just drive around, listen to music, talk to people and make some money lol.

 

Gotcha. I get it, you just want to get out of the house.

Honestly, I considered doing Uber for a while pre pandemic, I thought it might make a nice way to make a few extra bucks and meet some interesting people. I decided against it though. I found out that it's really not worth doing where I live, I would have to drive an hour away to be close to a major city to make the higher dollar fares.

My brother-in-law gave me the idea, he drove for Lyft for a while when he went back to school to make some extra money at night, but he lived just outside of Boston so he was in a great area to get the high dollar fares.

 

Oh yeah, this doesn't make sense if you don't live in a busy City. For that $220, I put only 70 miles on my car. And The Last Passenger took me half a mile to where I live

 

Fun time

 

$200 already

 

I will work today to hit 300, $30 will be gas, and I will save $70 for tax. I don't think driving just one day a week wipl put me into another tax bracket. I hope not

 

Government

 

I think it is safe to say that $200 of that is mine. The rest I will put aside for gas and tax. I had fun. Time to go home and do my laundry

 

Keep us posted if you try the door dash thing. I had considered doing that for extra cash. I just don't know how much money they make.

That, in bold, is the biggest factor for me. It's the reason I don't go pursuing side work. I'll take a free weekend over a few hundred bucks any day.

But, If I could drive around for a few hours on a day when I have nothing going on and make a few buck, it might not be so bad. Heck, driving around listening to music is entertaining to me.

Sure, I could probably make more doing electrical work. But, 40 hours/week of that shit is plenty for me.

 

Will do. Look, I am infront of the computer all week. It is awful. I will get a stroke if I do it 7 days a week. I am sure electrical work is not fun either. Driving is fun. I drove around all by myself. Now I will drive passengers around and make money

 

One of my passengers was an Indian dude who just landed in the US for the first time. He was a Masters student. I told him welcome to America, and played for him Twilight Zone by Golden Earring. Dude got rocked

 

@kmeeg How close are you to Denver? You sure you don't want to be driving some chicks around in your TRD Pro?

 

Honestly I have not much idea how far is to downtown Denver as its been long I went their. I just took my kiddo to experience the light rail. Donwtown Denver is not a very safe place to go imo. I go to Denver airport though to pick family and friends and if I were to do some Uber like business that is about 15min drive.

I'm more of a animal / nature guy brother. I'm far from chicks / casino / bar kind of guy. I bet you won't believe I've never had alcohol / smoking in my life..


Edit -
Looks like its 30 minute drive to downtown Denver.

 

Same here. I love nature and mountains. I hope I get my 4R by this summer. I so want to hit the trails man. Crazy times were are living in. Showrooms used to be full of cars. Now you have the money but cant find cars.

 

Trout is $12.99 a pound, at the seafood place. I would get a fishing pole and catch/save money?

 

Great idea.

 

I really need to learn two things from you guys, fishing, and shooting guns

 

I did it for a while with a Rav4. Don’t be to concerned with the taxes. Keep in mind you get to deduct every mile you do on the Uber job. I stopped doing it because they cut the rate 3 times in a year it wasn’t worth it anymore. I do hear that ever since gas went up a lot of guys quit so you maybe getting a lot of higher demand which drives up the price.

 

I see thanks