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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Ex network private hire driver and current uber driver here. Most rentals are 165ish, plus an insurance excess. Some this is £400, some it's £500. The car owner holds this as a sort of bond, then if you need to claim the insurance the excess money is already there. If you never claim it gets returned when you jack the job in. It is payable weekly at £10 for the first 40 to 50 weeks of your rental. Insurance and repairs are included in the rental. At network the car rental and radio rent together was £303 per week. Outrageously difficult to make good money. Hampdens not much cheaper. My costs per week just now are 165 rent, 10 insurance, 120 fuel and about 10 to 15 per week on valeting. I do a 40 hour week and will take in about 600, with around half going back out on costs. The half you keep will need to go towards licence costs and tax. There is also a requirement now for new applicants to obtain an SVQ, which is costly by the looks of things. It is impossible to do this game part time in the UK. As someone else pointed out, you'll either work all week to cover costs and keep the weekend money, or work all weekend to covert costs to keep the midweek money. There's also points of the week where you will make next to nothing. Monday night is dead. Every week day between 10am and 1pm is dead. It's only a decent earner if you put in the hours and reject the social life.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/c7r2w2/driving_for_uber/esh6w6h/
Created	Mon 1st Jul 2019 1:35pm
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Ex network private hire driver and current uber driver here.

Most rentals are 165ish, plus an insurance excess. Some this is £400, some it's £500. The car owner holds this as a sort of bond, then if you need to claim the insurance the excess money is already there. If you never claim it gets returned when you jack the job in. It is payable weekly at £10 for the first 40 to 50 weeks of your rental. Insurance and repairs are included in the rental.

At network the car rental and radio rent together was £303 per week. Outrageously difficult to make good money. Hampdens not much cheaper.

My costs per week just now are 165 rent, 10 insurance, 120 fuel and about 10 to 15 per week on valeting. I do a 40 hour week and will take in about 600, with around half going back out on costs. The half you keep will need to go towards licence costs and tax. There is also a requirement now for new applicants to obtain an SVQ, which is costly by the looks of things.

It is impossible to do this game part time in the UK.

As someone else pointed out, you'll either work all week to cover costs and keep the weekend money, or work all weekend to covert costs to keep the midweek money. There's also points of the week where you will make next to nothing. Monday night is dead. Every week day between 10am and 1pm is dead.

It's only a decent earner if you put in the hours and reject the social life.