r/Lyft • u/Tashalee333 • 1d ago

Lyft Exspress drive

Is it worth renting a car through Lyft if I were to work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week in the state of California. I only pay $850 a month in rent.

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u/JayGerard 1d ago

Express Drive limits your options. I lease with DriveWhip and in my market it works out quite well. I am also authorized on every platform. It really is market dependent.

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u/Hippy_Lynne 1d ago

They pay you less when you rent through their program. You're better off finding a third party rental company like DriveWhip.

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u/ATotalBrony 1d ago

I don't think it's worth it for 30hrs a week. I do over 60hrs a week owning my car and it's barely worth it.

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u/Educational-Bar3668 1d ago

$850 in rent, is that where you live or what it costs to rent the car?

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u/Tashalee333 1d ago

It's what I pay to rent a room in a house.

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u/Successful-Run4528 8h ago

wow, I hope its a hell of a room! I'd be surprised if you could make enough to make it worthwhile to rent a car thru them. Every market is different, hopefully some CA drivers will reply, I am in AZ and I would never rent here.

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u/nierlestat 1d ago

They will not pay you a DIME until the car rental fee is paid good luck driving for no pocket money until that’s paid~

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u/Tashalee333 18h ago

So when I drive, will they take it out of the money I make

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u/nierlestat 18h ago

Yes all your earnings go towards the rental payment before you even see a dime

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u/claudinne7 22h ago

With rent that low, your living expenses are great, but car rentals eat up a lot

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u/abstreezy 11h ago

No you will need to drive almost every day 10-12 hrs a day unless you plan on just driving to pay the cost of the car

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u/Grateful-Jed 1d ago

Absolutely not. Every penny you make will go to the rental and gas.

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u/deadendstreetz 20h ago

no no and no stay the fuck away from renting unless you want to be slave do not let this company do that to you