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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 02:26 PM
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rockstar143's fail thread - Uber edition

J (rs143 to you casuals) wants to hear some steamy Uber stories from fellow Acura owners
He doesn't know that 99% of Acra owners are in 3G apparently.. sharing here where it'll get more hits
Not more hits than his ass, but more hits than the ZDX board -Mgmt

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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 08:01 AM
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Yeah I considered being a Lyft driver until I remembered Murphy's law, which specifically states: "Your original '06 transmission w/ 185k miles will undoubtedly fail during your first ride in downtown Columbus"
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Old Aug 28, 2018 | 12:48 PM
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You write off the transmission fail as a business expense and any car downtime as lost $$$.
You then give zero taxes to the government.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 05:19 PM
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Self-employed individuals are not definitely not permitted to claim "lost income" on their tax returns lol. That would be a good try though.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 05:46 PM
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You have insurance for lost wages and you write-off the premium

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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 06:39 PM
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If the premiums paid are equal to or more than the settlement payout, then sure that philosophy works form a tax return standpoint. That would be the worst insurance policy in the world though lol.
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 08:43 PM
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Whats the minimum cutoff for uber anyways? I thought it had to be like 2010 and above?
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Old Aug 29, 2018 | 11:22 PM
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Depends on the city, I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh is 2003. My 05 got approved.
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by wusty23jd
If the premiums paid are equal to or more than the settlement payout, then sure that philosophy works form a tax return standpoint. That would be the worst insurance policy in the world though lol.
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 09:20 AM
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So if you go with Uber's insurance program that has lost wages of $500 / week
It cost 0.0375 cents a mile of half the driven miles. A full-time driver probably drives 50k miles a year.
That's about $950 / year.

Body work / transmission work is easily 2 to 4 weeks in the shop.
That's 1-2k right there. Regardless, insurance is a business expense that you can claim.
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 11:00 AM
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Depends on the city, I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh is 2003. My 05 got approved.
Pretty sure I was picked up this last weekend in a rotted out late 90's dodge caravan... Not sure if it said Uber on it though. Either way I made it home!
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 11:02 AM
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90's caravan..
The Nickelodeon Double Dare special.. shiettt...
Must have been Uber Black Platinum service.. $$$$$
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 11:15 AM
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I did Lyft for about 2 months with my 07 Type S. I felt like I was burning more gas then earning income from driving.
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Old Aug 30, 2018 | 11:20 AM
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But you picked up some hotties that one time who invited you back to their place and you got in tho rite????
They was like.. how bout you give us tip, and you did.
Werd werd

J where you at, it's getting juicy in here.
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Old Sep 1, 2018 | 05:33 PM
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I figured someone would enjoy my story, so I’ll give you guys a little bit of insight into what my night was like last night.

Around 10:30 I get a ping to a bar, so I head over and park my car. I was waiting a good 5 minutes, and this lady walks out and asks, “are you the Uber?” I reply yes, and she walks back in. Two minutes later she walks out and says “they said fuck you” and gets on my car. Fantastic. She wants to go a place called “The Swingers Lounge” on the very rough side of town, and I made her put out her cigarette.

I start driving, and she begins complaining about her mom and all six of her kids, who her mom adopted. She eventually tells me she has a tight cooter, and then dove straight into her belief of God. She starts telling me how she’s the daughter of God, and she talks to him every night. All she needs to do is say “show me the light”, and God speaks to her. All of the sudden, she starts whispering “show me the light”, summoning the spirit of the lord in the backseat of my TL. She reveals to me, “you have a mother or a grandmother trying to reach you from the other side”. I agree, even though my mother and both grandmothers are still around because I don’t disagree with crazy. She dives into talking about the demons she fights everynight, and how she made a deal with God. She starts talking about how she’s Jim Jones cousin, and then she starts calling me cute and asking for my number. I keep trying to change the subject so I don’t have to give this lady my number, but she keeps insisting. I pull over to drop her off in the middle of the projects, and I write down a fake name and number and get the hell out of there.
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