Whats It Like To Give Up Uber For A Week And Drive For Lyft Harry here. Theres been a lot of talk lately about Ubers treatment of its drivers, yet a lot of it leaves out one of the simplest solutions if youre an unhappy Uber driver, you can always go drive for Lyft. Now, you may not think that this is an option in your city, but as todays guest poster found out, you could be wrong. Today, RSG reader Tim Reinhart found out just what its like to give up Uber for a week and stick it out with Lyft. QuickBooks-pro-2013.jpg' alt='Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' title='Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' />The results may surprise you. Whats It Like To Give Up Uber For A Week And Drive For LyftLike most of you, I run the Uber app on top to avoid having to say yes I want to stay online every 1. Meanwhile, Lyft runs silently and patiently in the background like a well trained pet sleeping at my feet, ready to jump to attention at a moments notice. On a typical day, Uber pings first. So I turn Lyft off. Even experienced web developers will readily admit that implementing even a fairly basic ecommerce platform can quickly become a complicated nightmare. Shopping cart. A password like 123456 or monkey is easy to remember, but its also easy to crack. With the help of a password manager, you can have a unique and strong password. Australian small businesses compared including MYOB, QuickBooks Online, Reckon, Xero. Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' title='Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' />Deliver Uber pax. Turn Lyft on, Uber pings again, turn Lyft off, deliver pax, lather, rinse and repeat. At the end of the day, Uber has been on for the entire time, and Lyft has only been on between pings. When I got a Lyft ping, I was clumsy with the app, since I wasnt used to it, and I kept mixing up the balloon with the arrow and wasnt sure which way to turn between ping and the map launching. Lyft was starting to be regarded by me as Ubers ugly little duckling with a great personality. But one day I wanted to see if that duckling could become a swan. This is the third section of my post on BBST 4. The other parts are at 1. Background What is BBST. If you are already familiar with BBST, skip this. QuickBooks_2013_Centers.jpg' alt='Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' title='Quickbooks Pro Crack License 2015 Tax' />It was a Sunday and I had been noticing the difference between the typical Uber pax and the typical Lyft pax. I was slowly realizing that I liked the latter a lot better. Lyfting For A Whole Week Could I afford to spend a week giving Lyft that chance Considering the hundreds per week I got from Uber, and the dozens per week I got from Lyft, I was apprehensive. But I decided that I could always abandon this little game and go back to Uber at anytime. I have a regular pickup at 7am weekdays on my Uber schedule, so I took Mike to work Monday morning and then turned the Uber app off. Lyft was my platform for at least a half a day, and I had to give her a decent chance to show me what she had. Lyft is female in my head must be the pink thing despite the mustache. It was 7 3. 0am. No pings, just as I expected. This was costing me money, this was a stupid idea, this is going to last approximately two more PING We my phone, my car, and I are off to pickup the rare and elusive Lyft pax. Theres a decent picture of him, hes somewhere north of me. As Waze takes over my phone screen, I see hes 1. Sigh. Figures, says my cynical side. Pax is a white male in his 2. He knows the area, he grew up here in Indianapolis and now lives in Honolulu. We have a lot to talk about, as both of us are living far from where we grew up. Hes a nice guy, visiting friends here and there. As we approach his parents home where he grew up, I tell him, nice neighborhood. He agrees, and tells me he had a blessed childhood and his fathers wealth afforded him many things. He gave it all up to be a landscaper in Hawaii. I thought that showed character, as did the 5 bill he took out of his pocket and handed me as he said, Take it easy, dude. I Forgot About Tips Oh, right Lyft passengers tip Nice bonus. I end his ride, and Im a little surprised at the fare price. Its higher than I expected. Lyft charges more Another bonus. Ive got a hundred passenger stories to tell, but first I have to compare a Lyft Monday to an Uber Monday. At the end of the day, figuratively and literally, its about the money. Early in the week is usually pretty soft running Uber 6. Uber rides. This is a Lyft Monday, and Im just a hair over 1. This trend continued all week while I dont get pinged as often on Lyft, when I do, its worth more. I also have to drive further to pick up Lyft passengers. I really like that Im averaging closer to 1. This means I have to spend my idle time better. The usual temptation is to spend that idle time spending money at Starbucks, free wifi and my favorite sober adult beverages. What to do with this idle time By Tuesday Im asking myself Would you rather give 1. Uber kept me busier, but Lyft might be more profitable. I look at the Monday report Lyft sent and saw that 3 of yesterdays passengers left me tips. Throw in the two cash tips, and I got tips from 7. Monday passengers. Tuesday is a little lighter than Monday, but still better than any Uber Tuesday, and Im still in the mid teens for an average ride fare. By Wednesday, Im paying attention to Lyfts peak hours and, out of the 2. I can get a 1. 0 bonus by having the app on for half of them. Hmmm. Lets see, if I take a nap after dinner on Friday, and work midnight to 4 am, I can have those ten hours by noon on Saturday. Wednesday turns out to be a very, very good day for me. I get an early airport run that was worth 5. Ive already made my Wednesday earnings, and its only 8am. I stay on line all day and get another 1. Ive met some really good people who have nothing good to say about their Uber experience. A common theme emerges Uber is inadvertently creating a lot of Lyft customers. Can You Update A Hacked Wii System. Thursday has me closing in on a plan to get ten peak hours, and 5. Lyft is going to pay me 1. Ive driven. I take Thursday off after the morning rush, as Im going to have a busy weekend. Without boring you with too many stories of the very cool passengers I talked with, I ended the week on Sunday morning at 1. I got my 5. 0 hours while taking a very pretty walk of shame passenger home from a house she didnt know the color of, and I saw that I had jumped all the Lyft hurdles on the way. Your Php Settings Limit The Maximum File Size Per Upload there. How did my week with Lyft compare to a typical Uber week I drove more miles with fewer passengers but for more money per ride. Adding in cash tips and a 2. I NEVER get from Uber, I made 1. I had to drive that dreaded midnight to 4am shift. With Uber, it was always a hassle. Lyft passengers, on the other hand, were tipsy but not puke imminent or passed out or in any way troublesome. I had a LOT more pings followed by a cancel followed by a ping and a cancel from the same pax. More than half of my pickups were pax with their toes on the curb. Hallelujah and big props for Lyft. Since I had more idle time with Lyft, more of my 5. Its not like I worked a full 5. Even with a passenger, I was having a great time telling stories and jokes and promoting the superiority of Lyft. I had most of Thursday and most of Sunday to myself, my dog, and my wife. Not in that order, though. Next time I turn on Uber, it will be because Im stuck far into the burbs and need a few cheapskates to take me on several 6 rides without tips in the general direction of home. It looks like for now, Im a Lyft driver. Want to know more about the Lyft vs. Uber experience, read all of our articles comparing and contrasting the two. And make sure you head over to Youtube to check out one of our most popular videos Whats The Difference Between Uber and LyftIf youre ready to sign up for Lyft, click here to use our referral link. Lyft is still offering bonuses up to 7. Bio Tim Reinhart is an Uber AND Lyft driver based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Hes been driving for six months and when hes not driving, he likes to pull fish out of lakes, detail his car, and take his dog to the park.