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I can verify that driving for Uber can be very profitable if you find the right niche and only work during busy hours. My city has a huge restaurant & bar scene and when you hit the right times $20-30 profit is not very difficult. That's after maintenance, fuel, and depreciation costs. You can make even more if you are an entertaining driver and tell great stories (tips!!).

Restaurant delivery driving is a less than minimum wage endeavor in my city the last time I tried it. A lot of that has to do with growing pains: the restaurants don't have the order ready in time, and you usually have to drive across the city to do a pickup because volume is low. Regular Uber was also like this in the early days until volume picked up.

Of course, with COVID, both Uber and Uber Eats is barely worth doing. I hear grocery delivery is where it's at now.