My partner just did his first night of Uber last night, making about $100 in 5 hours before expenses. Not great, but not terrible. We think it's unlikely his boss (for his day job as an admin assistant) will be willing to cut him to 30 hours/week when his school schedule starts next month, so we're trying to find other work opportunities for him. Uber might fit the bill, working mostly Friday and Saturday nights to get the bar crowd in Chicago.
I know, of course, that the true take-home pay is less than it appears, after self-employment tax, gas (although we have a Prius), and extra wear and tear on the car. I'd like to divert a percentage of the income from Uber to our car maintenance/eventual car purchase (in like 10 years!) fund.
Any suggestions for what % of take-home pay to set aside for the extra car maintenance? I was thinking 15%....