Make it work for you: how to earn money with your car

Buying, keeping and maintaining a car is an expensive affair, besides from paying for insurance, repair costs, and even parking costs if you live in the city. When you spend a lot of time in your car, you’d want it to run as smoothly as possible – so we tend to invest even more money into it. At the end of the day, it’s all worth it; you need it to transport yourself around, and the sound of a well-treated motor takes all those money worries away. Still, wouldn’t it be nice to see a bit of that money return to you somehow? Make your car work for you with these brilliant money-saving ideas, and enjoy the time you spend on it even more.

When you don’t need your car all the time: Getaround

You can make use of the many car-sharing services that lives online, and Getaround is only one of them. Just like with a car rental company, people can log on and search for available vehicles in their area – the only difference is that the car is yours or your neighbors. It’s a bit unsettling for car lovers but don’t worry too much; they provide both insurance and roadside assistance in case something should happen, as well as checking customers’ driving records.

That way, you won’t be renting your car out to some lunatic, and you get to make money off it when you don’t need to use it yourself.

When you don’t need it at all: Cash for cars

Whether your vehicle is still functioning or not, you can find decent companies out there that offer good money for it. This is an excellent idea if you have an old vehicle in the garage, left behind and unwanted; contact cash for cars, and they’ll collect it for you. It’s a minimum amount of effort, a smart way of putting an old vehicle to good use, and the fastest money you’re going to make this week.

When you need it all the time: Lyft and Uber

If you need to drive your car several times on a daily basis, it’s a good idea to pocket a bit extra out of it with Lyft or Uber. You don’t need to commit to this on a full-time basis; become a part-time driver on the weekends or the days when you’re not too busy, and you can actually earn a decent amount of money. Plus, you don’t have to rent your car out to strangers as they’ll be sitting comfortably in your backseat. The only downside is that you need to work for the money yourself.

When you need it once in a while: TaskRabbit

Make money with your car by running errands for others together with TaskRabbit. It’s social, helpful, and you’ll be able to choose the kind of task you feel that you could assist others with. You don’t actually need a car to run these errands, but it’s a lot easier when you have one, and you’ll be able to take on more tasks than if you had to go by public transport. Bill your customers directly through the app and watch how your monthly income increases little by little.

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