Turning my Tesla into a money printer - My first $100 on Turo

[@santicause]

Dude is the king of side hustles.

[@PowerfulRuben]

He’s motivating.

[@Twoideas915]

Yes!

[@JamarD421]

@@santicause Side Hustle King

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

Yay! THIS is a situation where your consideration, thoughtfulness and desire to help people has paid off! It's great to see things going well for you :D

[@GoHerping]

we are SO BACK!

[@Twoideas915]

Bet it’s super fun.

[@emacd520]

Being paranoid about the insurance and recording both calls is so real lol

[@mohammadkamran5862]

but do you have to inform the agent you're recording the call for legal/privacy reasons?

[@AnthonyParamo]

@@mohammadkamran5862​​⁠Not in one party consent states, I believe.

[@Flammper]

Didn't expect to enjoy this video as it's so different from your old content, however I watched the whole video and loved it! Keep up the good work, looking forward to more

[@waynebake1123]

Tip for car photos...squat down so you are not at head height. Makes it look more like it does in traffic. I would also recommend using the lowest possible F stop setting on your lenses, makes the car pop from the background.

[@lionheartheros7139]

I love the integrity of keeping that Tesla in the best shape possible just because you want to. Not a bad start to a fun new side gig c:

[@ValueOfJoy]

I'm so excited for this to be some crazy vinyl wrapped car on Turo.

[@BroodwichLover]

Alex this was a great video. Loved watching your whole process, picture editing and making your listing. Would love more videos documenting your Turo experiences

[@kdubspencer3390]

Look into getting some after market seat covers they cost around $200-300 and fit like a glove so you dont have to worry about customers messing up your sests , you can also get a center console abs cover for around $20-40 to protect the center console from getting scratched by customers .

[@lyssr6s]

me and my bf are also turo hosts! so happy to see you putting out turo related content :)

[@TheFailMistress]

finallylllllyyy! i’ve been waiting for a vid!!

[@charliep123]

As someone whose passions are cars and photography, thank you so much for sharing your process.

[@bubbamcgee5953]

dude your photos are absolutely stunning 🔥

[@Drgn8DDragonsDungeon]

"I slept through the webinar" That is too real XD

[@stevenwilhite4026]

Enjoyed your video. I’d be so scared to let other folks to drive my car. You keep your cars so clean! 😊

[@smokeeey9637]

"I don't like the glare" - nah, dude. The glossy paint is the best, imo

[@GoHerping]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooo. the paint has grown on me a little bit, but i'm still team satin

[@smokeeey9637]

@@GoHerping eh, satin looks cool in videogames, but irl a lot of cars look cheap or fake or plastic-y with satin finish. Dunno, preferences are weird.

[@Purplegorilla9999]

That's really interesting, would think you'd pull more money in doing this but I guess when you think about it $125 for two car washes really isn't bad. I'm curious to see how often you get rentals. Like imagine a popular vacation month or something and your car is rented out almost the whole month. But would love more updates on this as you set it more!

[@GoHerping]

thanks! yeah, more to come

[@JamesField-z9j]

really smart way to make money dude, Thanks!!! (THE CAR LOOKS AMAZING)

[@Plague_Rat778]

I could never rent my car out on turo, even if I bought one specifically to rent out. I could never beat on a rental, but for some reason, people will destroy others vehicles because "its not mine" and yea im sure theres insurance/stuff turo can do, but it just doesn't seem worth it.

[@420Cris]

Once you start getting more rentals you should look into upgrading your personal insurance into commercial insurance, 25% is a lot once you start getting rentals more often. When I checked for my car it was only like $100 more per month (though obviously I don't have a Tesla). When checking quotes, use a throwaway email and not exactly real info, the quotes won't be 100% accurate but they'll be close enough and you won't have to deal with your insurance contacting you trying to sell you on a new plan, which is what they did to me when I was just checking what it'd cost with no intention of actually buying it.

[@GoHerping]

that would be interesting. though turo requires me to give up at least 10% for the lowest coverage. i'm currently on the second most expensive plan at 25%, so maybe it'll be worth adjusting in the future? on the bright side, it hardly added anything to my personal insurance

[@JamarD421]

Thanks for the Turo tour, Alex. I kinda want to try this but it probably isn't worth it in my area. Miami on the other hand might be profitable.

[@eggsinsideme]

You need to buy a Cybertruck for your next roommates. And wrap it.

[@GoHerping]

NOW you're talkin

[@FaithPixel]

the color in the photos looks really nice, like a teal but in video its more of a deep blue to me. Idk maybe i'm color blind.

[@ladybugleader]

short king

[@Jacqueline888]

i must be a moron because i had no idea EVs don’t take oil lol

[@pain002]

At this point I am convinced he is on anti depression medication. Nobody can cope so hard

[@lamefame8723]

aye la twan you steady doing new shi, keep it up tho. i remember you use to take care of geckos gl for that.

[@jessewynne8193]

What are you doing for work now that you’re working from home?

[@Mark-in-Texas]

Good luck with renting out your car, but I wonder just how many times you'll want to wash and detail the car for each renter and get a parent to provide you taxi service after dropping off your Tesla to a renter. The thing about auto insurance, if they declare a car totaled, they only give you the blue book value of the car, and I've heard there is a high percentage of accidents in electric cars in the first year of someone who switches to one. Having people using your car that are totally new to driving a Tesla is a big risk. I do hope all goes well for you. Fortunately, it is just a spare car and you can always chalk it all up to a learning experience anyway which way it all goes.

[@GoHerping]

thanks! only one way to find out ultimately:)

[@zachary8872]

How are you going to get back to your house in the future. Electric bike?

[@alyr7443]

I was thinking the same thing. I wondered why he didn't have it in the electric bike in trunk instead. Unless the drop location wasn't as convenient for him to ride back.

[@ao969]

Nice bro!

[@David-yq1tp]

are u keepin your personal tesla or do u plan to get differrent tesla or other car in the future

[@GoHerping]

as much as I'd like to upgrade my personal car, realistically I think I'll try and drive the original one i got into the ground, since it's just about paid off!

[@Transparentxoul]

All-star host status coming soon! 🎉

[@RealLifeDoomer]

How much is the monthly payment for this Tesla?

[@GoHerping]

$443

[@RealLifeDoomer]

so it needs to be rented out aprox. 14 days per month to cover itself, tires and other wear&tear not included... Is that doable, consistently?

[@MrJukumarpwn]

Top secret? That's literally an Amazon facility 😂

[@imdavidlamar]

Can you make a video about how you set up the Tesla to do rentals? Did you have to create a new profile, lock certain settings? put the car in rental mode?? lol I had my BMW on turbo but now I want to put my Tesla on there. But don’t want them changing anything and buying stuff

[@GoHerping]

i give them a quick rundown on how the screen works, but ultimately i just sync the car to my own profile since i (unsurprisingly) think the settings i use are the best lol. heavy steering, hold mode, lane departure warning, lanekeep, and i put my preferred audio EQ settings. and then i tell them to play around with the settings however they like and then i sent them an invite link via the app, which i then remove when the trip ends but - i did disable in-car upgrades so people don't go tapping around and purchasing full self driving on my credit card lol.

[@imdavidlamar]

@@GoHerping ohhh ok well I guess that makes sense lol so when they supercharge you get billed?? do you have to demand the money back after the trip or does Toro somehow get involved?

[@TtvRealtor40k]

I rented from Turo for a vacation trip. Trust me!! don’t lend your car to strangers lol

[@blue7039]

Good job! know a guy who owns at least 10 different luxury cars not doing a damn thing with any of them they just sit and collect dust .

[@GoHerping]

i mean, if he enjoys it i guess.... but i would hate to not drive a car i own. i yearn for the day i can buy some collector's car and put 100k miles on it lol

[@tom-ss2mn]

That's awesome. If booked every day that sounds like $1200 profit.

[@GoHerping]

thanks! yeah i'd love to see the car on the road as many days as possible

[@sugaredwitch]

I like how you’re making fun of others photos but yours aren’t any better 😂😂😂

[@rickybungalow8839]

Alex G. (ie Alex Goherping)

[@Purplesquigglystripe]

As someone who might want to rent a car on occasion, I'd be less interested in sales-y acceleration descriptions and more concerned with the reliability and range of the car. Also a less fluffy description on how to use superchargers would be more helpful. I don't have a car, so I just rent out one of my parking spaces to someone who does lol.

[@TaydahRaydah]

There’s no demographic to tell whether someone will trash a car that they are renting.

[@PowerfulRuben]

8:51 daddd

[@taylorrobbins1853]

Is that your dad’s corvette? I love that body style of corvette and am planning to get one at some point. That one looks clean

[@shortafewbolts]

I used to allow 150 miles per day, and renters would return my car and give me a perfect rating. Only to find out a few days later, they owe me mileage excess fee. :P. (I'm homeless now if it makes you feel better)

[@MrJukumarpwn]

$65 a day boost that number friend

[@420Cris]

He can't until he gets a few hundred rentals, there's hundreds if not thousands of Tesla's avaliable for around $100 so the only way to build up reviews is by doing cheaper rentals. Wait until you see how much he started charging after that first rental lmao.

[@MrJukumarpwn]

@@420Cris 💀

[@PowerfulRuben]

7:01 lmaoooooooooo

[@ronkydonk6]

Now, some of the things you say and do really make sense as to why you’d be friends with your ex roommates. Edgelord is all I can see

[@Twoideas915]

Should of taken the photo by the grass but nice photos

[@RRIA_America]

I wish I was earlier.

[@PowerfulRuben]

9:34

[@PowerfulRuben]

12:16

[@HallowsTheGreat]

Protein shake!? 💅💅

[@clean.parker]

Try some street photography. I bet you'll get a lot of views. I watch stuff like that all of the time.

[@ncott23161]

you still have to pay off the car

[@GoHerping]

this is true indeed. I'll have a full cost breakdown coming soon!

[@spaceman4782]

Nice shoes 🔥🔥🔥

[@kjowl]

I would prolly just sell the cars instead of renting them because ppl gonna beat on the seats and everything so bad

[@JuelzLoren]

"Suck that musky"....whaaaa???

[@TheWildsaiyan]

💵 🚘

[@AgentZ2]

Is this sponsored?

[@Lauren-ily2]

No

[@Havokid319]

What caught my eye was the channel name? Go Herping? Like going to spread the disease? lol sorry

[@twovulagaming]

Herping is the act of going around in nature and finding reptiles and amphibians (coming from the word herpetology). Alex used to be a reptile/amphibian centered channel before his company Emerald Scales fell through.

[@johnheater6697]

One thing to keep in mind when renting out an EV is that tires wear much, much quicker on EVs then they do on ICE vehicles. Depending on how often your vehicle is used you'll need to get new tires much more often due to increased mileage on it. There's honestly a lot of issues renting out EVs specifically but Teslas are particularly bad due to their closed architecture. also I'd argue that a Tesla is kind of a poor choice for a car that's gonna be kinda beat on by people who don't own it. Maintenance for these things is hard to do and you cannot service Teslas yourself (usually). That's not to even mention the poor build quality of these cars when they are used extensively! I wish you luck doing this but I honestly think this may end up being much more trouble then its worth considering the payout and potential maintenance bills. Let alone the horror scenario of getting a bad guest who ruins your vehicle. I think you'd prooobably be better off doing this if you hadn't taken a loan out for this thing and actually could maintain it should stuff go wrong. I wouldn't be as concerned if it was literally anything else then a basically brand new Tesla.

[@rickybungalow8839]

i dont know. ive heard this but i put on new tires for my model 3 and just did 15k miles in them. after checking the depth, its hardly worn at all (1-2mm out of 9mm). do you own one or did you hear this on the internet? also his tesla is not brand new

[@davidmitchell1920]

I have 40k on my Pierelli P Zeros on my Model X and still have treadmill left on my tires

[@ricardomejia4336]

i have handbook tires on my hyundai ioniq 6. for how many miles i’ve done in it (not super light driving) they are barely worn.

[@josecruz021]

This title is misleading 🤬 I thought you were going to convert your car into some sort of printer and make counterfeit money.

[@Offline-ability7]

GoHerping

[@siamimam2109]

6:18 Mr Herping looking mad THICC 🫲🏃‍➡️