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- Amal?
What are you doing today?
- Working, at work.
- Nah, not anymore.
We're gonna race some ride shares.
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- What's a racing ride share?
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- So, okay,
you know like, it's like late at night,
and you're like okay, we have to get home.
We have to call an Uber or Lyft.
- Gotta go.
- But you always have the debate of
which one's faster, which one's cheaper.
- Yep.
You have to compare both at the same time,
and you have to wait a few minutes
because they both change.
- What?
- Yeah, they change.
The rates change.
- I didn't know that.
- Yeah, they fluctuate.
- Interesting.
- It's like peak pricing.
You know that.
- Oh, yes, I did know that.
Laying out a little bit of ground rules.
- Okay
- So we're gonna race from our office
all the way to the Santa Monica Pier,
- Oh, wow. - And you know LA traffic.
Getting from anywhere in the city to
- The west side.
- It's like a journey.
- So this will be an all day race or?
- I mean, uh, maybe not?
We'll see.
Hopefully not.
On the way there, we're gonna take the lyft and the Uber X,
so like the regular one,
and then on the way back, we're going to take
a pool or a lyft line,
so that way, we can compare the economy,
the regular ones.
And then I would like to do
the deluxe ones, but I don't think we can afford it.
- That's the next video.
- Next video.
Let's see if the deluxe ones are worth it.
- I know. - Yeah.
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This is what we're gonna be judging.
So, first, we're gonna judge
how cheap they are.
- Okay.
- So we're gonna look at the prices and see right away
if Uber or lyft is gonna be cheaper.
- Fair.
- Second, we're gonna see which one is faster.
- Okay. - So,
obviously, the important thing is
you gotta get from A to B,
and you wanna get there in a timely manner.
- Got it.
- So, we are going to see which one picks us up faster,
which one drops us off faster,
and then vice versa.
So the first one down and back wins that challenge.
- We should also see whether or not
the time they say you're gonna get there
is actually accurate.
- Ooh.
Last thing will be like,
it's a little bit up in the air,
kind of like the quality of the ride.
We're gonna rate like, does your person have water?
Did they have gum?
Did they have an aux cord?
'Cause some, you know,
not all Uber and lyft drivers are created equal.
I think lyft's gonna win.
- Oh, okay, interesting.
- Although, I bet wrong on a video like this before.
- I'm gonna say that Uber is gonna win
because I feel like Uber, classic,
you know the original.
- Alright.
- Let's do it.
- You ready to race?
- Let's do it.
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I was doing like a, no.
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- Whew.
- Okay, I can only type so fast.
- I know, right?
- It was a lot.
- We've been through a lot.
- I have to cancel cardio today.
- So we're going to
the Santa Monica Pier.
- Yes, perfect,
and we hit - And we're taking
- Uber X. - The X, and I'm taking
the regular lyft.
My price is $22.60.
- Mine is $24.01.
- Ooh, so still, lyft is winning.
- Yeah, still winning. - In terms of the price.
- But, what time is your drop off time?
- 11:35.
- Oh, okay.
- What is yours?
- Mine is 11:29.
- God, dang.
Well, you ready to order this
and see which one gets there first?
- I'm ready.
Uber X.
- Ready? - Okay.
Ready, set. - Go.
- Confirm.
- Oh, my guy is three minutes away.
I already have a driver. - Mine is one minute away.
- Uh, do you actually have a driver,
or is it saying estimated one minute?
- Contact one minute away.
- Oh, crap, okay.
- Okay, arriving soon.
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
- Okay, well grab it.
Aw, darn it.
This looks like Uber's really gonna beat me.
- So, our Uber just arrived
immediately, like exactly actually one minute
after we ordered it,
So let's go.
I hope we beat Ryann.
- Hi, for Amal?
Yes.
- [Uber Driver] Day going?
- Pretty good, how 'bout yours?
- I am still here waiting.
Just because her ride got here first
does not mean she's gonna get there,
and also, we still have the lyft line on the way back,
so I might win.
- [Uber Driver] If anyone's thirsty,
just help yourself.
There's some bottled water there.
- Thank you.
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- [Uber Driver] Oh, it looks like
they're allowing parking.
I can go straight through that.
- [Amal] Oh, perfect.
Yeah, if you could, that'd be amazing.
- [Uber Driver] Yeah, it's fine.
- I made it to the pier, and it looks like I made it
four minutes before my estimated time,
so that is four minutes that goes to lyft's.
- We made it.
It's 11:36,
and I think that's the time
they said we were gonna make it, right?
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So, we're already winning.
Let's go see if we beat Ryann.
- I need to get to the other end of the pier
before Amal does,
and that way, I can win.
So, we ended up getting here at the same time.
- Same time. - Ugh.
- I got here at 11:36.
- And I got here at 11:35.
- Okay, so technically, you did beat me.
- Well, yes, one minute.
That is sure. - Yes.
- I did get here a little bit earlier.
- But, so what time was your original?
- My original time was 11:39.
So they saved three minutes.
- Oh okay, shaved three minutes.
- Or, sorry, four minutes,
actually for me.
How much, what was your original time?
- I think it was 11:35.
So it was pretty close.
Mine is 11:29.
- So now it's just gonna be a real race on the way back.
And so that's the thing.
'Cause now it's like, now we know that we're neck and neck.
- Now we know.
But did you get offered water?
- No.
God, bonus points for Uber.
- Bonus points.
And our guy was actually so nice
and he had a puke bag with the puke emoji on it.
- Oh wow, so he went all out.
My guy, he played Whitney Houston and Cyndi Lauper.
- Okay, that's pretty amazing.
- So that was fun, yeah.
- No, that's pretty amazing.
- He was nice.
It looks like the race is still on
because this isn't over.
- It is still on.
- But you know what?
Since we're here we should just stop for lunch, no?
- Yeah let's do it.
- Okay.
So on the way back we're doing share
so you're gonna be in a pool or like a lyft line.
So right now my trip for here back to the office is $18.40.
- My pool is $16.26.
- But what time does yours say you arrive?
- Mine says between 1:31 and 1:43.
- That is tough because mine is 1:15 and 1:28.
Wow, isn't that weird how it shifted from one to another?
- It really did.
How are you getting there that I'm not getting there?
- I don't know.
Well I'm gonna go ahead and order mine and you can wait,
ha ha.
I did beat Amal coming back
and she has a shoot after this and I made her late.
So I'm actually gonna set up her shoot for her
just to prove that I'm not a terrible person
and that there's enough time when you ride with lyft
that you can do someone else's job on top of your own.
Amal, Amal, Amal.
- Hi.
- It looks like, it looks like I bet on a winning horse.
Would you say?
- Look, a lot happened today.
On my way back we had somebody get picked up
at the same exact location as me.
- [Ryann] Oh.
- We dropped off that girl and then another girl
just immediately walked into her seat.
- Spot, right.
- But then we got back very late.
- Yeah, I got back like 20 minutes before you.
- Literally, yeah.
Thanks for setting up my set.
- I did.
I set up your set.
But it's okay.
I had time.
Both of my drivers were cool
but it was just like quiet rides.
Neither of them had water or gum or anything like that.
- I had water and the second time I had a vigilante.
- What?
What does that mean?
- Basically we had, one of our other coworkers helped me
and he was taking pictures of me and video in the Uber.
At the end of it, he got out before me,
and then she stopped me and she was like are you okay?
He was taking videos and pictures of you the whole time.
Like, are you sure you're okay?
- [Ryan] I'm like yes, I'm fine.
- And I was like oh my gosh.
That's really important,
especially for women traveling alone.
- So in terms of the race it looks like lyft.
Lyft won in terms of speediness both ways,
and it was cheaper both times.
Caveat, I feel like both of these experiences
were very specific.
I mean, I feel like lyft can have days
when they are a lot slower or more expensive
and Uber can have, you know, it's day to day.
- And it depends on the area.
- That's true.
Definitely depends on what city you're in.
But this was really fun, you know?
- Let's do it again, next time, with Uber copter.
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