Why I started charging membership prices for rides, repairs, and detailing
Most gig workers and students I know have the same problem: their car breaks, they can't afford the shop rate, they miss shifts, and the whole week falls apart. So I built DriveWorks to fix that cycle instead of just profiting off it.
Here's the model: one membership ($15/mo) gets you three things instead of three separate vendors —
Cheap rides when your car's down or you just don't want to drive
Member pricing on repairs — no marked-up "walk-in" rate
Discounted detailing — because a clean car is cheap confidence
The insight: if you're a gig worker or student, your car isn't a luxury, it's your income and your schedule. Treating repairs, rides, and detailing as three unrelated expenses is why people get stuck. Bundling them into one relationship (one shop, one price, one chat to book anything) means you actually use the discount instead of shopping around every time something breaks.
If you're in that boat — grinding, need your car reliable, tired of shop upcharges — come check it out. First month's 25% off with code DRIVE25.
