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"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
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"D A Stocks" wrote:

if my initial experience is
anything to go by, nicer cars, nicer drivers and cheaper. What's not
to
like?

I used Uber Lux for a ride across London recently. Very nice. Wondered
if
the
driver was doing a little moonlighting with his employer's vehicle, but
that's
his business.

I'm not sure if the rules for Uber Lux are different, but my
understanding
is that Uber drivers use their own vehicles.

FSVO

The point about Uber's model is that they don't own them

but that doesn't mean that the driver does either - he could be
"borrowing"
it

(FTAOD - I'm not making some pedantic point about Lease-Hire)

The driver can't just turn up in a random borrowed vehicle.

who said it was "randomly borrowed"

Uber must
approve, and knows exactly what car he drives. It presumably does some
checks on its ownership,

really - why on earth would it need to do that?

suitability,

this is just a case of looking at the marque and the age

whether it's licensed and insured for
private hire, etc.

Isn't this in the drivers name?

tim