"Recliner" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


As I said previously, I don't believe that the type of car required to be
an
Uber driver is the type of car that someone who wants to increase their
income by a few tens of pounds a week working ****ty hours as an Uber
driver, will already have sitting on their drive.

and 7 grand a year isn't enough to finance such a car after you have paid
the other expenses.

I still don't get it (from the pov of the driver).

Many Uber drivers are also local minicab drivers. Some might also driver
for other apps. So the same car is used to generate more than one income
stream.

Whilst I have no personal knowledge of this,

many of the reports that I have read say that it is impossible use this MO
because the London mini-cab companies insist that you rent the car from them
when you drive for them. Your own car sits on your drive.

Also, the number of Uber drivers at any one date is probably much lower
than the numbers cited.

Hm - not convinced (that the papers would report it that way, not that it
doesn't happen)