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Previous model E-class was accepted on UberX (<2009).

They may do a graduated commission rate, in tiers, where the more jobs you do, the lower the commission.

Really? This driver experienced an attempted car-jacking from an Uber passenger! http://cab4now.com/risk/

£0. Though I choose to. Sometimes I stay in the suburbs, and it can be quiet. Not that it bothers me much as I work for Uber part-time, and rely on other PH work for my income.

Uber aren't onboarding Exec at the moment (though they may do so soon).

Have you checked your weekly statement? (as it's now Monday) Hopefully it should be on there.

Chances are they're likely to be mates with the controller/owner. Any company where the jobs are despatched by a human controller, there's going to be feeding of jobs to their favoured drivers. There are jobs advertised on the London section of driver's jobs on Gumtree.

I would expect, you'd first have to apply to become a licensed private hire driver. You have to contact your local authority about this, information is probably on their website. It usually involves you having a criminal record check, a medical, and some sort of topography/knowledge test of your local area. You would also need to get a suitable car, licensed for private hire use. Again requirements depend on your local authority. There maybe criteria, on age of the car, maybe colour, mileage, engine size, interior dimensions, and usually an MOT is required twice a year, if the car is over a year old. The car may also need to be inspected further, by the local authority annually, or so. With banking and tax affairs, you will be self-employed, and therefore responsible to pay the tax yourself. An accountant is advised for this, especially as you also have a full-time job. An accountant can ensure you pay the right amount of tax, although you can work it for yourself, you'll probably save more than the accountant's fees. You may wish to keep a seperate bank account just for Uber payments if you wish to make things easier, but if you're organised, and keep all your bank statements in order, then it doesn't matter. Most drivers (in London, anyway), are already existing drivers, some of them work for Uber full-time and moved from their old companies, otherwise work for multiple operators/apps.

Nope Yes, with the 2011 year car, you've got at least a couple of years left to Uber in it.

Had a look at the V5. There is just the date of first registration (and date of first registration in the UK - which would be the same, unless it's an import). Nothing on production year/date. Though it can be found out by looking at the VIN No. I expect.

How would they know when the car was made? I don't think it's on the logbook anywhere.

I don't think the production date matters (the car could have been sitting at an airfield for months before it was sold), but the date of first registration as shown on the V5 logbook. So that would be registered on 06.08.10 or later. If you're planning to get a car for Uber use, I wouldn't buy a five year old one in case as they may deactivate them imminently. Best to get a 2 or 3 year old car, if your budget allows so you know you'll get at least another 2 or 3 years out of the car with Uber. They've already deactivated 09 plate Lux cars - they're probably more lenient with X cars for the time being.

Same, I think - Mon to Fri 12 to 5pm.

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Ah, that's better, sums work out, the job should've taken around a couple of hours. Hope you're doing ok and have plenty of private/other work, as I believe Lux is dead on Uber.

That's almost impossible. Assuming you're on UberX - which you said on your very first post on this forum So, £486.74 on a 1.7x surge for a 60 mile trip. Divide £486.74 by 1.7 to get the normal fare, which is £286.32 £286.32 less the base fare, less the mileage rate x 60, which is - £286.32 - £2.50 - (£1.25x60) = £208.82 which gives the time element on its' own for the journey. At £0.15 a minute, your 60 mile journey would have taken you (£208.82 divided by £0.15) 1372 minutes, or almost 23 hours... (I'm just saying)

It's Ramadan. It will probably go dead once it finishes around the 19th July, I believe, and the quiet summer holidays start.

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Makes sense. The summer holidays during August is very quiet, so make hay while the opportunity is there.

Off on a one week cruise to Norway (to see the fjords) during the second week of July. My client has a two week holiday, so decided to make the most of it, while he's away. Maybe going to Dusseldorf, during the August Bank Holiday as well.

You can use your home address as an operating centre, and it's not necessary to have an office (you can use a room in your home - which also gives the added benefit of offsetting certain utilities such as electricity against your income tax). If you're referring to an office where customers can come in and make bookings, then it's unlikely you can use your home to do so, as you'd need planning permission for change of use of your property, which is unlikely to be granted if your home is in a residential area. I'm also sure you've got a land line at home? My post was meant to say that, it will just be you, the driver, taking bookings over phone, e-mail. No other staff/drivers need to be involved (unless, of course you want to take on staff and drivers), for the time being. Any work you can't do, you can sub-contract out to other drivers, and take your own cut. I have not heard of Uber in London "sacking" you for taking their customers, though it appears to have happened in the U.S. There are other ways of getting custom, mostly through word of mouth, also setting up your own website, dropping leaflets/cards in your local area, spreading the word through social media, etc.

Get yourself an operator's licence, find your own clients, then you take bookings directly from them.

Peeing in bottles and dumping them whereever has always been the case, for any driver working long hours. Especially the bottles you see on motorway verges usually dumped by lorry drivers. There's a warning outside the rank at Charing Cross station, warning drivers not to empty their bottles on the forecourt, too. BTW I don't do it, as I generally work the suburbs, were big supermarkets and petrol stations are plentiful anyway.

Had a job to a West End hotel once. Looks like I wanted to be used as prop/extra for filming. All they wanted was to film two passengers getting in and out my car. Took 2 mins. Got my minimum fare.

The queuing system is maybe there to discourage drivers from waiting at the drop-off area for their next job. It may still be the closest driver gets the job. Hence why the position in the queue is currently hidden?