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by theorique 4183 days ago
Also, in a lot of cases, I find that the customer gets upgraded anyway (at least in off-peak times).

Many, many times I have ordered a regular "black car", and been picked up by a big SUV (Escalade or Suburban). Likewise, a lot of times I have ordered Uber X and been picked up by a luxury car and sometimes an SUV (Audi Q5, etc).
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smackfu 4183 days ago
Yeah, we did UberX in Seattle and got picked up by a BMW 5-series. I don't think it was Black, but certainly better than expected.
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paraserv 4183 days ago
True--while most Uber vehicles are black, it's not a requirement according to a few drivers I've queried. The BLACK category indicates a luxury vehicle for which a BMW 5 would certainly qualify.
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