As the excitement surrounding Uber‘s car service spreads like wildfire across South Africa, some punters have found themselves waiting longer than they had hoped, for a car. It looks like that is about to stop!

This, from Uber’s blog:

MORE UBERS ON THE ROAD
We LOVE that you enjoy Uber and we want to make sure you always get a ride when you need one. You’ve shown Uber so much love since our launch in Cape Town in fact, that sometimes during peak hours it can be difficult to get a car. This makes us very sad! We want you to know that we are on it! We are working day and night with the professional driver community of Cape Town to increase supply and bring you more cars!

HOW DO WE DO THIS?
Here at Uber, we use our technology to connect you, the riders, with the existing professional driver community and their vehicles. Some of these drivers will drive Mercedes, others will drive Toyotas but what they all have in common is they are all professional. They are all fully licensed, take pride in their registered cars and keep them to the highest standards.

THE THEORY? We would rather have you safely in a licensed car, be that a Mercedes or a Toyota, with a professional driver than unable to access your private driver when you need him/her the most!

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We chatted to the gang at Uber and apparently these Toyotas and the like will be 2012/2013 models. We looked online and a number of 2012 Toyota Corollas sell for the same as 2009 Mercedes-Benz C-Classes. That said, you’ll be sure to be in a solid car with similar value to what you’re used to.

Personally I don’t really care – as long as there is a car available, a smart driver in a suit and I don’t have to deal with the antiquated systems (“Hello this is DISPATCH, the customer says you aren’t there!!”) of local cab companies anymore. Imagine, no more phone calls when dealing with car companies..

Well done, Uber!

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