Have you had a bad taxi / ride hailing experience in South Africa?

Have you had a bad taxi / ride hailing experience in South Africa?

  • Yes

    Votes: 33 52.4%

  • No

    Votes: 30 47.6%
  • Total voters
    63
Devon101 said:
Never had a bad Uber trip since I don't use it much. I once had a taxi door fall off and another taxi got impounded before I reached my stop.
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i had a taxi engine start smoking ..engine in the front you sit on top of it

and then another the brakes caught light and they put it out ..5km down the road the same side wheel came off and we went sliding to one side of the road
beauty of real taxis
 
I.am.Sam said:
i had a taxi engine start smoking ..engine in the front you sit on top of it

and then another the brakes caught light and they put it out ..5km down the road the same side wheel came off and we went sliding to one side of the road
beauty of real taxis
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It was good and I had a few laughs but I'm glad I'm done with taxis. The clowns are shooting themselves again here even with SAPS present.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
might well be, did you complain via the app or something?

in my case it was a ride GetWorth booked for me to get home after selling a car and the driver probably knew what's what, so there was no avenue for me to complain directly to Uber

to be fair he did also seem exhausted, like dangerously exhausted as if he pulled an all nighter or something, in the end I was glad to get home alive :eek:
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Yes, I complained, they asked for more details and gave me a refund.
 
Yes, this morning in the Uber to work

First asks where im going, are you serious?

Drives WAY off track after explaining, literally 3km or more off route cause you talking more KAK than paying attention to even the speed bumps

Gets a attitude when i asked do you have the map route available cause this is off route and i need to be at work at 6am, that's why i booked at 5:30

Starts talking race KAK, yes I'm white bro, i can see you eye balling me the mirror every time you mention BIG BUSINESS BOER to see my reaction. Clearly im just a regular working class dude, i cant even fake being a big business boer

last rant, car was a piece of crap also, i always bless the driver with a R10/R20 tip depending on how leka we chat, but this bro, nah dude, go home
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
black is the biggest rip off ever, literally the exact same cars as everything else, just 3 times the price for the exact same car.

I mean I expect a Bentley if Im paying that much, all I get is a Polo Sedan , and they call that black..
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I would rather pay more and get something better. In the US you’ll typically get a newish Lincoln Navigator, or at worst a Chev Suburban, and best a Cadillac Escalade. In the UK (no black option, rather Exec and Lux), you will typically get a Merc E Class or Merc S Class respectively (or similar- BMW 7, Audi 8, etc). The driver will also typically be in a suit, etc.
 
FiestaST said:
Dashboard/gauge cluster warning lights, not just fuel.

IYKYK.
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Ok so I have to say Uber once notified me that it had upgraded my ride to Uber Black just as a free trial ... and when the guy arrived it was in an older BMW 5 Series with a permanent traction control light on on the dashboard. Kinda ruined the "luxury" experience for me, ya know.

As for the guys driving with their petrol lights on, that just tells you all you need to know about how the rest of the car has been maintained.
 
EL'Diablo said:
depending on how leka we chat, but this bro, nah dude, go home
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I've had that as well, you foreigners must all go home, Africa is for Africans, if you are not black, your place is not here.
we were here first, Africa runs on african rules, not on white rules, he proudly tells me while driving his POS skedonk Datsun Go made in India
 
cguy said:
In the US you’ll typically get a newish Lincoln Navigator, or at worst a Chev Suburban, and best a Cadillac Escalade. In the UK (no black option, rather Exec and Lux), you will typically get a Merc E Class or Merc S Class respectively (or similar- BMW 7, Audi 8, etc).
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US gives you a lot more options ... from Hummer, Tesla, etc down to those electric scooter jobbies....

Had a helicopter option appear in Seattle :ROFL:
 
wallace1 said:
That's a you issue and not an uber issue
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Hahaha, the thread title asks whether you've had a bad experience. Not specifically whether the service you received from Uber, etc was bad.

And I did.
 
W@P said:
Hahaha, the thread title asks whether you've had a bad experience. Not specifically whether the service you received from Uber, etc was bad.

And I did.
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Luckily you didn't throw up on the driver
 
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Only to the point of occasional bad attitudes. e.g. uber black not wanting to use aircon when its 35 degrees outside because petrol saving, etc.
 
rustypup said:
US gives you a lot more options ... from Hummer, Tesla, etc down to those electric scooter jobbies....

Had a helicopter option appear in Seattle :ROFL:
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Yeah, also interesting things like “Uber Pet”, and for super cheap “Uber Share”, where you land up with other people in the car.

Interesting - a lot of Seattle is super tedious to navigate due to the water separation - can see why it would be handy to have a helicopter option.
 
Have seen a few local E-hailing drivers pulled over to either p155 in the street or empty out their rubbish onto the pavement.
A pet peeve is when they stop like taxis almost anywhere to pick up or drop off a fare, but have no decency to pull to the side, they literally stop halfway across the street/lane.

2 very different / polar experiences I had in Angola earlier this year.
Arrived at the airport and booked a "yango", their version of uber.
30 mins into our 45min trip, the guys wheel broke off. I kid you not, the steel rim literally broke.
Dude pulled over on the highway, right outside some huge complex and shouts at the armed security to open the gate for him to park his car inside. Security just laughed him off.
He then booked another "yango" to pick us (and him) up, then that driver dropped us at the hotel and went on his way with the first driver.

Fast forward 3 months, Im back there, book a Yango and scrutinize the car before I get into it.
However, this driver also offers to be my personal driver for the full period that i'm there (about 4 days).
But the dude can't speak a word of English, we communicated through Google Translate.

Was the most entertaining ehailing rides I ever had. He never let his inability to speak English, prevent him from learning the words to English POP SONGS! I can still hear him now singing Adele's - " Someone like you" :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

I still have that video :ROFL:
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In a bid to improve customer safety, ridesharing app Uber announced a new "Not An Asian" feature on their platform which automatically filters out Asian drivers.

"This is about not only safety but security," said Uber spokesman Bob Vroom. "Asian drivers can make people feel uncomfortable, even if they happen to be one of the few who know how to drive. To improve the customer experience, we need to offer the option to limit Asian driver engagement on the platform."

Asian drivers looking to maintain their business can reportedly bypass the filter by driving a Tesla vehicle. Uber's attorneys claim that the advanced safety and automation features of a Tesla minimize the impact of Asian driving.

"There's still a danger, though," one lawyer said. "Accept rides from Asian drivers at your own risk."

An early trial period of the new feature was met with overwhelmingly positive feedback. The feature proved so popular during testing that it will reportedly be enabled by default.

Users who want Asian drivers will have to go into the app's settings to specifically disable the "Not An Asian" filter. "Sometimes I just want to throw caution to the wind," one user said. "Bring on the Chinaman drivers."

Critics blasted Uber for the new app tool, saying it would put Asian drivers out of work.

"This is not about racism, this is about giving people the choice to avoid Asian drivers," Vroom said, defending the new program. "We're not saying that Asians can't drive, we're just saying they can't drive well."

At publishing time, Uber offered to compensate their Asian drivers for the drop in fares by providing them with rickshaws instead.
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babylonbee.com

Uber To Begin Offering ‘Not An Asian’ Option

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In a bid to improve customer safety, ridesharing app Uber announced a new "Not An Asian" feature on their platform which automatically filters out Asian drivers.
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A trip to the airport last year. In an Etios, with no sign of a working aircon, on a hot day, and getting caught up in G20 practise road closures. Not the driver's fault at all, except for the aircon, but rather a combination of stuff. If any one of the problems hadn't happened, the trip would have been fine.
 
I only use Uber. And usually Black or Van. I’ve had the odd Comfort due to urgency. No real complaints but some car quality issues. I think mainly as they get older they want the ROI but the car is just not well kept
 
R13... said:
I had some nutter kick me out of his uber because I hadn't greeted him on entry. Quite deranged he was.
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Why wouldn't you greet on entry though? Ngisho 'mhla ugibela kutekisi uvula is'gcabha, ubulise.
 
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