Goodbye UberX

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Goodbye UberX

Uber has notified customers in South Africa that its mainstay UberX ride type will be discontinued next month.

The notice comes after the ride-hailing giant initially only notified users in Johannesburg in May 2026 that UberX would be phased out in their city from 1 September 2026.

 

[shooter69]

Someone that works with me got a uber the other day and I was like "how did that car pass road worthy"? The service went to ****

 

[FiestaST]

An end of an era/error.

 

[FiestaST]

Oh yes, the amount of dashboard/gauge cluster warning lights

IYKYK.

 

[Justanotherguybythesea]

Someone that works with me got a uber the other day and I was like "how did that car pass road worthy"? The service went to ****

It is becoming easy to spot Ubers now, no longer do you look for the vehicle with a NUZ or NUR registration, you look for the one with body panels looking like a packet of Willards crinkle cut chips. Even ones that are only a few weeks old, as evidenced by the registration being the latest block, always have a good number of dents, panel damage and door damage on them. none of it repaired, as that means both paying money in, and also not having the vehicle for a week or two, and if you have courtesy car cover they will also exclude you from using it for commercial use, and they also would have a tracker on it to show this.

 

[*SynergyX*]

i didt really see any difference in uberx and uber comfort for some time now ....cars were shitty eitherway

 

[akescpt]

when i saw the last uber car i wondered wtf is this car part of uber...the decline has been swift...and then the huge fee they charge now...

 

[My_King]

Byeeee Felicia

 

[Jefferson D'Arcy]

Abdul the Algerian rapist is what you get in Cape Town, but you'll probably get where you're going provided you're not a vulnerable target.

Johannesburg has incredibly stinky, accident-coded, little vintage Toyotas for the most part, driven by barely coherent, moonlighting minibus taxi drivers.

A proper BEE-style demolition job on something that used to function well.

 

[airborne]

If my Uber doesn't have near pitch black illegal window tint they can gtfo.
I want real uber when I roll, the darkest dankest tint and it must be a nicely worn out Japanese shtbox that smells like sweaty ass and vomit.

 

[hj007]

wow, wtf

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

wait till they get bajaj qutes as the only uber you can get.

 

[NR7]

i didt really see any difference in uberx and uber comfort for some time now ....cars were shitty eitherway

Thought the same till I couldn't find an Uber Comfort and had to take a Bolt.

Now THAT is shitty.