Here is a taste of my bad experiences: * "My card machine is out of order, only cash." * "That will be $[some outrageous and clearly fake meter amount]. * "M

Here is a taste of my bad experiences: * "My card machine is out of order, only cash." * "That will be $[some outrageous and clearly fake meter amount]. * "My meter is broken. I'll just estimate it." * "There is a $10 surcharge for luggage" / "there is a $5 surcharge for that neighborhood" / there is a $10 surcharge for cards." Bonus points when they only tell you after you arrive. * Driving me the long way. This happened ~25% of all of my trips. It was particularly egregious before mobile phone GPS became ubiquitous. * Unsafe driving. * Stinking / dirty taxis * The cars took hours to arrive, and often never arrived at all. This is probably my biggest gripe. If there is one thing I require, it's efficient transport from A to B. If they can't even do this, they shouldn't be in business. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had any of these issues with Uber. I do agree that the price gap between taxis and Uber is increasing, but I gladly pay it. As above, I would gladly pay 3x more for Uber, so until the price difference arrives there, I'm sticking with Uber.