Uneconomical Taxi's
Discussion
Debaser said:
Loudy McFatass said:
I was literally pissing myself with excitement when it pulled up as I'd never been in one and always wanted one.
And the driver still let you get in?So many people use it incorrectly that the OED redefeined the meaning of it to include the "emphasis" definition.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Upro...
CraigyMc said:
"Literally" doesn't mean what it did when I was a kid.
So many people use it incorrectly that the OED redefeined the meaning of it to include the "emphasis" definition.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Upro...
That's pretty funnySo many people use it incorrectly that the OED redefeined the meaning of it to include the "emphasis" definition.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Upro...
Debaser said:
CraigyMc said:
"Literally" doesn't mean what it did when I was a kid.
So many people use it incorrectly that the OED redefeined the meaning of it to include the "emphasis" definition.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Upro...
That's pretty funnySo many people use it incorrectly that the OED redefeined the meaning of it to include the "emphasis" definition.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Upro...
turboteeth said:
Early 2000s in Bristol there were at least two Subaru taxis - a black import wagon with an extremely loud exhaust and dump valve and a 555 decalled blue WRX saloon. Very strange but they were both used for about a year then disappeared. Now it's just back to boring Previas and disabled accessible Doblos!
In my uni days me and my mates regularly used the chap who had the blue WRX. He also ran a BMW 325 or 330 for a while. There was a also a red Honda Accord Type R on the rank from time to time! I used to book an S500 Merc when working in Amsterdam. It was the W140 model and still went very well.
The woman who drove it was also the business owner and I asked why use an old V8.
She bought it at 3 years old in 1999 and ran it for 4 years as the 'posh airport' car some corp clients wanted.
She then retired it as newer models joined the fleet, but kept it out back as a back up for a couple of years when others cabs were off the road.
Then she decided it was boring sitting in the office all day so her husband took over running the actual business and she went back out on the road. She picked the old Merc with the intention of running it a few months... nearly 10 years later it still fires up every morning, it owes her nothing and has never broken down - so she keeps on using it. It had over 700k km on the clock. Which is a lot of petrol
The woman who drove it was also the business owner and I asked why use an old V8.
She bought it at 3 years old in 1999 and ran it for 4 years as the 'posh airport' car some corp clients wanted.
She then retired it as newer models joined the fleet, but kept it out back as a back up for a couple of years when others cabs were off the road.
Then she decided it was boring sitting in the office all day so her husband took over running the actual business and she went back out on the road. She picked the old Merc with the intention of running it a few months... nearly 10 years later it still fires up every morning, it owes her nothing and has never broken down - so she keeps on using it. It had over 700k km on the clock. Which is a lot of petrol
skyrover said:
Challo said:
skyrover said:
Every single one of those yellow New York crown vic taxi's has a 4.6 litre V8 under the bonnet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#2...
In Orlando last year booked a couple of private taxi's. One was a Lincoln Navigator and the other a Chevy Suburban. Not exactly fuel efficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#2...
A taxi driver in Garstang, a village between Preston and Lancaster on the A6, has a black Chrysler 300C, it's a diesel, and I have seen a black RS4 Avant once like the one above in Blackburn.
Edited by Blakewater on Monday 29th December 22:48
Edited by Blakewater on Monday 29th December 22:50
Blakewater said:
skyrover said:
Challo said:
skyrover said:
Every single one of those yellow New York crown vic taxi's has a 4.6 litre V8 under the bonnet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#2...
In Orlando last year booked a couple of private taxi's. One was a Lincoln Navigator and the other a Chevy Suburban. Not exactly fuel efficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#2...
Edited by skyrover on Tuesday 30th December 10:29
Blakewater said:
A taxi driver in Garstang, a village between Preston and Lancaster on the A6, has a black Chrysler 300C, it's a diesel, and I have seen a black RS4 Avant once like the one above in Blackburn.
300C is hardly an expensive or even an executive car!Cheap and nasty.
Most private hire vehicles are Mercedes E class, S class (Usually about 10 years old) and Audi's. Even if the car has a plate on the back it may not be a taxi (Hackney) but a Private Hire.
Company in Cambridge has a 2013 plate Mercedes AMG CLS and they just sold a C class AMG. Both licenced as private hire.
They did a job for me from Cambridge to Wales in it!
grkify said:
Got a few 64 plate mercedes c class pottering around by me guessing there leased as 30k for a taxi seems excessive. When everyone else has 10 year old diesels
not really, plenty of vw shuttles and transporters running about with a bit of spec, thats north of 40k for a tarted up van
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