london taxi as MPV ?
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Well my best mate has just come up with a "cracking idea" as he calls it, I'm not so sure. A old london W reg taxi TX1 i think,as a family car. He just took one in part exchange for a Ifor Williams trailer. His thinking is to get a LHD seat and put in in the front for the wife,remove the parting glass. His wee boy has motor neurons disease and needs a wheel chair and see this is the ideal fun family hack. Like i say not convinced at all. Are they not thirsty buggers even though its a diesel. Cant see it being too much "FUN" to drive ether. Anyone had any experience with this type of lunacy before.
Plenty of potential to be fun;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WE-Ld-J8c
That wasn't very constructive huh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WE-Ld-J8c
That wasn't very constructive huh?
I keep trying to convince my girlfriend it's a good idea when I get her knocked up. You could fit loads of bikes in one.
Does the one he's looking at have ramps and clamps for the wheelchair? Some of them do, not sure how much it would cost to get them fitted if it doesn't.
They do about 35mpg, but the old Nissan engines should last forever and you can run them on veg oil.
http://myblacktaxi.blogspot.com/
Does the one he's looking at have ramps and clamps for the wheelchair? Some of them do, not sure how much it would cost to get them fitted if it doesn't.
They do about 35mpg, but the old Nissan engines should last forever and you can run them on veg oil.
http://myblacktaxi.blogspot.com/
Horrible things, noisy, slow, terrible ride, I used to have to take them every day for work. Far better in my opinion to get a proper MPV. If I remember correctly Autocar (or another mag) tested drove the newest one and it was very uncomfortable to drive.
Buy one if you need to be a taxi-driver in London (only that and the bloody Vito thing can be used) AVOID if not!
Buy one if you need to be a taxi-driver in London (only that and the bloody Vito thing can be used) AVOID if not!
Rich_W said:
We will fight them in the taxi lanes...Darkk said:
DrMoriarty said:
His thinking is he has it already just sitting there. Don't know why he took is as a part ex anyway. Muppet!
If it was cheap enough, why not? Worst case scenario, annoys the s
t out of him, and he moves on to the next bright idea.... 
on it. But a FSH of course 
DrMoriarty said:
Darkk said:
DrMoriarty said:
His thinking is he has it already just sitting there. Don't know why he took is as a part ex anyway. Muppet!
If it was cheap enough, why not? Worst case scenario, annoys the st out of him, and he moves on to the next bright idea.... on it. But a FSH of course I would run it to the ground, just to save the money.
What mpv would you get for 900 quid???
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