Uneconomical Taxi's
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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...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#2...
I run a petrol Mondeo as a taxi so not exactly what the OP was hinting at, it's only a 2 litre petrol so not too bad on fuel, the main reason I use a petrol car is I'd much rather have the fuel costs of a petrol car over the complicated maintenance over a modern diesel, for example the fuel pump went a couple of months back £30.00 for a new one instead of upwards of £300.00 for a diesel pump.
zeppelin101 said:
There was an old 740i kicking around Leicester for a while when I lived there as a taxi. Was running on LPG though. Still, I wouldn't fancy a 7 series-sized bill when something goes wrong with it...
Assuming it's an E38 variety, as long as you don't have a major engine failure they don't really cost any more to run than a modern ish Passat and are probably 10x as reliable for all the ancilliary bits like electric windows, door locks etc etc. They are also easy to work on, saving labour time costs If I had to spend all day driving round, I'd much rather use an old E38 than any newer diesel rep mobile.
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...
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...
Challo said:
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
There is some tax loophole where vehicles over a certain gross weight can be used for certain tax emptions. I think it was put in place for farmers that need big trucks, but you get the likes of Estate agents tooling around in Excursions because of the tax benefit.Not so sure the extra fuel costs wouldn't wipe that out though.
Our local taxi firm has a fleet of S Type Jags, all 3 litre V6 petrols. The owner is a bit of a petrol head but after years running diesels and lpg converted petrols he's gone full circle. Justifies it via low purchase price and much better reliability, he also says it generates more trade especially airport runs and he finds his drivers are more reliable as he gives them a nicer place to work.
The village in Italy where my mother's family are from often has some high end taxis, a few years ago a guy was running a W140 S Class which I thought was pretty excessive, then I spotted the V12 badges! At first I thought it must be a wind up but one day I used it and after dropping me off he opened the bonnet and yep, a 6 litre V12 taxi! They do charge about 15 Euros for a 5min journey though.
The village in Italy where my mother's family are from often has some high end taxis, a few years ago a guy was running a W140 S Class which I thought was pretty excessive, then I spotted the V12 badges! At first I thought it must be a wind up but one day I used it and after dropping me off he opened the bonnet and yep, a 6 litre V12 taxi! They do charge about 15 Euros for a 5min journey though.
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