charlie2555 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 What's the oldest taxi/minicab any of you lot know which is still operating? Most of the taxis in my area are post 2000 rubbish, but there is one car which stands out: this 1986 Volvo 240GLE which I saw last year. Alternatively, does anyone remember any really elderly cars in the past still in use as a taxi? https://www.flickr.com/photos/92622665@N08/10929865845/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/92622665@N08/10929865845 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Think you've already won with that one... haven't we had a taxi thread before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 That's impressive! There's still a couple of J reg Volvo 940's working in town, I'd love to know the mileage of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 There was a Mk 3 Zephyr 4 working ranks in Southampton at least as late as 1982, and over the river from there were a couple of Farinas at the same date, although these could have been just over 10 years old at the time. Most of the taxis in my town now don't even look like cars so I take no notice of them at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordnut Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I've saw a Taunus 17M in active service in Munich last month. That's getting on for 45 years old! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Ah, well if we're including foreign countries... These pictures were taken in 2010 in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Peugeot 404 Taxi by Tayne, on Flickr Peugeot 404 taxi by Tayne, on Flickr I can't be certain when these were assembled in Chile but I'd say this one was somewhere between 20 and 50 years old when I saw it. Angrydicky, Junkman and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 There's an early 90's (not sure exactly as it's on a private plate) S Class around these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2555 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Came back about a month ago after 3 months as a teacher in Ghana. Plenty of old taxis still going there! Oldest I saw was a battered Datsun Violet or whatever it's called, around 40 years old I think, or perhaps this old Vauxhall Viva? eddyramrod, AnthonyG, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Didn't Eddy Ramrod spot an E-reg Mercedes 190 still working as a Taxi? The oldest one I saw in the Midlands was a White Toyota Carina which I think was on a P or R plate. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Germany's oldest taxi: There was a /8 doing service in Vienna, which was claimed to be driven by the world's oldest taxi driver, aged 93.Unfortunately they both, car and driver, had to retire recently.Not because they weren't fit for the job anymore, but Vienna made air condition in taxis mandatory. Wackeldackel and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I take it my 09 plate Mondeo isn't going to win this? chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Maybe this thread had better have some regulations just like taxis. Like, The taxi must be able to pass some kind of visual roadworthiness check !Taynes' Chilean Peugeot would probably pass as it looks well kept , but would Charlies Ghanian Datsun ! Now for the arguments about what is a legal* taxi. * Description of the word legal may vary somewhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 There's a J-reg Peugeot 405 saloon still doing the rounds near me, diesel of course, appears to be a poverty spec model going from the wheel trims and looks extremely tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Last time I went back to Aberdeen, I got a taxi from the airport which was an old Vauxhal Omega. It had a private plate on, so no idea of actual age, but it was the original pre-facelift saloon.Every single possible warning was lit up on the dash from low oil pressure to low screen wash via failed ABS and airbags and it had about 700k on the clock. cms206 and garethj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I saw a W123 Mercedes 200TD doing sterling service as a cab in Poland in May, if that counts. Didn't get a pic. As for warning light Bingo, last year I was in a York private hire Citroen C8 that appeared to have the full house on warning light bingo. It was complaining about all sorts. Gearbox failure, lack of adblue, pads. That was a 2008 car, so was possibly the last of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Isn't there a B-reg Audi 100 still serving the Isle of Wight that appeared in a spotted thread? Nothing remotely old or interesting round my way, I don't know if there's an age limit but it's the usual dull fodder of Jap crap, Pisshats and Skodas, just a few Saabs for variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Is that 240 the one working around Salisbury ? I saw it last year, it's probably still going in true Volvo fashion. There's a pristine W115 working as a taxi in Malta, I was quite amazed to see it in the airport taxi queue the last time I was there. Being a fairly sad individual, I actually waited until it was first in the queue so I could get a ride ! mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRW Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 There's a M or N plate Cavalier 1.7 around the Neath and Port Talbot area still doing service as recently as the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Rover 45 been used for some time now where I come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael1703 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 There's a company in notting hill that uses Morris oxfords as cabs, " kharma cabs " or something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Two from the past few weeks...R153 PSB by cms206, on FlickrR616 OVJ by cms206, on Flickr Split_Pin, charlie2555 and AnthonyG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 There's a company in notting hill that uses Morris oxfords as cabs, " kharma cabs " or something similar[/quote They're actually Hindustan Ambassadors ,hence the mystical,hippy, dippy Indian bollocks. So probably not that old. Oh,it seems they're on J plates so 91/92, they're older than I thought. brickwall and Jim Bergerac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2555 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Two from the past few weeks... R153 PSB by cms206, on Flickr R616 OVJ by cms206, on Flickr Haven't seen any Mk2 Mondeos as taxis for at least 5 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The red one's a long way from Herefordshire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Scottish taxis are weird, in the major towns and cities have mostly brand new or under 2 years old Skoda Rapids, Octavias, Seat Toledos, Avensis, with some Passats and Mondeos, infact my dads 09 Jetta is one of the oldest I've seen in the greater Glasgow area, but venture a little further out and there's loads of stuff like the Mondeos Andy posted, others like a W reg Rover 45, out Kirkintilloch/Bishopbriggs way there's an N plate Cavalier, just shows how tough it must be to make cash on the taxis these days either they or these guys prefer them to the tidy 05 Mondeos/Vectras you can get cheaply to use as a semi respectable taxi these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Re Ghana, the Viva would be older than the Datsun as I think that model Violet came out in '77 or 78, by which time that style of Viva badge had been replaced by a more boring typeface. I probably should have got out more in the 1980s, instead of reading old car brochures. Junkman's Ponton Mercedes wins for Europe I expect, as pre Fintail must be 1959 or earlier. Angrydicky, garethj and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 As a slight tangent, my 09 Mondeo Ghia Estate is an OMG CAT C repair and lacks the 2.0 badges on the wings I was thinking of getting a couple of Cortina wing badges, the shield shape with 2000 written on them. Classy or tacky? Sadly I'm an iPhone user so I can't link a pic. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRW Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Rover 45 been used for some time now where I come from. That's only a baby! There's a Blue 45 TD floating around Ystalyfera doing service to this day, looks immaculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I guess suggesting Cuba is cheating? Apart from a few newish 'official' cabs anything newer than a '59 is a rare sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Pretty sure my local taxi firm have certain rules and regs about Taxi's being no more than 8 years old. Sure I got told/heard that not too long ago. Nearly all 2009 Silver Vectra's, I'd rather walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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