"Sarf of the bleeding' river at this time of night..." collection Fred

[Rocket88]

Original intention was to use Kermit the Renault 11 as a daily........which has now been shelved. Noticed loads of TX2 London cabs seem to be on the market due to ULEZ effectively banning them from Lunnen...........been to collect this today........Compared to a TX1, remarkable civilised.

This one's done 330k miles [ish] and apart from some peeling paint on top of d/s wing, is in really good condition. 

"Ow much ? £450.............

 

[lesapandre]

They do seem a heck of a bargin. I remember when they were new. 

[Rocket88]

This is yer actual Gold model.....with fake wood and everything..........

[Agila]

Needs a dash sticker.

[hairnet]

'youll never guess who i had in the back the other day'

ad infinitum

 

[bangernomics]

Quite fancy chopping one of these into a pickup with a wooden railed bed. Did they have a few?

[Rocket88]

Loads on Ebay..........

[bangernomics]

Loads on Ebay..........

Is that where yours came from? Was it a dealer or a lease owner?

[Rocket88]

From Faceache marketplace. Owner of a cab company who was getting rid of his fleet. He sold it to a gent in Hayward's Heath, who couldn't get insurance for his son to drive it, and contacted the original seller, who I had contacted after he sold it, asking if he knew anyone who may be interested................

[HMC]

Top buyage! I often think about one of these, I presume it’s 1000000% nicer than an fx4 but oddly enough that was part of their charm (says someone who didn’t have to spend hours and hours behind the wheel And drove it for fun)

[sutty2006]

Fake taxi sticker inbound? 

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, colc said:

Original intention was to use Kermit the Renault 11 as a daily........which has now been shelved. Noticed loads of TX2 London cabs seem to be on the market due to ULEZ effectively banning them from Lunnen...........been to collect this today........Compared to a TX1, remarkable civilised.

This one's done 330k miles [ish] and apart from some peeling paint on top of d/s wing, is in really good condition. 

"Ow much ? £450.............

 

Awesome!

I was just thinking earlier that its a shame not more shitters own black cabs

having grown up with them I am obviously quite fond of them!

although ill always prefer the FX4, I have warmed up to the others, (and regret never riding in a Metrocab, I always try and made my mum hail FX4's if we had to hail a cab LOL)

so its cool to see one on the forum  

I look forward to seeing how you get on with dallying it etc

[Aston Martin]

Lift the rear seats up, you'll find £18 in pound coins...

[vulgalour]

Might seem like a daft question, but are these easy to get insurance on?  Since they're designed to be a taxi from the off, I often wondered how regular insurers treat them when used as just An Car.

[wuvvum]

I have to say when I was trying to sell the various Metrocabs I owned, a lot of potential buyers were put off by the difficulty in insuring them as private cars.  I'd imagine you'd have to go through one of the specialist insurers.

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, Aston Martin said:

Lift the rear seats up, you'll find £18 in old pound coins...

EFA. 

[Supernaut]

I love the number plate. I bet you get a lot of NVH in it.

[DoctorRetro]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

'youll never guess who i had in the back the other day'

ad infinitum

 

I think I've seen the video.... 🤔

[davehedgehog31]

YES! 

Have had my head turned by these too in the past. Would be interested to know how insurance is?

[Rocket88]

Insurance seems to be an issue.......maybe they feature highly in insurance claim algorithms...............considering where most of them are, and the mileage they do, not a surprise. Flux wanted over £500 a year, most conventional insurance companies won't touch them. Mine's on a trade policy

[juular]

This is cool. I had my eye on an FX4 for a while. I am sure this will be much easier to live with.

What if you 'modify' it? Cone filter or somesuch? Or change the parameters: increased or decreased mileage, commuting, business etc. With obscure stuff I find that can help by opening up insurers that only cover certain options. In some cases going for the bare minimum SDP low milage works out dearer than ramping up the cover and getting a discounted quote from someone else.

[Rocket88]

1 hour ago, juular said:

This is cool. I had my eye on an FX4 for a while. I am sure this will be much easier to live with.

What if you 'modify' it? Cone filter or somesuch? Or change the parameters: increased or decreased mileage, commuting, business etc. With obscure stuff I find that can help by opening up insurers that only cover certain options. In some cases going for the bare minimum SDP low milage works out dearer than ramping up the cover and getting a discounted quote from someone else.

The inner working of insurance company algorithms are so incredibly Byzantine, that I'm not sure if they understand them themselves..........a prime example of A.I completely taking over from common sense. You'd probably get it cheaper if you re-bodied it and put a V8 in it...............

[Rocket88]

12 hours ago, Supernaut said:

I love the number plate. I bet you get a lot of NVH in it.

Surprisingly civilised....far more than the old "FX" jobs

[Jim Bell]

I've always fancied a daft auld taxi but I dunno if I could be arsed with pissheads getting in the back when I stop at a red light in the city centre.  

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

I've always fancied a daft auld taxi but I dunno if I could be arsed with pissheads getting in the back when I stop at a red light in the city centre.  

install an electrified grid in the door apertures

problem solved

[juular]

1 hour ago, colc said:

. You'd probably get it cheaper if you re-bodied it and put a V8 in it...............

 

Wouldn't contest that thought for a second. 

I ran a few quotes on the Volvo 440 that needed saved on here. A £75 base spec car pulled by around 80 raging horses. Couldn't get it below £500 even with low mileage and £1000 excess.

240bhp Volvo C70 in GT trim? No problem sir, £150 with business use, 10k mileage and zero excess.

I noticed if I reduced the milage and removed commuting the quotes started to rocket as the cheap insurers wouldn't cover it.

There is no logic in it whatsoever so you may as well methodically exhaust every button and drop-down on the comparison sites and see what happens.

 

 

[Three Speed]

7 hours ago, colc said:

Insurance seems to be an issue.......maybe they feature highly in insurance claim algorithms...............considering where most of them are, and the mileage they do, not a surprise. Flux wanted over £500 a year, most conventional insurance companies won't touch them. Mine's on a trade policy

When I was a student in 1980 when insurance was less prohibitive, I got a quote for an old (1965 ish) FX4. I can’t remember how much it was but it was a bloody big number. Several times the asking price of the cab. Why so much, I asked.  Because of the number of seats. I did not get an FX4.

[juular]

Easy enough to take seatbelts out and change No of seats on the v5? Have done this with vans a few times.

[sdkrc]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/london-black-taxi-30-taxis-in-stock-09-08-58-57-05-04-plates-available/1379400248

London taxi firesale! 

@colc has anyone tried to flag you down for a lift yet?

[bigfella2]

Can't you drive in bus lanes without getting shafted or has that changed?