beko1987 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 My local taxis are all octavias and tourans sadly but I always sit so I can see the odometer and marvel and how frigging high it is! Usually that's obscured by the centre screen displaying various warnings though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 How come you are changing next year and not running it for another 3?Maybe it's still worth something to another cabbist if it can still be plated for a couple of years, wait until it can't be any more and it's a £500 eBay job as the general public will not want to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 42 minutes ago, Dave_Q said: 4 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: How come you are changing next year and not running it for another 3? Maybe it's still worth something to another cabbist if it can still be plated for a couple of years, wait until it can't be any more and it's a £500 eBay job as the general public will not want to buy it. This, especially if it can go to an area where it can be plated for another few years, sold with proof of the work must make its value more than the public would pay for an old pug. Guess you cabbies all have private selling groups and stuff? Are 1st gen prius's sub £500 in your world yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: How come you are changing next year and not running it for another 3? Erm its just time, hard to explain but I've got a couple of contracts and its better to change then and let them pay for new one Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave_Q said: 5 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: How come you are changing next year and not running it for another 3? Maybe it's still worth something to another cabbist if it can still be plated for a couple of years, wait until it can't be any more and it's a £500 eBay job as the general public will not want to buy it. It will sell in area to another driver yes, probably a part time driver Eyersey1234 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 14 hours ago, brownnova said: Oh absolutely... if it’s the choice between a Prius/Auris/other hybrid modern bore box and a Metrocab I know which one I’m choosing every time!! something I regret now, but because I am one of those who have always actively sought the older cab I have never actually rode in a Metrocab, because when I was young and we where hailing a taxi I always asked mum to look out for FX4's or "suicide taxies" as I called them back then due to the suicide doors! back then I saw metro cabs as modern not proper taxis because of their regular car shape LOL although the age limit for a taxi in London is 15 years and the last Metro cab was produced in 2006, I wonder are any still in service here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 45 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said: something I regret now, but because I am one of those who have always actively sought the older cab I have never actually rode in a Metrocab, because when I was young and we where hailing a taxi I always asked mum to look out for FX4's or "suicide taxies" as I called them back then due to the suicide doors! back then I saw metro cabs as modern not proper taxis because of their regular car shape LOL although the age limit for a taxi in London is 15 years and the last Metro cab was produced in 2006, I wonder are any still in service here? I’d never realised they made Metrocabs as late as 2006! There can’t be more than 1 or 2, if any, left in service in London. I seem to remember them being a bit of flop compared to the FX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Mr Laurence said: I’d never realised they made Metrocabs as late as 2006! There can’t be more than 1 or 2, if any, left in service in London. I seem to remember them being a bit of flop compared to the FX4 They are truly awful to drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Progress... More work found but nowt too bad, engine going back in this afternoon im told.... All new seals and gaskets. Drive shaft seals. New gearbox cables aswell... LightBulbFun, Mr Laurence, loserone and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 She starts and runs...... Tickman, colino, SiC and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 You'll have run the break in period by 3pm if you keep on at that pace! BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoftyvRS Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 My lass thinks i'm daft because I love looking at the mileages on these older workhorses, more often than not the drivers have loved them for years and are happy to natter about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 8:02 AM, jon.k said: I'd go out of my way to travel in something old and I do enjoy finding out how many miles are in a taxi when I go in one. I'm from your ideal customer base it seems. On a similar note there is a bus company local to me who use this every day; If I ever need to book a coach (highly unlikely) I know where I'll be finding it. Lovely to see one still out and about and looking tidy rather than very obviously held together by hope for the last couple of years of schools work. I'd love to be able to afford to just book it and a driver for a day with a simple brief of "take us out on a nice run please..." as I'd be far more interested in the journey than any destination! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Every Metrocab I ever rode in had daylight visible around the doors, hateful things. I did work experience in a taxi garage called Taxifix and was quite taken with the FX5 Gold they were selling at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Lovely to see one still out and about and looking tidy rather than very obviously held together by hope for the last couple of years of schools work. I'd love to be able to afford to just book it and a driver for a day with a simple brief of "take us out on a nice run please..." as I'd be far more interested in the journey than any destination! a then Routemaster owner once very kindly did that for me and my mum back when I was 8 (the Routemaster in my profile picture for those curious, picture taken on that trip) was quite the memorable/amusing sight walking out of the train station and seeing a Routemaster bus parked in the Train station car park among all the regular cars (edit: just noticed this is my 6882th post, which is fitting given the bus in question was ER882!) sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I love to see an old stager still doing the business after several hundred thousand miles, especially as it clearly has so much life left in it. My firm ran an old n/a diesel crew van of this type, it was sloow, but solid and utterly dependable, even when subjected to frequent off road abuse. It went on to a more peaceful existence in private ownership a few years ago. 23rdian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil clark Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 So update time for you lucky people Final bill was £1530 due to finding a couple of extra bits it needed, I told him to fix anything he found because I trust him 100%. He fully wrapped the wiring loom while engine was out. Replaced dog bone engine mount aswell as the top one he quoted for and replaced gearbox cables. He said give him £1500 and we good It went for its 6 month plate today and passed first time which is really good for a 14 year old bus, tester was happy and so was i!. All I had to do was paint wheel trims (yes they are tested!!!) Popsicle, egg, BorniteIdentity and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 11:31 AM, SiC said: You're a taxi driver so probably £feckall compared to a private job. £1500 all-in? Friggin' right on the money. Literally! Neil clark and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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