Where to guv'nor? Shite Taxis.

[warren t claim]

Liverpool has a few S-Class and Chrysler 300C private hire cars. I don't know why someone would bother buying an expensive car for the job when a Mondeo would earn then the same money.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Liverpool has a few S-Class and Chrysler 300C private hire cars. I don't know why someone would bother buying an expensive car for the job when a Mondeo would earn then the same money.

 

There are some people who wouldn't go near a Mundano. Some people like the 300C for its looks and the fact that it's reasonably spacious and comfortable: others like the S-class for being so luxurious, quiet and comfy, with things like massaging seats and TVs in the backs of the headrests. These posh private hire guys and Mundano Man are catering to two completely different markets.

[warren t claim]

Liverpool has a few S-Class and Chrysler 300C private hire cars. I don't know why someone would bother buying an expensive car for the job when a Mondeo would earn then the same money.

 

There are some people who wouldn't go near a Mundano. Some people like the 300C for its looks and the fact that it's reasonably spacious and comfortable: others like the S-class for being so luxurious, quiet and comfy, with things like massaging seats and TVs in the backs of the headrests. These posh private hire guys and Mundano Man are catering to two completely different markets.

 

But working for the same company as Mondeo man on the same £1.40 a mile.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Liverpool has a few S-Class and Chrysler 300C private hire cars. I don't know why someone would bother buying an expensive car for the job when a Mondeo would earn then the same money.

 

There are some people who wouldn't go near a Mundano. Some people like the 300C for its looks and the fact that it's reasonably spacious and comfortable: others like the S-class for being so luxurious, quiet and comfy, with things like massaging seats and TVs in the backs of the headrests. These posh private hire guys and Mundano Man are catering to two completely different markets.

 

But working for the same company as Mondeo man on the same £1.40 a mile.

 

But likely to get bigger, better tips... well, that's what the private hire guys in Guildford with their S-classes tell me, anyway! =D

 

I don't use them anyway, so I don't know what reason they'd have to tell me that if it wasn't true.

[Negative Creep]

There was a K reg Granada Scorpio in Plymouth until fairly recently

[chaseracer]

Many moons ago there was fleet of Lada Riva Minicabs in Hull. They'd be regularly be parked up outside Paragon Station.

That's convenient for Immingham docks, to ship them back to the Motherland...

 

 

[mattblack]

Back in the late '80s when I worked at a small garage (Yugo dealer!) we serviced and repaired one of the local cab companies motors. They had 3 FSO 125p's that would eat gearboxes, so that 5-speeds would become 3. We fitted secondhand 'boxes so often that we would only put a couple of bellhousing bolts in, as we new it would be coming back out in a few weeks. They also had a Citroen GS saloon, and an estate that they bought from us, complete with underseal tidemark.

 

Another local firm ran A-plate Orion diesels. One new year's eve me and a mate called in at the office to get a cab home, only to be directed to a Renault 5. On the 'interesting' journey home the driver revealed that he wasn't actualy a taxi driver, he was just 'helping them out'...

[ChinaTom]

our usual ride to the pigeon restaurant in 2008

 

some have wood burning stoves inside them with chimneys out the top. Seriously.

[Pete-M]

Liverpool has a few S-Class and Chrysler 300C private hire cars. I don't know why someone would bother buying an expensive car for the job when a Mondeo would earn then the same money.

 

Most of the S-class / 300Cs do the executive / luxury work as well has scuttling around town. There's quite a lot of money to be made doing that if you've got a contract for ICI or whoever.

 

Then there's the fact that you can buy a mint, low mileage, two to three year old 300C diesel for £12k. It's Merc E class running gear mainly, so it should be fairly reliable, there's a Chrysler dealer on Sefton St who're pretty good, and depreciation on the 300C is likely to be less than on a Mondeo.

 

Oh, and I'd be more likely to tip a driver in a 300C than in a mouldy old Avensis.

[cobblers]

Locally we had a mk1 5dr clio diesel as a taxi doing the rounds til about a year ago, then the guy replaced it with a last of the line, Lilac Saloon MG ZS. He baffled me.

[warren t claim]

Wirral had an outbreak of tiny taxis about 20 years ago. People were plating 205 diesels and the odd 5 door Nova hatch. The local council put a stop to it by saying that the "Wirral Standard Arse" is 15" across so to plate a car for 4 passengers it had to be 45" between the interior door handles.

[wuvvum]

 

WANT!!!

 

Can you sneak one into your hand luggage next time you pop back to Norfolk?

[pompei]

I know it's a bit of a cliche about mad taxi drivers but some of the most scary car rides I've ever had have been in minicabs. Particularly South Shields for some reason. Mrs P and I went to Italy for a long weekend and the taxi driver who picked us up from the airport was watching not one, but two postcard size TV/DVD screens on his dash and windscreen.

[Pete-M]

Scariest cab ride I've ever had was in Amsterdam. From Schiphol to Dam Square in the back of an E class estate driven by someone who'd apparantly lost the will to live. 120 kph down the tramways whilst grumbling on the phone to someone or other.

 

Charged a bloody fortune too. I was most peeved when I discovered that the train was about 10% of the price of a ride with Cap'n Suicide, and quicker too.

[Guest]

Mrs P and I went to Italy for a long weekend and the taxi driver who picked us up from the airport was watching not one, but two postcard size TV/DVD screens on his dash and windscreen.

Given that it was Italian, I'm guessing at least one screen was a game show featuring women in skimpy swimsuits sitting on pies whilst parpy trumpet music plays and klaxons go off. I would also wager that the other screen featured Joe Dolce.

[Pete-M]

Given that it was Italian, I'm guessing at least one screen was a game show featuring women in skimpy swimsuits sitting on pies whilst parpy trumpet music plays and klaxons go off. I would also wager that the other screen featured Joe Dolce.

 

Where can I get DVDs of this show? Sounds most excellent.

[autofive]

oh, i almost forgot about this, spotted recently on the m62

 

 

[Mr H Sceptre]

Scariest cab ride I've ever had was in Amsterdam. From Schiphol to Dam Square in the back of an E class estate driven by someone who'd apparantly lost the will to live. 120 kph down the tramways whilst grumbling on the phone to someone or other.

 

Charged a bloody fortune too. I was most peeved when I discovered that the train was about 10% of the price of a ride with Cap'n Suicide, and quicker too.

 

 

Yep, its about 3 1/2 Eurocoins from Schiphol to Central Station.

[Pete-M]

Ah, An Autoshite Amsterdam Adventure.

 

Could be a silly idea.

[chaseracer]

Ah, An Autoshite Amsterdam Adventure.

 

Could be a silly idea.

Sounds good to me...

 

Anyhoo... M6 northbound, J7 at Great Barr, a few weeks back - one of these:

 

 

A bit off his manor. Wonder what was on the meter...?

[Mash]

Many moons ago there was fleet of Lada Riva Minicabs in Hull. They'd be regularly be parked up outside Paragon Station.

That's convenient for Immingham docks, to ship them back to the Motherland...

 

 

Exactly, that's why there are no Ladas in Hull, fact. They had a massive binge on them in the mid-90s.

[Justin Case]

About 15 years ago, Wrekin Council (Telford) said that all taxis had to be less than three years old. At that time the FSO importers, just down the road in Stafford were clearing out the last remaining Caros (facelifted Polonez) with a BOGOF offer, which meant that you could buy two of the things for £4k..............................

[Guest EccentricRichard]

About 15 years ago, Wrekin Council (Telford) said that all taxis had to be less than three years old. At that time the FSO importers, just down the road in Stafford were clearing out the last remaining Caros (facelifted Polonez) with a BOGOF offer, which meant that you could buy two of the things for £4k..............................

 

Which you could then have traded in under the crappage (sic) scheme and got 2k for each, meaning you'd have had about 13 years of effectively free (excluding wear'n'tear, repairs, fuel, insurance, etc) if miserable motoring... only problem being you then have to spend out on a new car.

[Tayne]

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[Mr H Sceptre]

Ah, An Autoshite Amsterdam Adventure.

 

Could be a silly idea.

 

 

 

Ooooooh, an Autoshite trip to The Dam eh?

 

 

Veeeeeeeeeeery interesting.

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Ah, An Autoshite Amsterdam Adventure.

 

Could be a silly idea.

 

 

 

Ooooooh, an Autoshite trip to The Dam eh?

 

 

Veeeeeeeeeeery interesting.

 

Haaavvveee yooouuu byyy aaannnyyy schansche bin schmoking schomesching?

[scaryoldcortina]

Im sorry, I peeked

 

First, there are actual dutch people use this forum, and that's the worst comedy dutch accent typing I ever saw.

 

Second, I'ts obvious you haven't (according to your FB group membership, anyway) or are you just waiting for the right reefer?

[Guest EccentricRichard]

Im sorry, I peeked

 

First, there are actual dutch people use this forum, and that's the worst comedy dutch accent typing I ever saw.

 

Second, I'ts obvious you haven't (according to your FB group membership, anyway) or are you just waiting for the right reefer?

 

Nah, my old best mate from primary school smoked loads of weed in his early teens and had to be sectioned with psychosis as a direct consequence, which scared me off it. Don't even want to try.

 

Also, I apologise for any offence caused! Mind you, when I first heard that question (Have you bin schmoking schomeshing?) asked, it was asked by my dad's best friend, who is... Dutch!

[Guest]

Well I'm Dutch and I don't think it's very funny at all.

[eddyramrod]

For the first half of the 90s there was a huge fleet of white Rivas in Southport, all new-in-service in about 1988-89. They've all disappeared now. As for scary rides, anyone seen Paphos taxi drivers going to/from the airport????? I went with my friend to drive back one of his rental cars and we were passed by some E-Klasse cabs on the 4km two-laner that runs between the airport and the main road. Passed, that is, at high speed, in the dark, with zero regard for any oncoming traffic.

 

I don't use taxis, I like breathing.