What is the best car you've seen used as a taxi?

#11

V8 petrol 5 series, HOW MANY MPG???????

as resident group taxi driver I have to say octavias and superbs are the way
to go. the biggest mistake peugeot made was canning the 406, be honest how
many 407's do you see out there?

Out of interest me and fellow taxi driver Mrs Rob are looking at the
possibility of a new taxi in the summer

Octavia VRS diesel with remap. 200 horse taxi wagon

#12

Rob <finlayson1 (AT) nospamntlworld (DOT) com> wrote:

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V8 petrol 5 series, HOW MANY MPG???????

Doesn't matter out there. Everywhere you go is never more than a few
miles and fuel is cheap.
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#13

SteveH wrote:

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Rob <finlayson1 (AT) nospamntlworld (DOT) com> wrote:

V8 petrol 5 series, HOW MANY MPG???????

Doesn't matter out there. Everywhere you go is never more than a few
miles and fuel is cheap.

And because you live in the Channel Islands, you're fucking loaded anyway.

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#14

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:36:39 -0000, "Me" <no.0ne (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:

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Chrysler 300c - black, 06 Reg, Hack plate
Spotted in South Shields Tyne & Wear

I can't wait to get in it and ask him why the fuck he paid £25k+ for a car
to pick drunks up!!

Locally, (Thurrock) a new X-Type diesel & a Lexus LS 400!
otherwise, the usual crop of Skoda's Vectra's, & Mondeo's.

DC

#15

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:36:39 -0000, Me wrote:

Quote:

Chrysler 300c - black, 06 Reg, Hack plate
Spotted in South Shields Tyne & Wear

I can't wait to get in it and ask him why the fuck he paid £25k+ for a car
to pick drunks up!!

The 300C is essentially and old Merc E-class with a new skin. The diesel
version is one of the slowest depreciating vehicles sold in the UK. So it
makes sense to run one as a taxi since the E-class was designed to be a
taxi.

#16

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote

Quote:

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:36:39 -0000, Me wrote:

Chrysler 300c - black, 06 Reg, Hack plate
Spotted in South Shields Tyne & Wear

I can't wait to get in it and ask him why the fuck he paid £25k+ for a
car
to pick drunks up!!

The 300C is essentially and old Merc E-class with a new skin. The diesel
version is one of the slowest depreciating vehicles sold in the UK. So it
makes sense to run one as a taxi since the E-class was designed to be a
taxi.

But surely it makes more sense to buy a low mileage 3 year old one for about
half the original price!

#17

Tim S Kemp wrote:

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Depresion <127.0.0.1> wrote:
"Me" <no.0ne (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:45bbe1c2$0$5448$c3e8da3 (AT) news (DOT) astraweb.com...
Chrysler 300c
That's not even a good car.

It's an OK car, I thought about one for a while - cheap alternative to an E
class / 5 series but memories of running a Neon put me off having anything
that needed me to deal with the local Chrysler dealer again.

I quite like 'em. Don't they do one with a HEMI in?

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#18

Abo <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote:

Quote:

Tim S Kemp wrote:
Depresion <127.0.0.1> wrote:
"Me" <no.0ne (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:45bbe1c2$0$5448$c3e8da3 (AT) news (DOT) astraweb.com...
Chrysler 300c
That's not even a good car.

It's an OK car, I thought about one for a while - cheap alternative
to an E class / 5 series but memories of running a Neon put me off
having anything that needed me to deal with the local Chrysler
dealer again.
I quite like 'em. Don't they do one with a HEMI in?

That was the /other/ reason not to - I pay for my own fuel.

--
"Get a paper bag"

#19

Rob wrote:

Quote:

as resident group taxi driver I have to say octavias and superbs are the way
to go. the biggest mistake peugeot made was canning the 406, be honest how
many 407's do you see out there?

Comfy though, and drive nice on the motorway. The latter not a taxi
essential I'm guessing.

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#20

"Abo" <no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks> wrote

Quote:

Tim S Kemp wrote:
Depresion <127.0.0.1> wrote:
"Me" <no.0ne (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:45bbe1c2$0$5448$c3e8da3 (AT) news (DOT) astraweb.com...
Chrysler 300c
That's not even a good car.

It's an OK car, I thought about one for a while - cheap alternative to an
E class / 5 series but memories of running a Neon put me off having
anything that needed me to deal with the local Chrysler dealer again.

I quite like 'em. Don't they do one with a HEMI in?

Yes. Some do.

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The DervMan
www.dervman.com

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