Here's what I saw today (Please read the rules before posting)

LolaDub · 26-07-2008 1:07pm

Tauren wrote: »

It isn't a 350z, it is a GTR, and a beast of a car

I know what a GTR is but never seen one, ta!

Sarunas · 27-07-2008 7:52pm

Ford Mustang. Think it was English reg. In Killarney 2 weekends ago.

Maserati Quattroporte few days ago at M50

LolaDub · 27-07-2008 8:50pm

Doesn't Bono own a dark grey/black quattroporte? Saw a silver quattroporte at grand canal and a blue one on baggot st. Saw a maybach on baggot st also-foul looking thing

Dirty Knuckles · 28-07-2008 11:19pm

An Audi Q7 TAXI :eek:

He must be a busy cabbie to pay off that thing!.

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Andrewf20 · 29-07-2008 3:26am

Looks like Eagle F1s on it. Posh rubber too.

nialler · 29-07-2008 5:27am

Dirty Knuckles wrote: »

An Audi Q7 TAXI :eek:

He must be a busy cabbie to pay off that thing!.

I got a call about this the other day, sold his S320 also bought a house in a plush area of D4 and a brand spanking new Q7, who says driving a taxi doesn't pay. Does he have a stepladder to get into the thing I wonder?

Bearcat · 29-07-2008 9:26am

the person is either very wealthy or very stupid. Being very wealthy why in gods name does one want to be a cabbie with respect? second if his sources of income are genuine he has nothing to worry about but he is sticking out like a sore finger and is waiting for a revenue audit by some jealous civil servant. Thats my reading of it.

dumbyearbook · 29-07-2008 9:28am

nialler wrote: »

I got a call about this the other day, sold his S320 also bought a house in a plush area of D4 and a brand spanking new Q7, who says driving a taxi doesn't pay. Does he have a stepladder to get into the thing I wonder?

What kind of work do you do to 'get a call' about someone's private business ventures!? I dare say your in breach of a work rule to be preaching about it here anyway

dumbyearbook · 29-07-2008 9:33am

Bearcat wrote: »

the person is either very wealthy or very stupid. Being very wealthy why in gods name does one want to be a cabbie with respect? second if his sources of income are genuine he has nothing to worry about but he is sticking out like a sore finger and is waiting for a revenue audit by some jealous civil servant. Thats my reading of it.

Not meaning to rant again but.... wtf is this about? you're presuming the man is not legitimate, and moreso that for some reason he does'nt deserve respect/he probbably does'nt give a s*** what the likes of you think anyway!

there are those in Ireland that are just good with money you know not everyone is a tax dodger as you suggest. PS he is obviously asset rich enough and I doubt he is stupid, the amount of begrudging on here is mental at times. He does'nt deserve a nice house and car because he is 'just' a cabbie?? - such garbage.

RosieJoe · 29-07-2008 9:46am

Bearcat wrote: »

the person is either very wealthy or very stupid. Being very wealthy why in gods name does one want to be a cabbie with respect? second if his sources of income are genuine he has nothing to worry about but he is sticking out like a sore finger and is waiting for a revenue audit by some jealous civil servant. Thats my reading of it.

This is nearly as bad as the TD who wanted a tax audit done on the people who bought a Maybacher when they came out here first. He reckoned they must be fiddling their finances to pay for the car! :mad:

He might be doing a Michael O'Leary and buying a plate to dodge rush hour traffic!

Wishbone Ash · 29-07-2008 9:56am

Bearcat wrote: »

the person is either very wealthy or very stupid. Being very wealthy why in gods name does one want to be a cabbie with respect? second if his sources of income are genuine he has nothing to worry about but he is sticking out like a sore finger and is waiting for a revenue audit by some jealous civil servant. Thats my reading of it.

He may simply like driving taxis and is affluent enough to do it in an expensive vehicle. Many older taxi drivers had previous successful careers and like to drive a taxi as a more relaxed career in later life. I know a successful company director who retired very comfortably when 50. He now works as a hotel porter and loves it.

bwardrop · 29-07-2008 10:00am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

He may simply like driving taxis and is affluent enough to do it in an expensive vehicle. Many older taxi drivers had previous successful careers and like to drive a taxi as a more relaxed career in later life. I know a successful company director who retired very comfortably when 50. He now works as a hotel porter and loves it.

Was just about to say something similar - I know a guy who was a very successful solicitor, retired early, got bored and took a job collecting trolleys in Superquinn & loves it - don't be so quick to judge.

Bearcat · 29-07-2008 1:30pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

He may simply like driving taxis and is affluent enough to do it in an expensive vehicle. Many older taxi drivers had previous successful careers and like to drive a taxi as a more relaxed career in later life. I know a successful company director who retired very comfortably when 50. He now works as a hotel porter and loves it.

i knew I'd ruffle a few feathers on this one.....I just cant get my head around buying a 90k beautiful car and have the masses sitting in it.....wait till some one p@sses in the back seat...it'll break his heart. Just my opinion lads...no harm or vendictive meant. I wish the man well.

peasant · 29-07-2008 1:33pm

back to the car pics now, please ...

CharlieCroker · 29-07-2008 1:35pm

Bearcat wrote: »

i knew I'd ruffle a few feathers on this one.....I just cant get my head around buying a 90k beautiful car and have the masses sitting in it.....wait till some one p@sses in the back seat...it'll break his heart. Just my opinion lads...no harm or vendictive meant. I wish the man well.

Beautiful??????
Each to their own i suppose.

LolaDub · 29-07-2008 1:45pm

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Beautiful??????
Each to their own i suppose.

Q7 is nasty.

Lamborghini Gallardo spyder outside orwell motors earlier.

CharlieCroker · 29-07-2008 1:47pm

LolaDub wrote: »

Q7 is nasty.

Lamborghini Gallardo spyder outside orwell motors earlier.

Thats more like it

smash · 29-07-2008 2:45pm

LolaDub wrote: »

Q7 is nasty.

Lamborghini Gallardo spyder outside orwell motors earlier.

pics?

nialler · 29-07-2008 4:35pm

dumbyearbook wrote: »

What kind of work do you do to 'get a call' about someone's private business ventures!? I dare say your in breach of a work rule to be preaching about it here anyway

Who said it was a work related call? I stated "I got a call about this the other day, in fact it was a text about the cost of a Q7 from a mate" you made your own assumptions there so a little less preaching when assuming something that in fact proves to be untrue.

And those people who work in "The Trade aka Taximen" do like to talk about their job and whoever else is doing that job. Fair play to the bloke, wouldn't be my type of car for cabbing, I mean you'd have to drag little old ladies up into that one, as for the house, he only moved about 300 metres down the road.

Didn't see anything special today, stuck in a office for the next 3 days so not driving around.

Oh and I'm assuming it was the same person I got the text/call about, I could in fact be wrong, but I haven't seen many Q7s as taxis.

dumbyearbook · 29-07-2008 5:10pm

nialler wrote: »

Who said it was a work related call? I stated "I got a call about this the other day, in fact it was a text about the cost of a Q7 from a mate" you made your own assumptions there so a little less preaching when assuming something that in fact proves to be untrue.

And those people who work in "The Trade aka Taximen" do like to talk about their job and whoever else is doing that job. Fair play to the bloke, wouldn't be my type of car for cabbing, I mean you'd have to drag little old ladies up into that one, as for the house, he only moved about 300 metres down the road.

Didn't see anything special today, stuck in a office for the next 3 days so not driving around.

Oh and I'm assuming it was the same person I got the text/call about, I could in fact be wrong, but I haven't seen many Q7s as taxis.

the way you phrased it looked as if you came across the info from a work scenario particularily where you followed it up talking about his recent house purchase aswell. It was a reasonable enough presumption tbh, I dont think you should be spreading someones business on here at all regardless of how you got the info (which is still a mystery) thte thread is about cars not what else someone may have bought house horse or otherwise.

wesanna · 29-07-2008 5:17pm

steve06 wrote: »

on Irish plates?

I didn't see the reg but I kno for a fact it was a f50 cause I'm a car fanatic.

Do-more · 29-07-2008 5:33pm

Gutted I didn't get a photo, but I was in heavy motorway traffic near Cambridge at the weekend and passed a woman driving a Bentley Continental GT with a "Baby on Board" sign in the back window!

nialler · 29-07-2008 6:23pm

dumbyearbook wrote: »

the way you phrased it looked as if you came across the info from a work scenario particularily where you followed it up talking about his recent house purchase aswell. It was a reasonable enough presumption tbh, I dont think you should be spreading someones business on here at all regardless of how you got the info (which is still a mystery) thte thread is about cars not what else someone may have bought house horse or otherwise.

yearbook, I'm not here to argue and the great mystery was solved in the second paragraph of my second post on the subject (Taximen gossip especially local ones). And the very nature of pics of cars and who owns them gets discussed on this thread and in PMs everyday, I myself was asked for unretouched (reg visible) pictures of an SLR and location I took the photo a good while back (which of course I didn't supply). A bit of background without revealing identity doesn't hurt anyone. And that's all I'll reveal on the matter.

As I said it looks like the guy is doing well, fair play. And at €72.00 tax he's shrewder than a fair few people with large engined vehicles.

dumbyearbook · 30-07-2008 8:45am

nialler wrote: »

yearbook, I'm not here to argue and the great mystery was solved in the second paragraph of my second post on the subject (Taximen gossip especially local ones). And the very nature of pics of cars and who owns them gets discussed on this thread and in PMs everyday, I myself was asked for unretouched (reg visible) pictures of an SLR and location I took the photo a good while back (which of course I didn't supply). A bit of background without revealing identity doesn't hurt anyone. And that's all I'll reveal on the matter.

As I said it looks like the guy is doing well, fair play. And at €72.00 tax he's shrewder than a fair few people with large engined vehicles.

Leaving the SLR request thing aside - a pic of a car and location is entirely different anyway. Registrations are freely available info.

Point is you think its a good idea to post about someone not alone buying a car but also a house? Why bother defending that its blatantly off topic and the man has his privacy to consider, he told you himself fair enough that is not permission for you to broadcast the info here. Its ironic you call taxi drivers gossips then you go on-line and post that.

Post pics of cars/regs/location - other info should be kept off line - the fact your defending this says alot really you should have just edited the post, I think it still should be. (sorry for going off topic but this just is'nt on at all.)