No money in taxiing? Best Taxi you have seen? Thread # 2

Sizzler

I saw a 2008 Audi Q7 taxi this morning :eek:

Beat that

Saab Ed

Sizzler wrote: »

I saw a 2008 Audi Q7 taxi this morning :eek:

Beat that

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

This is the funniest thread I've seen in ages

BillyGoatGruff

Blah blah blah Bentley blah blah BMW blah blah Mercedes :eek::eek::eek::eek:

cpoh1

Creating new threads about the same subject and preventing people from posting in old threads has to be the most retarded rule ever created on boards.ie

So much for pooling resources in one area!

Seth Brundle

Was the Q7 actually working as a taxi or could it have been O'Leary's car using the taxi plate to get into the bus lane?

Cookie_Monster

This:

beertons

A guy in Navan drives a Range Rover. Beast of a machine, he was bringing people out to the Slane gig there a while ago, and was charging per person. Think he owns a taxi company in the town.

Sids Not

Know a guy with a Q7 but he doesnt taxi it..no, he uses the 5 series BMW for that....:rolleyes:

Sizzler

kbannon wrote: »

Was the Q7 actually working as a taxi or could it have been O'Leary's car using the taxi plate to get into the bus lane?

Doesnt he use a merc?

It was in the lane for the port tunnel, if he can afford a Q7 Im sure he could afford the €12 for the toll

It was a silver Q7 and there was someone in the back alright. I had to do a double take to make sure I wasnt seeing something that wasnt there!

ArthurGuinness

Saw a black 08 S class on Dame st on Tuesday

Fey!

There's a black '08 S class doing the rounds in Galway, too. There was a Range Rover around here a few years ago, and a Lancruiser Amazon (I think) recently enough.

CharlieCroker

I jumped into a '00 model BMW 5 series taxi late one night in St. Stephens Green, half cut. Jumped in and realised there were lovely sports leather seats, and then a lovely burble from the engine when he started it up. Looked over at the dials and realised they had M-logo's on them. Got speaking to the driver, who was about 60-65. Turned out that he was a retired stockbroker and had taken up driving a taxi to stop himself getting bored. He decided that if he was gonna be in a car for 6 hours a day, he might as well buy a car that he enjoyed driving.

M5 - Best Taxi EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

DJ Hafez

Saw a Black Hummer H2 Taxi in Vienna. Was so shocked I couldn't even get the camera out in time! How in gods name could you make a profit driving one of those!

Found it online though

L1011

CharlieCroker wrote: »

I jumped into a '00 model BMW 5 series taxi late one night in St. Stephens Green, half cut. Jumped in and realised there were lovely sports leather seats, and then a lovely burble from the engine when he started it up. Looked over at the dials and realised they had M-logo's on them. Got speaking to the driver, who was about 60-65. Turned out that he was a retired stockbroker and had taken up driving a taxi to stop himself getting bored. He decided that if he was gonna be in a car for 6 hours a day, he might as well buy a car that he enjoyed driving.

Best Taxi EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Got a very nice 02 or so S class taxi one very busy night; was a similar story - property developer who realised the crash was coming and got out (about 18 months too soon but still likely ended up with a LOT of cash compared to being NAMA'ed now!) and was taxiing to waste away the nights, wanted a car he'd enjoy being in.

Was selective about who he picked up in it, said he'd never take women on their own / in solely female groups due to the high risk of them getting sick on his leather!

My uncle has an S class which he taxiied in for a very, very short period of time before putting a limo licence on it instead but I'm talking weeks only - might have just been before the introduction of the limo licences.

SV

There's a 535d taxi in Carlow going around..
Been in it a few times..he says he has it really hard.
2007 too...

people like him annoy me.
He says it 'kills him' to use it as a taxi too :rolleyes:

VolvoMan

Sizzler wrote: »

I saw a 2008 Audi Q7 taxi this morning :eek:

Beat that

There's a difference between the best taxi you have ever seen and the most expensive.;)

illdoit2morrow

Been in a nice lexus GS300, a few years old, but it was a crackin' car inside

Busta Hyman

my mate taxis in a chrysler c300 animal of a yoke

Seth Brundle

Sizzler wrote: »

Doesnt he use a merc?

I had left a (crucial) word out of my post

Me wrote:

Was the Q7 actually working as a taxi or could it have been like O'Leary's car using the taxi plate to get into the bus lane?

MarkR

Not amazing, but I saw a scooby in limerick running as a taxi.

Sids Not

I'd love a go in this...........:)

Dancing_Priest

I asked a taxi driver about this phenonomen once.
According to him a lot of these premuim cars with taxi plates are owned by Hotels for the exclusive use of their guests. Or by a taxi driver who has an arrangement with Hotels, or anyone who needs to impress clients/guests.

thethedev

Fey! wrote: »

There's a black '08 S class doing the rounds in Galway, too. There was a Range Rover around here a few years ago, and a Lancruiser Amazon (I think) recently enough.

I've seen the amazon yesterday!:D

.Longshanks.

Few years ago i was behind a Accord Type-R taxi in Dublin. That man musta really loved his job

Sids Not

Dancing_Priest wrote: »

I asked a taxi driver about this phenonomen once.
According to him a lot of these premuim cars with taxi plates are owned by Hotels for the exclusive use of their guests. Or by a taxi driver who has an arrangement with Hotels, or anyone who needs to impress clients/guests.

..and you believed a taxi-man..?:D......

godtabh

Sids Not wrote: »

..and you believed a taxi-man..?:D......

The Shelbourne has a 7 series for that but not sure what kind of plates it operates on

awhir

was in E class about a week ago , it was around 3 years old 3.0 diesel and had leather and a serious amount of extra's ..

Rowley Birkin QC

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Few years ago i was behind a Accord Type-R taxi in Dublin. That man musta really loved his job

I've been in that before, great car.

About the M5 taxi: Really??

.Longshanks.

bigkev49 wrote: »

I've been in that before, great car.

About the M5 taxi: Really??

Was it this one?

Volvoboy

Owen

Volvoman, I'll never ever understand why Taxi Drivers love old cars that would literally fold like an accordian in an accident no matter how clean they are. Is it because they don't value themselves, or they don't value their passengers?

Back on topic, 7 Series seems to be a popular enough choice. I'm sure there are agreements with more of the presitgous hotels. I sold an X3 once to a guy who was working from a Dublin hotel who would only allow the higher end cars outside their foyer. Not 100% sure how they thought an X3 was premium enough though

CharlieCroker

Ya, think it was a 00 or a 01 E39 M5. Silver one. Walked up to it from the front so didn't take much notice. Just thought it was a 530D sport.
Would have spoted the 4 pipes from the back
Some bus.

Mr Benevolent

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Volvoman, I'll never ever understand why Taxi Drivers love old cars that would literally fold like an accordian in an accident no matter how clean they are. Is it because they don't value themselves, or they don't value their passengers?

Especially when every time the car hits a bump in the road the engine dies Seriously, I don't understand it either. The sooner they bring in a maximum age for taxis the better imo (I'm thinking no more than 5 years old). It'll give the whole industry a better image too.

DJ Hafez

Make it like Germany where every second taxi is a new-ish E-Class

Gumbo

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Few years ago i was behind a Accord Type-R taxi in Dublin. That man musta really loved his job

the guy was a member of www.dtdirl.com, he has sold it now and is taxiing in an Audi A4. nearly sure it has some sort of kit on it but not sure if its the ausdi sport kit or the RS4 kit......but he doesnt have the RS4 TDi badge on it thank god looked well, the last time i saw it.

Dancing_Priest wrote: »

I asked a taxi driver about this phenonomen once.
According to him a lot of these premuim cars with taxi plates are owned by Hotels for the exclusive use of their guests. Or by a taxi driver who has an arrangement with Hotels, or anyone who needs to impress clients/guests.

most of the time, you cant hail these guys in either! they work like a sort of chauffer (SP), as in they only take certain bookings and can have as little as one customer per day, but would be with the one customer all day and would pick them up, drop them off and wait for them etc etc

know 2 guys doing this, one in a C300 and another in an S350 CDi merc.

dutchcat

Volvoboy wrote: »

absolute disgrace expecting a paying passenger to travel in a piece of ****e like this,and there are loads of them about.

dutchcat

moscow

Volvoboy

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Volvoman, I'll never ever understand why Taxi Drivers love old cars that would literally fold like an accordian in an accident no matter how clean they are. Is it because they don't value themselves, or they don't value their passengers?

Ya talking to me or Volvoman?

Confab wrote: »

Especially when every time the car hits a bump in the road the engine dies Seriously, I don't understand it either. The sooner they bring in a maximum age for taxis the better imo (I'm thinking no more than 5 years old). It'll give the whole industry a better image too.

She's now fixed thankfully, spent the day polishing her and what not yeasterday she's looking and running like a new pin.

CorkSat

Try get this through a DOE test :-)

david....

i got taken home in an audi rs4 about 3 weeks back ( but i dont think he was paying tax on the money i gave him do:D he still owns a taxi company do

Pique

10 years ago, I saw an E39 M5 in Prague taxiing !!!!

holyjoe

david.... wrote: »

i got taken home in an audi rs4 about 3 weeks back ( but i dont think he was paying tax on the money i gave him do:D he still owns a taxi company do[/quote

there a guy with a pretty new Chrysler 300C doing taxi around sandyford.
he picked us up one night and brought us into town. i cant remeber which taxi company it was but i do know it was just a normal cab company. ive seen him a few time since around where i live. must find out what company he works for.

Gumbo

dutchcat wrote: »

absolute disgrace expecting a paying passenger to travel in a piece of ****e like this,and there are loads of them about.

nobody forces you into a taxi, if you dont like it get the next one.
its an absolute disgrace thet we have to listen to these stupid rants :rolleyes:

Sizzler

Maybe this explains some of the S-Class mercs floating around...

http://www.dublinchauffeurs.com/fleet.htm

€65 to the city centre from the airport :eek: I thought thats what they tried to charge in a dirtbox taxi anyway

http://www.dublinchauffeurs.com/prices.htm

bryanmurr

and all taxed for 82 euro a year (pre 2008 reg's)

makes the cars a bit more affordable.

biggus

betafrog wrote: »

I know of a few taxi men who pay very little or no tax to the tax man, one particular taxi driver drives a 5 series, his wife is a child minder and drives a X5 and because neither of them declare their full earnings their daughter is getting a full grant for college... Makes ya sick...

So report them and don't fell so sick http://www.revenue.ie/en/contact/investigations-prosecutions-division.html

2qk4u

Most of the expensive or new cars used as taxis are bought with redundancy money or remortgage money or accident claims.

micko2009

kceire wrote: »

nobody forces you into a taxi, if you dont like it get the next one.
its an absolute disgrace thet we have to listen to these stupid rants :rolleyes:

What about the people waiting at a Rank to be greeted by a 90's corolla, has happan to me and I told the Taxi driver to F off as his car was a Piece of sh*t. Then of course follows the abuse towards me which i didnt deserve.

The disgrace lies with the Taxi regulator, how those sh*boxes are still on the road is beyond me.. I thought all Taxis now had to be of a certain age.

g5hn710m4xpdwy

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

This:

Been in it. It is deffinatly not as flush as most would be led to believe. I assure you that

Big Nasty

micko2009 wrote: »

I told the Taxi driver to F off as his car was a Piece of sh*t.

Then of course follows the abuse towards me which i didnt deserve.

:rolleyes:

L1011

Behind a Jag X Type taxi on the M1 today, did appear to be a proper taxi rather than a buslane surfer like O'Leary. Although it isn't *that* luxury its still not a normal taxi!