Taxi Driver

'Ol Jack Chance · 11-01-2008 06:44PM

i have a question. why is the radio always on Q102? if that was me listening to that tosh all night id drive into the liffey

Volvoboy · 11-01-2008 07:00PM

'Ol wrote:

i have a question. why is the radio always on Q102? if that was me listening to that tosh all night id drive into the liffey

Shall be Alice Cooper on sat nite 6-9pm then i've about 6,000 songs plugged into the car everything from The Wolfetones to Tom Waits:D

-VB-

'Ol Jack Chance · 11-01-2008 07:10PM

sounds like my kinda taxi! nothing like been driven home locked with free bird blaring!

Fad · 11-01-2008 07:23PM

Q102? that pales in comparison to this weirdo i got a lift home with who had BLARING country music, it was unreal!

and he seemed kinda put out when we laughed at the lyrics (they where in fairness ridiculous)

'Ol Jack Chance · 11-01-2008 09:02PM

free bird ftw

Spook_ie · 11-01-2008 09:50PM

irishfeller wrote: »

Anyone ever gotten a taxi in Holland? The taxis are all the same colour there (cream) and they are almost all Mercedes and are all immaculate....makes you feel like you are been chauffeured around.

In Ireland ye get ferried around in a 10 year old toyota or scoda octavia...so its like a no frills version of the Dutch service, but with the same price!

Yeah Yeah, change the record and get the government to remove VRT on taxis and then your comment would be worthwhile.

Just out of interest how far is it from Schipol to City centre about 20 Kms and fare is €45, Dublin Airport to city centre is 10kms or so and the fare averages out at €23 don't see much difference there!!

'Ol Jack Chance · 11-01-2008 10:02PM

Also you should cruise around town saying to passengers that "one day a real rain is gonna come and wash the scum off the street" :cool:

phasers · 11-01-2008 10:28PM

you're the reason my family won't eat tonight

Max_Damage · 11-01-2008 10:36PM

Venom wrote: »

Id never get into a car older than 5 years

Are you taking the piss? That's nearly laughable.

Sizzler · 11-01-2008 10:36PM

DaveMcG wrote: »

Busy tonight? What time ye off at? What time ye start at?

LOL !

Ever have anybody [shoite / piss / famous] in your taxi...or all of the above :eek:

faceman · 11-01-2008 10:53PM

Sizzler wrote: »

LOL !

Ever have anybody [shoite / piss / famous] in your taxi...or all of the above :eek:

Or as travis says, "I have to clean the cum off the back seat. Some nights, I clean off the blood."

Sizzler · 11-01-2008 10:56PM

Sorry bud, I don't work de southside

faceman · 11-01-2008 11:01PM

Sizzler wrote: »

Sorry bud, I don't work de southside

"What d'ya meen youra only goin to bleedin swords? Ive been sittin in da rank here at the airport for 2 hours just to bring you to poxy swords!! For f&%k sake!!"

Dord · 12-01-2008 12:16AM

'Ol wrote:

Also you should cruise around town saying to passengers that "one day a real rain is gonna come and wash the scum off the street" :cool:

lol

Good luck with it!

johnp · 12-01-2008 01:38PM

Fad wrote: »

Q102? that pales in comparison to this weirdo i got a lift home with who had BLARING country music, it was unreal!

and he seemed kinda put out when we laughed at the lyrics (they where in fairness ridiculous)

We had a lad playing reggae, and he had it cranked up to 11. We couldn't hear each other and parts of the car were shaking.
We just went along with it and rolled down the windows.

roy123456789 · 12-01-2008 02:56PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

Are you taking the piss? That's nearly laughable.

I thought the same when I read that, I imagined him at 3am on a Saturday morning selecting his taxi

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-01-2008 02:59PM

Volvoboy wrote: »

Yes it is, i'm a Panel beater studying in D.I.T i'm going into my 4th year as a panel beater in June. I work in a Toyota Body shop approved by Toyota Ireland. The car will be better than new by the time i'm finished with it.

-VB-

You going to give up four year's study and a job in a body shop to go and earn somewhere close to minimum wage for most of the week, until at least 1am Saturday morning.

Bet you've been listening to your buddies telling you about the untold riches waiting to be made out there!.

Your in for a rude wake up call.

roy123456789 · 12-01-2008 03:11PM

Sizzler wrote: »

LOL !

Ever have anybody [shoite / piss / famous] in your taxi...or all of the above :eek:

Yeah, all three! only last night and right were you're sitting. it dried out on it's own and I sprayed a bit of lynx on it

Spook_ie · 12-01-2008 03:21PM

Mairt wrote: »

You going to give up four year's study and a job in a body shop to go and earn somewhere close to minimum wage for most of the week, until at least 1am Saturday morning.

Bet you've been listening to your buddies telling you about the untold riches waiting to be made out there!.

Your in for a rude wake up call.

Nah he's probably going to be one of the cherry pickers Friday/Saturday Night and feck to any punters who need a taxi during the week the guys who's takings I'm screwing will do them to earn a living, while I can spend my Fri/Sat earnings on luxuries.....

Dub13 · 12-01-2008 03:28PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

Yeah Yeah, change the record and get the government to remove VRT on taxis and then your comment would be worthwhile.

Do they have VRT on cleaning products...?

Spook_ie · 12-01-2008 04:10PM

Dub13 wrote: »

Do they have VRT on cleaning products...?

No but they do have VAT

Now thats not to say that some of the taxis would be better off being fumigated rather than cleaned but I would warrant that the majority of those are

a) Rented out to someone who hasn't a care in the world about cleaning the cab

or

b) Being used by some part-timer who doesn't have the time off from his full time job to clean the car and work the weekends

or

c) Being driven into the ground by a driver who is doing 4 or 5,12 hour shifts to cover payments to his seperated partner, offspring and bit of fluff who he sees once a fortnight

Volvoboy · 12-01-2008 06:15PM

Ha!! If i had my way i wouldnt of even botherd with my trade, i dont listen to the **** people say in pubs and bars of ''oh yea ya can go out on a fri/sat/sun and earn net of 1200E'' you'd a want to be gob****e to belive that! To clarify i wanted to be a taxi driver before dereg, and i'd gladly of paid the £70,000+ for the licence if de-reg handnt of happend.

-VB-

kraggy · 12-01-2008 06:25PM

OP, I think you're mad going taxiing in a 1.6 petrol. You'll spend a fortune on fuel.

Get a 1.9 tdi or something when you've saved some cash. Means more money in your pocket at the end of the week.

Tha Gopher · 12-01-2008 06:27PM

gcgirl wrote: »

2 words SAT NAV ! A must for any taxi driver! and good luck saturday!

You are joking right?

Hate when a taxi man drives at 10 mph while waiting for a robot to tell him where to go.. ffs one lad didnt know where Bolton Stret was (neither did I exactly. But Im not a taxi man so its hardly the point)

I dont even know why anyone has sat nav tbh, taxi men or otherwise. Id rather trust a paper map.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-01-2008 07:00PM

Tha Gopher wrote: »

I dont even know why anyone has sat nav tbh, taxi men or otherwise. Id rather trust a paper map.

Mine has blue tooth for my phone, I'd be lost without it!.

ejmaztec · 12-01-2008 08:02PM

Is that right that taxi-drivers don't get tips anymore? I gave a driver a tip in Dublin a couple of years ago (first time in God knows how many years since I was in a cab before then). Was told by a concerned relative that I shouldn't have handed it over and that the fare was all that I should have paid.

Screwthe unions · 12-01-2008 09:55PM

Volvoboy....havnt I seen you on some of the taxi boards??

trust me buddie...I was a part-timer and when I started it was pretty cushy!!...but from what Im hearing its changed alot.Just make sure you finish your trade first!!!!!!

Have a serious think before handing out your money.....jeeze I hope my mate doesnt read this!!;)

Volvoboy · 13-01-2008 06:13PM

Screwthe unions wrote: »

Volvoboy....havnt I seen you on some of the taxi boards??

trust me buddie...I was a part-timer and when I started it was pretty cushy!!...but from what Im hearing its changed alot.Just make sure you finish your trade first!!!!!!

Have a serious think before handing out your money.....jeeze I hope my mate doesnt read this!!;)

Another survivor from Taxi.ie.

I'll be finishing my trade before i commit myself financially to taxi driving.

-VB-

Spook_ie · 14-01-2008 07:48PM

You are more than welcome to join a few of the other escapees from the asylum on

http://z3.invisionfree.com/Irish_Taxis/index.php?act=idx

or

dublintaxi.net

Volvoboy · 07-02-2008 08:35PM

Well i got the letter from the carrige office today.

I passed!:D

-Mr Taxi Man-

Taxi Driver

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