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GBC
PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:48 pm 
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Or, like 'Harringey cars' you could get a nice selection of K / L / M reg Previa's, also a classic London Minicab vehicle.




Well, they've bettered that one.

Enter red N reg Peugeot 309!

Nice. :?

Total outlay to become a minicab driver? about one nights takings in a licensed Taxi. :wink:
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:10 am 
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dont you meen 10 nights work :lol: :lol: :lol:
he should just buy a Skoda new for £36 a week
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skippy41 wrote:
dont you meen 10 nights work :lol: :lol: :lol:
he should just buy a Skoda new for £36 a week



Yes my mistake :oops:

The games dead, give it up, we're all chasing the same punter, hardly make your derv money, etc etc. :wink:
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steveo wrote:
whatever you do DO NOT use Yes Car Credit...


The same can be said about CAR CRAFT...

Got stung by them 2 years ago, gave the car back but the finance won't be paid off for another 3,500 weeks :evil:
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greenbadgecabby wrote:
Or, like 'Harringey cars' you could get a nice selection of K / L / M reg Previa's, also a classic London Minicab vehicle.




Well, they've bettered that one.

Enter red N reg Peugeot 309!

Nice. :?

Total outlay to become a minicab driver? about one nights takings in a licensed Taxi. :wink:


I can beat that with a N reg Ford Fiesta also red and can fit an umberella in the boot. When are the licensing fools going to sort out the checks. What next Ford Ka? :lol:

I went and bought a lovely Chrysler Neon, air con, leather seats, big old boot, 2L 16Vi auto, only 19K on the clock, X reg. Good value at just over £3k at auction. I needn't have bothered, should have spent about £500 on a old VW Golf Diesel. :sad:

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:52 pm 
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I needn't have bothered, should have spent about £500 on a old VW Golf Diesel. :sad:

Or three and sixpence on a TX. :D

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I can beat that with a N reg Ford Fiesta also red and can fit an umberella in the boot. When are the licensing fools going to sort out the checks. What next Ford Ka? :lol:

I went and bought a lovely Chrysler Neon, air con, leather seats, big old boot, 2L 16Vi auto, only 19K on the clock, X reg. Good value at just over £3k at auction. I needn't have bothered, should have spent about £500 on a old VW Golf Diesel. :sad:



One of the big companys up town have two Smart Cars registered as Licensed Minicabs, Premier or someone, their thinking behind it being that nine times out of ten, its a single pin you pick up with no freight in tow.
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London Newbie wrote:
I can beat that with a N reg Ford Fiesta also red and can fit an umberella in the boot. When are the licensing fools going to sort out the checks. What next Ford Ka? :lol:

I went and bought a lovely Chrysler Neon, air con, leather seats, big old boot, 2L 16Vi auto, only 19K on the clock, X reg. Good value at just over £3k at auction. I needn't have bothered, should have spent about £500 on a old VW Golf Diesel. :sad:



One of the big companys up town have two Smart Cars registered as Licensed Minicabs, Premier or someone, their thinking behind it being that nine times out of ten, its a single pin you pick up with no freight in tow.


Maybe I should buy a Robin Reliant and call it an Estate! :lol:

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Now now green badge, you should'nt pick on us poor old mini cab driver's!! Us decent one's have campained for years for licenceing and it is slowlygetting better. But to the point, the best car for the job, there are two way's of doing it, buy a new car and keep it for as long as you can, or spend about £1000 and use it for a year or so and bin it.

Remember this, it's the same fare in a 10 grand car as it is in a £1000 car.

The bodywork is checked by the people who badge the car, but you can be subject to a roadside check, and these people have the powers to take you off the road straight away.

My advice is use the cheapest car you can, the public treat your car's like sh*t!!!!

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Remember this, it's the same fare in a 10 grand car as it is in a £1000 car.

In the case of the London cab trade it's the same for the £30,000+ car as it is the £1,000. :shock:

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