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TAXI DRIVER BACK IN BUSINESS THANKS TO TX4

A Plymouth cabbie is back to work as a professional taxi driver having traded in his unreliable Fiat Scudo for a purpose-built TX4 London Taxi.

The vehicle, which had been off the road since Christmas, gave Trevor Joyce a constant headache as he needed a reliable income with flexible working hours to look after his 3½ year old daughter.

Replaced front suspension, four new turbos, two ignition boxes, one gearbox and a steering pump later and Trevor was left with no choice but to opt for the tried and tested TX4.

“These converted vehicles give you no added peace of mind,” said Trevor. “Neither Fiat or the company behind the conversion would take responsibility for any of the vehicle’s faults. It’s left me in a real predicament.

“I’m now back to being a proper taxi driver and no longer feel like a delivery driver. The TX4 has that reliability that I’m looking for along with a reputable name stamped across the product in LTI Vehicles.

“I’m pleased to say that I’ve been very busy since taking delivery of my TX4 over four weeks ago. I’m glad to report no faults and would like to thank M&O Birmingham for making the change happen so smoothly and quickly.”

Gary Thomas, salesman at M&O Birmingham, said: “We’re delighted that Trevor has chosen the TX4. He was off the road so many times with his Fiat Scudo that his earnings really suffered. As many drivers will testify, the reliability of the TX4 is second to none.”

To find out more about LTI Vehicles visit www.lti.co.uk.

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IDFIMH

I hear a lot of this about the conversions, with neither the manufacturer or the convertor willing to take responsibility for the warranty work.

Perhaps LTI have a point?

I suspect the driver mentioned above will soon see the usual faults appearing with the LTI product.

LTI have a valid point GBC, we've had some horror stories round our way with the conversions, Fiat and Peugeot dealerships have been refusing to carry out any warranty work at all, they were telling drivers to contact the conversion company because Fiat and Peugeot didn't want anything to do with the warranty work.

I have always said never buy the fiat version, fiat stands for
FIX IT AGAIN TOMMOROW

See topic E7

I'm liking these new E7's. A lad round our way has just bought one, it looks the muts nuts.

I hear a lot of this about the conversions, with neither the manufacturer or the convertor willing to take responsibility for the warranty work.

This has happened a lot with the lads who bought Peugeots in Derby.Not to mention the waiting time to get in the garage.A mate had his corner bumper piece knocked off and they told him they could fit him in in 2 months time!!!
Maybe this new Mercedes Taxi is the way forward.A manufacturers Taxi with only them responsible for the vehicle
Regards
Steve

From my experience the warranty work on the mechanical side is carried out in the same way as any other vehicle i.e. main dealer.

The problems arise with the taxi conversion work, which includes intercoms and motion locking. Now that's ok if you work near where the cab was converted, but not is you don't.

The answer is to have agents, and as most of the problems are electrical, then maybe they use the meter folks.

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IDFIMH

I'm sure he will, everyone else driving a TX4 in Plymouth is constantly finding "issues", starting problems being top of the list.

Quality choice

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The FIAT and the PUG and the CITROEN are exactly the same van, built in the one Spanish factory.

Are you suggesting Skippy that only the ones with a FIAT badge are crap, or are the French vans somehow of superior finish?

Or is it that you cannot think of an acronym for "CITROEN"?

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Former taxi driver

The pug and citroen use the same engines, the fiat put there own crap one in

the "SEVEL NORD" plant is in northern france near a town called valenciennes
sorry!

JTD 1.9, the engine that has helped bring VX to it's knees, Juddering Turbo Dead.

Wrong. Again. As usual. Same engine in all.

If the Fiat is crap then so are the other two.

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Former taxi driver