Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Tom on February 11, 2019, 10:32:42 pm
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hi all :-\ :-\ :-\
i am thinking of entering the taxi business
im getting old and two old to be getting up and down from scaffolding every day not to mention the weather
its time to think of an end game
i used to work with the public behind the bar when i was younger and always enjoyed it..meeting people ect ect
and i would be my own boss i could come and go as i please
and not to piss all of you off .......but it ant that hard :D but i do understand ye work long and unsociable hours which i wouldn't mind..im a hard worker
but and here is the but
i heard the stories and read the threads on here about insurance
my insurance history is 20 years driving as a name driver..i have no claim bonus...notting
last time i checked they wanted 3 grand for a every day policy
they want there blood for all the years i got away with been a named driver
so
what do ye think..??????
any chance..?
rent...?
or
no Chance rofl
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Start at the beginning try to pass the entrance exam the SPSV driving licence .
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Your 20+ years driving means nothing, you'll start at the bottom again so I'd reckon about 5k upwards for your first insurance, good luck inanyways.
Tony.
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My advice is don’t bother, look for a promotion in your current job, something indoorsy. We still have to deal with the weather in th taxi. There’s this walking to work everyday shit, then there’s the weight lifting we do, lifting luggage into the boot, in the pissing of rain.
Stay in construction
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hi all :-\ :-\ :-\
i am thinking of entering the taxi business
im getting old and two old to be getting up and down from scaffolding every day not to mention the weather
its time to think of an end game
i used to work with the public behind the bar when i was younger and always enjoyed it..meeting people ect ect
and i would be my own boss i could come and go as i please
and not to piss all of you off .......but it ant that hard :D but i do understand ye work long and unsociable hours which i wouldn't mind..im a hard worker
but and here is the but
i heard the stories and read the threads on here about insurance
my insurance history is 20 years driving as a name driver..i have no claim bonus...notting
last time i checked they wanted 3 grand for a every day policy
they want there blood for all the years i got away with been a named driver
so
what do ye think..??????
any chance..?
rent...?
or
no Chance rofl
Tom,nice but dim esquire, meet Dick,nice but thick,,,,,,,,,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0IJQ_s7No (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0IJQ_s7No)
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My advice is don’t bother, look for a promotion in your current job, something indoorsy. We still have to deal with the weather in th taxi. There’s this walking to work everyday shit, then there’s the weight lifting we do, lifting luggage into the boot, in the pissing of rain.
Stay in construction
Most on here couldn't pull themselves out of bed.
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Most on here couldn't pull themselves out of bed.
I was going to say they couldn’t pull their plums, some can’t even see their plums anymore :o
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Most on here couldn't pull themselves out of bed.
I was going to say they couldn’t pull their plums, some can’t even see their plums anymore :o
That's why they have thai burds hangin out of them.
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Tom (if that's your real name) have a bit of sense.
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Tom (if that's your real name) have a bit of sense.
yep lizzzy
the more i look in to it
the more it wouldnt work
and its
insurance
insurance
insurance
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Your 20+ years driving means nothing, you'll start at the bottom again so I'd reckon about 5k upwards for your first insurance, good luck inanyways.
Tony.
i been told 10.000 minimum around
nothing official
just talk
thanks tony
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Insurance is the biggest prohibitive factor...it used to be the knowledge test.
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He posts like FDS.
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With a full car NCB,and no pp,I got insurance last year for 7k.
With no NCB in your own name,who knows?
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It's about 3 or 4 times more expensive to insure a new taxi driver compared to ten years ago.But earning potential has probably tripled so it's not as bad as it sounds.
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It's about 3 or 4 times more expensive to insure a new taxi driver compared to ten years ago.But earning potential has probably tripled so it's not as bad as it sounds.
Nah, it’s about twice, I paid 4,400 when I first started 13 years ago.
I earn roughly the same amount
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Not quite what I meant...I'm earning the same as ten years ago but doing a third of the hours and half the mileage.I'm still on me Xmas break btw
.. I can't remember exactly but my insurance was 1800 for a new policy but at the time the lady in the brokerage took my commercial claim free courier policy into account. I also had 5 years named driving on my wife's motor. Dunno if it was legal but I wasn't moaning about it.
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Oh they took my own NCB into account but that was fuck all as I was still a nipper.
I earn roughly the same but in less hours lol
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IR£3500 in1996.
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It's about 3 or 4 times more expensive to insure a new taxi driver compared to ten years ago.But earning potential has probably tripled so it's not as bad as it sounds.
Nah, it’s about twice, I paid 4,400 when I first started 13 years ago.
I earn roughly the same amount
I dunno where your getting that figure from Vikkiz, I started in 2009 and drove a rental on fleet insurance fer the First 16 months, then I bought me own Joe in 2010 and the Taxi insurance quote (with full NCB on me private car fer 20 odd years) was about 1200Euro, which has since increased to 2K with still full NCB and Zero PP's.
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In 2008 I paid
44003800(found the paperwork) for mine insurance as a noob,
In 2014 I paid 1000,
So noobs these days paying about twice what i paid, simplez
So your insurance hasn’t gone up or down too much in all your years where as my own has gone down about 35% but did drop to a loooooooowwww of 26% of what I initially paid