Deadline on Friday for NTA submissions.

[Theoneandonly]

It's alright for you old farts with no mortgages.Your car loan payments are significantly bigger than my mortgage payments.Does that not seem a bit strange.But oddly yer one of the few on here really desperate to get back to work.If you weren't buying nearly new cars every few years you could stay at home.

The geography test was limiting the fleet.Age rules just give us more debt and force us to do more hours.Your on the third car since I bought my Prius.Very expensive hobby you have there Roy.I know yer trolling but still...some things need to be said.

I'll probably buy another one before you replace it if you get your way, you yourself said in another thread recently something along the lines "that we are a quality service. expensive etc" when trying to excuse your decision to stay at home and take the free money (which I will happily accept until they decide to remove it. I'm in no hurry... just preparing for the inevitable) I agree, we are supposed to be a quality alternative to LPSVs, we need more stringent regulations to keep the product up to a required standard, to keep/drive the number of licences lower and to remove the part time/ low standard/ poor quality operators determined to keep/drive them lower

[Shallowhal]

I think ultimately FN will do their best to take advantage of their position on the TAC and being owned by a car manufacturer to own the fleet eventually...filling the streets will naan vans.

[silverbullet]

I think ultimately FN will do their best to take advantage of their position on the TAC and being owned by a car manufacturer to own the fleet eventually...filling the streets will naan vans.

Who'd have thought the App would eventually be owned by the French Foreign Legion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l_3AM_fncs&lc=Ugz_roAoW1BMJH2vZR94AaABAg

[mercenary for hire]

I disagree that stricter age restrictions bring a better quality vehicle.All we're gonna get are more Dacias and Renaults.The Superb drivers are the Merc drivers of ten years ago.Hardly progress.

We've all been over this multiple times.When all the sums are done it's 2500 a year to keep the vehicle fresh.That's 2500 after expenses.Which was about an extra month behind the wheel every year.Now it could be two months earnings for some with this Covid 19 shite.Now with the prospect of discounted work we're actually in a worse position compared to ten years ago.

As things are my vehicle passes the NCT no problems even though it's older.Needs a clean but there's nothing wrong with it.You should be happy there are lads like me who don't need to work as much leaving a little more for the rest of yis.

When I need to upgrade I'm gonna be taking the jobs you have now.Nobody really wins except the dealers and the meter installers.Customers don't care.Newer cars mean more hours for everyone.It's a myth perpetuated by pensioners and lads with fuk all else to spend their money on.

Like I said already I've cash to buy another car but it seems absolutely insane in the current climate.

[Theoneandonly]

I disagree that stricter age restrictions bring a better quality vehicle.All we're gonna get are more Dacias and Renaults.The Superb drivers are the Merc drivers of ten years ago.Hardly progress.

We've all been over this multiple times.When all the sums are done it's 2500 a year to keep the vehicle fresh.That's 2500 after expenses.Which was about an extra month behind the wheel every year.Now it could be two months earnings for some with this Covid 19 shite.Now with the prospect of discounted work we're actually in a worse position compared to ten years ago.

As things are my vehicle passes the NCT no problems even though it's older.Needs a clean but there's nothing wrong with it.You should be happy there are lads like me who don't need to work as much leaving a little more for the rest of yis.

When I need to upgrade I'm gonna be taking the jobs you have now.Nobody really wins except the dealers and the meter installers.Customers don't care.Newer cars mean more hours for everyone.It's a myth perpetuated by pensioners and lads with fuk all else to spend their money on.

Like I said already I've cash to buy another car but it seems absolutely insane in the current climate.

I find not being willing to spend in order to provide a decent service for passengers does not equate to those drivers working less hours, that greed extends to working every hour available in their shitheaps, the only way to drive down the numbers is to increase the standards.
I don't have any problem with Dacias, Renaults, Peugeots or Citroens, particularly if they are wheelchair accessible, I do have an issue with the extended age rule though.

[john m]

If Metaxi have influence then the age limit should be reduced to 6 years and two months and four days .The Metaxi can say .Look lads the costs are terrible so we will supply from out thousands of unsold motors a new vehicle for every driver in the fleet at a cost of xxx as long as you cover xxx amount of jobs per week @xx% commission .

So xxx -xxx multiplied by xxx @xx% commission = take home pay of  ! and we will offer BoBo of food stamps toilet rolls for Ambassadors and pens ,notebooks and printer rolls with our company lo go on it .LIBERTY _EQUALITY _POVERTY

[mercenary for hire]

I'd argue the lads changing cars unnecessarily are just trying to impress their neighbours.Age of a vehicle doesn't determine it's quality or how safe a vehicle is.My own self worth isn't determined by what I drive.That would be just foolish and shallow.

If you have an easy geography test you end up with loads of sub ten year old cars because anyone can borrow money.If the test was left as it was maybe we'd all have plenty of cash lying around to change cars on a whim.

What do you think happens when a car gets to ten years old?Does it start to biodegrade?Maybe your car but not mine.It's steel and plastic.It will last 50 years if it's maintained.So 15 years isn't really a problem.

I'd love to see what yous lads would be saying if yis had mortgages and kids in creches.

[Rat Catcher]

Free Now call the shots these days. They want low fares, low quality, high volume.

The outcome of the consultation is predetermined anyway.

[john m]

Here is me thinking .Its a load of bollox .The over riding thing is to keep costs and rules light touch .there are about 12,000 unemployables in this game and casual labour to take up the slack at weekends .Now among the full time unembloyable meself included we have overseas workers who may struggle a bit with directions until they learn the roads .So Metaxi or whatever serves a purpose is supplying work to geographiccly impaired drivers until they learn the roads then fuck back the app and its extortionate rates .I look on the app as a college course in geography that is pay as you learn .Now because a lot of drivers when they matriculate into competent operators  leave the app metaxi will look to recruit new entrants and they will be supported by renters and Reps who want to sell bookkeeping services .Now for all of you who read this but already knew it I have some little reward for you .b OO KK EE ping  and its derivatives is the only word in the English language with three sets of double the same letters ookkee that follow each other .

[stonethecrows]

Here is me thinking .Its a load of bollox .The over riding thing is to keep costs and rules light touch .there are about 12,000 unemployables in this game and casual labour to take up the slack at weekends .Now among the full time unembloyable meself included we have overseas workers who may struggle a bit with directions until they learn the roads .So Metaxi or whatever serves a purpose is supplying work to geographiccly impaired drivers until they learn the roads then fuck back the app and its extortionate rates .I look on the app as a college course in geography that is pay as you learn .Now because a lot of drivers when they matriculate into competent operators  leave the app metaxi will look to recruit new entrants and they will be supported by renters and Reps who want to sell bookkeeping services .Now for all of you who read this but already knew it I have some little reward for you .b OO KK EE ping  and its derivatives is the only word in the English language with three sets of double the same letters ookkee that follow each other .

Very interesting and I always thought Bookkeeping was 2 words

[C5]

@ mercenary for hire, I agree totally with you there. If cars are maintained and cleaned and polished properly they will last for decades, my old taxi is an example 2003 Citroen C5 2ltr hdi it has 642,000 miles on it, the paint work is glossy everything works inside and out, I put a towbar on it and I use it a couple of times a week. My current taxi a C5 estate is flawless and it will kill me to sell it when its 10 years old its a pure waste and its only money making for government and dealerships. When you put a age limit on a taxi there is minimal effort to maintain or care for the taxi in its final 12 or 10 months, by keeping it open ended the inspection could be more strict any grubbiness or anything broken it doesn't get relicensed so it puts more effort into keeping taxi up to spec which is not hard.

[mercenary for hire]

It's just common sense.When someone comes up with a plan to improve the industry that doesn't cost us unnecessary thousands I'll consider it seriously.

You don't hear shop owners asking for increased rates from the council across the city because they think it will put their competition out of business that have less footfall.

[dalymount]

That's some millage c5, is it miles, or kilometers ? I currently have 341k on mine

[Shallowhal]

Everytime someone comes up with a plan it costs us......door stickers,roofsign area stickers(that means fukall really) first aid kit,fire extinguisher and all important pen and notepad.

[stonethecrows]

Everytime someone comes up with a plan it costs us......door stickers,roofsign area stickers(that means fukall really) first aid kit,fire extinguisher and all important pen and notepad.

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