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[silverbullet]

Never drove a Mercedes as a taxi.

Probably before your time. The legend goes, A Merc broke down in Phoenix Park, the colour escapes me. A fellow cabbie was radioed to help, unfortunately, it was a clone. An eagle-eyed Garda spotted the anomaly.

It helped silence a once outspoken rep allegedly.

You seemed to have such a wonderful time with the old-fashioned cab companies I'm surprised you didn't stay.

[Rat Catcher]

Mercedes cars weren't before my time. There's still a few in use as taxis today in fact:

http://intaxi.org/database/model.php?q=MERCEDES%20BENZ

Model Report : MERCEDES BENZ

1.   E SERIES   191   42%
2.   E220   50   11%
3.   E 220 CDI   41   9%
4.   E220 D   36   8%
5.   E200   19   4%
6.   VITO TRAVELINER   16   4%
7.   C SERIES   15   3%
8.   V SERIES   14   3%
9.   E300   12   3%
10.   E CLASS 220 D   6   1%
11.   111 CDI KA/L VITO 5DR   5   1%
12.   C220   5   1%
13.   E250   5   1%
14.   VIANO   3   1%
15.   E CLASS   3   1%
16.   E320   3   1%
17.   C200 Classic   3   1%
18.   VITO 112CDI   3   1%
19.   S350   3   1%
20.   C CLASS   3   1%
21.   C180   3   1%
22.   E280   2   0%
23.   E350 CDI   2   0%
24.   108D VITO 2.2   1   0%
25.   V250   1   0%
26.   GLB   1   0%
27.   E320 CDI AVANTGARDE 4DR A   1   0%
28.   CITAN   1   0%
29.   S500e   1   0%
30.   VITO 111 CDI   1   0%
31.   SPRINTER   1   0%
32.   E270   1   0%
33.   S SERIES   1   0%
34.   V 220

I was almost full-time back then. Free Now freight works out at c.€4/hour without ambassadorship, priority or any gold stars and without attempting to maximise turnover - currently I only serve residential addresses i.e. no pubs, offices, hotels, car rental sheds, DAP pickups, etc... If I was doing more than 20 hours I'd probably go back to C2K.

[silverbullet]

Mercedes cars weren't before my time. There's still a few in use as taxis today in fact:

http://intaxi.org/database/model.php?q=MERCEDES%20BENZ

Model Report : MERCEDES BENZ

1.   E SERIES   191   42%
2.   E220   50   11%
3.   E 220 CDI   41   9%
4.   E220 D   36   8%
5.   E200   19   4%
6.   VITO TRAVELINER   16   4%
7.   C SERIES   15   3%
8.   V SERIES   14   3%
9.   E300   12   3%
10.   E CLASS 220 D   6   1%
11.   111 CDI KA/L VITO 5DR   5   1%
12.   C220   5   1%
13.   E250   5   1%
14.   VIANO   3   1%
15.   E CLASS   3   1%
16.   E320   3   1%
17.   C200 Classic   3   1%
18.   VITO 112CDI   3   1%
19.   S350   3   1%
20.   C CLASS   3   1%
21.   C180   3   1%
22.   E280   2   0%
23.   E350 CDI   2   0%
24.   108D VITO 2.2   1   0%
25.   V250   1   0%
26.   GLB   1   0%
27.   E320 CDI AVANTGARDE 4DR A   1   0%
28.   CITAN   1   0%
29.   S500e   1   0%
30.   VITO 111 CDI   1   0%
31.   SPRINTER   1   0%
32.   E270   1   0%
33.   S SERIES   1   0%
34.   V 220

I was almost full-time back then. Free Now freight works out at c.€4/hour without ambassadorship, priority or any gold stars and without attempting to maximise turnover - currently I only serve residential addresses i.e. no pubs, offices, hotels, car rental sheds, DAP pickups, etc... If I was doing more than 20 hours I'd probably go back to C2K.

Cloned Mercs were probably before your time.

Looking at your Merc list, not many workhorses 300D's.

[vandriver]

https://m.independent.ie/business/irish/regulator-probes-claim-of-clone-a-cab-licence-scam-26474463.html

[silverbullet]

https://m.independent.ie/business/irish/regulator-probes-claim-of-clone-a-cab-licence-scam-26474463.html

I wonder how many cloned cabs Gormless and his lickspittle uncovered?

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, the odd cloned car wasn't a huge issue prior to entry liberalisation. The then unions managed to maintain a regulated trade for over two decades, a lot longer than comparable trades.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Did they say how much freight he paid? I remember when we could do as much work as we wanted for €80/week.

@ 10% , FN did 870.2 fares without startin an engine.