Author Topic: How often do you think you should change the taxi?  (Read 1691 times)

Offline Belker

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2023, 11:13:11 am »
Whats specifically could break that would force ya to take a taxi off the road prematurely?

If the maintence is being done properly the vehicle should last.
I traded up my 08 Avensis with a 15 year license in 2020, Emmisions were a big problem and the steering column was on it's last legs.

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2023, 11:23:12 am »
Ya can buy all the software or even download it illegally nowadays Belker.Stick to the main brands and you can't go too far wrong.

All the info is out there on the net.Dont be afraid to get stuck in.
I do be lucky if I can change a Tyre MFH !!   lol

Cleaning I'm good at, and a birra touch-up paintwork, but that's about it !

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2023, 11:38:06 am »
Aldi were selling OBD readers for €20 last week.You plug it in under the dash and read some basic codes....then Google the codes to dig deeper.

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2023, 11:46:11 am »
OBD Eleven gives dealer level diagnostics for VAG group cars. As an early adopter my c.€30 dongle came with lifetime "pro" access. They have since developed a subscription system. I believe they now also cover BMW, same dongle but additional/alternative subscription required. However, apart from being able to access and play around with settings and such like it's only been of real benefit on a few occasions, all in respect of Mrs. Catcher's old Fabia for which it identified a faulty sensor I probably couldn't have otherwise diagnosed and, on another occasion, told me which cylinder was misfiring when a new coil was needed. Obviously the latter would have been easy enough to diagnose without the same by simply turning the key with each cylinder disconnected in sequence, being a 3 cylinder engine it wouldn't have started at all with either of the good two disconnected whereas it would continue to start and misfire with the bad one disconnected.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2023, 12:50:33 pm »
Aldi were selling OBD readers for €20 last week.You plug it in under the dash and read some basic codes....then Google the codes to dig deeper.
I can prob do simple gambling math, stats, percentages faster in my head then a clerk today in a betting office on a puter.
But car engines I have no idea about. You obviousely grew up with all that MFH, I didn't.
I have no idea of what the majority of the instrument panel on my yoke is all about.

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2023, 02:21:46 pm »
The basics are covered in RSAs EDT these days, Ken. I could give you a lesson at the appropriate rate!
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2023, 04:02:19 pm »
The basics are covered in RSAs EDT these days, Ken. I could give you a lesson at the appropriate rate!
I'm guessing that RSA means Road Safety Association ?
What EDT means is a mystery to me !
And hopefully will remain a mystery to me !!

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Re: How often do you think you should change the taxi?
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2023, 07:22:24 pm »
Whatever yis do...don't cut the red wire....or was it the blue....no no,the black,don't cut the black....ah fuk it...cut them all!!

 


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