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Offline Rat Catcher

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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2024, 03:37:59 pm »
Is that the one at the Maxol? If so, I used to buy dinner there on occasion.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2024, 03:45:14 pm »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on February 21, 2024, 03:37:59 pm
Is that the one at the Maxol? If so, I used to buy dinner there on occasion.
No, opposite the Vomit Pub on the Old Swords Road.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2024, 03:12:18 pm »
New diesels are not dirty, that's like saying Skoda is unreliable rubbish and Toyota rust but the engine keeps going. The only style car for a taxi is an estate or MPV.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2024, 08:40:16 pm »
Quote from: C5 on February 22, 2024, 03:12:18 pm
New diesels are not dirty, that's like saying Skoda is unreliable rubbish and Toyota rust but the engine keeps going. The only style car for a taxi is an estate or MPV.
What about the Naan vans?

There are still some drivers who like the look of what they're driving. FFS some won't even deface their rice rockets with stickers.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2024, 11:58:39 pm »
next heap will be a  21 mondie  2.0 tdci to replace my 15 mondie tdci ......
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2024, 11:13:05 am »
After my diesel particle filter (DPF) problems over the last 2 years, I will never ever buy another diesel car ever again.  ::fds
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2024, 01:51:09 pm »
Toyotas are very needy anyway, Ken.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2024, 07:04:56 am »
With the exception of the DPF which I think I was just unlucky with because of all the diesel drivers I talk too none had any of the problems that I encountered ??
Apart from that issue the Avensis is good and reliable but my Gra fer it is defo gone with the DPF problems it gave me.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2024, 11:39:54 am »
There's a huge amount of servicing in Toyotas compared to VAGs... oil every 15k kilos, antifreeze, ATF, etc, etc.... They're just very needy cars, good for lads who like to get their hands dirty quite frequently, otherwise relatively very expensive to maintain in accordance with manufacturer specifications.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2024, 12:48:01 pm »
I dunno RC... ya never see the Taliban driving a VW or a Skoda.

When ya see those UN convoys on the news going through some third world country they're always in Toyotas...not a Skoda between them.

I beleive Belkers heap has a BMW engine that they bought from BMW as they no longer had much interest in developing new diesel passenger engines.I wouldnt take a BMW engined taxi if I got it for free.
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2024, 09:45:16 am »
Most of them lads have the new WATs, Peugeots and such like.... I'd say the ones in Toyotas are renting!
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2024, 09:19:03 pm »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on February 21, 2024, 03:31:28 pm
Strangely enough, my Chinese of choice uses a local taximan for derivelies. I bet they love having us working for them.

Mr Wu!!
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2024, 10:48:26 pm »
Quote from: Rat Catcher on March 01, 2024, 09:45:16 am
Most of them lads have the new WATs, Peugeots and such like.... I'd say the ones in Toyotas are renting!
I saw this guy smashed into the traffic island at the junction of Coolock Lane and Swords Road last night at about 01.30.

Both he and what looked like a Golf were mangled and airbags blown:








A Golf and a Caddy crashed into one another. I guess that's par for the course! 8)
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #28 on: March 02, 2024, 04:16:02 pm »
132D VW - ah well, he was due a new taxi rental anyways  ;)
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Re: Type of Vehicle to taxi with
« Reply #29 on: March 02, 2024, 04:48:39 pm »
Quote from: watty on March 02, 2024, 04:16:02 pm
132D VW - ah well, he was due a new taxi rental anyways  ;)
It was lashing rain, and at that junction, people are wont to take chances. The Caddy is in his name, so if the insurance company judges it to be 50/50 I reckon Mr.PAK/Afghan will be in the market for a rental.
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