Old Shitboxes then vs new Shitboxes now

[silverbullet]

Do you discount? Uber fares are generally a pleasant surprise... riders pay significantly lower fares than Free Now charge and the driver gets paid more than Free Now pay us.

I use FN/Uber/BOLT/CAB2K. I don't generally pick up on the street.

[Rat Catcher]

I didn't mean you, personally. I meant you as in C2K in response to your referring to yourself in the plural when advising me to try that firm.

[silverbullet]

10 year age rule on cars, to those who drove a taxi before the age rule came in can it be argued that the fleet and by extension wage levels have been for the better (Wages being that the age rule forced lads off the road and thus competition).

Personally I don’t think it’s made fuck all difference. 

There was a time a 6.5 year old €5,000 Renault Fluence could buy ya another 3.5 in the game, those days are gone now too.

Were it not for the 10-year rule, the saloon fleet would be as decrepit as it was in the first decade of the century.

Most of the fleet is well-kept and modern [even some of rentals]. Covid knocked back quality for a few years but it should find its own level.

I think subsidizing the purchase of powerful speakers for Krippelwagens should be encouraged. The result is twofold. One, you can't hear the moaning punter, and Two, the punter can't hear the rattling.


p.s I saw a terrible car crash this afternoon...It was a Skoda.

[silverbullet]

I didn't mean you, personally. I meant you as in C2K in response to your referring to yourself in the plural when advising me to try that firm.

I referred to we in the collective term. Sure, you might even meet old mates that you thought had expired.

[Rat Catcher]

Yes and I asked you in that collective sense. Do you (C2K) give discounts a la Uber?

[silverbullet]

Yes and I asked you in that collective sense. Do you (C2K) give discounts a la Uber?

That is something Ebbs is currently promoting with his resurgence of captive drivers and the 8202020 old Castleknock cabs brand.

I don't know if Anto does discounts. I, as a commission-only driver, don't.

[Rat Catcher]

I'll stick with Uber then. There's usually some discount applied to the fare with no need to ring or put voucher codes in or any of that bullshit. Are C2K drivers paid more than Uber drivers?

[Rat Catcher]

10 year age rule on cars, to those who drove a taxi before the age rule came in can it be argued that the fleet and by extension wage levels have been for the better (Wages being that the age rule forced lads off the road and thus competition).

Personally I don’t think it’s made fuck all difference. 

There was a time a 6.5 year old €5,000 Renault Fluence could buy ya another 3.5 in the game, those days are gone now too.

Were it not for the 10-year rule, the saloon fleet would be as decrepit as it was in the first decade of the century.

Most of the fleet is well-kept and modern [even some of rentals]. Covid knocked back quality for a few years but it should find its own level.

I think subsidizing the purchase of powerful speakers for Krippelwagens should be encouraged. The result is twofold. One, you can't hear the moaning punter, and Two, the punter can't hear the rattling.


p.s I saw a terrible car crash this afternoon...It was a Skoda.

The average reg year of saloon taxis as at the end of 2014 was 2007. As at the end of 2024 it was 2018. Pretty insignificant improvement for 10 years of the 10 year rule.

[silverbullet]

I'll stick with Uber then. There's usually some discount applied to the fare with no need to ring or put voucher codes in or any of that bullshit. Are C2K drivers paid more than Uber drivers?

I'm not privy to that information. It's between them and the taxman.

[Rat Catcher]

You don't know what they pay you or you've yet to get a job from one or other?

[C5]

The age rule is completely stupid, a well maintained car can look good at any age, the ones that go to the scrappers for spare parts should be not be rewarded of keeping a taxi on the road over 8 years old then guys that look after their taxis it should be open ended with a strict NCT and visual inspection if it passes rock on.

[Rat Catcher]

Absolutely. Our cars are subject to test after test. If a man's willing to present his car every 6 months that ought to suffice. Furthermore, the stats prove that the 10 year rule has achieved nothing in it's decade of application.

Does anyone know the age limits applicable to aircraft or buses or trains?

[silverbullet]

Absolutely. Our cars are subject to test after test. If a man's willing to present his car every 6 months that ought to suffice. Furthermore, the stats prove that the 10 year rule has achieved nothing in it's decade of application.

Does anyone know the age limits applicable to aircraft or buses or trains?

You're not writing to Mick O'Leary, are you?

[Rat Catcher]

No, Minister Canney... in due course.

[silverbullet]

No, Minister Canney... in due course.

One of his minions will prescribe these, don't take them all at once.