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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2025, 11:19:34 am »
I'd love to be able to afford a brand new car Ken. I'll see where I stand next year but 30k would be about my limit.
30K is also my budget too, taking in to account all the change-over costs.
I never had a brand new car myself so looking forward to my probable first one, and with a full 10 year license, which will surely see me out !!
https://www.toyota.ie/models/corolla-saloon/build?path=customize/65bfd91d-f2a8-4cbb-bdbc-3834b400492a/acd4153b-2d07-4cb3-a854-49bc578a9044&c=c0ba4abf-9d38-41dc-8851-799ed75c37cd&u=fc04c435-8607-4db1-b9b4-f83fe98a1239&financeOption=cash

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #31 on: March 30, 2025, 11:22:42 am »
Jasus! I'd be more than delighted to get 5k. It's a perfect car with absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Looking at the 10 year old Prius prices on carzone above you won't have any problems selling your car fer 8 to 10K in 2027.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #32 on: March 30, 2025, 11:32:36 am »
Hopefully Ken.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #33 on: March 30, 2025, 11:38:41 am »
Hopefully Ken.
We are very much in the same boat Horse, I think the value is to go new as the used car market is way over priced and also I get the full 10 year taxi license.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #34 on: March 30, 2025, 11:44:58 am »
If I can I will Ken.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #35 on: March 30, 2025, 11:58:06 am »
If I can I will Ken.
The Bright side of it is the 10 year taxi license which will bring me to 71.5 years old in 2037 and similar fer you just a fews years behind me, which means that we both no longer have to save fer a new car because by 2037 we will both be in a retirement home or Dead !!
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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2025, 12:52:13 pm »
When you're doing all the sums don't forget to include your fuel saviings.A Prius/Corolla should run on nearly half the money of the old diesels so your fuel savings are significant and possibly in the thpusands.That all adds up over a few years.I can't see a situation where fuel cost at the pump goes down a lot.Might as well save a bit while you can by moving to a more efficient vehicle.

Owning the new car should cost almost nothing for the first few years.I haven't spent anything on my car yet.... and it's nearly two years old.I didn't really spend much on my Prius either.



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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2025, 12:52:52 pm »
Iffin I was eating the wrong stuff I'd be thinking like that Ken. I collected my 86 year old mother from the airport yesterday where she arrived back from Spain. That's what I hope to be doing in my twilight years.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #38 on: April 02, 2025, 03:00:46 pm »
When you're doing all the sums don't forget to include your fuel saviings.A Prius/Corolla should run on nearly half the money of the old diesels so your fuel savings are significant and possibly in the thpusands.That all adds up over a few years.I can't see a situation where fuel cost at the pump goes down a lot.Might as well save a bit while you can by moving to a more efficient vehicle.

Owning the new car should cost almost nothing for the first few years.I haven't spent anything on my car yet.... and it's nearly two years old.I didn't really spend much on my Prius either.




... but do factor in an increased income taxation bill... in general 20% of what you save will go to the taxman.

... plus significantly higher maintenance costs. An EV tyre equates to replacing a timing belt (twice if you do it yourself) on a normal car... a pair of tyres equates to a brand new DPF ifn you don't drive a Toyota... then you have the annual rip off from the main stealers to maintain your warranty....
« Last Edit: April 02, 2025, 03:04:30 pm by Rat Catcher »
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2025, 04:24:39 pm »
I haven't bought a tyre yet RC in nearly two years.Less than a tenner a week in electricity more than balances out all the other stuff.As I bought the car before I put the hard work in so most of the bigger tax bill will be written off against the capital cost.If I did it wrong no doubt they'll tell me in Revenue eventually.

I really havent spent much  on the car since I bought it.Maybe three €8 car washes and one pair of wipers in nearly two years.I don't see anything big coming up as I'm barely working again.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2025, 04:34:26 pm »
None of them cost anything if you don't use them but a few lads have posted shocking prices for tyres, 12v battery, annual servicing, etc.

Taking an ID4, for example, as it's a car I quite like having taught someone in one... c.€300 for a tyre... c.€1,500 for a headlight bulb are among the items mentioned on here. When you consider that VW warranties are limited mileage and otherwise pretty harshly restricted you'd have to be prepared to increase your maintenance budget quite considerably over a normal car if you intend to drive it and keep it for any length of time. You could be lucky and never get a puncture or blow a bulb (in a VAG, that'd equate to winning the lotto!) but to fail to prepare is to prepare to fail, I guess!
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2025, 04:52:20 pm »
The only EVs with small wheels are the MGs AFAIK.I can get a decent brand name tyres fot the BYD for 160 delivered but getting them fitted is another matter.I haven't properly explored it yet.I like a quiet tyre and so I'm happy to pay more if the rest of the car costs feck all to run.Having a quiet car is very underrated in this job.Even when I'm at the lights and there's a diesel beside me I have to close the window as they all sound like they're broken.It just doesn't sit right with me.It's going to be difficult to go back to a normal vehicle.

A tenner a week in electricity is cheaper than it used to cost me to run a 125cc motorcycle hard for 50 hours a week.I was putting €30 a day into my little petrol Primera when I started off and back then there was fuk all work.

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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2025, 05:27:02 pm »
The MG is probably favourite for me from a business (need) perspective while the ID4 would be my favourite (within reason) from a, perhaps reckless, want perspective. I guess whether one considers one's car to be an office - with swivel chair, vertical blinds, filing cabinets, whiteboards, fax machine, water cooler, coffee machine, etc - or a toolbox is relevant.

Either way I hope to be back to a 20 hour (max) working week once I change the car next year so I'm not overly concerned about running costs.... it'll be down to what grants are or aren't available and capital cost, I guess.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2025, 05:30:06 pm by Rat Catcher »
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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #43 on: April 04, 2025, 12:37:09 pm »

@ Stephen; Is it possible to see on any database how many 152 taxis are in the fleet ?
As they will seemingly be the only ones to make any gain from this taking it that the vast 99% of 151 taxies have already traded up.


Probably... leave it with me!


According to our database there's 745 current records for 2015 saloon taxis. That includes 151 and 152 reg plates that are either active or have recorded expiry dates in 2025 which, in turn, includes those plates that have lapsed since the beginning of the year and are, therefore, capable of being re-activated FOC in accordance with the latest age extension directive. For convenience I've sorted them by expiry date.

http://intaxi.org/database/car-2015.php
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Re: A Good News Day
« Reply #44 on: April 04, 2025, 12:53:13 pm »
It could be interesting to revisit the records in due course to ascertain how many of those men who have already been forced out of business actually reactivate their plates as permitted under the latest age extension directive. Of course, they'd have to still have the car in perfect working order to do so. As the above link is dynamic I'll jot down those possible - inc those with expiry dates up to and including 31/03/2025 - identified by our database here:


18074   TAXI   HUBERT CORCORAN   151D246   02/01/2025
35022   TAXI   RICHARD BRADY   151D2034   06/01/2025
26447   TAXI   NIALL WHELAN   151D43892   06/01/2025
35545   TAXI   ORHAN YILMAZ   151G7134   08/01/2025
38477   TAXI   RICHARD BRENNAN   151D48593   08/01/2025
37519   TAXI   ANNE LOWNDES   151D3636   08/01/2025
15184   TAXI   ELIZABETH HALVEY   151MN1984   10/01/2025
26564   TAXI   DAVID POWER   151D46738   12/01/2025
13124   TAXI   BREFFNI FOY   151G706   13/01/2025
18172   TAXI   LIAM MCCUTCHEON   151MH537   13/01/2025
28749   TAXI   KEVIN MCCUTCHEON   151LH388   13/01/2025
36138   TAXI   VALENTINE SHEEHAN   151D17177   15/01/2025
17755   TAXI   ERIC RYAN   151D5409   15/01/2025
41996   TAXI   DANIEL DUMITRU VISAN   151D5895   16/01/2025
39784   TAXI   TREVOR DUNWORTH   151D48369   16/01/2025
11733   TAXI   COLIN BARRY   151C2674   16/01/2025
33845   TAXI   JOHN FAIRBROTHER   151MN195   16/01/2025
27247   TAXI   ANTHONY AYLWARD   151W2541   16/01/2025
42305   TAXI   SHABAKIYU ADEMOLA SANUSI   151D52406   19/01/2025
31730   TAXI   WILLIAM CRAWLEY   151CN256   19/01/2025
23412   TAXI   THOMAS DORAN   151KK523   19/01/2025
14335   TAXI   RICHARD OBRIEN   151D7176   21/01/2025
27074   TAXI   PATRICK KELLY   151D7624   22/01/2025
17507   TAXI   PAUL DARCY   151D8031   23/01/2025
26161   TAXI   NOEL CLINCH   151MH879   23/01/2025
35432   TAXI   DECLAN GILMORE   151LD867   25/01/2025
30526   TAXI   SEAMUS KELLY   151D48863   26/01/2025
26592   TAXI   PAUL CLOONEY   151D43444   26/01/2025
21939   TAXI   RICHARD CLEARY   151D52648   27/01/2025
25650   TAXI   EDWARD OKESOKUN   151D54249   27/01/2025
38325   TAXI   JAGJIT SINGH   151D53900   27/01/2025
18639   TAXI   JOHN HAYDEN   151D52398   27/01/2025
33565   TAXI   GRAHAM WALSH   151C18004   27/01/2025
41274   TAXI   SEAN MCDONALD   151D52613   27/01/2025
18695   TAXI   HONG MING XIE   151D56368   27/01/2025
19062   TAXI   JOHN ANDERSON   151D48843   27/01/2025
36754   TAXI   CLEMENT OSAGHAEDE   151KE5204   27/01/2025
25609   TAXI   JAMES MC DERMOTT   151D53585   27/01/2025
40806   TAXI   GORDON O CONNOR   151MH5062   27/01/2025
10947   TAXI   DONAL KELLEHER   151D46730   28/01/2025
19694   TAXI   STEPHEN CORRIGAN   151D51779   29/01/2025
37189   TAXI   DECLAN GOULD   151C3821   29/01/2025
20687   TAXI   JEFFREY CRONIN   151WW732   29/01/2025
10850   TAXI   MICHAEL MARTIN   151C3831   29/01/2025
23152   TAXI   DEREK PERRIS   151D10269   29/01/2025
39398   TAXI   THOMAS KELLY   151D39312   30/01/2025
14602   TAXI   THOMAS KELLY   151D11651   30/01/2025
42578   TAXI   DEREK FARRELL   151LH2498   30/01/2025
17742   TAXI   THOMAS MOLLOY   151D11445   30/01/2025
11272   TAXI   JOHN SINGLETON   151C4867   30/01/2025
31552   TAXI   IAN MADDEN   151LH870   30/01/2025
21232   TAXI   JOHN MURPHY   151D51637   31/01/2025
24154   TAXI   JOSEPH HICKEY   151D12142   31/01/2025
31265   TAXI   BRIAN MULCAHY   151T3977   31/01/2025
13472   TAXI   GERARD DONNELLAN   151MH3310   01/02/2025
28854   TAXI   ANTHONY ROGERS   151MH1246   04/02/2025
18876   TAXI   HENRY AKINROLIE   151D24253   06/02/2025
39158   TAXI   JEROME HOWE   151D44123   06/02/2025
15150   TAXI   DAN O CONNELL   151L4676   11/02/2025
24661   TAXI   KENNETH DALY   151MH1343   11/02/2025
30138   TAXI   MICHAEL HEARNE   151D25456   13/02/2025
27983   TAXI   MICHAEL QUINN   151C5671   13/02/2025
17615   TAXI   LUKE ANTHONY QUINN   151D48905   13/02/2025
19145   TAXI   DAVID HORGAN   152D2212   18/02/2025
17556   TAXI   BRENDAN BRADY   151D15078   19/02/2025
14271   TAXI   JOSEPH NAUGHTON   152D33695   22/02/2025
37753   TAXI   JOHN A DEEGAN   151D20024   23/02/2025
15870   TAXI   EAMONN CURLEY   151G2038   24/02/2025
17514   TAXI   JACQUELINE CARRIG   151D16843   25/02/2025
35168   TAXI   TREVOR O CONNOR   151D17183   26/02/2025
12470   TAXI   DAVID WILSON   151D17727   26/02/2025
19462   TAXI   NOEL FEENEY   151D17567   26/02/2025
41595   TAXI   KEITH HARRIS   151D17574   26/02/2025
35409   TAXI   FRANCIS MURPHY   151D17583   26/02/2025
19398   TAXI   CHARLES DEDE DICK ORJIAKOR   151D17163   26/02/2025
24317   TAXI   CHRISTOPHER HOLBROOK   151D20923   27/02/2025
26737   TAXI   KARL LARKIN   151CE1296   27/02/2025
38262   TAXI   DENIS CROWLEY   151D54079   27/02/2025
19285   TAXI   CHARLES MOORE   151D56069   27/02/2025
32642   TAXI   TONY O GRADY   151D18265   27/02/2025
26062   TAXI   MING JIN   151D45827   27/02/2025
38608   TAXI   DONG SHENG RUI   151D56462   27/02/2025
12960   TAXI   THOMAS BRENNAN   151D52608   27/02/2025
13543   TAXI   CORMAC O REILLY   151G7512   27/02/2025
22117   TAXI   SHANE BRENNAN   151D52563   01/03/2025
40804   TAXI   RICHARD STEPENSKE   151WW2667   01/03/2025
12491   TAXI   KAYODE AKINNAWONU   151D54945   01/03/2025
28735   TAXI   PATRICK MCMASTER   151LH2955   02/03/2025
32343   TAXI   JOHN CLARKE   151D19662   03/03/2025
23708   TAXI   JOHN CONNOR   152D28085   04/03/2025
17564   TAXI   JAMES PENNIE   151D51566   04/03/2025
17519   TAXI   PAUL WYNNE   151D49381   04/03/2025
23114   TAXI   PAUL BRADY   152D5767   05/03/2025
11050   TAXI   THOMAS LINEHAN   152C2007   07/03/2025
19867   TAXI   VINCENT ADETOKUNBO   151D56390   07/03/2025
20663   TAXI   PATRICK MALONE   151D20664   10/03/2025
24424   TAXI   MATTHEW LAWLESS   151D55407   11/03/2025
21261   TAXI   TAUQEER KHAN   151LS1609   11/03/2025
36688   TAXI   ADRIAN BRADY   151D44977   12/03/2025
24157   TAXI   JOHN JOSEPH LOWRY   151MO1230   12/03/2025
11017   TAXI   MICHAEL RING   151C17111   13/03/2025
20454   TAXI   MICHAEL FLYNN   151D49636   13/03/2025
13470   TAXI   SEAMUS KEANE   151G7015   13/03/2025
18637   TAXI   KENNY SHAW   151D43257   13/03/2025
21255   TAXI   SUKHDEEP SINGH   151D51428   13/03/2025
35574   TAXI   ION GREC   151MH2049   16/03/2025
32175   TAXI   THOMAS BYRNE   151MN626   16/03/2025
26775   TAXI   LIAM FRENCH   151KE2781   16/03/2025
20791   TAXI   LEO BALLANCE   151D21790   18/03/2025
13996   TAXI   THOMAS TOMKINS   151CW843   20/03/2025
18352   TAXI   GERARD SQUIRE   151D42479   20/03/2025
29626   TAXI   CATHAL MOLLOY   152D27448   21/03/2025
18375   TAXI   YULAI CHI   151D55559   23/03/2025
40288   TAXI   ANTHONY DALTON   151D23024   23/03/2025
33897   TAXI   DAVID ALLEN   151D23418   23/03/2025
29150   TAXI   JAMES MCDAID   151D23022   23/03/2025
14798   TAXI   MICHAEL O CONNELL   151D51251   23/03/2025
30521   TAXI   NICHOLAS M HANNON   151D23796   24/03/2025
17300   TAXI   MARK TALLON   151D42513   25/03/2025
31771   TAXI   EAMON O DROIGNEAIN   151D24191   25/03/2025
15356   TAXI   ROY LINDEN   151WX3332   26/03/2025
17627   TAXI   MATTHEW MCDONNELL   151MH5427   27/03/2025
13096   TAXI   PATRICK JOSEPH MEADE   151D55625   27/03/2025
40223   TAXI   MICHAEL ANEVHO   151D53822   27/03/2025
25882   TAXI   SAJID RAZA   151D52506   27/03/2025
37049   TAXI   BRENDAN SPEARING   151D25221   27/03/2025
26089   TAXI   DAVID PURDY   151D50039   27/03/2025
14908   TAXI   SINGH & CHANDI TRANSPORT VENTURES LTD   151D52742   27/03/2025
20433   TAXI   VIKRAM SINGH   151T4654   27/03/2025
20513   TAXI   TONY DOWNEY   151CE3519   27/03/2025
29683   TAXI   DAUDA ABIOYE   151D44864   27/03/2025
35811   TAXI   SEAMUS WALSH   151D25426   27/03/2025
39154   TAXI   INTERCITY CABS LTD   151D46482   27/03/2025
38783   TAXI   MERVYN TIMMINS   151D25359   27/03/2025
34260   TAXI   THOMAS BRENNAN   151D53124   27/03/2025
16593   TAXI   EUGENE BOYLE   151D57853   27/03/2025
17328   TAXI   INTERCITY CABS LTD   151D47469   27/03/2025
24706   TAXI   SHANE BRENNAN   151D56489   27/03/2025
45336   TAXI   TRINITY TPL LTD   151D56403   27/03/2025
36715   TAXI   HAI YAN WU   151D55178   27/03/2025
20478   TAXI   ALLAN BALOGUN   151D51994   27/03/2025
21918   TAXI   FRANCIS OGORMAN   151D54126   27/03/2025
27028   TAXI   EDWARD CARRIG   151LD626   30/03/2025
20906   TAXI   FRANK GAHAN   151D41074   30/03/2025
22313   TAXI   TERESA DEVANEY   151D27492   31/03/2025
30158   TAXI   JAMES FARRELLY   151D27677   31/03/2025
38105   TAXI   STEPHEN MAHER   151D43849   31/03/2025
31770   TAXI   SUZANNE PAYNE   151D28566   31/03/2025
11321   TAXI   JAMES ANTHONY DESMOND   151D28818   31/03/2025
18278   TAXI   MICHAEL QUINN   151C9905   31/03/2025
37965   TAXI   VICTOR OKOYE   151C15439   31/03/2025
17932   TAXI   NOEL O REILLY   151D28902   31/03/2025
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

 


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