Comments on: 10 year rule.

By: Del Boy

Del Boy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:07:59 +0000

Hi David, if you look at all the pieces that I have written on this site I don’t think that you will find me mentioning anything about the turning circle, which I do find useful but not essential. My concern about the E7 is the fact that it is an uncomfortable vehicle to be a passenger in and if we want to get the account work back from firms like Addi Loo we need to have cabs that are as comfortable as their cars.
I see that you put the price as your main reason for maybe choosing one not for the comfort of your passengers or the reliability of the cab. Obviously that is your choice and the choice of every other cab driver in london, if they ever get it approved, but I think that will be a backward step.
I, for one, look out for a TX or merc cab when I am in London with my wife for a day out rather than get a ride in a metro cab or fairway and I know of many people who do the same.
The last time that I rode in an E7 the driver told me that when he replaced it he would be looking for a TX !
Cheers, Del Boy

By: David Kershaw

David Kershaw — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:43:22 +0000

I’ve travelled in an E7, and granted it’s not the best view, but at £23K I’d be having a serious look at one. The rest of the country seem to survive just fine without relying on LTI or a turning circle from 1767, I’m sure London will as well.

By: k boy

k boy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:40:07 +0000

Appreciate the good luck vote mate nice one and i need it….
As for the other bits well im sure every Cabbie and k,boy have there opinions thats what makes the job what it is,,

All the best..

By: Del Boy

Del Boy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:27:18 +0000

Hi K Boy, sorry it has taken me a bit of time to reply but we have been away for the weekend.
I am a big supporter of the TX cab and have had my TX1 for 6 years now and would love to keep it forever but realistically that is not practical due to the mileage that I do. I would love to replace it with another one but since LTI have fiddled with it and put inferior engines in that is not possible.
Once you have finished the KOL, I wish you luck with that, and you are out driving a cab you will find your opinions changing. I don’t know whether you will be renting or buying but either way you will find that it is hard enough to earn a decent living, especially in the current climate, without having to deal with a cab that keeps letting you down.
If I am paying out in excess of £30,000 for a cab I want it to work not keep breaking down.
My hope is that LTI will look at the success of the Vito and put together a better cab and then I will be able to stay with them but until then I have to look at what is available.
Finally I would like to point out that it is alright you saying that we should put up with the LTI product “even if its not nice to run as it is an iconic symbol”. Well maybe I would feel a bit more inclined to do so if LTI had stayed with tradition and not set up factories in China whilst threatening the work force in Coventry with redundancies. Now I know that they are saying that there will be no chinese built cabs sold over here but then who knows what will happen in the future.
Mick Bailey I hope you are joking about the E7 as an alternative to the London Cab as it is the most uncomfortable piece of shit that I have ever had the misfortune to be a pasenger in and if they ever let that be licensed in London it will do more to kill the cab trade than any thing else.
We have them out here as cabs and to be honest I would rather walk home from the pub carrying my missus on my back than suffer the dodgy suspension and bad seating in the back of a badly converted french van.
Cheers and good luck with the KOL.
Del Boy

By: Mick Bailey

Mick Bailey — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:10:50 +0000

Take your choice Danny Boy, I did, I now drive the most comfortable and reliable Taxi I’ve ever driven over the last 17 years.

530 and rising, there maust be a lot of ’scabs’ in the trade then. Just wait until the E7 and the TW2000 arrives.
Goodnight LTI.
Still, you can keep your LTI product, we’ll be the ones flying past you when the AA are at your side for the 7th time that year.

After years of these wankers at LTI sticking two fingers up at the trade, the trade, apart from you, are now giving them just deserts.

By: dannyBoy

dannyBoy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:58:22 +0000

The Merc omg..Ok if you drive in straight lines….try working one on a wet busy Saturday night in Town convent garden etc etc Pushing buttons to open doors and carry 6 for £2.20 !! LOL

Sorry but you might as well go and work for the scabs if you want to drive a scab cab.

By: k boy

k boy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:55:19 +0000

Lti spokesperson thank you David but as said im a k boy and have no idea what lti stand for or have any interest ill worry about the growing politics of the trade when i pass out…

AS stated Money matters come in to it but if you start looking like mini cabs you will start getting treated like mini cabs and this will give the goverment or whoever the chance to blend the trades even more in to one.. So the London taxi is iconic as a symbol to the trade and to london even if its not so nice to run.. maybe some of the protesting should be aimed at the sellers of the tx range to make you better cabs…. Any way i got blue books to revise and points to find ill leave it at that… and what do i know any way have a good one…

By: David Kershaw

David Kershaw — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:09:14 +0000

Thanks to the LTI spokesperson above!

When you pass the Knowledge, you’ll then find out what a heap of shit your ‘iconic London Taxi’ is, and just what dreadful value for money the latest TX4 is.

The E7 is coming, 500 Merc’s on the road . . Goodbye LTI.

By: k boy

k boy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:11:48 +0000

Hi always read your posts never felt the need to comment but as a knowledge boy i think its a massive massive shame that cab drivers are in my opinon buying minicabs the new merc..
As your an avid supporter of the cab trade im very amazed your thinking of selling out to what is a minicab car and if this continues the iconic LONDON TAXI which is what tourists/London folk want will one day be no more..

Yes i no im not a cabbie yet and money matters come in to this but i for one will be sticking to tradition if i ever get through the wonderfull !! knowledge.. good luck..