Gasman Ford Nub Member 412 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 19/03/12 07:59 AM Share Posted 19/03/12 07:59 AM (edited) lots of prius stuff here on the gold coast too. Even had one try and drag me off the lights trying to get in front of me to turn left, it went great for the first 10 metres. Edited 19/03/12 08:00 AM by Gasman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 19/03/12 10:03 AM Share Posted 19/03/12 10:03 AM there you go mate buy a prissy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino1980 09JET Member 1,510 Member For: 15y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: E. Maitland Posted 19/03/12 11:15 AM Share Posted 19/03/12 11:15 AM Bureaucrats belong in the sewer with the politicians, RTA inspectors and over zealous HWP men (I am pro police generally) who make it hard to own and enjoy the things we CHOOSE to buy with the money we EARN. I <3 Bananas free country my left nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzza 777 Member 7,135 Member For: 16y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Neutral Bay. Born and Bred in the RSA Posted 19/03/12 08:30 PM Share Posted 19/03/12 08:30 PM A good story mate!Good luck with the new purchase.G6E's going for a steal at the moment. Look good in taxi kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y 10d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 19/03/12 09:05 PM Share Posted 19/03/12 09:05 PM bugger, no good mate. Hope you end up getting the car back. Doesn't matter if she's wrong in my books...she said it. How much they asking for the car to be urs?? Good luck with the scout on a new taxi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 16y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 20/03/12 01:21 AM Author Share Posted 20/03/12 01:21 AM A good story mate!Good luck with the new purchase.G6E's going for a steal at the moment. Look good in taxi kitWould love a G6E... in wagon form.... Going to stick with wagons for as long as I can - need the cargo space for suitcases (airport trips), wheelchairs, walking frames (elderly people) and the occasional pushbike. With an LPG sedan, the spare wheel goes in the boot, leaving space for one suitcase only, which isn't a whole lot of help if you've got three people and three suitcases wanting a $50 trip to the airport.It's going to get very interesting in a few years when there are no wagon taxis left. In smaller towns/citys (eg Cairns) then owners will get Priuses. They probably don't cover as many kms as a city car (ie fuel costs) and LPG costs more outside of major cities.In major cities it will get difficult. Some owners/management companies will try other cars (including Late model camira Sportwagon) but most will just stick with Falcon sedans because of workshop and parts support. Taxi workshops know what parts they use, so have plenty on hand. They won't be stocking many, if any, parts for Commodore/Kia/Hyundai/Toyota/etc. Getting body panels, bumpers, gearboxes and engines will be a huge problem.bugger, no good mate. Hope you end up getting the car back. Doesn't matter if she's wrong in my books...she said it. How much they asking for the car to be urs?? Good luck with the scout on a new taxi Yep, kept the wreck for $1,650 in the end, which works out ok. I'll be able to remove my stuff and re-sell the wreck privately complete for a profit - hopefully $3,000 or so. Don't know what it would have cost me if the Brembo stuff was still on there - that would have gotten VERY messy.Obviously, when I get the replacement car on the road there will have to be a bunch of things that have to be defined/exluded separately. This is going to be tricky - sure, I can have the brake setup completely excluded, but what happens if there's a crash (resulting in brake caliper or wheel damage) and it's 100% the other person's fault? I expect that there will be some interesting conversations with the insurance people.Bought another car in Sydney last week. Will fly from Perth to Sydney most likely on Sunday and drive it back to Perth. Got the same thing again - BFII silver wagon. Silver = looks good (especially with the chrome wheels) and hides dirt/dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 4m 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/03/12 04:53 AM Share Posted 22/03/12 04:53 AM Up here in Darwin 90% of taxi's are Toyota PriusMy god what is the world coming to, how absolutely disgusting, it will be tuk tuks next. I thought a vehicle had to be an actual car to be registered as a taxi in Australia. I had one pull up in a line for me at Perth airport last year and refused to get in the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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