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Car for Taxi

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  • 06-02-2008 5:00pm
    #1
    veronica
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am changing my car shortly and was wondering as Taxi would Diesel be better then petrol regarding wear and tear of engine?


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    Celtic Mech
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭Celtic Mech


    one word--yes! Doing the amount of driving you would be doing as a taxi driver, diesel would be the way to go...even the economical side of it. Wear and tare on the engine...if you are doing the same miles in a petrol vs a diesel...the wear and tare is the exact same!!


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    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Diesel would be far better.

    Many taxi drivers go for the Jap-import Toyota Camry 2.2TD. Many have autos too which is handy for city driving.


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    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Aren't fuel costs offsettable against tax, so the economy of a diesel doesn't really come into the cost equation?

    A taxi driver friend of mine had a 1992 Camry 2.2 petrol. It gave no major trouble and he got rid of it at 320,000 miles as it was getting tatty. He replaced it with a 1998 Camry 2.2 petrol, auto.


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Think there is a new law comin in where all new taxis must be under 8 years of age.. or something along those lines.
    Diesels are built heavier and stronger and as far as i'm aware you can claim the vat back on it, although i could be wrong here... someone is bound to correct me if i am!


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    moose112
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭moose112


    slideways wrote: »
    Think there is a new law comin in where all new taxis must be under 8 years of age.. or something along those lines.
    Diesels are built heavier and stronger and as far as i'm aware you can claim the vat back on it, although i could be wrong here... someone is bound to correct me if i am!


    Have heard similiar myslf alright.

    Diesel def makes more sense for a taxi and a automatic if you a city driver.
    Friend of mnie bought a diesel Passat last year reckons it runs on the smell of it and the comfort of the drive cant be beatin.


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    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    If you're contemplating starting taxiing forget about it. The cream is well gone of the milk, there's even hardly any milk left...


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    #8
    Volvoboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Volvoboy


    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=917852

    FTW



    -VB-


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