Taxi Driver Online

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

As i have nothing at the moment i may as well give it a go. If it aint enough then back to the drawing board.
As for the credit crunch, i aint recovered from the one which hit the coal industry in the late 80s early 90s.

Good luck it's worth a go and maybe you'll like it and progress to something more than 4 days a week. It would however be better if you could work the Saturday night

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

All things aside..good luck m8. Who knows ? you might be one of the lucky ones who fall into work !

As in any other walk of life...What you put in, you get out. You can sit on your a*** all day and moan about everybody else's recession or, if you're hack, you can get out and work.

Schools back next week, people get paid this weekend, weather starts getting sh!tty, christmas just around the corner. Good luck to you. It will either suit you or it won't.

10 years ago, my reply was 'Me? A taxi driver? No way. Here I am thoroughly enjoying it....You may not; Don't buy a vehicle until you're commited to the life.

The business is there to do if you're prepared to dig it out.

Good luck.

Seconded.

I will second that !

I started in this around 8 years ago in Newport Gwent and things were pretty bad even then, but it gave me a good grounding because I could never wait for work to come to me........I had to go and find it. Then I got my license in Cardiff. The guys down there were used to the good times i.e waiting on the ranks and it just came to them! now most are struggling because of an increase from 450 hacks to around 850, and of course the recession, but they still wait on the ranks because that is what they have always done, they never had to look for it and they still don't........bless them.

It is not brilliant but I do a lot better than most, I literally look all over the City and it makes all the difference..........flag downs and some ranks or places of entertainment with people just waiting and all because they go back to base one every time and as I say bless them.

Having said that your area has got to have a reasonable size population, or it is quite easy to sink even if you drive round in circles like I sometimes do.

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Thanks for the replies. I will keep you informed of my progress, good or bad.

Strumpit

Hang around and join in. We have a good little community here.

are just driving or plating a car?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

If by plating you mean getting my own car, no. I will be working for an operator.
I have read through this forum and the advice is to try it out for a while before taking on debt. Good advice!

Suggest you don't work in Preston.

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Taxi-drivers- ... 5588447.jp

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IDFIMH

£20 per day?? OOh, i am sure i can survive on that, just have to cut down on luxury, like having a house

Tip..make the best of your 4 days work....one day soon you'll not be allowed to work for anything like as long as four days without needing to take 2 days off afterwards and a break from driving every time you manage to get your vehicle up to 50 mph.

Its feched up..GBCs exactly right, try Tescos...and believe me that dont trip easy off my tongue.

Which part?

I'm right or work for Tesco's?