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What is the oldest car still licenced in the country, I saw a H reg Sierra a while back in Stamford Lincs any older Sierra still being licensed.

You will see older Black Cabs in London. Some of the drivers are buried with the same cab they started with.

i saw a G reg Granada knocking working for Plym cabs of plymouth the other day !! and a few C, D & E reg Metrosheds.

not old but a bloke i know has just plated his N reg Bentley.

On Wirral the oldest are probably G and H reg FX4s now, but up until about a year ago there was a 1973 'L' FX4 working daily.

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At long last, a licensed vehicle with a worse MPG than a TX.

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Isn't there a 15 year age rule in London? So they can't be that old

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3 Age Restrictions
3.1 Vehicles will be licensed up to a maximum vehicle age of ten years taken
from the original date of manufacture as declared on the V5 Vehicle
Registration Document, providing that all licensing criteria are met.
3.2 It is the intention of Transport for London to eventually reduce the overall
age of the private hire fleet in London by reducing, over time, the entry
age of a vehicle considered for licensing. The calculation of the age of a
vehicle will be taken from the original date of manufacture as declared on
the V5 Vehicle Registration Document. Any changes to age restrictions
would be introduced after further consultation.
3.3 Classic vehicles or those that are considered to be of historic interest may
be exempted from this condition by the licensing authority after approval
of an application for such an exemption.
3.4 There is scope to allow some degree of flexibility if an aged vehicle is
proved to be particularly well maintained or is kept in a particularly good
condition. The licensing authority may decide to grant this concession.
Vehicles that are more than ten years old, taken from the first date of
registration with the DVLA, will be subjected to a third MOT and
separate corrosion inspection each year.

Some of these must be "Classics"

Are you replying to me Mr Blobby?

I was talking about HCs, I think your extract relates to PH?

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There was an F Volvo PH in Dundee for a few years. I'm sure I saw it a few months ago, but havent seen it for a while.

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There is a F plate vauxhall knocking about in barnsley.

some bloke who i cant stand has a b reg motor down here.
HI CAB

Yes, they do tend to get a bit noisy at that age

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Wot, a B reg saloon

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yes i think its a skoda.