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skippy41
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captain cab wrote:
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Yep,
its expensive running a metro cab :wink:


You'll soon enough know just how expensive.


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there's no WAV taxis up in skippys manor......


Scottish Borders Council......failing the disabled community.

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Oh yes there are, 15 now
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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
jimbo wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Yep,
its expensive running a metro cab :wink:


You'll soon enough know just how expensive.


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there's no WAV taxis up in skippys manor......


Scottish Borders Council......failing the disabled community.

:lol:

CC




Oh yes there are, 15 now


?

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captain cab
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skippy41 wrote:

Oh yes there are, 15 now


15 what?

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skippy41 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
jimbo wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Yep,
its expensive running a metro cab :wink:


You'll soon enough know just how expensive.


to right.....
Quote:
there's no WAV taxis up in skippys manor......


Scottish Borders Council......failing the disabled community.

:lol:

CC


Oh yes there are, 15 now



And your new hybrid metrocab will make it sixteen?

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If it's who I think it is then his drivers were not all consulted. Some drivers may have been asked, but if so haven't spoken up. The city owner/drivers I've talked with are already at least 20 - 25% down on overall fares without operators trying to pressure other operators (which is what it boils down to I think - hard competition between Discount, Direct and Handsome).

Having said that, there are way too many PH cars in the Lincoln area, the downward pressure on fares as a consequence is very strong. If as an owner driver, just outside the city I must say, I make more than 35/40p a mile at busy times it's a bloody miracle and that hurts bad...
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How is the new Metrocab coming along Skippy?

Any updates?

That must have been over a year ago now if my memory serves me correctly . . . which sometimes it does'nt nowadays?
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GBC wrote:
How is the new Metrocab coming along Skippy?

Any updates?

That must have been over a year ago now if my memory serves me correctly . . . which sometimes it does'nt nowadays?


It's in the new version of batman

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captain cab wrote:
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How is the new Metrocab coming along Skippy?

Any updates?

That must have been over a year ago now if my memory serves me correctly . . . which sometimes it does'nt nowadays?


It's in the new version of batman

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It was used in the running man first, with Charley 007 at the wheel :wink:
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It appears that taxi-boss is behind this somehow. Suppose we'll have to wait with baited breath to see what he has to say about it :roll:

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It appears that taxi-boss is behind this somehow. Suppose we'll have to wait with baited breath to see what he has to say about it :roll:

Didn't some folks on here suggest he changed his rates?

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Sussex wrote:
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It appears that taxi-boss is behind this somehow. Suppose we'll have to wait with baited breath to see what he has to say about it :roll:

Didn't some folks on here suggest he changed his rates?


Yep.....we're full of good advice :lol:

(it wasnt me btw)

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