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From somebody who always gets EXCEPT and ACCEPT wrong hahahahha (well done to those who noticed, at least it shows you are on the ball) I was ahead of you on that one, but it was already posted, expected flack and I got it so I wasn’t disappointed. lol.

I have had my Euro 7 for five years, Wirral excepted sorry accepted the Euro 7 in 2001 and retracted it in 2002, before you start saying “because it is cr*p“, this had nothing to do with the vehicle and had everything to do with being delimited four weeks earlier, don’t believe me, check it out
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/ Meetings & Minutes, Licensing, Health & Safety & General Purposes Committee, 8 April 2002, click report. For delimitation check out 18th March 2002, less than four weeks earlier, draw your own conclusion.

I have no intention at this time of upgrade to an E7, Reason being, my cab is still in a good condition and paid for in six weeks, It would be disingenuous (check that one out) of me to say I haven’t had problems over the past five years, apart from the usual services, I have had fitted two camshaft pulleys (one under warranty), one lift pump, one air-con pump, two wishbones (ball joints), one multi belt tension bearing, one water pump and a clutch, whereas, one driver with a TX11 has spent 5k on his cab in the last twelve months, others have had similar problems, two were told not to bother coming back when they complained under their warranty to the local lti dealer, one such example of a problem was a radiator leak, sound familiar, does the fact that the leak was fixed after the warranty ran out sound familiar as well.

So I say to those with their TX11’s, carry on putting your £35+ fuel on a full hit, while I put in £22, sit for hours in your cramped space while I sit comfortably and don’t feel like I’ve done a shift, rattle away doing 70 on the motorway while I cruise past, and most of all keep saying it’s a VAN, the TX11 costs you enough to be allowed to say it.

lol

As a passenger, I hate the E
The step is too high, & when sitting I have to stoop to see out of the windows. On top of that because of the high ride height I feel like i'm perched on top of a box, the whole journey is uncomfortable.
Give me a TX or Metro anyday

At the end of the day it's what makes you the most at the year end. As long as i'm comfortable spending most of my life in my vehicle i really couldnt care less what my passengers think (as it happens my(5yr old) vehicle is spotless most of the time).
On PH a 10yr old cavalier makes the same as a new vectra. It's down to the driver putting up with it.

I wonder if that level of service will continue now the E7 is allowed?

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I've never been in one, but I don't like the look of all these little messages that have to be put on the passengers doors instructing people on how to open them. And it's not just the Eurocabs, also the Tourneo, etc.

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I've never been able to understand the reasoning behind those people who tell others that they can only use two types of Taxi vehicles. I can understand the vested interest of LTI and Metrocab saying that but I can't understand why an individual driver would say it? After all, the individual driver in question can choose which of the two vehicles he prefers to drive.

So can any of you guys who go around telling others that they should only have the right to drive one of two vehicles, please explain why?

Regards

JD

JD said, “So can any of you guys who go around telling others that they should only have the right to drive one of two vehicles, please explain why?”

It’s because they haven’t got a clue and they cant give concrete evidence except for a few peripheral details such as turning circle, if you cant hack that one don’t buy one, the best one I have heard, was at one the of the meetings for the introduction of the E7, it was from the lti representative who had me almost in tears going on about tradition, another thing I would like to know is how many of these disingenuous (there I go again) drivers have actually driven a Euro or E7, not many I bet, Get a life or should I say get an E7,

As for the passenger who said “As a passenger, I hate the E7”

You complain about looking out of the window, what height are you 6ft 6inches, I am 6ft and don’t have a problem with it, you would have to be very tall to have a complaint, but you also complain about the step eeerrrr if you are that tall why? Would you need the step, a bit contradicting Sir/Madam.

As for level of service from lti, only for the original introdution of the Metro cab you would still be driving vehicles similar to the Fx4’s with the rear doors changed around, so competition is healthy, to those who drive and like the Tx11 you should rejoice in the fact that lti has serious competition with the E7, the Metro is reborn but how many expect to see it go under again for the what is it third or fourth time, so they at this moment would not be considered by lti as serious competitors.

Nope Bob, i'm a very average 5ft, 11 inches You must have a very short torso
I have also tried the E from the drivers side, it was ok but no big deal. IMHO no purpose built hack feels "great" from a drivers comfort point of view, the worst of all being the good old Fairway. Good riddance to it

I drive a Metrocab, as I have done since 1992. It is my prerogative, in this particular authority, to licence pretty much any vehicle, providing it is wheelchair accessible from the kerb. Personally, I would not touch a peugeot/fiat van conversion with a bargepole. You want one, you have one. But pasengers do dislike them, they tell me every day. I am vertically challenged, and cannot see out of the side windows without stooping. I can barely see out of the front at all. The passenger seats are uncomfortable, and the front jumpseat should not be allowed, on the grounds of safety and comfort. Just for once, get out of your nice, comfy, drivers seat, and try the front passenger "seat". For the uninitiated, you are required to sit bolt upright, with you knees jammed under the dashboard. For anyone who does not suffer from backpain, you soon will.The only decent van conversion I would ever bother with is the Jubilee Merc vito, of which they have made a decent fist of, at a price. How many E7, (or similar) owners out there have had the full fuel system replaced? (One week OTR)
One more question. How many accidents, or near misses have been caused by that very thick beam/front quarterlight on the peugeot conversion?

Because you can't drive two at once?

Seriously though, I think it's worth pointing out that I don't think anyone (in this thread at least) has objected to drivers having a proper choice - they have instead just expressed their personal preferences.

And of course the choice will always be fairly limited; it's only that a DDA-type spec provides a bit more choice than the PCO-type spec.

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Of course, another major point that the anti-choice people fail to make is that nobody's planning to force them not to buy the icon with the famously tight turning circle.

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I accept some of Jumbo’s points such as the leg room available (front passenger seat,) I have a seat that is the same as the drivers seat, it has to be set as far back as possible to give any leg room and is more suited to a person of about 5ft 6 of a slimmer build, I only allow it’s use when the 7th seat is required, I also accept your comment over the drivers view through the rear window, or should I say widows, but in the five years I have had my Euro I have had no near misses due to to the lack of rear visibility, the door mirrors are adequate, as for the passengers comfort rear compartment I have had nothing but praise about the available room and comfort from passengers who say the TX2 is claustrophobic, as for passengers dislikes, I wouldn’t doubt that point, don’t most of them moan about the trade anyway, I have had passengers (not just regulars, one off’s aswell) who have waited on the rank for my turn, I don’t profess the E7 and predecessor has not got it’s problems, unfortunately those with alternative vehicles seem blind to their problems, anyway I’m of on holiday to Florida in two days for three weeks in the sun, Villa, S.U.V. hotel in Tampa for two nights and theme park tickets, guess what? most of that was paid from my fuel savings over the past two years, not bad for a Van ayyyeee.

Jumbo

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I'm not overweight, I'm undertall!