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My hands only reach the parts other hands cannot reach. As for the plate value in Oxford I don't have to tell you what it is but the next time I update the plate value database you can rest assured oxford will be right at the top.

In respect of rentals a full track will set you back 350 quid and a single track will set you back in the region of 300. That puts you guys down there in the top bracket for both plates and rents. I find those figures rather high considering you rely mainly on seasonal student trade.

In respect of removing restrictions its not me you should be worried about. It would seem that councils have cottoned on to the idea that they really do know best and the TGWU and the NTA were right after all? lol.

The only problem with that assumption is that both these organisations are ruing the day they ever said it.



The reference to "chitting your pants" is not appropriate in this instance but your contributions in the past have led me to believe that you are little uncomfortable at the prospect of having no quantity controls? I don't know what your fears are but on occasions you seem to display the same paranoid symptoms as Mr Jones.



I don't conduct surveys, I only find fault in them. I'm sure the Oxford Survey will find very little demand as did the last one conducted in 2003. It is worth remembering that for the last 30 odd years Oxford has retained control on numbers, regardless of what the public might think?

I assume you are quite comfortable with the concept that councils know best so there is no need for you to contemplate exchanging your Y fronts for an over sized diaper? Just in case the reference to chitting oneself became a reality?

JD

you got me, so tell me how much the L Reg Blue Metrocab went for? and if you are right I will change my boxer shorts for that overgrown diaper.

Well I suppose it could be KNW who lied about the Trafford survey, it could be Jacobs who can't add up, or possibly TPI who use 'Big Issue' sellers to do the surveying.

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IDFIMH

Well if a real taxi driver has to pay £70k for the right to run his own vehicles or be milked for a fortune in rent then I think it's you that doesn't give a chit about them Mr 187ums.

And like a few others I could mention, you've clearly never read the stuff on this site, or at least it suits your purpose to pretend so

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Taxi Driver Online
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Once again you've clearly never read what has been repeated ad nauseum.

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well I do read whats on here, some of its fascinating, some of its insightful, some of it very helpful, and some of its complete tosh.

only thing is thier are less and less dissenting voices on here, less people who are willing to give the alternative view. If a view is expressed, then its panned.

as long as you toe the TDO line i.e. complete deregulation then you're one of the boys, your opinion counts, however if you disagree, then you know the rest.

I think there are more dissenting voices on here than in all the trade press put together.

If you are talking about quotas, then I think if this site was full of pro quota folks I doubt you would give a monkeys.

That said there are over 40,000 posts on this site, and more than 75% of them have nothing to do with quotas.

I think you need to open your eyes up a tad.

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IDFIMH

Well if you'd read even part of the site then you'd know that there's no one here promoting COMPLETE DEREGULATION, or perhaps you're being a bit loose with your terminology?

And the fact that you regularly post on here kind of demolishes the rest of your thesis, innit?

To some extent it's a case of birds of a feather flocking together, but that's not our fault

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Councils make the rules 187, and Parliament makes the law. Its not what I or you want, its what they wan't?

Do I detect that you are one of those who have paid 80 grand or more for a plate and are still in hock to the bank? Did it not occur to you that investing such a large amount of money in a somewhat precarious business was a huge gamble? Sell the plate and keep your TX1, wait a few months and you might be able to get one for free.

I hope for your sake that Oxford don't join the merry band of deregulating councils but when they get to hear about the TPI fiasco in Plymouth there is no telling what they might do. Talking of TPI wouldn't it be interesting if Mr McKee was aware of the illegal activities of Mr Moore all along?

If you want some sound advice 187, If you are up to your eyeballs in dept with an Oxford plate, then I would seriously contemplate getting rid of it. Thats my honest opinion but one would hope if you did sell your plate you would warn the buyer of the uncertanties attached to buying a plate, which I am sure most buyers already know.

JD