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Do London drivers do very little mileage or are they just not liking the Vito cab as there seems to be an awful lot of them for sale at a certain dealers?
Would a Tx4 not have all the teething problems ( and it seems there were many), ironed out by now , or are there still realiabilty issues with them?
Like many others i have an ageing TX1 i have owned from new and will soon be forced to replace it at great expense, but having scanned the forums in here and read about the others (E7, Vito etc) , it seems better the devil you know?

I'm now thinking the above threads title.

Undecided, or should I just hang on to the TX2.

The latest COF review should be complete this month (after the Liverpool case) but the price of all new cabs is going up with this stupid showroom tax.

£12 K trade in offered by M and O against a silver TX4.

Lovely, only £20,000 balance to pay in this climate

I saw the Mercs getting assembled earlier this week, very nice indeed.

Production is due to increase 50% soon, so there will be plenty for you.

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IDFIMH

There are hundreds licensed for use in London now.

They're outselling the LTI product.

But.

If a model without the rear wheel steer is coming on the market, i'll wait on that one. Thats a saving of £5K straight away. Plus, I suspect, an even bigger saving as the cab gets older and rear wheel steer problems may start.

Any Edinburgh drivers care to comment on the M8? (Taxi!)

You should consider very, very carefully whether you will be comfortable driving a Merc as a London cabbie; it will change your working life considerably & I think you may not be able to cope with the change.

Because, if you eventually own a Merc, it will totally & utterly transform your modus operandi.

You see, the Merc has a rear luggage compartment & that means that when you pick up passengers with luggage, you will need to get out of the driver's seat to load the luggage at the back of the cab.

And because you London cabbies don't like getting out of the cab, that might be a problem.

Mind you, an NVQ course should teach you how to load the luggage in a safe way!!

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Brummie Cabbie.

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Didnt Derby ram say his next service was only going to be £400 for his merc?

CC

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600 to be precise.

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IDFIMH

They do the same model/same spec without the rear steer, although that's only two grand cheaper.

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IDFIMH

Aren't the London Mercs dealers doing an up to 100,000 free service offer?

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IDFIMH

You don't have to take it to the dealer for service do you?? Any VAT garage can stamp your book and the warranty remains intact. You don't have to use genuine parts either.

They are, but the free insurance ended last month.

I was told by the LTDA that any Merc dealer can do the warranty work.

Aparantly Mercedes have classified it as a 'class a' ( ) conversion, which means they will honour any warranty work the same as an unconverted Merc Vehicle.

Does that apply to the offerings by Jubilee/Cab Direct/Voyager too?

Definitely not!!

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Brummie Cabbie.

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