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Generally taxi's are a hit & miss experience for me.

I've ridden in many that you'd swear the wheels or suspension is about to part company with the car.

To my suprise, I caught two respectable cabs today.

The first was a G8 Fairlane Ghia and the next was a VE SS (6L V8), who after I showed interest in, wasn't afraid to give it some stick.

Economically, it begged the qn, "Why drive a V8 when it drinks so much more juce?". His answer was that he had a Falcon 6, but missed the powa.

Haha, I think we can all understand that reasoning.

Anyone else been in a standout cab ride?

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ive used this hirecar guy for the last 4-5 years now. when it comes to going to/from airport or anything else to do for work its all i use.if hes not avail then theres always someone else in a nice car to pick us up.

dont have any trouble finding my place, know me personally, clean car..and a beer waiting on the ride home haha..

all for not much more than a normal cab.

i actually slept in once and he was bashing the doorbell for about 10 mins till i woke up haha..not to mention other times where ive left my phone in the car and he's run it in for me...

id say one that doesnt smell, doesnt have bead seat covers, when u explain to the driver once an once only were u want to go, and one that just rounds the trip off to the( smallest common donominator)<<<< i.t. geeks correct me if the phrase is correct..

ive used this hirecar guy for the last 4-5 years now. when it comes to going to/from airport or anything else to do for work its all i use.if hes not avail then theres always someone else in a nice car to pick us up.

dont have any trouble finding my place, know me personally, clean car..and a beer waiting on the ride home haha..

all for not much more than a normal cab.

i actually slept in once and he was bashing the doorbell for about 10 mins till i woke up haha..not to mention other times where ive left my phone in the car and he's run it in for me...

yeah! I have a driver, who if not avaliable gets some1 else on those late fridays nights. cabcharge and VHA cars for the friggen win! last nights was a 300C actually. to impatient to screw around with those IPL guys.

In melb I use this company who offer a awesome service. I have been with them for over 5 years now . They are just excellent. Good cars. drivers who know routes properly and everyhting else you can ask for. I dont get beer like "evade". I am now inclined to get one of those cabs. lol

In sydney though I use the VHx plate cabs and they are so bloody darn good . Dont trust the drivers though. My card had charges so many times that I didnt use so I got back to normal cabbies and use a card only for sydney cabbies.,

But yeah comparitively melb cabbies are awesome. both in cleanliness and maintenance.

Best I have ridden was a Beamer 7 series in sydney. i asked him to drive me around for a bit before dropping me off. lol

Grabbed a cab a few weeks back after a big night, was an old old greek dude in an avalon...as soon as we jumped in he blasted a techno cd he has in the player and drove it to the boards all the way home...! Was dancing ( waving his arms around) with us n everything, best cab to date!

had an indian guy drive us back one night after a late night at a strip joint......good bloke, had a good chat to my mate who was in the front passenger seat.....

i dont get why the v8's for taxi's specialy due to the low petrol supplies......should realy change to something like the prius or the new Tesla Electric 4 door (when it comes out in 2010) :P

Grabbed a cab a few weeks back after a big night, was an old old greek dude in an avalon...as soon as we jumped in he blasted a techno cd he has in the player and drove it to the boards all the way home...! Was dancing ( waving his arms around) with us n everything, best cab to date!

he was probably just as drunk as you! :lol:

id say one that doesnt smell, doesnt have bead seat covers, when u explain to the driver once an once only were u want to go, and one that just rounds the trip off to the( smallest common donominator)<<<< i.t. geeks correct me if the phrase is correct..

Err, denomination, not denominator. :banana:

I refuse to applaud what should be the norm........... ffs a big welldone for being a normal clean human being? don't think so.

Goldplated taxi, with minibar and strippers maybe but for not smelling and having a clean car?

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