CiaranMcKeown
Active Member
What is the point in the small turning circle, do they not know how to do a 3point turn? or a 5 or whatever!?
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Which engine does the Vito Taxi use? will it be viable in the long term with huge mileage?
The Black Cab may be an icon but, like most transportation systems in this country, it's been on life support for years
I really don't understand why we have stunningly high EU standards for new cars with mandatory ABS and ESP, stringent emissions laws, crash tests & the like - which we all have to comply with - yet the standard London cab is based on something apparently from the last War
I, for one, would welcome travelling in a cab with a ride quality better than an Ox-cart and where the (useless) ventilation doesn't sound like an approaching tornado
We don't have phone boxes with button A and button B, black & white TV, stereograms or white dog poop anymore, so why do we have Black Cabs?
Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk
Interesting angle on this: "Addison Lee the capitals largest private hire company has already objected to Peter Da Costa the chairman of KPM who will market the vehicle [Vito-based taxi cab] stating that the vehicle may have an adverse effect on the "market". "
This is the same Addison Lee that bought 240 automatic Fiat Ulysse MPVs to add to their fleet. They replaced the gearboxes in 210 out of 240 in the first 18 months, some at mileages as low as 25k. The MD of Fiat UK is now banned from their building
So I suppose Addison Lee know a thing or two about depreciation and running costs...
Nick Froome
the independent Mercedes Estate specialists
Why do the Police use a lot of them then?Given that Vitos are possibly the most unreliable and badly built van on the UK market
Why do the Police use a lot of them then?
Doubt that would outweigh bad reliability.Beacuse they get excellent lease/purchase deals?
A relative works for LTI - seems like they are in deep do-dos over this fire issue, with 1000,s being taken off the road. Last I heard (a couple of weeks ago) they hadn't pinned down the cause of the fires but were sourcing a heat shield (I presume for exhaust manifold or similar).
Sounded like this recall & lack of sales is desperately serious for LTI and we could see their tie up with China meaning the end of production in the UK!
Does this mean we can expect some new forum members
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sorry it took me so long.
I thought I was going to post that at least the Vito might be slightly comfier than the TX4 til I saw the interior photos!
Very astute of you to gauge how comfortable a vehicle is from a few photos Kendon!
Ive been driving the Vito for over a year now and its been very well received by the travelling public, Comments like “ very comfortable and quite” and “ why would anyone want to ride in an LTI ox cart now these are on the road ”
Yes!
sorry it took me so long.
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