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Title: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: pscocoa on 20 September 2011, 20:17:37
Spent a couple of days in Hamburg - chatting to taxi driver - he buys his mercedes estates with 400,000km on clock and runs them to 600,000++ and still finds a market to sell on.

Did not think mileages would be so high - once saw a Volvo with 300k on clock in the Algarve but that was previous highest
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2011, 20:37:17
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Spent a couple of days in Hamburg - chatting to taxi driver - he buys his mercedes estates with 400,000km on clock and runs them to 600,000++ and still finds a market to sell on.

Did not think mileages would be so high - once saw a Volvo with 300k on clock in the Algarve but that was previous highest


the higest mileage ive seen is on a mig. tells ya something  :y
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: r1 on 20 September 2011, 21:37:52
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Spent a couple of days in Hamburg - chatting to taxi driver - he buys his mercedes estates with 400,000km on clock and runs them to 600,000++ and still finds a market to sell on.

Did not think mileages would be so high - once saw a Volvo with 300k on clock in the Algarve but that was previous highest


the higest mileage ive seen is on a mig. tells ya something  :y

yeah its been clocked
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2011, 21:40:28
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Spent a couple of days in Hamburg - chatting to taxi driver - he buys his mercedes estates with 400,000km on clock and runs them to 600,000++ and still finds a market to sell on.

Did not think mileages would be so high - once saw a Volvo with 300k on clock in the Algarve but that was previous highest


the higest mileage ive seen is on a mig. tells ya something  :y

yeah its been clocked


 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 21 September 2011, 11:55:09
Seena  fair few Omegas with 300K+ miles on them

Seen Merc Taxis in Lisbon with 500K+ Km's on them to but I have to say, you would NEVER get them through a test here!  ;D
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 21 September 2011, 12:45:31
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Seena  fair few Omegas with 300K+ miles on them

Seen Merc Taxis in Lisbon with 500K+ Km's on them to but I have to say, you would NEVER get them through a test here!  ;D

I can bet UK mot stations will not let our taxis, even enter the test area let alone testing ;D
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: tmx on 21 September 2011, 21:41:18
Mercedes W124 Diesels will do 1million miles! same with the W123s


had a Sprinter 2.7 for work once that had done 500k and it handled the stick i gave it
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 September 2011, 00:31:42
Wow! Imagine.... 600,000 k's going to The Reeperbahn!!!  :o  ::)  ;)
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: pscocoa on 22 September 2011, 23:55:58
Hamburg is a major location for our business.

The unwritten law is "what happens in Hamburg ..stays in Hamburg!" :)
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 September 2011, 23:58:03
I'm sure!  ;)
Title: Re: Hamburg Taxis
Post by: pscocoa on 22 September 2011, 23:59:56
oh - and I am off to Amsterdam for 2 days on Sunday night - I may check out the taxis there as well