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(Message started by: TiberiuS on Apr 1^st, 2007, 9:02pm)

Title: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by TiberiuS on Apr 1^st, 2007, 9:02pm

8:15 tonight at Thorpe Le Soken in Essex, Tourmallard Ultima saloon with Hackney carriage plates on, reg R 14 OXY. I let you over so you could make a (may I say slightly illegal ;)) U-turn to go back torwards Weeley ::)

Anyone?

Regards, Bruce ;).

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by jonnycab on Apr 1^st, 2007, 9:07pm

Bruce...there are a few Scorp taxi's around that I've seen in Essex.

There are three alone in Brentwood....mine, a dark blue 2.3 Ghia X estate , & a light blue 2.5 TD saloon ;)

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by Baz on Apr 1^st, 2007, 9:30pm

There is a 24v in Warrington.... seen it a few times now

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by jonnycab on Apr 4^th, 2007, 1:28am

The Scorp, although a bit juicy.......is like the Granada, an ideal Taxi (leather seats, lots of leg room etc ) & very cheap to buy..........so no loan payments ;)

The passengers love the luxury, & as I've found, always try to get in the Scorp rather than that tacky Ford Focus or Vauxhall Vectra that may be in front or behind.....especially the ones that want to go on longer journeys ;D

Put it like this....even though the Scorp is alot more expensive to run that a Focus diesel....I find people prefer it (costs the same on the meter as a no-leg room Focus), due to the pure luxury & comfort, & tend to ring me rather than the local large taxi company that run a fleet of Focus diesels ;)

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by TiberiuS on Apr 5^th, 2007, 3:31pm

Thinking about that, I did see a nice auralis blue estate on the Ingrave road near Brentwood about a year back, thought how nice it would be to be driven around in a nice Scorpio taxi ::)

Regards, Bruce.

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by Baz on Apr 6^th, 2007, 6:03pm

Bruce...

Remind me one time, I'll get my oldest son to tell you what its like to be driven round in a Scorpio taxi!! ;D ;D

Title: Re: Another Scorpio taxi in our midst???
Post by wbph on Apr 9^th, 2007, 6:05pm

I ran a black Scorpio 2.3 ultima for three years as a private hire car in Newbury. As stated above everybody loved the comfort and the leather.

Everything going all right until one night down the M27 the customer had said what a lovely quiet car it was when one piston exited through the side of the engine !