Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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Reading http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-18443992
Wonder how many miles most people clock up in a lifetime (through numerous cars)
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mattant
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Registered: 19th Jun 10
Location: South Yorkshire
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10,000 a year from 17 to 70 is 530,000, depends how much you drive
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Not bad going.
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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Gaz
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Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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quote: Originally posted by mattant
10,000 a year from 17 to 70 is 530,000, depends how much you drive
10,000 a year is nothing though. I averaged about 20-25,000 when I used to run around in my corsa.
Now I probably average about 12-15,000.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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I can see it been like triggers brush on only fools and horses!
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jonnieboy
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Location: Manchester
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quote: Originally posted by Bonney
I can see it been like triggers brush on only fools and horses!
Exact same thing I was thinking of
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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quote: Originally posted by Bonney
I can see it been like triggers brush on only fools and horses!
"I've had this Mondeo sixteen years! Its had 3 new engines, 5 new gearboxes and its been re-shelled twice."
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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as far as I was aware a car can only be used as a taxi for a few years. Wonder how he's still using it now
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
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depends on where you are, around liverpool/mersyside area you cant put anything on the road as a taxi over 8 years old, but once its got a taxi plate, as long as you renew it on time it can be as old as you want
And can stay a taxi for aslong as you want, just after it gets over 8 years old, it needs a different more thourough test every year
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andy_mk3
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Registered: 18th Dec 11
Location: Peterborough
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Not bad going that
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Suprised Ford haven't gone all PR on it and given him a new car etc. Great advertisement from his trusty old car.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
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theres a guy somewhere in a honda civic that did 1 million miles, honda gave him a spanking new civic for it. Haha
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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quote: Originally posted by VegasPhil
Suprised Ford haven't gone all PR on it and given him a new car etc. Great advertisement from his trusty old car.
there will be more to it, like they said above it will have had about 8 engines
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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What I want to know is how much of it is held together with masking tape
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Zac-C20xe
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Registered: 6th Feb 12
Location: Plymouth
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not bad going for a mondeo :O . anyone else wondering how much he earnt from 1million miles taxi-ing ?
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Robbing bastards round here charge a couple of quid a mile so he should be minted really
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