Claim's Cabbies Corner. Repo Revenge.

[AutoshiteBoy]

I'd be banging a blame claim in there.

[AMCrebel]

probably older than the last white schoolgirl he trafficked from his mate's takeaway

well phrased!

Yeah that made me laugh.

[AMCrebel]

BTW is City of Wolverhampton the new Gedling Borough Council?
Since I can't drive at the moment (medical reasons not banned) I have been getting an Uber or two (I rang the local guy but he never rang me back - twice), and they are all registered with Wolverhampton.

[Warren t claim]

Big update to follow.

[Hooli]

Oh, we are excite.

[Warren t claim]

Oh, we are excite.

750 mile shift.

[Hooli]

How far is a normal shift? I'd guess 200 or so.

[Warren t claim]

How far is a normal shift? I'd guess 200 or so.

Depends on what airport runs I get. Man Airport is about a 100 mile round trip.

[Hooli]

Aye I guess they'd knock it up a lot.

[Warren t claim]

Let's start with some of the many issues that "my" TX1.5 is blessed with.

When I collected it the NS wiper spindle was seized meaning that I only had one working wiper. On a rainy day. Other faults included a non illuminating dash cluster and a fuel gauge that doesn't work. This meant that I would reset the trip meter and add another £14.90 of diesel every 50 miles.

The following evening I returned the cab to get the wipers fixed and while I was there I took the opportunity to replace the dash bulbs, especially as I could also remedy the massively off centre steering wheel as it was triggering my OCD. After removing the shitty quality fake wood, the cluster came out. Instead of changing the bulbs, I was given a used, and slightly different, cluster from another TX to fit. Once screwed in we tested it and it lit up nicely but with one small problem. Neither the LCD odometer or trip meter worked! This is going to make guessing when to refuel interesting.

Just then, the guy who sold the cab to its present owner turned up. Although I've seen him around he's not someone I know personally. He introduced himself to me and pointed out that I could spot any cab he's owned as it has the "Billy Holden Starter Kit" fitted. This means that the cab will be fitted with a fake wood dash. A fake wood steering wheel cover. Rubber floor mat in the back and smoked wind deflectors around the windows. He told me that the lack of fuel gauge/trip meter shouldn't be a problem to a proper cabbie as they brim their tanks at the end of every shift. Although he does have a point, this is a tradition for both Liverpool and London cabbies that's only because cabs in those cities are traditionally double shifted and returning the cab at changeover with a full tank was the only fair way (No pun intended).My feelings are that I'm the only cabbie who works this hack and I've only got it short term.Another consideration is that this is a cab not in its first flush of youth and is powered by a Nissan engine that's covered at least a million miles fitted into various Cabs. If I'm being brutally honest, there's every chance that this particular Nissan 2.7 lump could've been originally fitted into something like a 1992 Fairway and maybe due to clock its two millionth mile in the next year or two!

Part 2 to follow.