Jeff Zedic jze...@gmail.com writes:
MB has started to compete with the classic London black cab here. The
have made a taxi version of the Vito, I think it is.
Here (in my town) they are all Scion xBs (the box-on-wheels thing)
Most places in the US seem to use Crown Vics though.
Allan
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Allan Streib wrote:
Most places in the US seem to use Crown Vics though.
The taxi companies buy them at government surplus auctions.
Better to pay $2-3k for a used cop car than to pay $25k for a new one.
Mitch.
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
The taxi companies buy them at government surplus auctions.
Better to pay $2-3k for a used cop car than to pay $25k for a new one.
Our local cab company is a bit eccentric when it comes to cars. Now,
they're using Scions. Before that it was mostly Crown
Also because there is a special livery version that is only sold to the taxi
and limo companies. It's like an SEL version - the back seat is deeper and has
more legroom.
Dan
--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] GM
actually I do remember all that to an extent. I had an aunt who had one
of those bonneville diesels, and an uncle who had a pontiac wagon
diesel. They had lots of trouble with them. I know after the fact what
all when on with them just as you say.
Loren Faeth wrote:
Kaleb, you are too
Side Note, The Blocks of these old GM diesels were very desired by the drag
racing fellows, they were same design but heavier walls as a 350. They could
be built to big horsepower with the right heads and internals.
Pete
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From: Loren
Yes, all of that in spite of GM having built some the worlds best Diesel
engines since ~1933, but couldn't/wouldn't put one in a car.
Wilton
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From: Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, December 18,
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Yes, all of that in spite of GM having built some the worlds best Diesel
engines since ~1933, but couldn't/wouldn't put one in a car.
Yeah, they should have just scaled down the 2-71 to car size! You
think an old
great point
In 1970 or so I went to the tractor junkyard for parts and they had a
435 JD for sale with a stuck engine. I have always wished I could
have bought it. Anyone on the list know what a JD 435 is and why it
relates to this discussion of GM?
At the time GM was denouncing Diesels,
In 1978, I removed from service 12 large Jimmy Diesels in the power
generation plant at Sondrestrom AB, Greenland, that had been running for 38
years. Parts had gotten hard to get. When we needed parts, we had to have
somebody in Denmark or USA make 'em. 'Sold 'em to a Finnish salvage outfit.
'Bet Jim C. would like to unstick it with his electrolysis process.
Wouldn't that be fun, Jim?
Wilton
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From: Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] GM killed
'Bet Jim C. would like to unstick it with his electrolysis process.
Wouldn't that be fun, Jim?
Ha! Once was enough.
-- Jim
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For the average consumer a petrol engine is better, specially back then
when the price of fuel was not that high. You have to remember that
there is a huge difference between building a big Diesel and a little
Diesel engine.
Especially a two stroke with a blower.
Then there is the narrow power
They still do. Many taxi are on the A series, with the A170 Diesel
being the most popular last time I was there.
MB made a Diesel engined car for use in the taxi industry but the
dynamics where different.
Hendrik
Wilton Strickland wrote:
Yes, all of that in spite of GM having built some
MB has started to compete with the classic London black cab here. The
have made a taxi version of the Vito, I think it is.
I'm starting to see more and more of them on the streets around my
work in Piccadilly.
Zedic
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