Cab sir, - SV650.org

11-11-10, 06:03 PM

I have just been to try and pre-book a cab for Saturday night to collect 4 people from a dinner dance.
Time------------12.45a.m. so very little traffic
Distance --------29.7miles,three routes that is the longest but quickest
Travel Time------45mins max

Sorry sir but as it is only one way and an after midnight collection that will be

£75:00

Guess who isn't having a drink.

Possibly I live in a different world but I did think it a bit steep.

11-11-10, 06:05 PM

That's good I reckon.

If I'm out on the pi$$ and get a cab home, it's approximately £12 for 1 person to do 3miles.

Biker Biggles · 11-11-10, 06:20 PM

One or two years(lifetimes)ago when I first fetched up in London I went cabbing for a while.That journey would have cost about £20 then.These days its all heavily regulated for your health and safety which costs a plenty so fares seem to have become extortionate.The price of the "You cant be too careful"culture perhaps?

11-11-10, 06:28 PM

offer someone you know £50 and have a night on the ****

Sid Squid · 11-11-10, 07:04 PM

Perhaps it's because of the area you live in.
I recently booked a cab to go to Heathrow at silly o'clock in the morning, the journey is approximately 21 miles and it cost £28, one way obviously.
Reputable long established car company, all recent vehicles and well kept, so £75 seems very steep.

11-11-10, 07:06 PM

I have just offered to share the driving 50/50 with the wife
I drive there---she drives back

Some sort of reply about sex and travel

andrewsmith · 11-11-10, 07:08 PM

it cost me 25 quid for the last taxi I got between 3 of us. It was a hackney at 3am and it went; to the sticks, into redneck country and to mine and that was an easy 15 miles

11-11-10, 07:18 PM

you need to stop one of the taliban taxis and offer abdul 30 quid on the QT for doing it on his break

12-11-10, 09:09 AM

Or just move up north where everythings cheaper. Taxi from hook train station to Odiham camp, (hampshire)halfpast midnight, 19 quid.
Taxi from wakefield to ackworth (West Yorkshire) 8 miles, 1am, 14 quid. Go figure.

11-11-10, 06:03 PM	#1
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Cab sir, I have just been to try and pre-book a cab for Saturday night to collect 4 people from a dinner dance. Time------------12.45a.m. so very little traffic Distance --------29.7miles,three routes that is the longest but quickest Travel Time------45mins max Sorry sir but as it is only one way and an after midnight collection that will be £75:00 Guess who isn't having a drink. Possibly I live in a different world but I did think it a bit steep.

11-11-10, 06:05 PM	#2
TazDaz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cab sir, That's good I reckon. If I'm out on the pi$$ and get a cab home, it's approximately £12 for 1 person to do 3miles.

11-11-10, 06:20 PM	#3
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: Cab sir, One or two years(lifetimes)ago when I first fetched up in London I went cabbing for a while.That journey would have cost about £20 then.These days its all heavily regulated for your health and safety which costs a plenty so fares seem to have become extortionate.The price of the "You cant be too careful"culture perhaps? __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

11-11-10, 06:28 PM	#4
davepreston Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cab sir, offer someone you know £50 and have a night on the ****

11-11-10, 07:04 PM	#5
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Cab sir, Perhaps it's because of the area you live in. I recently booked a cab to go to Heathrow at silly o'clock in the morning, the journey is approximately 21 miles and it cost £28, one way obviously. Reputable long established car company, all recent vehicles and well kept, so £75 seems very steep. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

11-11-10, 07:06 PM	#6
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cab sir, I have just offered to share the driving 50/50 with the wife I drive there---she drives back Some sort of reply about sex and travel

11-11-10, 07:08 PM	#7
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Cab sir, it cost me 25 quid for the last taxi I got between 3 of us. It was a hackney at 3am and it went; to the sticks, into redneck country and to mine and that was an easy 15 miles __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

11-11-10, 07:18 PM	#8
husky03 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cab sir, you need to stop one of the taliban taxis and offer abdul 30 quid on the QT for doing it on his break

12-11-10, 09:09 AM	#9
tactcom7 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cab sir, Or just move up north where everythings cheaper. Taxi from hook train station to Odiham camp, (hampshire)halfpast midnight, 19 quid. Taxi from wakefield to ackworth (West Yorkshire) 8 miles, 1am, 14 quid. Go figure. Last edited by tactcom7; 12-11-10 at 09:10 AM.