Prius as a Taxi

jkash · 08-03-2006, 08:55 PM

I saw a yellow and black City Cab Prius on the 101 Southbound in Los Angeles this afternoon. It is the first Prius taxi I have seen. I wonder how much money the cabbie is saving on gas? It looked pretty cool as a taxi.

Frank Hudon · 08-03-2006, 10:02 PM

saw YC4 today on the way home, one of about 35 in their fleet. Lots of them here, every cab company has them now.

prez1 · 08-03-2006, 11:05 PM

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I saw a yellow and black City Cab Prius on the 101 Southbound in Los Angeles this afternoon. It is the first Prius taxi I have seen. I wonder how much money the cabbie is saving on gas? It looked pretty cool as a taxi.

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There is a "Wing Zone" restaurant here in town with a black Prius custom painted with their logo that they use as a delivery car. Everyone who works there wants to drive it!

r53 · 08-04-2006, 02:18 AM

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There is a "Wing Zone" restaurant here in town with a black Prius custom painted with their logo that they use as a delivery car. Everyone who works there wants to drive it!
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I was in vancouver last week and I saw four prius taxi cabs and all were different compaines. I think one was a yellow cab and one was black top cab. I can't remember the other two.

**Tideland Prius** · 08-04-2006, 03:36 AM

there are waay more than 4 cab companies with Priuses in Vancouver.

I think their costs are half of those of regular cabs.

r53 · 08-04-2006, 04:05 AM

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there are waay more than 4 cab companies with Priuses in Vancouver.

I think their costs are half of those of regular cabs.
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There are lots of cab companies but as I stated I only saw four Prius taxis. There could be more then that but since I didn't see them personally I couldn't state that.

Speaking of costs, I saw a MINI Cooper S in one of the malls in Richmond and it was 36k sticker. Prep and delivery was 1500 cdn. Ouch, we pay something like $600 USD for that. I think a MCS similarily equipped here is around 25k USD. And I paid 1.13 a liter for gas. Expensive! Anyway, enough of costs.

**Tideland Prius** · 08-04-2006, 02:34 PM

haha I know which mall you're talking about. It's the one with the X5 too?

$36k I believe is not fully optioned. I know cause my cousin has a regular Cooper and his was $40k after taxes (and it wasn't even fully optioned)

I mean, your Prius is $21k, ours is $31k.. big difference.

Michgal007 · 03-31-2007, 10:26 PM

I took this photo in New York City recently.

**Tideland Prius** · 03-31-2007, 11:47 PM

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I took this photo in New York City recently.
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wow.. finally NY cabs are taking a liking to the Prius (after using FEH).

It's a very common sight on the west coast. They're almost as common as regular cabs.

Lcruiser · 04-01-2007, 01:23 AM

Any HCH Taxi? Honda sales man was telling me that Honda doesn't sell its HCH to fleet.

03-31-2007, 10:26 PM	#8
Michgal007 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan. Posts: 809 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I took this photo in New York City recently. Attached Thumbnails

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08-03-2006, 08:55 PM	#1
jkash Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 857 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I saw a yellow and black City Cab Prius on the 101 Southbound in Los Angeles this afternoon. It is the first Prius taxi I have seen. I wonder how much money the cabbie is saving on gas? It looked pretty cool as a taxi.

08-03-2006, 10:02 PM	#2
Frank Hudon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,144 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	saw YC4 today on the way home, one of about 35 in their fleet. Lots of them here, every cab company has them now.

08-04-2006, 03:36 AM	#5
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,755 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	there are waay more than 4 cab companies with Priuses in Vancouver. I think their costs are half of those of regular cabs.

08-04-2006, 02:34 PM	#7
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,755 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	haha I know which mall you're talking about. It's the one with the X5 too? $36k I believe is not fully optioned. I know cause my cousin has a regular Cooper and his was $40k after taxes (and it wasn't even fully optioned) I mean, your Prius is $21k, ours is $31k.. big difference.

04-01-2007, 01:23 AM	#10
Lcruiser Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 76 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Any HCH Taxi? Honda sales man was telling me that Honda doesn't sell its HCH to fleet.