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Prius as a Taxi

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by jkash, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. jkash

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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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  2. Frank Hudon

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    saw YC4 today on the way home, one of about 35 in their fleet. Lots of them here, every cab company has them now.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jkash @ Aug 3 2006, 07:55 PM) [snapback]297401[/snapback]</div>
    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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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prez1 @ Aug 3 2006, 10:05 PM) [snapback]297471[/snapback]</div>
    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.
     
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  5. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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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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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Aug 4 2006, 02:36 AM) [snapback]297546[/snapback]</div>
    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.
     
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  7. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    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.
     
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  8. Michgal007

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    I took this photo in New York City recently.
     

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  9. Tideland Prius

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Mar 31 2007, 08:26 PM) [snapback]415766[/snapback]</div>
    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.
     
    #9 Tideland Prius, Mar 31, 2007
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    Any HCH Taxi? Honda sales man was telling me that Honda doesn't sell its HCH to fleet.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(LandCruiser @ Mar 31 2007, 11:23 PM) [snapback]415857[/snapback]</div>
    Nope. none in my area. There are 3 Camry Hybrids, tons of Priuses... and that's about it. The rest are regular Camrys (both 4 and 6 cylinder), Corollas (of all trim levels - CE, S and LE surprisingly), I've seen one Altima (06) and one Jetta.

    That's the "new" fleet. The newest American taxi in my area is a Malibu from 04.
     
    #11 Tideland Prius, Apr 1, 2007
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    Here's another picture of a Prius Taxi

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    "Seven people -- including the driver -- were in the hybrid Toyota Prius taxi, said police."

    They all survived without life threatening injuries.
     

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  13. Tideland Prius

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    I'm sure they were over the 830lb limit.... haha.

    Nice to see the Prius still in shape.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Mar 31 2007, 11:47 PM) [snapback]415807[/snapback]</div>
    NY taxis are predominately Ford sedans followed by Toyota vans and a few Prius. At least this is what I've seen between Penn Station & Columbus Circle on the West Side.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Michgal007 @ Mar 31 2007, 08:26 PM) [snapback]415766[/snapback]</div>
    Too bad Toyota didn't offer that yellow as a standard color, then California buyers could get a Prius that their HOV stickers would match.
     
    #15 RobertG, Apr 1, 2007
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