Buying An Ex Taxi
Its a 2006 ford mondeo 20 diesel its nice car.
Buying an ex taxi. I wounder how many lumps of carrot youll find between the back seat cushions of an old taxi. Before you buy an ex london cab you should bear in mind one thing the vehicle that you are buying has been driven for around 50 and 150 miles every day for the majority of its working life. Got half leather heated seats top of the range stereo air con ect. It will also be between 10 and 15 years old so you can do the maths for yourself it will have covered starship mileage.
If you were going to buy a hiace for 13000 but instead bought an ex taxi for 3000 the 10 grand you save you could spend on brand new parts all over and you would have one of the best hiaces on the road. Mitsubishi adventure glglx not all base models of adventure are ex taxis isuzu hilander toyota revo dlxgl same comment as the adventure verdict purchasing an ex taxi can be a risk and at the same time a reward. Yes if its was cheap and i mean cheap. You wont find this searchable information on hpi or experian.
Discover if youre about to buy an ex taxi with vehicle ancestrys exclusive search engine. A friend of mine just bought an ex taxi. If youre looking for a car that can last awhile we strongly recommend a mechanical inspection even if it means steering clear of potentially great deals at a government auction. Looking at buying a 2nd hand car.
Would you touch an ex taxi. Also at least you know taxis are looked after. Would i buy one. Otherwise its been a bargain buy.
They have to be. Regular servicing parts replaced everything maintained. Our vectra estate is an ex taxi and has an exhaustive logbook. According to the current owner it was a taxi for 5 years from new and was then a family car doing pretty low mileage for 4 years.
Yes that would be true only when youre lucky enough not to bring home a good for nothing vehicle. The only thing dh has had to do is replace the brake discspads. Is your newly bought used car an ex taxi. You could be buying an ex taxi.
But id much rather buy an ex lease car if i was looking for a high mileage cheap car though and would pay a higher premium for one over a ex cab. In the end buying a used car with former government or taxi history can be a good choice or a bad choice depending greatly on the cars condition and its previous history.