On 21/02/2021 04:34 pm, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Andy Bennet wrote:

(including taxis licensed
for use in other British cities).

I once took a sorry looking beat-up London black taxi in Belfast.

The owner hadn't even removed labelling and ads inside from it's
previous life on London streets!

Usually by the time they're sold off from use in London, they're well
clapped out.

London cabs tend to do 50,000 a year (or more) if double-shifted and can
be licenced for a continuous period of eleven years in normal
circumstances. Yes, that tends to knock the stuffing out of them, even
with all the maintenance and and care and attention they get.

But not all garages keep them for the full eleven years and many are
sold s/h well short of that age, mainly for use in other British cities,
as you say.