Big Change - I splashed out and bought a New Taxi

[@lukesmith4925]

The lady is absolutely brilliant doing the handover. I would employ here tomorrow. To the point. No BS. Brilliant

[@JamieTheCabby]

She was very good

[@EdwardThatch-ee7yx]

I absolutely adore this lady. She conducted a brilliant orientation on the black cab. ❤

[@JamieTheCabby]

She was very good, not pushy at all when I enquired about buying the cab

[@Peter-s6b6g]

Hi Jamie, congratulations on delivery of your new Cab. It definitely suits you, sir I wish you the very best in the future. I also went to Ascot this week and picked up a hired cab I was booked in with Holly like yourself. I found her to be very customer focused and knowledgeable about the brand. And very professional with lots of patience, good luck and take care , Peter

[@JamieTheCabby]

Holly is great, definitely customer focused and not pushy at all

[@greigs9384]

I’d book it in now for its first erad replacement!

[@JamieTheCabby]

The ERAD is a known problem, but not everyone is having the same issues

[@alexm9718]

Oi gregis mcwankshaft, let a man enjoy his new new taxi without being a total fucking 🔔end you jealous dogs nob, mate get a fucking life

[@that.530e]

It’s crazy that this also has erad as I didn’t expect it on a London taxi, I have a xc60 and the erad failed at 66k kilometers, I wish you luck

[@pinderworld-travelenthusiast]

@cabby Well done fella. I absolutely love mine too. 4 years old this coming December and I haven’t been disappointed. Nice video. Good luck out there. 🙏🏾🍀👊🏾👊🏾

[@JamieTheCabby]

Nice one!

[@alwaysbeautiful7395]

Holly Holly Hooooooooolly!! Wow

[@GrahamReid34]

I’m in love with Holly 😍

[@JamieTheCabby]

Ha Ha, I think many viewers are by the comments

[@fletcher2311]

The only people I know who've switched to electric that don't prefer it are track car drivers. I'm having to go back to a diesel for a while and it's horrible to drive again without instant acceleration and regen braking.

[@JamieTheCabby]

I drive both regularly, and while it’s sometimes a nice change to drive a diesel cab again, it is always nice to get back into the electric

[@baz041268]

Hi Jamie well done wish you all the best for the future great video please keep making them be lucky

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you! Will do!

[@shakilnasir3829]

Please keep on posting new videos about the experience of your new taxi.

[@JamieTheCabby]

That is my intention mate 👍🏻

[@johndorenski4127]

All nice and rosy for now....for such a big investment will you get the 20 yrs or so you will need to make it worthwhile....me, I love the sound of a diesel engine...🌟🎊🤩🥳

[@JamieTheCabby]

It can only be licensed in London for 15 years

[@Checkmate025]

So the 76k is just the licensing cost?

[@harvey455]

The best cabbie in London

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank You 👍🏻

[@RS6-s2e]

She is absolutely brilliant on point 😂

[@JamieTheCabby]

Quite agree mate

[@davidnorton5887]

Always good to get a new toy!

[@JamieTheCabby]

New toys are always good mate

[@paulgilliland2992]

My brother and myself used to buy the used Hackney Cabs and drive them to Belfast back in the day. I’ll always remember JGD707L . She was well used but was the new body and lighting style.

[@grant916uk5]

Holly, WOW 👌

[@john-gr8in]

I forgot how much the cab cost when I seen Holly. Holly is stunning.

[@JamieTheCabby]

Holly is a really nice lady 👍🏻

[@dukeofdevon5608]

Im not a cab driver but i wanna buy a cab from Holly as long as she comes with it lol

[@damianleah6744]

Good luck with your new cab👍😎

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thanks 👍

[@taxidmac5907]

Madness putting a carpet in whole point of a hack cab is easier to clean out with hard flooring make sure you tell insurance about wind deflectors they class it as a modification

[@JamieTheCabby]

I have always had carpet in all of my cabs,never had a problem

[@russeast65]

Best wishes for trouble free driving with your new cab Jamie

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@shakilnasir3829]

Erad is the first thing to go in these taxis and few years ago , it was costing nearly eight thousand Pounds, now slightly cheaper.

[@JamieTheCabby]

They have come down to about £6000 now but I have 5 years warranty

[@patpong5873]

Jamie Good luck on with your Brand New Txe The carpet set from JV Brights is a quality extra but really should come standard from LEVC on a 75k New cab did you get a good price on part ex on your euro 6 Tx4 from Ascott ? the extras mud flaps wind deflectors and Chrome screen washers all finish it off well look forward to any other extras you get for the Cab be Lucky fella

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you so much 👍🏻

[@21whosonthethrone]

Nice 1 Jamie Guvnor👍 Congratulations and Good Luck on your New Taxi🚕🥳🎉Good info and Insight about the differences between Diesel/Electric etc👌Hope all is well and looking forward to your future videos/Vlogs... Be Lucky Guv ......

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thanks 👍

[@johngreen6191]

Lovely cab.

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you mate

[@raybell7696]

Don't know about these new ones but I had 2 of the older ones TX11,most uncomfortable vehicle for the driver you could ever have. Sold both because I couldn't do it anymore, found I didn't want to go to work. Good luck with the car

[@bz849]

Nice piece of kit This time next year you’ll be a millionaire

[@JamieTheCabby]

I should be so lucky, I will have to do the lottery

[@nizamahmed5073]

Ah so that's what that place is. Just walked past today in Blackfriars

[@JamieTheCabby]

It used to be a petrol station, then there was a cab drivers cafe in the rear, but that has all gone now, there is only a Taxi Parts shop in there now

[@decimal1815]

Very nice..

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you

[@tfairley1187]

Love the new cab mate! I quit private hire at the start of second lockdown but last week bought myself another Skoda to get back into it 😅

[@JamieTheCabby]

Nice 👍

[@rangers7694]

I see you got ray winston to oversee carpet fitting 😂

[@JamieTheCabby]

Ray Winstone's Dad was a London Taxi Driver (Black Cab) but that was not Ray Winstone

[@rangers7694]

Only joking mate,iknow it's mitch😂

[@man-on-the-tube]

London cabby will earn that back in a week 😂

[@JamieTheCabby]

Yeah OK

[@AH-ko9jj]

Good luck with the new cab soon be payed off as wizann latest post 350 to 400 a day for a 10 hour day. Coming back in the trade after covid see you on a rank

[@JamieTheCabby]

Ha Ha, I wish

[@davidkruyer8048]

I bought my first new taxi in1968 it cost me £1000 I worked it on night shifts for 3 years then part time for 3 years then sold it and lef the trade for 15 years just taking renting a taxi from a friend on a sunday just to keep my hand in and in 1986 I bought another new taxi which cost me 14000 and worked till the epidemic of 2000 and I am now compleatly retired

[@JamieTheCabby]

Hope your enjoying your retirement mate 👍🏻

[@Nomaanrashid]

Congratulations on the new Cab Loving the white! What MPG are you achieving on the TX4? local & Motorway?

[@JamieTheCabby]

The TX4 or the TXe?

[@Nomaanrashid]

@ TX4 euro 6?

[@djspider4410]

Next video can you show your phone cradle too please, looks solid 👌👍

[@JamieTheCabby]

Yeah no problem 👍🏻

[@hugolundin9946]

What is the plan for the TX4, selling it or trying to rent it to someone? Could take a good chunk out of the payments.

[@JamieTheCabby]

Sold it

[@mick-nardini]

When I first got one back in 2018 it was 1.20 at home and 3.60 on the street to charge, been out the game for a few years hate to think what the cost is now.

[@JamieTheCabby]

I don't use on street chargers, only charge at home which for me is about £4

[@stevenb2366]

Do you still need a 10mm spanner 🔧, you might save a few quid on fuel but it will cost you a wad more in repayments

[@JamieTheCabby]

Not needed one so far 👍🏻

[@xxbuxx]

Touch nuffink!😅

[@JamieTheCabby]

😂

[@taxidmac5907]

76k if paying on the drip 80k+ feel sorry for you lads and people have the cheek to complain about the fares no holiday pay sick pay plus Insurance and servicing costs best of luck 👍

[@yorkshireman7025]

Exactly what i thought. How years will that take to pay off?

[@TsLeng]

Amortised over 10years assuming 0 value at the end, it's only 8k a year. Not terrible, offset against taxable income etc. Some people take upon themselves to perpertually pay 3-4-500/month leases for a private car with nothing to show for at the end. Totally ok

[@makeminealarge1]

What's the range on electric only?

[@JamieTheCabby]

Supposed to be 80 miles and through the summer is was getting between 75 to 80, though not really expecting to get that through the winter

[@1964barts]

Remember you saying on taxi cab radio you were not getting one lol

[@JamieTheCabby]

Yep, I don’t deny saying that, but times change and life moves on

[@kingofthepennies8358]

@Jamie The Cabby are you gonna get a visor for your higher light on top??

[@JamieTheCabby]

Yes mate, definitely

[@kingofthepennies8358]

@@JamieTheCabby good on ya bud for getting the cab I remember the debate you had with getting it ,but now you have it opens up revenue stream which is good woth the wedding work!

[@richardgreen7621]

A nice taxi private plate would set it off 👍

[@JamieTheCabby]

I have my own plate on it now

[@PaulGlibberyTransport]

As ex cabbie, where’s all the cabs ??, has the cafe closed. Been 4 years since i left trade ? BL with new cab

[@JamieTheCabby]

The cafe got taken away in January, nobody was using it after the pandemic

[@mfarooq4006]

Have you got the number for the company who fit the carpet

[@JamieTheCabby]

JV Brights 020 7803 0803

[@bastogne315]

Just bowt me 1st electric. Money saved is huge. 1000km is between 13 and 26 euro in the EV depending on the tarrif. 1000km in my 1.4 Audi A4....80 euro per 1000km. I love the silence too spesh at start up.

[@JamieTheCabby]

The silence is great when sitting in London traffic

[@gemmaconway7074]

Do cab not park at brights anymore looks deserted

[@jeangreenfield5993]

I'm sure it's an attractive selling point for customers that the journey is not contributing to the air pollution problem .

[@JamieTheCabby]

To some people yes, but I have to be honest, to most they really couldn’t care less, I will speak about this in a future video

[@djspider4410]

Did you change the seat in the txe? Headrest looks different? Cheers and good luck

[@JamieTheCabby]

No mate, just put a headrest cushion on it which make it much more comfortable, full review in my next video

[@djspider4410]

@@JamieTheCabby lovely I'll check those out👍👍 all the best mate be lucky

[@shakilnasir3829]

Beautiful, stunning expensive though.

[@JamieTheCabby]

Definitely expensive

[@jacklifeonwheels]

I decommissioned my tx4 , I tried to sell you my 09 plate at the time , but ended up decommissioned it. But just can't see how this the txe is the future it's just so expensive. I'm waiting for them to drop to about 25k

[@JamieTheCabby]

You can get a high mileage used one for that price.

[@leewarrener881]

Tell us what the electric range is? a friend of mine spends most of the day driving on petrol.

[@JamieTheCabby]

The maximum electric range is 80 miles, I am regularly seeing 75 miles

[@waynekerrr9027]

Oi oi savaloy...

[@bastogne315]

Why u dont go full electric bud???

[@JamieTheCabby]

We can only use the LEVC in London at present and to be honest fully electric would not suit me, could not cope with the range anxiety

[@marcfrankel3946]

Noticed a Fairway in your door mirror where you were sitting by the garages.Is it for sale ? I got my badge on my 21st birthday in 1983 If i may ask, with this electric cab if you spend so much time charging it let's say 30 mins per day so 3 hours a week in lost time working how can it still be cheaper to run than a diesal Don't you find it boring waiting each day whilst it charges

[@equaliser2265]

It's Chinease is it?

[@JamieTheCabby]

Built in Coventry but yes essentially Chinese

[@TheRealSimpsons1]

There needs to be a class action law suit on the erad. Known fault and not being fixed. Its going to cost you a fortune.

[@JamieTheCabby]

Hopefully not mate, I know there are problems with the ERAD but there was problems with the TX4 with fires and then steering boxes that kept cabs off the road for weeks

[@kevinbennett2208]

I’ll give it a month then it will start to play up

[@JamieTheCabby]

Had it 4 months now and not had any problems

[@deansh8506]

Interest to know why you are against Electric cars? National grid have come out and said that if we all switch to EV cars tomorrow the grid would be able to cope. Let's not forget that petrol/diesel does not magically appear at the petrol forecourts. They have to be refined, pumped, stored, transported, pumped, stored etc etc. All of which use a massive amounts of energy.

[@mikeyp685]

not a chance id go over to electric, never mind spending £76000 on a cab for the general public to not gave a 💩 about how nice your cab is and abuse it, bash their zimmer frames against it, slash the seats with loose keys and stupid metel wear clothing, puke, spill curry sauce, fight, damage, blood and the rest, never mind the old people and their senior moments. 5k on a vw tourneo, and smax etc and you'd earn just as much, half the running costs, none of thebstress of damage etc. thats my opinion anyway, i live in a rural area, no ulez etc. hope it all works out for you as every area has a vehicle that works best

[@JamieTheCabby]

We can only use the LEVC in London as no other vehicle is approved for use as a taxi here.

[@jkutv]

You could literally buy a Ferrari for that kinda money.

[@JamieTheCabby]

I Can't carry that many passengers in a Ferrari, plus have you ever driven a Ferrari, I have and thought it was horrible

[@waynekerrr9027]

£75k for a taxi...i thought taxi drivers were struggling because of uber.... obviously not...

[@JamieTheCabby]

It's a cost of running a business, every business has costs, and unfortunately we have no choice on what vehicle we can use in London, I would rather not pay that much but what choice do we have?

[@Climatetruth]

I agree… electric will be stopped altogether soon… driving companys out of business and the government can only give so much incentives… with wind and solar only you/we have no chance of using these daily… and when they start the tax and cost of charging goes up but good luck anyways… your choice not mine…

[@harkinsclark1417]

It's a big world out there and just because the UK is slowing down doesn't mean other countries are. Commercial EVs are the way forward, I run a fleet of Peugeot e-partners in the EU they are warrantied up to the hilt these days and possibly the single best investment I've ever made. They are charged overnight in the warehouse which saves on insurance alone, have almost zero maintenance or downtime, my drivers absolutely love them which is important to me. Even if they all completely brick on the day the warranty expires I've still saved a fortune on top of the replacement cost even without the current incentives. Don't believe what you read in the papers mate.

[@Climatetruth]

@@harkinsclark1417 well if you believe what you have just replied thats what matters… i dont think yo have read on here what actual working people have said about there vans… i can only go with what individuals say about there own vans… and you seem to be the only one who loves them… i suppose they are fine if you only need one charge in a day and the job is no more than50 miles away with a laden van… but if you love them thats fine… but i dont and thats fine too…

[@harkinsclark1417]

@@Climatetruth "Actual working people" 🤣 seriously mate I might own the company but I'm working class and put the hours in on the road the same with everyone else. My only criticism so far is that the Aircon struggles in August when the temperature goes above 40° but next August we are closing down for three weeks as part of a new vacation package so it's a mute point anyway.

[@Climatetruth]

@@harkinsclark1417 i didnt mean to offend… but am glad you like it…

[@md2320]

And cabbies say their skint..........

[@JamieTheCabby]

Its the price of being a London Taxi Driver, every business has costs, the monthly finance payments are one of those costs

[@jacklifeonwheels]

If u don't work in a tx4 freehold u don't have to pay for diesel bkoz u not working. So u lose the freedom of the job as u got monthly payments so u lose that flexibility

[@JamieTheCabby]

Agree Jack, there are pros and cons for both

[@andyyates4228]

No offence meant mate, so don't take the wrong way, but I just don't like the look of the proper Hackney taxis, they just appear so ugly. Like a box on wheels and the interior is so boring. For the same kind of money you could of had the Brand New 2024 Merc Eclass estate

[@JamieTheCabby]

I am a London Taxi driver, we can only use Purpose Built Taxis in London that comply with the Metropolitan Conditions of Fitness, so I would not be able to work in a E Class Merrc Estate

[@davidsnuggs7623]

Can’t justify 75k

[@JamieTheCabby]

Nobody wants to pay 75K, believe me, I did not want to have that debt haning around my neck, but we have no choice of vehicle, this is the only new vehicle we can license in London

[@middxmale9692]

Im surprised you opted for 'Carpet' in the Back .. Carpet is a Nightmare to keep clean .. But everyone has their own choice i suppose

[@JamieTheCabby]

I have always had carpets in my cabs, makes a difference when doing weddings

[@middxmale9692]

@@barclayhollands3313 After 25 years Pushing, Ive had all scenarios .... I would NEVER get Carpet again !

[@barclayhollands3313]

@@middxmale9692 Not hard to keep clean if you know what your doing ! I’ve had nearly 33 practise myself 🫡

[@Alfred-xc3hc]

Dieing game waist of money 💰 way to expensive ridiculously bad ! People have stopped using them!!!! Keep kidding yourself just watch what happens in that game very soon .......

[@michaeltaylor1553]

Whats happening soon ?

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi well done you keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall

[@JamieTheCabby]

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind comments 👍🏻