Is this the oldest taxi in Australia?

MrZ · 17-09-2024, 04:22 AM

Recently saw this 1999 Mercedes C180 taxi in Melbourne (plate 6150M). Pretty crazy that someone can use a 25-year-old car as a taxi. That'd be like being in the year 2000 and someone still using a XB Falcon as a taxi, or in 2013 someone still driving an XF.

Remarkably, 42% of 1999 C-Classes are still registered.

**Jastel** · Yesterday, 09:04 PM

Rules vary a bit between states but generally age limits are no more since Uber.
Cars would still need some form of yearly roadworthy.

XR Martin · Yesterday, 09:42 PM

There's a BF wagon still getting around near me (not as old as that C-class but still over 15 years old)

au2000 · Yesterday, 09:42 PM

Vic had a maximum 10 year rule and all cabs had to be yellow.. now I see Kia rio,s and even saw a beaten up Corolla with green taxi plates, vic gov has made our cabs look like a 3 rd world conutry

Itsme · Yesterday, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by au2000

Vic had a maximum 10 year rule and all cabs had to be yellow.. now I see Kia rio,s and even saw a beaten up Corolla with green taxi plates, vic gov has made our cabs look like a 3 rd world conutry

You are not wrong there, I have some cab owners living near me, my skin would crawl if I had to jump in one.

Franco Cozzo · Yesterday, 10:27 PM

All the drivers only come in one colour though

smoo · Yesterday, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

All the drivers only come in one colour though

If I were to guess, I’d say some old wog is driving that. Probably had it since new.

Franco Cozzo · Yesterday, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by smoo

If I were to guess, I’d say some old wog is driving that. Probably had it since new.

Probably not because up until Uber came along every Victorian taxi had to be 'Victorian Taxi Yellow' and they had age restrictions, its only in a post Uber world did they relax the regulations around age and colour of taxis.

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Significant reforms were made to the industry in 1994 under the Kennett Government, including taxis being required to be painted canary yellow.

In 2013, the taxi regulations were relaxed to allow colours other than yellow.

EBSXR6 · Today, 01:08 AM

Years ago there was a story in one of the car magazines, an owner driver was running a Valiant in NSW that was about 20 years old.
The car was given a special exemption.

In Victoria at one stage if you had a V8 Taxi the car was able to be registered as a Taxi for a longer time, I think it was an extra 2 years.