Luxury Mercedes-Benz taxis coming to Bangkok next week!

[hkt83100]

Standard for taxis in Germany, nothing VIP about these cars....

[transam]

3 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

Standard for taxis in Germany, nothing VIP about these cars....

There is in LOS chummy....

[AsiaHand]

13 hours ago, shady86 said:

13 hours ago, rickjza said:

I think price had a lot to do with the decision making

They could of gone with Toyota Alphards for the same price. Much more confortable than any Mercedes sedans and tons of luggage space.

Does anybody remember  the small Renaults they had here in the 1970s.

[doremifasol]

18 hours ago, hansnl said:

Luxury mercedes taxis?

Luxury mercedes?

70% car value, 30% name.

Awful carriages.

You should see what we have here. 

[StayinThailand2much]

On 5/24/2018 at 10:28 AM, rickjza said:

I think price had a lot to do with the decision making

The choice they made was, in total, 10 baht cheaper, so 'yeah'...

Edited May 25, 2018 by StayinThailand2much

[lanista]

On ‎5‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 10:27 AM, ronaldo0 said:

I see a huge amount of sales coming the way of BMW dealers !!!

The loss of face owning a merc that is used for taxis will be too much to take . ?

Yes,  lol,  the HI-SO Thais along Sukhmuvit/Ekhamai  will be appalled if they see a Merc with any kind of 'for hire' sign on it or worse ......'this is a farang friendly taxi, we speak English and  German.'

VIP means little here, same as for apartments with Mansion in the name.

The real VIP's know who they are anyway and dont hire.

Merc sales down.  Jag, Audi and BMW up.

The irony of course is that Jap engines & transmissions are far superior to German makes.

Edited May 26, 2018 by lanista

[sqwakvfr]

Not a bad idea but each taxi should have the following:

 

1. Competent, sober and alert driver

2. A modern meter(and the drivers have to use them)

3.  A printed receipt.

 

 

[Cricky]

3 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

The choice they made was, in total, 10 baht cheaper, so 'yeah'...

On 5/23/2018 at 8:09 PM, shady86 said:

Wrong choice. Should have chosen E class or SUV models.

I think price had a lot to do with the decision making

 

 

The E class and a GLC (SUV) are much more expensive than the C class.

[Letseng]

On 5/24/2018 at 2:37 AM, SurinBeach said:

So it will be about 500thb from Sukhumvit Terminal 21 (+tolls)

Pretty good as most taxis quote me 400thb anyways !

 

All Thai Taxi are a good company, nice taxis, polite drivers, you can also request English speakers I seem to recall.

I never was able to get taxi from them via their app. Works poorly and nobody ever answered the phone. Why would this change  because if "ViP car"?

[SurinBeach]

7 hours ago, Letseng said:

I never was able to get taxi from them via their app. Works poorly and nobody ever answered the phone. Why would this change  because if "ViP car"?

I'm used them a fair amount, always been fine. Nice clean cars, drivers in silky jackets !

They always arrive early when pre-booking.

Did have one problem once when I booked a very early taxi and they cancelled it !