Where to Guv?! London cabs coming to Bangkok - And the flag fall is only 60 baht!

 

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Bangkok is welcoming a new player in the taxi market.

 

CABB belongs to the Thai owned company Asia Cab Co Ltd and is offering London cab style vehicles. 

 

Rather than the traditional black they are a shiny blue.

 

The company has a fleet of 30 vehicles made at their own production facility. 

 

The flag fall will be 60 baht with 6 to 8 baht per kilometer thereafter. 

 

In London right now it would cost 130 baht just to sit down and a one mile journey would set you back 250 to 380 baht.

 

The cabs can be called using an application. 

 

Drivers - both male and female - are being promised a minimum 20,000 baht salary. They get a smart uniform and a big bonus for loyalty. 

 

The company has signed a deal with The Mall Group so the cars will be seen at places like Emquartier, Emporium and 5 other shopping centers in Bangkok called "The Mall" such as in Bangkapi and Ngam Wong Wan.

 

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  If my memory serves me right this gimmick was tried 10 or so years ago and didn't catch on, i still see those london cabs chucked in some car yards gathering dust...

The distinctive shape of the Hackney cab was to accommodate a man's top hat and women to mount without revealing too much leg. 

Chinese tourists can take nice pictures, numbers will go up.

" Gawd blimey Guv' you'll never guess who I had in the back the 'uvver day " .. 

 

47 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

 

Drivers - both male and female - are being promised a minimum 20,000 baht salary. They get a smart uniform and a big bonus for loyalty

That remains to be seen .. As Ezz' above has already stated these have been tried before with not huge success .. 

It all boils down to the fare. You can have whatever Cab you want. London or New York yellow cab if it is within your budget.

If you are walking around shopping mall wearing a pair of flip flop and 500 bahts in your pocket you wouldn't be taking any taxi.

1 minute ago, Justgrazing said:

" Gawd blimey Guv' you'll never guess who I had in the back the 'uvver day " ..

That Red Bull guy. Got out sharpish when I said I recognised 'is boat face.

Didn't 'e do some rozzer in a few years back, or is me memory that bad?

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

  If my memory serves me right this gimmick was tried 10 or so years ago and didn't catch on, i still see those london cabs chucked in some car yards gathering dust...

Different time though now. Food and taxis can be summoned through an app. Ten years ago, it wasn’t a thing. 

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

  If my memory serves me right this gimmick was tried 10 or so years ago and didn't catch on, i still see those london cabs chucked in some car yards gathering dust...

Yes, AOT taxis at swampy had them. Perhaps if they paint them green and yellow or pink this time it may catch on.

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

made at their own production facility. 

Do tell...........

If you look closely, you can see me in the picture.

8 minutes ago, blackcab said:

If you look closely, you can see me in the picture.

You are the guy next to the tuk tuk and I claim my 5 pounds ????

3 hours ago, anterian said:

The distinctive shape of the Hackney cab was to accommodate a man's top hat and women to mount without revealing too much leg. 

 

I don't think the feminists would stand for women being mounted in Hackney cabs these days old boy.

3 hours ago, saakura said:

Chinese tourists can take nice pictures, numbers will go up.

Ugh.  Why is always "Chinese"?   Too much CDS (China Derangement Syndrome) in these forums.

 

American tourists go nuts for stuff like this, and I would wager they are more likely to recognize the style of the vehicle as being a London taxi than many Chinese.  And I bet quite a few British tourists would let out a sigh for home and perhaps a slight giggle at seeing these too, and want to take a ride in one and have a photo.

Somehow does not quite promote the same Thailand experience as roaring and rattling down the hard shoulder with an enthusiastic driver at the wheel in an ageing Toyota or Tuk tuk

4 hours ago, anterian said:

The distinctive shape of the Hackney cab was to accommodate a man's top hat and women to mount without revealing too much leg. 

To Mount a women without showing to much leg? Have to try that one. 

Oh cr@p did i read that Wrong? 

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by digger70

2 hours ago, blackcab said:

If you look closely, you can see me in the picture.

Erm, No. That's BlueCab, not BlackCab...

6 hours ago, anterian said:

The distinctive shape of the Hackney cab was to accommodate a man's top hat and women to mount without revealing too much leg. 

Lol... 

8 hours ago, ezzra said:

  If my memory serves me right this gimmick was tried 10 or so years ago and didn't catch on, i still see those london cabs chucked in some car yards gathering dust...

If my memory serves, (and it has been known to be wrong!) I think that back then the "Black Cabs" were used for a sort of limo service - prebooked rather than hailed on the street or picked up at a rank. If ranks at "premium spots" such as the malls mentioned are reserved for them, then maybe it will be a money spinner. It will upset the conventional saloon car taxi blokes though - you know, the ones with the broken meters!

4 hours ago, asiacurious said:

Ugh.  Why is always "Chinese"?   Too much CDS (China Derangement Syndrome) in these forums.

 

American tourists go nuts for stuff like this, and I would wager they are more likely to recognize the style of the vehicle as being a London taxi than many Chinese.  And I bet quite a few British tourists would let out a sigh for home and perhaps a slight giggle at seeing these too, and want to take a ride in one and have a photo.

A bit sensitive there - where are you from, again? Back from a recent no baht tour, or just adding to the complaining that you're complaining about?

6 hours ago, blackcab said:

If you look closely, you can see me in the picture.

12 th floor of the condo with your jimmy jams on.

9 hours ago, bluesofa said:

That Red Bull guy. Got out sharpish when I said I recognised 'is boat face.

Didn't 'e do some rozzer in a few years back, or is me memory that bad?

boat face.? 

Wonder how long it will take before the meter is broke!

Driving a London taxi (in London) is a lot more difficult than the experience your average Thai taxi driver goes through.

Here:https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/14/london-taxi-drivers-hail-the-knowledge/

 

Those cabs are not cheap. Maybe 40 grand each. The newer electric model with the small engine even more. It's going to take a lot of fares to make  a profit after either paying rent or bank.

2 minutes ago, ericthai said:

Wonder how long it will take before the meter is broke!

Or do you mean before the taxi owner is broke?

18 minutes ago, rott said:

boat face.? 

Boat race, I suspect a typo? Cockney rhyming slang.  He probably thought he had a right little Gareth Hunt in the cab.

8 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Boat race, I suspect a typo? Cockney rhyming slang.  He probably thought he had a right little Gareth Hunt in the cab.

Yeah, you're quite right.

 

Although I'm not a cockney, my problem is proofreading my own text, as you spotted.

Spotting other's errors is a piece of pith, as my mind is seeing it for the first time, as opposed to reading what I think I've written.

 

Wonderful option. I would gladly use these vehicles as I dislike haggling with cab drivers who will not use the meter. I can see these popular with the Thai executive class, and the Japanese, and Chinese tourists.

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by geriatrickid

Are they going to pay Import tax on these cabs