On Tue, 26 May 2015 17:41:50 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 5:55:31 PM UTC-5, Je�us wrote:
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>> On Tue, 26 May 2015 14:28:00 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
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>> >On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 4:16:24 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
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>> >> You can always drop it off for repairs and go home until it is ready.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >That's true at most dealerships but a neighborhood garage doesn't provide transportation to and from your house. At least few I've dealt with
>> >don't.
>> >
>> >Taxis ain't cheap. :-(
>>
>> On the other hand, the money you would save by taking your car to a
>> neighbourhood garage instead of a dealership would probably compensate
>> for the cost of a taxi.
>>
>>
>Yes, it was a SUBSTANTIAL savings for work to
>be done at a neighborhood shop. But to go a mile
>and one half was $6.50 and the return trip was
>another $6.50.
>
>I thought to myself I need to be running a
>taxi service at those prices!

I haven't been in a taxi in years, so I'd be sure to be horrified at
the prices these days. I drove taxis for about a year, in a place
called Airlie Beach, which is basically a holiday destination for
younger people rather than families. It was a cruisy job and very good
pay. Awesome way to meet women too, as I discovered I used to go
home when it was quiet and listen to the scanner, when it got busy,
I'd go back out. There had never been an assault on any driver in the
history of the company. I would never in a million years drive a taxi
anywhere else though.