It looks like this could be the last year that anyone gets to ride in the "traditional" London taxi, the FX4.
Production stopped about 15 years ago and because of a new rule, any taxi over 15 years old will have to be retired - as a taxi - when it reaches that age. Now as an "ecomodder" this seems to me to be a stupid rule - there are quite a few out there giving reliable service, many with millions of miles on them. The numbers of them aren't enough to make a serious impact on air quality so why should they be retired ?
Seems like such a waste.
A few people have seen sense and adopted them as personal transport. (clickable pics)
The new one is the TX4, which Stephen Fry took round the USA a few years ago - it has a Nissan diesel engine.
