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Originally Posted by the mole Sorry guys as blasphemous as it may sound, and don't get me wrong I am also a Fiat enthusiast.
If you feel so strongly that Padmini's are a integral part of the city and need to be showcased as such, why don't you guys step forward and do something about it. Unless someone steps forward and volunteers to start a classic cab service, the Government will not and does not have time for such endeavors.
If you succeed in doing the same please ensure that your Taxi's are clean to international standards, devoid of all personal expressions and most importantly stock in bodywork and mechanicals and have the basic amount of road fitness levels. Again I have not found a single Taxi confirming to the above for quite some time.
Secondly while quoting examples of cities such as London and New York please make serious case studies and present them before the authorities, it would also be interesting to post them here. Personally I have lived for a long time in New York and never seen the old chequred cabs ever!! The standard Taxis there are extremely clean and as I put it before devoid of any personal expressions (religious or otherwise) No Agarbatis, no flowers etc etc. So guys please take it outside this forum to the next level and get going. |
It is indeed very well explained and enlightened by Amol about phasing out/retaining old PADMINI cabs, an issue which is being stressed on this thread.
This thread pertains to FCCCI (FIAT CLASSIC CAR CLUB OF INDIA - Mumbai) and its members who are passionately involved in maintaining, restoring and preserving their PRIVATE FIAT VINTAGES and CLASSICS as a hobby, thereby interacting, meeting, driving and rallying with fellow enthusiasts and friends to make it more joyous and pleasurable.
Having stressful and busy lives ourselves, all through the week we like to meet up on one Sunday every month and relieve ourselves of the pressures of life and spend one day a month doing something related to our passion.
I myself do treasure the BLACK and YELLOW heritage of FIAT TAXIS, and surely would love to see them continue on Mumbai roads, but that needs to be taken up by an appropriate group or Authority that is confident in wining against the government with its one sided rules and bureaucracy.
Just for record sake, I would like to mention that some time ago, a situation had occured, where FCCCI with its soft corner for FIATS tried to save the last SUPER SELECT TAXI in Mumbai, by representing the case to the CM's office in co-ordination with the Mumbai Taximens Union. Ultimately, there was no response or feedback from the government and we realised that it was a fruitless effort that took us nowhere, and the helpless taxi owner was without business after his cab was decommisioned and hoping to wait for a favorable order which wasn't in his favour ultimately.
So, it is better that we continue using our Clubs quality time towards results that bring us pleasure, rather than getting into political hassles, baseless paperwork and public transport issues.
We have discussed this amongst us at various occasions, in order to have a Happy Club which I'm sure that every member and onlooker agrees, that it is, so far.
Last edited by President : 17th November 2010 at 13:40.
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