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more about #taxi more comments → HoonThatFerrari: Late last night, I heard my neighbor's garage door shut, And a little yellow Tesla took away his sorry butt, Now he's off in Monaco, And I don't have ... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Very cool. And practical, to. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a taxi in Monaco? more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I know it's not real and everything but this would be fun. more » bzr: It's a taxi service in the same way the Ferrari Guy is a "tour bus." more » smalleyxb122: Little. Yellow. Different. more » htrodblder: Where's the beaded seat covers and the crap for sale hanging from the ceiling? more » logruszed: All you ITG mofos wanting to layeth the smack down on a guy for high-fivin' need to lighten the fuck up and get over yourself. I'll bet at least one ... more » Alfisted: Natives know - Seattle is the true home to high fivin' white guys. more » Electro Gyrocator: This reminds me of what I love doing to hitchhikers. I always return the thumbs up out the roof of my car. more » Flathead Smith: If someone threw a walking stick or umbrella into his front spokes while at speed, it would probably put a stop to that,....and be entertaining. more » Elhigh: Strictly speaking, striking another person uninvited is assault. Making that stick in court would be pretty hard, but still. People are minding thei... more » ithacabaron: "Hey, why don't I endanger myself and others, interrupt traffic patterns, and annoy people trying to hail cabs!" Let me say this, as someone who comm... more » Maymar: Wes, haven't you ever had the urge to high five someone? I'd throw up a computer five right now, but I'm in class, and it'd look weird to slap my comp... more » Sloop_John_B: Hah! Clearly, some people are wound way too tight in that video. more » engineerd: High fives are probably better for people's perception of NY cyclists than beating the crap out of a pedestrian with a bicycle chain. I think a littl... more » -
#customcars
Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
A New York taxi company owner makes enough money to not only live near Monaco but also to buy a Tesla Roadster. More shocking? He wants his neighbors to actually know how he made his money with a taxi-liveried Tesla. More » -
#newyork
NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
Typically an act of frustrating desperation, a cyclist has turned hailing a New York City cab into a congratulation. He's probably trying to get people to think about cycling instead of taxis, but really he's just scaring commuters and tourists. -
#lolcars
The Best Way To Get Around NYC, McFly-Style
These rollerblading kids seem to have found the best and cheapest way to cruise through the taxi-packed streets of NYC. Well, until one of them falls off and breaks their face. -
#downonthestreet
1937 Beardmore Taxi
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's the fourth 1930s car I've found down on the Alameda street.
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#howto
Use Twitter To Get A Taxi Fast At Las Vegas McCarran Airport
Don't want thedebaucherytrade conference to wait while you sit around for 30 minutes in the notorious taxi line at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport? Twitter to the rescue. More » -
#offbeatnews
Dallas Taxi Game Is New School Of Hard Knocks
We've just received a note from a former U.S. Marine-turned-taxi-driver regarding the extent of his "professional services." Full email below the jump. More » -
#traffic
Driving On Cairo’s Congested Roads
The BBC’s Christian Fraser reports from the back seat of a dilapidated Fiat taxicab to describe a city of utter traffic mayhem. More » -
#nyctaxi
Lexus RX400h: One-Of-A-Kind NYC Taxi Edition
While we've seen every variety of sedan-based hybrid taxi including the Chevy Malibu, Toyota Camry and Prius, we've never seen a Lexus RX400h-based taxi. We spotted this one-of-a-kind sitting out on 38th St. this weekend. -
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#industrynews
Hummer H2 Assembly Line To Produce Just-As-Boxy Standard Taxis
The Standard Taxi by VPG Auto has been working the publicity circuit for a while now, but it appears AM General may step up to actually produce it. With the likely death of the Hummer H2, AM General will have excess capacity at its Mishawaka, Indiana plant. Assuming VPG can secure financing, they'll be able to start building the taxis next year. Details and full release after the jump. More » -
#taxicabconfessions
New York City's Signature "Manhattan" Taxi Cab That Never Was
(Our good friend and Jalopnik institution UDMAN was out on business when he came across the Taxi of the future that has, unfortunately, been resigned to the past. His story below — Ed.) More » -
#chooseyoureternity
Project Car Hell: 1961 BMW 700 or Three 1955 Austin FX3 Taxis
The $10,000 Acura NSX ran away with 62% of the votes in Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll, though the Corvette put in a good showing (and it's unfortunate that the late-in-day timing of PCH made it impossible to give Graverobber Commenter of the Day recognition for this methtastic Inland Empire tale, because he totally deserved it). Today we're going to look at some projects that, ifby some miracle you ever managed to getfinished, would give you the highly coveted "weirdest car in town" status that true Hell Project aficionados seek. There's no common theme, other thanmiseryobscurity andslippery slope leading straight to the abysslow price of admission, so let's see how a single Bavarian stacks up against a threesome of Brits! More »
