Hello from Ireland!
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Hello from Ireland!
Just thought Id drop in and say hello! I was in Dublin for a couple days and Ive been here in Galway for 3 days. Ill be traveling all over Ireland for the next week. I love it here! 
Anyways, I wanted to tell yall just how strange it is seeing so many right hand drive gs's here. There are sooo many! The 2gs's are all taxis and they have the headlight washers and rear antennas. Its really strange looking to me since Ive grown so used to the US model.
The ls430's are also taxis here and Ive only seen a couple ls460's.There are tons of 3gs's also but they are the same as the ones in the US other than being right hand drive.
Bently continental gt's and the 4 door bently continentals are popular here and the new benz s550's are like hondas here lol! They're everywhere!
The coolest cars Ive seen so far are a couple aston martins, vanquishes and vantages, and one ferrari f430! It was ohh so sweet
Oh yeah, and one R8 Audi! 
The new s5 audi's are all over the place. They are nice!
Ill try to get a couple pics of the 2gs taxis here and post them when I get home. I forgot my cord so unfortunately I cant upload pics to my laptop.
Cheers!
Anyways, I wanted to tell yall just how strange it is seeing so many right hand drive gs's here. There are sooo many! The 2gs's are all taxis and they have the headlight washers and rear antennas. Its really strange looking to me since Ive grown so used to the US model.
The ls430's are also taxis here and Ive only seen a couple ls460's.There are tons of 3gs's also but they are the same as the ones in the US other than being right hand drive.
Bently continental gt's and the 4 door bently continentals are popular here and the new benz s550's are like hondas here lol! They're everywhere!
The coolest cars Ive seen so far are a couple aston martins, vanquishes and vantages, and one ferrari f430! It was ohh so sweet
Oh yeah, and one R8 Audi! The new s5 audi's are all over the place. They are nice!Ill try to get a couple pics of the 2gs taxis here and post them when I get home. I forgot my cord so unfortunately I cant upload pics to my laptop.
Cheers!
yeah i've never been to europe but know first hand how cool the cars are in cities in japan. a lot of my coworkers tell me big cities in europe are just like that too. see how many brabus's you can spot.??.. after seeing osaka and tokyo and living over there for a few years it made me realize how small minded a lot of us are over here...
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I live in Ireland and yes there are a good few 2GSs as taxis.
Some (not all) of them are part-time taxi's. This means that they pay only €79/yr annual road tax vs. me paying €~1300/yr annual road tax (= ~ $2000)
Having a taxi sign on the roof allows taxis to drive in 'mostly empty' bus lanes to beat the traffic as they are 'public service vehicles' so you will find that people buy taxis just to use the bus lanes! (A taxi licence costs only €5000 for life).
- Petrol is expensive @ €1.30/litre = $7.80 US/gallon, so a lot have LPG conversions
Some (not all) of them are part-time taxi's. This means that they pay only €79/yr annual road tax vs. me paying €~1300/yr annual road tax (= ~ $2000)
Having a taxi sign on the roof allows taxis to drive in 'mostly empty' bus lanes to beat the traffic as they are 'public service vehicles' so you will find that people buy taxis just to use the bus lanes! (A taxi licence costs only €5000 for life).
- Petrol is expensive @ €1.30/litre = $7.80 US/gallon, so a lot have LPG conversions
Last edited by gs-ireland; Jul 16, 2008 at 04:47 AM. Reason: changed €20 to €79
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