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Old 03-21-2011, 08:57 PM
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Just got back from Paris

And you could not blink twice without seeing a brand new mercedes. About 85% of the taxis i saw in Paris were new/current generation mercedes. Mostly E's but there were brand new C's and a lot of S's doing taxi duty too. Made me at first but then a bit after that. If you saved your money to buy a benz people would just think you are a taxi driver, and besides if you wanna ride in a benz you could just stick your hand out and wait on the corner for 30 seconds. Most of the street cars i saw there were renaults/citroens/peugots but for the most part it was mercedes fever.

also visited london was different since they use old school style taxis but it was also awesome because i saw a massive amount of supercars in london in a mere 2 days

all the euro C's dont have amber reflector cut outs... its nice looking, but the single tailpipe on c300 CDIs was lame
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I love paris and to me owning a car in the city is useless since they have a decent advance rail system in the entire city. I have lived in italy where a mercedes is useful for long drives in the autostrada. germany seems weird because for some odd reason they prefer driving an audi than a mercedes. well I hate to say this but I miss the european life.
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I have a German friend and he always call my car a TAXI
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Around Place de Concorde you always see super whips...Arab money
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I had also noticed all the Benz's in Paris last Decemeber when we visited ...... even hopped into a new E350 Taxi when we arrived off the Eurostar !!
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Surprised by the number of original Mini Coopers in near mint condition you find running around the Septieme (Rive Gauche) of Paris. Unfortunately I drove a Megane at the time.
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Thats also here in the Netherlands, most taxi's are Mercedes....

Friends always say, i only drive a Benz when im getting a Taxi, and just like tanktube, they call me a Taxi

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