Europe 2008, trip summary

[kdbcom]

Interesting offer on ebay (in Germany) for a brochure on the B class Taxi version this tallies with Mike's remarks about seeing a lot of Bs used as Taxi's whilst in Germany

MERCEDES-BENZ B-CLASS TAXI SALES BROCHURE on eBay, also European, Automobiles, Advertising, Collectibles (end time 16-May-08 21:34:42 BST)

[Mike Tee]

Originally Posted by kdbcom

Interesting offer on ebay (in Germany) for a brochure on the B class Taxi version this tallies with Mike's remarks about seeing a lot of Bs used as Taxi's whilst in Germany

Cool, I should have asked for one of those when I was in Stuttgart....maybe my friend can get me one at his local dealer. 5 Euros? Nein Danke!

[Derek Lecours]

Mike in the 2nd pic from the top; is it a yellow-orange C111 Wankel, if my memory serves me right? Quite a few write-ups on it long ago.

On your next trip there, can you adopt me so I can see those beauties in real life..... Please!! Great pictures!!
Cheers, Derek

[kdbcom]

I sat in one of those Gull Wing Mercs in the mid sixties (it was for sale, second hand, in the girlfriend of the days dads car showroom) little did I know at the time what the value of one of those would be now.

[Mike Tee]

C111, that's it. A great-looking car. They should have made a production version with a V8.

[Derek Lecours]

That C-111 made great power with the rotary concept, but wasn't great on fuel consumption or oil consumption.
They do like to rev and with a lot less moving parts, it's nice to see Mazda(RX-8) has had a good run with it. Derek

[Mike Tee]

I took this shot in Würzburg on May 2nd. B taxis were everywhere!

[Derek Lecours]

Now there's a colour we don't see very often! (thankfully)....My bug was Savanna Beige also.

No helmets on the cyclists. Scary!!

[kdbcom]

Most of our cyclists don't bother with helmets either

[CC Ryder]

Are most of the taxis the 180 CDI type?