Taxi men need to be converted
28th June 1980, Page 50
28th June 1980
Page 50
Page 50, 28th June 1980
— Taxi men need to be converted
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AUSTRALIA'S taxis, eac averaging 80,000 miles a yea' would cost £20 a week less t run if they were converted fror petrol to dery power.
This is a point that Perkins i trying to impress on taxi owner-5 who are alleged to be wastin 22.7m gallons of fuel a year b running on petrol at 18mpg ir stead of on dery at 28mpg.
A Ford XD Falcon taxi wit Perkins four-cylindered diesE enine is reported to have cruise, at 75-85mph for 435 miles wit air conditioner running and t have averaged 34mpg. Th natives would probably describ this as fair dinkum, whateve that may mean.