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Based on the NYC taxis I see roaming the streets, I'd guess that they last longer than six years. Plenty of cars look 10+ years or older. I'd guess that that th
by speedplane 9y ago
Based on the NYC taxis I see roaming the streets, I'd guess that they last longer than six years. Plenty of cars look 10+ years or older. I'd guess that that the average age of a NYC taxi is around six years.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe NYC 2014 Taxicab Factbook (a real thing) gives the average age as 3.3 years: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/2014_taxicab_fact_book.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/2014_taxicab_fact_... It could be somewhat higher now but I doubt it has doubled. (I had just glanced at https://www.quora.com/How-many-miles-does-a-NYC-taxi-do-in-its-life-as-a-taxi https://www.quora.com/How-many-miles-does-a-NYC-taxi-do-in-i... for my previous post)