::: Thumbs ::: Next >> ::: london cab-the small black box-like car in the forground. cabs are standardized in london, all the same, all black. with diesel engines, cabbies get 200-300 thousand miles out of an engine. london has no discernable layout like streets and avenuse like say, manhattan. it is a nihtmare to figure out where u are. cabbies go to cabbie university to learn the nooks and crannies of the city streets. more on that later.