Before I retired whenever I jumped into a London Taxi I used to say one of two things to the driver immediately I sat down.
Either "wow, a Nissan diesel, how many miles are on the clock?"
or "I`m a Liverpool supporter and if you support Arsenal I`m getting out now!"
Either question made me a friend for the entire journey.
Yes, Bernard in the old days if cars made 100,000 miles it was someone telling Porkies! They used to rust from the inside out before 50,000.