comfort i40 tcss

last SG · 2014-02-11T12:21:12+00:00

U can say I’m new TD. Haha. I only accelerate when I’m keeping car nia. Especially after midnight, already in beast mode accelerating back to jurong. Haha

Sotongking73 SG

since last yr may, i was continually updating i40 rental price with cdg, and these are differences observed:

Taxi collect on:

july - $127

sep - $130

after sep - $132

even though the difference is only minimal, but some hirer are trying to smoke around and bluff the way through just to make the relief pay a bit more, knn dam cheapskate.

same goes to sonata, some can tell me the daily rental is $115 but the taxi was signup 2 yrs ago, wtf? mid last yr brand new sonata was still only $105, the $115 new price only started sometime around end of last yr......

peterpan212 SG

If taxi fares cannot any how goes up. why taxi rental can anyhow goes up?

peterpan212 SG

Are there many TD doing OMO with daily rental more than $130+?

Each day, 7-8 hours breakeven. How to earn money?

Elginang SG

since last yr may, i was continually updating i40 rental price with cdg, and these are differences observed:

Taxi collect on:

july - $127

sep - $130

after sep - $132

even though the difference is only minimal, but some hirer are trying to smoke around and bluff the way through just to make the relief pay a bit more, knn dam cheapskate.

well, if anyone thinks that the hirer is going to eat you, dont collabrate and work with him lo. My hirer pay 106 per day inclusive of gst, still charge me 53. initially i tot hirer will just ask me pay 50, easy to count...how i know he even count the 3 bucks.

sometimes, just close one eye, or both eyes. if till one day, cannot close liao. Just throw the key back to him lo.

Sotongking73 SG

i have tried out the i40 as a relief for the pass few days, saving on diesel so so only lar..... 12km/l.....very quiet and peaceful drive, just the same like any new car, pick up wise.... sigh......... i really miss the sonata turbo.... when comes to merging lane, oftenly other taxi and cars try to be funny by overtaking me by the left as they know that i40 is a sissy taxi without the power punch turbo when needed..... will try out for another week, if really cannot adapt, will go back to sonata or switch to smrt chevy or transcab chevy/renault.

Elginang SG

Are there many TD doing OMO with daily rental more than $130+?

Each day, 7-8 hours breakeven. How to earn money?

7-8 hours...breakeven but nowadays companies already calculated, ask you drive more than 12 hours. unless you pick quality pax la. else just like the rat race....

nowadays, i drive until scare liao. thinking of target to hit. But usually when drive night after 6pm, 2 hours can cover rental liao, if good can also cover diesel.

after that, really damn nua....feel like keeping car @ 10pm.

Sotongking73 SG

sometimes, just close one eye, or both eyes. if till one day, cannot close liao. Just throw the key back to him lo.

to be fare, paying exact is fare to both parties, but lying that the rental is $130 instead of $127 just to get another dollar is dam cb..... especially sonata that was signup b4 the new price $10 increase kicks in, lie just to get another $5 from relief, ppl see the log book will know already lah..... or by checking at the onemotoring website will know when the i40 was collected, knn some old hag still living in the 70's.

Elginang SG

got 2 types of sonata model right? the 1st gen and the 2nd gen. 2nd gen sonata v powderful, the 1st gen...really koya.

I am driving the 1st gen mah. so when i see the 2nd gen comfort taxis zoom pass me, i just LL. but still 179km mileage can only use up 17 bucks.

hahaha.

Sotongking73 SG

got 2 types of sonata model right? the 1st gen and the 2nd gen. 2nd gen sonata v powderful, the 1st gen...really koya.

I am driving the 1st gen mah. so when i see the 2nd gen comfort taxis zoom pass me, i just LL. but still 179km mileage can only use up 17 bucks.

hahaha.

that's about 11.5km/l, second generation also between 10.5-11.5km/l..... when i first started i did drive the first gen, one week surrender liao, very koyak.... after that i only drive those new or below 2 yrs taxi.

Elginang SG

ya i agree with you. Some old hirers really treat relief as chop carrot head. But still, my own opinion, i prefer my hirer will stay next block to me. So when i just take my time go down carpark, is convenient.

some shared with me the bonding between hirer and relief, i do agree with bowah at one point that sometimes, when comes to business it's best to have good ethics.

I just told my hirer ill stop driving him by this month as i am running shift. so depends on my new shift work, see how my schedule before i start driving again.

peterpan212 SG

7-8 hours...breakeven but nowadays companies already calculated, ask you drive more than 12 hours. unless you pick quality pax la. else just like the rat race....

nowadays, i drive until scare liao. thinking of target to hit. But usually when drive night after 6pm, 2 hours can cover rental liao, if good can also cover diesel.

after that, really damn nua....feel like keeping car @ 10pm.

nowadays, i drive until scare liao. thinking of target to hit. But usually when drive night after 6pm, 2 hours can cover rental liao, if good can also cover diesel.

This apply to half a day rental.

Elginang SG

actually there's 1 or 2 incident, my hirer dint pump fully. So when i drove close to 289km, i am actually topping up 35 bucks of diesel. Nowadays, i roughly estimate my rental plus diesel dont exceed 90 bucks can liao. Last night, hit very low hahaha. $53 plus $17 = $70 bucks nia.

the 1st gen really cmi but what to do? My hirer old, doesnt rely on speed much, he only covers west areas only. sigh.

Elginang SG

nowadays, i drive until scare liao. thinking of target to hit. But usually when drive night after 6pm, 2 hours can cover rental liao, if good can also cover diesel.

This apply to half a day rental.

imagine half a day rental..... i really damn sian mode. sometimes, before sunset, the vision for sweeping pax still ok, but at night...really have to finetune my eye sight.

i just saw the news, the silvercab just banged the motorist. the rider died, the pillon still surviving...i wonder what will happen to the TD.

bowah SG

Hirer and Relief stories never end one lah, like hokkien drama..can act until the actor and actress grow old…lols.

But as long as there a mutual understanding, so be it, cab belongs to the company, not the hirer and certainly not the relief, hirer quote the price, if gum take, not gum, dun go negotiate, once lowered, hirer altho agree, but buay song liao.

Most of us a mature men, not just born yesterday, we knew the market in and out, even the benefits, so to speak, Hirer must also quote a justifiable price, otherwise, he will not get relief or even get one, but will not last long once that relief found out that he paid too much. Hirer be frank to relief, relief take the cab, pump and wash accordingly.

At the end of the day, the purpose and objectives are almost similar, that is to make a decent living and bring better food for our family. By thinking along this line within a mature mind, I believe the relationship can be a lasting and enjoyable one.

Keepthechange666 SG

Tcss? I like.....

i40 bo turbo? Knn, than my bicycle sure can beat them.....

bowah SG

after driving into swimming pool, canal, drain, traffic lights, pavement, 7 eleven, walkways. trees, rubbish chute…still offer them turbo?? mai lah

1.8L can liao, taxi driving is not about turbo, it more about knowing where the paxs are, the road skills, the cost of rental and fuel and how lazy the TD are…limpek last year drive crown earn more than now sonata..knn

Keepthechange666 SG

I think differently leh.....

With our current road condition.....

The car, must have power....

Must be smooth.....

Must be able to manoveur fast, ie carpark turning, sharp corner, dead end 3pts turn.....

Must be comfortable to drive in, not drive until giddy, giddy, or jerk here, jerk there until backbone pain.....

Than your driving pattern also will be different.....

I got to admit, my last Lau kok kok merc is really a let down, luckily, limpek already recover from life, arbo with this kind of vehicle, everyday lose money only.....

My best days is still the Sonata, 1st gen Sonata, twin turbo.....

Brand new car, si beh ho chiong, piak call also number 1.....

As for recent year those new cab, I think only Chevy can match although I never drive before, but from my friends feed back lor, 6 speed somemore......

Elginang SG

hmm nowadays i see renault latitude not bad.

bowah SG

Turbo very easy to burnt…u think I at cdg not doing study ar? Safety first mah, but touch wood, up to now, no cabby nor a pax burnt inside a cab, but if it happen, I can tell you, LTA and govt is going to clamp down on Taxis company turbo cars.

bowah SG

Tcss? I like.....

i40 bo turbo? Knn, than my bicycle sure can beat them.....

Aiya, the brand already tell you, you either...爱40或恨40