Diesel Price keeps going up

last SG · 2008-08-14T15:37:16+00:00

CDG said to remove 30c surcharge when subsidied pump rate back to 1.19. Currently still 1.33.So if pump rate fall below 1.33, cabby happy… if below 1.19, cab...

ALN SG

wow lan… diesel price up and up…. i seek pax understanding if i have to reject taking them… e.g. after 8pm scotts road to woodlands:

- Fare is about $19 (excl ERP).
- Diesel costs $8 for 2 way cos very likely empty trip back to town
- Rental is $3.5 per 50 mins (2 way will take about 50 mins)
- Profit less than $8…

Conclusion: Certainly not worth it… plus if pax wants to take other route instead of CTE-SLE…. that one is even worse…

last time diesel much cheaper i dont mind… now i need to adjust my driving pattern to stay in business…

kinwashi SG

Guru, my gahman already started reduction on road tax on taxi this will lighten our rental mah. But in the other hand diesel and diesel tax no change LPPL. Where is the help.

nehpyh SG

Gahman only reduces 15%..... not 50%!!! WTF!!!!

The ERPs, carpark and engery will kill. Plus the jam....probably die of carbon monoxide !!!

allulu69 SG

ALN,

U can pick n choose pax one meh?

I thought cannot leh!

ALN SG

allulu,

it is down to business sense…

only if LTA or comfort says they will subsidy me, else i will ask them to fly kite…. as one cabby wrote… during bad times, companies can find ways to cut cost, cut unprofitable transactions etc…. only taxis are expected to remain as good samaritans even if it means earning less… fair meh?

one saturday at 7.57pm amk mall… long q of pax at taxi stand… i ok lah go and pick lah… 3 women, 1 wheelchair with 1 trolley full of provision…. i waited for them to slowly carry disabled women in and then slowly load up my boot… by the time all sat in taxi, it is 8.01pm… just lost my peak hour surcharge… wow lan….at sengkang destination, they took 4 mins to unload… all these for a fare of $6.2…. very good deal for the pax… i greeted them politely… but i know i am running a very bad business if more trips like this… if i am a millionnaire driving taxi i dun mind… most cabbies are not…. i too slog for money eventually…

as i learn from our leaders, as long as you work hard, it is perfectly fine to be greedy and ask for higher pay….

i only feel apologetic towards pax who stay far or have huge load to carry… i hope they meet a millionnaire cabby

ALN SG

kin, road tax rebate will benefit hirer… very few hirer will share with relief esp part time relief…. u ask whether poolman will share with his sunday relief or not… maybe poolman is a millionnaire cabby… haha….

kinwashi SG

Guru, at recent our MDT keep flashing this message, introduce friend of your's as Relief to our Company and u are reward with $500 token, this show Relief Driver currently is on demand. So if we know all this, why we can't make a better deal on discount to the Hirer as many Hirers are waiting for we as relief to help them on their burden. So Hirer is first class and Relief is consider second class,if this is so where is our right, i will question them with my feebback with email to them of my ignornant on this issue if this is so.

kinwashi SG

ALN,

U can pick n choose pax one meh?

I thought cannot leh!

This is all rules and regulations set. But let me ask you, like those Car Pool every morning downtown to CDB by private individual car owners and the so called passengers their private arrangement picking up each and other together one trip downtown to their offices downtown. Is this legal or illegal, i think this and those Pirate Taxis in the sixties, there are not much a different anyway and why this is allowed by LTA, there is money consent transaction in this point...they are on business, no GST involve no Tax involve and all the car owner benefits with something...SO.

ALN SG

hello kin,

u received such message from MDT? My guess is many hirers quitting cos cannot find relief… why not enough relief? cos fuel price up… in fact i was also thinking of stop driving a while and rest….

nowadays on tue, i will stop after 11pm plus cos it cost a bit more now to drive empty to town for pax

kinwashi SG

So as you told Relief alway got the say, stop mean stop no rugi wat. Hirer need to pay full rental even he stop, relief nothing. Even as OMO hirer day and night shift for 400km or more what is their intake you know and how long he or she can run. At this current situation. look at the matching hirer and relief you should know the data is there. That why MDT keep flashing this message during the day but not sure about the night.

allulu69 SG

U noe wat I do when cabby ask me where am i going if i flag a cab?

Poolman SG

As a matter of fact , going to woodland really a bad deal .

But i guessed , peak hour if someone want to go to Woodland from CBD , i will oblige , cos almost $32 , now very rare .

Only after 8pm , then it will be a bit tough

But ALN , some place in town many go woodland , so skip those places .

Places like Swissotel , One Raffles Quay , seldom got pax go woodland.

Which places in town where u can hardly get a woodland pax ?

Try Spore Flyer , swissotel , Funan centre , Marianam temple , where more tourist are spotted .

Poolman SG

In my opinion , diesel up also me bo pian , only thing i had to do , do a few more pax if possible .

To make up for those differences .

If good business , diesel is nothing .

Poolman SG

How come i dun received such messages , maybe i hirer ?

But who cares , i only interested in making money as fast as possible during my short hours on the road .

Tactically last year , they introduced many Hirer get $500 scheme , many sign up contract one year , now they quit for a greener pasture , they stuck with lots of Crown . Still no taker , so what is their intention ?

To attract rival relief to join us . Hirer got relief , they won't quit .

allulu69 SG

In my opinion , diesel up also me bo pian , only thing i had to do , do a few more pax if possible .

To make up for those differences .

If good business , diesel is nothing .

You are right. Good business, diesel is nothing.

Just like working, not afarid to pay higher income tax. The more i pay the more i earn.

ALN SG

during peak hours or after midnight, anywhere i will go….near or far…

sometimes depend on luck… i ever picked one ang moh at clark quay to woodlands at 1130pm! but usually ang moh seldom go far from town… 9 of out 10 ang moh will not go further than ulu pandan in west, bayshore in east, or upper serangoon in north

ALN SG

after driving sonata, i cannot tahan crown liao… esp when the rental so near sonata… unless rental under $38 per 12hrs then i consider…

esp me part timer… must be happy driving… so type of taxi is important to me…

i am just happy that as a part time relief, i can pick and choose hirer esp this period…. i can even stop driving totally for a while or drive less depends on my mood… shiok

Poolman SG

One fine day , our diesel will be something like $100 per night .

ALN SG

nowadays when i drive 12hours full, above $50 for diesel before rebate is very normal liao… night shift after midnight becoming less profitable liao… i hope more CNG pump or more diesel efficient taxi available…. i think toyota altis auto diesel in bangkok should be good

kinwashi SG

Crude Oil US$ 116.92 a Barrel as at today….Why Diesel Price is not coming down. Still the same old price we are buying from Kiosk. According to paper Profits skid on high oil prices, Transport giant said a rare dip in earning for the second quarter. how come? already tumble by US$20 and more dollars liao.

So diesel prices not keep going up what…Guru.