Originally posted by keangel:
Actually without booking, I still can made decent income
from driving SMRT taxi. The problem with booking is that sometime
lots of time wasted waiting for passenger to come down, time
travelling to the pick up point (you will curse and swear
especially during traffic jam), the worst is after waiting 10 mins
the passenger never turn up or the booking was cancelled.
Driving taxi as a career can be a relaxing job too. After switching
(from comfort to SMRT), I feel more relaxed in my driving, and more
I got 24 free rental day in a year, unlike comfort only 3 in a
year
Let do the math :
Comfort rental : $93.16(per day) x 365 day = $ 34,003.40
Less 3 rental day = $34,003.40 - $279.48
Total Rental Paid = [b]$
33,723.92
SMRT Rental : $81.32 (per day) x 365 day = $29,681.80
Less 24 Rental day = $29,681.80 - $1,951.68
Total rental Paid = $27,730.12
Difference = $5,993.80
The key is whether you know where to pick up passenger. I made
almost the same amount as I was driving comfort, without the
stress, frustration. And most importantly, I can rest 2 sunday
every month, while in comfort, I got to drive like a bull.
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This calculation is good , if u don't perform any booking
....
Rental depends also on .. the age of the vehicle .
Of course if u take a 1 yr old Comfort Blue Crown , against a SMRT
3 yr old Crown , SMRT gets better benefits .
Mine rental is $91.02 / day = $33,222 / 365 days .
I also get Non-Claim Bonus , Performance Incentives , etc ... $1200
a year , chicken feed amount . 
On an average , each Comfort drivers can get about 120 pieces of
prime time bookings ..... a month . Depending
