usually i am more of a lurker than contributor, i enjoy my daily
dose of the forum, but sometimes find it difficult to contribute.
But thought i would pen my thoughts after 3 months on the road.
started out driving the SMRT Ssangyong, and just returned the
kim gu last week and joined the dark side(blue). was driving for
smrt a good idea? was driving OMO(i did for a month) a good idea?
was driving a limo taxi for a start a good idea? haha seriously the
seniors in the forum advised against it, but i already sign on the
dotted line so went ahead.
as a newbie, everything also dunno no strategy no guidance, just
force my way through haha now think back really think i am dumb,
but at least gain experience fast and learn the tricks of the trade
fast also.
before i started out, i did ask around in the forum but i was
very unfortunate to reach out to the wrong person(ah guan or lv 22
or 25 kid whatever you guys r calling him now hehe). he really
turned me wrong way around man...very pushy in selling me a walkie
talkie, change money (small change) for me and print name cards and
really hard sell LV membership to me. so i avoided him and decided
to start driving my own way.
i joined an airport group doing staff transfers and started to
drive night shift. at first dun dare to take limo bookings yet.
slowly develop my own style of driving and slowly adapt money
making strategy.
my experiences -
OMO very tiring, cannot sustain for long time, for those omo, my
hats off to you dunno how you guys can sustain it. drive long hours
and bear all the rental very siong. the taxi companies didnt design
their schemes for the OMOs.
fuel consumption damm bloody important. especially if you drive
long hours and distance. my average consumption for the kim gu is
85 bux a day....minus the rental of 111 sometimes i work 14 hours
to bring back 80 bux net :p bleah, granted fri sat and sun got many
kangtao and can make money, mon to thurs really OBK....
i realise call support damm impt...i know many seniors dun think
so, sweeping is the key, knowing where to pick etc, but for newbie
when still learning, call support is an important factor to making
that connection to maximise the time.
knowing how to use the GPS was very impt for me, while learning
the roads to familiarise myself, i relied on gps, came to the point
where on my iphone i can drive and key in the location and find it
without even looking at the screen...haha. now after 3 months i am
very familiar with all the east side locations, still learning
central part of singapore and west and north still needs work.
after about a month of driving, my dad joined me and now we
operate as a team, which i can tell you is a god damm relief! now
can enjoy driving and earn a hell lot more. to people starting out,
dun be omo at the start, kill youself only. start as relief, or
super relief, slowly after you establish then if you wan to
consider omo and you got the right cab company for your driving
style then omo.
strategy is damm important, technology also damm impt. there are
apps on the iphone like [email protected] and gps software as well as
traffic information which can guide us as to where to go when at
ap, where to avoid etc. i also realise that joining a group like LV
can also provide that info. everyone have different way of driving,
gotta find the correct strategy to suit your driving style!
now after 3 months of driving, would like to join LV, can i get
some advice on this?
cheers
