i know those with new cars like sonata,chewy,mercs can say
that!but think about those older uncles can they afford those new
cars?i for one can only afford Nissan Cedric!
Not true leh, I also see 70yo uncle driving sonata, chevy and some
late 60s with mercs, 3 rifles long sleeve shirt, topman pants, like
OCBC chairman, I think it is more of your mentality to change.
I drove for many hirers, some crown, some epica, some sonata,
last time also include silver magnetis and i30. What I would said
is that, of course driving for crown is cheap, spare parts also
cheaps 
, but as you drive
along, you get tired very fast, and then like your mentality, keep
seeing other auto cab zooming pass you,,..knn seibei buay song,
paxs mostly is no problem, only a few siam us, especially PRCs, the
chinese are smart pax, they knew 20cts do not make much
different.
And then I also drive sonata, epica and sometime mercs, sonata
and epica with no doubt, earn more because of it swift, speed and
good pick up, you get tire lesser, and as you know in TD, tireness
is a major key to our earning, once you are tired, you want to go
home, or you tends to make mistakes here and there, which can be
costly if you get banged. So between a $50 and $35, the diff is
only $15, you go figure it out, with auto cab, from my experiences
as relief for both, they can pick up a few more pax, and as for
crown, before you reach AP with pax, those auto one would had took
a pax out liao