Which Taxi company to choose

last SG · 2012-02-15T12:59:04+00:00

I not biased against any companies.... becos I am not in any TD companies now.....We have been thru the good times of TD andthe miserable times when they hav...

Ywth SG

Hi all brothers here, hope somebody can help or give some advice to me...

Juz passed my TDVL exam on the 6th Feb... now in the process of waiting LTA to issue me the TVL licence. At present, I have a 9~5 job but pay super miserable... Intend to quit & go into Taxi trade.

Made some enquires with a few Taxi companies and personally went down to CDG recruitment Centre this afternoon. Machiam a gong kia.. told by by the front-desk lady i need to produce her my TVL licence b4 registering with them. This is the rough details i gathered from a 2 companies:

1) CDG Sonata - $102/mth; no contract; 3yrs and below; muz wait 2~3 mths

2) PREMIER SilverCab - $101; 3 mths contract; 2nd-hand; gaurantee ~1mth

CDG does not reimburse my STA course fee as I did not sign with them prior to the course. Unless i opt for a manual gear cab, then they willing to reimburse. Need to attend the MDT, basic Svc training & auto-gear short lesson.

PREMIER SilverCab every month has 2 types of incentives: (i)No accident +$50 (ii) GIRO deduction smoothly +$150. The -ve point is they may not have so much booking. He (Colin) said they use walkie-talkie.

In between the 2, probably i will choose one. I prefer CDG partly becos with the MDT & huge amt of customers' bookings, i think it shud be ok. Moreover, people on the street tend to take note of those CDG Blue/Yellow cab easily n identify them straight away. I m afraid while driving SilverCab, i may got miss out.

I may have to settle for SIlverCab as the waiting time is much shorter. Would appreciate bros here may give some advice n pointers to me. Thank u very much...

decent02 SG

whether cdg or premier, impt consideration is

convenience of refuelling

where u stay is therefore impt

do they have a pump station nearby your house?

price of diesel they charged since it will be a substantial portion of your business cost

call or no call ...can consider also

I am a cdg relief TD but I seldom take call

$2.30 ....waste time lah

by sweeping u can definitely make a decent income

any rebate, incentive for hirer...also impt

color of cab....not so impt lah

ppl will know it is a taxu whether blue, yellow or silver

thats my 2 cents worth of input

decent02 SG

if u intend to get a relief

is better to stick with cdg

coz they have more relief drivers on standby in their system

decent02 SG

lastly made of car also impt

since u will be driving 10 to 12 hours a day

do u prefer the look of a sonata or kia

get the wrong car will create unhappiness in you

consumption of diesel...also impt to consider

since it will eat up your revenue

heard i30 not bad from premier

also quite a handsome car

decent02 SG

car servicing time and location of service centre

also impt

coz if nearer to your house

could save travelling time and therefore save diesel cost

duration of service also impt

waste of taxi time if servicing time is long

decent02 SG

whether they rebate u the STA course fee

small matter lah

2 day driving u will recoup back the investment

Course fee rebate is to con you to take up sampan

decent02 SG

invest in a gps

will help u during your initial period when u drive

Taxitemp12 SG

I havent started driving Taxi yet still waiting for call from CDG (signed up in Nov 11 for 4 plus year old Taxi still waiting for call ) you can do 2 things to make your life easier

1. Invest in GPS , eastgear has a promotion of Houlux 62F for S$199 with live traffic i bought one very nice for cabby.

2. invest in smart phone like iphone or any android phone, get those data plan ( 12 gb one i think) from starhub.singtel or m1 , download "singapore map" by street directory (look for street directory on iphone/android market) this one gives you route also address of the location/business

3. learn to use them as a tool make your life easy, taxi compnay doesnt matter what matters how you are willing to ply your trade work hard& smart will make transion to this trade

this is just advice from a newbie to another newbie , good to share knowledge seniors can correct me where i am wrong

Bingjames SG

when in doubt, just go for CDG!

+1, 28,000 more to go

ALws Tired SG

For newbie, better stick to CDG cos bookings realli helps a lot.

Sweepers R for pro drivers.

decent02 SG

For newbie, better stick to CDG cos bookings realli helps a lot.

Sweepers R for pro drivers.

not true lah

I also newbie

I also sweep

and I am not pro

pick, drop, pick, drop ...this type of pattern dun need call

That day I sweep 28 jobs... not even one call

income not bad

Tiongpengk1 SG

not true lah

I also newbie

I also sweep

and I am not pro

pick, drop, pick, drop ...this type of pattern dun need call

That day I sweep 28 jobs... not even one call

income not bad

Tiongpengk1 SG

Bingjames SG

not true lah

I also newbie

I also sweep

and I am not pro

pick, drop, pick, drop ...this type of pattern dun need call

That day I sweep 28 jobs... not even one call

income not bad

My first pax is from road sweep just outside my place.

Makes me think of having learnt all the strokes in swimming but still standing at the edge, hessitant,

WTF, just jump in la. die die lor. Bt Panjang kanna go Jurong East. By right should know the way, but suddenly come, everything also "gabra"

lucky pax was kind enough to guide me, give my virgin trip to him.

MDT easily? kanna current call, was staring at the fucking MDT for so long, wondering where the hell this place is and by the time I realised, 15 secs gone and out came a "You have rejected one job".

Later on, decide to whatever come in, just press "5 mins" first and slowly take my time to use road directory to find it. Upon reaching the pax, another problem arise, "where is that place he want to go?"

So with road sweeping, u only got 1 problem, with calls, u got 2, locating the pax and then his destination.

Just_do_it_lah SG

Cumfuck....

is a....

training school to many....

It is a good to start @ CDG for many reasons.

1) Good Mapping (GPRS)

2) Many MDT(IVT) calls, with the above mapping, it is easier to locate pickup location.

3) Better workshop (for serivicing)

4) Many diesel kisoks around the island. ( diesel at higher discount )

5) Cashless payment (eg NETS, CREDIT CARDs) with faster clearance.

6) Many corporates using CDG e-Vouchers, Cabcharges cards.

the bad....

You will know it when it comes....

hammerhammer8888 SG

Ya I also start with Blue then Red then White

Bingjames SG

Cumfuck....

is a....

training school to many....

It is a good to start @ CDG for many reasons.

1) Good Mapping (GPRS)

2) Many MDT(IVT) calls, with the above mapping, it is easier to locate pickup location.

3) Better workshop (for serivicing)

4) Many diesel kisoks around the island. ( diesel at higher discount )

5) Cashless payment (eg NETS, CREDIT CARDs) with faster clearance.

6) Many corporates using CDG e-Vouchers, Cabcharges cards.

the bad....

You will know it when it comes....

Guess what's on CDG's mind?

knn u TD make use of me as yr training ground.

wanna suck every drop of blood from me. diesel, call jobs, cashless, corporate jobs!

until one day I cannot help u, u just dump me!

what to do?

u wanna wear t-shirt and slipper and ppl complain, it's my fault?

u kanna accident so many times also my fault?

u speeding kanna camera, TDVL revoke also my fault?

u smoking in cab, kanna stomp also my fault?

u overcharge pax also my fault?

so what u kanna so many certificate? u mean many cert can make u more "garang" and these cert can exchange for favour when u at fault?

You mean after 20 years, u collect the whole wall of cert, u can smoke in cab, over charge pax, speed at nobody's business liao?

How many cert or years of service = 1免死金牌??

200 post liao, call for a celebration!!!!!

ericgo SG

i prefer sweeping, learn the routes faster.

OptimalTrans SG

Choose Fit lor
Endorse by ALN leh
Cheap cheap wor
Like that lor

Poolman SG

i30 not suitable for new bird .... cos 2 years contract .

I encourage new birds to be relief first .

No contract , no giro , can chose the days u wish to drive , and off which day .

Relief for Comfort is by far easiest , cos they have the biggest pool of taxis , around 16000 of them .

Follow by TransCab some 8000 of them including Wish .

Then SMRT , Premier , Smart , Prime .