so hard to get a MPV 7 seater

Mercabs SG

Star Vito...

(Pte Limo) have 40 Highroof

45 Vito & Viano....

no taxi sign...

Bro JDL, is Star Vito a pte limo group ?

If let say, I have my own Vito or Viano or Alphard and I have no regulars, is there any way to secure jobs ?

If it is too sensitive to post here, do drop me a PM.

Cheers !

Poolman SG

LV also got Toyota Highroof/Vito.... ask UNCLE POOL..

Hmm . . . Lake View ..... we actually dun do much to locals .

That's all . If he call lake view , most is 7 seater taxis , not private limo .

Poolman SG

Actually i bo chap Lake View Limousine groups , i too small fly to be involve .

Their drivers knn big shot .

Even Lake View boss with E220 also must give face to them .

Just_do_it_lah SG

Bro JDL, is Star Vito a pte limo group ?

If let say, I have my own Vito or Viano or Alphard and I have no regulars, is there any way to secure jobs ?

If it is too sensitive to post here, do drop me a PM.

Cheers !

Hi Bro Mercabs...

Let's open up to the rest of the forumers (if they may be interested to make a switch in future - and I don't have to re-type again... )... hopefully Poolman won't mind.

Star Vito Group is set up for by ex-CDG Maxicab drivers, upgrading to Private Vitos & Toyota Highroof & some CDG Maxicabs. The group has 10 Alphards & some e-class too.

Yes, it can be considered as a Pte-Limo Group. Some of the owners have more than 2-5 vehicles.

Majority of the jobs are for Toyota Highroof & Pte Maxi. If you get a Alphard, you'll likely Not get any jobs.

I switched from driving a Mercedes cab to a Pte Maxi (a risky switch, because I do not have any Maxi cab experience). Luckily, I secured a contract signed by my regular Pax's company, hence, my vehicle (mortgage loan, diesel, CP, ERPs) is paid for. Just have to do some transfers or hourly from other regular paxs to make my income.

At the end of the mortgage loan period, the vehicle becomes an asset. You may want to buy another vehicle and lease the older vehicle out... or... build a fleet of vehicles & you become THE BOSS. ( you can go motherland anytime... komade).

Mercabs SG

So if I don't have a contract from a regular, I won't survive tio bo ?

I also won't get any job from the pte limo group ?

My motherland is here

komade SG

Hi Bro Mercabs...

Let's open up to the rest of the forumers (if they may be interested to make a switch in future - and I don't have to re-type again... )... hopefully Poolman won't mind.

Star Vito Group is set up for by ex-CDG Maxicab drivers, upgrading to Private Vitos & Toyota Highroof & some CDG Maxicabs. The group has 10 Alphards & some e-class too.

Yes, it can be considered as a Pte-Limo Group. Some of the owners have more than 2-5 vehicles.

Majority of the jobs are for Toyota Highroof & Pte Maxi. If you get a Alphard, you'll likely Not get any jobs.

thanks for the info bro~~~~~ haha me no life to become boss lar

poor driver bo bian..............

benqepson SG

wah now so hard to get a 7 seater MPV , was at Shenton way ICU building just now , keep on call for a MPV but none available , luckily got one chrysler picked us up back to woodlands , total damage , $35.

To what I understand crysler got no MPV. To get an MPV you cannot do current unless you are lucky. Normally you have to do advance booking if you need one.

benqepson SG

So if I don't have a contract from a regular, I won't survive tio bo ?

I also won't get any job from the pte limo group ?

My motherland is here

I am so proud of you bro. Thats the way .

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

Resent ah...

This one got tatic de...

It's always good to keep a few namecard of 7-seaters with u... Especially useful when u're working in CBD area and need to get a 7 seater to go out have lunch...

Just_do_it_lah SG

Resent ah...

This one got tatic de...

It's always good to keep a few namecard of 7-seaters with u... Especially useful when u're working in CBD area and need to get a 7 seater to go out have lunch...

The 7 seaters fare will cost more than his lunch @ Kopitiam (lunch for 7 addup)... ..

Just_do_it_lah SG

So if I don't have a contract from a regular, I won't survive tio bo ?

I also won't get any job from the pte limo group ?

My motherland is here

Yo Bro Mercabs,

Not all Pte-Limo (Vito & Highroof) have contracts to work on. If you basically depends on AP transfers, you won't make much. Taxis can Q at AP, Pte Limo can't. Unless you get one arrival job paged out in the Pte-Limo Group.

So, most of the time, you may have to come down empty to town (Vito standard orders @$45 point 7. Which means you only made $38 for 2 trips (up & down), excluding diesel & possible ERP tolls.

Vito & Highroof are in the same category of buses, hence, 50% more than TDs for ERP tolls.

Hence, if you can get some regular pax (from your current Mercedes cab trade), who can gives you hourly booking, then you can consider coming out as a Pte Limousine.

W/o hourly booking, it is a risk that you have to bear. Pte Limo or Limo cab groups, Hourly bookings normally go under-tunnel... . Like it or not..... caller will arrange for his own kakis 1st. ( Correct ? ).

Mercabs SG

So no contract from regulars to do hourly means gg into pte limo is a BIG risk ?

No wonder some pte limo drivers drove a merc taxi instead.

Poolman SG

hopefully Poolman won't mind.

I mind you post . . . . but i dun mind reading them to learn .

I love to learn .

So lan lan have to "dun mind" . . .hahahahah

Just_do_it_lah SG

So no contract from regulars to do hourly means gg into pte limo is a BIG risk ?

No wonder some pte limo drivers drove a merc taxi instead.

Yes. w/o regulars hourly jobs (min 80 to 100hrs/trips per month), it is a Risk to venture out.

On a bad economy, some of the Pte-Limo (eClass) go back to Mercedes taxi instead. As I have mentioned earlier, eClass asking price is about the same as Mercedes Taxi, and they are running on Petrol (more expensive on AP transfers).

Vitos runs on Diesel, cheaper to operate, though ERP is 50% more than taxi.

komade SG

Yes. w/o regulars hourly jobs (min 80 to 100hrs/trips per month), it is a Risk to venture out.

Vitos runs on Diesel, cheaper to operate, though ERP is 50% more than taxi.

ERP only certain timing but petrol runs all the time........

Just_do_it_lah SG

ERP only certain timing but petrol runs all the time........

That's why there is not much demand for eClass as a Pte-Limo.

At current prices ($230k), who wants to come out eClass (privately) to share the already saturated market with approx 1,500 units of Mercedes Cabs ?

Just like Bro BCL said... LJ cannot stand.

Dillontan SG

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think all maxicabs have to advance book one. $16 i think. Very hard to get one on the spot.

Just_do_it_lah SG

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think all maxicabs have to advance book one. $16 i think. Very hard to get one on the spot.

Most Maxicabs have at least 1 Walky Talkie Group. Besides relying on the IVT (MDT) call system, Maxicabs are also actively talking jobs from these socially formed grouping.

If TDs solely depends on the company IVT call system... many will "Yang Yang Si" (go hungry)

Pte-Maxi is the same. Walky Talkie Group is a MUST. Besides listening to traffic informations, sharing (assisting each other) of jobs are very normal.

Just_do_it_lah SG

Maxicabs go sweeping the floor.... ?

Not many ppl will "dare" to take....

komade SG

Most Maxicabs have at least 1 Walky Talkie Group. Besides relying on the IVT (MDT) call system, Maxicabs are also actively talking jobs from these socially formed grouping.

If TDs solely depends on the company IVT call system... many will "Yang Yang Si" (go hungry)

Pte-Maxi is the same. Walky Talkie Group is a MUST. Besides listening to traffic informations, sharing (assisting each other) of jobs are very normal.

maxi sweep bo standard lor............

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