To be or not to be... a TD

Diablo9898 SG

Just do it...☺

Pandanchen SG

the most important question:

do you have the VDL?

Alvin87a SG

To me its an honest living. Why care what people say? People also look down on cleaners but I still think its an honest living.

I've learnt to not care what people say, most importantly end of the day when I go home I'm happy my wife happy and I go to bed happy. That would be the ultimate best.

Tio LoR!f care other ppl!!!Honest or no honest throw aside;Important is u can bring food $ everyday for yours darling wife n lovely kid!!

Alvin87a SG

Dreams and reality don't often mix. The best combo for you is to get a full time job that can pay your bills and live out your dreams as a weekend relief driver. You will enjoy driving taxi better.

Driving for fun to earn some pocket money and driving full time for a living are two worlds apart.

100% agreed!!

Alvin87a SG

i got TDVL @ 1997/8...i start drive taxi @ 2012...

Alvin87a SG

I think it is a matter of “Go with your heart” Life is not long, even I got a chance to get $100k per year, but not happy, what is the use?

Do what you like, if you like and dream of being a taxi driver, go ahead, just do it. But if you are going to compare $$ instead of yr life and dream, then forget about taxi, go be a broker or like me, a casket driver cum casket marketing sale director at hospital better.

Everyone of those poster on top of me will encourage you not to drive because they come into taxi driving as a last resort, meaning, no choice. But if you come in with a dream and wanting to be, that is different, it is not a last resort for you, ride your dream.

Although there are many taxi driver, like those above, keep kpkb everyday, there are some who enjoyed it.

listen to this “Go with your heart”...

bowah SG

But if you got a weak heart, dun drive taxi hor…can very fast up lorry one,...many drive until stroke, heart attack. and diabetic, die is ok, but dun end up cannot walk, cannot eat, cannot turn..here balloon there balloon, here bypass there bypass….jialat liao,...so, agar agar tio ho hor

Alvin87a SG

if really so jialat...i will kill my ownself...i dun let my love 1 suffer!

mAdCaB SG

When we were young and in primary school, when teachers ask us about our aspirations, all the children aspire to be doctors, lawyers, businessmen, pilots, professionals etc when they grow up but i have never heard of anyone wanna be a taxi driver.

So to be or not, the answer is obvious. It should be whether you have a choice or not.

bowah SG

And because most of us never go University, our aspiration got lost, instead, keep bringing paxs to Universal studio.

But whatever you end up as, dun get dis hearted, as long as it is a honest job, be it cleaner, casket driver or plate collector, we earn our bread and butter proudly.

So what if you are some businessmen, Uber boss, taxi companies bosses, MPs, ministers, lawyers or MDs..CEO or COEs.

These peoples have a skill of making use of others to survive, they will lies, force and exploit others weakeness to for their own gain, and that greed will increase overtime because greed have no boundary.

So they will come out with these product, that system, this gift and that incentives to lure the weak ones to them, and then they will all gather at high class club, dine and wine with ladies while we struggle on the road and workplace to make a decent living.

But that is how this world is about, where all men are born equal, but some are different.

liewsc SG

I got my TDVL yr2013 and still keeping inside pocket, that year also not happy with work/boss etc. Tahan till last year Nov wanted to just quit and drive taxi but then wife last year had retired liao so I'm the only income earner, think think still better don't do anything rush. Got stable job just stick to it cos the welfare, benefit and employer's CPF etc.

Two month ago I just happen to search the car 2nd hand market, decided to upgrade my OPC SLK(COE till Aug yr2018) to a bigger one. Bght a toyota rush 1.5A(COE till Aug yr2017) tradein my SLK $12K and paid $13K settled no loan, with insurance admin fee etc another $1.8K. This car have a minimum parf $9.3K and most likely I can still scrap or sell it before COE expire at $10K next year, so my cost is about $4.8K minus one year use of SLK also.

Then suddenly it came across my mind why not drive GRAB/UBER part time using my car since I got many off days as I'm working on 12hrs shift, one week I have 2-4days off. Previously I did not consider of doing taxi/grab/uber part time cos most of the time rental does not match but now since my car park there also no use during off days. Registered a company $115 but if convert to commercial motor insurance is around $2K after NCD quite expensive, I need to top up about $1.2K with current private motor insurance refund.

Not really good with road, route and meeting people so still holding back. Now just trying Grabhitch(no need commercial motor insurance, limited to 2 hitch per day) for two weeks liao, only 5 rides which match my usual route to work(less than 5mins detour) and received $43. Just try and see the experience driving, at least if really suay kena retrench I have an option.

My childhood dream not big also, bus uncle only. I like driving actually..

Diablo9898 SG

My childhood dream not big also, bus uncle only. I like driving actually..

What will happen to your parf if you convert to commercial motor??

Taxilim88 SG

My childhood dream not big also, bus uncle only. I like driving actually..

That's the power of Grab/Uber lor...Fulfills people's aspirations to own a car and offset the costs at the same time. So many drive part time after work or before work...and those are eating into taxi drivers income during the peak hours.

lemon1974 SG

eat into Taxi drivers income during peak hours? but problem is that there is alway not enough taxis during peak mah....

foolsh_2000 SG

Yalor.but see how long ur can drv.

tanyantao SG

eat into Taxi drivers income during peak hours? but problem is that there is alway not enough taxis during peak mah....

Moi waited from 9pm to 930pm for a taxi at sgx :(

angel.7030 SG

Drive partime is a stress, no matter how you do your sum, it will end up a negative sum game, not even zero sum. People work, go back happy happy, dinner with family, be with childrens and wifey (I with my bak bak), uber and grab partimer hv to go drive to cover...if for a short time is ok, but after 3 months like this...also sian liao...tann tann for Uber and Grab pte ltd only.

angel.7030 SG

Having a pte car is for luxury, end up having to fetch people here and there to cover the car cost…is stressful and also a hinder of Truth. Meaning in actual fact, you CANNOT afford to own a car. And because of wanting, you plunge yourself into these apps companies trap,

People who afford to drive, will drive to work, send childrens to school, drive wife to work or market, and on weekend, bring family and parents outing, dinning and shopping without much hassle.

But if you are driving a pte car and end up everynight coming home pass midnite, weekend burnt….all for covering the apps rental and fuel cost..I think you are doing yourself no flavour and it will not sustain…you might end up completely no balancing of life.

Even taxi per shift is only 6 to 6 or 5 to 5, just imagine, you hv to work from 8 to 6 and carry on till midnite…tsk tsk tsk..materialism craving create hard labour exploitation by business

bowah SG

My childhood dream not big also, bus uncle only. I like driving actually..

When you are not so well off, you tends to think a lot, then you act on one thinking you think it will be the most viable to work on, be it now or in near future, but the truth is, you will still end up not so well off or worst

liewsc SG

Uber/Grab is just another option avaliable be it for driver or passenger, grabhitch for me is just try out for the fun and experience of it. To do or not to do I'll still be driving my own car without any stress in terms of financial, been driving for more than 20 over years I only afford my car well within my comfort zone. Big luxury car definately not in my range, anyway just sharing what I have.

From the way I look at it, using own car may be cheaper than renting from pte if driving uber/grab and lesser stress. No loan debt free and end of the day this car actual cost is only $4800 for 15months usage(not yet include roadtax/insurance/petrol etc). Grabhitch is not regular in daily basis cos not always get a match same timing same destination.

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