question about taxi

• dumbdumb!

  9 Oct 07, 23:48

  say for example, when you lose your hp or smth in the taxi. are they allowed to charge "petrol money"?
  
  how to ensure that i'm not being cheated?
• Hello Kitty

  10 Oct 07, 00:03

  yesh. den u suay loh.
• ^tamago^

  10 Oct 07, 00:10

  i think it's fair that you reimburse or even give them a premium or tip for it.
• specialOps

  11 Oct 07, 03:20

  "By right"...their company will teach them they must be courteous, must return, regardless, cannot charge customer....
  
  but you won't feel paiseh people drive back on their own fuel....and spend money and waste time to send to you meh? So its up to you, whether your skin thick enough or not to waste people's time lar...
  
  But if the driver say he won't return if you don't pay, then it become extortion, then he's wrong...this kind I won't give a cent, I'll tell him I'm reporting him if he don't return me within xx number of minutes.
  
  Try to be nice lar...unless people eat you...if not, I think give $5 or so is fair.
• swee_heng

  11 Oct 07, 17:01

  What is the difference between TDi , CDi , CRDi & HDi. What do they mean?
• ^tamago^

  11 Oct 07, 17:34

  Originally posted by swee_heng:

  What is the difference between TDi , CDi , CRDi & HDi. What do they mean?

  TDI - Turbo Direct Injection. Mechanical pump per cylinder.
  
  CDI/CRDi - Common Rail Direct Injection. Meant to combine the performance and handling of a petrol engine with the fuel efficiency of a diesel with electronic injectors. Electronic injectors can, and usually do, deliver fuel in multiple squirts per cylinder cycle - which results in a softer initial burn (less "rattle"), and fuel is added as required - so these are usually both more quiet, efficient, and powerful.
  
  HDI/HPDI - High-pressure Direct Injection.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail
• dumbdumb!

  15 Oct 07, 20:58

  oh, the taxi driver charged me $20 from orchard to serangoon
• swee_heng

  18 Oct 07, 16:08

  Anyone here knows why is it that most of the taxi accidents involve the crowns? Except for 2 cases of MErz cab. Is it because the Toyota cRown taxis has a lousy brake or handling problem?