Diesel rose to 1.3 per litre ,how r cabby going to survive
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Hyundai Sonata is exclusive to Comfort and CityCab for a period of two years, so other operators might purchase this model after the restriction is lifted in the future.
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Magentis flag-down $2.70 ma .Originally posted by SBS9818A:Silvercab also replacing their Crowns with Magentis leh... saw some Magentis with recycled rego.. -
6 days la ..... i do worked on Saturday , but sometime pon-tan go home see soccer ....Originally posted by allulu69:woh! 2.8 k/mth and 5 days/week. i want to be a cab driver too.
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are taxi drivers allowed to let someone else drive on an ad hoc basis... like you want to pon-tan you just find another taxi driver to take over...? Is that possible?Originally posted by Poolman:6 days la ..... i do worked on Saturday , but sometime pon-tan go home see soccer .... -
Can ..... get my relief to tong for me lor ... but must inform him in advance , like a day in advance , but we have a rule : Must pay $20 to him , if he tookover the whole shift .Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:are taxi drivers allowed to let someone else drive on an ad hoc basis... like you want to pon-tan you just find another taxi driver to take over...? Is that possible?
Cannot last minute . Not fair for him . He reached home bath ok liao , ready to sleep , sekali i call him , tell him to continue , not fair la .
I seldom do that .... usually $46 rental , i took about 2.5 hours can get , if can connect my business . So once the rental covered , pon-tan also no problem liao , only that ..... work for nothing , Comfort benefit all . No salary .
Usually , after soccer matches around 12am or 1am , i continue to work . Saturday night , can be quite busy . To continue work for another 5 hours or so , can fetch me another $100+ , easily i would say .
This applies to many cabbies , who like me , has a passion for soccer , ( or betting whatever can be said ) , they go to coffee shop , watch for 2 hours or so , and continue after that .
Work hard , Play hard , work Smart . -
Last time one crown cost a taxi coy more than $100 K cost of high coe .nowaday one sonata is slight more than 70 K due to low coe and tax rebate , yet they charge cabby more rental , you figure out beside the diesel tax where does money goes
They will say need to account to shareholder loh, must increase P & L lah, CEO management need more pay lah !! -
now, there's a serious problem with the system.
passenger not happy because cannot find cab. all hum or tout.
driver not happy because diesel prices go up, rent also go up.
company not happy because cannot find driver.
the system is screwed! -
My wife just took a taxi to Jurong. The driver is a old hand with more than 25 years experiences.. In the taxi, no radio, no handphone, no nothing. She told my wife that driving taxi is not that bad. He don't have to depend on booking yet he is able to support his family and see his sons through university. His secret ? Nothing special. Just drive the drive a full eight hour like any other people going to work. Don't gamble etc ... there is no reason a taxi driver cannot survive... He did say he does not understand why people complain driving taxi cannot survive.
I relate this here is add on to the discussion. Whether this uncle bull or not I don't know but I feel there is some truth in it lor... otherwise, why would we have a millionaire driving taxi full time ... -
since he's been driving a taxi for more than 25yrs; what was the taxi rental rate, income vs cost of living back then? in 1988, a 3-rm hdb flat cost only ard $40K++ but now its abt $150K++! and his sons are all grown up by now, got good jobs and most prob even contribute monthly household income to him. and now i bet he's driving a taxi to pass time la - so why cannot survive?Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:My wife just took a taxi to Jurong. The driver is a old hand with more than 25 years experiences.. In the taxi, no radio, no handphone, no nothing. She told my wife that driving taxi is not that bad. He don't have to depend on booking yet he is able to support his family and see his sons through university. His secret ? Nothing special. Just drive the drive a full eight hour like any other people going to work. Don't gamble etc ... there is no reason a taxi driver cannot survive... He did say he does not understand why people complain driving taxi cannot survive.
I relate this here is add on to the discussion. Whether this uncle bull or not I don't know but I feel there is some truth in it lor... otherwise, why would we have a millionaire driving taxi full time ...
i think those who complain about trying to make ends meet are those who are sole breadwinners, got a long way to go to repay their house loans, provide financial support for their family and kids and so on. -
the price of fuel can only be saved marginally ($ per litre) even when these organisation order in bulk quantity. thats because the current global fuel price is more or less fixed at an amount.Originally posted by swee_heng:This is because they order fuel in large quality , when ordered in large quality , the petrol company charge you cheaper then you buy it as retail. Some private bus companies also do that , they order fuel in large quality. -
Its true la. they can survive.
I was talking to this driver the other day. so old already, infact he just got out of hospital and kept coughing non stop because he smokes...
he takes pride in his work and refuses to stop.
He even showed me the original straits times article of errant taxi drivers who were caught by LTA marshals for smoking in their cab at paya lebar airport.
with the article was a picture of an ang mo officer that issued a summon to a young taxi driver. it was the first summon ofter the rule went into effect.
that driver was him.
respect man.
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migrate to malaysia for taxi job la, need not suffer here anymore.
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wa piang ... just now pump a bit diesel for my cab ... guess what ? Diesel rose again !!
Esso before discount @$1.47 / litre , no wonder i don't see any taxi pumping diesel from Esso , only me .
i got a 22% discount , still in the range of @$1.20 per litre , ComfortDelgro selling $0.94 .
Which means every 100km , $2.60 difference .( between Esso and Comfort Kiosk ) -
Since fuel are increasing , might as well make all vehicles hybrid or run on CNG , CNG ius only $0.65 per litre. This benefits cabbies.
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our govt doesnt seem to do much to promote CNG vehicles leh. how many petrol kiosks in sg got CNG refuelling facilities? what about vehicle maintenance facilities? are our existing vehicle workshops ready to accept CNG vehicles in terms of spare parts availability, skill expertise to repair such vehicles? any incentive for vehicle buyers to consider buying CNG vehicles instead of petrol/diesel driven ones (in terms of taxes, etc)? if CNG vehicles are successfully introduced into the masses here, we could expect cost of maintenance to drop.Originally posted by swee_heng:Since fuel are increasing , might as well make all vehicles hybrid or run on CNG , CNG ius only $0.65 per litre. This benefits cabbies.
Countries such as Malaysia and Australia long ago got adequate infrastructures and facilities to support CNG vehicles. Singapore is still backward in this area. -
Who want to bear the cost of setting up the infrastraucture ?Originally posted by SBS3688Y:our govt doesnt seem to do much to promote CNG vehicles leh. how many petrol kiosks in sg got CNG refuelling facilities? what about vehicle maintenance facilities? are our existing vehicle workshops ready to accept CNG vehicles in terms of spare parts availability, skill expertise to repair such vehicles? any incentive for vehicle buyers to consider buying CNG vehicles instead of petrol/diesel driven ones (in terms of taxes, etc)? if CNG vehicles are successfully introduced into the masses here, we could expect cost of maintenance to drop.
Countries such as Malaysia and Australia long ago got adequate infrastructures and facilities to support CNG vehicles. Singapore is still backward in this area.
Don't think LTA would want to pay for it , it dun benefit them in anyway .
ComfortDelgro obviously dun care too .... they are generating good income from diesel sales .
The rest ? I think they are not that "rich" to do any setting up ...
So as a whole , we cab drivers are still waiting for some good business man to do something for us here .
But .... if PM Lee say something ..... it could be faster , but now no sound no picture from him .
Now we waiting for Smart enenrgy to strat the work rolling in ... heard they are setting up a small one for their fleet .
And also hope TransCab their Gas Boss also can do something for their cabbies too ...
Only when someone has attempted it , and ComfortDelgro felt the threat , then they'll do something , not for now . -
very true.Originally posted by seancannot:Last time one crown cost a taxi coy more than $100 K cost of high coe .nowaday one sonata is slight more than 70 K due to low coe and tax rebate , yet they charge cabby more rental , you figure out beside the diesel tax where does money goes
They will say need to account to shareholder loh, must increase P & L lah, CEO management need more pay lah !!
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CNG ?
IMO , i am thinking of the bigger picture ....
CNG means no need use gasoline and diesel , which means the multi million R&D of ExxonMobile will be thrown into the longkang ....
Do u think ExxonMobile , Shell , Caltex will spent more money investing in S'pore ?
In a way , Garmen protecting the benefits of this Multi National company .
Although ExxonMobile has got other chemical processing production , but still Gasoline and diesel generate the most of their revenue . -
Government earns so much from taxation on diesel, so why do you think they would be willing to set up CNG stations? They have mentioned that they want to set up such infrastructure but in the end, doing so will only hurt their bottomline. You think they still want to do meh?
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imagine if they levied 40cents duty on natural gas....
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Agree agree ...100% true !!!Originally posted by SBS9818A:Government earns so much from taxation on diesel, so why do you think they would be willing to set up CNG stations? They have mentioned that they want to set up such infrastructure but in the end, doing so will only hurt their bottomline. You think they still want to do meh? -
First CNG station on S'pore mainland to open
TODAYonline • November 22, 2007
THE green drive will get a boost early next year when the first compressed natural gas (CNG) retail station on the mainland opens to the public at Jalan Buroh.
The station, in the western part of Singapore, is a joint initiative between Singapore Petroleum Company and SembCorp Gas. The only other CNG refuelling station now is on Jurong Island.
Calling it a significant development, National Environment Agency chief executive officer Lee Yuen Hee said: "If more CNG retailing stations are set up across the island, it would help pave the way for more Singaporeans to opt for CNG-powered vehicles."
According to SembCorp Gas director Francis J Gomez, there are plans to build "three or four" more CNG stations in expectation of increased demand and going forward, there would be services to convert petrol-fuelled cars to CNG.
Also in the race to provide CNG is taxi operator Smart Automobile, which has plans to set up similar stations by next year. In September, its affiliate — Smart Energy — held a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of its station in Mandai, which is expected to be ready by February.
Another station at Serangoon North is scheduled to open later next year.
Smart Automobile operates the first and largest fleet of CNG-taxis here with more than 110 plying the roads.
As of September, there were about 240 privately-owned CNG-fuelled vehicles and 130 CNG-powered taxis on the Republic's roads.
Compared to diesel-fuelled vehicles, CNG-powered vehicles produce 76 per cent less carbon monoxide and about 99 per cent less of the cancer-causing chemical benzene. — sheralyn tay