Becoming a full time driver

• bowah

  10 Feb 11, 18:34

  Originally posted by rdkp11:

  thanks for the advice, i know these areas. been observing. can pick shoppers go home from orchard or wat till 12 and see till 1am can cover 80 bucks I happy!

  
  Believe me, when you see money coming in and the pax, at 1 am you still chiong, taxi driving is self employ business, you earn real cash, not wait for pay day, new driver usually chiong all the way and forget to eat also, remember to go toilet when needed, if not later urine very pain, got time to rest, please rest. Like if pax ask you go ECP , you can take a rest there by the sea, eat burger.

  What $80, Sat at least you can make $200

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:47

  another part time cabby like ALN? also got day job mon to fri? want to drive 48 hours shift? not optimal wor... but you try 3 weeks see how loh...
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:48

  i think drive wknite more fun leh... drive wkends ALN dun like... wkends go kick football better... haha
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:52

  drive full sat and sun only good if you got no private car and need to run many errands in weekends... can save alot on taxi fare and more convenient too...
• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 19:53

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  thanks for the advice, i know these areas. been observing. can pick shoppers go home from orchard or wat till 12 and see till 1am can cover 80 bucks I happy!

  
  Believe me, when you see money coming in and the pax, at 1 am you still chiong, taxi driving is self employ business, you earn real cash, not wait for pay day, new driver usually chiong all the way and forget to eat also, remember to go toilet when needed, if not later urine very pain, got time to rest, please rest. Like if pax ask you go ECP , you can take a rest there by the sea, eat burger.

  What $80, Sat at least you can make $200

   

  make 200? after minus rental and gas?

   

  i will try first and drive smart on both days. i will have to give up watching MIO on weekends!!!

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:53

  drive full sat and sun only good if you no private car and need to run many errands over wkends....
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:57

  actually hor.... how much part time cabby make in their day job har? why still must drive part time taxi har?
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 19:58

  2K? 3K? 4K?! nowadays expenses so high? $ no enough? everyone is like ALN?!
• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 19:59

  So driving full weekend not profitable means i will even have to pay out of pocket for 80 dollars rental?

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 20:06

  well got my brothers debts to pay,... got medical bills to pay for father. so what to u think?

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 20:24

  sighs...

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 20:40

  driving full weekends means u sign up for 48 hours rental but most likely you drive at most 24 hours... unless you are like Komade or ALN... 3 years ago.... haha
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 20:42

  orh... u also same as ALN... parang like to chase type.... haha
• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 20:42

  what makes u think i am driving only 24 hours i am targetting minimum of 32 if not 40 =P

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 20:48

  haha u been driving relief how long? still strong?

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 20:57

  its my first time driving relief this weekend.. is $140 of change, float to start off enough?

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 21:41

  usually 12 x $10 and 15 x $2 can la...
• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 21:43

  no coins ah.. i have less tan that ah

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 21:45

  mine is 10 $10 5 x$5 10x $2 the rest in coins..............

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 21:46

  u can drive 40hr? with 5 day week job? 1 week u will come back and say who say beri siong?... 3 month u will say still can la... 5 weeks u will say is this worth it? 8 weeks u will have nothing to say liao.... dun waste energy and time 12 weeks u will keng MC for monday liao... haha 15 weeks u will throw key liao... hahaha
• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 21:49

  ok lah than 28 hours x $20 still lah minus rental and petrol take home close to $300 ok lah.. dont like that.. i look up to u..

   

  u must have hit 40 hours!!!

• rdkp11

  10 Feb 11, 22:06

  wats themax u did

• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 22:45

  ALN in 48 hrs time period, max drive 24 hrs.... fri nite 12 hrs, sat nite 12 hrs.... beri steam liao... haha
• ALN

  10 Feb 11, 22:48

  u drive sat and sun full.... make sure u fri nite sleep well... dun go clark quay or geylang liao... haha
• Steveteohk

  10 Feb 11, 23:00

  Hello everyone

  Need some advice frm everyone...

  i'm going to take up the course next week n go into full time...

  to be honest how much can i earn a day by driving 12 hours?

  how much will be a full tank on the diesel or CNG?

   

  cheers everyone

  we will never walk alone!!