Simple advice for newbies
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To all TD wannabes,
Dun come in and ask from all the lao gui. They can only advise based on their experience and personal preference. Some might even want to "force" their opinion on you. Just read these posts with a pinch of salt and decide for yourself.
If you have decided to be hirer or OMO for whatever reasons you may have, just press on. By the time your contract ends, you will be in a better position to decide whether your choice is right.
In td, BEST is rent low, fuel low, income high and not forgetting short hours. But I do agree to start as a relief and learn on the job is still the best choice.
Good luck to all newbies.
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From my experience since oct 2012 till now.
Im a super relief driving on friday/saturday night.
Why go relief/super relief when you just start?
because you only pay 1/2 of the rental, shorter hours on the road (12hours).
Meantime you can learn the routes and the traffic.
I tried being a OMO for 2days.i gave up.my 1/2 shift earning is more than a OMO calculate in hours.
Let me give you an example of ali & baba
Ali is a OMO.
He pay $120 daily for rental, diesel 450km ($50) total operation cost $170
Hourly income for a TD is $20/h with the crazy traffic.(could be worst)
1st 7-8hours with short break to cover rental, another 2-3hours to cover diesel, another 4-5hours for salary of $60-80. Total hours put in 15hours.
baba is a relief driver.
He pay $60 daily for rental, diesel 350km ($40) total operation cost $100
Same hourly income of $20 /h with the crazy traffic. 1st 3-4hours cover rental, 2-3hours cover diesel, 4-5hour for salary. Total hours put in 12hours. -
For TD is drive more earn more but how long can you drive? No need to rest? Road is dangerous with the current amount cars on the road, drivers dunno pass from which driving school. Sufficient rest is need for TD to stay safe on the road.passengers safety come 1st.
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if people wants to be OMO,it,s their choice,no need tell them what,s good or bad!btw i omo!
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Omo got its benefits also... No need scare relief accident, lost of income Just drive as and when. I salute to the OMO, OTR 16-18hours everyday. The max is drive is 12-16hours.
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Originally posted by foolsh_2000:
if people wants to be OMO,it,s their choice,no need tell them what,s good or bad!btw i omo!
members here are sharing their experience and advise if you don't like just keep quiet -
Originally posted by Singtaxi:
In td, BEST is rent low, fuel low, income high and not forgetting short hours. But I do agree to start as a relief and learn on the job is still the best choice
where to find?
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Originally posted by PrOfAtSiR:
From my experience since oct 2012 till now.
Im a super relief driving on friday/saturday night.
Why go relief/super relief when you just start?
because you only pay 1/2 of the rental, shorter hours on the road (12hours).
Meantime you can learn the routes and the traffic.
I tried being a OMO for 2days.i gave up.my 1/2 shift earning is more than a OMO calculate in hours.
Let me give you an example of ali & baba
Ali is a OMO.
He pay $120 daily for rental, diesel 450km ($50) total operation cost $170
Hourly income for a TD is $20/h with the crazy traffic.(could be worst)
1st 7-8hours with short break to cover rental, another 2-3hours to cover diesel, another 4-5hours for salary of $60-80. Total hours put in 15hours.
baba is a relief driver.
He pay $60 daily for rental, diesel 350km ($40) total operation cost $100
Same hourly income of $20 /h with the crazy traffic. 1st 3-4hours cover rental, 2-3hours cover diesel, 4-5hour for salary. Total hours put in 12hours.
i omo 4yrs plus liao....
now start 8-12pm...mostly stop b4 12pm...
3:30pm start engine again stop arround 11pm...
otr same as relief less than 12hr..
collection? cannot said, later tio bombard...
experience td should know how many i can collect...
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Originally posted by Red5xx:
where to find?
Best cannot find then go for second best low low low lor there can be only one................. -
I OMO for 3 months liao...... daily also drive about 12 hours..... some days lesser.... hit target, go home....if you thinking $7k a month, good luck to you.......
OMO good is you can drive through all the peak hours, huat period, park cab at home when OBK days..... so generally is ok, but must be able to tahan..... Not as relaxed as relief, but in times when u need more money, you can put in the extra effort and time to earn more......relief time is fixed......
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Omo and relief is like a sports in olympics. Some love driving long hours marathon. Some love short bursts. Some love ping pong. I think its more like having the discipline and punctual sleeping habits, to enjoy the advantages as a relief. Omo pay more not to earn more, but for convenience. Anytime sleep also can, at least when wake up can drive enough hours for the day to cover cost and make a livong.
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After saying so much .... what press what , what cock , what salt , newbies already"decided" to do what before they asked . I've said , Decided , past tense . Just that newbies want to have a certain "programmes" for themself before they started the project .
They have decided ...... we just advice .
Not decide for them .
Note : Some wordings were edited due to misunderstanding .
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Like Eurocab ...... i know his problems he faced , so i just gotta sympathised him .
Well if he doesn't have that sort of problems he facing now , i still felt being relief , having a relief is better .
Like hokkien wei say ....... wu hua meh ? OMO rental , driving like relief's timing ?
Meaning Eurocab paying $107 against mine $55 rental , while we drive almost the same hours ? Wu hua meh ? Well he started work earlier than me , a few hours ahead of me , to cover the first half expenditure n overheads .
Not forgetting he definitely use more fuel than me .
Meaning what ?
Eurocab paid more rental then me , paid more fuel than me , wake up earlier than me , drive more mileage than me ......... same pay , maybe earn little bit more .
Lastly , as what we always said , taxi can earn how much nia ?????
OMO to earn $7k ? Dream on lah .....
I can lah , got a little bit of experience ...... maybe hoot kao bo suah , chiong kao si suah , 16 hours daily , cannot wait for coconut drop , cannot on talkie , cannot CBD , see just sweep , maybe $5k yes ....... but i'll die 7-8 years younger perhaps . Face turned haggart , wife disown me , children find new father etc hahahahah , badminton shoes rot , soccer became square i also dunno , just need more time to rest and chiong again the next day .
It's that what i want in life , for that little money ?
No lah fuck ...... I have perspective in life , and that money is never on top . Enjoying life while we are young , dun regret it later before we die .
Enjoy is enjoy , work still need to work just work as per normal , why work so hard ?
Work smart ...........
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Last time i got one LV old member ......
He owned , just bought a something like $1m condo , wife not working , children still in school , every month i heard need to pay instalment $3k for condo .
Everyday 6am drive until 12mn ...... got call nia surely he bid .
Once a while see him park at Asian Civiliasation Museum there sleep , sometimes sleep somewhere near Singapore Recreation club's behind Connaught Drive that taxi stand .
He decided to buy the flat , knowing the consequences , and decided to strive for that money , he decided , we cannot do anything , anyway , he decided .
Past tense , DECIDED , nobody can tell him what to do . We can only say , shiong lah siow eh .
Now he 人间蒸� ��去。
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Since you mentioned about eurocab, let me just add on. For him maybe Omo is of no choice, but at least he listen to advise from senior. Recently, I was happy to hear from him. Now he has driven a slightly shorter hour on the road but maintain the same collect Comparing from the first month who chiong around. Getting and listen to the right advise is important Don't react like a fool to have a negative mind and not even want to learn will be Suffer only .
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Originally posted by Angwk7118:
members here are sharing their experience and advise if you don't like just keep quieti am also sharing my experiences,if u don,t like just keep quiet
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let's just have whoever newbies decide whats best for then lor....
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Let them ownself decide.
Workable or hell depends on them self.
All we can is advice.those better will pray for them?
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All the other members here basically sums it all liao... RSM Andrew, should make tis thread a STICKY lah! :-)
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Again.........
So, I had to say again, I'm a OMO since day 1.........
I have been paying $40,833.11 in term of rental every year for my lau kok kok Mercedes until I finally ORD..........
I cannot tolerate anything pertaining to taxi driving, so there's no way I can partner with any kind of TD at all..........
So what relief only pay half.........
If there's even a chance, a relief will partner with me, sure tio pok by me sooner or later..........
I'm just that bad..........
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Originally posted by foolsh_2000:
i am also sharing my experiences,if u don,t like just keep quiet
Bro, but your first post is like telling ppl not to share give advice leh... This omo vs 1 shift discussion hv been discussed many times in other threads liao , but I don think members will tired of it ...lol There are pros n con lor ... but I don think anybody can dispute 1 shift (whether day or night) Tds will hv more time to themselves for other activities..n omo tds can earn more with the required discipline in the shorter term. Long run type drive until 60s ,, 70s ? dom think so... I always feel age is an important factor in the choice...those young with energy... no harm trying omo...if find siong later switch to 1-shift will be easy... but start relief .. than later when older do omo ? more siong... Then those above 45 yrs old difficult lah... I still hvnt seen those die-hard pro-omo like RBS and (I think Hammmer) posts yet ... hahaha . (Oops saw bro RBS posts liao) -
Originally posted by Ken@kofishop:
Bro, but your first post is like telling ppl not to share give advice leh... This omo vs 1 shift discussion hv been discussed many times in other threads liao , but I don think members will tired of it ...lol There are pros n con lor ... but I don think anybody can dispute 1 shift (whether day or night) Tds will hv more time to themselves for other activities..n omo tds can earn more with the required discipline in the shorter term. Long run type drive until 60s ,, 70s ? dom think so... I always feel age is an important factor in the choice...those young with energy... no harm trying omo...if find siong later switch to 1-shift will be easy... but start relief .. than later when older do omo ? more siong... Then those above 45 yrs old difficult lah... I still hvnt seen those die-hard pro-omo like RBS and (I think Hammmer) posts yet ... hahaha . (Oops saw bro RBS posts liao)Heeheehee..........
How can miss my share of advice...........
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Originally posted by Ken@kofishop:
Bro, but your first post is like telling ppl not to share give advice leh... This omo vs 1 shift discussion hv been discussed many times in other threads liao , but I don think members will tired of it ...lol There are pros n con lor ... but I don think anybody can dispute 1 shift (whether day or night) Tds will hv more time to themselves for other activities..n omo tds can earn more with the required discipline in the shorter term. Long run type drive until 60s ,, 70s ? dom think so... I always feel age is an important factor in the choice...those young with energy... no harm trying omo...if find siong later switch to 1-shift will be easy... but start relief .. than later when older do omo ? more siong... Then those above 45 yrs old difficult lah... I still hvnt seen those die-hard pro-omo like RBS and (I think Hammmer) posts yet ... hahaha . (Oops saw bro RBS posts liao)Sorry I not pro OMO lah....From day one I already know want to earn more relief is the way to go. Unless you can afford to earn only $50 a day and throw rental on Sat/Sun then OMO is better. Because can have the disposal of the taxi. Weekend just treat it as rent car loh. $80 a day cannot even rent a decent car nowadays....
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Originally posted by hammerhammer8888:
Sorry I not pro OMO lah....From day one I already know want to earn more relief is the way to go. Unless you can afford to earn only $50 a day and throw rental on Sat/Sun then OMO is better. Because can have the disposal of the taxi. Weekend just treat it as rent car loh. $80 a day cannot even rent a decent car nowadays....
Relief can earn more?........
How?.........
12 hour no extension leh..........
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Originally posted by Rbs70:
Relief can earn more?........
How?.........
12 hour no extension leh..........
every nite piang lor..