My costing
Petrol cost 1Liter/10Km
assumption average drive speed 1km/1minute
average trip = 20km = 15 trips/day
average pickup distance 3km =15*3 = 45km

to drive 300km/day
i get from Uber = 300km*.85 + RM15= RM270
less 25% = RM203
Petrol = 345km = 34.5liter = RM69 (i use RM2/liter)

Rm203-RM69 = RM134

300km/day, every 33 days i need service car (1 year service 11 times)
Alza maintenance is not cheap :/
Tyre 60,000km change = every 200 days (say longer 365 days) change every year
Yearly cost tyres= RM600 (cheapo tyres at RM150 each)
Yearly maintenance cost = say average RM200 each = RM2200
Per Year = RM2800 (not yet include major parts replacements ), per month = RM233

In 6 years, i would guess car would kaput = replacement cost = Rm60k (resell 10k) need fork out 50k
Pay cash zero interest, car replacement cost per month (50k/6*12) = RM690

To drive 300km i would guess working 10 hours a days
say i very hardworking , 25 days a month = RM134*25 = RM3350 - RM690 - RM233= RM2427 (RM9.80/hour)

RM9.80/hour
- have not cater for major parts replacement
- with 90,000km/year on road, chances of accidents increases - emergency fund needed (ever wondered why our current taxi are in such sorry state?)
- in sitting position for 10 hours a days is not healthy for your spine (remember to get health insurance)
- have not included those RM3-5 trips

Pros
- you get a car
- days of laziness for you to decide

Me? economic reason forces me to drive
- count my blessings, i like driving

Already gone to the dark(green) side

ieian81 can make good money using Axia on Uberx, will definitely consider Axia for next car

first car was Wira, last me 15+ years (at the end of those few years, monthly upkeep are about quarter to half of installment for a new car, not to mention quality of ride deteriorate alot)

at 90,000km/year, after 6 years and 540,000km, the ride quality would've force you to change or riders would rate your ride same as those taxi on the road

"Bukan di paksa, tapi terpaksa"

driving for own at 90,000km/year is different from having extra 1-4 rider in car for 90,000km/year, wear and tear would accelerate lots

You're prefect candidate for the dark(green) side incentive mode (easy minimum RM120 gross daily from 5pm to 8pm)
Weekends are just bonus

PM me for details

note: give your wifey the Jazz and you take the Axia

Don't buy a new expensive car to do Uber/Grab, it is a disaster in the making

This post has been edited by ikanair: Dec 21 2016, 09:53 PM

Not anti Uber, just look at guy's economic situation, and wonder out loud, why not get pay more for less labour+time?
Win for him (work less for more income)
and win for me (referral bonus)

i certainly cannot do recruiting at Grab forum

You accepted rider ping request with rider rating 4.9*, then halfway, Uber switch your request

Think tank table at Uber .........
"We have been getting complains from riders, request for pickup takes a long time to be fulfilled"
"Seems like low rated riders are being ignored by drivers"
"What are we going to do about those low rated riders?, our driver are not picking them up anymore since acceptance rate doesn't mean a shit"
"Ya, if they are not getting pickup, their rating will remain low"
silence........
silence.......
Bing Bing
"I know!!, lets just implemented a rider switch, we can always switch the request to a low rated rider"
"No way... our driver would complain like shit"
"No Worries, just say it is for their benefit"
"Ya.... we shall call it nearest rider switch, it is for driver benefit"


This post has been edited by ikanair: Dec 23 2016, 03:00 PM

Yes, driver App for Grab driver is totally fucked up now, the old version is much better, sadly some misguided techie soul in GrabHQ decided to follow Uber instead on making the good stuffs better

Grab Rider app also fucked up (or interface to Grab Driver app), sometimes rider put pickup location while in LRT station, haha guess what, most of time is ok, but if the LRT is next to a highway , hehehe, waze direct to the highway, can see LRT, but focking shit, this is highway , muahahahaha
- happen to me once

As Grab got no penalty charges for waiting time & cancellation, some Grab customer have not evolved past the stone age
- now Grab are the de facto transport of choice for Ma Pren
"Pren where r u?", "Wait there, i koming" common phrases heard daily for me, if you get a lady Ma Pren, the wait time >10 minutes and tel. no. lotsa time not contactable

With all above problem, I'm still driving for Grab
It's like why some people pay a premium for an iPhone and insist on it, while i''m still on a cheapo android (XiaoMi)
- kinda tells you where the money is

Some purposely do it to save a RM1 , encountered few of these riders, sad to say they are local malaysian
Most of riders with bad attitude are also locals
Ma Pren, well.... they are in a different category

If there is no UberXL request, by default you will accept UberX also.
This is so you have more chance to drive
(hehehehe, Uber mumbo jumbo translation mean, you get cheated, customer happy, uber also happy, win win situation, but only you lose)
- last time on Uber, my Alza was rated as UberXL, i go service center to remove from UberXL

But..costing wise...think you would be driving for charity if running on 7 seater car

Learn from the Uber pro ieian81 , check out his car

This post has been edited by ikanair: Dec 26 2016, 10:16 PM

- double post -

This post has been edited by ikanair: Dec 26 2016, 10:15 PM

Earn up to 3x fares

The devil is in the details

Rm76 for 4 Hours, Gross? or after Uber commission?

If you drive 8 Hours , get RM152 - (cost of petrol? maintenance?)

You have to decide yourself, is it worth it or not

Note: please check previous post by Uber Pro here, they making RM200+ to RM300+ / day
Just ask them nicely how to do it
(if after ask nicely, drinks and all, you still need a better income by driving, please pm me )

it is a bit troublesome dealing with cash, but at end of end when your wallet fat with cash, really feels good
those bits and bytes got no feel

Uber is not investing its technology+money on human drivers, any new changes to Uber Software is to prepare for self driving cars
Current loyal Uber Slave(drivers) are just expenses to be replaced as soon as possible

Self driving cars will be online and widespread used by 2020 in the developed world, count our blessing we are living in Malaysia, the land of boleh

My bet is on Grab to become the leader here, while Uber running on one policy for the world, will struggle to localized their offerings to suit local needs

This post has been edited by ikanair: Jan 9 2017, 02:28 PM

Boost 2x, turn round few times, waste 10-15 minutes finding rider .........
and you get ride to next shop, fare RM3, Boost 2x = RM6(RM4.5 after uber 25% cut)

for these riders,

rider that want drivers to wait for them, while they take own sweet time (ya, know, it's hot, their time more valuable, etc.. etc... basically they just disrespecting the driver, they would love a personal driver, yet too cheapskate to pay for one)
arrived, immediately ping i'm here, 1 min passed, called rider, wait, at 5 minutes cancel and run
but............................. that is not good, sometime i bring up cancellation screen after 5 minutes, wait until see rider(remember don't do eye contact) , then cancel and drive off
You should've seen their faces from the back mirror
Yup, some called (i will complain to Uber/Grab), i always answer nicely (I'm sorry, i cannot wait that long, it is already xx minutes)

for the one that no wanna walk little 40m, why do u-turn? they already in bad mood, the drive will be bad
just cancel
or if i was in bad mood myself, i would drive around, wait a few more minutes and cancel, not for the money, but i got lotsa time, and they don't

I Jump @25%, @4km pickup 1km drive, @unknown location before pickup

Why people still driving for Uber?
- It is for the drive experience, sharing stories and life experiences

Accepted ping, open waze, focking shit!! the location is more than 5km(as this is Uber, you might get hit with a 1km ride) or takes > 10 minutes, as a driver, what will you do?
a) wait it out
- while waiting the rider may call you, do you take the call and explain the situation or don't take the call(no reason required)
b) call rider to ask for cancellation (need to explain)
c) cancel it from your side (this will impact the driver's cancellation rate)

a) b) or c) ..... i've done all of them , frankly a) is the most convenient, it gives me some downtime to relax and best part is, no need to explain to rider

As a driver, anytime you take a call, any miscommunication and rider complain, you're in trouble
but......if you never take the call, hey hey hey, lotsa reason to give