Hi, new uberX driver here.

How much mobile internet data required if driving 4-6 hours daily?
What kinda mobile internet plans do you guys subscribe to?

Currently on Digi prepaid 2GB plan, but after 7 days of driving hitting 75% data usage limit

Many thanks in advance

Guess i need upgrade my internet plan

Thank you

Hi newbie uber driver here,

Some question for the sifu's here

1) Is legal for us to pickup rider from KLIA or KLIA 2?
if illegal, if caught by SPAD/Police how much saman kena?

2) When pickup rider from KL Sentral, where to stop?, now i stopping at the dropoff lane(the right lane), saw signboard (only for drop-off) , will we get saman?
- the leftmost lane is taxi lane, we not supposed to go in there right?


Been reading the post here, and practicing cancellation
- reach destination, call rider, rider no show in 5 minutes, cancel
(some rider think they pay us as their personal chaffeur)
- reach destination, call rider, rider use location pin(somehow their gps location gone kaput), me end up nearby, but no where near:P cancel


cheers

Driving to KLIA/KLIA2 is a losing money concern
Toll+Petrol+Time for return trip would kill me

Need to start practise cancellation for KLIA/KLIA2 trip

My first trip to KLIA (Desa Sri Hartamas to KLIA) - Fare is rm75 - rm18.75(uber fee) = get rm56.25
Distance is 70km
Drive back to Home would be 56km
Petrol cost would run me (126km total) 12.6 litres for rm21.42
for full 2 hours of driving get rm56.95 - rm21.42 = rm34.83 (not yet count car maintenance and toll for return trip)
Yup. will confirm cancel KLIA/KLIA2 trip next time

This post has been edited by ikanair: Sep 18 2016, 10:03 PM

How would it be profitable?
Waiting for return trip would risk SPAD/Police impound car

So Zero return trip

Taxi driver running on GAS + Cheaper toll, return empty still works out better than uber

any sifu care to share? how driving to KLIA/KLIA2 makes more than driving in city?
(running with cheapo incentive of rm16/hour still beat going to KLIA/KLIA2 and return empty,
example for the hour only run 30km or less, earn so much more - less work involved,car maintenance,petrol cost,toll)

This post has been edited by ikanair: Sep 18 2016, 10:34 PM

Since it's not profitable, all uber driver should cancel trip to KLIA/KLIA2 until uber change fare structure

Why kill the our self and at the same time kill taxi driver?
only uber make money

2 people dead for zero profit

This post has been edited by ikanair: Sep 19 2016, 07:22 AM

Me also got only 1.3x

Doesn't make a different to me, i not yet started to drive during those time, but i do monitor surge rates every morning, and it seems like Uber is killing the driver

This current surge guarantee promotion is design to kill driver as the rate 1.3x is way lower than the normal surge rate in those area
If enough driver falls for this promotion gimmick, guess what happens?
Whole bunch of driver in area, surge rate drops to 1.2x or god forbid become 1x
Instead of surge rates of above 1.3x (check morning surge, sometime 2+) , now you got a guaranteed 1.3x

So, basically Uber just guaranteed that you make lower income

What da fock

Newbie report today

1) pickup Jalan BU 7/x to First City University (1.4km)
- kids nowadays lazy to walk (walking is only 1.2km), but why walk? when FaMa bank can pay uber driver rm2.11


2) pickup Jalan BU2/x , start trip, and ........... destination? Melaka
- who the hell going to cover my petrol/toll cost on the way back?
- i tell rider to fly kite, since trip started, i could not find the way to cancel(can driver cancel after start?), i wait for rider to cancel
- would pity the next uber drive that actually do the trip (unless the driver really wanna go for makan angin)

Notice the above jalan? all in Bandar Utama

Would reducing your own rating works?
Maintain rating above required, but still low, so rider will choose the higher rated drivers

This post has been edited by ikanair: Sep 20 2016, 05:21 AM

Preliminary report to Uber Management on guaranteed Surge 1.3x o 1.5x 20 Sep to 23 Sep

With the "promotion surge guarantee", more drivers are available in CSA, the following objectives are met are some extra benefit are recorded

Objective and actual
1) reduce rider wait time
- successful, as shown by reduced surge prices

2) reduce rider price paid
- successful, as shown by reduced surge prices

3) improved overall rider experience
- successful, both rider wait time and rider paid prices improves

4) Cost to Uber
With guarantee of 1.3x to 1.5x , following are the cost
If Surge is 1x, and Uber Guarantee 1.5x
on average fee price paid = RM10 (Top up RM5, deduct 25% (RM1.25) actual top up RM3.75 ) RM2.50 Uber fee from RM10
actual cost = RM3.75 - 2.50 = RM1.25
With actual promotion only covering area that normally have surge of 2x, these areas recorded an overall surge reduction to below 2 and shorter surge duration
Actual cost to Uber most likely will be ZERO

5) Spill overs effects
- area surrounding promotion area recording reduce surge or change to 1x

6) after hours effects
- drivers startings at 6am, most like will stay on until 12pm/1pm, therefore improving ride quality for the after office hours crowd

-- End Of Report --

*Please note the above surge promotion is in effect actually reduces drivers income

*Report prepared by Uber Slave(Driver)

Hypothetical costing (*since i do not own a VW CC)

VW CC price RM233k
Base Fare = RM3
Per Minute = RM0.50
Per Km = RM1.40
Rated KM/L of city driving = 9+, let's be generous and say 10KM/L

Average rider distance = 10km (*this is more generous than uberX as people that want uberBlack is not going for short trip i.e from house to school)
Average distance to pickup = 5km
Average trip/day = 10
Each trip earn = RM3(Base)+RM14(RM1.40x10KM)+RM5(average speed 60km/h = 10MinutesxRM0.50)
= RM22

1 Day income = RM220-25%(uber cut) = RM165
1 Day travel = 150KM = petrol cost = 15LxRM1.70 = RM25.50

Net/day = RM139.50
If drive 7 days nonstop/ Per Month = RM4,185
To pay off car at 0% interest = RM233k/RM4,185 =55+Months / 4 Years 7+ Month

Distance clock per month = 150KM*30 = 4,500KM or 54,000KM/Year
Miscellaneous Cost :-
- Tyre each maybe cost RM500, change whole set is RM2,000, at 54,000KM, maybe need to change each year?
- Maintenance at every 10,000km, so another 5xService Cost
- other items?

*Note at 10 trip/day i would guess need full time drive car

UberBlack in Malaysia = Driver(guanteik) too much money, wanna give some away, so he's subsidizing the Rider

*the economics of UberBlack might work in US, but sadly in Boleh Land, the upfront tax loaded to price of car is the killer

Seems like there is other(ulterior) motives than just financials
All men die for a few sins, some more and some less,
But for a china man, it is much simpler, Money or Women.

I wonder what is the reason

Anyone here already reqistered as Grab Driver? Wanna split the referral fee with me? (i wanna registered with Grab also)

PM me please

- already got referral , no more pm please

This post has been edited by ikanair: Sep 24 2016, 06:58 AM

Me newbie, only done 1 KLIA run.
Was lucky, drop KLIA, waited 5 minutes, no ping, detour to KLIA2, go arrival lane, jam pack full of uber/grab cars, no parking, i drive round, park, wait 5 minutes and got ping!! super lucky

Come back home, do actual cost benefit analysis.
From now, i will do it this way.
If go KLIA/KLIA2 - will cancel immediately

Why waste time,labor and resource to go there, when you can make better income driving in city?

*Was on local trip wednesday, come back KLIA2, car was parked at KLIA2 Carpark, thought maybe i give it a go and try to uber back to town.
Walk to Arrival hall, and saw the whole bunch of uber/grab cars lining the street, think think, better go home, on way out of carpark exit, saw another driver sitting on the kerb holding phone with really sad face

CANCEL trips to KLIA/KLIA2 until uber/grab gives better rates

Check rider destination before click "Start Trip", if KLIA/KLIA2, explain nicely and ask rider get another car
*Riders going KLIA/KLIA2 most probably will come with luggage, if see rider with luggage, chances are they going there

Taxi Driver behave the way they do because of multiple reasons
(mostly financials, although some are just plain nasty)

and for Uber/Grab Driver, no matter what super mumbo-jumbo Bullshit the Marketing guys tells you, in the end, you're still a Driver
notice the same term in use for both, DRIVER

Human behavior on the same stimulus will end up mostly the same

So, please, get off the high ground of marketing bullshit and accept the hard truth
*the truth hurts

Ethical? Is it ethical for a passenger expecting a ride to the airport and yet the driver will lose money?
Kinda look like the passenger exhibiting a parasitic behavior


If i'm the passenger, after a few cancellation by Uber/Grab driver going to airport, maybe a lighting bolt will hit my head and enlightenment will come

"Did i pay enough to ask some guys to send me to airport?"[I]

Newbie report (revenge)

Ping from location 5km away, took 11 minutes to reach, where wanna go? just finished mamak, wanna go back home
Fare = RM3 after uber cut, i tool RM2.26

1 Star rating

Will put 1 Star for all future short distance rider

*No doubt , it is not the rider's fault Uber is providing this convenience for short rides, vice-versa it is not drivers fault for rating such rider as 1 Star

very hot to walk , got uber, why not?

1 Star to all short riders