Hi all, im planning to get a new proton persona to drive on weekend and about 5 to 8 hours per day only....issit profitable ? May i know how much is the minimum income per day for 5 to 8 hours ?

if in 6 months your account got banned cos you meet with an asshole rider, how?

is this possible ?

The reason im doing it, is because i feel like im wasting my time during weekend.....and my car is too old to do grab also

just follow the rules, and be patient. Admit youre wrong no matter what situation.
Should be fine.

Thanks for the advise btw what is the average and minimum income for 5 to 8 hours per day on weekend ? cause no point to get new car if it cant cover my monthly installment also

you should drive 15 to 18 hours per day on weekend to gain profit

income varies day to day. some days are better than others.
but, as a safety guide, u can estimate around RM15-20 per hour average
that is after comms deduction but before maintenance & fuel.

it really depends on the type of car ur getting, how much is your installment monthly, how much fuel you consume, how much is the maintenance.

from my estimate, from 100% fare
-25% comms
-10% fuel
-15% maintenance (service/tire change/battery/road tax/insurance)

nett income is around 50% of fare.

if u drive 8hrs a day, u can safely assume at least 200km of travel per day.

15~18 hours is too long .....i have to wake up early on sunday to church somemore hahaha......

Thanks! im thinking of getting a new Persona, the installment shouldnt over 600 per month i guess After deduction of fuel , installment & other maintanence fees...i guess im only getting few hundred extra per month

welll...at least ur car is paid for, maintenance taken care of...

of course, its actually hard work. not easy money. read thru the other threads and u'll see so many complaints by drivers.
and u need to work thru ur installment period...which is easier said than done.

btw, i'd actually advise u to choose a car from the gc+ list instead of gc...with a gc+ car, u can turn on both services and accept both request. gc+ returns slightly higher fare compared to gc....
not sure if persona is gc or gc+

but of course its entirely upto u

Which area are planning on driving?

Yeah i saw a lot of complain from both side rider and driver .....but i guess im ready for it hahaha for the sake of money

how about honda city ? This car is in my consideration also but what im concerned about is how much extra income i can get compare to GC

im willing to drive anywhere....cant be so picky if i want more money

If you drive in Klang Valley and surrounding area, in my case usually in average 7 to 12 hours drive could gross you roughly RM 300 on weekends.

gc min fare RM5
gc+ min fare RM8

gc to KLIA RM65
gc+ to KLIA RM75

like i said, its slightly higher fare only compared to gc but if u know how many RM5 trips there are, u'd be grateful ur collecting RM8 instead, doing same thing.

since ur getting a car anyways, why not get something more comfy? u feel better, rider also feel good

wow.... RM300 ...more than enough to cover my honda city monthly installment, how about weekday?

thats 60% more than GC already, but you said i can turn on both GC and GC+ does it mean that i might get RM5 trip and RM8 trip depend on which service the rider choose ?

Nope

Proton covered in + is ertiga exora preve inspira perdana

You get all

RM5 + RM8 hahahaha

Buy BRV lah

Can sit 7 pax if got idiot group of 7 want GC instead of premium

😄😄✌✌

Same if you do early morning 4am skip afternoon then do evening till 11pm hahahaha💸💸💸💸

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Apr 17 2018, 07:55 PM

eh serious 1 la....

Dont want la i prefer sedan car....and i want to have lower car installment who knows later grab no longer in malaysia and i lost my current job ...

i might quit my job if i can get this income everyday....

Gross income..not nett!!

yea i know....but it still enough to cover my car installment if i really go get a new car

im planning to get new car if i can get minimum RM200 per day... and it seems quite possible although i might get lesser sometime

Hahahaha ok😅😂

I am

Normal hour always sapu billis and jerung

Peak hours only take RM5 x 4 trips per hour

Got it Thanks!

yes, if u turn on both service, then means ur open to rcvd either gc/gc+ whichever comes first.
normal driving, i only turn on gc+
in KLIA, i will turn on both just to check the queue.
from what i notice, gc queue 700-800 is about the same wait time as gc+ queue 200-250 which is between 1.5 to 2hrs

so if i see gc+ queue not too high, i will switch to gc+ only. same waiting time, might as well get RM10 extra right?

The chance is very possible and is kinda high fyi, even if you keep cool follow the rules always remember there are other risks like accidents, rider robs you, etc....

You never mentioned you in jb, other city might have different incentives from us.
Basically I believe 200per day is easy if you drive morning, noon and evening peak.
Like today I lazy drive also get 42+30 incentive in 2.5hrs and this is from 7.30pm - 10pm

Haha i dont want 2 say ma

P&C

have to queue 700-800 between 1.5 to 2hrs to receive a order from rider ? how about drive in the KL area ? Usually how long to receive a new order ?

you are making me think twice again.......im screwed if i got banned from driving for grab.....btw the risk of accident and getting rob is unavoidable la....

It's not wise to buy a new car especially if it's an expensive car, if it's myvi or axia then still can, just need to break even asap will do

give u benefit of doubt.

yes, its quite normal to wait 1.5 to 2hrs at KLIA for a ride. reason is, KLIA is based on queue, first come first served (well, some play by different rule, but that's a different story). So seeing you're not the only or earliest driver to be at the queue, its normal to get 700-800 queue number.
quickest camp time at KLIA for me is around 1hr which is in middle of the night.

in KL is different story lo...so many riders, short trips, long trips, ppl going lunch, going appt, going hospital, going shopping, back to office, back to home etc etc...of course won't have to wait so long for a ride.
if in KL city, u can expect B2B non-stop, especially during peak hours or a 1-2 min break in between during non-peak hours. at most 5 mins break in between rides. if more than 10mins without a request, something wrong already.

From my past experience, the average fare will be rm30 per hour for a town driving, but you need to consider car maintenance and petrol consumption as its move proportional to your fare plus your attitude as well coz grab can ban u easily, imho

yea...thats why persona is in my first choice.... myvi and axia is not in my consideration due to my height
and im a little convinced by walk3r cause what he said is true also....and the chance of getting more order is higher with GC+ i suppose ?

why there is so many people queue for the KLIA ride ? higher in return compare to city drive ?

this is exactly what i am worry about.... what if they ban me after few month i bought my car... cause i can see a lot of complaint about driver getting ban....they wont give you a warning before ban you from driving ? And there is no way to let them unban you ?

anytime anyone (rider) can lodge a complain to you

and for crap, rider is always rite...

so there is a risk that u lose of income even though u might appeal at a later stage

i remember crap soft ban me for half day for hardware problem (suspect something with my phone) but before that never warn me via sms or email. i like sohai waited 2 hours non ping then only i go call crap...

I think better u wait and see 1st, lets the other competitor absorb the market share. At least u have other option to be consider.

Less demand but better have extra once in a while hahahaha

ok...first, imagine u accepted a request to send rider from KL city to KLIA. trip is 50km, RM65.
after drop off, what u want to do? go back to KLIA empty car? its a 50km return trip.

or, u can hv 2 other choice:

1) drive to putrajaya or nearest city and start driving there
2) wait for ride back to KL city/some where
3rd choice is DON'T accept any KLIA rides from the city. that way u'll be driving in city only. dun forget, in city, u might caught in jam. trip to KLIA usually smooth traffic.

as mentioned, return trip from KLIA is RM65. 2 trips, consumed 4 hours (1 hr to, 2 hr wait, 1 hr return) is RM130 which gross about RM30/hr. If u get an even further return trip, like to genting, even better!
if u lucky, ur able to make same fare in putrajaya/cyberjaya but u'll be driving non-stop.
in KLIA, ur idle, no petrol used, u relax and play fb/tumblr

also discussed in this thread, many agree upto 2hrs wait is reasonable (given 4hrs total)...more than that then its probably not worth it.

if u so worried kena ban, then u need to behave better lor...install dvr in car to record the riders. if some idiot report u for no reason at least u can defend.
if u behave or wanna behave like gangster abang taxi, then god bless, better u dun buy car and drive.
some riders are idiots..u'll see many like those and cant avoid. just do ur job, and things should be ok. u'll need to be damn 9 suei to kena ban for no reason.

haha my place not worth playing airport

been ignoring RM10+ RM20+ ping to airport

hardly can find RM30+ ping to airport lately unless play super surge

Thank you so much for the opinion already make up my mind....start looking for car now already....

Update us once you signed the buying contract ok

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Apr 21 2018, 07:58 AM

Heard said, new regulation need vehicle insurance to be purchased under commercial title which mean not only premium will be 2.5 time more expensive but will result in low trade-in value of vehicle and somemore got this stupid requirement about age of vehicle cannot be older than 5 years. ( not sure if this is true or not, though ). Come every fifth year, trade in car. Low resale value. Trade in still owe bank. Get new loan will owe bank more. Better think really hard if you really want to proceed to get new car to do this business loh, bro

Enjoy while it lasts then



I use 10 year old car still running like usual😄✌

Yea.....saw this news while google about grabcar....but i think this will be advantage for fulltimer.....cause lesser parttimer = more request but about the license dono whether easy to get or not habis kalau tak dapat license tu

This five years need change new car will not even work for full timer lah unless can guarantee earn like 10 to 15k per month. Nowadays what can 5 or 6k do for family man. After deducting house hold expenses and utilities bill and kids education and still need to set aside some for rainy days if not kena admit to hospital who to call for help, ahjibkor or rosymah ah?, right

On a side note, if this Nancy sukro can guarantee driver can earn like 10 to 15k per month, don't say lah 5 years, I myself will want to change car come every 3 years lah.

This post has been edited by zhaoweiyang: Apr 28 2018, 12:24 PM

avoid proton for grab.

I got honda city from my bro since he stopped doing grab already and wanted to work in oversea but still not sure if it can cover my car installment....cause im doing flexi on weekend only....and my monthly installment is RM800+

I got 6 years old Honda City from my bro instead of getting a new car already

Can if you can tembak 200 fare 600 incentive or 600 fare 200 incentive 4 the entire weekend

8 times a month....i think can. if u are willing to do 12 hours

Now my account is still under flexi already applied for HG ....so i guess will activate on next week.....but im not sure if i can hit that target,cause i just started last weekend. i got total fare RM108 for working 4.5 hours...is this consider okay ? have to deduct comission and petrol somemore

already tired by just thinking of it...hahaha

Gross wise ok lorh

Mine morning fare is 80+

Then evening fare 120+

Both are 4 hours driving including P HP UP MP blocks

Only difference is my centip is average 150

Then dont think Just do it at your own capacity hahahaha

hopefully they will change my account to HG next week...the incentive makes a big difference

Im thinking of buying a 2011 saga, otr around 16k. Can anyone please advise me if this is a good idea ? Is there any chance that grab would reject the car on inspection ? I did ask grab they said can but Im still scared .

Please help

My car is not much better than yours also mine is 2012....but if i were you...i would go for a new proton saga since now NO GST + Raya Promo should able to get a new car at very low price

Yeah , in that case which is more fuel efficient and better for grab ? Saga or axia ?

not sure....i dont own any of these...but i think if u want fuel efficient then go for axia....if want space then go for saga or bezza

what car you drive and what types of road u drive oh, my fuel is always 15~18% of fare...

haha nice

i jepun car petrol is 25% from fare

mine about the same with yours eh what jepun car are u driving ?

please dont be cray enough to spend rm60k on a car and earn RM200 a week - you need to work at least 160 weeks before positive earnings - and every year Grab regulations are changing. imagine if you were on Uber and bought a Polo using their offer back then?

City 2008😄

How about you😆

that guy fuel is 10% sia ehhh

Triple GGG

Hahahah i end up using my brother's car now…continue his installment for 2 years and it will become my car

No wonder hahaha my city 2012…but my car is newer…should be more fuel efficient…

Haha good 4 you