CDG new Mercedes......
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Today marks the highest ever rental set in the history of Singapore Taxi history.......
With meter fare unchanged for them, can these COMMANDO survive.......
My sincere salute to all my comrades........
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ssaw 1 today cruising along punggol central... sweeping along side me..
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he probably enjoying his drive
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Originally posted by Rbs70:
Today marks the highest ever rental set in the history of Singapore Taxi history.......
With meter fare unchanged for them, can these COMMANDO survive.......
My sincere salute to all my comrades........
wa ! chio !
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They better don't use it to sweep floor........
First day, enjoy ride is ok.........sent wife, sent girlfriends, sent children, sent parent, sent many many...........
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Not only sweep but Q at taxi stands as well, if not cant cover the increased overhead hahahah hahahah.
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One of my friend ... hardly speak fluent English ......
Lao Hokkien .
Signed up a Old Benz just to have an extra edge over taking a new Benz .
Today he got it .
Rental $157.xx
Per half shift $80 ie .
I said my Skoda whole expenditure is almost just $90 .
He said he got jobs ..... i said he more like road sweeper to me .
HE admitted he sweep more than taking jobs .
So why does he took the ne Benz ?
Cos his wife is almost a millionaire !
Has got a millionaire wife .
買包
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Also i can drive ...... just that my profit thinner down to just say $180 , minus $80 , minus fuel $30 .
Say left $70 ...
Drive Benz and earn $70 , drive Benz for what ?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Also i can drive ...... just that my profit thinner down to just say $180 , minus $80 , minus fuel $30 .
Say left $70 ...
Drive Benz and earn $70 , drive Benz for what ?
chio ma....
Hammer, when ur new merc out?
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Originally posted by Rbs70:
Today marks the highest ever rental set in the history of Singapore Taxi history.......
With meter fare unchanged for them, can these COMMANDO survive.......
My sincere salute to all my comrades........
Hourly job need 7hr daily just to cover rental and diseal..........
If sweeping, nid 8-9hr.........
If sick....omg
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But at least for a year or so, the fuel consumption will be much lesser cos new car. Say a savings of $20 a day?
That would bring the rent down to $137 in real terms.
But still anything over $120 is way too much to rent a car in Singapore - consider the taxi as a rental car first.
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Just only spoke to one CDG new Merc driver at bus stop, inside also damn nice.. Tot wanna change, but hear rental so high... No need ah, drive nice car pay lower no point...
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Heard this car comes with GPS built in.
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Originally posted by PS2U:
Heard this car comes with GPS built in.
Yes confirmed, just now i asked the driver at bus stop. See him eat make me hungry..
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Going down to Comfort Delgro tomorrow to test it. I don't mind paying the extra for a good GPS because I am a road idiot.
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Originally posted by Red5xx:
chio ma....
Hammer, when ur new merc out?
sshhh......... later he take liao he will show us~~~~~
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Another 3 years leh. I put waiting list but seem like response too good no one pull out so must wait till car scrap. Haizzzzz
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Originally posted by JoeRaj:
But at least for a year or so, the fuel consumption will be much lesser cos new car. Say a savings of $20 a day?
That would bring the rent down to $137 in real terms.
But still anything over $120 is way too much to rent a car in Singapore - consider the taxi as a rental car first.
bro, rental alone is $157....
with tis high rental, u think the fuel will be cheap?
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brace urselfs for more new models.. k5 optimo by silvercab might b in the pipeline.
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Originally posted by Red5xx:
bro, rental alone is $157....
with tis high rental, u think the fuel will be cheap?
What has fuel consumption got to do with rental? Fuel price is the same across the board, doesn't mean new car will pay for higher fuel at the pumps.
But for sure fuel consumption on a new car will be lesser compared to an existing one.
But the savings alone might not be able to offset the rental of say an older one - eg: older Merc at at $125.
However those who monitor such things might still be able to afford this high rental, if the consumption amount saved is around $20 a day. Say you rent an old Merc at $125 and pay $50 in fuel a day = $175. New Merc you pay $30 plus $157 = $187. A difference of $12 but you get a brand new car.
So some might still take this offer. The only problem is finding a relief and what happens when you fall sick and can't drive.
Lots of calculation to do.
Not that i recommend it, I won't take such an offer but I'm sure some if not many existing drivers will.
For newbies, taking this car is a definite no-no.
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but of cos cannot compare to merc
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zzzzz
higher rental u nid clock mire milage to cover cost..
u td?
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Originally posted by Red5xx:
zzzzz
higher rental u nid clock mire milage to cover cost..
u td?
Who said? I have driven Azera, Sonata and Crown all 3 different price range yet my mileage remains constant.
Yes, I Td, but not dumb one go up and down, driving aimlessly.
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Those who wanna drive limo, must have strategy. Once you pay a higher rent, you automatically watch your consumption. I know because when drive Azera - a guzzler, no buta buta drive here and there and sweep.
Must know where to position and what type of pax to find.
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I have driven the old mercs the fuel compsumption is between 11.x to 13.x km per litre
I think this new mercs can be even better ...
Base on the review, 39MPG is abt 16.x km per litre ... quite impressive
For the new mercs, as an OMO if you clock 400km, fuel cost is 400 / 16 x 1.14 = S$28.50
old mercs 400 / 12 x 1.14 = S$38.00
hmm ... savings abt S$10 each day if you clock 400km
For years, Mercedes-Benz has fed its U.S. customers a diet of ever-more-powerful engines in its E-class sedan. It's been decades since the forebearer to today's E-class had a four-cylinder engine behind its signature radiator grille - at least in America. Our lowliest E-class Benz, which isn't so lowly at all, has instead come with a six, with a V-8 as the move-up engine, and, for a time, a supercharged V-8 in the AMG version, which has since switched to a normally aspirated big-block (6.2 liter!) V-8.
In Europe, Mercedes offers those same engines, but they're the tippy top of a much larger pyramid. Four-cylinder gasoline engines and diesels, considered insufficiently muscular to power a compact C-class over here, comprise the bulk of E-class sales over there. For 2010, the redesigned E-class has a new family of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines at the base of its powerplant pyramid.
The two gasoline engines are turbocharged and direct injected. Both displace 1.8 liters. The more powerful version makes 201 hp, which isn't much shy of a typical V-6's output and is enough to send the E250 CGI from 0 to 62 mph in a not too shabby 7.7 seconds. With its five-speed automatic, the E250 CGI is rated at 32 mpg (combined city/highway, European test procedures). Its lesser powered but more economical sibling is good for 181 hp and is a full second slower to 62 mph, but returns 35 mpg in the E200 CGI, which has a standard six-speed manual.
The diesels, however, are even more impressive. The three four-cylinder units are all the same size: 2.1 liters, and all three are turbocharged (naturally) and use common-rail direct injection. Output of the three engines varies much more in torque than in horsepower. The E200 CDI, with only a single-stage turbocharger, is rated at 266 lb-ft of torque. The E220 CDI upgrades to a dual-stage turbo and musters 295 lb-ft of torque. The E250 CDI pumps out a V-8-like 369 lb-ft. Interestingly, all three diesels achieve the same, 44 mpg combined fuel economy rating, with their standard six-speed manual gearbox.
Curious to see how a 44-mpg diesel E-class would meet my American expectations, I grabbed an E220 CDI for a spin during the launch of the new 2010 model. Unfortunately, it was equipped with the optional automatic, thus making it a 39-mpg diesel E-class. Still, that's a long way from the mid-20s combined fuel economy of the U.S. market's gasoline V-6.
As with so many modern diesels, the E220 CDI blows old notions of turbo-diesel driveability out of the water. The sound quality is different from a gasoline engine's, but it's really only discernable during acceleration, not when cruising or at idle. The two-stage turbo is seamlessly integrated, so throttle response is predictably linear.
I drove an automatic, which was a five-speed (with a traditional shift lever on the console) rather than the seven-speed automatic (with electronic, column-mounted PRND selector) that Mercedes puts in our V-6 and V-8-powered E-class cars. Factory-measured acceleration is a brisk 8.3 seconds from 0 to 62 mph, and indeed the diesel steps out quickly off the line, thanks to an ultra-low (1400 rpm) torque peak. Mid-range acceleration is more leisurely than with our gasoline engines, but would be plenty for most drivers. High-speed cruising, though, is effortless. The only time the E220 CDI feels slow is when you try to drive it hard through tightly curving back roads; this is not a car that wants to charge from one apex to the next.
Overall, though, this 39-mpg E-class comes across as a very convincing executive conveyance that just happens to be more economical than even the smallest econobox. Should the dark days of $4 a gallon gasoline return - and who thinks they won't? - Mercedes, with this engine, or better yet, the just as economical but even more potent 369-lb-ft E250 CDI version, could blow Americans' minds by providing hybrid-like fuel economy and a luxury-car driving experience.
Read more: http://www.automobilemag.com/green/reviews/0903_2010_mercedes_benz_e220_cdi_diesel/#ixzz25YM6xZ7U