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I am going to start Taxi work,NEED HELP

  • 02-09-2008 3:49pm
    #1
    vicente80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hello,my name is Tomas,and i have this problem.I have my PSV license and i want to work as a taxi driver,i dont have enouph money to buy a car,so thats why i want to rent a taxi,my questions are:
    1.How much is average price for rent a taxi per week,and whats include in that price?
    2.Should i pay for insurance when i want to rent taxi?Would you give me more info for the insurance or in that case i shouldnt pay for insurance?
    3.What is better choise for me:to rent a taxi till i have enouph money to buy a car or to take loan and to buy a car to taxi?
    4.If i am not wrong,i should rent taxi plate?Should i rent a taxi plate if i pay for my own insurance?

    Thank you in advance,i realy need your help!


Comments

  • #2
    amtaxi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭amtaxi


    Do yourself a big favour and think of another career! People still have the illusion that taxi driving is a great job and you can make lots of money.. my advice is get a job driving for someone else so you can see what it is really like .. when you're spending more time driving around trying to find a space on a rank, trying to find a fare and then when you do try sitting there hour on hour and if you're lucky you might get 1 good fare otherwise you're like the rest of us earning less than €5 per hour-- I'm going back to college and can't wait to get out!


  • #3
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    1 . There is no average price for the rental of a taxi as it depends on many factors.... is maintainence included or not, is insurance included or not, is it a new/newish vehicle or not etc.

    2. If the person renting the taxi to you isn't prepared to put you onto their policy as a named driver then you will have to get your own insurance, this may be due to a lack of your experience in driving a taxi, which may make the cost of the additional driver too much. The one advantage to having your own policy is that you at least start to get a record of having SPSV insurance which means you qualify for no claims bonuses earlier...

    3. Depends on your circumstances, some people like to test the water first by renting a taxi and seeing if they like the hours etc. others just jump straight in and buy the whole thing outright as a start..

    My opinion, give it some serious thought before you go either way, it's not the goldmine that everyone in the pub reckons it is...


  • #4
    vicente80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭vicente80


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    1 . There is no average price for the rental of a taxi as it depends on many factors.... is maintainence included or not, is insurance included or not, is it a new/newish vehicle or not etc.

    2. If the person renting the taxi to you isn't prepared to put you onto their policy as a named driver then you will have to get your own insurance, this may be due to a lack of your experience in driving a taxi, which may make the cost of the additional driver too much. The one advantage to having your own policy is that you at least start to get a record of having SPSV insurance which means you qualify for no claims bonuses earlier...

    3. Depends on your circumstances, some people like to test the water first by renting a taxi and seeing if they like the hours etc. others just jump straight in and buy the whole thing outright as a start..

    My opinion, give it some serious thought before you go either way, it's not the goldmine that everyone in the pub reckons it is...


    Thank you very much for your help!


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