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Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
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Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
Hi all,
I prefer to buy car but too expensive due to COE. If I buy, then too costly to maintain due to ERP/expensive car parking in CBD.
I found that Singapore has less land so Government don't encourage to buy cars. Okay, I understand and make budget of $ 600 per month for taxis. When I need taxi in rainy season and weekend nights, then nobody pickup the call to book the taxi.
I don't want that my girl friend should go to MRT and buses. Moreover, MRT and buses are not convenient at all in some places and specially after watching movies and dinner from nice restaurant.
Please advise. Thanks.
I prefer to buy car but too expensive due to COE. If I buy, then too costly to maintain due to ERP/expensive car parking in CBD.
I found that Singapore has less land so Government don't encourage to buy cars. Okay, I understand and make budget of $ 600 per month for taxis. When I need taxi in rainy season and weekend nights, then nobody pickup the call to book the taxi.
I don't want that my girl friend should go to MRT and buses. Moreover, MRT and buses are not convenient at all in some places and specially after watching movies and dinner from nice restaurant.
Please advise. Thanks.
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Re: Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
Good Lord! Why not??mg62712611 wrote:I don't want that my girl friend should go to MRT and buses.
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What is wrong with the MRT and buses? I think I'm correct when I say a lot of us either the MRT or buses daily and have no problem with all the stares we get. Your girlfriend will get use to it. I just stare right back and smile at them!
Spend the money and get a car, that way you won't have to worry about your girlfriend in a taxi either. They can't be any safer than the MRT or buses.

Spend the money and get a car, that way you won't have to worry about your girlfriend in a taxi either. They can't be any safer than the MRT or buses.
Re: Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
Well if a car is too expensive, taxis aren't at your beck and call and for some reason you don't want your girlfriend to use the MRT's and buses like the rest of us, why don't you buy a nice little tandem bicycle and that way you can pedal yourselves around at your convenience ?!
*shrugs* An apt saying rings true here...."deal with it".
Nearly every expat or "non-conforming Singaporeans" (like myself) have to deal with constant stares wherever we go. Just deal with it and get on with what you have to. Singapore is a safe place. I have regularly walked home tipsy from the bar at 3am and have had absolutely no problem!
Just dont' worry so much. Taxis are actually very cheap here compared to other countries, and taxi drivers are usually very friendly people. I've met some real dungballs, but there are always going to be rotten ones.
Again, just deal with it.
Nearly every expat or "non-conforming Singaporeans" (like myself) have to deal with constant stares wherever we go. Just deal with it and get on with what you have to. Singapore is a safe place. I have regularly walked home tipsy from the bar at 3am and have had absolutely no problem!

Just dont' worry so much. Taxis are actually very cheap here compared to other countries, and taxi drivers are usually very friendly people. I've met some real dungballs, but there are always going to be rotten ones.
Again, just deal with it.
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Re: Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
Maybe she'll respect you for not wasting your money on taxis/car if the situation only requires bus/MRT. Then, as a bonus, you can make a bigger deal out of taking Taxi (or even, wow, a Premier cab) when it's a special occasion.mg62712611 wrote:I don't want that my girl friend should go to MRT and buses.
Alternatively, and please excuse me if I'm crossing the line of politeness here, if your girlfriend -really- judges you on the mode of transport you provide, then maybe this is not the type of girl you should be with. More likely, you are judging yourself and trying to 'do the best' for your girl, which is sweet but perhaps unnecessary. Just talk to her and find out if that's something that is important to her or not.
Good luck
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Re: stares
Sorry they didn't notice you, tim 

timpassey wrote:people stare at expats in singapore? is this imagined? i certainly haven't noticed in the six months here.
Goatboy will always cherish his former goatgirl.
But the world is full of fluffier ones.
But the world is full of fluffier ones.
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Re: Car, Taxi or Public Transport?
Looking back, the OP sure is funny. The car itself is expensive because of S$10,000 COE and $1 ERP and $2 carpark fee?
How about:
1. car price tag at minimum S$100,000?
2. annual maintenance and service equivalent to a mouth to feed
3. annual road tax depending on the car you get
4. sky-high on-going petrol strangle
How about:
1. car price tag at minimum S$100,000?
2. annual maintenance and service equivalent to a mouth to feed
3. annual road tax depending on the car you get
4. sky-high on-going petrol strangle
mg62712611 wrote:
I prefer to buy car but too expensive due to COE. If I buy, then too costly to maintain due to ERP/expensive car parking in CBD.
Goatboy will always cherish his former goatgirl.
But the world is full of fluffier ones.
But the world is full of fluffier ones.
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