{"id":1064,"date":"2016-03-23T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:23:59","slug":"things-singapore-drivers-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/things-singapore-drivers-know\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things ONLY Singapore Car Owners Will Know"},"content":{"rendered":"In any country, there will be some things that are exclusive to car owners in Singapore.\u00a0Here is our list of things only Singapore drivers know:\r\n\r\n\"depre\"<\/a>\r\n

1) Exact Depreciation<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSounds unreal but this is true, knowing that in 10 years your car value will be just $0\u2026 Only Singapore drivers\u00a0will know...<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"ERP\"<\/a>\r\n

2) ERP<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nElectronic Road Pricing (ERP) \u00a0system was first introduced in 1998. Making a trip from Woodlands to Raffles Place would cost about $15 per vehicle. And only drivers in Singapore are experienced enough to know it well.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"cash<\/a>\r\n\r\nSource<\/a>\r\n

3) Cash Card<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nCard that holds your cash! Insert it into your car's\u00a0on-board unit and watch the value in your card decrease due to the invisible hands of ERP. Do pedestrians need this? No, only drivers in Singapore\u00a0need it.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"axs\"<\/a>\r\n

4) AXS stations<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSelf-service kiosk where you can pay your traffic fines! Paying fines can now be more convenient! Driving offenses would be one of the highest earning out of the public fines in Singapore - something only drivers in Singapore know.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"COE<\/a>\r\n\r\nSource<\/a>\r\n

5) Sky-high COE<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nIn Singapore, you can buy a Honda Jazz<\/a> at the price of Nissan GTR<\/a>! Before becoming a driver they have to buy a car. And sky-high COE is only something drivers in Singapore will constantly track.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"gps\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nSource<\/a>\r\n

6) MY\/SG GPS<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nLook! A free Malaysian Map Update. What a good deal as we get 2 maps for a price of one, yet only drivers in Singapore know...<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"fine\"<\/a>\r\n

7) Fines<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nYou can get fined for parking within 9 meters from a bus stop. Read the rest of our complete guide that tells you more about parking in Singapore here<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"imigrant\"<\/a>\r\n

8 )Modified Passenger Pick-up trucks<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n13 pax and that's \u00a0all it can fit!<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"OPC\"<\/a>\r\n

9) Off Peak Car<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nDriving\u00a0as much as you want on Saturdays and Sundays, at a fraction of the original car cost! What an opportunity.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"petrol\"<\/a>\r\n

10) Petrol Discounts<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSPC provides discounts if you own an Everyday card. \u00a0You can get discounts with an UOB card at Caltex. \u00a0Don\u2019t forget to use your Citi Dividend card at Esso. Check our Credit Card Guide here<\/a>!<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnd this is the end of the list!\r\n\r\nAre you thinking of getting cars that only you know, or should I put it as... your dream car? Find your dream car at our wide inventory here<\/a>, and we can help you settle all the paperwork including the loans<\/a>! It is that simple to get your dream car.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In any country, there will be some things that are exclusive to car owners in Singapore.\u00a0Here is our list of things only Singapore drivers know: 1) Exact Depreciation Sounds unreal but this is true, knowing that in 10 years your car value will be just $0\u2026 Only Singapore drivers\u00a0will know… 2) ERP Electronic Road Pricing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725],"tags":[403,59,404,405,406,407,408,62,409],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-car-tips","tag-10-things","tag-car","tag-driving","tag-erp","tag-fines","tag-only-drivers","tag-only-in-singapore","tag-singapore","tag-singapore-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14757,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/14757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}