{"id":1984,"date":"2016-06-01T07:06:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:32:46","slug":"part-time-driving-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/part-time-driving-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Part-time Drivers on The Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

You will never believe me if I told\u00a0you that almost 10,000 people drive as their part-time job. Surprisingly most of them are not motivated by the financial gain but rather they are attracted by the opportunity to network and the social opportunities that come along with it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

What's so good about driving part-time??<\/h1>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n
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1. Making new friends makes the journey enjoyable<\/h1>\r\nWith car pooling apps such as Ryde and Swiftback, you are now a friend or an acquaintance who decided to carpool together today. Users still use this simply because they enjoy meeting new people, talking about their common interests and making friends, all while on the way to work \ud83d\ude42\r\n\r\n\"I like driving, and I like meeting new people, different kinds of people, and talking to them.\"<\/strong>\r\n

- Eugene Earnest, Self-employed creative professional<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\u201cI\u2019ve slowed down a bit (on the driving) since, because the restaurant is picking up a lot and there\u2019s less time. But it\u2019s not all just for the money; I still enjoy driving and meeting people.\u201d<\/strong>\r\n

-\u00a0David Ang, 35, is a restaurant co-owner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\"part\r\n\r\n

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2. It is all about networking<\/h1>\r\nGone are the days where you only have social networking online. We now bring it into reality where social networking can take place in your very own car. You never know if\u00a0your next business partner will be one of the passengers sitting at the back of\u00a0your car, allowing your partnership to blossom from there.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe had been trying very hard to find someone who can do a balloon drop \u2013 to net a whole 10,000 square feet area and drop 3,000 balloons in a club. And this guy who could do it, this events supplier \u2013 he was sitting right in my car!\u201d<\/strong>\r\n

-\u00a0Joel Chong, 22, an operations director in the nightlife industry<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\"part\r\n\r\n

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3. Meet old friends too<\/h1>\r\nYou never know if one of your car pooling buddy is actually one of your kindergarten 2 (K2) classmate. Amaze yourself!\r\n\r\n\"part\r\n\r\n
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4. Defray some car costs<\/h1>\r\nNeed more to be said? Living a part-time driving lifestyle is really not that bad since you are not totally reliant on driving as a source of income. You are just driving out of your convenience whenever you are free to cover some costs.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\"On a weekly basis, his takings from customers come up to about S$600, while petrol and CashCard costs amount to S$250. This means he forks out S$150 of his own money for the use of a car. \u201cI\u2019ve been part time driving for two months now. I think it\u2019s worth it. Otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t be able to afford a car, with the high COE prices,\u201d said Mr Ernest\"<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSo what are you waiting for? Given all the perks that come with driving part-time, join in the fun and even do your part for the environment while earning some extra few bucks!\r\n\r\nSource<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\r\n

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You will never believe me if I told\u00a0you that almost 10,000 people drive as their part-time job. Surprisingly most of them are not motivated by the financial gain but rather they are attracted by the opportunity to network and the social opportunities that come along with it. What’s so good about driving part-time?? 1. Making …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","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=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16580,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/16580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}