Everyone with a license and driving experience of 3 years or more can go to work as a taxi driver. If you have a personal car, you can work both for yourself and for an office that simply transfers orders to you, and you give a percentage of what you earn.
What do you need from a car in a taxi
Which car to choose is actually a very simple question. The first criterion when choosing is the cost of the car. To transport people, you do not need to buy a car more expensive than 400 thousand rubles, so that it is not so sorry to spoil it in the cabin. Still, situations are very different.
Secondly, it is very important that the car is as cheap as possible to maintain. The constant winding of circles around the city leads to accelerated wear of the suspension and other important vehicle components. This is inevitable, so it's better to fix it cheaper than more expensive.
Thirdly, the fuel consumption of the car when driving in a mixed cycle, i.e. city and highway, is very important. An indicator of 7-9 liters per 100 km will be excellent. Accordingly, the car is likely to be small-displacement from 1, 4 to 1, 6 liters of engine displacement. Modern design solutions allow them to drive fast enough if necessary.
Tips for buying and operating
The group of these cars includes new domestic Kalinas and Priors, Daewoo Nexia, Geely. As a used car, you can consider the Opel Astra 2007-2009, Ford Fusion of the same years.
You shouldn't buy a Mitsubishi Lancer or Honda Civic, they are quite expensive to maintain and still not made for taxis. In general, between a new and a used car, it is still better to choose a foreign used car, because it is more comfortable in the cabin and will not be as bad as a new car. Over the course of a year, any car, even with proper grooming, will “get tired” of such work and will look like a well-used one.
It is strongly discouraged to use your personal vehicle if it is in good enough condition. For better safety, it is not necessary to allow smoking in the cabin, at least once every 2 weeks to vacuum the cabin and buy covers with rugs. This is the smallest thing that can be done.
