Some turn to vans as car prices soar

[Mustank]

 

bus lar, van lar, pigkarp lar, lowlee lar

[York]

hmmm.... oso expensive liao

[Watwheels]

No wonder COE for commercial vehicles shot up out of nowhere.

[Qms]

Now people who really need van to do business also kena.

 

Big loop hole.

Edited November 14, 2011 by Qms

[Jman888]

just spoke to the newspaper dispatch uncle with another van, he said he has to buy another old van as the COE for the new one already $40K, how to buy new one?

[13177]

Even vans also very expensive. How to buy?

[Watwheels]

Ppl will start to write in to ask for the authorities to give concessions to ppl who are really doing business and are genuinely in need of a new van/lorry.

[Dero]

They are gg to reduce the coe quota for commercial veh somemore rite?

[Kiario]

i thought no business license cannot apply for van?

[Sdf5725]

Ppl will start to write in to ask for the authorities to give concessions to ppl who are really doing business and are genuinely in need of a new van/lorry.

 

the operating cost of van higher means price to customer higher -> inflation.

[Mustank]

With high coe, rich can continue Cat B, Well to do families no choice down grade to Cat A. Getting by families downgrade to Cat C.

 

as a result, Poor lowlee chaps kena high coe have to buy 2nd hand lowlee

[Mustank]

Just go register a sole proprietorship online with acra can already

[Watwheels]

With high coe, rich can continue Cat B, Well to do families no choice down grade to Cat A. Getting by families downgrade to Cat C.

 

as a result, Poor lowlee chaps kena high coe have to buy 2nd hand lowlee

No lah. Small businesses will be affected. Lorry guys will still continue to drive cos it's their boss who buy the lorry.

[Neost]

The way to stop people from converting a commercial vehicle to a personal / family transport is to step enforcement on unauthroised carrying of passengers behind. In fact, there are strict rules governing this but for some reasons, the enforcement is weak and almost non-existence. For example, only employee of the Company can be seated behind with proper insurance coverage and subject to a max # allowable by the vehicle type. And, it must be on official business (office to workplace, workplace to workplace etc).

[Darryn]

The way to stop people from converting a commercial vehicle to a personal / family transport is to step enforcement on unauthroised carrying of passengers behind. In fact, there are strict rules governing this but for some reasons, the enforcement is weak and almost non-existence. For example, only employee of the Company can be seated behind with proper insurance coverage and subject to a max # allowable by the vehicle type. And, it must be on official business (office to workplace, workplace to workplace etc).

 

This is so true -

 

Only EMPLOYEES and only on COMPANY BUSINESS.

 

If the authorities start to police properly would cut out a LOT of crap...

[Watwheels]

The way to stop people from converting a commercial vehicle to a personal / family transport is to step enforcement on unauthroised carrying of passengers behind. In fact, there are strict rules governing this but for some reasons, the enforcement is weak and almost non-existence. For example, only employee of the Company can be seated behind with proper insurance coverage and subject to a max # allowable by the vehicle type. And, it must be on official business (office to workplace, workplace to workplace etc).

The root of the problem is the enormous population they have created which leads to the inadequacy of public transport that's why ppl turn to personal transport. They cannot be so mean as to grip so tightly until ppl cannot breathe.

[Mcf777]

cannot install seat......owners can also put bean bag. more comfy than seat.

[Watwheels]

cannot install seat......owners can also put bean bag. more comfy than seat.

Bean bag where got shoik? A Simmons mattress is more comfy.