facebookI'm a sole breadwinner with 1 child. Is it feasible to buy car and let my wife be part timer GRAB driver as she doesn't want return to workforce and she wants to take care our child by herself? - Seedly

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Anonymous

07 Jun 2019

Property

I'm a sole breadwinner with 1 child. Is it feasible to buy car and let my wife be part timer GRAB driver as she doesn't want return to workforce and she wants to take care our child by herself?

I have a $140k HDB loan, 20k at OA, 40k at DBS multiplier, 30k SSB, 40k endowment plan mature this coming June. I am neither poor nor rich. Bought my 4 room 300k BTO 3years ago, location convenient near MRT, town centre etc, no plans to sell. Thinking what should I do next?

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Gabriel

07 Jun 2019

Undergraduate at National University of Singapore

If the main reason for purchasing the car is because you/your family needs it, then it might be viable for your wife to drive part time with Grab to earn additional income. But if it is so that she can use the car to drive for Grab part time, then it might not be very wise to do so. Reasons being you'll be clocking up quite a lot of milleage resulting in faster & higher wear and tear, thus higher maintenance and servicing costs. Driving on the road for long hours also results in fatigue and higher chance of getting into a road accident, touchwood. I'm following some groups on Facebook with PHV drivers inside and I understand that their earnings dipped quite a lot after Uber left the Singapore (SEA) market. In addition, drivers who lease cars from Grab preferred rental partners might have a higher chance of getting a ping/call/booking. Go-Jek is coming into the Singapore market soon so hopefully things will become better

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Depends on your current income too. You can consider off peak car and hitch driver. Long term wise noticed you do not invest in stocks. You can consider a diversified ETF like STI ETF for a start.

Charmaine Ng

25 Apr 2019

The Value Maximizer at @ Every Ma La Xiang Guo Stall

If you're buying the car so your wife can drive grab it might not be worth it. Reason being that you...

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