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Babadee1900:
I had a funny experience this morning..

So I picked this lady from Providence Str Lekki, destination was Opebi Ikeja.

While approaching 7up from 3mb, I decided to listen to what Gmap was saying.

"Turn Right at the Fork, follow signs to Maryland" I was looking for the Maryland sign before I know what was happening I was already on s⁷Mile 12 road .

Rider had her shade on, eyes fixed on her phone, i was hoping I'd see a turning to go back, didn't see any, the moment I saw 'Welcome To Mile 12 International Market' I turned to rider, excuse me, did you say you were going to Opebi, she said yes. That was when she looked up and shouted Jesus, where is this, she saw the Mile 12 sign by the bridge.

I told her I don't know how it happened, I was just following the map.

Made a U-turn under the bridge, everywhere was Red in the map, her only concern was the extra money she will have to pay. I told her not to worry, I will give her discount.

At the end of the trip, fare was 4000, I collected 3500.

I was just thinking all through the trip, what if this was the annoying girl I picked yesterday night that was just dishing out orders to me, wahala for happen, infact I will chop 1X.

The girl would say: Oga drive like a driver nah, I am hungry drive fast abeg. Why you stop for traffic lights at 12am...etc

I was just looking at her from the rear mirror without giving her a response.

Lolzzzz. Na u drive car reach there abi na car drive u

Mjosh1000:
No sir its not.
It has been checked I even buy another one self, the shri shri sound starts whenever the Ac is on and acceleration is slow like accelerating in traffic

Check your compressor

pope191:
OK boss, the guy already told me the new one won't last beyond 3 weeks.

Once you enter water you go begin hear the ringtone small small. That will be the beginning of the end of the new bearing

pope191:
Please Fam, I'm in state of confusion right now and hope anyone out here will light my path. My car is humming loud once I accelerate above 40, I understand its the hub and I have two mech... Reaching out to the 2 of them and they advice me "Oga we go knack bearing inside", agreed! One said he is going to use tokunbo bearing, the other said he is going to use new bearing and these two people are my Oga, I don't argue with whatever they say, I'll just go home and do my assignment on which voice to follow. Please fam, anyone that have experience on dis, should please help out with the best one to use. Thanks

Tokunbo plssssssss. Unless the new one is OEM, na 1 week 7 days e go last

nitigriti:
Congratulations @Tojahh on your new job.

In other news, I took time out to analyze InDriver app during the Christmas/New Year holidays.
I'm wondering why drivers are not taking advantage of the app.

From my analysis, I can work 10 hours in a day and gross #15,000 on a really slow day, #20,000 on a normal day and #25,000 on weekends. I can see the rider's pickup point, I can see the rider's destination; and I have google maps.

My "grosses" are sure!

I've done that on paper too, but in reality.. long pick ups will kill your moral. Not really worth it

tojahh:
Hahaha Jaydee... Thank God for the news. You beat me to it.

Guys I just resumed in a mainstream oil and gas today. Never wanted to break the news till I put pen to paper after proper documentations and assessments.

It actually came on 31st of December as I was sleeping my way out at Almiraty phase 1

Good pay
Good working environment.
Good structure.
Nice position

Viewing nairaland from my desk

Congratulations bro. More blessings

mrjaydee:
Morning my fellow drivers.. I'm on my way to resume in a blue chip firm. The salary is humongous and working condition is almost perfect.

I will still do my taxifire/uber work weekends if I get strength.

I got this job through a rider! I use this testimony to pray for others looking for jobs may God answer your prayers speedily.

I for snap and send here but I don't know the people I don offend make dem no see me for road come beat me.

It is well.

Congratulations sir. Don't go and mistakenly beat your boss o

topsydee007:
Don't upload through the app....go to Uber website on your laptop. Then upload the PDF file of the inspection report...u will be fine

You just assumed he has

dljbd1:
Bros, this your story is half baked. So he ate food at your convenience...and what happened next? Wasn't the his time reading? As long as its reading I don't see what the fuss is about

Please come and finish this your tory

Mtchewww

Felicity001:
Cc
Izzou
nitigriti
chilax8
AngryigboMan
Ghost1994
DonJoeSneo
Y1nka
tohahh
Peeps4u
deedee44
Plus other ogas and observers in the house I hail.

It me your guy please I need you good advice.

Take for instance you’ve an offer to take an HP on a 9ja used Camry (big daddy), 05. Investor spent 1.3m and needs 2.3m in 2yrs.
Do you think it’s a fair deal for driver? Or how much should be reasonable for this Nigeria used car?

Or would you rather investor get a direct tokunbo and everything falls within 1.6m how much would be fair as return in this condition?

Urgent response pls.

Thanks all

Most Nigerian used cars have been abused and such cars will not guarantee a smooth sail in the business so using them for HP is a big NO and a tiny yes. If you get a sound mechanic to examine it and you're rest assured car is still in good condition then go for it but don't go beyond 2m. Anything above 2m HP for a Nigerian used car is slavery.. cheating.. riding.. opressing.. you can add your own

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I was surprised too

But then, we all have different ways, approaches and opinions concerning issues. So what may be right for me, may be wrong for someone else

And I wouldn't want to get bashed or insulted, so I'll just keep reading and learning

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Yeah sometimes it's better to just stay quiet and read, especially when opinions differ. Las las everybody is right

Torg77:
R u serious ? That's a big lie. I have seen many uber driver with car model different when what u listed

Bros do you realize you're quoting posts of 5 years ago?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Lol

The trip will not be #3000 on any app, unless there is surge. I have done Festac to Yaba many times and it ends at 2k plus with commission.
3k was a very fair deal for someone residing in Festac.

But then, the thread is transforming. He got bashed for making an offer. Even now, we cheer ourselves up when a driver is rude to rider unnecessarily.

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I've been thinking my thinking was wrong because I thought I was the only one surprised by the cheers.

mrjaydee:
Please riders to your own peril. The ones that deserve kindness will be shown kindness.

No time to asslick anyone this 2020

No More No Less.

Felicity001:
You have a like from me.

But 215/65/16 can sometimes be dangerous for the car mostly when you’re on “waterbed road” the tyers can hit your fenders, mud protectors n most times if carrying loads the back tyers can be touching the body inside. I’ve experience.

I don't know if it will work well for muscle, but I've been using it for big daddy for over a year and no issues at all. It seems to even give slightly better fuel economy

Jiayu:
Winter indeed. I don Park since morning. People don comot Lagos till next year.

You mean till tomorrow

pope191:
They've unblocked me... Work is kind of slow and d sun is not friendly, seems like I have to call it a year from here. Happy new year and more blessings boss

This sun can burn somebody's destiny if care is not taken

InfinityEstates:
In the Updated Bolt App, we can see it. But we just have to accept it anyway else it affects our ACTIVITY SCORE/RATING which shouldn't be too low. When we accept then you cancel, it's fine for us.

My app is updated and I'm still not seeing it. Can you pls munch one of your Incoming requests and upload so I can know where precisely to look

peeps4u:
AngryIgboMan's comments are always something.

I think the best way, if a driver wants to return the item, is to tell the owner to another driver to come take it.

Or I send you my exact location and you request me. I still have someone's atm card in my car. When I told the lady my present location she just respected herself and did the Maths. She said she would rather use 1k to get another in the bank the next day, smart girl

chucsmoore:
I tried it, the car wasn't balance when am driving. I had to revert to factory default.

Have you tried just buying bigger tyres?. I think it comes with 205/60/16, have you tried changing your 4 tyres to 215/65/16. I did that and so far so good it's 100% good and 0% bad

Freshprince91:
You should give stand up comedy a try.
To buttress the location that newbie should avoid ,please add Bariga to the list, that place wan use traffic kill me this afternoon, if to say I know I for stay back for island jeje .
He should be very careful around Marina, TBS, Broadstreet ,Ajegunle and do not pack your car anyhow at ikoyi, those towing mofos have opened banks on Uber /taxify drivers .

Maybe in my next life

shollywendy1:
Plenty, depending on which route u wan follow. See forget google or uber map.
Nigeria- niger ( through zaria)
Nigeria- chad ( through yobe)
Nigeria- benin (through badagry or ijoko)
Nigeria - cameroun. But na that nigeria - niger sure pass. Zinder- agadez- maradi/ duruku straight to benghazi( libya)-tripoli
Finally, libya to italy through mediterrian sea.
I repeat , dont use google / uber map oooooo.
Hahaaaaaa

Wait! You don attempt to run away plenty times before?

I got a request and called rider to confirm his location. I'm here now and a little girl answered the call saying 'my daddy is bathing'. Local man is tired of Nigeria, abeg where border dey

DonJoeSneh:
Guys, i finally got a Camry 2003 toks for 1.3m after tireless wakaing all over Lagos. Now waiting for this man to gimme my Driver's Licence, started the processing since November 18th so i can join you guys quickly on the streets to make this money.

Congratulations. All the best

mrjaydee:
Today was sweet and crazy.

Sweet: earnings made sense.
Crazy: I was to pick up a rider in an highbrow estate in lekki. This Overzealous security was definitely on his period cos he was so rude and arrogant.

I reach gate and parked by visitors parking. I called rider and she called the gate. Na so the security dey do "open your booth" I saw the way he slammed the uber driver infront of me. I warned him when he was coming for mine not to bang the booth.

The guy banged the booth I heard (broken sound). The speed I take come down.. even Usain bolt go fear.

2secs everywhere burst. I wanted to slap him but I changed it to blow.. next thing the guy fall.. see blood like Tap. To cut the long story I no fit ask for money for repair of the booth, the guy sef no fit ask me for hospital money.

My rider gave me rope to tie my booth.

Morale of the story: anger no good..what if the guy die?

Chai!

Dem say you like fight

northbird:
Those guys r not uber drivers o.
They are registered with d Lagos transport union.

No one can put that taxi sign without proper dues n documentation.

They don't drive on uber

They are uber drivers

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Mystical888

Remove your contacts from there, please.

Make ritualists and kidnappers no go contact you.

Just post the ad there. Whoever is interested should quote you, and then you take it up from there[/color]

What difference will it make lolz

ofime123:
me I don't understand u guys what u mean by the app not reading if u change destination my own app always continue the reading oo have not had any issue with them oo and anytime I had trip failure which is once a while I always win them Las Las.i never loss. I mean NEVER.

That makes 2 of us

Felicity001:
na Man U be baba no b people like @chillex8 wey dey stand for fence.
let come together and put ideas and heads together.
this is how good things start.
Let the numbers increase I don’t know how to tag many people but all of you be rest assure I c u guys and know dat u r not a coward we can’t sit while people work with/for to make rich shi*t in our heads.

@Dru23 boss! Abeg we need ur support to preach this good gospel of liberty since I’m a driver I may not have the time to do this all the time since I’ll be on the road in most time call me January. But I’ve all my strategies in stock.

#a win to drivers is a win to all

It's a waste of time and energy, I don't mean to sound discouraging but that's just the fact. 95% of drivers don't know this nairaland thread exists.
However it can be achieved only if there's a functioning union.

dru23:
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You're hereby ignored till further notice.

radautoworks:
Didn't see it Pele.

Just pele? You will not promise me discount on new engine installation