₦airaland Forum

tobby98:
Once happened to me, I just hit the head of the kick and went home straight. No risk am if e start again, just dey go house.

Baba i don dey house but motor still dey away

Like this now, Kickstarter don give me forceful 2 days leave

Glithronix:
There was a Sunday I experienced this, when work was going smoothly.
I hit the head until my car started, I just went home straight and called it a day, as per say I no fit access my rewire and no way to resolve the issue.
Once your car start, abeg just dey go house go rest, continuing will ruin more than your day.



Much respect, boss.

From 7:30am, it later start by 2pm. After i drove 150meters i enter gutter wey dem comot the slab bumper first tear . I first burst laff. Na one generous man wey dey come from church help me lift am while i drive out of the gutter.

The man advice make i park adjust the bumper so as to manage am reach destination, naso i unknowingly off Engine, since then reach now e no gree start

Motor can be running 100% fine and go bad the next minute

Now i dey battle bumper and Kickstart problem, if Oil sump still intact sha

Kickstarter ruined my day, first ride by 7am i reach there park dey wait. Naso i start car e no gree respond. E first be like play coz e never happen to me before

no AVAILABILITY OF DRIVERS causes surge.

phranco:
I for like CNG am oo, but there is no CNG installation plant or refilling station here in owerri. I don reason to find money go install am outside this state, but how I go take dey refill am na the problem

Wahala, imagine make you dey drive interstate to refuel your tank

phranco:
Pls dear pilots, is avalon ship good for this hustle cos my brother want to give me his car to use or this hustle as he wants to travel out. The car is v6 is there anybody using it here for the hustle pls share your experience

V6 is high, we 4 plugs dey manage see profit on fuel money


So for a beginner in this Fuel hike please dont start with V6. U fit CNG am as my boss don talk for up.

V6 or 4 plugs, u still need to learn how to make money with the car. Good luck boss

cyif2003:
Abeg the speed limit for 3rd mainland does it really work? Kus men dey fire pass 80km/hr on a steady!!!!!

https://payvis.ng/

Search your number plate if you never violate traffic rules.

I no dey pass 80km/hr sha, make dem no use my money build IGR & GDP

Heard monthly ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION will resume this saturday in Lagos??

Jesustheking:
Hello boss

I will like to ask, if I ask the rider and the destination is a no for me, will I beg the rider to cancel because I know some of them will not and if I cancel the ride won't my driver's score be affected?

Even if they cancel Bolt will still reduce your Driver score

Dem go say YOU NO MOVE FROM WHERE YOU PICK THE RIDE. hence making the rider cancel and let them lose money

Dshocker:
Find one of the rich riders and date naaw 😂

I don get 2 wives already make i add more marital problems join my neck?

dapotemi:
Like the old folks, this new set of drivers are also millionaire...Uber drivers are really making it in Nig right now..Nothing dey affect them!
But who are those people dancing skelewu in Alausa? Those drivers rushing to install CNG, maybe they don't need it after all so far you can still net 50k a day!
50k * 30 = 1,500,000
Drivers are earning even more than CFO and CTO of most companies sef.
You made about 100k driving in a day, yet the fuel gauge of ur Camry muscle SLIGHTLY drop from "F".

How person wan take drive 30/30 days in a month? You dey owe mexico Cartel?

If Car is sound even with AC you should be able to double your fuel money. Coz 99.9% riders on Bolt comfort & Uber will always request

tobby98:
That's not a bad one, what vehicle is that?

Matrix 09/10

tobby98:
I started with Full tank, and the arrow marginally left the F. I always do with Full tank, it makes life and the work easy. No endless going to fuel stations during work time to queue or being forced to buy from stations with questionable meters or bad fuel. After all once stucked, you don't mind just getting that fuel rather than your car stopping on the road. So buying a full tank before start of work or after saves you time and is more economical.

I refuel full tank daily even before my car gets to half tank. I no wan face fuel pump issue again in my life. That way i dont worry going any distance because i will need to drive 466KM with AC to get fuel empty sign

Eazilyfe:
Some of these ladies/women ehn... dem go carry emotions and others dey enter ride, some need who to talk to or gist with. Me i dey read mood b4 i engage sha make dem no report me, one today was jst saying a lot of things i cant remember i just dey agree with her dey go

Earlier this week, after ranting with staff on calls one was requesting Burna boy songs

Some of these ladies/women ehn... dem go carry emotions and others dey enter ride, some need who to talk to or gist with. Me i dey read mood b4 i engage sha make dem no report me, one today was jst saying a lot of things i cant remember i just dey agree with her dey go

Jesustheking:
I will also need suggestions on where I can position myself. I work at Ikeja and I close by 3pm so that's when I start my driving

Thanks

Ikeja is a good place, many offices in Ikeja, Allen, Agidingbi, oba akran etc. So they want to commute home after a tiring day

Jesustheking:
Good day everyone

Pls my question is how will I know the area where rider's destination is before accepting the trip? Because some destination will just show the street name and house number without showing if it's Ikorodu or Badagry or other places.

Also can you guys also help newbies like myself some areas to avoid (dead zones) because I had a not too smooth experience last week, I took a rider to Ikorodu and I couldn't get any reasonable ride so I drove to Ikeja and then took another one to Badagry only to be enter some annoying traffic both going and coming plus from Badagry I didn't get any ride back as well. So that day was just very bad experience for me.

Also I'm using 2005 big daddy Camry and if I buy fuel of 20k, I only gross 40k is this normal or I'm doing somethings wrong

And lastly what is the highest distance I should consider for pickup because all the trips that Uber has been offering me has been from 15mins above that's why I used more of indrive and bolt.

Every contributions and ideas will be appreciated 🙏

Boss, most of the things people will advice you you will have to learn it or experience it. As u have said, will you ever take trips to Ikorodu or Badagry again?

As for blind places Bolt carry you to, you might need to learn Lagos state postal codes(100278 is for Ikeja, 100610 is for Eti osa, lekki etc) sabi those codes and u go know whether na bush Bolt dey send you go . Then later on u will know areas by street.

Another advice, Have a working route/areas. Ehailing is 100% positioning and timing. If na morning till evening you wan do or na weekends for owambe people. You will have to find out what works for you

P.S i just started last day of january this year and i have learnt a lot still learning

tobby98:
My problem with some of drivers is their own appearance and looks of their vehicle. They don't care or don't value themselves or aesthetics. My car is well pimped, AC running smoothly, I dress well. This already gives me an edge in areas of getting juicy offline trips, negotiating or even getting tips( I don't demand, I too get steeze to demand). Because of the composure and presentation, I already got a business contract from a rider , surprisingly from a female, a gender that stresses us so much on this job. Indeed who go help you no go stress you, even when I turn on AC without her asking, she still wind down say she need fresh air, na there I suspect say na big lady, we no blow AC till we reach Parkview, Ikoyi. But those who don't have AC at home would nearly fight you if them hear say your AC stopped working or not cooling enough. So back to the matter, this was my dashboard for yesterday alone, worked from 6am till 5pm. I did 72k net on Bolt, 12k tips, 15k offline. Started with a full tank but the arrow never too pass F. On Indrive, I prefer it more on some occasions especially on the mainland like Ago, Yaba, Surulere, Ajao Estate, Ikeja. Just sabi position and you go enjoy them especially when there's surge(yes Indrive dey get their own surge). Both the beauty of Bolt is their surge too, the prices are killing lol, that's why most driver's get their Bolt app activated during ember months, their downsides is that they are cunny especially on the location you're going and the time to pick up. My own advice is do what works for you. On this CNG, I am observing, everyone wants to keep operating costs low, but I am a bit skeptical. I no wan risk my baby(Camry Muscle) but I want to buy a smaller car to test run with it. I mean going by the price of CNG, for guys like me, the least a day is going to be 90k net. So my final advice is for guys to start looking clean, no matter your problems, don't look it. Take care of your cars too. I just tried to talk to some Uber guys one day that I didn't go home and decided to do small night work, at that Enyo side close to the AP filling station that sells overnight, some guys looked like they never chop for 2 days, some were bathing outside by their car (this was my first time seeing this). Pls guys let's take care of ourselves and health. Don't let people look down on you coz you're doing Uber work, present yourself well, if you're serious about this work, your earnings already put you above 80% of Nigerians working, your problem would now be your lifestyle, habits and saving culture. I mandate myself to save 50k a day any day I come out and I have never missed since I started except I no work that day or I go for other runs. So that savings culture is a must, if not the day your car pack up, you go beg tire and people are not obligated to help you or share in your problems. Ire o. Just this morning, I don carry person go Airport from Isheri Osun, he paid 20k. I had to go from Ago to pick him up, driving time of 14mins, and ride time of 26mi s, that's not a bad deal for a start today. May God help us all o. Ire o.

Yes boss, i can say my biggest tippers are women, thats why i can never leave BOLT & UBER. Upon say one of my female riders send like 50K to wrong account number yesterday while asking for payment details. She still send me additional 35K said she will sort the wrong transfer out. In this work i wear my best attitude some times and some times i dey change am for those ladies especially if i don read your first approach. 80% of our riders are women so learning to deal with them is important.

Nelochukwu:
U this boy if u see me u won't be able to look me in d eyes. If u r in Lagos let's meet up with that saadu guy u said is me

Wetin dey ur eyes wey dem no fit look you for eyes u be cyclops abi Superman?

VaselineCrew:
Bolt without their campaigns sometimes is such a struggle.

I feel those campaigns are even our money sef - Like 9 rides for 9k - I feel that's part of the high commission we pay to Bolt that they decide to give back a few times a month, with high requirements. I still remember the one of 11k for 13 rides. I been wan faint that day.

Without those campaigns, it's a struggle for me on the island with all these N2k trips. I even saw one today for N1.8k, I was shocked. Though it was a short trip, but still man, chai.

Bought 18k fuel today and could barely gross 36k

Bought 12k fuel yesterday and in trying to gross 24k, my fuel finished, lol. Though I did run some personal errands, but still. Thank God i was near a filling station when the car shut down.

No surge recently on the island, what gives? Guess too many cars here, awon lagride, bolt, uber, cabzero...

Sometimes you get generous tippers that make your day worth it. Like this Angel guy that paid 15k to wait for a little bit. Excellent income while car is shutdown and petrol consumption is zero.

With no tipping, no campaigns, meeen!

Bolt needs to increase prices slightly men and drop their commission.

But it seems they will never, ever, ever drop that commission.

I was just looking at my monthly statement on Bolt and noticing how much I pay in commission. Like you'd see 300k and I know fuel would probably have been like 150k, so net for me would be like 150k, yet YOU'D SEE LIKE 80K BOLT COMMISSION, CHAI.

I feel like a slave sometimes, so I get 150k with all the suffering and they get 80k for doing almost nothing WTF?

On a normal day, how many rides you dey complete?

Una use 9 pages dey argue CNG , make everybody use any means e like fuel hin car.

Jegheter:
Exactly. Wetin concern petrol n cng. Petrol cars are better I mean dey were built for petrol. Using cng is a strictly business decision that like every business decision comes with risk. Iz just an edge cause of the crazy fuel price.

Like u rightly said smaller engine cars r d perfect tool for this job. Imagine cars with 1.3 1.5L engine or hybrid like that prius(solid car) Dem no go understand wetin dey sup.

Thank God d strait is opened make we dey watch

Dem don close am back few mins ago remain one paper dem never sign

[quote author=taxiappguy post=139136390][/quote]This is not Europe... do you still hear anything about climate change in nigeria?

Jegheter:
Yes EV is the future of automobile but not in Nigeria and definitely not as e hailing in the nearest future. Nigeria cannot support EV just yet and it will take another 20years to.

For now cng is better Investment than EV before u take 60m n buy EV I as a creditor will rather grant a facility for buying 10 big daddies V6 and cng all and hand to a receiver manager/fleet management team. Bro I tell u, u will make more money and have cars as going concern than the person that invests in EV today. Ev cannot be sustained just yet in Nigeria

You are correct 100% if not for Petrol price i prefer Petrol fuelled car than CNG. Or getting small capacity cars like Toyota Prius(Hybrid), Honda fit, Toyota Yaris etc


Now that the Strait is opened lets see what would happen next?

Dabadwela:
Ehailing is an average man business?

See the mentality wey una get sef

I spit on una

Lol, average man not poor man. No vex na richman business. Na why indrive fit thrive with rickety cars with poor conditions. If Bolt & Uber raise the standards for Cars like in Europe & US how many vehicles go remain?

Even if you be huge investor buy fleet of cars, na average man go still be ur driver. Thats when people dont want to pay more than 300K salary

northbird:
My advise is stick to what's working for you.
EV has no future with ehailing maybe CNG.

Do you have a standby Technical person in case of repairs or a standard workshop.

My bro, EV is the future of car

Ask yourself why US & CHINA moved from gas to EV and didnt consider CNG?

Infact na only India & Nigeria i see PR for CNG. Why EV wont work in nigeria yet is because we dont have 24/7 electricity, Good roads and there are so many EV to confuse drivers on which to buy as the no 1 EV(TESLA) is expensive for an average man. Ehailing is an average man business, so what an average man cant afford wont thrive, for example corolla made Uber, bolt thrive

All the EV on our roads are quit expensive, so when a company give drivers on HP the repayment will always be like slavery. Companies will always consider their profit 100% before they think of you

Jegheter:
Bro u no believe. Fine go apply ooo

When election dey come?

E no go wan offend masses more

Jegheter:
Make una go do tax clearance ooo. Don't dash government 100k

Eeyah... lol

Treaster:
Guys good morning to you all,

Please I need a car for rental or hp, I can do 70k per week comfortably.

I stay at sangotedo.

Here's my number 09077777145.

Thanks.

Sorry to ask, for people who do Rental & Hp. Is it the driver that maintain/service the vehicle or owner? Or shared responsibility to service the car

Who drives LAGRIDE here? Why people dey sign deals dem no fit fulfill

emmychib:
Thank you. Please do you know the prices

Approx. 12-13K for both

One is 5k and the other 7-8K i think

You will answer about 10 Driving questions(small exam) for the LASDRI

Hard to believe sha