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pleasureosondu:
My brother, all you said is true. Whether it's HP or rental, drivers are at loss and That's why I've always emphasized the need for each individual to determine what's best for you and the job. The experiences we provide is for people learn from the mistakes.


I don't know much about psychology of riders in Lagos but here in the FCT, believe me when I say if your car isn't the Corollas and Camrys of 2006-2012 and it's has unique features, the majority of your rides will be completed largely offline. In fact, riders book you and I'm sure you know what it means. Corollas and Camrys have little or no respect to riders except you do an upgrade. Moreover, the upgrades are benefits for the owners.

There are details I didn't provide here but be rest assured that my friend had no intention of creating problems. Be honest Mr Pearl, if you have a driver that pro-actively maintains your car properly, tells you that he would undertake a large chunk from the cost of an upgrade of your car, pays your remittance when due, will you take that car away from him? If you will, well I won't. It's difficult to get selfless drivers like that. Do you know that he had to sell that car because his brother- in -law nearly rendered it useless?

And I have no regrets. I believe that if you do good even in bad situations, good must find you later. The wife pressured the husband to retrieve the car but today, na my second car I wan buy. At times, na owners dey make drivers wicked.

davit:
Bro I tire o. The idiot refused to wait for traffic light. I didn't even see him at all. Before I parked to check, he has zoomed off. Kinda downcast now

pleasureosondu:
Everything you guys(Yourself and Mr CheerfulGiver) have said is the truth. Let me briefly give my experience in regards to rental.

A "friend" provided the first car I drove on bolt. We had a verbal agreement- weekly remittal was 15k but I take care of all repairs. And whenever I took the car for repairs, I don't remit. So I started work. After being on the job for some weeks, I noticed that it paid better than the profits from my other business but in tandem with salary, so I decided to buy my own car. But before I'll do that, I opted for upgrading my friend's car because I noticed that other drivers with upgraded cars had more offline jobs.

I bought leather seat cover, headrest TV and changed foot mats. Note that he's mechanic was in charge of repairs. So one day, he called asking why I added those features to the Corolla and I told him that I just wanted to stand out from the regular cars. Dude didn't say anything. Some weeks later, he called pleading that I should help him provide the Car's spare tire to the wife ( she had a flat tire while driving home). Well that was the first time she saw the car in months. Now, just two weeks later, my pady called and complained that the 15k remittal was peanuts. He wants 30k. I said that this was only possible in Lagos ( I live in the FCT). After much back and forth, we agreed on 20k( note that he hasn't asked to see the car).

Well, unfortunately for me, I had bought alloy wheels( a fatal decision as you would see later). As usual, my friend's auto tech fixed it up and he keeps the damaged/replaced item for my friend(owner). Just two days later, owner called complaining bitterly about the adjustments to the car. Amongst all he said, the statement he made which stuck in my mind was " Abi, you wan take style collect the car from me?" Let me not say how hurtful I felt regarding that statement. I drove for some days but I wasn't myself.

After much deep thought and consideration, I decided to return the car without taking as much as a pin out of it. My exact words amongst others were " this one when you talk say I wan collect your car, I know say you and your wife Don talk about the matter. And if anything happen to you, your family go come say na me kill you. You and me Don know tye tye. Me and you no how we take hustle before we fit reach were we dey so but for you to talk dis kain......."

He did call severally but I just ignored. That experience made me more determined and I got my own car some month's later( I'm even trying to get another one). But do you know that I was told later that it was the wife's brother that started using the car?

At times, I blame myself that I invested too much on a car that wasn't mine but I had a purpose for it. Personally, I believe that if you want to make more money, you will need to spend money. I had plans and Good intentions for the car too but people will always be people. So, Your advice and that of Mr CheerfulGiver are top notch.

Pearl1910:
Bolded is not correct. Do ur calculations well.

dru23:
Work hard bro.. Stay focus....

pleasureosondu:
Well said.

BAZ001:
That Lagos driver must be a lazy driver, lazier than donfortune48, frubben + gentlelife50 together, how can he say over 2hrs no request in Lagos ?
Me we dey run from request today, only that surge dribble me small, cos when I dey mainland, I see surge for island Na so request Cary me go island as I dey balance for lekki Na so mainland red. Wetin dey happen? I do oo land for Surulere gbam surge don move go yaba. You never see anything I still follow am. Na there I tire to dey drive yaba to VI back to yaba back 2 back, i run go house before I get pile or bad eyesight and pot belly (I like my six packs)
Hopefully I will resume in the night, before ants chup all d stew finish

I don carry my bag which country plsssss?

supo19884:
Newly arrived and registered American used CAMRY 03 available for hire purchase... You must be active either on bolt/Uber or indriver with 2 verifiable guarantors and willing to pay a sum of 300k security deposit. Contact me via email: shuppyholarpeskky@gmail.com or whatsapp 0805 606 4662
Drivers in Agege and its environs are welcome

davit:
I have noticed that anytime I get tips on card trips, bolt usually adds it to my money and takes commission from it. Guys is this alright?

SHOOPSYN:
Ant king shaking head for you... Who ordained you to be in Ant league... . You better come back here, carry your car and stay with LazyD and I trust Pope 101 can't even ordain you.

Felicity0001:
Baz001 I'm tired come let's leace this country.


Reason this concerns and comments

Felicity0001:
I'm tired of you dis boy! Like I'm really tired.

BAZ001:
Na simple flywheel you no know ?
Small thing ,

A flywheel is a mechanical device which uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy; a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed. ... Common uses of a flywheel include: Smoothing the power output of an energy source.

Se u get it now ?

iCloud007:
Hey guys,
I need your advice.
Anybody heard about flywheel?
Please what causes it to break??
Mine has broken for the fifth time now.
First time:
Mechanic brought down the engine, removed the flywheel and bought another. He said my converter is vibrating and they (he gave it to the people who work on it) did some work on it to “stabilize it”.
Second timetwo days later)
They dropped the engine and said it broke at another spot. Long story short, he gave the excuse that my Corolla 04 has a different model of flywheel (old model flywheel) and sha replaced it (I had a feeling it was all bobo).
Third time: (two weeks later)
They dropped the engine and they said they went to look for “gear box specialist” from ladipo to properly investigate what is going on. Long story short, they said the guy did some work and it won’t happen again.
Fourth time: (like two weeks later)
They advised I should change my converter and the flywheel.
We did.
Fifth time: (one week later)
This is now, they are advising I should just change my whole gearbox.

Anybody has this kind of challenge please?
I need help and answers please.




Not sure about names here but I know a few
Dru23
Felicity001
Cheerfulgiver
Crvrider
Kanuisagoat
And everybody I didn’t mention.

ebiye55:
Abeg what is surge? E be like the meaning don change seriously

Johnchrix:
Can you please recommend a reliable company that can offer this service, tanks

spartacus11:
i will make a deposit of 363k, this deposit is not refundable

below is the break down of the 363k as follows

Insurance- 140k (this insurance is only valid to the company incase of accident with the vehicle beyond repair, so they can protect their investment, so the insurance doesn’t cover me, i will have to get mine ( so why make me pay for this?)

Admi Fee - 4k plus

Tracker- 20k ( the company will be the one to get the person that will fix it)

License plate- 35k ( at the end of repayment the plate number is mine, i will just go for change of name, since they will be registering the car in the company’s name)

Upfront Payment- 70k, this money will be use as payment towards the capital, but it was not subtracted from the total yet

VAT- 94k, i will have to pay VAT too

I felt why pay a deposit that is not refundable or subtracted from the total

The 363k is not a fixed amount, it is dependent on the cost of your car, let’s say you got a car for 2.4M probably the deposit will be less than 363k


The repayment window was 18 months i.e 72 weeks 4x18=72 weekly payment 4,060,000/72weeks= 56k per week

but the company was silent on some issues like, there are some months that end in 5 weeks but they use 4 weeks on their calculations so what happens if a certain month ends in 5 weeks am i still made to make repayment on the 5th week, since the contract is weekly payment

you see i may end up paying more if the details are not well spelt out

i was not in a hurry to get a car, i wanted to know the entire details of what to expect

IgiveLadiesBj:
@Felicity, why did you give those police people 2,000 after the havoc they caused to you without committing any crime. Na una dey spoil these Police people. They still have mouth to ask anything for us .. Chai

IgiveLadiesBj:
Why are you cutting corners na... Just mention Feli Feli

ReadaDream:
Foot on brake, engage parking brake (handbrake) then shift to park.

Do this all the time, be it leveled or a slope ground. Your transmission will last longer.

morax101:
The right way is to put the gear to neutral, engage your parking break and then shift the gear lever to Park.

mabeni:
Good morning guys. Avoid parking and sleeping at the front of presken hotel, majekodunmi Street, Ikeja. We were unfortunately raided by AREA F POLICEMEN in the middle night of Thursday 12th 2021 at about 1.AM
About 14 pilots were arrested and vehicle tolled. Our vehicles were impounded, thrown into CELL and of course, Extorted. I paid 15k to bail myself and car out around 8pm, some paid 20k and i heard some group paid 10k. It depends on your bargaining power.

The excuse was that the residents came to report to them that we sleeps, messes up the place and causes nuisance.

So, for now, majekodunmi street don cast.

Crvrider:
Petty. You're busy looking for sense, if you see one can you recognize it?

FuckEveryday:
Lol...u sha like wahala sha!

I said in my post yesterday I've been doing a lazy mans job for a while now..I expected the pains the very first day sef...Na gym I from come now, not working today till Nightfall if body carry me. I'm not delivering for anybody, I don't have mouths to feed, I therefore shouldn't kill my body while still in Nigeria, cus Wen I finally Japa, which body I go use work for dah side

ReadaDream:
Very possible. See image attached

pleasureosondu:
I've observed that Most points you make are actually factual and valid. But you need to understand that it's not everyone here that's insightful or will adopt your views. For example, I was surprised that some folks don't know that driving for long periods of time regularly is dangerous to health when you mentioned it but it's the truth. So, whether they accept or not is none of your business.

I also observed that there were complaints in regards to your customer service skills. Bro, there's no need to be aggressive with a rider. If you feel that you were in the right and a rider disrespected you and tries to paint you in a bad light, you simply tell that rider alight. No insults, no 1 star rating, no nothing. Ignore and move on. Your knowledge of this job and that of Mr Cheerful giver is legendary. You guys should stop making a mockery about this acquired knowledge and find ways to agree. Na only women dey behave like this.

Respect.

Pearl1910:
Enough of this Felicity respect yourself. This is unacceptable. I haven't insulted u in any of my posts. Be guided

spartacus11:
The deal i got was from a micro-credit facility, they asked i go look for a car and negotiate with seller, so they can do the necessary calculations on the weekly payment

After giving it a serious thought, and taking into consideration, the discussion from this thread, i went back to them and ask they do an estimated calculation using 2,800,000 million naira, assuming that will be the cost of the car i will be getting

if total cost of car was 2.8M,, their interest rate in respective of the cost of your car was 2.5% and the duration was 18 or 20 months tenure- So total repayment will be 4,060,000 Million, interest and Capital combine for 18 months

i will make a deposit of 363k, this deposit is not refundable

below is the break down of the 363k as follows

Insurance- 140k (this insurance is only valid to the company incase of accident with the vehicle beyond repair, so they can protect their investment, so the insurance doesn’t cover me, i will have to get mine ( so why make me pay for this?)

Admi Fee - 4k plus

Tracker- 20k ( the company will be the one to get the person that will fix it)

License plate- 35k ( at the end of repayment the plate number is mine, i will just go for change of name, since they will be registering the car in the company’s name)

Upfront Payment- 70k, this money will be use as payment towards the capital, but it was not subtracted from the total yet

VAT- 94k, i will have to pay VAT too

I felt why pay a deposit that is not refundable or subtracted from the total

The 363k is not a fixed amount, it is dependent on the cost of your car, let’s say you got a car for 2.4M probably the deposit will be less than 363k


The repayment window was 18 months i.e 72 weeks 4x18=72 weekly payment 4,060,000/72weeks= 56k per week

but the company was silent on some issues like, there are some months that end in 5 weeks but they use 4 weeks on their calculations so what happens if a certain month ends in 5 weeks am i still made to make repayment on the 5th week, since the contract is weekly payment

you see i may end up paying more if the details are not well spelt out

i was not in a hurry to get a car, i wanted to know the entire details of what to expect

Last month coming to this month financial pressure was high on me, i was almost desperate getting the car by all means

that was when i kept seeing CheerfulGiver comments on how HP is a scam, he did a calculations on why rental was far better than HP

Now coming from a Newbie in driving (i don’t currently drive, the little time i did i learnt it from youtube, drove few times some yeas back)

been a novice ( even planing registering for a driving school) and taking car on HP, i will have to drive on a commercial basis, and be remitting 56k weekly, at least from this thread i understand that one can spend between 30-45k on fuel weekly 56k+30k=86k

on HP, car maintenance will be on me, within this 18 months i will still have to pay my house rent, house feeding money, bills, health

putting all this into consideration i had to pull out from the HP deal for now

if i had been a professional driver before now i wouldn’t have turn this deal down, but for a newbie like me i felt the stake was too high

in-fact police that don’t want to use eye to see young men driving flashy cars in Benin. lets not even go there

Don't blame these set of people na 1m geng dashboard cause am

samobaba4u:
Oga Feli, please let PEACE reigns. All these won't take us anywhere. Bí ọmọdé bá ń ṣe bí ọmọdé, àgbà á máa ṣe bi àgbà

spartacus11:
One thing i learnt from CheerfulGiver was that HP is a scam, i was seriously considering HP and, trying to get connect, but i didn’t get a favorable deals, i gave it a serious thought and followed this thread every-time to get more understanding on how possible to earn enough to balance weekly HP payment , Fuel the Car, Fix Car, Take care of my family bills, and have some savings too, as a new bill the odds where just so unreasonable

Right now i had to drop the thought of HP, and start considering how i can get a personal car, truth be told, getting funds for it is even more challenging i guess that’s where patients and perseverance comes in

so i take this time as my learning time, to grasp all the knowledge i can get

thats why most of the time i like it more when the house is not in agreement , that is when we tend to see some salient point from both side.

You all are my Supper Heroes

pleasureosondu:
Mr Felicity, I believe this is the first time I'm quoting you. Just let go of all these chiacking. It's not easy but Just try to ignore the backlash even if folks don't agree with your views on matters. Everyone is entitled to their opinions so do you. I'm also pleading to the others.

Peace

davit:
Update

Pearl1910:
What are you saying Feli Feli...
I have never heard or experienced any of these things you mentioned here.
Reason why I asked if u r exaggerating or joking. All u need to do is make this claims factually.

Someone mentioned here that he fell down wen he stepped out of his car...if u don't eat and u r working any work at all for hours u will faint. It's not peculiar to driving alone.
All I want to hear are sicknesses/ailments that are caused directly as a result of one driving. I am interested in this. Back and waist pain i know because u sitting down. Not as if people don't sit down in their offices. but poor eye sight, pile, pot belly abeg I want to know more.