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Felicity0001:
Rule out option 2 as engine is 3.0L V6, nice car though.

Do more research about the other 2 options but from my own view the Mazda should be more fuel efficient cos of its smaller body. People use all of these cars for ehailing shall.

Pearl1910:
First of all fuel consumption and spare parts cost aren't the only things to look out for if u intend to use a car on ehailing for long term.

VW Passat
Avoid this car for e-hailing. Even as private car, if u never chop beleful don't touch it. The attendant problems are too much. From electrical to engine to gear to AC wahala.
Only buy if it's tokunbo, u have done due diligence and u have a professional mechanic specialized in VW that will manage it for u.

Acura TSX
Executive Honda.
Ticks all boxes except fuel consumption and simplicity. But If people use Lexus for e-hailing, it can also fly. Fuel consumption is similar to Muscle/Spider.
It's a Honda so it's reliable and durable.
Available parts and mechanics.
Just have it in your mind that it will have more issues than a regular civic/accord cos of the extra solenoids and censors in d car.

Mazda3
Ticks all boxes except ruggedity.
Easy maintainance,
Modest fuel consumption similar to Camry2.4,
Cheap spare parts,
Straight forward setup under the hood,
The car isn't very strong and rugged but with proper maintenance it will serve u.
Not the best 3 options for ehailing.

Going by the reviews from you bosses, in all fairness and reality, those cars are not a good option for e-hailing. This is why I love this platform. Much respect, bros.
Appreciate you, sirs. More knowledge.

Men in the house, please your views and enlightenment are required;
Considering fuel consumption and spare parts cost only, kindly share your knowledge about these cars below;
1) VW Passat (pic 1).
2) Acura TSX (pic 2).
3) Mazda 3 (pic 3).
All pics gotten downloaded.
Or anything you know about each of these cars that might help the buyer's judgement for e-hailing grind.
General overviews. One love.

morax101:
See confirm shading !!!

These ones are still jonzing.
Let's wait and see how far they would go.
Lagride my foot.

Barbiturate:
You have done noble.

Nice one sir

Much respect, boss.

YeyeGbami:
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Remain make we see Amber.

ReadaDream:
Cruise.... Told them B.uhari at the gate, they let me in.

Real cruise.

eyinola:
we don bursts am , him don japaa he wan collect 250K deposit for Camry and 500K for venza

Barbiturate:
It's like bolt has started reducing DS if you don't pick a request and if rider cancels. I noticed it this night.

Meanwhile, I picked a rider today from around law school to awoyaya. While on the trip, the guy said I would have to enter chevron, that he needs to pick someone. I asked if he put a stop, he said he doesn't know how to and he doesn't know about it. I said I'll go but he shouldn't waste time. I got there(inside chevron company) I parked and he left. I waited for almost 30 mins. I had called when it was about 15 mins, but he kept begging me to be patient. Omo, I just dey there, dey vex. He eventually came with the guy. The guy apologized, but I made them understand that it was unfair on me. We eventually got to their house at awoyaya. Trip came to 8k plus, bolt gave rider 1k promo, rider to pay 7k plus. The guy transferred the money and told me to check. Omo Na 10k this guy transfer o. All my para and anger just died straight. I thanked him. He said he would thank me instead, cos I was very patient with him. He also didn't let me get to his gate cos it was very sandy.

This one don teach me to dey calm down with riders, if they don't put a stop

There are still good people with good heart around us, but some will still frustrate you on top the wait and your patience.
I used bolt yesterday to take an item to my base, I told driver where my destination was exactly, but he thought of another place.
When he got the place he thought I was going, I said no oga, my destination is still ahead, though not far, but traffic was his agitation all about.
Driver just dey para inside him car about traffic ahead, but I kept my cool cos I've learned a lot here and the kind of calm person I be join.
When I got to my place, I gave him extra tips on top the fare money.
I didn't rate him immediately, and I knew he was expecting nothing more than 1 star due to how I snubbed him when he was ranting during ride... Like 2 hours later, I rated him 5 star, courtesy of this place, plus I understood all his agitation which was the traffic and a low fare, plus bolt 25% commission (on top Camry 2.4L).

Crvrider:
Of cause I understand...sarcasm!

Smiles.

Felicity0001:
Just like that Badore trip to ikeja yesterday come c where I dey pray make she first accept me since I'm just 3min away. She rejected and again sent the request this time "trip as been taken... Chia! I won cry. na so 7 5k take reject me so? Next thing the request came again with the same amount... 7.5k... I accepted again and zuumm! Wait time started counting down...

Come c as i take carry mario speed call the woman started romancing her giving her details of Where I was... Madam was trying to give proper direction I just asked her is the address on your request correct? She said yes! Okay I'll be there in 3min.

Zoom 5min I'd arrived, called her to inform her and she told me the house.
Waited oooh I didn't see her, I checked estimate of the trip on Bolt it was N6200-N7100 i was like wow!!

Madam never still come out I come dey reason weather na fake request ooo I called again madam didn't pick up... I stepped out of the car to stretch my legs because I'd been waiting for over an hour for a trip out of the mainland as I'd another pickup by 3pm.

Small time madam came out, are you the driver? She asked,
Yes ma'am.
Okay let's go sorry for keeping you.
No problem.

Do you allow eating, I'm going to a hospital and I've to eat... Chai! C temptation!

No problem but we won't use AC till you're done.
Why? So that we won't eat the food together?
Something like that


So just like you said e get s9me kind trips you will have to pet the rider oh

Interesting.
Make the money no pass you by, chairman became a hospitality man sharperly . God no go shame us. More grease to your right foot.

thoollz:
Sir I'm not asking for much, just help me send a porsche. I will remit 500% to your mum monthly, then u'll get me a Job after 5years. Deal

Crvrider:
@BritishNaija, for those of us who do not understand, kindly explain how this works: "And please i will demand security deposit"

I think the normal initial down payment from the taker of the car for HP, before the person can release the car.
But the man don dey get red flag tags from our legends here.

Pearl1910:
With all these ur conditions u should put the rentals on 10k a week. Trust me

eyinola:
fridays night runs nko unless if he can take 15K per week shaa

deedee44:
This time around, when 2 elephants fight.. the grass shall enjoy

73O9:
Ode has edited. You are the one that made a fool_ of yourself.
Check my first quote to you that has your actual post before you edited.

73O9:
You are not ready.

All conditions are trash.

almsofgold:
Felicity, do you know any 'ofure'? E get why.

Viking07:

LOL.

BAZ001:
My brother nobody will answer you ooh.
From experience people will join the strike from their keyboard but will be driving codedly.

I just need a confirmation from all the whatsapp group if the strike is still holding or just mind my business?

Any update from any telegram and whatsapp groups

You're right @bolded.
I expected the app to be empty with no ride at all.

Cheddaz:
I don't think people will really mind taking a branded cab and cab is also brand new and sleek. The main issue is can Lagos State sustain it? What happened to the likes of redcab and ekocab? They are saying the drivers will own the car after 5 years of a payment plan, how is the payment plan for this as well as the drivers take home income, what is the criteria for driving, how flexible is the contract? We still dey battle the e-hailing coys for the restraint they are giving us, how much control will drivers have on the lagride app? Then you now talk of maintenance, Abi them think say bolt,uber and the rest don't know why they don't provide the cars for drivers? Las Las na share them go share those cars.

The Lagride is failure on arrival but I am sure the government already has a drafted plans and policies in place as they normally do on all projects. But since they are going to need people to drive these cars, their success is not guaranteed. It would live a short span before it goes off the road. They should start first, I will be here to laugh them off the grill.
And as I said, I can never enter that branded Lagride cab, on top wetin? Never!
I will rather take the old yellow branded taxi than this Lagride.
Make we dey look sha. Time will tell on this project.

GeneralZodd:
Sanwo Olu don Vex . Over 500 GAC tear rubber mint cars for E-Taxi. If they succeed with this LAGRIDE. Bolt and Uber should expect
some government regulation and restriction soon.

I heard some of you guys saying Government can't compete with Uber/Bolt. Just an enforcement of one "Draconian law", they will take over and shut down the operation of competitors. Example is Opay, Gokada

But Lagos transportation sector is too big for Government alone to handle. Population is gigantic, 22,000,000 million people no be beans

Lagos State government no get sense and time will tell how senseless they are.
I will never order a cab with such branded name, make them come know say I dey order for cab when I board and alight? Me that I like coded and lowkey life, which I believe a lot of people also do.
Club guys/babes, Runs girls and Yahoo boys will rather opt for Uber/bolt than this their yeye lagride.
The failure already started with the branded name and uniformed color. Make them bring in millions of it, Uber/bolt/indriver go still beat them hands down.
The money danfo drivers are making and the number of passengers are 10x more than BRT, because where danfo go reach, BRT no fit go there.
Same will happen to the Lagride in this e-hailing race.
It's only going to fry the ass of Uber/bolt, etc to sit right and adjust their policy in order to keep drivers on their platform to avoid dying off the business.
Which driver wan go apply for government e-hailing rides self? I will like to know the category of people that probably would.
Let's wait and see. Time will tell.

eyinola:
should still hold, lowest ride should be 1K , commission should be 20% and stop this nonsense booking fee of 5% under pretence that it doesn't affect drivers earning

davit:
Still holding. Forget about Bolt's Greek gift. Driver score is still dropping. So what is the need for the new mail then.

Good one, bros. Na wetin I want hear be this. One love.

eyinola:
our voiced has been heard loud and clear..this is a stepping stone , I got the mail too, so now u can swipe any trip u don want to embark on...I pity those wey they order ride from allen junction to allen round about

What's going to happen to the protest scheduled for tomorrow?

Well, my view on this new DRIVER SCORE cage is probably to tackle offline deals for Bolt drivers.
Let's think it this way; bolt is very much aware that drivers do offline deals on regular, and before you can do offline deal, either you or the rider will have to cancel the rider and go offline.
Bolt probably now thought of how to tackle this, which could have led them to bringing the driver score stuff.
It was probably extended to the riders angle cos bolt is aware that riders can cancel for the driver to go offline deal.
You know, drivers will not have the freedom to do offline trip with the fear of score drop if he or the rider cancels.
If not, why would the driver gets penalized for the order cancelled by the rider?
You people should think about this. I always say this, even if bolt commission is 10%, they will still be raking in hundreds of millions on a daily, now imagine 25% commission.
But bolt really put themselves in danger of downfall with this unreasonable and harsh DS policy. I know that they will not see this, but time will tell.
One love.

Hmmmmm. No be small thing. It is well.

donfortune48:
Are you checking bolt?
Or bolt driver?

Be like say I go go rate the rider app join seff.

mejai:
Raining season never reach o. Imagine getting trips to igbo-efon with this driver's score. Kai!!

mejai:
Omo... People don dey hala uche
I like that daring...

sunnymighty:
Fellow operators on this thread, there is a young man here (a supposed partner) you all need to be weary of, gave this young man my car to drive on weekly remittance, lo and behold it was a tale of regret. He only knows how to move a car from point A to B but not how to drive.

Which kind human being be that?
You no sabi drive and you dey beg for car to drive. This will definitely affect the genuine car seekers here. This is not a good one at all.

Pearl1910:
Ehenn...!!! Is ur Benz not silver?

Appreciate your enlightenment yesterday, boss. Thank you, sir.

Felicity001:
Leave that guy I dey give am business ideal him dey there dey laff. He doesn't know that we are wise millionaires here with HP mentality

If he can come up with a good contract I personally will patronize him about 1m box

Boss man, you know I humble, e get one thing wey I want achieve first before I even attempt this HP/instalment stuff at all.
Don't mind me and my laugh jare.
@the bold, I'm open for ideas and investors, but make I set some things first. We dey here, boss. I greet you.