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MoonlightDrive:
why don't you check out rad autoworks... if you need to buy genuine lubricants.

Not sure she sells T 4 and WS

ReadaDream:
I think the best thing like Pearl said, is to ship it in or buy from verified sellers.

I use Oando Dextron ATF for my car and I buy from Oando filling station only, the MB branded oil is expensive and I might be buying fake so I don't bother.

So that's where the problem lies.. there's no branded Toyota store. I use Mobil 20w50. I buy only from selected Mobil fuel stations too.

ReadaDream:
How to spot a fake Toyota T-IV transmission oil

For information purpose only...


In addition, any oil you see with that cap marked FAKE is not genuine be it the tiv, ws, dextron ii etc. They are mass production oil
CC Northbird

I bought the right one with a white cap. But I'm not convinced it's original. So I asked someone according to an experienced dealer I met, he said there's a batch no .on it, If the batch number rubs off,then it's fake.

I kept the can because oil was still left in it., I went back home and swiped off on the can ,lo and behold,the batch number rubbed off .. I'm confused too.. u
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Close to two years since I changed the oil. Bought it 12.5k or so. @ Akilo. The proliferation of substandard lubricants in the market is a very big problem....

If toyota meant well,they should have appointed distributors for their T iv and WS brands.. i don't see a reason why their distributors in Lagos can't have a proper web presence..

ReadaDream:
It's upto that amount.

How then do you know its original. and you are not buying packaging..?

Gentlelife50:
E go shock you say that car save fuel pass that una Corolla

It's not about fuel .. the terms are not favourable..
No cap. I have seen a lagride operator loading people @ sandfill heading towards mainland..
That's crap..

You don't really need a big/expensive car for ehailing in Lagos... the returns are not worth it.

ReadaDream:
Original 45k. Fake 15-18k.

Really, so how do you get to know the fake from the original.. are you sure T-Iv is up to 45k?

olaboyeh:
to me bolt surge is actually scam jarr... took indriver from surulere shitta to omole phase q yesterday night too.. 5500

now pay bolt commission let me pay indriver commission and let's see how has more money left

It's not about the surge per se. It's maximising every hour you put on the road.. I was heading home regardless, so a 6k trip ,about 4.5k net for me under 26 mins was good. At least it will be useful for fuel.
There's no point blowing empty.. if you won't gain, @ least get money for fuel & other miscellaneous.

pope191:
Indrive really decimated the business, including ehailing. Last night Bolt was on full surge. Indrive is still doing rubbish. I wonder why drivers cant strike the balance. I gently slide to Bolt

That's it. No loyalty. I took surge from yabatech to first bank ogba yesternight. 6k plus. Road was as free as a bird..

So ,newbies, please, anybody wey dey airport , first check name on true caller first o.. Avoid time wasters..

E haling Apps really decimated the business model of the airport /car hire guys sha.. . They were still complaining of Bolt/Uber, then Indrive came disrupting the whole pool. .

hefelove:
Someone once told me about it here and I checked, 17k for registration and I think I saw something like 700k down deposit, na wetin make me bone am.

Don't deposit any 700k for Lagride.. it's not worth it.. keep posting your search.. You will find a car for rental.

carixma:
The illegal parking offense is no longer on their system, the only one remaining now is traffic light violation. Probably by the end of this week I will sort it out.

I wouldn't have paid all these fines in the first place, someone told me if I want to renew my Road worthiness and Vehicle licence and if I don't clear all this fines, they won't issue a new one. So I just have to do the necessary cos my car is always on the road

Replying with other monica

OK. General. Thanks for the update.

GeneralZodd:
I paid #20k into LASG account on their site with my ATM card. After the payment, they said I committed another offence 3 years ago by ignoring the traffic light at midnight .

These people are just looking for mugu dey will milk dry. Eko is gradually turning to U.K

Sanwo olu is working

Waoh.. so has it been rectified.? If you check their system.

@ General zodd. How did you clear the lastma wrong parking issue?

pope191:
How about if they pick nails? As much as I agree nothing beats new tyres, our road can be something else.

At least e no go bend.. for the nails part, it won't be easy for new tyres to get punctured like that.

That vulcaniser na something else, so tyres still around 7k, guy was always making it look like he was doing me a favour.

I'm planning to buy 2 brand new tyres. Maxxis or westlake. This tokunbo wey my vulcaniser dey sell for me 10k a piece, is just penny wise pound foolish.

I have bought two in the space of 5months... same issue,: the tyre go bend or swell for one side.

In 2019, bought 4 brand new tyres @ 13k each. and for a whole year, I no even reason tyre mata

Nothing beats new tyres.

XGhost:
Abeg does this work for dollar based payments too?

No,kuda has not started anything dollar.. I'm sure it's in the works.

If the Abuja guys finally team up with Ordinary president, and they eventually float their own app, then Bolt will understand true competition because they will lose drivers in their hundreds to the new app. The Abuja guys seem to have a better cohesion ..

.I mean , wtf is wrong with Bolt , if I don't want to go to Mararaba or Nyanya or Karimo, is it by force... shouldn't I have control over the places I want to go to ?

pope191:
I don't see it in that light. Drivers are their problem. Bolt has increase price to some worth. Riders do compare before booking, but drivers will still pick nonsense on Indrive. I just got to old Yaba road from VI. Drivers were picking 3500, 3700 at peak period. Remind me of Bolt days before the birth of Indrive. By this time V. island will be on full tomatoes. Drivers will be rushing from Lekki to partake in the glory

Bolt brought whatever they are experiencing right now....I don't feel for them . Very insensitive app.

They brought driver score and activity nonsense.. You can't control me, because i don't earn a salary. I go wherever I want to. They even threaten you in a subtle way with their mails with their outrageous 25% commission .

Indrive came with a new package,

ZERO activity,

ZERO DRIVER score,

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE your trips

10% commission structure .

The 500/litre fuel issue revealed the outrageous commission structure of Bolt.. because you linked me up with a rider, ehehen..? indrive is also doing that and at a fantastic market rate too.

What is the real benefit of driving On Bolt... I checked and I couldn't find a single tangible point.

Barbiturate:
Who else has been finding it hard to pay commission on Indrive via transfer? Since on Saturday. Reported to their support, but they are not useful. They want drivers to register their cards on their platform. No be me! I'd rather continue with Rida than register my card!

Easy stuff. Open kuda account. (You can set it up under 30 mins on your phone).
Request for a virtual card. It's free. Pay them from your kuda virtual account. It's seamless. Been using kuda card payment for my services and utilities... Topnotch service for a mfb.

@ readadream, why are some riders like that? ,you use a service and you want to abscond.

I had a similar experience yesterday on indrive, ogba to ogudu #4,200.
About getting to destination, I asked ,"transfer or cash", she said transfer,

She was still idling away on the phone till we got there, we arrived, and she said ,that her bank network was not going, that I should drop account number, that she is already late for audition
,from ogba to ogudu ,you were not late, when it's time to pay,you are telling me you are late ,this lady must be a joker.
I just told her, "I will collect my money".

Long story short,after giving her hotspot,in 5mins, she found her bank network .

BTW, most filling stations debit you beforehand on their pos before dispensing fuel.

No time for nonsense

@ yeye, I paid 20k to the baba for 3 years doing my papers. I was given a stamped form to drive with . After 2cweeks or so,I was sent a message to collect my license @ agege local government..

GeneralZodd:
The Aboki wan chop u Mugu. Dey there dey play, very soon u go hear say $1 = #1000.

Dollar that was still sold @ 760 this morning.. there's no way Dollar will sell for 670 today in lagos.

Pearl1910:
Hope for all hope that ur predictions will be right. And don't deposit your dollars in d bank. Last time u displayed it, u had already put it in d bank. Banks don't give cash Dollars again, u either transfer, use it for purchase or withdraw the Naira equivalent.

They (banks ) still give dollars..

Pearl1910:
Dollar is going down...he just lost N100 per Dollar. That wasn't a right move, things haven't settled yet, market is still reacting to the new President.

Don't think so, do you know some filling stations have gone blank from 488 on their signage.?

@ General zodd. Your contacts were right about the dollar fx stuff.

73O9:
Viewing from a lovely place this wonderful cold morning. My family and I are here as PRs which was accomplished without the help of an agent, the travel section has all needed to get it done.

Congratulations...

Glithronix:
See traffic from Ogudu all the way to the whole of 3rd mainland bridge and from Eleganza (Lekki) all the way down to freedom way Traffic light junction.
The best is to be doing short-short trips on mainland till everywhere is clear, but I'm not the short trips type. Seems I go work into the night today.
If na night the traffic all clear, na night I go roll out.
Can't come and burn my precious (in Gollum's voice) fuel.
Cash out time for bolt drivers.

Without surge. .. short trips on Bolt is a loss.

abufadllullah:
Good day boss, quiet inquisitive about your post here! Will be glad if you can enlighten me on the prospect of agriculture in Nigeria and how to go about it.. especially location, workforce and it's profitability.
Thank you!

Be guided. Agriculture or farming needs capital if you are ever going to achieve results..
Ploughing an acre is 15k - at the minimum

For grains like maize,you need to do like 6 acres to enjoy economies of scale ... plus other cost inputs
Then pre-harvest,you need to develop a serious marketing plan because if you don't, the middle men / women.will reap all your labour and profits by buying at ridiculous rates.
Don't let @ SultanOfAbia give you sitting room postulations.

Agriculture is beyond hoes and cutlass as always being purported by the typical layman.

Godfather10:
Both Uber & Bolt will never reduce their 25% commission their whole business model is built on this 25% , in all the countries, that they operate in, their commission is 25%
India they have about 600,000 drivers, America Uber has about 700,000, U.K. abt 85,000, S/ Africa abt 50,000, Egypt about 35,000, Australia, Europe? In Colombia I think they have abt 90,000, Brazil almost the same, these are multinational companies, Nigeria they have abt 30,000 drivers.
I don’t see them making an exception for Nigeria, it’s not gonna happen.’
What Nigerian should concentrate on is is fares, that can be increased if enough pressure is applied.
E-hailing can show flexibility on fares , then the unionisation of their drivers, they will fight tooth and nail to resist that, their claim is that those driving for them are partners and not employers. However,
In the U.K., they give holiday pay, pension etc, but only after being forced to do so by the courts.
My candid opinion is for Nigerians to fight for increase fares,
E/ hailing averagely provide a good service? It’s relatively safe, in some countries they are the biggest employers of labour, & it’s flexible.
Agitation for increased fare should be perhaps 50% max,
To ask for 200% means you are worse then those that removed the subsidy in the first place,,
Rent should also go up to btw 40k and 50k per wk for owners.
Drivers should not be selfish, knowing drivers, they will want all the 200% increase for themselves alone nothing for owners.
May God bless your hustle folks, but be sensible in your request for increase in fares.
50% is best or you will all lose customers.

I agree with you. 50% increase on total fares..will suffice, 200% is quite outrageous. ( Though,i know the union guys too know this, they just want a kind of ground to negotiate)
Most transporters too across Lagos quote around 40-50% increase in fares to accommodate fuel increase.

I took keke yesterday to Agege from Fagba. Previously, it was #100, now its #150 ,thats 50% which is still reasonable.

konkoabove:
Is bolt responding to the strike?

Pearl1910 northbird shall we?

They responded,despite having like 10% strike complaince . I hear it has been increased from 130 naira/km to 140. Though its still crap fare.

Emeskhalifa:
Morning my ogar, pls I need your advice.
I just started last week in Abuja before the president announced subsidy removal. I was given a Toyota Camry with a weekly remittance of 25k.

With this fuel surge, I will need 38k to full the tank of the Camry, my question is, can you pls help with an approximate estimate of how many KM I will have to cover before the full tank finishes? I use only Bolt app, do you think I can make the 38k of fuel, 25k remittance then some profit for myself before the fuel get exhausted?

Pls I'd humbly anticipate your response and that of other experienced drivers on this forum.

Thanks.

Ditch BOLT. You won't make the money,you know this truth yourself.

I believe the camry is Sharp and air-conditioned. OFFLINES is your only way. PER HOUR / CAR HIRE. DONT TRAVEL. HOTELS ,WUSE 2 ,MAITAMA.AND CBD.