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jpworld:
It affect owners more, Corolla is super expensive, even honda self doesn't come easy.

Spare parts has increased over 50%. Yet drivers want cheap rent.

Uber/bolt has increased their fare quietly, so riders wont know or feel the heat.

No be car owners vote Buhari.

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The emboldened is false. Bolt still #65/km #10/min.

SaintHilary:

>>You be werey! I'm not buying for myself, I won buy give family person and I can't give someone what I can't personally use (Nigerian used car)

>>I just want him to get the best out of the hustle..but as e be laidis...600years for Camry 04

>>Thanks bro

Toyota camry.

1daboi:
uber might not take you to your destination at once but will definitely take u home as you won't need to set it again. It'll give after you've completed the first one

Bolt trumps Uber as regards destination....


Nobody has dt tym to merry go round.. Esp in a city like Lagos, where a 10 mins delay could cost you additional 60 mins of traffic time.

I believe their developers intentionally did that, cos in your merry go rounds,you will end up making more money for them

Uchesain Bolt.... King of destinations, WA gbayi.

pope191:
Lol, no vex boss, I set destination to berger on Saturday while in V.I, only for me to get long drive on a 1.2 surge. Thank God oo, I didn't even bother to ask lover birds where deh r heading too since its on destination, got to pick up point and start trip only to see ijokoro I check well and ask rider, I don't understand what I'm seeing here is dis ifako ijayi? Rider: Noooo, we r going to sango. Me: hmmmm. .. I start saying nam! Nam!! Like those Arab guys, told them I can only to Abule Felicity, anything outside that, they have to get another ride.

Pope, you just dey crack Ma ribs. D thing shock you ba...

Reminds me of Wen I set destination on uber to Ikeja from V. I. Machine Com giv me Festac. Around 8pm o.

I just weak.....

Babadee1900:
Boss I’m equally surprised to see that some people have gone ahead to process theirs. I think the problem here is communication or over sabi on some drivers part.

Though Bolt still has it as one of the requirements but the red xx sign that indicates it as compulsory before has been removed, now optional.

This Pedpa people or whatever they call themselves are not helping matters, they are just using the whole thing to promote their mykab app.

Ordinary lasdri I never collect, na driver badge I go come collect
See the route tag sef make govt just say you have to paste it on your car

Baba , like those Ajah buses ....

Some people self, I thought they said 90 days... Wc one b first to submit exam scripts.

@ babadee, I thought they said d governor has cancelled the vehicle tag since hackney permit is also required.

Someone mentioned an official from the MOT said this on a radio program.

Baba Abeg update us.

abefeabebi:
After picking a trip,i was yet to get to the destination but the rider called me to cancel the trip,so I cancelled it on accidental pick up,seems I was charged for it.please enlighten me on this

Canceling a rider requests from your end shd b a last resort. Don't allow riders muscle you to keep canceling.

If a rider loses an account, it takes just a new sim to get a new acct.

For you, it mite take forever...

Slazim:
I greet this noble house. I got a naija used big daddy camry for this hustle (bolt) a while ago and it came with many lights on it brake in particular. Yesterday evening i discovered the brake was not as responsive as it used to be, please asides scanning, does anyone here have any idea of what could be wrong with it, i definitely will have it checked tomorrow but i want atleast have some heads up. Thanks.

Basic troubleshooting.

Check the brake fluid level. If low, top up wt a trustworthy brand of fluid.

Physically inspect the brake pads, if it's worn out.

If yes, get a mech to replace it.

Continual use of worn out brake pads will damage your brake discs overtime....

confusedworld17:
The "icing on the cake" na him you say make him avoid ?

BUT on a more serious note... MrHeff, try rental first to know weda you are built for this type of hustle or not.
I remember vividly before I joined the hustle, my calculation of the hustle was like 1+1 =2.
My expectations.... Pam Pam Pam... I go leave house so so time. Pam Pam Pam I go come back house so so time.
Pam Pam Pam I go make so so amount of money. Pam Pam Pam I go save so so amount of money.
I even told myself say, since nah inside ac I go dey drive always, I go fresh like newborn baby. After some months into the hustle, some riders begin ask me say "Is this really you? . You look lighter in your profile picture." Me go answer dem say nah the hustle Oo..

@MrHeff. There's nothing to lose by trying rentals first for few months.

A lady rider on Uber once asked me, that i m quite different from the pics on d profile...

Told her, its rigours of the job...

AC or not, Exposure to Consistent Lagos traffic n scorching sun will change you facially....

OJURONGBE1:
Let's assume I'm driving in from ozumba Mbaduwe and heading towards Dmatel hotel, oniru. Is it one way like that?
What if I'm coming from Oniru mosque and headed towards palace road , turning in . Is that one way? Northbird, abeg use my scenario explain clearly. E no clear as you describe am so.
That place used to be my hideout for long trips every evening.

What I'm saying is.

You can only enter Oniru from Ozumba lane heading towards the lekki toll gate, you can't enter from Ozumba lane facing Falomo Bridge.



All the roads that form a perimeter around Four points Hotel are one way drives. That means if you are on that road, you can't make a U turn on same road n face the opposite direction.

Signs are there, it's not yet updated on Google map. So d heads up is for guys who r not familiar wt d new devpt.

Before Gmap leads one into...

Felicity0001:
I myselfnim confused... Surprisely since the time the construction of the 3MD started I'd only gone to the Island 3x I think... So I'm really confuse.

@ northbird, are there road signs in place to indicate these new diversions of routes and traffic?

Yes

Avoid oshodi trips for now

avoid oshodi trips!

Brethren,

All the roads around four points are one way drives.

Also, you can't connect to Oniru road from the lekki epe expressway ( no left turn) heading towards Falomo Bridge.

You have to make a U turn further ahead and double back as if heading to the toll gate and then make a right turn to Oniru road.

Stay awake!

donfortune48:
Those guys are wicked.

I had a terrible encounter with them 2weeks ago.

Got a request to chevron drive from mm1.
Got to pickup, rider was already on standby just after the car park entrance. But there are cars at his front so he directed me to drive forward a bit. I have to move just out the small gate at mm1.
Immediately I stopped, one of them clamped me with those their big iron wager. And rider was just about to open the door, I locked my doors back immediately, reversed back to escape, they clamped my back tyre with another one.
I climbed the one in front with speed, and it got stuck under my car making serious noise as I drive and there is little traffic at my front.
People started shouting that I will spoil my car, but I no send any one. I kept moving small in the little traffic till the thing got out from under my car, but affected my right fender.
They rushed me immediately, trying to open my door. but luckily the traffci at my front cleared and I sped. One of them by my right side dragging my door handle fell down and rolled on the ground. Those in front respected themselves and cleared. I drove straight to the Conoil just before the express, rider called me and apologized, begged me to wait at the Conoil, he'll treck to meet me.

I waited till he got there and proceeded with the trip.

Those guys are heartless.

Waoh, that's some real James bond. Sorry about that.

Alternatively, you cud join d queue @ d pick up point n ask d rider to wait till you can drive up slowly to his end and pick him up at that small incline.... That way no rules were broken...

If its not long distance trip, airport trips ain't worth it.

I hate the international airport trips wt passion! ( weda pick up or drop off)

Last year December, was @ omole phase 1. Got a request, called the woman, @ d gate, dy wasted my time for lyk 4 mins.

Ok, I reasoned, just calm down n take d trip.

After some mins, woman sef no show, I saw a young dude bringing down bags of rice, after the fourth bag , I asked him, where is madam,

Abi she is no more going...

Dude told me that, no ooo, I'm the one to deliver
these bags of rice to iyana ipaja, that they are waiting for me. I was shocked

To crown it all, dude said there is one more bag upstairs

I cancelled the trip n left in anger....


Various abuses of the use of E-hailing abound, sometimes, I wonder why things don't work in Nigeria n would work in foreign climes...

dru23:
Moove is the USA version of getaround rental .. You can rent from them for about $200.00 a week .. My friend uses them anytime is uber car breaks down...He told they have up to 700 cars in my state.. It is a good business for them .....

So now moove wants to move Africa and Nigeria ...it is the Nigeria drivers that will Moove out of Nigeria.. You can't bring an American system way of doing things to Nigeria.. We are wired differently and with bad roads, lack of maintenance culture ,I dont care attitude from both Nigerian government and its citizens will not let moove survive....... Nigerians as a whole can't manage their own thing properly ,so na foreign property dey want manage... transport system in Developed countries so totally different from third world country... if moove has any chance of doing well with their idea, it will be in South Africa ....


Whether the car is 20 years or 100 years it is the same amount it will deliver.. Moove driver driving 2020 Corolla will still deliver same amount as a 20 year old driver.... ..the cost of maintaining those moove car is more than the regular rental cars..

Dru. You r on point on this.

Bad roads.....

Fares r cheap in relation to the value of car...

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How can a 4.5m car current market value be taking trips of ₦1,000. .... HABA.

Different systems of doing things.

Or people ordering Uber to carry luggage that a truck shd carry.....

Brethren,

Pls watch out around Oniru road .

D road coming from Ligali ayorinde ( not sure of d name) connecting four points..

Before now, the road had a turn left option to link back to lekki epe expressway.

Right now, there is a no left turn sign there... Watch out, lastma guys lurk around innocently waiting

Don't make a u turn on the road beside four points also. Just follow d road.

dapotemi:
Thanks bro, any idea of the price.Am sending someone there, I won't be available.

I don't. Check it on Jiji., you will get an estimate of the stuff there. A lot of dealers post their auto parts on the site. Call one or two, you will have an idea of the price..

dapotemi:
Pls, I just got information that my car was vandalized overnight. It's a bankers corolla.
Those boys entered our street and vandalized 6 cars out of close to 30 parked on the street. Not surprisingly, the 6 cars are all corolla, mine inclusive. Myself and my driver stays on the same street...His rental is very low (15k), I just gave the car out to help him take care of his family, I bought the car cheap.
Pls any idea where I can get those glass control. They took brainbox, Bat3 and the glass control, luckily welder Don weld my brainbox,thanks to the former owner, Bat3 was tightly screwed, na only the glass control they stole. Where and how much can I get this pls.

Sorry about that.... Ladipo if you r close to mushin axis.

Ikeja first gate agindingbi by wemco junction if you r close to ikeja.

BTW d night watchmen.?

chillex8:
During my early days, I carried a live goat in my trunk from Agege to Sango ota for 15k.
I almost killed the goat before arrival Sef. Useless goat. Always breaking free and trying to jump out.
Na passerby dey tell me say my goat wan run.
Very horrible experience.

Chillex, I just dey laugh since..

jpworld:
Not surge trip, of course i know surge trip.

See you as a driver will always see 65naira and co.

But riders are seeing much higher fare to compare what they are paying previously

I disagree, there is a breakdown for each trip. As of yesterday, still ₦65/km, ₦10/min.

jpworld:
They have increased their rate by more than 20% without notifying the public, you have to be very observant to notice the 300naira increase.

This trip use to be 900 to 1100, but bolt is doing it 1050, to 1250, uber is slightly higher.

In times of price increase if you make public announcement, it make some passengers to be on the run.

But when slashing the price, you need to draw the public attention.

You see Buhari, when petrol price slash to 125, presidency announced it and claim to approve it.

But ever since fuel is increasing ppmc abi what is it called announced it.

That's not true.

All the trips I did on Bolt, standard rates still applied.
200 base fare. 65/km, #10/min.

Probably you were referring to surge trips...

141samuel:
I noticed this on Bolt the morning, wetin they mean?

Just normal marketing balderdash...... Is there anytime you don't hv higher rates on bolt?
Still 65/km, ₦10/min.

Felicity0001:
Example of these Alajo and where they can be found?

They abound in Ibadan. I'm sure they are in Lagos too.....

Market women and people in trades r d best resources to locate a reputable one.

awoworld:
This is a lovely idea and approach which I have been thinking of. However, all the Alajo/Esusu/Cooperative I have talked to are demanding you save with them for 6 months before you can lend double your savings with them.

Do you have or know anyone that can give the advance just like you mentioned?
Thanks

Register with a reputable Alajo first, that's d first step, then you proceed from there.

xana101:
https://www.nairaland.com/6094450/confusion-petrol-marketers-fix-price#93517902
Hope Uber Bolt is seeing this. Can’t make good profit anymore with low far and high percentage. They should forget about their unrealistic promos and reduce percentage. Imagine Bolt give me 35 trips for 15%.

Bro. I thought I was d only one. 15% commission after 35 trips . I'm like are you guys joking?

35 trips for a mere reduction of 5%. Even @ 8% sef. The bonus was not more than 2,000 before for d whole week.

Vitalurch:
Please guys. I have 400k, please i need a corolla or civic btwn 06 to 08 please. I will pay 50k/week until i complete the agreed amnt. I want to use it for my job and uber as well. Payment is assured. Please help a boda. 0808 687 6046

Where do you plan to source the 50k weekly.

From driving or where?

If it's driving,...

Let me give you a better plan.

Approach a reputable Alajo n Esusu... I mean proper Alajo n Esusu n not all these Digital money lenders that abound on the social media that ask for 40% in 3 months

A loan advance of 60 weeks @ 15k/week will get you a spec civic. and some change to maintain the car for minor repairs...


That's better than thinking you can cough out 50k / week.

@ yungdee.

If you are driving, it's on the expressway lane facing oshodi interchange, if you r coming from gbagada/oworoshoki. look for Lastma office on the right/ service lane.

If you r using a public bus... Drop @ oshodi underbridge. N stroll down to the office.

N. B: Go early (latest 9a.m) so that you can leave on time. I did mine before Corona, don't forget to take a nose mask along.

Yungdee20:
Hello everybody!!
Please I've got a quick question, how do I go about the "Driver badge and Lasdri"
As a new driver trying to register on the platforms, the documents are required.

Lasdri ain't hard.... It's just 2k at their office @ oshodi.
Don't know about badge....

chucsmoore:
Price of goods and services keeps going up on daily basis, Uber and Bolt fare keeps dropping. Their pricing doesnt represent the true state of Economy. Na wa O . We will be fine alas.

Boss, d pricing is really faulty.... V. I to ikeja, 3hrs 16 mins, I'm seeing 4750. less 20% . I have ₦3,800 for 3hrs 16 mins of traffic time and deploying all resources... Fuel, music, AC. n Co.

https://www.nairaland.com/6093028/petrol-price-now-n151.56-per.



E hailing apps should try n also adjust prices a little bit. An extra ₦200 on any given trip above #1000 won't b a bad idea.

Seriously, inputs in d car biz r going up.

On Tuesday, Mobil oil dt I usually buy ₦4,900. I bought it for ₦5,100.

Though this price increase of inputs may look marginal, but in a month, the average driver has been shorted by ₦3000-4000 just on fuel purchases alone.

While fares r still ridiculously unbelievable. Waiting in traffic on Bolt/Uber is pure loss right now..

@babadee.

I don't know if it's d traffic or d driving or d sun that makes me to drop fast....

If I take off to ibadan for just 3 days.. I go Com fresh back...

Last week tuesday or Wed evening coming from V. I heading to ikeja. We departed 5pm

We spent 3hrs 16 mins via d 3MB. For serious traffic. .... Got there around to nine.

End trip, I saw 4,750. Rider come dey say why d thing come high like dis.

I felt like woozing him. .

Seriously, there is need to take a break once and again .... in dis racket..