₦airaland Forum

Felicity0001:
Thank God for safe trip to and fro bro... We bless God.

Me I just entered house few minutes ago... I lost one of my tires on 3MD on my way home at adeniji junction... Na now I know watin izzuo dey try talk all those while. Those adeniji boys are the real hoodlum. My rider (female) had to to path ways with 3k, the boys said I'll pay them 9k but she negotiated with them at 4k and asked me to add 1k to it... Poor me all my riders did tf all tru so I was having just 350box on me... Omo... They took my expensive Dunlop palms oh... One even threaten to burst my glass if i don't leave immediately... Though na them help me change the tire.

It wasn't a funny experiemce at all.

Thank God no one was hurt shall.

The only path that pained me the most was that my phone that i just fixed last week broke again as I was trying to show them I'm a bolt driver they shouldn't look at my car to judge me o... Along the process na so the phone slide fall for my hands. The thing pain me shall.

And once rhe screen is broken it will only take some day b4 it starts misbehaving again so I'll have to spend another 20k on it again.

davit:
Who is Saintro Lekunbati here. Plagiarism,

Ghost1994:
Raining season is here again. I’ll share my little experience.

1. Avoid alpha beach road patapata during heavy rain

2. Don’t ever try to enter down orchid road no.

3. Try as much as possible to let your pointers, wipers and your dim light working perfectly before jetting out.

4. Avoid places you don’t really know their flood level.

5. During the heavy rain, find somewhere safe to park if you’ve not gotten a trip yet park your car, relax for about 25-40 minutes after the rain Lagos gutters would’ve been cleared a bit to proceed for hustle.

6. Community road Akoka is a death trap. Keep that at the back of your map.

7. It’s a season to make money but then you have to apply wisdom because rider that’s paying x2 of the money would want you to satisfy them by dropping them at their doorstep. But if by the way(s) you suspect the area is prone to flood, sharply end the trip at the beginning of the street offer a rider 100-200naira for his/her bike/keke fare.

8. Try as much as possible to work within the Circe/areas you know too well.

9. Don’t do 80-100klm during heavy. Abeg if you don’t love yourself we do. Why? Brake doesn’t work well when it’s rainy just a simple logic.

10. Off your car ac when you sight heavy flood in a street or on any road. Why? Because most of our cars are above 10yrs ago and there are some components in which water must not get into on your compressor it’ll damage your compressor quickly.

11. Work smart. Yes work smart— don’t work late start early close early. Because you can’t know all the whole roads in Lagos no matter how many decades you’ve been driving on Lagos road. Working late sometimes is a death trap to damage your vehicle because so many bad potholes you might not be able to see are trap to damage your shocks, tyre etc.

12. If you miss your turn, maybe you didn’t calculate well or map malfunctioning, don’t ever bother to reverse never ever think of that. No matter how much rider pressurize you just be calm and let him or her know you’ll remove some money out of his/her bills for compensation. 200-500 naira is Better to let go than loosing your car to accident or road lions (Lastma/Taskforce)

13. Never drag road with trailer or tankers. Those people doesn’t see on a normal day not to talk of rainy days. Be wise don’t let rider sweet talk you to be saying they’re late blablabla you’re not the cause of their lateness.

I’ll share my own work ethics

- I work basically on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it’s a rushing day.

- I take Thursday off to relax and focus on my course

- Friday yes and Saturday I start working around 2pm why? Well I feel like that’s when the people started rushing out.

- I work on Sunday but I avoid island ajah,Lekki and the rest once it’s 1pm why? When you notice your app you’ll see it’ll all white once is getting to 2pm because riders don Dey house but on like mainland there are many churches. It’s a wisdom.

- routes I avoid on week days are:- 1. Egbeda, Ikeja in the morning is dead, ikotun igando, ekoro road, command road, Iyana ipaja, aboru, lasu, okoko, festac, mile 2, oshodi, Ikorodu never, sangotedo hell no, I can only drop a worthy trip at the airport and jet out immediately I avoid siting and waiting for unrealistic trips in airport unless I’m lucky if I’m driving out and I get a trip.

After Opic Berger I always avoid any trip going after Berger.

How do I cancel? Bolt shows me where I’m going so whenever I’m sure the area is part of my listed dead zone, I click on arrived, passenger phone is not working or passenger ask me to cancel. It’s work like magic on iPhone but not with androids. It’s help me avoiding any conversations with rider.

Note:- I accept every trips coming to my phone no matter how dead it is but I cancel once I feel is not safe for me and my car.

I try as much as possible to select the trip(s) above 1500. How will you know a trip coming to your phone is more than 1500? Any trip be it surge or no surge above 8klm is practically more than 1,500. Note I don’t care how much you collect because of bonus but all I know is that the money is above 1500.

I don’t rush myself any day anytime my target as a car owner per day is 5k for savings 3k to start hustle next day and 2k for feeding/dropping at home.

Why 5k? It’s my logic and it’s been helping save maturely. I used to make x3-4 of my savings sometimes but then it’s just my saving culture I’ll still save all have made. I’ll just called it discipline.

How did you manage cash savings? I store my cash savings somewhere in my living room where I don’t tell anyone and on Thursday Whenever I dropped my son in school, I head straight to bank and deposit to account I don’t have atm or internet banking.

How did you manage your car(s) to serve you well? I avoid most Lagos mechanics 90%. Whatsoever happened to my car like for example let’s say shocks is bad, I will drive my car to market park and pay 5hundred naira I’ll go and get my new shocks, I know how much is leakage, shocks, brake pads, thyroids, fluid, bulbs etc. all I need is to change I don’t manage.

What can make a car to last in these hustle? Cars are like human being, you have to maintain them. I Do a daily routine before I jet out in the morning because I’ll be off sometimes on 9-12 hours on wheel. I check everything I needed to check before jetting out.

I make sure I avoid anything bad route. I don’t carry loads that doesn’t fit in my car trunk. My car is design to carry 4 and yes mini 4 not heavy make ups madams going to party and try to squeeze themselves in my mini sedan no! I don’t carry them I don’t want wahala.

Also, anyday mechanic is fixing one thing or two in my car, I always make sure we do it together. I don’t supervise but we handle it together because mechanic are humans too they might forget to tighten 1 bolt which I’m not perfect either but 2-4 heads is better than 1.

How do you manage a rider whose street is bad and you consider picking him/her? Well the logic i used is straightforward. Many of dead streets have alternative like bike and keke. I’ll put a call through:-

Me: Sir/ma good morning this is the Uber ride you ordered
Rider: Good morning I’ll be expecting you.
M: sir/ma I’m sorry getting to the street now, my car has hit the ground severally it’s a low Corolla/Honda please I don’t mind since you don’t have load I’ll pay for your bike or marwa.

Reasonable rider who value life and property will agreed and even said don’t worry just give me few mins. But i manage if it’s elderly person or rider mentions she’s pregnant I’ll go BUT if rider acting somehow I won’t go.

How can someone makes more saving in this hustle?
1st is Gods grace, 2 is your car is your tools once she doesn’t give you any problem(s) you’ll make savings.

Advice to newbie:- never allow rider to sweet talk you to drop him or her at unreasonable location. Avoid airport just drop off only. Never follow one way or brt lane even if you’re carrying buhari daughter, don’t try to reverse on the highway if you miss your way yes rider will shout but keep calm, make sure you confirm your credit alert before allowing rider off in your car, if you don’t have change offer to transfer airtime as their balance some will say yes and some will tell you to keep the change but remember it’s their money, use rider app to calculate the estimated price of the route you’re heading-it’ll help you determine if the route worth it coupled with the traffic, never fight physically with your rider some are walking ghosts, pay your commission once it’s getting above threshold, read signs, ask riders questions if the map is malfunctioning, join Facebook/WhatsApp/telegram groups to learn more about people’s day to day experiences. Last but first pray to God and follow your instincts.

PLAN FOR FUTURE AND REMEMBER THE HUSTLE SHOULDNT BE FOR A VERY LONG TIME ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN B.

Bye for now

God will continue to help us all
Ghost1994

BAZ001:
You mean you guys were not pursuing 1M in December?
Even the laziest of drivers like donfortune48 and Gentlelife50 pursued 1M target set by cheerful.
But the question is, Did we meet up ?
All of us including the settee
... that’s why we have plenty motivational speakers in Nigeria telling you to dream big and do the impossible

D lion in me broke down for 4 days pursuing 1M

Felicity0001:
How dare you call me a lazy driver

Are you normal?

Glithronix:
Una go see say I no dey talk about challenges, rude riders, rough periods, hoodlumic traits.
I know all of you bosses here know wetin I mean by all this cos you're all in the same field.
From fake alert, to rude small small girls and boys, talkative riders, bossy riders, olosho/runs girls, forming girls and boys, controllers, chairmen and chairwomen. Shrine boys, etc. How many I want talk finish self.
If I start to talk, the thing wey my eyes have seen you no go wait, my brother and sister you no go wait (panranran)

Furthermore, Lagos has a looooong way to go on infrastructure. Lagos roads are damnn bad mehn!
How can we have these roads everywhere in Lagos and be claiming city?
Annoying part is that of the speed bumps some streets and estates have, those bumps alone fit spoil your car legs. On top wetin now? Even if it's for security purposes, should bumps be that high ni? Even some local streets self dem creat those high bumps wey be say if your car no space up well of the ground, it will be brushing the under.
You will be taking some riders to their destination and have a smooth ride, when you're to enter their streets like this, you go vex say which kind road be this?
Bosses, I have shown a lot of hoodlumy to many riders oh. When I see a rider like this, I can quickly sense who you are, na from there I dey start display my hoodlumism so that you go know who carry you.
I've got 1% of bad behavior on my driver's profile. I know say ma some rude girls wey promised me 1 star be that cos when I dropped them (4 of them) at their destination, they begged me to take one of them back to main road - I showed dem stubbornness and maturity - dey come dey show me say I no fit help fine girl for just a ride to main road? Packaging wey I don see and chop tire na him una wan dey entice me with. I asked dem out the car say I don end una trip. Runs girls lol.
During the fasting period, my eyes see laps and breasts tire.
Runs girls too plenty for this Lagos.
Some guys wey dey form area, me no dey even send dem, my reactions alone dey make dem know say this one no send.
I go claim area gee for some guys from the beginning once I sense your type, make dem know say street don meet street.
Dropped 2 guys at airport, they did transfer, my spirit just say make I ensure alert first before I let dem go, money no enter after a wait of like 5mins, omoh, I follow dem drag say money no enter, dey later paid cash. During my waiting, those airport towing truck just came all of a sudden put chain for my tyre, ah, una dey craze? Na drop off I dey do, can't you see? The look I gave one of dem self, him gave me back, una dey craze.
One young guy I picked from Ojota side in the evening, he carried 2 small girls. One of dem enter front carry leg on top dashboard, I tell am my friend, carry that leg down and use your seatbelt, she obeyed sharp sharp - small girl come see as she open her market (tué). Na this guy did fake transfer when I dropped dem at Magodo. I tracked him back collect my money.
Some area for this Lagos no good for car. On top one road, bikes, keke napep, danfo, korope, trucks, dey drag space. I never see how person go drive on this Lagos roads wey dem no go kiss him bumper or body self. Even as a private and seldom car users, u go see scratch on the car sha ni.
How many I want talk self.
Film dey for this hustle and it's very interesting.
When you here bosses here say THIS HUSTLE NO BE FOR THE FAINT HEARTED PEOPLE, you go know when you get on the field.
Much respect, bosses.
How many I want talk self?

perez100:
So any girl they kill now is a runs girl? Many innocent gurls are tricked and killed but we choose to call them runs girls, instead of condemning the evil killers. Some are even kidnapped on the road before they are killed.

One cannot have boy friend with the hope of getting married to him. So, the relationship that our parents enjoyed before they got married to their partners is now a crime?

I think we need to change the way we think.

Gudvibes06:
Forget sir some mech are fufu.

sandammy:
My Ogas. Good morning sirs,
Please kindly recommend a technician who can diagnose the entirebAC component for 2007 civic.
I've refilled the gas thrice and within a week, it has all leaked away.
Cc Pearl1910
Cc Felicity0001
cc Pope...
cc cvrider
cc deedee44
I live on the island but can go for the solution within Lagos.

Felicity0001:
600k kee u dia 30k daily ko 200k weekly ni Oga cheerfulgiver that was doing 200k weekly where is he today? I heard sb whisper he's doing offline [/b]another [b]missing poverty days ha! BAZ001 u no good at all for this life no wonder you never c any uncle to help u in yankee

Me ma I'm thinking of giving my car out for rent let me go and sign up with moove or look for a rental because the rate I'm relegating downwards to lazy drivers league these days enh is becoming alarming.
Monday now I did just one offline then went home, yesterday I carry madam and the kids go market na there we spend all our day. Today being Wednesday I don't know weather I'll go out self because of low moral.

Lets see how far shall.

deedee44:
The girl wan put me for trouble o, she put her bus stop as destination only for her to start directing me to turn left, so I told her I was supposed to drop her at the bus stop. But I drove her to her street because it's close to the bus stop. I had to go and check when one rider asked me the following day that where's his own biscuit, that he read it on my profile that I do share coke and biscuits.

Pearl1910:
Oya make we dey drop dashboard daily from tomorrow.
If u r game, I am game. I need some motivation.
Let's see Bolt/Uber and Indriver which one is easiest to make money or set a challenging target and meet that target.
Any hard working Driver that uses strictly Uber can also join. Let's put this argument to bed forever.

As for resting and being happy, I have told u plan urself. I drove through out last week knowing I want to b home with my family this holiday period...this work can be challenging but that freedom and flexibility is invaluable for me. Nobody can intimidate me and I can't envy Aliyu Waba or anybody cos I am making my own money.

Pearl1910:
Check all four engine mounts very well.
One of them is hydraulic, check if it's air filled, liquid filled or rubber filled.
Best is rubber filled.

Pearl1910:
Yes, but if u r comparing Apps then don't include fuel. Cos we don't know d type of car he drives n the type of car u drive. Shebi people they use Lexus ES 350, u can't compare their earnings with someone driving Suzuki na.

Now he said he made 28k if u remove commission + booking fee that's around 21k Net, how much will u make on Indriver to have this Net? From my calculation u will Gross about 24k before u end up with the same Net.
This is strictly App based, not type of car, driving pattern, or traffic related.

Pearl1910:
Lolz...u guys know the truth na but una no wan accept am. Whether the commission is 25% is another story.

But for the purpose of this discussion, Net is 25% less of d Gross displayed.

Pearl1910:
So u[b] don't pay commission[/b] on Indriver?
Moreover u shouldn't remove gas when comparing like this cos that is subject to type of car and other factors.

I don't want to add that Indriver is a game of luck, so ur targets aren't guaranteed even when u have the strength to do the work.

Hardworking drivers on Bolt do nothing less than 30k Gross daily

Pearl1910:
How abeg...is commission not 9.5% and 25% again?

141samuel:
you are defending rubbish because you don't want to pay commission, anytime I opened rida and see all those ridiculous prices, it always annoy me, even the estimated price is always lower than than bolt price, then rider will still price it down, then you guys will still be fighting for it, no paid waiting time, rider will still have stop on the road, no surg , nothing, that price you calculated on for indrive #14500, there's no way it will not be more than that on bolt, yesterday I used 5k fuel to make 28k on bolt, will you say I make 20k to earn 10k. The only problem I'm having with bolt is there bonus, and I don't do trip I don't want to do because of bonus

Felicity0001:
I know watin my eyes c for ispabd traffic on Saturday... Chai I don't forget in a hurry.

Even bolt riders no gree book ride to even phase 1 cos of the traffic the little trips that comes along mtn network won't allow me either accept or load riders details or allow me answer my calls... It was really frustrating... Restarted phone like twice then use AC vent and turn off Bluetooth b4 everything normalized.
Yet na indriver I take enter phase 1 from there to mainland.

Saturday was a bad day for me on that island but las las I thank God because my two offline trips landed me abt 35k... One small little boy go jam my fender on the traffic along the expr road... Instead if him to say sorry bros he was tyere claiming right saying "but I'm straight na" stupid boy... All these partners self... Dont they look at the age of applicants b4 giving car to them? How will you rent a 2010 Corolla to a boy bellow 24/22yrs of age? See the way he was speeding inside traffic he was lucky the damage wasn't much else I would have shown him something serious.
I just made sure his rider left him there without paying since he his claiming right upon a wrong act still dey use police threaten... Small boy wey no know anything I just reason myself, enter my car and drove off.

Offline no dey allow person see road again even to gross 100k monthly now na serious task

141samuel:
you are defending rubbish because you don't want to pay commission, anytime I opened rida and see all those ridiculous prices, it always annoy me, even the estimated price is always lower than than bolt price, then rider will still price it down, then you guys will still be fighting for it, no paid waiting time, rider will still have stop on the road, no surg , nothing, that price you calculated on for indrive #14500, there's no way it will not be more than that on bolt, yesterday I used 5k fuel to make 28k on bolt, will you say I make 20k to earn 10k. The only problem I'm having with bolt is there bonus, and I don't do trip I don't want to do because of bonus

deedee44:
I think peace of mind begets peace of mind. Knowledge of how much they will pay at the end of the trip gives them peace of mind so that reduces transfer of agression significantly

141samuel:
you are defending rubbish because you don't want to pay commission, anytime I opened rida and see all those ridiculous prices, it always annoy me, even the estimated price is always lower than than bolt price, then rider will still price it down, then you guys will still be fighting for it, no paid waiting time, rider will still have stop on the road, no surg , nothing, that price you calculated on for indrive #14500, there's no way it will not be more than that on bolt, yesterday I used 5k fuel to make 28k on bolt, will you say I make 20k to earn 10k. The only problem I'm having with bolt is there bonus, and I don't do trip I don't want to do because of bonus

OmodavidoX:
My bosses, I greet you all. Hops hustle and business has been good.

Please I need advice from you all. My car engine has worn really bad.

Now I am ready to have it changed but don't know if I should go to owode or ladipo with the car to get another.

Please help me o. I need a very good tokunbo engine

davit:
I can relate. In fact if not for some idiots taking anyhow price on indriver, no app gives peace of mind like it.

Felicity0001:
And what can the driver do about that? Go back to where you dropped them and beat them up?

Indriver to me would have been the best app to work with had they up their price to compete with others.

How on earth would an app allow rider to offer 2500 from Ajah to Alakuko? How Yes it's on to the driver to accept or reject but is it supposed to be allowed.

I dont blame them shall, rather I blame the government-Nigeria who allow them operate in their air space without any form of licence whatsoever. If they re asked to pay 20m for operation license no one will tell them to up their prices so that they can increase revenue for themselves

Lush100:
.
Eraser for wetin?
Because I asked simple request.
Abeg make u return am.
I don drop my request.
I no want again.

Otunbalai:
Thanks boss....I haven't. But I will try it now that you have said it .also, there is a slight sound coming from the water pump area, but no water leakage or shortage . So, I will focus of the water pump for now ..

Lush100:
Abeg when are u going to show me this home video.
[b]Make I keep backup copy [/b]incase something happens in future. I reliable.
So u fear women like this

donbrowser:
I enjoyed your story. Hope say you no use AC for the ride?

davit:
Indriver rating is damn transparent. I wonder why other ehaling apps can't be like that.

Otunbalai:
...

I have check it .....even mechanic has check it for me, they all confirm it's working well