Brainbox0806:
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If I have to do this again in year 2024(rental), these are the things to consider:


1. Insure the car ( compherensive)
2. 150k/200kk for caution fee
When caution fee is exhausted, retrieve your car
3. 50k for weekly fee
4. Only have small numbers of fleet you can manage, because you will be vulnerable and easily overwhelmed, one car, one headache
5 don't depend or expect much responsibility from the guarantors, most of them are poor.
6. Select your drivers carefully, some of them are drug addicts, gamblers and womaniser. I've had to retrieve a car from a hotel where the driver lodge with an olosho but refused to pay rent for three weeks.
7. Inspect your car weekly or bi weekly
8. Avoid familiarity with your mechanic, be ready to change him at any time and avoid him buying parts for you to prevent sabotaging, buy your own parts your self.
9. Install tracker to enforce shutdown of the car
10 avoid amateurs/novice drivers, some of them only know how to move the car forward, they don't listen to the car functionality or know the warning signs on the dashboard. A driver knocked my engine because he doesn't know the oil spillage logo on the dashboard

I wish you all the very best

dav1002:
Dear johncrix, we demand to know if you received your share of the give away from the apc apologist aka don...

Please revert as soon as you get this.

Pearl1910:


Hmmm...u r in d best position to do well after having such a deep experience, but u japa when the going was about to get better I see ur major problem was hiring bad drivers, and not having someone other than u to manage them. why didn't u continue with d 4 good ones that gave u peace of mind and buildup from there, only hiring with the qualities of these 4 guys? It is well sha...

Let me add a few more points that has helped me over the years.

1. Your driver must have the fear of God. You will know this during ur interaction with the driver except u are also a free soul.

2. Guarantor must be a working class or someone with a very good business.

3. Driver does repairs of upto 10k.

4. Do whatsapp video calls regularly, gone are the days u cant see something if u aren't there.

5. Have ur spare part dealer on speed dial. Nobody else should change part in ur vehicle except at their own cost.

6. Mechanic only collects workmanship and should be available to go to Ajah from Ojodu if the car needs his attention. When driver knows ur mechanic can come anywhere he will not do all those stunts.

7. As much as possible let ur competent mechanic do all the repairs in d car. Not different people touching ur car. So u can track repairs.

8. Any thing that's the fault of the driver he takes responsibility. U beat traffic light, u pass one way, u park where there is no parking, u scratch the car... all that is not my business.

9. With your tracker u can regulate the car not to be overworked.

10. Don't give your car to a driver who doesn't have a place of his own or who sleeps outside and only goes home occasionally.

11. Don't leave ur investment in the hands of an illiterate. He must be enlightened, knowledgeable about driving laws, car maintenance and most likely a graduate or someone with driving experience in the State u reside.

12. Don't waste time to retrieve your car, I have collected my car less than a week after handing it over because I sensed the partnership will be a bad one.

13. When I say contract is cancelled after one week of default without reasonable excuse, I mean it. I will not wait for two weeks talkless of three weeks when u no jazz me.

14. If u have a large fleet of upto 10 cars then its time u hired an assistant or a manager if u aren't in the business at all.

15. After all these, because it is God that blesses the works of our hands, partner with Him and He will teach you to profit. He will preserve your investment in the morning when they go out and in the evening when they come in. He will keep them from trouble and evil. The eyes of enforcement officers, ritualist, kidnappers, armed robbers will not see them. They will always be directed to avoid trouble. Pray regularly and commit your cars into His hands. The watch man watches in vein if the Lord does not watch over the city.

pope191:


Still on it… car jerk while idle and most times loose power and go off. If I off the a/c on time, the rpm will balance again, but may not fire well. Scan detect map sensor and IAC code. On this matter, I don buy fuel pump, 2 throttle body, 3 map sensors, 2 coils, change belt, set timing. The car will work fine and suddenly it will just loose power, start jerking and it won’t fire well. It will work again and if the thing enter em head, same thing 😂

Doris4ever:
All businesses face similar problems like the ehailing. Many years ago, I built a cybercafe using two desktop computers starting from a shop. As the business grew, I started to employ workers.
The cybercafe became successful and grew to 20 computers. I decided to expand. I moved into a three bedroom apartment. Set it up with better computers and standby power supply. The cybercafe runs 24hrs. We work day and night.
I started a computer training center and a repair section to take care of any breakdown computer.
Then along the line, I got a job that took my time completely away from the cybercafe.
I was relying on my workers to deliver daily income.
Most time I have to pay ISP subscription from my personal purse. At some point to pay salary became an issue.
I had to close down the cybercafe and sell off all computers, printers, photocopy machine, scanners, generators.
The reason why I shared this experience is that all businesses have challenges they face one way or the other.
It takes a lots of rigorous painstakingly effort to be successful in any business.
Your workers can frustrate you out of any business.
Ehailing is one out of many businesses that employ the services of a driver, mechanic etc.
Do people still succeed in business, YES.
Do people still fail in business, YES.
That's the irony of life.

Omoapena:
I can now finally breathe in peace and know there's no 1 anywhere that can threaten me or give me sleepless night.

You need it but you're asking me to pay for it, you can see how foolish you are.

A very stupid and greedy fellow...

Let me add that you need to have more than one mechanic. I use 3 trusted mechanics. One is close to my church, one is close to my office and the last is close to my house.

jpworld:


If you don't have your guarantors should have.
If your guarantors does not find you worthy of depositing just 100k on your behalf, that means they don't trust You Or they are not worthy of been ur guarantors.

So if in case you damage something worth 100k your guarantors will tell owner I don't have money?

People have given me car without demanding I deposit 100k and I have used it and returned it without any qualms. Is 100k easy to come by?

You never serious yet

Omoapena:
I can now finally breathe in peace and know there's no 1 anywhere that can threaten me or give me sleepless night.

You need it but you're asking me to pay for it, you can see how foolish you are.

A very stupid and greedy fellow...

Omoapena:
I can now finally breathe in peace and know there's no 1 anywhere that can threaten me or give me sleepless night.

You need it but you're asking me to pay for it, you can see how foolish you are.

A very stupid and greedy fellow...

dapotemi:

Lol werey

Omoapena:
I can now finally breathe in peace and know there's no 1 anywhere that can threaten me or give me sleepless night.

You need it but you're asking me to pay for it, you can see how foolish you are.

A very stupid and greedy fellow...

pope191:
This life no just balance… I deh where I deh reason my life. My car don scatter my head. Rpm go just drop, car will loose power and go off. Most time if the a/c is not on it will work better, sometimes it will not work. For 2 weeks now I don deh deal with engine vibrating to the point of rev the car a bit at traffic to stop the shaking.

Johnchrix:
No Sir. Thanks for concern

northbird:
If I had a relative with deep pockets.. I wouldn't advise him/her to invest into ehailing.. it's too draining because of 35k / week.
The app companies are the main beneficiaries followed by the drivers then the investors. What kind of Arrangement leaves the investor at the lower end of the food table.

Imagine ,taking a 25% cut of whatever earnings the driver makes just because you linked to a customer, what about the guys that facilitated the MAIN tool
( i dont care about your 14 years driving experience in Lagos, even if the whole road map of Lasgidi is in you, as long as you dont have a vehicle, you cant do nothing in ehailing.) to execute such orders.,they are left with crumbs.. so pathetic.

Pearl1910:


As a driver I tried to memorize mechanic locations in VI, Lekki, Surulere, Yaba, because ur car can break down anywhere and u will need to quickly fix and move. Especially electrical faults like battery, fan, kickstarter, alternator and fuse.
But I will boldly say that mechanical faults don't happen suddenly, they allow u to manage the car and reach the location of your main mechanic or they will give sign for days and weeks, then finally breakdown because u ignored the signs.
So having multiple mechanics is a sign of incompetence on the part of the driver. Having multiple mechanics is bad because u will not know who to hold responsible for sure when there is a bad fix. And ones ur mechanic knows u take the car to someone else he will start charging u differently. He will not be loyal again. He will not give u preferential treatment. Difficult to track repair history.

That doesn't mean in an emergency u cant call another person, but u must take it back to ur competent and trusted mechanic to double check what was done outside.

As a Partner, no other mechanic will work on my car if d driver expects me to make payment for it. And there are repairs that only my driver must do.

Johnchrix:
No Sir. Thanks for concern

Pearl1910:


Your engine don dey near him grave

dapotemi:


Anyone that is going to dm to insult and bully is suffering from low self esteem...He should be in a mental home... Obviously, some people take some of this banter so seriously that they can even fight sef..Oh I remember sometimes ago someone was inviting another person to join him in a location so dey can settle it man to man, physically....make we no dey take am too serious abeg...Just enjoy urself, don't dish what you can't take, chest am, whatever anyone say here does not define you ...Na when I dey restaurant I dey like find something to relax my hot head, and this place and some werey here dey solve that prob for me.. Tenkiu

donbrowser:


Lol John, Uber and begging are not the only way to make money. Let me help you with 2 free ones that will cost you nothing.

1. Set up a foreign tiktok account and post 5 videos per day. Within 1 month, you can meet the required criteria for earning 30 - 50 usd weekly

2. Create a Twitter account, verify and gather up to 5 million impressions in 3 months. Sign up for monetization and cash out same amount weekly.

With this, you can sustain yourself without having to wait for money from a miserablé àgbàdo guy.

Johnchrix:
Thanks bro, tho I'm in a village in kogi where there's no adequate power supply and good network connectivity. Besides I don't have a good iphone. Give me a loan i plan to set up a physical business here to solve available problems in this locality. I'll consider the online business once I'm able to get a better phone, power source & other requirements, Dont forget you pulled the legs of a 30 years old man with your giveaway i never forgive you sha...

konkoabove:

I don't care about the 20 cars you bought as owner partner, even if you bought them brand new tear rubber, as long as there is no driver, you can't do nothing in ehailng. Can you? What about this angle?

Dangote is the richest man in Africa. He survives on bank loans. Are banks too at the lower end going by your postulation? Should banks raise interest rate to 50% so that they won't be left with crumbs and probably be richer than Dangote?

Baba business doesn't work that way. Set your charges with terms and conditions and comot eye from what drivers make.

donbrowser:


If you need a loan, apply for the FG loan. Some corp members are even receiving 50k as we speak. I don't owe you anything. Going by the criteria I even announced, you're not qualified because I said 1st 5 and your details came later. That being said irrespective of your phone, you can still make money any way. You can wait to leave camp and take private lessons.
Many people cashed out of NotCoin with their android phones. You can do the same too. It only requires that you have Telegram, Solana wallet and internet. What's stopping you John?

Nothing.

Conner44:


Drama queen You can never change

northbird:



Banks scramble over themselves to loan Dangote money, because he is a sure banker..

Back to ehailing, it's the driver's loss, if you need 20 drivers right now, you can get them in 2 days , what about getting 20 cars?, that will surely take more than 2 days. ... drivers are always available, its a hard truth to bear,the aces are always with the investor.

The investor will simply liquidate assets and move into a new line of business.

Ask the White korope lekki to cms ,how much they deliver weekly to their owners. I don't want to come to the Yellow LT on the mainland ( oshodi - Sango)

If you are on watsap groups, if you see the way drivers are looking for cars to drive. There are very few cars unlike previous years...

It must be a win-win situation for all stakeholders , most drivers don't see this big picture.. The app companies are learning this truth . Esp Bolt. They made reforms because Bolt realised, if you keep losing drivers, they are losing revenue , it's just a matter of time.

Pearl1910:


6. Mechanic only collects workmanship and should be available to go to Ajah from Ojodu if the car needs his attention. When driver knows ur mechanic can come anywhere he will not do all those stunts.

7. As much as possible let ur competent mechanic do all the repairs in d car. Not different people touching ur car. So u can track repairs.

Pearl1910:


Hmmm...u r in d best position to do well after having such a deep experience, but u japa when the going was about to get better I see ur major problem was hiring bad drivers, and not having someone other than u to manage them. why didn't u continue with d 4 good ones that gave u peace of mind and buildup from there, only hiring with the qualities of these 4 guys? It is well sha...

Let me add a few more points that has helped me over the years.

1. Your driver must have the fear of God. You will know this during ur interaction with the driver except u are also a free soul.

2. Guarantor must be a working class or someone with a very good business.

3. Driver does repairs of upto 10k.

4. Do whatsapp video calls regularly, gone are the days u cant see something if u aren't there.

5. Have ur spare part dealer on speed dial. Nobody else should change part in ur vehicle except at their own cost.

6. Mechanic only collects workmanship and should be available to go to Ajah from Ojodu if the car needs his attention. When driver knows ur mechanic can come anywhere he will not do all those stunts.

7. As much as possible let ur competent mechanic do all the repairs in d car. Not different people touching ur car. So u can track repairs.

8. Any thing that's the fault of the driver he takes responsibility. U beat traffic light, u pass one way, u park where there is no parking, u scratch the car... all that is not my business.

9. With your tracker u can regulate the car not to be overworked.

10. Don't give your car to a driver who doesn't have a place of his own or who sleeps outside and only goes home occasionally.

11. Don't leave ur investment in the hands of an illiterate. He must be enlightened, knowledgeable about driving laws, car maintenance and most likely a graduate or someone with driving experience in the State u reside.

12. Don't waste time to retrieve your car, I have collected my car less than a week after handing it over because I sensed the partnership will be a bad one.

13. When I say contract is cancelled after one week of default without reasonable excuse, I mean it. I will not wait for two weeks talkless of three weeks when u no jazz me.

14. If u have a large fleet of upto 10 cars then its time u hired an assistant or a manager if u aren't in the business at all.

15. After all these, because it is God that blesses the works of our hands, partner with Him and He will teach you to profit. He will preserve your investment in the morning when they go out and in the evening when they come in. He will keep them from trouble and evil. The eyes of enforcement officers, ritualist, kidnappers, armed robbers will not see them. They will always be directed to avoid trouble. Pray regularly and commit your cars into His hands. The watch man watches in vein if the Lord does not watch over the city.

northbird:



Banks scramble over themselves to loan Dangote money, because he is a sure banker..

Back to ehailing, it's the driver's loss, if you need 20 drivers right now, you can get them in 2 days , what about getting 20 cars?, that will surely take more than 2 days. ... drivers are always available, its a hard truth to bear,the aces are always with the investor.

The investor will simply liquidate assets and move into a new line of business.

Ask the White korope lekki to cms ,how much they deliver weekly to their owners. I don't want to come to the Yellow LT on the mainland ( oshodi - Sango)

If you are on watsap groups, if you see the way drivers are looking for cars to drive. There are very few cars unlike previous years...

It must be a win-win situation for all stakeholders , most drivers don't see this big picture.. The app companies are learning this truth . Esp Bolt. They made reforms because Bolt realised, if you keep losing drivers, they are losing revenue , it's just a matter of time.

konkoabove:

Are banks also at the lower end? Yes or No.

Back to ehailng, The mere fact that cars are scarce doesn't equate flexing of muscle from owner partners. For goodness sake, both of you are business partners and not employee/employer situation, so respect agreement. If there is need for upward review, then adequately communicate and sign the new deal. Putting eye in your driver partners' earnings is a NO for me.

Owner partners can liquidate asset and move to something else. So drivers too can't diversify and shift from ehailng? Is their destiny tied to driving? I think drivers need to wake up and smell the coffee.

donbrowser:


No be didn't because don is yet to receive his 30k stipend from the government