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Autos › Re: Milex & Carquest, 2nd Largest USA Parts & Repair NOW OPEN In Lekki Phase 2 by radautoworks(op): 4:25pm On Aug 14, 2021
If you let the Brake Blitz pass you by, OYO is your case.

Call or email for your make and model.

Lasts while there is stock

Car Talk › Re: How Much Should I Expect To Pay For My Repair? by radautoworks(op): 4:24pm On Aug 14, 2021
If you let the Brake Blitz pass you by, OYO is your case.

Call or email for your make and model.

Lasts while there is stock

Autos › Re: Carquest/Milex Deals & Specials Thread courtesy of Rad Auto Works by radautoworks(op): 4:21pm On Aug 14, 2021
If you let the Brake Blitz pass you by, OYO is your case.

Call or email for your make and model.

Lasts while there is stock

Car Talk › Re: Is Rad Auto Works "Expensive"? by radautoworks(op): 4:15pm On Aug 14, 2021
Born2conquer:
Hello Radautoworks, what’s your thought on BMW Series 3, 2008.
I'm not a BMW fan but it seems to be a solid run around car for a young guy BUT be very careful you don't purchase one that has issues it has been abused. And be ready to maintain it.
Car Talk › Re: Is Rad Auto Works "Expensive"? by radautoworks(op): 6:29pm On Aug 13, 2021
weyreypey:
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How long?
about two weeks depending on when order is placed.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 6:05pm On Aug 13, 2021
Pearl1910:
My case is different.
fair enough
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 3:20am On Aug 13, 2021
Pearl1910:
What are you saying Feli Feli...
I have never heard or experienced any of these things you mentioned here.
Reason why I asked if u r exaggerating or joking. All u need to do is make this claims factually.

Someone mentioned here that he fell down wen he stepped out of his car...if u don't eat and u r working any work at all for hours u will faint. It's not peculiar to driving alone.
All I want to hear are sicknesses/ailments that are caused directly as a result of one driving. I am interested in this. Back and waist pain i know because u sitting down. Not as if people don't sit down in their offices. but poor eye sight, pile, pot belly abeg I want to know more.
Check, check and check.
Car Talk › Re: Is Rad Auto Works "Expensive"? by radautoworks(op): 3:16am On Aug 13, 2021
weyreypey:
I need this part number SLA1047 kindly check your inventory for the number
http://weblink.carquest.com/acl/?mfgName=YQP&partNumber=SLA1047

None in stock, will have to be brought in. Included the BWD interchange as well.

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 8:06pm On Aug 12, 2021
samobaba4u:
Sir, the right up above is for those who have dreams and believe they can achieve it not for those who don't care about their dreams, aspirations and skills. For that guy to have worth #2M as undergraduate means he has something special in him and can do better in life than thinking of becoming uber driver immediately after graduation.
Wetin a small boy like me even know. Abeg where is my phone weekend don enter and I never meet targets
Car Talk › Re: Mercedes Benz Thread by radautoworks: 7:23pm On Aug 12, 2021
blackgig:
Guys, please I need break pads for my c240 w203, who can you direct me to?
exact year?
Car Talk › Re: Total, Forte, Conoil,oando, Mobil1 And MRS Synthetics Oils by radautoworks: 7:22pm On Aug 12, 2021
easysunny:
Yes. I've used mobile 1 5w20. Then used Stallion 1 5w20. But I'm thinking of changing to Hardex 5w20. I heard it's Okay. Mobile 1 price is high & most often scarce. Hardex is relatively cheaper to mobile 1

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 1:09pm On Aug 12, 2021
BAZ001:
With the current dollar to naira, I’m not sure but you should get a good one.
Bought mine since the days of Ebele Goodluck and no problem at all with the gear.
I ve only changed compressor, condenser and either alternator or Kickstarter.
The car is as rugged Corolla.
ONLY huh
Car Talk › Re: Club-Lexus by radautoworks: 5:38am On Aug 12, 2021
BarrSly:
Lol you are lucky to get yours at that figure.. I got mine at 250k .
big boy car, big boy problems
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 2:16am On Aug 12, 2021
BAZ001:
This is very difficult to swallow.
The Ants won’t like this,
It’s too long for some older graduate to read

I wish I saw this in 2019, I wouldn’t have registered my low mileage Camry in bolt/Uber.

Mama you killed it.

Whatever anybody says after this they are right ?


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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 1:55am On Aug 12, 2021
pleasureosondu:
What you've said is true ma'am , no doubt about it especially the first 2 points. And for employers like yourself, its at your advantage cos these freshers( so to say) are equipped with the most advanced knowledge in their field of study, thereby giving them a higher chance of getting employed. Ma'am, this point is undisputable. However, the big question is: how many job opportunities are available to these recent graduates in Nigeria?

The career labor market in Nigeria isn't designed in a way that it adopts a large number of recent graduates. For example, you employed just one recent graduate for a front desk position. Do you know that there are still thousands who are unemployed but recent graduates? What should those under this category(unemployed) engage in? Please remember that these recent graduates have needs on a daily basis which they need to cater for e.g feeding and transportation in the course of looking for employment. How do you expect them to cope? In civilized countries where the government is interested in the welfare of it's citizenry, your points holds ground and I won't even dispute it. But be honest to yourself, how many of these recent graduates are working with their degrees? How many employment opportunities are open to these fresh grads in Nigeria?

It is due to this lack of employment opportunities that has led to the increase in fraudulent activities like yahoo yahoo for guys and prostitution amongst ladies. This is because they know that without the money or political connections, there's nothing for them. The employment system, espercially within government agencies in Nigeria isn't based on merit thus, fresh grads are opting for alternatives and we can't blame them. OK, what is the assurance that the guy with the 2m would be employed as a fresh graduate in Nigeria? He knew it would be difficult, hence his decision to look for an alternative. He doesn't want to be an (old) grad before making a decision. Again, I do not dispute any of your points but in Nigeria, except you have a strong political connection and/ or some dip pockets to buy job slots, then you get a job irrespective of whether you are a recent and/or advanced graduate.

Modified
Damn, I never knew you were a Lady. My bad, sincere apologies ma'am.
Acknowledged but I never said getting a job was his best or only option.

"as a fresh graduate, you have the largest platform and positioning you will EVER have to leap to something great if you play your cards right."
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 8:19pm On Aug 11, 2021
abefeabebi:
Same happened to me oooo,that bearing of a thing na big scam. Did my own twice before realizing
but when I was telling people dem talk say na American style I dey talk that Naija had smart method lipsrsealed
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 8:13pm On Aug 11, 2021
Dailyparrot:
Well written but this is for someone who has interest in taking up a paid job. Some of us are not cut out for it and don't care whether we have experience, skilled, fresh or not.

In conclusion, these companies want to exploit your youthfulness to their advantage.

The end product is money whether from paid job or street hustle unless someone interested in building a career in a particular field.
my point here is not about whether to do Uber or not. My point is that not all fingers are the same and some people should not be considering Uber. Each person should do what they want. At the end of the day they are the ones who have to live with their decisions.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks:
pleasureosondu:
why do you think so? I believe you've got your reasons. I'd like to see it from your perspective if you care to share.
I usually don't bother with stuff like this but here you go (note, this is not a personal opinion but actual corporate mantra in fortune 500 companies):

There are three things most important to an employer- skills, experience and morals. There is an unspoken fourth which I will touch on at the end. A new college graduate likely has two of those- cutting edge skills and hopefully morals.

1) MORALS a new college graduate has not yet learnt bad habits and can be molded to what you want. One who has been out of the workforce for a while is out of the workforce for a reason and has likely learnt things a certain way. you know what they say about an old dog and new tricks

2) SKILLS a recent graduate was taught the new way of doing things. At the rate technology today is evolving, a person out of the workforce for a while is essentially obsolete as they have not been on the cutting edge. Case in point, my fortran knowledge was useless in almost all circles by the time I wanted to rejoin the workforce. Recently, one of my best hires quit. Not because she did not enjoy working for me, but because she realized she was forgetting all her programming knowledge and she was damn good. So she took on a personal project paying her half of what I paid her, but allowing her to continue her primary skill set so she didn't become obsolete. I made her the promise (which she accepted) that once we were ready to employ her skill set- which we would - she was welcome back.

3) EXPERIENCE now this one used to be the coco. However in recent times students work on all sorts of projects and gather all sorts of experience in their fields with side hustles before they ever graduate. So, experience has not been quite as big a deal as it used to be in the past. I will take a hungry recent graduate with the skill set over a "more experienced worker" who is not quite as hungry or eager to prove himself. For example, every single front desk worker I have was employed young, green and hungry to build something together- and I couldn't be happier. I have only one worker who was out of the field for a while (due to motherhood) that I hired for her maturity and I haven't regretted it but I will not make it a habit. She struggles to keep up with the younger ones sometimes but makes up for it with her thoroughness, stability, attention to detail and customer service.

The unspoken one.. COST. FRESH COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE CHEAPER TO KEEP. Many companies after cultivating some young hires will slash their older workforce to save cost. I won't engage in this practice but it is normal practice.

There are some other caveats but I think this is enough.

EDIT: that being said, as a fresh graduate, you have the largest platform and positioning you will EVER have to leap to something great if you play your cards right. Giving that up with plans for Uber is a TERRIBLE idea. As an angel investor, who do you give your money- the young, hungry upstart with fresh ideas or the guy who's been around and couldn't make multiple ideas work? All it takes is two years out of college to be the second guy. Swing for the fences straight out of college and then if that doesn't work, fall back on plan B. While it is said no one ever became wealthy working for someone else, they definitely had a better chance of that working for someone than driving Uber!


NB: I'm not talking down Uber drivers, I'm just saying it was never any of you guys dream to do this for a living as a kid was it?
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 4:23pm On Aug 11, 2021
Gentlelife50:
Me too
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I did, that's why I used to laugh
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 4:18pm On Aug 11, 2021
Felicity0001:
Well, its a good thing you're already thinking and mapping out plans on what to do with your life after graduation and its also applauding you're already an undergraduate enterprenuer, i must say I fancy your courage, enthusiasm and mentality especially in this country Nigeria where there're limited opportunities.

To be honest it not easy getting a job after school even if you're lucky to have one most of them the pay is nothing to write home about, parents are dying in silent after spending their youthful life and money training their children only for them to graduate without a reasonable job... It very sad. Many graduates and undergraduates because of that have resorted to go into internet scam and other unthinkingable and unimaginable crimes like kidnapping, car hijacking among others. A few that were lucky get laid off may be after a few months due to bad government policies, contract jobs, companies folding up and the likes. This and Many more reasons are why most of us are found doing the uber driving job not that we enjoy it, no! But we have to make ends meet and then hope that things gets better with the state of the country for our children growing up even if not for us again because our own parents didn't suffer all of these we are currently being faced.

Yes of a truth you'll make money driving with uber/bolt but another truth is you'll have to put in several hours of your time driving morning till mid night, 5-6days and most time 7days a week. You'll be expose to both good and toxic humans, many will be ungodly while few will be pleasant, among all of these things you'll try to be calm for the sake of your account getting blocked because you wouldn't want to loose your source of earning. Even with the hundreds of thousands you pay as commission to uber/bolt you're still at their mercy because they have thousands of drivers paying even higher commission than you to them. You'll loose interest trying to apply for jobs because you'll have the thinking, how much can an employer pay you? After all I'm grossing 980k monthly driving. You'll loose weight, you won't have time to hang out with friends and family neither would you want to go on holidays because the surge are tempting so you want to be online at all time. You'll start having sight problem after some time because of flashes of light and your eyes being focus all the time...you'll start feeling your legs shake while walking or sitting down due to long hours driving, some will start having pot belle due to late night eat so constipation is inevitable, many will develope hemorrhoid popularly known as pile, late night eating, indigestion and long hours sitting down to drive can cause this this problem... The unfortunate drivers get robbed, get involve in an accident some their cars taken away and sadly a few once lost their lives to either sickness, accident or to car hijackers, never to be found again unless with God's intervention. Yes something must kill a man but people die in their sleep in their old age so why would a man die while on duty or to diagnosed sickness? Sad!

So my dear friend(s)[newbies] these are most of the truths celebrity driver aka cheerfulgiver and many others with little or no knowledge about the hustle won't tell you, know it now b4 making that decision to join the hustle.

Me i go speak my mind, I stand with and not just by the truth. I will die for it! I've lost a lot for this same truth oh but I've gain more than I've lost.

So like I initially advised "the bolt/uber shop is another man's idea" you are already an entrepreneur so think something bigger so you can stand among CEOs and not among celebrity drivers with unrealistic dashboards.

A word is enough for the wise.
Feli, free Jamaican rice when we reopen
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 4:13pm On Aug 11, 2021
vicdon:
No surge, the campaigns sef no make sense again, shey i will not go on leave like this, some kazeems can never make heaven sha, my kazeem has been robbing me in broad daylight since December, he keeps putting bearing inside my hub, instead of buying a new one, i sha kuku keep spending on the hub monthly, until i finally changed kazeems, the new one took me to Ladipo and we bought a tokunbo hub for the drivers side, low and behold i don spend over 100+ on top my hub via my old mechanic, but i was shocked to know that the driver side hub is just 18k, and after fixing, my car has been perfect, it's as if they just brought it from Londin sef, now to drive go Switzerland dey hungry me, when you keep spending money on the same issue, change your kazeem, those guys are the reasons most car owners cry.....
talk am one one time for the ones in the back
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 4:11pm On Aug 11, 2021
tojahh:
Bro... If you choose ehailing believe it, it will surely pay. The people advising against it has been doing it in over 2 years and them no resign. Yet they claim its not an honorable job.
Just know what drives you, and remember, no one here will feed you if you fail.

Adios
there is a massive difference between a recent college graduate and a graduate who has been out of the workforce for years.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 4:09pm On Aug 11, 2021
[quote author=Cineinfo post=104653723][/quote]exactly
Car Talk › Re: Thread For Volvo Car Owners/lovers by radautoworks: 3:03pm On Aug 11, 2021
valarinz:
Abort mission kiss
I like this. Just because you're a Volvo enthusiast you don't run around as if everything they produce is magical. You are honest about their faults unlike some other brand enthusiasts. Kudos.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 8:24pm On Aug 10, 2021
Lekan239:
pls are you a Uber/bolt driver can you plz put me through.

I'm considering going into Uber business after I finish school next year January. How much do I need to budget to get a car, and all expenses. My net worth currently is over 2m naira, I'm hoping to save more before January.

How much should I be aiming for. Thanks
this is a terrible idea
Car Talk › Re: Total, Forte, Conoil,oando, Mobil1 And MRS Synthetics Oils by radautoworks: 8:20pm On Aug 10, 2021
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Autos › Re: FREE Parts DELIVERY Within Nigeria by radautoworks(op): 1:26am On Aug 10, 2021
mcvities:
Please, Madam radautoworks, how much is the battery for 2003 Toyota Corolla (75 Amps). I need a durable and reliable battery with warranty.

Your urgent attention is needed.
we haven't been bringing batteries in because of the weight. I'm thinking of starting because we carry them but not so sure people are ready to pay those prices.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 9:10pm On Aug 09, 2021
pope191:
Oga Dru please leave Buhari alone, b4 someone bans e hailing in Nigeria

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 2:53pm On Aug 08, 2021
BAZ001:
The reason people are not eager to answer you is because we have two categories of drivers here the lady drivers and Ants machine drivers
Lazy drivers will most likely tell you to go look for another business than driving for 12hrs every day.
While Ants will tell you to quickly quickly register your car and start making 400k every month.

You will have to read 20pages back to get full gist. The way you sound, I perceive you will be a lazy driver. if you find it hard to read the thread but want quick answer to enable you make critical decisions. Hmmmm
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Autos › Re: N1,200,000 or Less Tokunbo Cars by radautoworks: 7:03pm On Aug 07, 2021
BarrSly:
Amdman has NO SINGLE competition on this platform as far as honesty and good pricing (which the Nigerian currency don flop) is concerned...

Ps: recurrent customer speaking...
LOUD. IT.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 7:02pm On Aug 07, 2021
pope191:
Mamaaah we are here o
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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by radautoworks: 5:26pm On Aug 07, 2021
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Most hospitals, especially private would need some documentation before they admit a patient.

Imagine bringing a rider who has no means of identification, and even you the driver don't know him/her. The hospital would think that you would abscond if there are bills to pay. Peradventure the patient dies, or needs to undergo a surgery, they would need the consent of a relative, which you aren't too.

Bros, let's just pray for God's protection. Mine was a man we saw in the gutter. He was mentally unstable. Hospitals rejected him. Even Police Station rejected him, and when we insisted that they ought to do something, they detained us grin

Let everyone just pray to avoid wahala[/color]
Nigeria can be very stupid sometimes

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