₦airaland Forum

stacyadams:
Do drivers pay 20k to register with uber??police dey harass una for road?

police will ask me: are you uber/taxify
Me:. No, i am just taking my neighbor out.

ifyeez:
The engine oil I use for both my Honda and my dads Toyota Mark x.

how much sir

GAZZUZZ:
From a technical perspective, mineral oil (mobil xhp) is about 5,000 for 4 liters.

Duration of use should exceed 5000km (3000miles) (better 3000km 1800miles).

sadly what you find is drivers blowing 5000miles on Mineral oil. engines will run, but die a slow death.

End result is premature wear and tear, build up of sludge, and a replacement engine after a a few months of use.

Yea 5000km... This grammar and numbers i sabi, once my car shows MAINTANCE REQUIRED, the next day i change the oil and oil filter to the recommended spec. Then record my ODO... Its usually between 4500-5000km+ before i see another maintenance required...

ewebiodun:
My own worst nightmare us GRA Ikeja....the place dey dull me most times

i get trips there easily... Position at joel ogunaike, just around that Lagos club.... Trips come from isaac john, the visa center opposite or those many hotels around

Ifeanyimark:
Ago palace has one of the worst inner roads in lagos, maybe after akute

i think Ajao estate has the worst inner roads/streets terrain...

Millz404:
Spiritual problem is when you trek 10km to work just to get there and realized that the office key is at home ,so u bottle up all the emotions this time n trek back home leaving d heavy bag at the office doorstep. on getting home now the house key is actually in the bag you left,so you boil up a lil bit but work must go on so u trek back to the office pick up the bag angrily and make your way back to the house,on getting home you dip your hands into the bag now see the office key.so you just sit on the floor locate the nearest plantain tree with your eyes and shout make una kuku kill me.

lol

ewebiodun:
I am not sure u meant Ago palace way in Okota....dude are u kidding me?

same Ago palcae way that leads to festac? That road is smooth na, interlocked. Only few mighty speed breakers... Maybe the inner streets are bad...

See this fine woman dey wait for 67 naira change... I gave 50 naira she still sit dey look... Na wa

Make una no confuse, na my wife pix dey whatsapp jare... See my real face... (Available for 24hrs lol)

ifyeez:
No Corolla in ur profile, just ur four eyes face

Uber profile i said

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
5star Toyota corolla sport 2007
35k rental
Super clean, foreign used, well pimped like a personal car
Uber/taxify ready

That is the blue car on my uber profile.
I am giving it to the best driver available.
According to my partner, he said i should give a driver that is cool headed and that won't give stories like me... (yea we are buying another corolla this week).

Extras;
DVD screen (Bluetooth, aux,)
Reverse camera
Bend-able side mirrors with hazard lights
Remote starts and off the car engine from distance
Horse whip inside (lol like Romeo3 dem)
Airforce sticker (senior officer backup).

I will come up with very simple terms and conditions later

*Tip; car will be taken from you the very first week you give unreasonable excuse to deliver.

Impressive huh? Interested?
WhatsApp me, please whatsapp only, no calls whatsapp only. 080 652 40490

Cheers!!

Monday madness!

ewebiodun:
;
, how u go come do am for this s rain wet dey come......its scary men,small rain wey just fall thus year, some streets still get flood even eko bridge

I just weak for the rain mata

Na to dey waah car everyday be dat.... I haven't washed my car for a week now.... Just wipe and clean the inside

ewebiodun:
Don't go anywhere in Lagos during the rains!!

i am not scared of water, i dont like potorpotor

ewebiodun:
I do apapa trips often, I understand that place well well

coming from island, carter Bridge leads u clear, but coming from oshodi... Mobil road na red, i can access through ajegunle too. But i still hate that place..... Dont go there during rainy season sha...

Yesterday was a miracle. I went to apapa and came back unhurt... After rider begged and assured me there wont be traffic and the roads to marine road were all dry.. Lol. And as i was finding my way out of the trap another request popped in... Straight to ketu. What a day!

ewebiodun:
That's not how it works bro, u can't know the exact rating a rider gave u. Because ur rating came down right after a trip doesn't mean it was that parti ular trip that caused it

on uber, if a rider rate u low like 1star... Instantly you will know, it could drop by 2 or 3 points. Taxify may reflect after some days

pooozeee:
Today is my last day with uber
Bye bye to uber welcome to Taxify and ogataxi

Uber cancelled two of my trips calling it riders fraud, I have been to lekki this morning, with 4 trips, out of 4k uber is deducting 3k from my account, so uber means just 1k is my money from 4 trips and I have been to lekki
Please when and where can I go for inspection with taxify ?

chai

ameristu:
There are riders from hell in this uber business, I should pray every morning before leaving the house not to carry a bad passenger. This business is not for the feeble mind.

my first riders today, 2 talkative girls from a club... So unsettled and aggressive

timifakay:
This got me thinking, what if you claim to wanna go eat while waiting, and ask rider when to come back or call you a few minutes before finishing up... so you just keep driving around the block till rider calls, that way you get fare for distance covered.

some riders are bunch of smart-asses. Again uber/taxify will send the trip history, then you movements would be seen. If they are not pleased, they report you or ask for a fare review...

Some riders can frustrate you ehn....
This one told me she will do a return trip within somolu and i agreed.
I thought she would just be done within a short time...
5mins
10mins
14mins.
I just called her: madam i have waited for so long i think i have to go now

Rider: wait for me please, shebi my trip is still reading?

Me: yea, but i can't wait anymore, waited pass 10mins and that's over the bar for me

Rider: why cant you wait, am i not paying you? Just wait lemme finish. (then she came out)

That's when i realized she was doing her nails stuff.
I just kicked the car, was doing a reverse and ending the trip simultaneously. Then she was shouting: ok how much is the fare? How much?

I shouted back: N600.
I didn't even wait further if she will bring the money. I just zoomed off.
I didn't rate her low, left it at 5star, i didn't report to taxify cos i know i wont get my money.

As i moved like 300 meters away, a request came in and lo: it was her, i didn't accept, i didn't mind if i lose 1% out of 99% activity rate....

Sometimes wait pays after you have done like 15km or more and rider ask for some time so you continue or take them back... I can wait even 30mins for that... Not this type biko...

GAZZUZZ:
Last nite I had real time experience of what drivers go thru on the road.

I closed @ 6pm, was about leaving the workshop when I decided to turn on my uber app. I saw surge right where my workshop is located. I received first trip almost immediately but it canceled after a few mins. I then decided to drive a bit while waiting for next request. Got one on oba-akran (by then Dynamic pricing had left the building)drove to mangoro area picked a rider to lekki phase 1 (home of surge) trip was fantastic cause we had to look for ways around traffic (much longer routes)before 11pm I had completed 6trips @ over 10k. It was time to go home. Set destination back to mainland and it popped the Mumu network stability error try again another time. So I decided I will leave it on and cancel any trip not going my way. I was deep inside ajah heading home when I heard an uncomfortable sound from the serpentine belt area.....

I ignored it... by the time I got close to lekki phase 1 round about I had the battery light on with the engine running, stiff power steering and rapidly climbing coolant temperature values.

I am driving my Avensis 1998 2002 and it uses a 3piece belt. I turned off all major electrical gadgets except the engine (head lights, DVD systems, airconditioning) I used the hazard lights instead.

I stopped accessed the damage and realised all 3 belts had been ripped of by the larger belt.

Got back into the car and drove to a well lit area where I could see a few cars parked.

Immediately I parked the HNIC came out of the dark, I addressed my self as Captain gazzuzz of kano pillars international HNIC became calm, I told him my war was going to sleep in his care and I would pick it up in the morning, he had no problem with that.

I called one of my colleagues on the phone, and in a matter of minutes, a 407 with a horse whip on the dashboard appears, I bullied the driver to the passenger side and drove to workshop.

Got to workshop picked up another vehicle and headed home.

got to gate and seems the security guy was in a valentine spirit. Did everything possible to wake him up, my guy no appear.

So I turned on my app and headed to magodo as instructed by my Oga in the business. True to his words lagos started moving again, this time back to lekki.....

2 more trips, then I headed back to area where my faulty vehicle was parked.

I didn't allow HNIC see me, I located another area where I saw over 20 toyota corrola cars with drivers inside all sleeping

Any way I said to my self, this area must be safe.

turned off app set chair low and got some shut eye.


I knew my serpentine belt was a bit frayed, but I had been procrastinating for almost a year now on replacing it, finally my village people Got me on 14 Feb.


Moral of the story

Keep vehicles as sound as possible. Replace all faulty parts as soon as you notice to avoid disappointments like this.

And if you can, keep a spare in the boot.

truth.... That my kick giving signs refused to work as at 2pm yesterday. Valentine day of all days.... Luckily it was in an estate at osolo way where i dropped a rider, put off the car, request came in. Tried starting the car to go pick the rider: na lie. I knew it was a day of reckoning between me and the starter. I just looked for an electrician at answani mechanic village. Told him to remove the kick starter, that i am buying another one 2moro. Locked the car, took uber home(ogudu). This morning i had him buy another one and fixed it... Before then i realized i had a flat tire overnight, so it was like double wahala... Had to change to spare.

Some weeks, u can't enjoy 7 smooth days....

ameristu:
You need rating sir, you shouldn't also be car less because of rating, it is a balance of both. If a trip is ongoing and I have seen signs that it is going to be a terrible one, I would end the trip.

Rainy season is coming, If i get to an area that would damage my car, I would end the trip, I would not because of rating and NGN1,500 put my car at a repair cost of NGN50k.

A balance is the key to this business and when trying to strike the balance sometimes it might take a hit on your ratings.

abi ooo.... Biko GAZZUZZ and other ogas in the house, what can get damaged if one perpetually go through flooded areas? Answers plsssss (back then one rider taught me to always put off my ac when i see the water lever is 1/3 of the tire level) thanks

Romeo3:
Nope. Car first, attitude second.

Most riders cancel because they do not like the car. A rider once called and asked me the year of corolla I was driving, he cancelled and the sound of 2006. Most riders cancel trips because they dont know what a Peugeot is. Some cancel at the sight of the vehicle. Some will gist with you with your nice attitude and All, and still rate you low.

The perfect rating is car + driver attitude.

na so... I don't always talk to my riders all the time... And 5star comes like default

GAZZUZZ:
maximum engine size on my small fleet is 1.4liter.

drivers are happy.

fuel economy is great.

smaller engines make more sense.

non look sexy... Some riders are choosy

edetsimon:
big bro please put me through am much interested please big bro put me through, am experience driver with 4.5 star rating and 2 years experience on the platform. Please am in need of car. I stay in Yaba. 09082906101. I have been delivering 40k for over 2months with big daddy 2004 and Honestly speaking I never give him any story before and the Car is not in good condition with Camshaft problems and still he will still tell me to make the full payments even if the car spent days in workshop. Please if I see a better offer plea se I will accept it. Please help me.

Una dey try... Me and my partner agreed, any day the car goes for service it's 5k off, 2 days service 10k off... And so... But if the car is in good condition and i decide to rest for the whole 7days, weekly delivery must complete. I can't come and kill myself

EddieMurphie:
Sorry to say, but it's the same way the same ratings is going to nosedive. Sebi na Taxify, let's be looking

no way.... I am not a slacker
At a time taxify reduced from 4.68 to 4.58. Reason: App issues and i was blocked for 3 weeks.... Since i got back driving,it's been up up up...

See how my ratings grew drastically... From 4.58. Super car.. No wifi, no Orbit. Just my car and my smiles

Olesekeniwoye:
Please you guys should dump Uber for good.
I need the aftermath surge. .thank you

P.S. I have not driven on TAXIFY TAXICHEAT since October last year.

i do both depending on the one that makes sense... If i am in a surge or boost area, i put on uber alone, otherwise i put on taxify alone. When request is slow, i put on both... Then put off the other if request comes on 1.... It just like one using MTN and 9mobile... Take the advantage. If you are married with one, at one time or the other you will wish you had both...

ndizzle:
From the samples on display, its safe to say Uber is more rider friendly than driver while taxify is more driver friendly than rider.
The taxify pickup location my have an unseen boost. U never can tell.

maybe.. But i doubt, no boost shown and it wasn't even rush hour..

Practical difference between uber and taxify, i picked up a rider at ogudu GRA to gbagada phase 11. Around where i dropped him, i picked another rider, dropped her at same axis in Ogudu GRA.
See photos below

blackfm:
Uber has finally made card addition compulsory for driver...ive been expecting this since

true....