Hippo’s Practical Guide To Practical Things For Your Corolla (When You Save Using Hippo)

There are a lot of Toyota Corollas on Mzansi’s roads and while some of them are used as the family car for parents, or as a reliable ride for sales reps as they travel the countryside, Corollas are mostly used as Ubers these days. Like its cousins the Quantum and Hi-Ace, the Corolla has made sure everything kept going right for generations of South Africans. These workhorse passenger vehicles cover so many kilometres; if the road is bread, the Corolla is the margarine, and are probably also approved by the Heart Foundation because they aren’t designed to get your pulse racing.

At Hippo, we love practicality and value for money, which the Corolla has in spades. Our data shows us that recently there’s been a surge in car insurance requests on Corollas - particularly for married men in Gauteng between the ages of 40 and 49, many of which will be used as Ubers. So, whether you’re delivering fast-food or groceries to lazy teens, doing endless airport runs or taking tipsy tourists to a local tavern, we’ve compiled this handy Hippo guide for practical things you may need for SA’s most practical and popular Uber car.

On average, drivers save R390pm* when using Hippo’s comparative quoting system. Here are some nifty ideas for what you can spend the money you save with Hippo on for your Corolla as an Uber driver.

SUN VISOR

The Corolla spends a lot of time parking off in the harsh Mzansi sun, and that requires one of the more useful things you can buy at the traffic lights - and motor parts shops: the windscreen sun visor. Protecting your dashboard and keeping your Corolla cool is a priority for the sensibly minded driver.

Those shiny reflective visors are available from as low as R55, meaning you can buy one for the back window too, and still have change with the bucks you save with Hippo.

PETROL

With the price of petrol as unpredictable as the Corolla is reliable, every cent the Corolla driver can save to keep juice in the tank is a blessing. The cost of filling a new Corolla’s 43 litre tank is around R960, so the R390* saved will get you a third of a tank every month with Hippo. That’s some serious saving at the forecourt.

BACK-UP CHARGER

As an Uber Corolla driver, you rely on having your navigation working the whole time - and it’s also only a matter of time before a traveller asks you if they can charge their phone because they left theirs back in the hotel, at the bar or in Bali. For this reason, the shrewd Corolla driver always has a backup.

A Belkin Boost Charger which plugs into your Corolla’s auxiliary 24V charger costs R349, so it can be yours after only a month of saving when you use Hippo to compare car insurance.

PLAYLIST

With the Corolla’s built-in music capabilities, for your passengers as a parent, an Uber driver or for those lonely miles on the open road as a rep, music is a must-have. One of the joys of getting a ride in an Uber is that you get to hear music from all over Africa. From Zim legend Oliver Mtukudzi to Congolese Ndombolo, or an Amapiano algorithm, you’ll need Spotify Premium to keep the ad free good times rolling. Spotify Pro comes in at R99pm so you can easily afford it with the money Hippo can save you every month.

TISSUES

Besides psychiatrists’ offices, one place you’ll generally have access to free tissues is in a Corolla Uber. These delicate, multi-use nose and body cloths are a welcome accoutrement to any Corolla cabin. As an aside, whatever happened to those faux-gold ornately gilded tissue boxes you’d see behind the rear seat in Toyota Cressidas in the 80s? Perhaps with your Hippo savings you can revive that lost art with the R390* you could save every month with Hippo.

SUNBLOCK

This is an often-overlooked aspect of the Gauteng Corolla life. No-one wants a “rep-tan”, which is the distinctive tanning of the right forearm as they have it perched out the driver’s window on the endless kilometres around the Province beneath the SA sunshine. A good quality factor 50 will set you back about 150 bucks, so stock up and get that arm out the window Corolla drivers!

PRACTICAL THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HIPPO

When you compare Car Insurance for your Corolla (or any other car).

• You provide us with your information once and we’ll keep your personal data safe and confidential.
• We only deal with companies you can trust. Every brand and service Hippo works with is personally vetted by us.
• The price quoted on Hippo is the price you’d pay, even if you went direct. Hippo doesn’t add any commission or mark-up.
• The quoting process is simple, and all on one easy-to-use website, hippo.co.za.