anonymousjuju:


Manual ? Hell No, don't wanna grow muscles.

erico2k2:

Another rubishhh, ask yourself why manual cars are cheaper than Auto

VeeBabs:


Manual cars are cheaper in Nigeria only because Nigerians don't buy manual. It's simple a factor of demand, nothing else.

Now, in reality, manual cars are more fun to drive, as they let you feel the power of your engine / torque much better than any automatic ever could (except, perhaps, some newer tech auto trannieslike dual-clutch etc).

Ever wondered why super cars like Lambos and Ferraris DON'T come automatic? They're always manual.

It'd be a shame to pack a 900-horsepower beast under your bonnet and insult it with an automatic transmission. The wild animal go vex for you!

kingreign:

Lexus GS 06-13, Acura RL, Infiniti M35/M37, Mercedes W211-212 E350.

Google them, you'd definitely fall in love.
I'd dissuade you not to do Bimmer 535i. But if you can get a Bimmer E60 530i M54 engine, with clean title and impeccable service history, you're game.

anonymousjuju:


This is actually the first time i'd be hearing about this. Though i know the modern cars being made are more fuel efficient than the older models, but we were meant to believe that Toyota right from the day the name came to existence has more fuel efficiency than any other cars made. I know say na myth. But its what most mechanics makes us to understand.

One of my fear going for a BMW is fuel consumption, but i am ready to take that bull by the horn if i eventually go for it. But i need to know if its fuel consumption is any different from that of the toyota i mentioned above.

VeeBabs:


Manual cars are cheaper in Nigeria only because Nigerians don't buy manual. It's simple a factor of demand, nothing else.

Now, in reality, manual cars are more fun to drive, as they let you feel the power of your engine / torque much better than any automatic ever could (except, perhaps, some newer tech auto trannieslike dual-clutch etc).

Ever wondered why super cars like Lambos and Ferraris DON'T come automatic? They're always manual.

It'd be a shame to pack a 900-horsepower beast under your bonnet and insult it with an automatic transmission. The wild animal go vex for you!

erico2k2:

Please do a wee bit of research, Auto cars are more expenssive than manual cars of same make year and model in the UK from brand new!
Howmany SUVs have you seen with manuals trans in 2018?
PS try and find out about Manual cars and what it means!

VeeBabs:


You should really go back to school and learn to read properly. Did you read the first sentence of the comment you were replying?

For God's sake, who said anything about the UK?

erico2k2:

btw U and me who needs to go back to school, I made UK a reference as a car manufacturere, Do you want me to use Nigeria as a point of reference?? do they manufacture cars inNigeria?
Im trying to point you to a specific Idea that Auto car will csot more than its manual equivalent from brand new,instead of you to at least go to a price comparison site or check cost of a brand new toyota auto relative to its manual equivalent you are here throwing ur dummy outta the pram!I give u p

VeeBabs:
There was zero need to refer to the UK in the manner you did. Return to the top of the discussion, if you will, and see the context of the references.

We were talking about the cost of manual vs auto tranny cars in Nigeria, NOT the United Kingdom. My response was to explain why there is such a price difference between two identical cars, different only in the kind of tranny they have. Nigerians don't buy manual, that's why the price is always significantly lower than its automatic twin. A simple demand-driven price gap.

Nobody was talking about car manufacturing. Just you.

erico2k2:

Oga, the OP never said anything about Nigeria, she simply talked about having a person abroad who wants to supply her a car once she makes up her mind simple.m we do not make any part of thee cars in Nigeria why use Nigeria as a yard stick to judge any part of this discos?
Besides how am i meant to believe you know what a manual or Auto gear is , coming from a bloke who said Lambos and ferarris have Manual cars .Guy like Nurey adviced U B4, stick to what you know!

VeeBabs:


I see you lack comprehension. I will leave you to your fate.

On a second thought, let me respond more fully to you both...

The reason I didn't respond to that guy was because I hate it when people miss or deviate from the context of a GENERAL discussion and seek to overcomplicate things with A TECHNICAL response just to make themselves look smart or learned.

Lambos and Ferraris come in "automated manuals" with dual-clutch gearboxes, and similar technologies. Why didn't they just call it an AUTOMATIC? Because it's NOT an automatic!

The root word in that name is "manual"; the "automated" attached to it is actually a qualifier, an adjective. This means that, in its core, it remains a manual transmission (actually, two manual trannies), with techy gimmicks added on top of it to achieve faster-than-human gear shifts, in response to throttle position, steering position, obstacle awareness, and more than 20+ driver habit and other input signals collated and logged over time, with some basic implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) deciding the shift points.

And you know what's funny? I mentioned this particular point about faster-than-human gear shifts in my original comment, to which the egotistic bloke you referred to responded with a painfully condescending blab.

I quietly left his comment unreplied because he ended up saying pretty much the same thing I said. At least I made him do some googling assignment for a Bibliography.

Feel free to follow suit.

I suggest you read this:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/mind-brain-and-consciousness/201202/consciousness-artificial-intelligence-and-automatic

erico2k2:

Bross, I beg you in the name of GOD stick to selling Cars, you dont know jack shyte bout cars.All that Craaap you wrote up there is what we call Semi-Auto, you think coming up with some fancy name will change my perspective or you thought for once you was talking to a novice? Realy nurey abeg come carry your thing!

erico2k2:

Bross, I beg you in the name of GOD stick to selling Cars, you dont know jack shyte bout cars.All that Craaap you wrote up there is what we call Semi-Auto, you think coming up with some fancy name will change my perspective or you thought for once you was talking to a novice? Realy nurey abeg come carry your thing!

anonymousjuju:
Hi Guys,

I am looking to get a new car for myself. Presently, i am torn between two cars.

I am in love with both and would need your advise on which i should go for as i cannot afford both at once.

I am looking at

2008 Toyota Camry sport Edition

and

2008 BMW 523i

Please i would need your advise on which i should go for and as i'm not so much knowledgeable about cars, i would like to know the merit and demerit of both cars for comparison.

Fuel Consumption
Maintenance Level
Durability
etc that i would need to know
And if there are readily auto technicians that can handle it.


Thanks y'all

VeeBabs:


Sorry, I don't deal cars for a living like you do. Every car post you see on my topics list are private sales for persons I know at a particular place.

But wait, you mean you had to "run a scan" on me to help you decide how to respond? I didn't even bother with your profile until now, following your lead.

And sorry if all my grammar made your head hurt. You see why I said I hate it in the first place?

nurey:


is it the Range Rover? that's only my thing that's with you

erico2k2:


Grammer? ahah Better People blow grammer on the streets of london I still mark their book, you dey try your lean best U dey rake,this was teh 2nd time you abaraased yourself, btw, U dont deal cars my asssss, and who told you I deal cars for l iving?I sold my last car o n here 11 years ago FYI
Run Scan on you from here , is that waht it is called , You must have personality disorder nurey U must collect ur thing by fire by force

VeeBabs:


You should perform an idle relearn on your spelling and punctuations. You amuse no-one with your London street cred.

Adios, car dealer. Adios!

nurey:
veeBabs and erico2k2 let's sheath our sword I don't want to know who is at fault or who started it enough of your childish ramblings you are warned.

compliment of the season to you both

Until fuel subsidy is removed, fuel crisis remains imminent – Kachikwu

Minister of State for petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, Thursday, stated that until the downstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum industry is liberalized and subsidy of petroleum products removed, the country would continue to struggle and face challenges in terms of ensuring stable fuel supply. Kachikwu •Kachikwu: Hosted APC Northern leaders Speaking in Abuja, at the presentation of the key achievements of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in three years, 2016 to 2018 and award to staff of the ministry, Kachikwu, argued that to address fuel supply challenges, the country needed to find a way to satisfy the need to provide products sufficiently for the populace and at the same time to be able to free the sector for growth. He said, “In the midstream and downstream sectors, we have struggled. I would love to see a day when there would be no fuel scarcity in this country. But for that to happen, there are certain realities. The liberalization of the sector is going to be a panacea to being able to solve this. As long as we continue to subsidise products, create market-unfriendly type practices, we would continue to struggle. “We are not going to trade our way out of the fuel crisis by bringing sufficiency, by expanding reserves, by extravagant costs which cost the country a lot of money; that is not the solution. The solution is to get our refineries working.” Kachikwu noted that investments are lacking in the petroleum sector, adding that over the years, refineries’ turn around maintenance, TAM, had been fraught with faulty models which had hampered the effectiveness of the refineries.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/until-fuel-subsidy-is-removed-fuel-crisis-remains-imminent-kachikwu/

nurey:
veeBabs and erico2k2 let's sheath our sword I don't want to know who is at fault or who started it enough of your childish ramblings you are warned.

compliment of the season to you both

thebigkendo:
Diportivo come & separate fight

diportivo:



I disagree with the bolded

what both parties shld do is upgrade their armour and keep firing missiles






I was about to,

until Diportivo's brother scattered the thread with fuel scarcity talk


so,I have decided to stay on my bed and mind my business

erico2k2:

U mst be daft, where U see English?, or you think it is easy writting in pidgin, why dont you try it. London street credibility aha, is that one of ur car jargons? and stop deviating from the facts here, you are th one who help people sell cars and collect comission, stop denying your trade please!, thats all you do on nairaland!
PS: I can spell wahtever I want anyway I like, still it does not change the fact that you know jack shyte about cars,, like I said earlier, Stick to Car sales,Mr Automatic Manual

VeeBabs:


Better shut your bonnet and turn off that London-used engine.

I just did mine. Adios.

PS: My apologies to everyone else.

VeeBabs:


Better shut your bonnet and turn off that London-used engine.

I just did mine. Adios.

PS: My apologies to everyone else.

VeeBabs:


Better shut your bonnet and turn off that London-used engine.

I just did mine. Adios.

PS: My apologies to everyone else.

anonymousjuju:


Okay, please i would like to know why i should stay away from the BMW, is there something i need to worry about ?

I presently drive a 2007 Honda Accord and i've handled it quite well with little or less problems. Can't same be applied in handling the bmw or camry ? I like elegance.