A friend intends getting any of this 3 rides. Kindly advise on the best option in terms of ease of maintenance, availability of parts and cost of maintenance. He lives in an area with bad road and prone to flooding. Kindly advise from experience which is ideal for his area and ease of maintenance.

Hello, I have the privileged to have used or driven these 3 cars.
The golf 4 is fast and has a strong body fuel consumption is better than the c class but not as good as the camry(provided the camry isn't v6). Maintenance is average. Draw backs: it's a low car and usually has the bottom plate of the engine damaged so I'll need to be careful with that.
The camry is a beautiful car, strong and fast but not as fast as the 2 other vehicles. Maintenance is good and fuel consumption is better than golf. Draw back: problems with the transmission and shocks always a problem.
The C class is beautiful stronger than both other vehicles, faster too. Draw backs: maintenance costs more, fuel consumption is more.
I hope i have been helpful.
Ps. This is my own assessment and not Generalised view.

@patpeypey. thanx a million for the response. do u have an idea as per which is is better on bad road and flooded area?

@patpeypey.
how about when you add a 99 BMW 3series to the list?
i really have my mind set on that but keep getting advice to go for a camry or golf,
i live in lagos too

@ zippier I'm not to sure which of the cars are better, I do know that the golf 99 definitely a big no especially in areas with bad roads like Benin where I very bad experience there driving my golf 99( the bottom plate broke twice in a space of 1 month). The C class and toyota tend to have serious electrical problems when exposed to floods for a long time. Hope I have been helpful.
@ leftone I haven't had the pleasure of driving any  BMW 1999 3 series! Sorry couldn't be of much help to you.

@patpeypey. Just like u know wats up with him. He just got transferred to Benin and has been complaining about the road and flood.

patpeypey:

@ zippier I'm not to sure which of the cars are better, I do know that the golf 99 definitely a big no especially in areas with bad roads like Benin where I very bad experience there driving my golf 99( the bottom plate broke twice in a space of 1 month). The C class and toyota tend to have serious electrical problems when exposed to floods for a long time. Hope I have been helpful.
@ leftone I haven't had the pleasure of driving any BMW 1999 3 series! Sorry couldn't be of much help to you.

patpeypey:

Hello, I have the privileged to have used or driven these 3 cars.
The golf 4 is fast and has a strong body fuel consumption is better than the c class but not as good as the camry(provided the camry isn't v6). Maintenance is average. Draw backs: it's a low car and usually has the bottom plate of the engine damaged so I'll need to be careful with that.
The camry is a beautiful car, strong and fast but not as fast as the 2 other vehicles. Maintenance is good and fuel consumption is better than golf. Draw back: problems with the transmission and shocks always a problem.
The C class is beautiful stronger than both other vehicles, faster too. Draw backs: maintenance costs more, fuel consumption is more.
I hope i have been helpful.
Ps. This is my own assessment and not Generalised view.

i use camry 2001 and my office is always flooded when it rains and i ve never had any major electical issue, then the issue of transmisiion i tought its honda that has that problem then also issue of absober i agree with that 100% buts fuel cosumption is wonderfull and i use v6

Dear Classman,
Thanks for your comment and contribution however we were discussion about the 1999 model and not the 2001. Then like I stated they were my own personal views and not to be seen as a generalized view. Thanks again

Thanx all 4 ur contributions. Think I'll advise him to go for d c class, it seems the strongest of the lot. Bad road may not be good for the camry cos of d shock issues and the golf is far too low. Guess he can make do wt d cost of mintaining the c-class. thnk u