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| Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 12:07pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
As confirmed by several individuals I have engaged that reside outside Nigeria, our roads hold a real potential for a new niche which should be rightly termed as ‘road tourism’. There is hardly ever a dull moment whilst driving on Nigerian roads as you would be kept amazed by several stunning road acts. However, beyond these unusual motoring behavior collectively, there are a few underpinning funny acts and thought processes that are truly behind motoring trends in Nigeria. Below are some funny and unfunny motoring acts which are significantly aimed at driving costs down and spending less by Nigerian motorists. Studying police, VIO, FRSC and LASTMA movements and modus operandi: Ojota exit after 7up, Ogunnisi road (after grammar school bus-top Ojodu berger), Ojodu-berger bus-stop, Anthony bus-stop (close to Oshodi exit), the list goes on and on; rings a bell? Some Lagosians literally have in their heads the map of Lagos with markings of VIO,FRSC and LASTMA hot-spots; rather than invest in complete vehicle documents they will rather study the trends of the law enforcement officers. Some even make it a habit to leave early for work and return late at night to beat these law enforcement officers at their own game. Buying ‘Tokunbo’ tyres: this one beats me! Tyres take up road induced stresses and are subject to wear and tear, yet people go ahead to spend monies on non-retreaded used tyres. This particular funny act is not entirely funny as many lives can be as stake, but yet people still patronize these kind of tyre sellers. I don’t know who to blame; SON (standard organization of Nigeria) or the motoring mass? Complaining bitterly; yet sticking with economic mechanics and their sickening ideas: you know it is wrong to even try managing that vehicle component due for replacement, but you just seek that cunny backing from these guys whom you know very well are desperate to sniff out the littlest Naira notes from your pocket. Like I keep saying, Nigerians are largely responsible for the type of mechanics we have today because instead of encouraging these guys to think progressively, we fuel their economizing thoughts which come with consequences like poor service quality. Buying ‘Tokunbo’ cars and spare-parts with the notion that these cars and components are stronger: unfortunately most Nigerians have grown accustomed to the notion that imported 2nd hand products generally come with relatively better quality standards. This is hardly true in recent times, as some ‘fresh Tokunbo’ cars you will find today are freshly baked in Nigerian car spraying ovens; ever wondered why you see lots of imported and unregistered scraps being driven around Lagos roads especially at night? Also, car parts may be extracted from locally used vehicles or may be locally re-manufactured with no standards. Why not invest in new parts and cars with warranties after your exhaustive research? Living in low-budget areas with bad roads and buying expensive cars: [/b]the line of thinking of individuals like this may just be captured thus, ‘I don’t drive my home around with me’. Imagine owning a 2013 Toyota Camry and living in an area that frustrates even Mack trucks during intense rainfall?! [b]Reducing fan speed to minimize fuel consumption during A/C(air-conditioner) operation: Once your A/C is on, your compressor is engaged and engine load is increased. It is this increment in engine load that leads to the higher fuel consumption you may experience. Altering fan-speed in no way affects fuel consumption; it may speed up use of your refrigerant by a little fraction, but it doesn’t affect fuel consumption. Picking up officers to avoid penalties: I was in a danfo bus a few months ago and right in the front seat was a F.R.S.C official who sat beside a driver that was busy climbing all the pavements, driving on all possible road shoulders and literally flaunting the fundamental rules of sensible driving. Clearly because the official who was tagged as a ‘staff’ didn’t pay the fare for the trip; hence, wasn’t obliged or in a position to take punitive actions against the danfo driver. The funny irony here is a few months down the line if the same official is on duty along the road, he will chase the same driver for the same offence he overlooked right under his nose. Are you guilty of committing any of these funny acts? Share your thoughts and stop clowning! http://autobaseafrica.com/funny-things-nigerian-motorist-do-to-save-money/ 19 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by 9icetoo(m): 12:55pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
U forgot to add "turning off ignition on slopes to save fuel". 56 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 1:37pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
9icetoo:thats a classic example which manual car owners enjoy!noted. 3 Likes |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Nosyke(m): 2:08pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
9icetoo: and or turning off ignition in traffic. Putting stickers of any of the services on the windscreen of their cars in order to drive against traffic 3 Likes |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by oweniwe(m): 2:23pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
Immune1: says who? I do with it auto jor.  If am low on fuel, i rev up my sienna, take foot off the accelerator and shift the gear to Neutral...... When the car slows down, i shift it back to D, rev up, back to Neutral again. Don't try this on a busy road o....  5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 2:56pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
oweniwe:na wah ooooo........Nigerians!!Am sure there are more tricks ti find out 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by 9icetoo(m): 5:17pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
I've seen taxi drivers push their taxis into filling stations especially where there is a queue. They push it with so much effort and stress for a distance of about 200 meters that wouldn't have cost them 50 cl of fuel (about 50 Naira). Keke drivers whose machines average a mind boggling 50Mpg already are guilty of this as well. 2 Likes |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by DRealGeesam(m): 7:41pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
This is classic should be on front page. How about drivers buying fuel in kegs and passing a hose from the keg to the tank. So they can actively monitor the amount of fuel being used. I have even seen drivers put the keg in the front passenger's leg room area. *i have seen drivers put camfo (those white balls used in killing cockroaches) inside the fuel tank. believing that it reduces the car's fuel consumption  10 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Nobody: 8:53pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
Before we shipped a car to Nigeria I hired a taxi to take me from Ibadan to Ijebu Ode in 2006. I strutted around the car park until I saw a newish (comparably) 504 Wagon so after giving it a once over I chartered it. As we proceeded I noticed that whenever the driver pressed the brake, the car would feel funny, as if it was twisting. Just before we got to Ijebu Igbo junction we had a flat tire (horrors). So while he was changing the tire (on the back) I noticed something odd. I said why does it seem that the car has no brake system on the wheel? "Ah oga ba sense ni yen, owo awon pad yetin poju." Ama ti ese kan ni waju ati ikan ni eyin" So what the numbskull did was disable the rear brakes on one side and on one the opposite front. He was supposed to take me back but after he took me to Ijebu Ode I just paid him off and sent him on his way. I'm sure he wasn't the only one. In my opinion, tasking 2 wheels to do the job of four will actually increase cost as the pads will wear faster. 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by 24in7: 9:08pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
Datz 9ja 4U |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by lonelydora: 9:59pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
Using Natural gas condensate as fuell instead of the normal petrol. My neighbour, a banker, always begging me to bring condensate for him whenever I'm about to go back to work. 1 Like |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 11:11pm On Oct 20, 2014 |
lonelydora:Thats interesting,how do you go about storing this condensate? |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by olojuede01: 10:12am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Haa!!!!!! Shoki.. |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Nobody: 11:19am On Oct 21, 2014 |
oweniwe: It's called coasting . . I don't know bout your vehicle but for my Pilot ; it's even in the owner's manual, DO NOT PUT TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL WHILE COASTING . . . So after accelerating, i lift my foot off the gas pedal, but lever stays in D . . . 3 Likes |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by nurey(m): 11:25am On Oct 21, 2014 |
oweniwe:Won't this spoil the gear of the sienna switching from D on speed to N, isn't that risky |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Homguy(m): 12:05pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
Using water as brake fluid.  1 Like |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by oweniwe(m): 1:26pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
nurey:*modified* it depend on the type of transmission. If its hydraulic transmission, ok.... But with cvvt, no no. wo.... When u are low on fuel and u are afraid of your vehicle going off, you wont even think about the gear. Getting home will be ur no 1 priority. Well, what i know is that the engine/torque converter disengage at low rpm so shifting from D to N while in motion doesnt affect the gear.... But if u mistakenly shift to Reverse instead of Neutral....   1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by chucky234(m): 1:49pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
oweniwe:Reverse instead of Neutra? Hmmm shortcut to mortuary.... 1 Like |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by oweniwe(m): 2:02pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
chucky234: i dont think its life threatening. The road should be free when coasting plus your foot wont be on the accelerator...... The worse u can end up with is a totalled gear. 3 Likes |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Connoisseur(m): 5:26pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
mxxpunkxx1: My brother, is your Pilot as thirsty as mine? I do 5km for every litre of fuel, that can't be normal? What's your mpg |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Nobody: 6:58pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
oweniwe: I agree. |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by clemz85(m): 7:34pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
nurey: not risky, that's why they positioned it between reverse and drive so that when you got a learner on steering and person mismatch the pedals like giving the car gas instead breaking, so you can swing it to nuetral, that also why it is the only shift that works without the break pedal and shift lock. |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Nobody: 7:45pm On Oct 21, 2014 |
clemz85: They did it that way do you can shift it in an emergency, it's not meant to be used willy nilly. Now I'm beginning to get a better understanding why models that are perfect anywhere becomes basically a basket of nuts and bolts in Nigeria. All you slush box abusers dearis goduo. 1 Like |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by KA24DETT(m): 8:28pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
clemz85: Actually , you can put a car in Reverse when driving, I have done that on my Audi A6 4.2. What happens is that the car will act like its in neutral and slow down completely and then engage the reverse gear . I was experimenting to see what will happen if I put it in R while driving . Most auto transmission are build like this to prevent damage to the transmission . 1 Like |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by clemz85(m): 10:45pm On Oct 30, 2014 |
KA24DETT: mehn you chop concrete o, though I have tried it once, what I discovered was that without engaging the break pedal the gear shift button doesn't work and without the button the shift stick doesn't move, may be it depends on design, I tryed it on tinny light camry, only movements like N to D or N to R can work without the gear shift lock (bottun). |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by redcliff: 5:45am On Nov 14, 2014 |
KA24DETT: do you till drive this car? whats your experience so far? thanks |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by KA24DETT(m): 4:20pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
redcliff: Still drive it everyday |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by redcliff: 6:04pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
KA24DETT: Can you tell me what has been your experience so far with it? Any major problems? |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by shamecurls(m): 12:11am On Nov 15, 2014 |
oweniwe: Your transmission is dancing Azonto presently...... |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 12:17pm On Dec 09, 2014 |
clemz85: I dont suggest trying to engage such because suchan abrupt gear change can wreck an automatic gearbox |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by Immune1(m): 12:18pm On Dec 09, 2014 |
DRealGeesam:hope it eventually does after so long!! |
| Re: Funny Things Nigerian Motorist Do To Save Money by amurx(m): 9:17am On Dec 11, 2014 |
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