papi365: HAA UNEMPLOYMENT E NO GO BETA 4 U COS NA UNEMPLOYMENT DEY MAKE PPLE LIKE DEY SAY SOMTIN ON DIS KIND YEYE QUESTION. LET ME ASK U, D GUY WEY BROUGHT DIS STUPID QUESTION DOES HE NT KNW D PRICE OF DIESEL AND D POOR ECONOMIC CONDITION OF NAIJA? MTCHEEW,HE BROUGHT IT 4 PPLE LIKE U WEY NO GET WORK. DNT WORI BY DECEMBER WE GO GIVE U AWARD AS D BEST NAIRALAND COMMENTATOR.

Osama10: Also with diesel pump price at 170 per litre people are scared.

papi365: GUY MAKE I ASK U,PAMPERS DEY 4 UR BOMBOM? IF E NO DEY,I ADVICE U TO BEGIN 2 USE PAMPERS. MUMU

papi365: GUY MAKE I ASK U,PAMPERS DEY 4 UR BOMBOM? IF E NO DEY,I ADVICE U TO BEGIN 2 USE PAMPERS. MUMU

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So you had to come back here to punish us with more terrible English language. Anyway truth is even if I were indeed jobless, chances that i would get a job before you are pretty high going by the fact that I can at least read, comprehend and learn....unlike you who appears to reason and write like a kid in nursery school and have just about the learning capacity of a medically certified blockhead.. Heck, Primary 1 kids communicate better in English than you do! Did you skip primary school??

For the record, I'm not jobless, and at a station in life (not in material terms though) you probably will struggle very hard to attain...if ever possible.

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jude33084: Its 150 per litre

nnemmpi: i did have 1990 fordtransit for business,but my driver always complain of hard start in d morning especially in cold weder

50calibre: Because I think in Nigeria, diesel is much more expensive than petrol

Petrol cars are on average faster than diesel cars

Once Diesel engines begin to give problems, they are really hard to fix

Once diesel finishes in a diesel car, you have to flush the whole system before it functions properly again

Diesel can be hard to find at times, unlike petrol that's ubiquitous.

uboma:
How did you arrive at the above deductions? You are wrong mate. The reverse is the case

papi365: ACHSO! U RE NOT DIFF 4RM UR MSG. TIME WILL MAKE U GROW AND THINK LIKE A MAN AND NOT AS A BOI. SINCE U HAV BN MAKING STATEMENTS,HOW AS DAT IMPROVE UR LIFE? TINK B4 U OPEN UR MOUTH COS U MIGHT NOT CLOSE IT BACK.

Osama10:

I buy 170 for my diesel generator in Port harcourt.

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Go and reflect on the comments directed at you on this thread...& on the many threads here on nairaland where you have in your usual manner stu.p.id.ly typed without thinking. Then read your own comments here in bold. If you reply this comment with an insult again, i will seriously consider keeping on putting you in your place till you unfollow this thread in pain and sorrow.

Run along now.

nnemmpi: i did have 1990 fordtransit diseal for business,but my driver always complain of hard start in d morning especially in cold weder,oga siena any profesional input.is it battery(70arms)

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Ikenna said something earlier which may be quite funny to many people but is actually true. If Americans had been using lots of diesel engined vehicles in the past 10 years, there's no doubt that that Nigerian roads would have been full of them now. Now though, as more americans are becoming a lot more conscious about MPG numbers, the diesel engine fan base is increasing...especially with Volkswagen, who appears to be the automaker that has the highest number of diesel engined cars on the market.

Diesel engines USED TO BE relatively slow compared but to their petrol counterparts but modern day diesel engines are not slow, especially the recent CDis (?) & TDIs found in MB & VW respectively. Plus they are very fuel efficient too such that despite the increased pump price of diesel, it MIGHT still be cheaper to run a diesel powered car in Nigeria.

FACT: Some diesel engined cars (notably the 2.0 TDI found in the latest model Golf, Jetta & that beautiful Passat) have similiar or even better MPG figures than HYBRID CARS....& of course they are pretty quick too.

okpaniokpani: Reasons Nigerians don't buy diesel cars-
(1) Stereotype- they just believe cars using petrol are better
(2) Price of diesel- rather than considering mileage,most Nigerians look at the price per liter. Diesel burns slower so in effect gives better mileage.
(3) Quality of diesel - to the well informed, they desist from diesel because of the poor quality of diesel on sale in most filling stations. Most filling stations mix DPK (kerosene) with AGO(diesel) to sell to end users. Kerosene is cheaper, the profit from mixing the two to be sold at the price of the later encourages this nefarious activitiees by the stations.

Ikenna351: Ask an average Nigerian what car he would like to buy, he would tell you "American spec Toyota Bleep or American spec Honda Bleep. Ask an average Nigerian what car he has. Whether the car was shipped from Germany or Canada, it's still an American spec. A typical average Nigerian!

The other day, I drove into a Plaza. Someone walked up to me and asked, "Where and how did you get a Peugeot 406 American spec? Please, am interested to get one like yours too." I asked him why he believed it was an American spec. He said because the car has Daytime Running Lights. Of course, only in America that cars with DTRL exist. What more could i say to him. I was not surprised anyway. After all, someone once argued with me sometime in the past the he saw a Peugeot 406 American spec which he was interested to buy. I asked him, he said the dealer told him it was an American spec. While examining the car, it was a RHD converted one. Probably, Americans now drive RHD! Even though Canada and USA didn't smell Peugeot 406 in their countries, Nigerians still branded them American specifications. After all, who wouldn't want to drive American spec car?

We can argue all we want. But I will say it again, if Americans start driving Japs diesels and ditch the petrol counterparts, Nigerians will change their songs, "Diesel Toyota and Honda is more reliable, while petrol versions are more problematic". Whatever Americans accept, is accepted in Nigeria too. After all, American cars have better features than other continent specs. Smh!

As for those shouting that Nigerian mechanics can't fix diesel cars. If I may ask, is it the petrol cars that they know how to fix? Step out of this thread, view the first few pages of this section and come back and prove me wrong. All you will see is how Nigerian mechanics have grounded some vehicles that had only minor issues. One may have a blown fuse, take his car to a mechanic or auto electrician to troubleshoot and fix. The car will end up having a fried ECU before its towed out of the workshop or sold as scrap. I can go on and on. If trial and error is what they have been doing in fixing your petrol cars (for the ones that are lucky to drive their cars out with added complex problems), then it shouldn't be an issue for them to continue with the trial and error method on the diesel cars as well. After all, Diesel cars engine system has less electrical components: less sensors than the petrol counterparts. So less nightmares for you to undergo each time you open your bonnet for them.

Ikenna.

redcliff: Once Nigerians sterotype an item, its only a mircale that can make it step out of that circle..

papi365: IS DAT A THREAT? LOL. UR MATES ARE OUT THERE THINKING OF POSSIBLE WAYS ON OW TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES BUT U RE HIER MAKING NASTY THREAT TO ME,U MUST BE A FOOL 4 REAL

imsparkling: They r so used 2 fuel cars

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obinna 222:

I agree with you. My Golf 6 Tdi uses 30 litres of diesel from Lagos to PHC (420 miles)

COOLDUN:


You are very right my dear, that is how Nigerians are today going crazy for Automatic cars instead of Manual, juts because Americans are driving Automatic. The cars that were made for the disabled is the best options for the Nigerians today.

Many accidents in Nigeria roads nowadays is as a result of the driving made easy Automatic cars, when someone moves an Automatic car today, tomorrow he/she will enter road without knowing the road signs, before you know it he/she begins to apply long distance routes. When there a little problem on the road you would see them shaking like moi moi. Automatic cars are very easy to drive, and that is why people jump into them as if they are the best. But manual cars make one a good and real driver.

I am not saying that manual drivers do not get accident, but there many Automatic cars easily made drivers on our roads today.

I don't know much about diesel cars but all i know is that, there must be an advantage in every invention. We Nigerians too copy from America, mostly on the bad things. Tell me more of Diesel cars plsease.

COOLDUN:


You are very right my dear, that is how Nigerians are today going crazy for Automatic cars instead of Manual, juts because Americans are driving Automatic. The cars that were made for the disabled is the best options for the Nigerians today.

Many accidents in Nigeria roads nowadays is as a result of the driving made easy Automatic cars, when someone moves an Automatic car today, tomorrow he/she will enter road without knowing the road signs, before you know it he/she begins to apply long distance routes. When there a little problem on the road you would see them shaking like moi moi. Automatic cars are very easy to drive, and that is why people jump into them as if they are the best. But manual cars make one a good and real driver.

I am not saying that manual drivers do not get accident, but there many Automatic cars easily made drivers on our roads today.

I don't know much about diesel cars but all i know is that, there must be an advantage in every invention. We Nigerians too copy from America, mostly on the bad things. Tell me more of Diesel cars plsease.

50calibre:

Ok!

- What are the prices of petrol & diesel in Nigeria? ( I know diesel has better economy )

- I agree petrol cars aren't necessarily faster than diesel cars, most especially modern one.

- From personal experience, I can say if you allow the diesel to finish in your car, you'd have to clear the system first of air bubbles ( most especially older engines )

- Petrol & diesel, which is easier to find in Nigeria?

Correct me anywhere you think I'm wrong.

papi365: ACHSO! U RE NOT DIFF 4RM UR MSG. TIME WIL MAKE U GROW AND THINK LIKE A MAN AND NOT AS A BOI. SINCE U HAV BN MAKING STATEMENTS,HOW AS DAT IMPROVE UR LIFE? TINK B4 U OPEN UR MOUTH COS U MIGHT NOT CLOSE IT BACK.

papi365: ACHSO! U RE NOT DIFF 4RM UR MSG. TIME WIL MAKE U GROW AND THINK LIKE A MAN AND NOT AS A BOI. SINCE U HAV BN MAKING STATEMENTS,HOW AS DAT IMPROVE UR LIFE? TINK B4 U OPEN UR MOUTH COS U MIGHT NOT CLOSE IT BACK.