Please post your nominations for the best everyday ride for Lagos roads considering the following:

- Traffic jams:over heating, slow running etc
- Submarine capabilities: Flooding and (if it can float it will be da bomb) ground clearance
- Suspensions: ability to survive avarage road (craters) potholes
- Durability: How long can it survive before falling apart
- Cost of maintenance: Cheap is a relative term,if its worth more than its weight in salt- ITS CHEAP
- Fuel Economy: Diesel,Petrol, gas (or those who have the mythical water engines )even steam engines are welcome
- Any other attributes you know makes it fit for Lag

Pictures,Specs and justifiable reasons will be great. You MUST HAVE YOUR REASON(s) O!

All are free to criticise -but constructively please. Decent yabbing is totally allowed

Lol! I have no idea what driving in Lagos is like.

But, I'll be following this thread with keen interest.

Siena:

Lol! I have no idea what driving in Lagos is like.

But, I'll be following this thread with keen interest.

Welcome aboard, your technical contributions will certainly be appreciated.

guy just buy a brand new toyota jeep (those portable jeeps like the advance of the CRV something like that) then u are good to go. Its high above the

ground, expensive but cheap to maintain and the thing they fly oooo like sa 4m


Ask the PH oil boys they go yarn u

Arrange am and Nothing do u

my nominees are:

Toyota Prado 2008: cool and cheap suv to run, variable suspension for bad lagos roads, great climate control for lagos humidity,nice tansmission for                             for    smooth ride, and its pretty too with a low cost of maintenance, infact its the suv with the reliability of a corolla.


Toyota corolla:   the work horse of the nigerian middle class, a trully reliable car fro the average lagosian, will never fail u in hold up and cheap to run too.

I think the toyota corolla 06 is the best for driving in Lagos,reasons below

1. Looks good
2. Cheap maintenance and spare parts
3. Cost little to run
4. Is a good car in all

Only one choice in my opinion

1. Looks natural, blends in with the natural enviroment
2. Cheap maintenance and free manure
3. Runs on food scraps
4. Is a good car in all for Lagos

Thor:

Only one choice in my opinion

1. Looks natural, blends in with the natural enviroment
2. Cheap maintenance and free manure
3. Runs on food scraps
4. Is a good car in all for Lagos

TOYOTA COWROLLA

Only one choice in my opinion Smiley Smiley Smiley

1. Looks natural, blends in with the natural enviroment
2. Cheap maintenance and free manure
3. Runs on food scraps
4. Is a good car in all for Lagos

You guys are cracking me up!

^{Now, let's get serious, really.}

@Idapaul

How many BHP does that have?

I mean 'Bovine Horse Power' of course

;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

I can not afford a car

I spent all my money on the latest Nigerian IPOD

Thor:

@Idapaul

How many BHP does that have?

I mean 'Bovine Horse Power' of course

6 bhp
0-60 in 46mins.
very green emmission levels

I am saving up my pennies for this low cost beauty

;d ;d ;d

I would say any average Japanese SUV will suffice. They are reliable strong and the parts are not that expensive to obtain. You could also go for the Ford F-150 provided it is brand new. It's untouchable on any terrain except for the slight fact that the jap cars are more fuel friendly.

@Thor, Idupaul you guys might win a nobel for your green friendliness

Atilla- seems you have been walking around my mind.

As for flying,Seems PH boys don't have the challenge of flying straight into another car (traffic jam) as is the case in lagos,even third mainland don close , come to think of it,we should consider flying cars as well

As for buying a new a brand new Toyota prado, that out of reach for the average nigerian worker,got any friendlier sugesstion?
Where r the lagos nairalanders? say something

Where are all the Lagos nairalanders? Most of the contributions have been coming from peeps outside

Dont think a ford truck in Nigeria is a very good idea. As you rightly noted those trucks are GAS guzzlers!

That wont be nice on the budget. Good for intimidation though, okada no go try stunts with you.

@pictures, LMAO, hausa go kill us for Nigeria.

Anybody experienced with VW products?

the toyota corolla has all the qualities mentioned above.

the older toyota camry (1997 - 2000) would be ok if we're considering a relatively cheap used car.

the landcruiser could have qualified too but it is not armed robber-resistant. u need that too as part of the qualities being looked at. the ultimate car should not attract too much attention.

for a used SUV, consider the toyota 4runner. has a low profile, is particularly strong and possesses all the other toyota qualities.

The best is OKADA

nothing beats this vehicle

rotfl @ Cowrolla n Co

lukkie:

the landcruiser could have qualified too but it is not armed robber-resistant. u need that too as part of the qualities being looked at. the ultimate car should not attract too much attention.

WORD!

If you keep thinking about robbers stealing your car, you'll never get one. You might as well get the old "504", It is definitely robber resistant, cheapest parts available, you can fix the car yourself, survives all weather/road conditions. The only problem is that it is the only car where you can actually "watch your gas guage go down as you are driving". Those cars were dragons back in the dayz. The rate at which they "drink" fuel is insane

TO ME,MOLUE AND DANFO SEEMS TO BE THE BEST.U DONT NEED TO BE AFRAID OF SOMEBODY HITTING U.WITH THIS TYPE OF AN AUTOMOBILE,ANYTHING GOES,

The toyota cowroller will make a picture of the year anytime,anywhere.Amazing,a cross between technological innovation and brute natural power.

On a serious note,that is what d environment needs now,greenery.

rofl

Dedax:

Anybody experienced with VW products?

Our VW expert (nkc) is AWOL. . .

EI:

Our VW expert (nkc) is AWOL. . .

But, I'm very much here. . .

@ Thor and Idupaul, you guys are too much

Go and get Keke Nacep,


it cheap, three tyre wheel, less expensive spare part,