nnacent:
Pleasse oooo b4 i become magad. My car-Honda EOD 2003 4 plugs jst started acting up. i first observd dat at top speed, it wud b cutting(like disengaging intermittently). Now however i match d trottle it dosnt drive byond 40km/hr.

Pls i need suggestion on possible causes. and if u can recommend a good/reliable mechanic arnd ikeja i wud appreciate. pls oooooooo i dont want to come here to post a bad experience. thanks

adonbilivit:
my mechanic did something that got me upset last week so i thought i should share it with you all. i travelled to Abuja and while driving around the city, my car developed a fault. i took it to a nearby mechanic workshop where it got fixed. the bearing of my car was changed!...now here is the bombshell...when i got back to where i reside,lagos, i decided to take my car to my personal mechanic for servicing. i left the car at his workshop for a whole day. the next day when i came to get my car he told me my bearing(the same bearing i just bought) are worn out and needs to be replaced. i doubted it knowing i just changed it of recent, so i asked him to bring it so i could see for my self...lo and behold, it was a different bearing entirely he showed me. i know this cos i know the brand i bought in Abuja and it is definitely not it...so i just played along. i asked him how much a new one costs, he told me. i gave him the money but i also instructed him to let me see it before installing it. later,when i came back, he brought it to me. i checked it and discovered it was the same bearing i bought in Abuja. i asked him to bring the pack and nylon, he said he had disposed them....i laughed at his folly.he coupled my car and i left.

diportivo:
I dont kw why u played along ...ripping a customer off isnt cool.if it were me,i wld tell him the real deal straight up.now im wondering how much he myt av made from u fraudulently.can i be ur mechanic? ...mine inflates parts prices.,im quite sure of that.so,i simply cut back on d money for labour.dat way,we are even

adonbilivit:
my mechanic did something that got me upset last week so i thought i should share it with you all. i travelled to Abuja and while driving around the city, my car developed a fault. i took it to a nearby mechanic workshop where it got fixed. the bearing of my car was changed!...now here is the bombshell...when i got back to where i reside,lagos, i decided to take my car to my personal mechanic for servicing. i left the car at his workshop for a whole day. the next day when i came to get my car he told me my bearing(the same bearing i just bought) are worn out and needs to be replaced. i doubted it knowing i just changed it of recent, so i asked him to bring it so i could see for my self...lo and behold, it was a different bearing entirely he showed me. i know this cos i know the brand i bought in Abuja and it is definitely not it...so i just played along. i asked him how much a new one costs, he told me. i gave him the money but i also instructed him to let me see it before installing it. later,when i came back, he brought it to me. i checked it and discovered it was the same bearing i bought in Abuja. i asked him to bring the pack and nylon, he said he had disposed them....i laughed at his folly. he coupled my car and i left.

adonbilivit:
i have restrategized bro...now when i take my car to him, i dont leave without my car. he does everything in my presence....

colossus2:

I bet the mechanic did same also.
Both of you laughing at one another's folly

Homguy:
So you still take your car to him after playing along with him to your detriment?! You are a very rare breed. Wait till he deliberately destroys an expensive item in your car and asks for an outrageous repair fee. A dishonest man is very capable of evils you can only imagine.

adonbilivit:
i have restrategized bro...now when i take my car to him, i dont leave without my car. he does everything in my presence....

billy187:


Hmmm...If I were you, I'd go mechanic shopping instead....that dude could steal candy from a baby!!

Anyways, my little experience: Got a pretty bad fuel leak in my ford focus somewhere near to the fuel rail pressure sensor. I took it to my old mech. After drowning the poor part in epoxy resin with no sucess he advised I buy an ENTIRE fuel rail-injectors and all- or change the entire setup to carburrator. It might have been possible that he didnt want to rip me off- but then it will go to show his little know-how, which is weird 'cos everyne says hes the best ford mech around here.

After figuring out one of my pastors is a mechanic....i made the switch and have not looked back.

billy187:

Hmmm...If I were you, I'd go mechanic shopping instead....that dude could steal candy from a baby!!
Anyways, my little experience: Got a pretty bad fuel leak in my ford focus somewhere near to the fuel rail pressure sensor. I took it to my old mech. After drowning the poor part in epoxy resin with no sucess he advised I buy an ENTIRE fuel rail-injectors and all- or change the entire setup to carburrator. It might have been possible that he didnt want to rip me off- but then it will go to show his little know-how, which is weird 'cos everyne says hes the best ford mech around here.
After figuring out one of my pastors is a mechanic....i made the switch and have not looked back.

billy187:


Hmmm...If I were you, I'd go mechanic shopping instead....that dude could steal candy from a baby!!