Very informative. ... Nice one op

ironheart:
its not about recommendation, its about yiu taking time to check the vin number online before making up your mind to either put up with buying the scrap or not

in one sentence, you're saying the VIN contains the genuine history of the Vehicle?

comp88:
First to comment sha cool

Wharris dis one saying?

harmbhrosz:
in one sentence, you're saying the VIN contains the genuine history of the Vehicle?

genuine history before leaving the country of export. Its now left for you to do an educated guess of what the care must have gone through in Nigeria

ironheart:
genuine history before leaving the country of export. Its now left for you to do an educated guess of what the care must have gone through in Nigeria

aiit thank you very much for the for the candid explanation
I've never been interested in buying Nigeria used cars anyway

Apart from the purchasing fee, is the shipping fee and custom/clearing fee that expensive?

Does this even work in Nigeria?

zicoraads:
Does this even work in Nigeria?

No, we don't have database

Nice info.

The worst thing is, even your village man that sells cars will play this deadly fast one on you.

I remember 2011.

Cn you contact mi soo I cn link up with this your nebor? 07065420049 watsapp, I wud like to buy a good car soon

greggng:
My nebor does accidental car business. Must times he do import those with little problems like the door been heat llittle and he normally replace with a new door before a specialist will do correct auto Base paint to the affected area. At the end is just like new car. He told me he buys from insurance company in USA and he does that online. He is really making good money. I pray I raise some loan to join him

M17CXi:



Vehicle identification number

can u pls explain as shown in the picture /diagram above what each alphabet and numbers represent .....so that we can know how to spend decode the VIN

ITbomb:
When will VIN start working in Nigeria

A Nigerian panel beater can change everything in a car and still present it to you as fairly used and there is no information to look up.
The more reason you should stay clear of Nigerian fairly used vehicle even if na woman or banker bin get am.

so u're trying to say that, as a Nigerian am supposed to my car to the death. so I can't sell my car off for a change Nigga rephrase ur talk joor.

AutoJoshNG:
The benefit of doing a VIN check in Nigeria before you purchase a car can never be overestimated. It will help save your hard earned money and most importantly your time amongst others. I have always known that some of us would do anything to sell our cars. However, the extent of this malicious act has grown from unreasonable to unfathomable.

You won’t believe what my eyes have seen as I am currently trying to get a 2007-2010 Camry for a client. The issues vary from flooded cars, rolled back mileage and extreme accidents to jalopy cars that look picture-perfect online. The car that drove me to the brink was a 2009 tokunbo Camry on OLX for N2m which looked good enough coupled with the usual hype from the seller.

Nevertheless, something seemed amiss because the price was too good. As usual, I requested for the car’s VIN to determine its history before going for a physical inspection. The disastrous history report revealed it was sold as scrap/destroyed car in USA and shipped to Nigeria 4 years ago, but the seller misrepresented this car to be a clean tokunbo, despite the fact that it has been registered and used in Nigeria for 3 years.

These same reasons compelled me to start importing all my client’s cars from the USA and Canada in 2011, it has been cheaper and less stressful as the entire process from purchase to delivery is usually done from the comfort of my home. Fast forward to 2016, looking inward has become inevitable due to the sky-high dollar exchange rate. Therefore, clients with constrained budget have to settle for tokunbo cars while some prefer the Nigerian used cars.

Finally, when a deal seems too good to be true, then you need to be more careful e.g when the price is too fanimorous, the low mileage is not commensurate to the age of the car (e.g a 2001 model regular car will hardly have a mileage of 75,000 miles), when the seller wants you to take the car after paying 60% deposit while the balance will be spread over 3-6 months (in this case, the car is probably a Nigeria used car presented as tokunbo and it’s not worth more than your initial deposit so the balance you’ll be paying is extra profit to the seller) etc.

Let’s all make Nigeria great again.

http://autojosh.com/1-step-you-must-never-skip-before-you-buy-any-car-in-nigeria/

can u pls explain as shown in the picture /diagram above what each alphabet and numbers represent .....so that we can know how to spend decode the VIN

tecnoghh:

mynd44 or seun. Ban this poster please, a gullible one can easily for his nonsense. stop encouraging fraud ban him and remove the post please.

AutoJoshNG:
The benefit of doing a VIN check in Nigeria before you purchase a car can never be overestimated. It will help save your hard earned money and most importantly your time amongst others. I have always known that some of us would do anything to sell our cars. However, the extent of this malicious act has grown from unreasonable to unfathomable.

You won’t believe what my eyes have seen as I am currently trying to get a 2007-2010 Camry for a client. The issues vary from flooded cars, rolled back mileage and extreme accidents to jalopy cars that look picture-perfect online. The car that drove me to the brink was a 2009 tokunbo Camry on OLX for N2m which looked good enough coupled with the usual hype from the seller.

Nevertheless, something seemed amiss because the price was too good. As usual, I requested for the car’s VIN to determine its history before going for a physical inspection. The disastrous history report revealed it was sold as scrap/destroyed car in USA and shipped to Nigeria 4 years ago, but the seller misrepresented this car to be a clean tokunbo, despite the fact that it has been registered and used in Nigeria for 3 years.

These same reasons compelled me to start importing all my client’s cars from the USA and Canada in 2011, it has been cheaper and less stressful as the entire process from purchase to delivery is usually done from the comfort of my home. Fast forward to 2016, looking inward has become inevitable due to the sky-high dollar exchange rate. Therefore, clients with constrained budget have to settle for tokunbo cars while some prefer the Nigerian used cars.

Finally, when a deal seems too good to be true, then you need to be more careful e.g when the price is too fanimorous, the low mileage is not commensurate to the age of the car (e.g a 2001 model regular car will hardly have a mileage of 75,000 miles), when the seller wants you to take the car after paying 60% deposit while the balance will be spread over 3-6 months (in this case, the car is probably a Nigeria used car presented as tokunbo and it’s not worth more than your initial deposit so the balance you’ll be paying is extra profit to the seller) etc.

Let’s all make Nigeria great again.

http://autojosh.com/1-step-you-must-never-skip-before-you-buy-any-car-in-nigeria/

How many buyers can pay for a clean title, low mileage non accident car? For instance Toyota Camry 1997/1998/1999 aka tiny light for 1.3M, Toyota Camry 2000/2001 aka droplight/envelope for 1.5m, Toyota Corolla 2003/4/5 for 2M, Toyota Camry 2007/8 aka muscle for 3.2M etc
MOST NIGERIAN CAR BUYERS WANT GOOD CARS BUT THEY ARENT READY TO PAY GOOD MONEY. QUALITY PRODUCTS ARE NOT CHEAP
THEY WANT NON ACCIDENT LOW MILEAGE FIRST BODY AT CHEAPER RATE LOLS. DEALERS WILL CONTINUE TO SELL ACCIDENT CARS

pls,how do we check check it? thanks

oloyetomoye:
ok

bro wat state is lugbe in

ITbomb:
When will VIN start working in Nigeria

A Nigerian panel beater can change everything in a car and still present it to you as fairly used and there is no information to look up.
The more reason you should stay clear of Nigerian fairly used vehicle even if na woman or banker bin get am.

na dem worse pass
More money than sense or class those ones

One step you can't skip is to have the money in the first place

When will we av made in Nigeria?

AutoJoshNG, where can one do a vin check?

AutoJoshNG:
The benefit of doing a VIN check in Nigeria before you purchase a car can never be overestimated. It will help save your hard earned money and most importantly your time amongst others. I have always known that some of us would do anything to sell our cars. However, the extent of this malicious act has grown from unreasonable to unfathomable.

You won’t believe what my eyes have seen as I am currently trying to get a 2007-2010 Camry for a client. The issues vary from flooded cars, rolled back mileage and extreme accidents to jalopy cars that look picture-perfect online. The car that drove me to the brink was a 2009 tokunbo Camry on OLX for N2m which looked good enough coupled with the usual hype from the seller.

Nevertheless, something seemed amiss because the price was too good. As usual, I requested for the car’s VIN to determine its history before going for a physical inspection. The disastrous history report revealed it was sold as scrap/destroyed car in USA and shipped to Nigeria 4 years ago, but the seller misrepresented this car to be a clean tokunbo, despite the fact that it has been registered and used in Nigeria for 3 years.

T[s]hese same reasons compelled me to start importing a[b]ll my client’s cars from the USA and Canada[b] in 2011, it has been cheaper and less stressful as the entire process from purchase to delivery is usually done from the comfort of my home[/b[/s]]. [/b]Fast forward to 2016, looking inward has become inevitable due to the sky-high dollar exchange rate. Therefore, clients with constrained budget have to settle for tokunbo cars while some prefer the Nigerian used cars.

Finally, when a deal seems too good to be true, then you need to be more careful e.g when the price is too fanimorous, the low mileage is not commensurate to the age of the car (e.g a 2001 model regular car will hardly have a mileage of 75,000 miles), when the seller wants you to take the car after paying 60% deposit while the balance will be spread over 3-6 months (in this case, the car is probably a Nigeria used car presented as tokunbo and it’s not worth more than your initial deposit so the balance you’ll be paying is extra profit to the seller) etc.

Let’s all make Nigeria great again.

http://autojosh.com/1-step-you-must-never-skip-before-you-buy-any-car-in-nigeria/

hese same reasons compelled me to start importing a[b]ll my client’s cars from the USA and Canada[b] in 2011, it has been cheaper and less stressful as the entire process from purchase to delivery is usually done from the comfort of my home. please how do you do that. ? you mean you dont do physical inspection?? thanks for your article.

madjune:
The worst thing is, even your village man that sells cars will play this deadly fast one on you.

I remember 2011.

Very true.I was once a victim.It was quite painful as I couldn't sleep well for two consecutive nights.Adequate information is a key while buying whether Nigeria or foreign used cars.It guides in negotiation especially,when purchasing Nigeria used cars.I think direct cars are far much better than Nigeria used ones.

ITbomb:
When will VIN start working in Nigeria

A Nigerian panel beater can change everything in a car and still present it to you as fairly used and there is no information to look up.
The more reason you should stay clear of Nigerian fairly used vehicle even if na woman or banker bin get am.

I agree with you..we have poor documentations here..which is why i prefer going for brand new car or tokunbo from cotonou...customs duties of the ones passing through tin can is a bit on high side!!!!

Just got in from Canada, some of these cats are actually okay, but have been stolen,or not been paid for, but their VIN #s have been switched with that of an accidented vehicle(which they have titles of), so they can ship out of N.America.

Sorry for the typo, meant cars!

NwaNimo1:
VIN numbers can be cloned/changed......Best going for an Innoson vehicle.

Is it cheaper to the imported ones or are there many fairly used of it to choose from?

philchudi:
Abeg no vex, what is VIN

Vehicle Identification Number

This question has been asked three times already without an answer. Please where can I check my car's history with the VIN online? I have tried without success on Google.

philchudi:
Abeg no vex, what is VIN

Vehicle Identification Number: It is a seventeen digit alphanumeric code that the manufacturer assigns to a specific vehicle. It can be used to check the history of the car from the date of manufacture to the date the car was shipped to Nigeria.

This is fast becoming a serious issue. SON and CPC should start getting involved in this matter.

Click for more info on the link below. It may be the wisest choice you will make today.

https://www.nairaland.com/3244787/before-buy-used-car-look

johnkay1:
How would I check it?

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