I found my own volkwagen Bettle 9,000BC while huntin for Deer in a Forest in my village.
D car is slower dan a snail. I sometimes have 2 push it from home to where i am goin & back.
I have since put it up for sale.
I have offered 2 pay N50,000 to anybody who will buy. Nobody has taken d offer, Abeg make una helep me oh!

tpia.:

[b]just keep replacing bro. [/b]You da man.

tpia, if there were no such replacements, d ride would be long dead now

If u no go mind sha, i fit help una replace a few stuff on ur 'toks'. abi?

@ nas 00, na Gman dey talk oh, which kine AC yu dey talk sey cold?!!! that tin no cold at all oh, Segehregeh, yu com dey cast that babe here too, e no pure na, you know sey we still small that time, boys don mature now, no worry, wen ur new transfusion starts january, yu sef go arrange correct abi?

gmyguy:

@ nas 00, na Gman dey talk oh, which kine AC yu dey talk sey cold?!!! that tin no cold at all oh, Segehregeh, yu com dey cast that babe here too, e no pure na, you know sey we still small that time, boys don mature now, no worry, wen your new transfusion starts january, yu sef go arrange correct abi?

Gbaba, how u dey na?
Nice one. Shey na until una get frostbite before oye tite? D stuff get thermostat na.
Omo, shey u sef dey feel for tpia? Dem don almost wound d babe finish na. I dey waka 4 road just bust, begin dey laff when i remember dat im pic wey dey d 'shaggin' thread.

Riff-Raff:

I found my own volkwagen Bettle 9,000BC while huntin for Deer in a Forest in my village.
D car is slower dan a snail. I sometimes have 2 push it from home to where i am goin & back.
I have since put it up for sale.
I have offered 2 pay N50,000 to anybody who will buy. Nobody has taken d offer, Abeg make una helep me oh!

@Riff-Raff: Why now?
dat car of urs is worth $$$. Contact korrect Museums like d Louvre. U go get enuff returns

I bought a toyota camri from a friend of mine. Honestly, the car serves me wonderfully well. I was able to drive 300km in an empty tank.

Dereformer:

I bought a toyota camri from a friend of mine. Honestly, the car serves me wonderfully well. I was able to drive 300km in an empty tank.

wonderful.
being able to drive 300,000,000kms iIN AN EMPTY TANK

well some times tokunbo cars are good than d new one.

I am a very lucky person. My tokunbo car is doing great! Am even planning on getting a very new one.

i own a toyota carina ii I call melinda. she is more like 'kick and go' in terms of reliability. bought her toks in March 2004. she is cool. great fuel economy (710km on 65 liters), just routine service (oil and filter change) every 3000 km. ditched the A/C cos i got decieved by mechanics one too many times. changed the radiator soon after purchase. I have travelled to many parts of naija with her clocking over 150,000 on the odometer. the only major problem i had was in late 2007. made a silly mistake of filling up the radiator overflow plastic bottle. barely 100km into a journey the engine overheated. burnt the gasket and broke a piston. mechanics in a roadside village were able to fix her with less than 7k. no problems since then. have occasional shocks and shaft problems. i think its cos i get sold fakes. other than that, its the usual; brake pads, hand brake cable cuts, changed the injector nozzles, fuel pump (did majic to my accelaration) and regular maintenance. she will have to go later this year cos i need to upgrade my status. i will miss her. i can only hope her replacement, a toyota camry 2004 i plan to call 'Hugo', will be as kind to me.[color=][/color][color=][/color]

I noticed that most people that are not complaining about their cars either don't drive it everyday or don't live in Lagos. My Honda ivtec V6 is a yr plus and I literally drive it every other day(go from Festac to Apapa). Ordinarily the car is marvelous in every way but the suspension can't take it any more. No mechanic has been able to fix it even after spending close to 200k. Honda place in Apapa won't admit
American spec cars(imagine!) though some1 told me today that they've started taking American specs.
Apart from carelessness,any car can last till when ever but if you feel you have a super strong 'Hancock' car,test it on Federal roads. Na body go tell you!

@Pannyman, could you please tell me about the magic spray u mentioned, i have some tough, annoying stains in my car: Baby Bpy 2001

Got it in march and no issues, simply tight, just the stains on the rear seat. Please tell me about your spray and where to get it.

@ obeledu
i thought it was a typo but since its not

cant explain dt a 3yr car, dts bout 80,000km per yr

My Volkswagen is misbehaving. In perfect condition when bought but not good enough mechanics around where I stay

@texbiano, the spray is called Max Clean and you should be able to find it at any of those areas where spare parts dealers are concentrated. cheers

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SO MA PEEPS, DNT JUDGE A CAR BY ITS APPEARANCE because THOSE DEALERS KNOW HW 2 MAKE U LOVE A RUBBISH-ENGINE, NICE EXTERIOR CAR!!!
PEACE!!!

90 totoya collar in my yard still goin strong in the high way; oh yes 1st lady haaa

i can see a lot of these cars so far got bad maintainance history before it was bought over

Apart from fueling and regular service I have only had to spend money on the following:

1. Four brand new tyres


I bought my toks almost 2 yrs ago,an honda CRV 2006 model,gosh i have neva had a course to worry,i have sailed to onitsha,owerri,calabar and even lagos. The car drives like no man's business very smooth all the way, i hail honda for the machine.

i Bought a toyota corrolla since 2006, i have not worked anything on the Engine untill now just to change oil and oil filter, still driving it, can u beat it

I had a terrible accident with my Honda Accord 2000 model about 6 months after buying it.

@anshi, of course no reasonable person who can conveniently afford a brand new car would opt for a used one. anybody who buys a used car is taking a risk, but what is life without risks anyway?

Guys, my budget is 500k. Pls who can help me here get a clean toks, preferably a Toyota? Drop number, I will call u

but it all depends on what you want in car that will make you choose betwen a brand new car and a used one and how much you have.
for me with 2.5m budget, i would rather buy a toks of that amount than buy a brand new car of the same amount.
ca

wrong room, don't drive a toks

Since when did cars have behaviours?

great topic, i got a toyota carina e in april, lovely green colour, great engine, just changed tyres this month and new battery, couldnt be happier, sure hope the honeymoon lasts.

well i have just sold mine!!!!
was using a nissan primera 2.0l engine, and it was kool, i sold em for 300k after using em for roughly 10yrs.
well quite well maintained and repaired em b4 selling, but i be don tire now i need to buy another car and dont kmnow actually what to go for, am not aiming 4 brand new (money nor dey like dat), wat chu think?

Can i get anoda gud quite newer tokunbo car for lets say 500k? cos dats what am budjecting for,
Thanks.

Well, i bought my Hyundai lantra 93 model last year July,ever since then,till last month it has been in a perfect condition, until i the timing belt cut on motion which affected the engine. The car was fixed back and the engine was ringed, but am having problem with the smoke. early moring starting, you would see the water dropping from the exhaust pipe but later after driving the smokes comes up.Was tired of this and had to go buy new engine,since then it been ok.

Anyday, anytime, u cant compare a brand new car with a toks. There's dis assurance dat ur car just cant break down or develop a fault. Honestly, u cant trade dat peace of mind with anything else. I used a Mazda 626 toks for like 2 years before buying a Brand New Nissan Sunny 2009 Model and d difference is so clear. I just bade farewell 2 dem mechanics, dey really fed fat on me then. But now I have 2 sell d ride cos Im relocating. I have used it for 8 months and d mileage is 12000km, it's still far better than any Toks u can get. In case any1 will like 2 hav it. U can reach me on 08056459046(text) or send a mail 2 me at debosona22000@yahoo.com. Check this link for the pics of d car https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-492658.0.html. Asking price is 1.7 m. Its a rare offer for everyone.

@ Obeledu, I am sure you meant 37k km or miles , cos by ur calculation its like the car has been doing 260km daily since 2006.

This is a nice thread, different from the usual buy! -buy! - buy!,

Lots of people who need car for necessity have been rescued by tokunbo cars- , which are very reliable when you select a good one. reliable in the sense that, 95% of naija users disregard what the advanced countries see as risk or an offense in using a car- e.g, a faulty airbag, ABS, or leaking radiator etc might make an oyinbo sell off his 2009 car, , but we see these things as normal, for example, my car just recently started displaying air bag warning sign, and the ABS light is on after I changed my shock, but I still use the car with no hope of selling now, or alternatively disabling the ABS- in fact the car performs better than how it was as toks 2yrs ago.

New cars are good, but have u wondered why a naija used 2004 KIA Rio or cerato would sell for less than 500k where as, 1997-99 Camry same naija used would be nothing less than 600k or 700k,

buyers aren't foolish, , a tokunbo Benz with 250,000km can still run more than that distance in its lifetime here in naija,