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Mayor555:
So far you have your license, you can drive your car yourself. There's no big deal bringing car from Lagos, the only challenge you can have is knowing the routes(your way from Lagos to destination).
After you take delivery of your car, you no go drive am? If police stop you, you no go sort yourself? Na man you be, haba! There's no big deal in driving TOKS, so far your papers are complete.
Like I mentioned earlier, the only challenge is know the routes, having the time and the ability to drive long distance. Aside that nothing dey!

Ayomarcel:
Lol. Obviously, no one will make that argument.

HeavenlyBang:
Nothing best describes luxury than how a car makes you feel.

Years ago, while car shopping, I sat in a C230 Kompressor, then sat in an ES330. I bought the ES330 right after. Sound isolation, quality of materials, how well an interior is put together. Then you factor in quality of life factors like massage features, air conditioning, stereo. That is luxury. Not the fact that a car has a three pointed star.

I bet if asked most people on this forum would say a C300 is more luxurious than a Hyundai Equus.

HeavenlyBang:
Anyway, OP. This is what I've learnt about this car over the past few weeks.

FWD version gets the 280 HP engine from the Accord. Does not require premium, and has better fuel economy.
SH-AWD gets Acura's top of the line 300HP+ 3.7L. Absolutely requires premium. Worse fuel economy. But drives a lot better. Different exhaust system too, which is very important to me.

The car is based on the 8th gen Accord. Evil Spirit. But it's not quite an Accord.

Body parts are really expensive. And it has considerably more technology in it than an Accord. This isn't a cheap car to own.

The 3.7L burns oil, due to a piston ring defect. There are also known propeller shaft issues.

The interior is excellent. Acura's Panasonic ELS is widely hailed as one of the best in the business, even till now. Definitely better than the Bose Infiniti uses or the Harman Kardon MB used during that era.

The facelift was 2012. That's the car I'd advice you to look at. Grille was changed to something less obnoxious, transmission was changed to a 6-speed, and Bluetooth Audio was introduced.

It's a reasonably reliable car otherwise. The FWD is the much safer option, SH-AWD is for those who actually enjoy driving for the sake of driving.

Good luck, and keep me updated if you go on with the purchase.

HeavenlyBang:
I don't want to be that guy but this is literally never going to happen.

sooperrescue:
I once went to Berger to inspect a range rover sport for a client that wanted to buy. We were allowed to start it and scan it but my scanner battery died when I got there. The car was from Germany and they falsified the original car documents to Switzerland. They adjusted the mileage from 282000 to 82000 kilometers. We paid 7m for it but the car was very clean and OK. The mileage was discovered when we used the oem scanner. That said, we have unscrupulous people in every sector. If they allow test drive, then they will employ extra staff with security to accompany the car for the ride. There was in the news of a guy who took a Porsche for a test drive and drove away with the car. That would now be a common story with the junk cars. Even the previous owners can organize to steal it in the guise of test driving it. They also have a policy of bringing your own mechanic to inspect the car on your behalf. Let's move on and encourage others to come up with a better solution of taking care of our junk naija used cars off our roads.

KINGreignn:
Lol. The interior and dashboard is very busy and so is the front end.

LeJeun3:


E Pa, I know your story with them. But don't defend something you cannot justify. If they bought an LR3 for N250K, fixed for 500K (car is in good condtion) and sold for N1.2M. Nobody will open a thread to complain...


If nobody knows you at least know what I do with these cars....!

If dey are at loss, they should ask questions, maybe they should open a demolition yard. I will patronize them.

Kingsdave:
Thanks sir... How many litres will I use , also tell me what is to be done at the mechanics , you know gear is delicate issue... Like how many hours will the car cool off before the mechanic commences ATF change

maynation:
I won't dispute that, most claims are unfounded and are just from one or two persons who have had the experience. It all depends on the experience the people around you have. Since yours is a personal experience then I have no reason to dispute it..

But what would you say about the gearbox wahala? I hope it isn't true either?

Kingsdave:
Is dextron better than Toyota WS for my gear oil

HeavenlyBang:
E still dey the agenda, though. Still going through my options. But it's looking the most likely right now.

otobong085:
Initially Mobil 1, then changed to Total Quartz 9000

Kingsdave:
Sir I hope it haven't affected the gear box .. Cos the gear box is still normal not hard or so easy to change gear... Well I noticed the last time I changed the radiator a good some of trans oil was lost .... But I parked it.. And came back due to this pandemic ... And noticed that ...

HeavenlyBang:
No. My G makes 306 HP.

HeavenlyBang:
Lower rpm + higher gear = best fuel consumption.



Now this depends on the engine, powerband, and gearing. I have a car with over 300hp, and I can be doing 120km/hr at just about 2200 rpm.

kernniejay:
Haba, you nor dey fear? 130km/hr on a vehicle with both Check Engine Light and Vehicle Stability Control light fully on? How many lives do you have sef?

AmuDimpka:
Unfortunately you don't understand the difference between figurative meaning and literal meaning....

It's not my fault sir ....there is nothing I can do about it

Tijuana:
Plagiarism is still a crime, last I checked, why are you passing this article off as your own?

jonaifame22:
thank you sir, may God bless you for your timely response, but are u typing in respect to Honda city 2007, and if yes do you have idea of 09/10 city

sauceEEP:

Eddee:
The calm before the storm

jonaifame22:
good morning sir, pls I'm buying a Honda city after the corona virus lockdown for the purpose of uber, pls is the 07 good enough, and also are the 09/10 city more durable than the 07 thank you sir

HeavenlyBang:
I think if you check carefully, you'll quickly find out that not a single person here gives a fucc.

GAZZUZZ:
Bucket list, build a race track on several acres of land, teach drifting with own cars.

olumzzz:
Exactly, just see the mean look.
717 horsepower to play with.
It's better to die smiling than with coronavirus.

olumzzz:
From responses here, i wanna learn how to drift.
I guess that's the best way of maintaining high speed through bends.
Been using the "brake in and accelerate out" as mentioned by 9icetoo but its now boring.

FEGEITOK:
My tires screech everytime I enter a ramp and I keep them screeching until I exit the ramp

E.g., the road linking airport road to the road going to Berger in Abuja

Is that too fast to take a bend?