₦airaland Forum

excanny:
Naija used vehicles are notorious for problems.
This is why I will never buy one again.

Bought one neat looking naija used Corrolla for 500k. Had to sell off after 3 weeks for 300k, thats after dashing over 150k to mechanics and rewires.(The idiots were annoyed that I sold it They turned me to customer)

You suffered because you were looking for a neat car not a well serviced car.

Oga Gazzuzz, I am here again. I will need 4 205/60R16 tires by next week. I don't know if waybill will work under the circumstances but I am hopeful.

Caringfather:
Good evening all

Pls is it wrong for me to buy my wife niece under wears?

I have 3 children 2 girls ages 11, 7 and boy 4 , my wife niece is also living with us. She is 15. I buy my children clothes including their under-wears without my wife complaining I was the one that bought my first daughter her first bras too.

When my wife niece came staying with us it was 2018, I noticed most her clothes were native and worn out. I have given her the money to buy new clothes for the child but she never did. For 2 years now this girl has grown so much and still wearing the same clothes and I really feel ashamed every Sunday when we are going to church. Our kids are looking very cute and this girl is looking unkempt all the time. I have talked to my wife but she doesn’t seem to care about her.

I took all kids out for clothes shopping just before this pandemic and I bought clothes including under wears for all kids but my wife wasn’t happy because I bought bras and under wears for her niece. She said the clothes are fine but I have no right to buy under wears for her. She accused me of sleeping with her niece which is not true. I only did it because this girl was in need of clothes just imagine for 2 years no clothes while she keeps changing our kids wardrobes like every 4-6 months.

I have no intention of sleeping with her niece neither am I sleeping with her. I take her as our first born and am like her father. If I want to cheat on my wife, there are plenty women around me, no way I will stoop so low to sleep with her niece.

I have daughters, sisters and nieces, what I don’t want to happen to my kids then I wouldn’t do it to another person's child. My act was innocent but my wife is angry.

Please be honest with me, was my decision wrong?

The last time I wanted to do that to my househelp, I gave the money to my sister and asked the girl to tell my sister what she wanted.

I knew if I buy it, hmmm.

Once a girl has breast and isn't your own blood, wives don't feel comfortable at such gestures.

My neighbor who defended his own niece from his wife who label her a spy and occultist got his own share during a disagreement. The wife told him he was sleeping with his own niece.

These things happens but wives should chill.

Serious buyer interested at 600k pending inspection.

luluosas:
Congratulations. When you have the means of building your own house, please don't build. Take care

When i have a steady large enough income or have 100% more than the cost of the building in savings, then I will build.

I know a man who refused to pay his children fees, lived in a slum, had not electricity when neighbors had. They were practically in the 60's when actually they are in the 21st century.

He made a choice because he was building a befitting retirement home. He finished building his house (beautiful i must confess), but his children are either drop outs or are socially backward. They are limited to getting pregnant and giving birth at home.

luluosas:
Quick one. If the house you currently live in was not built, would you have been there as a landlord or tenant?

If every man who has sperm must continue to give birth, we will be in trouble.

At his current status, he doesn't need to build. That money is not much.

He can take 7million and build a house and become broke thereafter or take 1 million and pay rent for 3 years and do business with 10million. With a good investment, he should have at least 20million in the 3 years. Only then will he withdraw 7 million for a house and still have 13million.

Its easy to make a million but its not easy to stay a millionaire.

A millionaire who has 11million with no responsibility will not build a house if he wants to stay a millionaire.

luluosas:
Rent is a total waste if you can afford to build and shelved it for renting. Nothing compares to owning your own home even if not up to your imaginary taste. Take care

Do you know how much it cost to build a house. A moderate 3 bedroom in an average city will cost you at least 10m.

If you had a business in the same amount, I assure you that it will earn you far more than your annual rent.

If you built the house with 10m, even if you are paid rent on it annually, a good business would have generated twice the amount.

Rent is not a waste, only stingy people think it is. Those who have good business dont think of building houses. Unless the building itself is a business as in real estate.

covid2019:
I am in a dilemma worsened by this covid19.

I am a graduate male of 29 residing in the East. I still squat with a friend, not because I don't have money for house rent. But principally because I have been unable to figure out what I want to do with my life, hence renting a house feels like a commitment that might get me stuck.

I always feel I might move anytime soon-- to either another state or abroad for masters or just practice of my profession. Note that I didn't study a STEM course.

All these while squatting, I have been saving via my proceeds from hustles.

In the wake of this COVID19, I checked all my banks and found out that money I have in my account has lost so much value given the dollar rate.

I have 11.4 million, inclusive of my working capital, plus a rickety car valued at 350k. Each time, I need just 3-5m as working capital.

It seems that trying to save more is false economy and might be counter productive.

NOW, I AM CONSIDERING buying a plot of land and erecting a small house even if it's 3 rooms. This, I think will serve as investment that will keep appreciating and also serve as residence.

Or just open a domiciliary account to hedge against naira fall and continue saving.
What do you think please?

My own.

If you die today, na bankers go chop your money.

There are 2 things you must not do;

1. You must not waste or lose this money you already have

2. You must not miss the important thing about life, which is living a good and comfortable life (You have earned it)

How will you achieve that;

1. Keep on with the legitimate business that gave you that money. If at 29 you amassed 11m, at 39 you should have 10times what you have. If what you did for the money was illegal, hmmm, that is difficult because most illegal money ends up bad. But try a legitimate business and hope for the best.

2. I think having such money and living with someone who may not have such money is unfair. Get your place. You don't have to build. Don't ever look at rent as a waste.

3. Pls upgrade your car. Don't go expensive but get what is portable, functional, trendy and reliable.

4. Don't put money on any single thing (business or otherwise that is up to 25% of you net Worth and don't make a budget that is up to 50% of you net worth. You must always have something to fall back to.

5. Take time to analyze any spending and never rush in buying anything.

In summary, I am saying you must enjoy your money at the same time do not eat all of it.

There are alot of Igbos in my area who have suddenly realized that building a duplex in the village is just being foolish when they live in slums in the city.

Get yourself even a room and palour, put AC and nice things. Continue your hustle.

When you eventually marry and have kids remember you only owe them food, shelter, education and training till they graduate. You are not responsible for their inheritance so don't bother. If you bother about leaving inheritance, you will never enjoy your life and you would have missed very important things about life. Money is not everything but money makes life good. There no essence of making money if you cant spend it on yourself.

Praxtech:
Do you still drive KD/ABJ expressway? Last time I was in KD had to take armed escort to Rigasa

Not as much but I do. I take the train sometimes.

Its just pure luck and timing that has kept me alive. I take big risk. The funny thing is that the road is even safer at night. The kidnappers and robbers operate early in the morning to late evening but less in the night since traffic is low. They also operate with spotters. So the journey should be inconsistent alternating high speed, low speed and unplanned stops.

I met her in my 100L days... But she said she got a boyfriend in Lag. But she made it known to me how really bad her boyfriend is treating her.
She is very loyal type of girl that she told me she can't cheat on her boyfriend despite all my trial and effort to win her heart to me!

Fast forward to 100L second semester, she called me on phone and asked if I was around that she has something to tell me. She came to me sobbing really bad and crying. She explained to me her boyfriend called her on phone and asked for a breakup.

I felt sorry for her because she narrated how she was dis-virgin by the guy.

So she slept over that night ... And eventually we started dating......

It's been over a year we have been dating now... She is so sweet and loyal ...

Not until she called me last month, her ex came with his new car to see her at home.

I was very surprised about this... But she said nothing attached, he just came to apologise...

But after few days... Her ex began to chat her up on insta... And promising her heaven and Earth that she should give her another chance....

She screenshoted everything to me herself.....


Plz I deeply need advice... What should I do to keep this girl from going back to her ex... Cuz her ex is financially okay than me....�...


Am afraid... Plz what should I do guys?

The answer to your question is nothing.

The real question is why is she telling you the stories. The answer is, she is confused.

If you are fucking, keep fucking her brains out till she wants nothing from you since the other guy can afford.to pick her bills and Bleep her at the same time.

Eulalia:
At least, six months. So that the vaginal walls that expanded during delivery can can contract back to normal. My mum taught me this and during their time, it was 1 year before they resume. Resuming almost immediately weakens the walls and getting them back together is usually difficult cos it was not given enough time to heal. And that is why mother's of today after one or two children have slack VJ and Begin to run to us for vagina tightening. That was why during our mothers time you hardly find women looking for vagina tightening remedy.

So 6 months to 1 year is fine. It will also help mother and child to stay healthy.

During your mothers time, men used to have 2 wives. Christianity has made changes so things have changed.

SeverusSnape:
Bubu the mumu is just clueless.

Trial by error government.

Achievement(s): Nothing.

They now know that this recommendation from the Jonathan Administration is the best.

SMH

Do you know the number of reports and recommendations that sit in the presidents office?

Just because GEJ set the committee and Buhari got the report, did you expect Buhari to throw it to the dust bin or review it. Buhari did the right thing by review the recommendations and the accepted the recommendations but you call him a mumu.

Did you expect Buhari to set another committee to do the same thing again so that he will claim he did it?

I think you are just filled with hate.

9icetoo:
Adany01, you be pilot 1 oo.
I hail. You must cover upwards of 20k miles every year. I think how long tires last should be based on how many miles they cover before they lose their threads. Not necessarily how many years. That is assuming they don't go out of round or develop cracks or blow out before the threads wear out.
I've used double king in the past. One out of three went out of round in less than a month. Never really covered many miles on them before I sold the car. However, I noticed I was frequently balancing the tires. They love to bounce.

I concur, tire life should be measured in miles not years. I never did measure since at the time of buying new tires, i always feel like am not gonna a tire for 2 or more years which will be hard to keep record. I ended up needing a tire 1 year later in most cases.

I got the car at 100k and have 220k now, so I used it for 120kmiles in 6 years. The 1st year am sure was less than 10k since i was using another car. I have used it less in the past 1yr so can be said to be 10-15k. So the middle 4years am sure to have clocked 25-30kmiles/yr. I worked in Abj with family in Kaduna, I did a return trip every weekend. In Abj, it was 60km/day.

chukel:
you don't have an idea how frequent I travel

My ThreeA wore out completely in 1yr and yours did 6 yrs. Imagine the difference.

I put the same three A on 2 cars, the 2nd car was small and never traveled. The car had 3 ThreeA and 1 Hifly bought same day. The 3 wore out and were obviously expired by the 4th year and leaving the Hifly in far better shape and thread.

The thread wore out completely on both cars leaving other brands. After the ThreeA i used starfire which wore out in 1½years. Then I bought tokumbo grade 1 Michelin. These ones did 2 years but unfortunately both tires blew out same day (what a coincidence and my first blowout). Before the threeA was Maxtrek, worst tire ever. This one, the tire had loss.its shape in less than 6months and was impossible to use with a very good thread. My father bought the same Maxtrek and all 3 were messed up in 6 months. Before Maxtrek was double king, the first tire on this car, then I wasn't using the car so much. But when I started using the car, the tires were through in less than 1 year. I spent a fortune on wheel balancing once the tire reached 6 months.

chukel:
One of the best in the market is Three A. Used a set for 6yrs. About to change them.

You obviously do not travel. ThreeA is a smooth tire but wears out very fast.

Randal:
Those of us in the system already know. But SR will always talk.

You don't need to be in the system to know what happened, what a person needs is common sense.

The lack of common Sense in Nigeria today is alarming.

iyke926:
This is not funny. Why send 110 trucks carrying bags of good rice, beans etc to Kano State and spoilt bags of rice to Oyo State?

I never supported this government from the beginning. Scam!

Enjoy the change y'all voted and hoped for.

If the Oyo state rice was taken from the customs office in Oyo and the Kano rice was taken from customs office in Kano, do you expect that the Oyo rice be donated to people of Kano and the Kano rice donated to people of Oyo?

What is the source of the rice if I may ask you?

These rice are the ones seize from smugglers but the storage of the said bad rice was the responsibility of the Oyo customs command. They didn't store it well, it got bad, Buhari is aware that there is rice in customs commands, he allocated rice to various states to be used. The Oyo one turns out bad, how will Buhari know that the rice was bad. Why blame Buhari?

Haba, common sense is very common o!

funshint:
The husband simply can't tolerate living like a pig. He has sensed you're lazy and dirty that's why he's taking it upon himself to do all the chores. Correct husband!

Must you guys always turn everything to an insult? Jeeez Nairalanders!

OgbeniOptional:
Thank you everyone, be like say I go stick with my corolla for now. I don't want wahala. Thank you I appreciate.

The Benz will be better as a second car. It can easily get you stranded on a long trip.

SmartyPants:
Guy, they will not starve. They will drop their standard of living for a few months. If you 7, 300 is okay for some other families, why should your cousin and her husband starve on 37k?? Is that not still above minimum wage? And is it the government that asked her to do thrift contribution? These are basic austerity measures that will surely pass. She can bear, and she should bear.

7.3k is not okay, it will alleviate the problems especially the rise in food prices.

A 20k deduction is enough to make half the civil service workforce poor (by standards).

SmartyPants:
Guy, they will not starve. They will drop their standard of living for a few months. If you 7, 300 is okay for some other families, why should your cousin and her husband starve on 37k?? Is that not still above minimum wage? And is it the government that asked her to do thrift contribution? These are basic austerity measures that will surely pass. She can bear, and she should bear.

I can take a horse to the river but cannot force it to drink.

May be you are no following me.

60k was their monthly feeding budget when things were normal. Now things are up by 60%.

60+(60*0.6)=96k

That 60k in the market is now 96k but she has 37k. What she needs is more than her entire salary but govt thought, oh she has surplus when they are wrong. Inflation has gone up but the statistics have not picked it up since offices are under lockdown. Get it?

She needs 59k more
to keep the same standard of living. If they used to eat 3 times a day, now they can afford 1 time a day.

LordAdam:
You have to realize no one will dispute what you've said.

The point is to make provisions. No society is immune from fraud. In the US, Social Security costs 1 trillion annually. Still, fraud and errors cost billions. That's essentially the pinnacle of modern civilization.

So if you're saying we shouldn't do anything because ignoble elements will exploit it, we might as well close shop, sell the country and let every one go home with his/her share. We can raise the issue of poor disbursement and have the churches, mosques, and CSOs handle the process. Besides, if the poor cannot tackle their immediate representatives, that's their own prerogative. We'd not do everything for them.

But something should be done, rather than just tell them to shutter in place, then tell them we'd do nothing because it wouldn't get to them. That's insincere and asinine.

As for the civil servant who has responsibilities. So do the poor who've been asked not to work for everyone's safety. Sympathy should apply to everyone.

-Lord

It is said, "cut your coat according to your size". What the state government is doing is robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If they don't have it, why should they rob Peter to pay Paul. Meanwhile, what they are doing is bringing down Peter to the same level as Paul instead of bringing up Paul to same level as Peter.

Paul with his normal salary can afford to ride the storm when Paul is sinking due to the storm. The state is saying, if Paul should sink, Peter must sink too.

I am not saying the palliatives (spelling noted) should stop, I am saying cash and services will be easier to get to the poor than food items that these poor people are not used to. If i need shoes and you are willing to assist, you need to make sure of the size else your assistance could be in vain. Will you even buy shoes for a hungry and starving man?

SmartyPants:
Brotherly...so a few weeks of 25% deduction is what will plunge a director into poverty? Is Covid-19 here forever? Whose fault is it that the director has debts??

1. If you want to make a comparison between the US and Nigeria, here it is: the US GDP is 50 times Nigeria's own.

2. If the US gives approximately 1k usd, that is 0.000005% of their GDP.

Let's assume Nigeria does the same:

3. 0.000005% of Nigerias GDP is 20 USD. 1/50 of the amount given by the US.

Now tell me, if the government provides 20 usd worth of palliatives (take note of the spelling please), won't you also be here to complain?? after all, according to you, prices have increased by 60% so what can 7k naira buy?

50 times ehnn!

$1000/50=20

20*365= 7300

That means Nigeria can afford to give all Nigerians N7300.

I am here complaining that the Nigeria didn't give N7300 to all but a state took away 20,000 from my wife's cousin just 2mins ago. My wifes cousin was already crying because she had enter into a thrift contribution that she gives 25k monthly. The problem here is that out of her 82k salary, 45k is not available, what is available is 37k. With her husband's business shut down, they have only 37k to feed for an entire month down from the 60k she used to feed the family with. This family is going to starve because the governor is insensitive too what happens to them.

They used to buy 3 measures of sugar at 500 which is now 800. Instead of spending 1500 on sugar she will spend 2400. Almost 1000 up from last month. If every other thing is up by same rate, the value of 37k is about 15k. That means she needs like 45k to feed this month.

Their family is either going to starve or drop their standard of living for this month to even below the poverty level. She is on level 13 and a senior civil servant but is well below poverty line from now on. This was not her own doing, it is the state governor's doing.

SmartyPants:
Palliatives are given according to capacity. Let's get very objective for a second.

1. The deduction from those who have is going directly to those who do not have. So yes, the governor is indeed feeding the entire State.

2. By what standard are you comparing Nigeria and the USA? Nigeria has a GDP of 400 billion USD. USA has a GDP of 20 trillion USD. Does your comparison make sense to you?

3. Everything you listed about mortgages and health insurance has no bearing on the current issue.

It is easy to say but is impossible to do it. He is not going to give the money to anybody, trust me.

They brought state parliatives, I saw how it was shared. They distributed the state parliatives to LGAs, LGAs shared to Wards and then from wards it landed in the hands of APC ward leaders. The ward leaders divided the entire parliatives into 2 brought out half. Gave bag of semo to a woman, a carton of noodles to her son, 4 litres of vegetables oil to her daughter meanwhile her husband is the ward chairman. Other families received i cup of oil and 2 or 3 noodles. In 1hr, everything has finished.

Later that night, the APC ward chairman's son was seen pushing a wheel barrow with 5bags of semo and 5 cartons of noodles plus other items. It took him 3 trips from their house to the store.

The state thought they shared parliatives but no, this man does not eat semo in his house. He has never been able to afford them so he called Emeka the shop keep and sold everything to him for cash.

This is the reality. You can desire it but you cannot execute it. You can only show the food on TV that you provided but it will not get to where it needs to get. The politicians end up with 25% in their pockets.

What ever parliatives that isn't in form of cash or service, ends up in the wrong place.

Even if he buys 5 million testing kits, 2 million will end up in a private clinic or pharmacy that citizens will still pay for.

Are we comparing GDP? If the American GDP is giving parliatives of $1000, the smaller Nigerian GDP should consider giving $0-100 not to take from citizens.

So you think if 25% is deducted, they will not deduct loans, tax, contribution, levies etc? How do they become irrelevant when they will be deducted still and still miss use every as per usual.

All those deductions for years didn't provide what they need to provide health insurance or good infrastructure, certainly and month or 2 of heavy deductions will certainly not do anything. Just another fund to be looted while citizens become poorer.

Are you aware that a civil servant in Kaduna state with a salary of 100k is at the level of assistant director? In the average, such a person should have less than 15yrs to retire so should be of the mid to late 40's. That means the person should have an average family size of 6 with atleast 4 being adults. After all deductions and the rise in food price, they will be left with 20-30k to feed for 30days.. say. 25k/6=4k

Each person of the house hold member will be left with less than N150/day to feed the entire month.

That is serious poverty that the governor plunged an assistant director!

You have no idea how messed up Nigeria is.

SmartyPants:
Where should the governor get money to feed everyone?

Is he going to feed the civil servants? NO. Will they receive parliatives? NO. The are virtually exempted from all support. Kaduna Civil servants get deductions for health insurance. Do they enjoy health insurance not. They get mortgage deductions for the entire 35yrs of service and then given 200k for housing on retirement (both my parents got that).

Did you buy sugar recently, the price is almost double. Rice is 30k. Flour, milk, beverages, yams, tomatoes etc have all almost doubled.

If food has doubled, the salary's have gone down by half them take out another 25%. What is left.

Will the governor feed anyone? How many testing centers are there? What is he going to do with the money that can benefit the civil servants? Nothing?

The US government gave all citizens $1000 as parliatives per month. Here, they are taking parliatives from citizens with nothing to show.

My neighbor works with the a LG that benefitted the FG 20k, this woman was sharing money with other staff of the LG. Was she poor, no. How did you think she came by the money? For every 20k that a poor person gets, a politician gets 100k.

Islie:
https://m.guardian.ng/news/kaduna-cuts-public-servants-salary-by-25-to-fund-support-packages/

I seriously don't agree with my governor on this.

We know for a fact that one of the reasons for corruption in Nigeria is low take home pay by workers. Civil servants cannot afford to build a house, buy a car or at least afford standard 3 square meals. This gives rise to poverty among civil servants who will either find alternate ways to make ends meet of take.

With Civil servants exempted from state or federal parliatives, and then price of food stuff has increased 60% in the past weeks then a forced salary cut. When the government is supposed to even give additional parliatives, they have decided to transfer their burden of providing health care facilities, affordable infrastructure and the other state responsibility to civil servants. It is absolutely wrong and very insensitive of the governor.

If any Civil servant that has a 100k salary with a loan of any kind say 30k, the person will be left with less than 50k and then have to spend more since price of food has gone up. At the rate of 60% surge on food prices, the civil servant will be left with 20k. That means hardship.

60% of food price surge plus 25% state deduction means a civil servant salary drops by 85%! That is highly wicked of the governor.

sisisioge:
Whew! You are so insensitive!

Firstly, you and your husband decided to be breeding children like rats since the cost of rent has been taken off your expenses right under the roof of the ones that housed you. Poor woman would die inside each time you pop out another baby like a rabbit while she keeps waiting unto the Lord...how insensitive of you.

Now she has lost her baby and using yours to console herself but nah...mama fruitful couldn't bear to share...whew!

If na me be her o...I will kuku tell my husband say seeing all these kids in the house is breaking my heart...you guys should give us space for a while...won't you guys just wonder if I'm wrong .
Iranu!

I do wonder what the wicked find in there actions.

Since you are obviously a wicked soul, what will you derive if the family of 7 is homeless?

Femsyn:
Why are you staying in your husband's brother's house with 5 children?

I can't see the reason you asked this question. If they had their own duplex, you think they will be in her brother inlaws house?

bukatyne:
I don't understand.

If the husband is boring, is the wife not supposed to spice up things or show the husband what she wants?

To say na man dey cheat on his woman, na so so feminist Nairalanders go full thread calling him useless man.

Hmmmm

Ishilove:
Dog Lovers, Please I Need Advise On My Rott's Naughty Behavior

I have a one and a half year old Rottweiler named Gift and I don't understand him anymore. We can't chastise him again when he misbehaves because he bares his teeth and growls menacingly at us if we try to spank him for being naughty. He welcomes us when we come home like any loyal, loving pet, but yesterday he shocked me. Usually as we are about to enter the house he playfully holds one foot down so we can't enter, or he jumps on you and hugs you tight so you can't move. When I got back from work yesterday I was exhausted and I didn't have energy for his play so I hugged him briefly but as I entered the house I mistakenly stepped on his right hindpaw.

He howled, left me, and lunged at me, this time to bite me. He actually narrowly missed my arm.

I was mad. I turned and yelled "Gift are you mad?" He bared his fangs and barked at me. Me sef I bared my teeth at him and ordered him to stand down. He growled, me sef I growled back. Do you know this dog kept advancing menacingly at me and barking? I quickly borrowed myself brain and locked the door. Werey dog.

I can't shoo Matilda, my chicken in his presence. He covers her with his body and warns me away. And now, the most perplexing thing is he now marking every where in the compound. My sib came visiting and before he entered the house, he quickly relieved himself outside because he was very pressed. Do you know Gift went to where the dude urinated and peed on top? It has gotten so bad now that Gift entered the house and marked different sections of the corridor and smaller dining area with pee.

Now, I don't know if this is classic Rott behavior or if he is just being indisciplined. I confess we spoilt him a bit because he is such a sweet animal when he is not misbehaving.

How do we discipline a dog that has grown wings? He is well socialised so it's not a case of too much isolation.

Rottweiler is among the top 10 most dangerous breeds. It also sits on top of the list.

Almost half of death caused by dog attacks in the US are reported to be caused by them.

You had your work cut out from the day you bought it. I am sure its not too late but I think you should be very careful, especially about not letting it get hungry. They say, "there is no bad dog, just bad owners". All dogs have teeth and can bite! The training and breed mix is what keeps them from indiscriminate biting.

Someone I know was mauled by his 3 dogs last year because they were left hungry more than the usual. The 3 dogs attacked him like they planned to do it.

A Caucasian for example is one dog I wil not keep. These breeds are so temperamental but Nigerians especially don't do due diligence in keeping them, so they are mostly aggressive.

weyreypey:
Melting dashboards... compulsorily
Engine oil consumption...due to factory engine defect
I'll stop here... Change of heart... Let's go

2006-11 Toyota Camry: sticky/melting dashboard
For 2006-11 Toyota XV40 Camry vehicles, the polymer which the dashboard is made from may degrade due to sunlight/heat and humidity. As a result, the dashboard surface may:
Become sticky to the touch; and,
Appear shiny and reflect more light, causing increased glare and impaired visibility.
The driver may also experience a 'chemical' smell.


Toyota XV40 Camry: 2AZ-FE oil consumption
The 2.4-litre engine is susceptible to excessive oil consumption due to oil getting past the piston rings and into the combustion chamber. There have been reports of excessive oil consumption for 2AZ-FE powered Camry vehicles with mileages as low as 70,000 kms, though it is more commonly experienced from 100,000 to 120,000 kms

Yeah lest I forget...Dashboard rattles were not uncommon, even on new cars. To fix, the dashboard had to be removed and insulating clips installed.

You have forgotten the transmission. It has the most problematic transmission among the commonly used Toyota products.

The transmission is expensive too.

Most mechanics will now propose a change from the 13pin to 10pin giving birth to other transmission related issues.

Also the AC. Once the Factory AC compressor gets bad, you will not enjoy AC for 2 months straight without repairs.

adioolayi:
What about EPL

Please let's pray for Liverpool

If they miss this...ha...Na till the end of the world again.

My tears go to Liverpool.

They deserved it, it will not be fair to them at all and can demoralize the team.

The teams that did bad like my Arsenal or those at the bottom will want the season scrapped.