gonkin: Dude you experience the problems. I'm one of those that tackle the problems you experienced and fix them. So take it easy. I never disagreed with other cars having balloons. I'm just saying range rover is a money pit. Also not all vehicles experience oil leak due to over heating. You really are misinformed. Yes most cars have a blown head gasket. It's why there are mods for that. Even if your temp hits the 'H' your gasket won't get blown. Ever heard of gasket delete? It's not a hear say. It's what I currently use and been using for year on my vehicle. I did it myself. As for your precious defence on range rovers. Oga na we dey fix am. Not just cars any r stroke engine. LNG Gensets OR GAS turbine. Na we dey run am. So it's not hear say. Its more like FEEDBACK
Interesting read. Have you owned one? Experienced the ownership? Researched about it? Or just dem say dem say....lol This is a brand used by the Royal Family, 007 etc. I think it's better for those who have used Land Rover brand with proper maintenance record to comment on this topic. Even the experience with some Toyota mechanics is disappointing not even those so called Lexus and Benz "experts" who have ruined many cars....
InvertedHammer: / Land Rover products are known for issues everywhere that's why they depreciate very fast. It has little or nothing to do with Nigerian mechanics. I don't know what wasting money has to do with wealth. Oyibo people lease it new and trade it in when lease expires and get a new one if they choose. But in Nigeria it is an outright purchase making it a wasteful expedition.
Land Rover vehicles are only good for decorating a garage while they sit in there trying to figure out how to bankrupt their owners. /
It's interesting to see how Nigerians condemn cars due to the opinion of mechanics who have refused to advance and car owners who don't understand their vehicles. We rush to condemn and modify while we produce nothing and can't even understand the engineering behind some vehicles. It's only dependent on what my "mechanic" says ...lol. mechanic who does not even understand a V6 engine....lol. Understand your car, do the right maintenance, use knowledgeable mechanics and enjoy a durable car. It's not to condemn because of dem say dem say.....lol
gonkin: Owning a range rover is like owning problem. The wahala no dey finish. Infact anytime i see someone driving a rangerover I usually pity. That motor if e start with u, u go know say some problems pass nigeria own
Itz a freaking money pit. Parts are also freaking expensive. Its has this domino effect. One problem leads to another. U fix one another pops up. U gotta have money to own one and that won't still guarantee its durability.
Sorry for your experience and good that you recovered.
I think that majority of Nigerians believe in"deceit" other than the "truth" even when the "truth" is before them. It may be due to our emotions. Market a bad product to them, they believe but tell the truth, they doubt. Unfortunately the price of deceit may be high and some never recover.
I posted this in January 2020....as at today I've spent over 900k on repairs accidents and mechanical issues. Car is milking me badly . Read
How I spent over 2.6 million on a car that gets me sad, embarrassed and frustrated. Now I am getting depressed…
Last year 22 June is one day I can't easily forget. I just got myself a Toyota Camry 2007 for my 25th Birthday. I bought the car for 1.8m from a very good friend of mine (8 years together). He buys and sells used and foreign (tokunbo) cars although not a certified dealer. He drove the car down to my loc and I accessed the car I was shocked as it was far from what I expected. On inspecting the car, I was not so impressed, despite having a california plate number like heck this shit supposed be better than i anticipated. The sound of the car was too noisy, the vibrations from the dashboard, the windscreen cracked (about 28inches), the interior a bit neat but the sound system to the gear lever area was not so neat. I began to doubt the prize of the car but we already negotiated at 1.8m. I asked if this car is okay, he affirmed that it is and can't sell a problem to his brother.
I drove the car out to look for a car diagnosing company but it was a rainy day had to come back not being able to get a car company to check the car. The car consumes fuel a little bit more than conventional 4 plugs and it raised further doubt about the roadworthiness of the car but what do I know car was moving although skips when entering gear 3. I didn't know much about all this as overtime I didn't put the discipline of owning a car with this being my second car am so ashamed. Went back home I asked my friend what's wrong with the car he affirmed again that nothing is wrong. A month later I started noticing oil stain where I park. I bent over and saw oil dripping my heart almost skipped while this is a small issue (I knew this later) I trembled…this car is just a month old. I spent 31k fixing this shit cos I was too busy to inspect the repairs. A week later the same issue occurred. This was getting too much.
This got me sad and mad and I was already regretting the choice of getting a car. I later opted for a car company (My worst mistake). Oil seal was fixed 4 times in 7 months oil keeps dripping from the engine. Between this period the car abruptly stops on the road and sometimes won't even start after parking. I suffered all this with a faulty steering pump which causes the steering to be stiff. Some car companies aren't trustworthy and won't likely be the solution to your car problems...but they got my car moving each time it breaks down and I paid the exorbitant cost for minor repairs for fear of this roadside mechanics. The drill continued and I kept repairing and kept paying. The worst happened in March this year when I had a hit with a reckless driver. The bonnet bent a little and bumper beyond repair. I painted the car after 11 days. I told a panel beater working with the painter to bring the car home for me on reaching close the car stopped. Suffered to get it home as the car keeps draining charged batteries.
The next day I called the car company to come take the car for checks and possible repair. The next day I was told the engine has to be ringed that it's not the alternator. Bill of 169k for everything. I opted for a new engine (2AZ and was billed 300k for everything by the same company). I also bought shaft for both legs (55k). The former engine I was told is now scrapped and would be sold for a small amount (I left it for them). The car was with them for about 7 weeks as I wasn't around. When the car was out, AC no longer working. I called and was told the compressor is bad and needs to be changed. Why me! Bill 148k Like my God what have I done...? I spent 96k to fix AC (I had to call someone else from the neighboring state). I discovered that the AC had been fixed before and resulted to change most of the AC components. had to rethink this whole spending, right now my windscreen is bad can't see well when it's raining, my headlamp bad not bright, my exhaust very noisy unwanted sound from the manifold and consumes fuel, the legs need to be checked again (camber bushing or what do they call it) and interior needs fixing. Other issues although not certain is the suspension. After penning my frustration in this piece Nairaland kept banning me from uploading…I gave up trying. The worst right now my gear doesn't select after a journey of 112km to and fro where I base. I need to share this experience so people can learn from this. The estimate for expenses carried out so far on repairs so far should be over 850k in one year (major repairs: New Engine + Shaft 355k, AC 96k, Legs [fixed twice] 64K {break pads, hub, tie rod, bushing etc}) (minor repairs: oil seal repair 4 times around 80k (new oil every time to put a new oil seal), Nozzle + Plugs + Fan + Key starter 44k, Exhaust (net) 10.4k. Others: painting 60k and panel beating 15k. (all of this excluding gear) Bought tires several times as they keep peeling off from bad alignment although Belgium tires. There are others I can't remember right now. All this excluding fuel. I honestly can't continue like this.
Fast forward to 2022 Later Sold it off in September for cheap and my mental health is back
Autos › Re: Foreign by Ayo7(op): 9:05am On Apr 11, 2022
