₦airaland Forum

chines4:
VIN report, How many everyday car buyer in Nigeria will even think of getting a VIN report on a car before purchase. Bros we still rely so much on our eyes and our mechanics(Not minding that they will prefer not too sound a car for you, so that you will always come for repairs). beside a lot of cars in Nigeria are bought in Cotonu, and there the VIN check is the vehicle that your looking at, and the seller that is busy showing you all the options that the car came with.

syddo:
hello @ calculusx, can this baby go for 1.1m Cash? The money is available.
You can mail me on donsyd2000@gmail.com.

BizBooks:
I recently overheard a car dealer say the following (I'm paraphrasing now): "If you want to make money in the car business, buy cars with very high mileage because they are cheap. When you get to Nigeria, reduce the mileage and sell it". He went on to give an example of how he once bought a car with 280,000 miles and reduced it to 50,000 miles when it got to Nigeria. I am not kidding.

You may shudder at the thought of a Nigerian doing this to a fellow Nigerian but the truth is that this practice is quite rampant among some people that ship cars to Nigeria. If you look at the ads on Nairaland, you will frequently see 2000 and 2001 model cars with less than 100,000 miles especially the Camrys and Accords. Without even running a VIN report, I can confidently tell you that such mileages are almost certainly pure fabrication. It is nearly impossible to find a 10 year old tokunboh in Nigeria with less than 100,000 miles. Don't get me wrong, such cars exist in the US but they are so expensive that very few dealers can afford to ship them to Nigeria.

To avoid falling victim to these crooked dealers, follow this simple rule of thumb: If you are buying a tokunboh car, multiply the age by 12,000. For instance, if you are buying a 2001 model car, multiply 10 (age) by 12,000 which will give you 120,000 miles. If the car's mileage is significantly less than 120,000 miles, then something may be wrong. So for all those 2001 Camrys you see on NL with 60,000 miles, the figures certainly do not add up.

GoldCircle:
Hey folks,
Please I got someone quite close who's in need of either a 2008 volkswagen Touareg of an Infiniti FX 45 (2008). Must have a clean title and mileage shouldn't be more than 50,000km. if you've got any on ground for immediate purchase, kindly drop a message here.

2busy:
bros how about 1m?

ernestleon:
false, it seems you are ignorant of this thread, abi na true/lie