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Celebrities › Re: Tboss Channels Her Alter Ego, Queen Cleopatra. See Photos by coolcharm(m): 8:46am On Aug 24, 2017
Where is Efe and the 25million sef huh
Education › Re: Knowledge That Might Save Your Life One Day by coolcharm(m): 7:40pm On Aug 23, 2017
Very educative!
Politics › Re: Buhari Did Not Lie About My Father – Ojukwu Jr by coolcharm(m): 6:32pm On Aug 23, 2017
IPod and propaganda
Romance › Re: Curvy Instagram Model Releases Tempting Booty Photos by coolcharm(m): 6:28pm On Aug 23, 2017
Karashika them
Celebrities › Re: This Big, Bold Couple Are Trending On Social Media by coolcharm(m): 6:26pm On Aug 23, 2017
shocked
Mehn... I pray for the delivrance of their children!

#na drum of food dem go dey cook
Their house maid in on a long thing!
Car Talk › Re: What Is The Worst Vehicle You Have Ever Used ? by coolcharm(m): 7:55am On Aug 18, 2017
kingreign:
1990 Toyota Carina ii 2.0 GLi 4sp auto lift back.


When i returned from India, I decided to buy a small lift back which I could use to move around. I got myself a brown/gold coloured 1990 model Toyota carina ii 2.0 GLi for 450k, brown seats and brown dashboard, heated side mirrors, heated seats, I had to construct the A/C as there was none. It had alloy wheels and looked good it was a German market carina ii. I bought it, from a woman and took it home. Next day, I started the engine and it roared to life. Pushed the lever to R, the car surged backwards with speed, I slammed the brakes only to hear a groaning sound. Pushed to D, nothing R, nothing. I packed the car there. I travelled again and came back after 2months. I inspected the shafts and noticed balls on the tyre area (that time I was a novice with capital "L" who couldn't handle a spanner). I called a mechanic who checked it and told me shaft is bad, I have to replace both shafts as they were fake elcheapo eltawain shaft. I parted with 12K that day, he came with beljium shaft and installed them. He told me to shift R and D to check if they're working, I depressed the brakes and did that, on releasing the brakes, the flexible brake line on the driver's front tyre bursted. Spilling contents. 3k went out for brake pipes again.

2weeks later, I went to install a CD system LG 1 DIN with pioneer speakers and was feeling funky. I went to Suleja to flex my old babe. coming back, I started hearing a strange noise on the rear driver side tyre. I got to mechanic workshop, tie rod broke. No more steering control tyres were wobbling. 8K to purchase new tie rods, 2k for rubber booths, and 3K for one of the multilink arm on the rear (the previous arm was bent and the previous owner used dunlop slippers cut to act as rubber boot hence the noise and uneven driving).
I was back on the road again. I went to APO to flex with my guys, as per I don show Naija na, night came I was returning home, I couldn't see my front. Hmmm. I managed to get home. Called my mechanic. He said reflectors in Headlamp is faded, we should get another one. 11k for one tokunbo 7k brand new taiwan, I picked 2 tokunbo for 22k. He installed it, it was out of alignment. He adjusted it but it was only slightly brighter than the previous units, he called a re-wire who installed a relay, the headlamp worked at last, I was glad. Hehehehe Night movement started again, lol! Only for rains to come and I discovered no wipers, they were wornout and producing noise. 1,200 naira a pair in front and 300naira for long piece on the rear. Nothing's gonna stop me from 'wakaing'. I discovered the motor started drinking fuel. Chai, called my mecho again, he removed sparkplugs, installed new ones 8K (2k a piece X 4), removed airfilter and bought another one 1500, then bought injector CRC cleaner, cleaned the intake butterfly valves. Poured some in the Vacuum line. Started the car to idle a while, then change oil, 3k oil filter 1k total 4K. Economy improved a bit. But still high consumption. Came back to him, he checked and discovered the Airflowmeter is bad. 15K for belgium part. Finally, it worked. My power windows acts as if they've got a mind of their own when rains come, they may not go up. But I had to manage them, I also found the wires on the power moonroof which was detached (the moonroof was sealed with mechanic's trademark black gum which I peeled off). Suddenly, my steering became stiff. I called my mecho, he said pump is failed. Bought tokumbo pump 7k it worked, I went to AMAC. On the road going, it became stiff again. I called him, he said 'when coming home branch my workshop'. On my way home I was doing 140km/hr on berger-nicon junction expressway, suddenly I slowed down to negotiate katampe bridge, steering locked, slammed the brakes, car swerved off the road, tipped over the bridge and landed face down into the deep gutter below. All the contents in the boot fell inside the passenger cabin. I had seatbelt so i wasn't hurt, I climbed down and called my mechanic. He went to find a hiab truck they said 70k to lift the damn car out of the gutter and place it on the road side. I said NO. I quarrelled with the mechanic, I told him I am no more working with him (beef mode active). Luckily, a blue hiab of FRSC was passing by, I waved him to stop, he helped me freely, I was glad. Someone came, with a knife, cut my rear seatbelt and used it as a tow rope tied to his car and towed mine to another mechanic shop. Headlamp broken, grille broken, front driver side suspension broken, brake cable cut, bumper broken, windscreen developed a line from top to bottom, fenders bent, transaxle broken, steering bad. Over 100K to replace them, new strut bought and yet it failed a week later due to a leak thus giving out the pressurized fluid, I opted for tokumbo struts 12k. I was foolishly determined and no one's gonna let me down. angry I got on the way from AMAC and drove to go see my babe in Bida poly smiley I never knew it was gonna be another epic wrong move embarassed filled the tank up and fired, on highspeed in excess of 160km/hr on kubwa-zuba expressway. Damn speed was sweet tongue
I was dusting all other cars on the road when suddenly I hit a pothole (Suleja, Lapai, to Bida was pothole infested then, I don't know of now) suddenly, my suspension gave way again, but I was not deterred, I must love up. Suddenly, a pre-facelift Honda Accord EOD (2003-2005) swept past, this act bruised my ego, in trying to catch up, the driver suddenly stepped on his brake and a petrol truck was coming ahead, I hit another pothole, my brakepad flew out, this gave me no room to maneuver, I rear ended that car and it was totaled. The boot, to the rear passenger was deformed badly. My front end again went bad. Another crack on my new windscreen, broken headlamp, broken grille, bumper. Suddenly another lorry from behind side swiped my Right side, a piece of sharp metal from the truck sank into my car's rear quarter slicing the metallic body work all thru the rear door area. cry the alhaji came out and looked at his car, looked at mine, and told me to go repair mine, he'll fix his. shocked smiley I was shocked and happy. I continued my mumu journey to Bida poly, stopped at the gate, called the babe, she say she was busy, can't attend to me. angry chai!

Ego bruised again, I kuku enter my kabu kabu jalopy, manage enter zuba, police check point. Them men in black wanted to start their story again. I vex tell them say make dem leave me, I need to go rest joor. Out of pity one of them met others and they let me go with my jalopy. Got to my old mechanic, he said, 'you don come again with your wahala'? I no fit answer. We fixed the car, 80K went from my pocket. Toks bumper (blue colour), toks struts, toks headlamps, toks grille, brake lines, pads, calipers, booster, disc and master (remember my brake pad fell off, I had to ride the car like that). welding and panelbeating the rear quarter and door area sliced thru. Immediately I fixed it, I put it up for sale, some dudes came, paid 300k cash, took it and travelled lol, wahala removed finally grin When they got to their destination, they started calling me. huh Fear no gree let me pick embarassed huh I finally summoned courage to pick after many missed calls from them only for them to tell me I don't know what I sold to them for such a cheap amount. If only I knew, I won't had sold it so cheaply. shocked Mumu people cheesy grin

Mehn, because of that car I learn mechanic by force, and all the chukuwdi, nonso and spareparts dealers for kubwa and zuba come know me as customer. embarassed angry

I posted this when I was using minimums moniker here:
https://www.nairaland.com/150189/worst-car-youve-driven-been#30719947
I swear... This is darn hilarious!
Travel › Re: FG Fires Managers Of Abuja-kaduna Rail Over Extortion by coolcharm(m): 9:34am On Aug 14, 2017
Travel › Re: FG Fires Managers Of Abuja-kaduna Rail Over Extortion by coolcharm(m):
Making an example out of them

95% of civil servernts and 99% of public office holders in Nigeria need to be fired this way too..
Romance › Re: Nigerian Girl Has A Special Message To All Her Lady Friends With Cheating Bf by coolcharm(m): 2:43pm On Aug 13, 2017
What fuckrey is this??

A high profile phsyco just escaped from haba left.

Can't believe I wasted my data watching that b.shit
Christianity Etc › Re: RCCG Bans Aso Ebi, Ungodly Wedding Engagement by coolcharm(m): 8:11am On Aug 13, 2017
Nice one

But has the church council banned it? Or this pronouncement is law by itself?
Health › Re: MEN BEWARE: Babies Are The Main Owner Of Women's Breasts by coolcharm(m): 8:05am On Aug 13, 2017
shocked
Family › Re: RCCG Bans Aso Ebi, Ungodly Wedding Engagement by coolcharm(m): 8:04am On Aug 13, 2017
Nice one
Celebrities › Re: Lady Apologizes For Looking Down On Phyno Before He Became Famous by coolcharm(m): 7:43am On Aug 08, 2017
Lol
Sports › Re: Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich Splits From Third Wife Dasha Zhukova by coolcharm(m): 7:52pm On Aug 07, 2017
VeraNathaniel:
Hahahaha..what do u expect? She's made for life!
I tell you!
Sports › Re: Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich Splits From Third Wife Dasha Zhukova by coolcharm(m): 4:11pm On Aug 07, 2017
Gold digging mission completed.
Celebrities › Re: Who Else Finds This Maternity Photo Shoot Creative And Awesome? by coolcharm(m): 11:02am On Aug 07, 2017
This one na person wife so o
Health › Re: Pregnant Doctor Delivers Patient’s Baby Just Before Giving Birth Herself by coolcharm(m): 3:55pm On Jul 31, 2017
Wow...
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Meet R.A The Engine Room Of The Monitoring And Evaluation Unit . by coolcharm(m): 12:41pm On Jul 31, 2017
So what should we do now?

Come and bribe him?
Nairaland General › Re: 32M Becomes First-ever Company To Implant Micro-chips In Employees by coolcharm(m): 10:29pm On Jul 28, 2017
Make them carry their work dey go abeg... I no do.
Crime › Re: Taxify Driver Accused Of Squeezing Nipple Of Female Passenger Has Been Arrested by coolcharm(m): 10:14pm On Jul 28, 2017
The man is useless, or was high on pawpaw leaf and lizard dung.

Never mix business with foolery
Crime › Re: Bokoharam Releases Photos Of Abducted Unimaid Staff by coolcharm(m): 10:11pm On Jul 28, 2017
Ewww... Buratai., biko we don't want to hear stories o. Enough of technical defeat.
Celebrities › Re: Brand New Ferrari Burns To A Crisp Just One Hour After It Was Bought (photos) by coolcharm(m): 3:14pm On Jul 28, 2017
Eyah,... Sorry for the loss.


Racing cars are highly sophisticated, and thus need some sort of mastery.

He might have lost his money and the car... But learnt something important... That ambition without knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Politics › Re: Nnamdi Kanu Chased Away From Nri Palace Of Anambra Monarch by coolcharm(m): 11:41pm On Jul 27, 2017
That boy is on a self destruct mission
Politics › Re: Drama As Acting President Osinbajo Arrives Port-Harcourt by coolcharm(m):
shocked
A disappointed Wike had to leave his aides, supporters and convoy behind and joined Osinbajo to the Chopper where APC faithfuls were already singing the praise of their leader, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. As soon as Osinbajo entered into the Chopper and Wike made his way to enter, the already charged youths began to boo him with shouts of, "Come down!, Come down!" while some others continued with shouts of "the Lion!" until the Chopper left.
The governor's convoy and his party faithfuls were now grumbling over their leader's failure to convince Osinbajo to first commission any of his projects had to make their way back home as it was obvious that they may not make it to Eleme, the venue of the official program for the Ag. President.
shocked

You mean wike left his Aides, Security details and supporter behind and followed Change?

Na so dem dey take kidnap people o grin

So he wanted to corner Osibande where The Lion of Ubima Kingdom is. tongue

# A general's Command is weak if there is disturbance in the camp.
Politics › Re: EFCC Recovers N328.9 Billion From Oil Marketers In Kano by coolcharm(m): 5:13am On Jul 27, 2017
shocked
Pets › Re: Who Knows The Name Of This Mysterious Animal Killed In Kuta, Niger State by coolcharm(m): 5:46am On Jul 25, 2017
Eleyi gidi gan o
Politics › Re: Not good by coolcharm(m): 8:49pm On Jul 24, 2017
Gragra.... Until bullets fall on them
Politics › Re: See What Obiano Commissioned Today At Isuofia After His Mother's Burial by coolcharm(m): 5:38pm On Jul 24, 2017
Governor commissioning cyber cafe .... Ok , continue

See ceremony for 40 computers
Politics › Re: EFCC Shares Identity Of The Guy Behind Their Twitter Handle, Nigerians React by coolcharm(m):
That guy is savage personified

Badoo
Politics › Re: The Shooting Of The Frsc Officer In Abia State, The True Story -by Uche Aguoru by coolcharm(m): 6:00pm On Jul 20, 2017
You beat up public servants for carrying out their duty? And you shoot at them with guns and bullets bought with Niger delta oil money and taxes from ordinary individuals?

Is this how they will be doing in their Biafra?
Politics › Re: TSA: Court Orders Seizure Of $793.2m Hidden In Banks (Names of banks) by coolcharm(m): 5:56pm On Jul 20, 2017
SalamRushdie:
The govt has to handle this matter with wisdom because withdrawing such amounts from the banks at these times will trigger negative reaction within our macro and micro economic sectors which will in turn give the struggling economy another black eye when she has not recovered from the last 6 black eyes Buhari's poorly thought out economic decisions caused in the past .
any bank that can't survive without government money should simply disappear. Commercial banks aren't meant to be reliant on government funds.

How can you be doing business with government money and not make returns?

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