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If you don't mind, use the 30k paint job, tell your painter to use 2k clear coat and apply at least 4 layers... And then wet sand after 2 week with 2000+ grit sand paper and then polish with a polishing wheel, the output would be good. It should serve you at least 3 years if you park outside or more if you park in a garage. But make sure you wax the car once every 3 month.

The key to good paint output is the expertise of the painter. I personally wouldn't do the 250k paint job for regular Lagos car ride and wax once 3 month

Try Honda Civic 2008, thank me later

Cv joint, especially inner

Naybahood:
I’ve got an Honda CRV 1998
Very neat without fault

Pix, location and price

PrinceDave001:
Hello Honda fam, please how reliable is Honda accord 2007(DC)? Is it a good buy?

Good, do periodic ball joint repair checks, use Honda DW1 fluid for gear and use genuine honda power steering fluid and you good to go.

Abuse the above and you will pay dearly

Camry for peace of mind

Go for eod, prepare your mind to deal with occasional leg pull... Best value for money of them all.

Budget 750k

emmancecute:
10k

For the 2 shey?

Louisking:
what year of honda civic will be recommended then ?

08

emmancecute:
buy tokunbo with correct date of manufacture, directly from warehouse. some tokunbor could even pass for brand new. quote me if interested.

How much 205/55 R16 91Q

oluayebenz:
Wahala be like what again

Wahala be like buhari

Nairaland and Warfare are like 5 and 6

WAR

Price please

GAZZUZZ:
the crappy coloured watertotal coolant is premixed.

Thought total is a well know product

timenamoney:
Hahaha Hahaha See advice , colour dont matter, rather its type that matters

True, but is the total coolant advisable

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DMechy:
Nigeria's auto repair industry is a different ball game. It is not american, Japanese, or Asian. It is purely Nigerian and needs to be managed with the Nigerian experience.


First to all car owners:

Repairs are expensive:

1. The Nigerian experience
Most vehicles on Nigerian road, bought as toks are actually not road worthy and are titled salvaged at the point of purchase. Salvaged vehicle means, the cost of repair is greater than the actual value of the car.

Even for clean titled vehicles, repair cost actually goes up after the first 5 years, which is why reasonable owners trade them off for new vehicles. Interestingly, the ayorkele and lacreme vehicles in Nigeria are 8 years old or more.


2. That you buy a new vehicle does not mean your repair cost will be low. Why?
Because dealership will fvck you! Dealerships and anything that looks like one. This accross board, worldwide. Now, add Nigeria's wuruwuru ness. I have had vehicles taken to coscharis, and elizade, where the customer pays heavily for a catalytic converter replaced, only to stuck up nets in them.
Foreign dealership are rip off, Nigerian dealerships are rip offs and crooks.

3. If you want to be attended to in English, and some common sense, patronise educated packaged mechanics.
This does not in any way guarantee a good job, but you will at least be spoken to in English, and you have rights to complain, and maybe rant about sueing them, no Nigerian court will actually listen to your case, because there are more important pending issues, that they will never attend to. Maybe harrass with police. They are better off, the roadside that if you complain too much, you fit chop slap, and curses ontop your money, the not so crude ones, after putting your car in more problems than you brought it, will first resort to begging, then ask you to do your worst.


Whats the open advice to car owners.
Patronise a shop, with as much common sense and technical know how. They will be expensive, not very expensive, and you should be tech savy too. You are better off that way.



To Autoshops.
I give this advice with 8 years of tech, and dealership level auto experience.

1. You cant fix all cars.
If you need explanations for this. Ask, i will explain.

2. Dont take all customers
There are this sets that think owning a car, and paying for repairs amounts to owning you. Not bad, but with a mix of pride, and trying to lowball on prices of parts and repair cost, just avoid them.
I particularly will not take any customer that wants to buy their parts. Why? The story does not always end well.

3. Your front desk, should be tech savvy, and have good communication skills.

4. Dont fall into deep of, we fix all cars.
Preferably to maintain a good reputation, do not fix vehicles that are older than 10 years. The tales are not always great. With good automobile electrical knowledge, you can fix all brands, but older vehicles are no no. Let someone else deal with the cross. Most especially for new customers.

This is not a hardline rule, consistent and loyal customers have older vehicles, you dont to send them off cos their other vehicles are old.

5. You workers will chop you.
In the Nigerian experience, block loopholes, and dont hesitate to fire an employee thats out to kill your business. There are harmless ways they make extras on the job.

6. Too much technology and English sucks.




To this thread, it is sad the op and rad couldn't resolve without a grudge. Things dont always end the way we want them to. The most important thing is to learn from from the experience and move on.

I love your points �

Don't repair all cars

If a customer insist on bringing their parts, don't do it

Do as much as you can to avoid future squabbles

But if you do decide to take on the job then you just have to bite the bullet if any thing goes wrong to make the customer happy.

In the past I was kind of upset when gazzuzz refused to work on the 08 Honda Civic, I was like e be like say this man no like money or he is too arrogant but later I belive he rejects those kind of cars because he doesn't want the stress. This comes from experience.

Hold the key longer

How true is this

Coolgent:
Prof. Gazzuzz I am thinking of buying Range rover Evoque 2015, what can you say about it?
Thanks

Ran

Looks like whining to me

Where can one find it, do you have it radautoworks?

Where are you

omodollarpor:
Hello Bosses.

I currently use a Corolla 03 and I want to change my car. My budget is 2m.

Can you please advice me

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How much you Wan sell the corolla

radautoworks:
Hello,

I'm sorry but we will not be adopting WhatsApp at this time. We think phone and particularly email are great for sending price quotes and diagnoses and a great documented way of receiving customer approval so there is no ambiguity.

.. I like this woman

Set Awon Team Dru23

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stanley000:
Reading through these suggestions now i know honda is truely a useless ride compared to Toyota or golf(volks). So just to use a car u have to change oilf few months, look 4 a specific oil to use, scan any small light on the dash board etc. my Toyota have been showing that dashboard lights for years and still no issues, i use whatever oil i can find and it works just fine.

And op no one has even addressed the issue of that honda issue that it is known for lol u know that thing hehe I believe everyone knows what I'm talking about. Better don't drive far journey so your something don't pull off on the highway oo

Bro all cars have issues and people make compromise, you can also abuse Honda with inferior fluid and you Want have issue for... But the day it will finally park up... Your guess is as good as mine.

For you that is using any how oil on your Toyota, though the car have higher tolerance for abuse but trust... Everything has it limit

bonnyhope:
Good!
I have seen someone that drives 05 honda civic

Please I intend to get the car, Please can you share with me your experience with the car, is it problematic? does it actually have the fuel economy people talk about? What about the parts? are they readily available and affordable?

no be problem you dey read so?

All cars have problem... Pick your poison

Nice one radautoworks

radautoworks:
Op @crocif, your car has been ready o. I don't know if you got the call.

Great