₦airaland Forum

shollywendy1:
Thanks brother

chillex8:
Can I officially welcome us to winter

Pls don't dump your partners car cos of winter ooo

mrsdaniel:
Kindly reach out for us if within Owerri as advertised for limited stock available 070-194-33705

chucsmoore:
Oga JP, that would be the wrongest decision now, cos winter is gradually setting in.

Wartsnigeria:
This statement is so naive, so it's the USA that doesn't pay attention? When it comes to standards, you can't compare any other country to the United States.

Dovehorizon:
I disagree

peeps4u:
Pardon my ignorance, been wanting to know, which market is this civic? I know european, US and asian

peeps4u:
The bolded, I've asked is there any technical difference or otherwise between US civic and Asian markets? I'm yet to get a definite reply

peeps4u:
Since they are mostly getting the cars brand new, they will have saved more than the cost of hybrid lbattery from the fuel, unlike in Nigeria when the hybrid battery might be on its last month's before being shipped.

radautoworks:
TLDR, cost of parts alone isn't cost of maintenance. Some cars were designed by Satan himself and something that should take 20 minutes will take 4 hours. So you have to factor in costs of parts, amount of time repairs take, lost business during that time and how often the part breaks into maintenance costs. Your time is extremely valuable too!.

How often you change the mondeo hub I doubt is the same as the Corolla. Not saying it's bad, just saying like I always do to know all the caveats. I know little about the mondeo which is why I didn't say anything about it.

chillex8:
That's the machine breakdown and maintenance we are talking about. Frequency of breakdown is the bone of contention here.

Last I checked, a toks pair of corolla wheel hubs, cost over 28k naira.
But a ford Mondeo's hub is a paltry 8k

chillex8:
Hahahahahahaaaa...

chillex8:
Where are those that said dru cant drive ?

radautoworks:
Thank you! I forgot Volvo!

chillex8:
That's the machine breakdown and maintenance we are talking about. Frequency of breakdown is the bone of contention here.

Last I checked, a toks pair of corolla wheel hubs, cost over 28k naira.
But a ford Mondeo's hub is a paltry 8k

chillex8:
Lol. But you have jumped ship at least twice now.
From Toyota to hyundai to Honda.

I see you bringing in ford or kia cars in the near future

radautoworks:
exactly. I'm more in the school of once a lifetime headache than repair everyday like I mentioned earlier. Time spent in the shop is literally money lost in e-hailing.

chillex8:
Some Honda Accords have a 2.0L engine. And are very rugged.

chillex8:
The best car for ehailing. I envy the owners.

chillex8:
The cobra has spoken

radautoworks:
you sef be undercover troll

On a serious note though, I agree one should look for cheap car to maximize returns but in my opinion/experience those cars are cheap up front but expensive down the road (A). The converse is expensive upfront but cheap down the road (B). The perfect car is in the middle C. None is necessarily bad and may suite different people. Personally if I drive for a living I want a B or C. Bear in mind I don't know street value of a lot of these in Nigeria so I'm going off street value in the US and through the eyes of mechanics. Adjust perception accordingly. Some of the As might be Ds in Nigeria (expensive upfront AND down the road).

A Volkswagen Jetta 1.8L
C Nissan Sentra 2.0L
A Hyundai Accent 1.6L
A Kia Rio 1.6L
C Honda city 1.3L
A Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6L
A Ford Focus 1.6L
A Hyundai xcent 1.3L
B Hyundai Elantra 1.6/2.0L

EDIT: let me add to the list
B Toyota Corolla
C Honda Civic
B Honda Accord
C toyota matrix
C toyota echo

CheerfulGiver:
This is my current dashboard. Do I look like who is trying? I'm just chilling.

CheerfulGiver:
Free money yes.

It nauseating how she totally knocked JP because she wanted to hijack it and make it all about herself. Anyone is free to do whatever. Don't demean people who post earnings because they didn't post expenditure. Simple.

Expenditure is not her business

CheerfulGiver:
You try so hard that you actually come across as a dumb person, even when you aren't trying.

What argument am I losing and to which logic? Logic that demands an explanation as to how dashboard money is spent unless it is deemed as misleading? Now your only response is to think "you and japa are never in the same place at the same time" therefore, we must be on and same person? Why is your brain capability so limited?

_fuck you and your 50k. I never needed your money and never told you I did. So stop making this about money. Your reasoning is warped. I will always remind you at any opportunity I get.

Good day to you too.

chillex8:
There's no car specifically produced for transportation.
Am certain people use Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen and ford brands over there.

chillex8:
There's no car specifically produced for transportation.
Am certain people use Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen and ford brands over there.

chillex8:
If everyone goes by this your analogy, who do you expect to buy your naija-used Uber cars?
Or will you crush them

Importers ship in cars that they will sell ASAP. Doesn't mean other cars are bad. But cos of the Nigerian terrain and demand.

In Neighboring Ghana, they use lpg+ petrol cars. Not the almighty corollas or Toyota's. Does it mean those cars are not good? It's just what people have accepted and importers, being business men, roll with the flow.

If you talked about landrover freelander, I will agree. Cos that car was produced by the devil.

radautoworks:
I argue the mitsubishi lancer should also be struck off the list

chillex8:
lol. People have used them and succeeded.
A car will forever remain a machine.
Guess what, every machine will breakdown and need overhauling.
Even humans breakdown, talk more of their creations.

Now, about frequency of breakdown, It depends on the handler of the machine.

You don't expect the driver going to ikorodu, satellite town, iyana-iba, agbarange, sango-ota, e.t.c not to have frequent breakdowns.
Or the driver that spends over 12hours daily operating the machine and expect it not to breakdown.
Or the driver that converts his car to a boat during rainy days .

CheerfulGiver:
Yes you should have stayed out of it. It's not always about you.

You need to understand that everyone has a right to spend their money how they deem fit. You're not entitled to see anyone's weekly expenditure or as you put it, correct narrative of driver earnings because, no driver spends money the same.

Simple question. Who earned highest? You don't need to see how I spent the 150k I made on my dashboard to believe I earned 150k. What's that all about?

chillex8:
Volkswagen Jetta 1.8L
Nissan Sentra 2.0L
Hyundai Accent 1.6L
Kia Rio 1.6L
Honda city 1.3L
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6L
Ford Focus 1.6L
[b]Ford Mondeo 2.0L[/b]
Gelly 1.3L
Tata 1.2L
Hyundai xcent 1.3L
[b]Hyundai Elantra 1.6/2.0L[/b]

And a whole lot.

Now, cost of parts is relative.