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Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 4:26pm On Aug 10, 2013

chuqudy: You are contradicting your self. The two care are incomparable and yet you are comparing them.

abeg poster answer this simple question and we call it a day.

between djokovic and Lionel messi who is better?

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 3:26pm On Aug 10, 2013

expert101: [size=8pt]I WILL GO FOR TOYOTA BECAUSE OF ITS RELIABILITY, RESALE VALUE AND FAIR MAINTENANCE COST.

will u still go for Toyota matrix if what u seek is power, comfort, better handling, size and high ground clearance? The poster just don't get it... This comparison is not fair and u never going to get a straight answer. If u ask anybody that knows about cars this kind of question, their answer is always going to start with .. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ... BLA BLA BLA. No straight answer like murano is better or matrix is better. So its only fair to compare cars that are of the same class, same or similar engine size, etc. One brand new tyre for murano go almost buy the 4 sets on the matrix. Haha which kind comparison be this?

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 12:16pm On Aug 10, 2013

chuqudy: This is more reasonable answer. I give you 80% for this. It would have been 100% if not for your last sentence. No two things are incomparable. Thanks.

Again, ur topic blows everything off. Maybe u should modify ur topic. When comparing 2 things, it doesn't matter the one with the highest points, what matters is the point that carries the highest weight. Lets take for example, comparing me A and B which one is better.

Mr A is rich and Mr B is a pauper
Mr A is 6ft tall and Mr B is 4ft
Mr A is handsome and Mr B is ugly
Mr A has children and Mr B is impotent .

Mr A has a mansion, Mr B lives in face me I face u.

Mr A is DEAD and Mr B is ALIVE.

So tell me who is better? Mr A with 5 points or Mr B with just 1 point.

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 12:00pm On Aug 10, 2013

chuqudy: But you have just compared nokia 3310 with samsung galaxy in contrary to what you initially said-- that they are incomparable. Comparing two things include both the similarities and differences between the two things been compared. I think the problem is more of poor understanding of the Use of English Language and Logic.

Ikenna is right here. True nothing is incomparable but its only fair to compare things that are in the same class. Plus u are contradicting ur topic. Check ur topic again... U asked which is better, that is not a fair comparison at all. Abeg who is better, thiago Silva or neymar?

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 11:39am On Aug 10, 2013

chuqudy: If I ask Obama and Jonathan who is better? Someone may say Obama while some may say Jonathan. Then, the next thing is why is Obama better than Jonathan or vice versa? They are all head of states of different countries and continents. But they are still comparable. No two things in this world are incomparable. Someone even replied me some time ago when I asked this same question and said there was no car called Toyota Matrix and called me a joker. I need an expert answer not from some one who knows little or noting about modern cars.

I think u are the one who knows nothing about modern cars. Check ur topic.... NISSAN MURANO AND TOYOTA MSTRIX, WHICH IS BETTER. You can only ask that question with cars of the same class. Just like when u asked Obama and Jonathan which is better. That is a fairer question because they are both presidents of a nation. Why don't u compare molue and BMW x6 because they are both automobiles.

one more thing... U really have shown ur level of intelligence by comparing Nokia 3310 with Samsung galaxy. Mind u there are different variants of Samsung galaxy, ranging from Samsung galaxy s, galaxy s2, galaxy s3, galaxy s4, galaxy note, galaxy note 2, galaxy mega, galaxy grand duos, galaxy s4 zoom, galaxy s4 active etc. They all serve different purposes and are targeted for different people. But u won't know this anyway because to u phone na phone and car na car. No wonder u are comparing Nissan murano with Toyota matrix. Abeg on to the next one.

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 4:14am On Aug 10, 2013

This is the stupidest comparison I've ever seen. Both cars are in no comparable in terms of class, power, handling, maintenance, gas mileage and price. This is just like comparing Honda crosstour with Toyota avanza. Or comparing cristiano Ronaldo with iker casillas

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Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 4:12am On Aug 10, 2013

Car Talk › Re: Nissan Murano And Toyota Matrix Which Is Better by elektra80: 4:05am On Aug 10, 2013

Car Talk › Re: Pricing Of Low Milage Vehocles? by elektra80: 1:53pm On Aug 09, 2013

theency: Good day NLs,
We received Honda Oddysey 2002 model with less than 100kilos milage; CRV of similar features. To our amazement, they're under priced. What's your take?

wow, less than 100 kilos oddysey...that car must be so light lol (sarcasm). Anyway, when u say underpriced, what price range are u talking about? Did u buy the cars or are u a dealer? Also what are the specs? 2 identical cars of same model can have a price difference of up to $6,000 depending on the specs.

Car Talk › Re: The Current Most Expensive Car In The World by elektra80: 7:29pm On Aug 07, 2013

U can't say this car is the most expensive car in the world because its a custom made car and only one was produced. U can't go to the dealership and buy it.

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Car Talk › Re: The Current Most Expensive Car In The World by elektra80: 7:14pm On Aug 07, 2013

ayobase: Are you into car racing or drifting?

This is not all about research, but experience.

Whether u are racing or drifting, automatics have caught up and more performance cars do come with auto tranny these days. The main disadvantage autos had in the past was gas mileage and now that has been solved. Most of performance car makers are already ditching manual for auto. Let's take for example cars used in the movie fast and furious 6.

Ramp car: powered by 6.2 liter ls3 engine with 3 speed automatic transmission

1969 dodge charger Daytona: powered by 6.2 liter ls3 v8 engine, 3 speed automatic transmission

1970 ford escort: 5 speed automatic transmission

1971 Jensen interceptor: powered by GM LS3 6.3 liter v8 engine, automatic transmission

2010 BMW M5: powered by 5.0 liter v10 engine with 7 speed automatic transmission.

These are just a few of the high performance cars used in that movie and they all carry auto tranny. So guy it doesn't matter anymore if u wanna race or drift, autos do it so well or even better these days because u got convinience plus performance. So its a win win for auto.

Car Talk › Re: The Current Most Expensive Car In The World by elektra80: 7:14pm On Aug 07, 2013

ayobase: Are you into car racing or drifting?

This is not all about research, but experience.

Car Talk › Re: The Current Most Expensive Car In The World by elektra80: 6:26pm On Aug 06, 2013

ayobase: Automatic,not good for racing after all!

In case u don't know, some automatics are faster than manuals. Technology has improved and those computers now know the perfect time to shift. If u have seen a car with DSG gearbox u will know what I'm talking about. Even manufacturers of supercars like ferrari and Lamborghini are ditching manual gear box for autos. Do ur research.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2085221

Car Talk › Re: Manual Or Automatic? by elektra80: 7:46am On Aug 05, 2013

JUO: no sir. iPhone users have no freedom

likewise blackberry users are so limited, I would prefer an iPhone over blackberry. But I'm TEAM ANDROID.... With jellybean u can't go wrong.

Car Talk › Re: Engine Oil For Toyota Camry Big-Daddy (2003 XLE) by elektra80: 12:47pm On Aug 04, 2013

myke20: So what is d recomended oil na.is it total,mobil.AP or oando and what is the name joor o

poster, it looks as if u are just after oil manufacturers when u should be worried about viscosity grades. Check what zm drill posted, use 5w-30 or 10w-30. It doesn't matter if its Mobil, total, AP or oando so far its the same grade.

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Car Talk › Re: Do You Know Ikobo CARS Kaduna Or A Scammer? by elektra80: 6:50pm On Aug 02, 2013

One Word... RUN RUN RUN. This is a SCAM and u don't even need to be in Kaduna to know this. You won a 2008 Toyota Camry just like that . People fall for cheap scams because they want something cheap. I can't believe u are even having a second thought about this. Just look at the prices of those cars, 2006 Toyota Camry for 500k, 2007 peugeot 307 for 300k, 2008 Honda accord for 1.2 million, 2009 Toyota FJ Cruiser for 1.4million. I mean how much do they use to clear those cars, are those cars stolen from overseas?

Just for u to be sure, why don't use create another email address, then use another phone to text them this new email address in reference to a car they claimed u won. You will see they will still send u the exact email u received earlier. Do this with yet another phone and email and they will keep sending the same mail. Shine ur eyes.

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:42pm On Aug 01, 2013

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:41pm On Aug 01, 2013

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:28pm On Aug 01, 2013*

[quote author=aijaydiva]How many road accidents have u seen with women being the drivers or cause of d accident huh

They are more carefu

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:27pm On Aug 01, 2013*

aijaydiva: How many road accidents have u seen with women being the drivers or cause of d accident They are more careful and mostly not as rough as d male counterparts

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:26pm On Aug 01, 2013*

aijaydiva: How many road accidents have u seen with women being the drivers or cause of d accident They are more careful and mostly not as rough as d male counterparts

Car Talk › Re: Are Women Safer Drivers Than Men? by elektra80: 6:24pm On Aug 01, 2013

aijaydiva: How many road accidents have u seen with women being the drivers or cause of d accident They are more careful and mostly not as rough as d male counterparts

I been waiting for this kind of comment. So u wanna judge this by number of road accidents caused by men huh. Go to the highway(that is where most accidents occur), now count the number of vehicles driven by women. U will notice its only a very minute percentage. How many women have u seen driving a commercial vehicle, bus, or trailers? Those are the vehicles that cause most accidents on the highway and u never see a woman driving them. So don't judge by the number of accidents caused by women because they are found wanting on the highway.

moreover women have this 'you can't intimidate me attitude'. When they are driving slow and u want to overtake them, that is when they will pedal hard not letting u get in front of them. There are some good women drivers for sure, but only a few would u see driving from lets say Lagos to Abuja.

Car Talk › Re: The Economic Importance Of Road Traffic by elektra80: 9:35pm On Jul 30, 2013

Bossforeva: I also learnt that Economic Importance can be positive and negative as well
here comes the negative...
Should one car overheat and catch fire...R.I.P to other cars that'll be part of the chain reaction.

ANd if there's an emergency and someone needs to be taken to the hospital and get caught in traffic. Its RIP

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Car Talk › Re: The Best Tyre For Nigerian Roads by elektra80: 9:11pm On Jul 30, 2013

Geomac: It is Tyre not Tire

Its called tire in most parts of North America while its called tyre outside North America. Just the same way Americans call check instead of cheque

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Car Talk › Re: V6 And V4 by elektra80: 4:05pm On Jul 29, 2013

prof.ify:
Hi All, Please someone is giving me a Nigerian used 2000 Toyota corolla for 500K. It has a V6 engine, the car is well pimped and works very well. But i am thinking the price should be less. Also i am hesitating because is a V6. Please your advice. Thanks.

I've never seen a Toyota Corolla with a V6 engine.. Are u sure u are not talking about Camry? Toyota Corolla are small compact cars and they come with 1.8 liter I4 engine. So what size of engine is the V6 u saw?

Car Talk › Re: Atf by elektra80: 12:01pm On Jul 29, 2013

tpacalipse: Hehee! Are we saying non can give info on this question?

call this no 0803 912 1412 for ATF dw-1. I get mine from him and his shop is in ebute metta. Problem now is that u are in port Harcourt so I don't know how that can work

Car Talk › Re: Nigerians Dont Care About High Mileage? - Is It True by elektra80: 11:56am On Jul 29, 2013

kormene: You deserve a bottle

a bottle of what? Shey no be alomo lol. Anyway truth is bitter

Car Talk › Re: Tyre Size. Sienna And Co Pls Help by elektra80(op): 10:47pm On Jul 28, 2013

Siena: Your front tyre sizes are fine, the rears are too big though. The fronts on your 16" rims are the Honda factory set-up, and are almost the same size as the combination you had on your 15's.

195/65x15 - 634mm.
205/55x16 - 632mm.
215/60x16 - 664mm!

Thanks Sienna. Will correct it asap

Car Talk › Tyre Size. Sienna And Co Pls Help by elektra80(op): 8:43pm On Jul 28, 2013

Please I need to know the correct tyre size to be used for 2005 Honda Accord I4. The factory recommended size is 195/65 R15 89H. I have since changed the rims from 15 inch to 16 inch long time ago but I noticed drop in gas mileage. Currently below is what I have.

Front tyres: 205/55 R16 91W
205/55 R16 91H
Rear tyres: 215/60 R16 91T.

I would like to know if the specs are ok for the tyres , If not what specs do I need to use to still maintain the 16 inch rim.

Car Talk › Re: Nigerians Dont Care About High Mileage? - Is It True by elektra80: 4:59pm On Jul 28, 2013

BizBooks: In this case, I think the buyer shares a greater portion of the blame. He said he suspected
the odometer was "doctored" and still went ahead and bought the car. So a car that he
thought had only 84,000 miles actually has 187,000 according to the VIN report. If you look
closely, you will notice that the odometer was rolled back to what it used to be in 2006 and
we are in 2013.

As you correctly noted, if the car had shown it's true mileage, the poster may not have
bought it. Unfortunately some people do not want to know the truth and are thus presented
with falsehood.

Lets say a buyer goes to Mr A (a car dealer) to buy the same crv and Mr A being honest has 2 of the same SUV he wants, one with odometer reading of 187,000 and another one with odometer reading of 85,000, both cars are clean titles. (Note that both cars are 11 years old). Mr A says the price of the higher mileage car is 1.45 million and the one with 85k mileage is 1.6 million. The buyer leaves the shop and tries another dealer. He goes to Mr B another car dealer and Mr B doesn't have the kind of car he needs. Mr B being a businessman would not tell the buyer he doesn't have the car, he will tell him he should sit down while he goes to bring the car from his other showroom. Then Mr B calls Mr A (most dealers know themselves ) and Mr A says he has the car but the buyer wouldn't want to pay more for the low mileage and doesn't want the high mileage either.

SO Mr B goes to Mr A, picks the car with 187,000 mileage and rolls back the odometer to 82,000. Then brings it to his showroom and shows the buyer. After much negotiation they agree on a price of 1.55 million. The buyer pays and drives away. Mr B pays mr A 1.5 million and takes 50k as his commission. Now who are u going to blame in this situation?

If u ask an average Nigerian 'what is the price of a 1999 toyota camry (Pencil light)'. He will say 900k. Most buyers don't even know the difference between LE, XLE, SE, LX, EX, EX-L. To them all trims are the same. I see a lot of 1999 camry in showrooms with mileage less than 90k. I mean 90k for a 14 year old car, that is almost impossible. Might be possible but would be rare and it will never sell for 900k. But then that is what buyers want and as a businessman u have to give them what they want, hence rollback odometer.

The car dealership in this country is messed up and right now only the dishonest dealers are making money while the honest ones are not making any sales. Nobody wants to be in a business where he doesn't make sales.. let's face the fact. A honest dealer spends lots of money to bring a clean title car with low mileage into the country and puts a reasonable price on it, and other dishonest ones have the same car that are not clean title and odometer rolled back and sells it for a cheaper price. How many buyers have access to the internet? I can tell u that 80% of buyers out there doesn't know anything about carfax, they just want to buy a car and drive, and they go for the cheapest deals. SO I will not blame the dealers. Until the country enforces laws dealing with odometer rollbacks and give enough awareness to end buyers.. I'm pretty sure that is not gonna happen anytime soon. The government have more important things to tackle first. Then this issue will continue for a long long time.

My advice is after buying ur ride, check all parts and replace the ones that needs to be replaced with genuine parts, service ur car regularly and whenever a fault arises, fix it before it affects other things. IF U CAN'T DO THAT, THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IS TO BUY A BRAND NEW CAR grin

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Car Talk › Re: . by elektra80: 4:06pm On Jul 28, 2013

O-XTRA:
2005 Honda civi
Fabirc interior
Automatic drive
Silver colour
With car track etc
Asking price 1.4m

More picture is available on request.

Call O-xtra on 07057691265
Request for watsapp number or bb pin if u r serious.

first of all no adverts on this section. Secondly 1.4 million for naija used 2005 civic? Lmao. With that money I will buy a tokunbo 2004 Honda accord lx, or Toyota big daddy. Or I can add 200k and buy a very sound 2005 accord ex top of the line.

Car Talk › Re: Mercedes Benz C200 W202 Vs Honda Accord Ex I4 by elektra80: 8:47am On Jul 28, 2013

omowaleit: Thank. Your words of advice noted. What diqualifies honda, for me,is the fear of possible of front wheel gonig off.

front wheel going off on baby boy is just an exaggeration. Ok Honda frnt wheels go off more than any cars but its not as bad as u put it. And I have never seen a 2002 baby boy when go off.

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