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cecegorz:
Let me just write out the invoice of the total cost of parts and service charges, since I can't upload the pix:

1. Valve oil seal - 3,400
2. Valves - 12,000
3. Top gasket - 17,500
4. Engine oil - 5,600
5. oil filter - 1,500
6. Plugs (6) - 6,000
7. Surfacing of cylinder - 7,500
8. Sealant gum - 600
9. Valve cup - 1,000
10. Reconstruction of the 3 Cats by panel beater - 15,000
11. Workmanship - 25,000

Total cost - 100,000

P.S
The number 10 is based on what nisiparts nissparts explained as Alternative 2 in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/951734/explaining-catalysts-catalyst-codes

you cannot re construct a cat converter, and howcome your car has three, what make and model?

Mayor78:
It appears the price is coming down, I bought N2,050 @Onitsha yesterday.
As distributors resorts to hoarding over fear of escalating forex creating artificial scarcity and price hike, savy and shrewed builders resorts to adjusting speed and rescheduling project take off, the shylock hoarders has and will still have no choice than to open their warehouse thus causing price to start climbing down.
Bulk storage of cement over time cost money. Let them hoard, and we will remain in our mud house afterall we were born and thrived well in it.

Mud house bwaaahahahahaha

Jesusloveyou:
that is why i refer to ipods as flat heads, what did gej do when oil were $120, he share d money to his cronies, he also share reserve,swf and ECA, pmb help him to settle his outstanding subsidy scam, fertilizers subsidy scams, contractors, bailout pdp states. etc. just within a year

nah shared the money amongst the governors, question for you, what did your own state governor then do with his own share, I know what mine did

Businessideas:
We ain't selling NLNG. Rather bring in more competitors like government is doing with the refineries. Dangote isn't a saint when it comes to how we got into this mess. He's among the major financier of the pdp and got returns on his investment even at the detriment of the nation.
Our primary reason for getting into this mess was because GEJ government stole the nation dry and made no investment or saved up for the rainy day.

I hope you remember when few govt took the then Fg to court to share the loot, my question for you is, what did your own state govt do with his share

femarse:
from 2007 to 2014 oil price varies from $90 -$110 PB and with much more production and huge sales Nigeria is able to build a structure that is over reliant on importation huge and peaceful production comes from the annesty granted to the niger Delta youth kidnap and bombing of oil workers and oil facilities reduce significantly during Jonathan period I want you to know that each of those miscreants youth were been paid #150k per month doing nothing just because the oil is from their land tell me how many one of them have u seen today who u can point to and say the annesty is truly a successful program many of those youth are now gainfully involve in non oil economic activities as a result of that heft payment on a monthly basis even few bsc holder earn that in a month instead the moment the payment stop during pmb time they go back to carry gun and bomb does that means we should forever be paying them is that a wise decision ? which driving nation is paying miscreant just to produce in peace
while gej has good years with him to create this economic that relies on importation you don't expect the transition to exportation to take 4 month do you?? so get it straight if we are to get off this current woes the right policy is to make foreign consumer goods more expensive than locally made goods
that type of plan don't happen in a year or two and citizen will suffer during this transition but when you want to pass exam you don't go around playing ball every where and expect to pass u sit down and sacrifice your playfulness for reading so u can pass this is the time to suffer for tomorrow even if it never turn out well now let it turn out for tomorrow generation look at it yourself if gej actually did well everyone will not desert him almost every major PDP member run to APC towards the election because PDP was failing it was obvious they are sending us to our grave okonjo will be telling us stupid grammar by now that's what she is know for ,see billions in dollars everywhere in private pocket (dansuki etc ) that was consummated during jonathan times , how do u recover from such a looted economy like that in two years ? even in four years ? how ? especially when the main cash cow is now drain so much disease this is something that will not disappear tomorrow we all have to endure it till it last anybody telling you anything else is saying trash let them get there and they will tell u how buhari has spoil the economy they too will not do anything that is why we must follow this govt so that there can be consistency in the policy there is no bad policy it's lack of consistency that kills them

Everything you said made sense untill your last few sentence, you seriously think the problem we now have is the looting of the past govt but not the current state of our economy due to non performance? was this not same ideology sold to us by the FG?
corruption can never be eradicated as far as there is politics, the live side by side but can be managed how you do that depends on the policies and those employed to pass them.Have you checked howmuch a senator earn? compared to that of the ones from the US??corruption is within those that are meant to fight it so its a lose battle in that regards.what we want is for teh FG to make life bearable for the man on the street.Global demand and supply affects our ability to get FX agreed but how does this affect our FG creating an easy ground for investors to thrive?

Ndolarr:
The naira will improve relative to the dollar if we can do the following: parallel market operators are integrated into the mainstream such that their transactions are documented and tracked. This will help to curb those with huge stolen naira from spiking the rate anyhow. Also, all invoices for importation of goods, including petroleum products, must be scrutinized properly to curb capital flight which I suspect is happening now. Further, serious cultural and music carnivals such as Ojude Oba festival in ijebuland, Ogun State, must be organized monthly till next year Easter with massive publicity to attract massive tourists. This will bring in forex while creating quick jobs for local artisans. Our foreign embassies can help in selling this idea overseas. Moreover, an AMCON specially for the aviation industry must be created to take over the debts of airlines which will be repaid later gradually on the condition that some of them merge to reduce operational cost. A vibrant aviation sector is needed immediately to bring in foreign tourists and investors. Also, different diaspora associations must be engaged to organize Nigerians abroad to increase remittances home in addition to subscribing to diaspora bonds for investment purposes such as government's 40% equity holding in discos, and gencos and other critical national assets. Finally, massive campaign is needed to stem our taste for foreign goods and food items, including holidays abroad and adverts on international media!

All waht you said are well and good on paper, but in practical tuff, 9ja is a hard one to crack
Do you know what the BDC guys have done ? they now have Agents in London,all I have to do is pay £££ to thier agents in London ,pay the service charge and they BDC in turn pay Naira equivalent to my bank in Nigeria.so when i am coming to 9ja I have no need to bring £,its already in my bank in local currency.So you see why remittance would not help in that sense.sense. What the FG needs to do is follow the Chinese footstep, reduce taxes in Export or do away of %70 of it, but ofcos customs Boss will not agree.What u said is step in the right direction but people who are working under these establishments meant to power the economy are wicked and greedy and would not let this be.

Ezechinwa:
Anybody who doesn't wish for the better of Nigeria is a fool indeed, tell me, you like hearing news about people losing their jobs right? or prices of food stuff increases right? or do you live in another planet?

praying for the Naira to keep falling is a demonic prayer and selfish one for that matter that's why she a fool.

mind you, the lands and properties you say also increase in terms of cost so it still makes no sense

In America, you cannot spend Naira but dollar so she still has to change it in fact even more than the amount she bought the naira. so it still makes no sense.

I will pardon ur Ignorance to a limit,
In every bad situation there are those benefiting, Read up how the Rotchilds came to be the bankers of the world after the world war
I can see you are still young but that's not an xcuse for lack of knowledge
the so called BDC and Banks are praying and fasting for the Dollars to increase you are here dreaming
Land appreciate with development around it, something that is scarce these days.

Now since you are still going on about spending Naira and Dollars
check this
I come from America with $2000 land 9ja change it to naira all of it, now i want to go back to the USA, why would I change my balance naira to $?? TELL ME WHY

femarse:
another dullard

quickly grab your phone since u have free data and head to Google then come back here to tell us the price of crude oil from 1999-2007 2007 -2015 and 2015-2016

so u mention the price during Obasanjo time mention it during the current govt time and u left aren't you forgetting something
during GEJ time what was the price ??

but this was the time we gained headway, so waht happened 2 weeks after that? cos from last I checked it tool less than 4 months from that era to this era

femarse:
it is because majority of ur kind have the highest number in population that's why we are where we are common sense is not after all common it's very scarce and only few of us have it

in GEJ time there was oil boom inshort there have always been oil boom it's from this record sales that Nigeria is able to supply excess dollars into the domestic market so much the price can be maintain but since last year there is oil recession foreign companies are no longer buying Nigeria oil cos it's even more cheaper in some other countries. have u seen Indonesia ? they are lining up to buy everything cos of there over dependent on oil, now that the oil excess money is gone Nigeria can no longer sustain the steady supply of that dollars which is the reason why Govt decided to remove her hand and everyone to look for dollars anywhere they can get it what it means is there is high demand because we are over reliant on everything imported and short supply of USD because we practically export nothing other than the oil If u had stay in class during your economics session in ss1 u would have understand what is happening under the law of demand and supply rather than say it was not like that under GEJ times

what about countries without OIl?

Ezechinwa:
She's just a fool.. if I bring a $10000 to Nigeria and exchange it at the rate of #1000 to a dollar, then when I want to travel back to the same America to get more , I will change it back at an higher rate....

she's a fool cause, it will affect both the rich and also the poor. even Dangote the richest black man has lost billions in terms of value due to this crazy exchange rate.

Zombies blaming Jonathan should remember that when Buhari took over power he spent more time travelling from one country to another forgetting his Nation is on fire.

The way Nigeria is going, it is better one travel out and start a new life, cause its a pity how first class citizens are treated like visitors in our nation.

Guy why calling her a FOOl when you failed to reason out of the BOX? people coming into the country with teh greenbacks do not need to change the naira back to dollars when they leave? they buy stuff with it ie lands? cars? solves the problems of thier immediate families and go back empty handed to look for more dollars to do the same thing all over again
So as you can see you put 4ward the wrong argument, if your argument was about the buying power of teh green back after been xchanged to Naira on Nigerian soil then your argument would have been plausible.She can tie her Money to landed properties and buy cheap properties.From last I checked, the cost have Land has never depreciated.

metallisc:
those designs there are the real deal! no unnecessary waste of materials. The problem with nigerians is the crowd mentality... someone(probably a rich and influential person) builds a house surrounded by pillars and that becomes the standard for everybody because they want to appear rich as well. If you calculate the amount of materials used for the pillars, you find out that it will be enough for a two bedroom bungalow .
you see some crap called residential houses and the owners are saying the build cost 50million and you are looking at it and wondering where the 50million went. people should learn to explore options through independent thinking and research!

Well the ramification of your post is that we all stick to what we term relatively moderate or same/norm
nah brov, different folks different taste,
The Mayor of London wants to build a Garden bridge across the Thames, when we need a bridge across the Thames to replace the woolwich crossing.When questioned both past and present mayors claimed it will bring investment to the town, its something new and fantastic, people would always like to use it as a yard stick to do something more appealing.
All I'm trying to say is, it is always good to do something new and innovative and things that are new and innovative DO NOT COME CHEAP.

eghosajohnny:
Now a clear break down of foundation @1.8m

Blocks 1,200 @200=240k
Granite 30tons=. 140k
Sharp sand 2trucks=100k
Cement 120bags @2,200=264k
Laterite 15trucks @20k=300k
16mm 1/2ton=65k
12mm 1/2ton=65k
10mm 20pieces@1,100=22k
Soft sand 1truck@40k=40k
Plumbing=70k
Labour =250k

Total 1,820,000

This will guide you in your foundation supervision can be agreed by both you if you need someone on ground.

Oga I do not mean any harm,but would like to point out that Im building as we speak, I bought 30tone granite full load @N240K Jan this year @ PH
yesterday I bought 16mm @2350 in PH
labour to lay one block is N70 so 1200,block works alone would gulp N84K
excavation of 1metre is 500-700, well since you have a plan from baba God via the Op do the maths

isaadamsy:
what makes Jonathan a hero? he lost the election and he had to leave like every other loosers.. abeg ooo stop that kind talk jare

Nahh I think people do not give up when they lose election, the cancel it, JUne 12 comes to mind.

zikter:
don't you get it? efcc is prosecuting those who have links to the acct base on paper evidence of which mama has none. ok, present documents that show she owns the acct to us here. if she laying claim to the money, then it her duty to prove ownership and not that the efcc will start prosecuting someone they don't have evidence against. that will be witch hunting that you are talking about.

I do not think she is the owner of teh Money.

what is worth doing is worth doing well, the EFCC says these money where proceeds of theft, fine, where is the paper trail to back the theft claim.I recon this woman is trying to help some thieves hence she is coming out to own up to money she has no receipt of.subsequently the EFCC can not arraign her.But telling us the owners of the companies pleaded guilty is not enough, we would like to see them go to jail, this ongoing system by the EFCC of asking people to plead guilty then leaving them to go free is amounting to a smear campaign against the opposition in these trial times.I have never heard anywhere in the world where you steal,return and set free.
I would also like to think teh EFCC would have clear evidence of theft to bring against these companies,cos from what I am sensing if we read carefuly the guilty Pleas was for laundering the money not stealing the money,wont that be a different case all together?
QQuestions
When the case of the theft be brought to court
When would the 4 who pleaded guilty have thier day in court

ferdison:
these business people should try and have little sympathy for Nigerians....
Must everything increase....?

Cost of parts increased so they must pass it unto the consumers

SenatorJames:
Ladies must not say yes to every tom dick and harry but must reject proposal politely.

there are two factors at play here dating and marriage
of what use is it to date a guy for 5 years and reject his marriage proposal ?
Is one year not enough for a y2k girl to know the guy ain't fit for her?
As a girl after the reject then what ? Date another guy for another 5 years ?
A guy at 50 can still get married to a 30 year old but what can U say about the 45 year Old girl ? Chances are slim
my advice to Girls if U can't marry him do not date that long

mavverick:
Cement prices are still high o.
Last batch i bought for N2,150 and i enquired today again, its still same price. In a recession, usually spending is down and money is scarce, but this nija version is touching o. Everything has gone up in price, even cost of labour also, workers are complaining about the high cost of living, and its true.

Yet I still see properties being advertised for billions, our engineers/contractors/suppliers, what is the actual situation on the ground ?

As we speak I bought for 2200 in PH
no B small thing

Tsongz:
*thinking**** which kind blindfold them take tie ur eyes??
PERSON STEAL MONEY AND THEY CAUGHT HER RED HANDED YOU DEY TALK TRASH.... LET THEM CATCH THOSE U MENTIONED UP THERE RED HANDEDLY MAKE WE KNOW THE NEXT STEP

Can I ask you something.can a person who has a l bank worth $150 in today's money? ?

dimieprincess:
Children of hatred just polluted this thread, hating a woman that had the first community bank in Rivers State in the 70s when Amaechi and his likes were still house boys or trekking from Boro Kiri to winpe junction

Did she

cecegorz:
I just had an experience with my car last week, and I thought to share for people to update their knowledge.
This experience cost me about a 100k only.

The car had never stalled in about 2 years since I bought it, only goes for regular maintenance services, so when I noticed it stalling on that Tuesday morning, I didn't hesitate to take it to the mechanic, amidst dying and restarting a couple of times along the way.

The mech first scanned the ECU and came up with codes about the catalysts, ignition coils and injection systems clogging, started by servicing the injection, changing coils and plug and yet no respite. So he lifted the car, went under and saw the whole exhaust system red hot as the engine was running, so he dismantled the whole stuff and discovered the 3 catalytic converters has been blocked, thus the engine couldn't breathe!
That was what put the whole system under pressure with collateral damages in the engine.

Consequently, engine got a cracked valve, bad gaskets and all.
Ultimately, the car spent 1 week in the shop and dug a 100k hole in my wallet.
I have uploaded the receipt of spare parts bought and replaced for mechanics in the house to review.

The whole of ur Ignition coil can not go bad in one go plus there are simple test to check for that as well
Which of the gasket did you say was bad?

your mechanic finish you nor B small,3 cat converters??

STJAM:
My dear please do not allow anyone to deceive you 16 milions is not enough to complete 5 bedrooms duplex consider the high inflation with the cost of building materials in nigeria at moment. [color=#000099][/color].

See my ongoing project at Obada Oko ABEOKUTA, 5 bedrooms bungalow inluded all the facilities i.e 5 bedrooms big size, 1 big sitting room, 1 children/family sitting room, box room, laundry room, waiting room, 3 bancoly, kitchen, store and dining room. Despite using 9 blocks throughout security door completed, buglary completed, window alluminum frame done, sockaway digged and casted, electrical conduit piping completed, plumber conduit pipe laying completed so fa so good I HAD SPENt ROUGHLY total 4.6MILLIONS to the level its now.

I am budgeting 4 to 5 millions for the finishing. Pop ceiling, 5 pop pillar, toilet accessories, electrical fitting, plastering and German floor, tiles, kitchen items, painting, wooden doors. E t.c.

Compare it yourself bro.

Oga sorry Oh, but who ever made you build your foundation that Low need to be xcomunicated from you cos they just cost you a whole new palava with water, you needed at least 2 more coaches,If rain fall you are on your own there,u will never get a dry floor unless you do something quickly with ground work around the building, what you need do? check fru the property section and see how others cured this problem,BUT big BUT its going to cost you dearly.

Omonigeriarere:
Ignorance at its peak! Must someone owns 5m before he can become an investor? Is it only ordinary shares that are being trades in the market?

When talking of stock exchange appreciating, is this not an indication that investments including shares are appreciating indirectly?

U need to grow up without allowing your hatred for PMB to hinder you.

And you have to bring politics into it right, talking about growing up, how grown are you when you could not logically explain how this affects the man on the street which was my first question.To cover you ignorance you resulted to slime statements mayB you think everyone here buys MB to log on Nairaland.
I asked a very simple and basic question by using the common man as an example, the man who buys two cups of rice instead of a BAG,instead of you to give a reasonable argument you did what you know how to do best undermining other peoples opinion even though they are entitled to it.

Omonigeriarere:
Who are the stock brokers and investors you were referring to? So they are living in Pluto and not in the streets of Nigeria just because they are investors.

Commenting on the topic that are beyond your mental horizon is not by force.

YOu have to spill ur Ignorance for all to see right? howmany people in your street own shares of N5m?
Howmany people do you k now who recieve ROI on thier sahres since the vast majority of share holders are ordinary share holders?
I might be an Engineer but I am quite clued on with this
You are comparing shareholders (investors) to stock brokers in Nigeria where there are little or no regulation.

professore:
Also only fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the petrol, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your liter is not exactly a liter

The colder the ground the more dense the petrol,also when the truck just delivered,don't pump petrol as ur car may carry dirts,nice tips overall

with ur last statement, check why you got filters?

SONofYORUBA:
A car that's less than 2 years old shouldn't be having that problem. No need to shut his crap.

Imagine paying millions for that piece of crap.

Cars one day old will have problems if it's faulty . I have seen brand new BMW on the back of recovery truck b4.

rhymaster:
None of the brands you mentioned there breaks down in 2 years! After 200,000 KM, many of those car brands are still running and imported to Nigeria as Tokunbo! My fathers Peugeot 504/505 car ran for more than 20 years so what is the fo.olish comparison you are making? Those cars are tested in very extreme conditions especially an SUV? They are driven on desert soil, rocky, bumpy surfaces, collision tests, etc before being certified. Where does Innoson do ok these testing before selling their cars? While I support Innoson and recently advised a family member in Nigeria who wanted to spend a lot on a Toyota, I understand that quality is very important otherwise all the money spent is wasted!

You are a learner.this car on here broke down in the middle of the rd.The all mew Merc GLE 300
Any car will brake down of something is wrong . Fact is no car is perfect

Kposkila:
This should not be an excuse to en mass the country's wealth, Jona had opportunity to probe past leaders, enough of all these unneccssary sympathy, we retalking about the lives of over 160million ppl deprived of good health care, roads, jobs, many have died as a result of these thieving attitudes, who dem catch wen thief shud be prosecuted, but APC n PDP or any other party. That's why I like Asian countries!

But how we go take catch thief wen the Hunter sef nah thief previously and nah still thief now.??

amagunnerfan:
If only Igbos and the south south people will take their leaders accountable and stop the madness called "our son" this country will be better.

How on earth did that woman amass such wealth? And to cap it all some pauperised people will be on her defence. If truly she earned such money while put it in a proxy account? Why not on her own name.

Unfortunately I doubt she will be jailed but I am sure there will be forfeit. Buhari's past has successfully handicapped him. He knows he can't throw people in jail and he is seemingly keen not too but I am sure a lot of loot will be recovered.

see your mouth.since the birth of Nigeria the vast majority of rulers have been from the North . Now how has the Northern people held thier leaders to accountability . Look I'm not saying she is a saint but let the court do the needful . Do not forget she was not holding any public office and she has the right to do Biz.fine she might have used her position to gain due advantage but what's the difference with other close Biz people ie Dangote ? ?He alone enriched himself by sponsoring political parties and making sure the policies in place suites just himself . But it goes on in the whole world.

joey150:
I dunno what this indian man researched to write this... As clearly the much talked about fuel you'll save is very meagre.

But trust nigerians...nobody would oppose..you'll see how dense most people are.. They just accept anything take it as a fact and pass it on to the next person.

Do we not have objective or intellignet people? This APC and PDP thing have really rewired some peoples brain..because the thing inbetween their ears has gone rusty from lack of use.

No savings made write up is craaaap

mannobi:
First Good news about this government since 18months

How do this news help the man in the street ?
Won't it be stock brokers and investors whom are the winners here ?
The £ just shot to N528 today as we speak .
The value of comodity ain't going down.the only way is UP