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Hello! Kindly help look up this VIN...

WDBRF61J15F578708

Email is freezeyo@yahoo.com

Thank you.

I recently lost my 2007 Honda Accord (Borrowed a friend whilst I was outta town and he said armed robbers collected the car @ gunpoint bal bla bla) and I am on the verge of getting another car. However, the machine that has been on my mind is the 2006 Mercedes Benz E-350. Looking at the cars the dealers in America put up for sale I must say I am impressed with the cars appearance and performace reviews.

Further reviews I read however indicated that this car has a lot of electrical problem which takes weeks to resolve at times. The cost of maintenance also is kinda high with spark plugs (set of 6) alone going as high as 450 USD (NGN 72,000). Some even advised I get the VMI (Vehicle maintenance inquiry) document before comitting to buying any of these guys (E-350). I really do not mind maintenance costs, but I'd if the car is prone to such faults especially as it shall be doing a lot of mileage on Naija roads.

So, professionals in the house, y'all that have dealt with this car one way or the other. . . Please, what is your take on this? Is the car a good buy or am I setting myself up for plenty of worries ahead? Would you advise I go ahead or would it be wise to change lanes?

Thanks.

kilimanjaro: His father owns a private university in Osun state and several filling stations. His father is also the younger brother of the former Osun state governor.

So in English, it is YOUR Money as a Nigerian that makes the dad rich, savvy? Abi, what was he before the elder brother became the governor?

Driver: *Blares horn* Are you blind? Do you not see a car before trying to cross the road?
Pedestrian: Are you blind? DO you not see the Zebra crosssing?
Driver: Zebra Crossing? You are mad. Are you a Zebra?

There also was an helicopter crash somewhere in Osun state last year killing all three on board. The MD Bacita Group, her PA and the Pilot.

Keneking:
He needs to change police uniform
He needs to engage and register more informants
He needs to map territories so that people can know where to report to when there is an issue . Imagine not being able to be attended to when something happens in ogba. Area G usually refers one to Pen Cinema police station for such reports. There should be a locality map and general enlightenment as well.Area G command is sick
He needs to make his men's eyes to be white as most of them have red eyes even when not on duty
He needs to make his men do more overtime because of traffic in lagos especially in the evenings. Let them close at 10 pm shift daily.
He needs to change the furnitures at the stations as one can easily contact 'pashi pashi' i.e bed bugs
He needs to mount CCTV in the police stations to monitor his boys. When a car is recovered, the owners settles big time.
He needs to employ more beautiful women in the force
So far, his performance is still 7.5% and should be confirmed after one year in acting capacity.
This comments are fair, as I am sending it in the morning,

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Dejistic, do you have the storm 3? If you do, how much is it going for? Holla back!

Such a beauty cut down in her prime. RIP Damilola.

Villa out. . .
Messi to go next.

The manner with which Nigeria is being run under Goodluck's government will make a dead man want to come back to life, contest, win and put some sanity into Nigeria.
Goodluck is a mistake. He had no business at Aso Rock if you ask me. We shall all make our decisions come 2015.
Until then. . .

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Amended sir. Thanks for the observation.

Its already in the news. . .

http://lindaikeji..com/2011/11/blood-bath-in-sagamu-ogun-state-armed.html?m=1

This is hideous

Mehn!

That was some hilarious shizzle!

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Hi guys! Please lets vote for one of our own, Folasakin Iwajomo

Let us support him the way Naija is known to support her people

Let us bring this home to Naija… We can do it!!!!

http://mtvshuga.com/2011/11/mtv-shuga-talks-competition-final-three/

Vote Folasakin Iwajomo Please! Note: You can vote on the same system every two hours. Also, don’t forget to use phones, BBs, laptops, iPads, etc. Spread the word!

Thanks my friends!

Hi guys! Please lets vote for one of our own, Folasakin Iwajomo

Let us support him the way Naija is known to support her people

Let us bring this home to Naija… We can do it!!!!

http://mtvshuga.com/2011/11/mtv-shuga-talks-competition-final-three/

Vote Folasakin Iwajomo Please! Note: You can vote on the same system every two hours. Also, don’t forget to use phones, BBs, laptops, iPads, etc. Spread the word!

Thanks my friends!

Going by his antecedents, I  don't have any doubt in me that Mr Lamorde is going to be the worst EFCC chair ever. A product of the Nigerian Police can never be trusted. By the time Jona is through with this tenure, Naija would have been set back like 200 years, oloun.

Come o. . . How much does an aircraft cost that a complete airline with several aircrafts (isn't it?) are sold for $30m?

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Bros, I know lots of law firms that pay like 10k-15k NGN a month o.

jay bee:
I will do it for free

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Oga you no ask your question na. . .
Shebi im no ask question, True or False?

Fresh fish peppesoup
Chiken Suya
Big Stout

Wallie:
@freezy

With regards to giving the investors longer concessions, in my cursory search, I’ve not seen any infrastructure loan with a period of more than 15 years. Do you know of any bank in the world that gives out infrastructure loans for a period greater than 20 years, especially to African countries?

Is the concession country Nigerian? Maybe they do not have the pedigree to handle such projects yet.

Japan has been known to grant home loans as much as 40 years and there has been tal of loans that go as much as a hundred years. Errr, what is the average tenure of Morgages in the UK these days? Well, a school of thought says those are morgages anyway

In granting loans, the higher the risk, the shorter the tenure. African countries are high risk, thus the short tenure.

Wallie:
Apology accepted.

Private guys are not mandated to buy new rail cars because their business model won’t support it. You also have to realize that the private individuals involved are responsible for maintaining the rail cars.

With regards to MARTA, I’m also certain that their facts are different. For example, you can refurbish a 1985 Honda Accord or refurbish a 2002 Honda Accord, but each of them will have a different life span. I’m not saying the Toronto trains are newer but I don’t know if they’re not and they may even be a different brand entirely.

I wasn’t talking about the aircraft as you only used that to buttress your point. And I wasn’t literally talking about your cars; I only used it to explain a metaphor. For example, why not just buy your own private jet on your own private island instead of taking a commercial airplane? Surely, your private jet will allow you to better manage your time.

My boss does just that and one day, I should,   God willing.

C'mon, don't be such a bore. . .  I understood you metaphor and you ought to have seen that I was just being a cynic. Of course, if you could get the cost of rail cars, you'd sure have the capacity to get the cost of an aircraft.
Since this is a public forum, we all are entitled to our opinions. Mine is, with proper planning, nothing stops us from buying new cars. Are you aware that government funding helped MARTA complete the rail project? In proper environments, such projects are not done in isolation but alas, this is Naija.
I believe in tackling issues in a wholistic view. Without proper planning (which include mitigating every form of corrupt practice), new or old rail cars will never come to light. If the stupendous resources this country has is not being shared by a few, buying new rail cars will be the least of our problems. I'm sure manufacturing companies will give it out and tell us to pay at our convenience. . .  A business contnuity plan for them.

@ Wallie. My apologies. I take it back.

No. I am not laying blame. I said with proper planning, brand new cars can be bought without much ado.
If the private guys are coming up with the funds for purchase of the cars, why not mandate them to buy new ones and be given a consession for a longer amount of time?
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transport Authority (MARTA www.itsmarta.com) refurbished each train car in 2009 at a cost of about $250k. However, those cars will do a maximum of 15 active years, with a lot more maintenance than new ones will ever require.

As per links to cost for an aircraft, simply type cost of an airbus on www.google.com search and you'll see them costs.

My car? Lets not go there. There is no need to show off. I'll just say God has been kind to me concerning that aspect

kulutempa:
First there were no trains or any form of mass transit in a city of at least 15 million people.  Now the state government takes the initiative of placing an order for refurbished trains to move hundreds of thousands of people round the city everyday, and you are still complaining that the trains are not brand new.   Mister man,  would you rather have no trains than second hand ones?  Just asking.

Mediocrity. At its peak.

Learn not to settle for second best. Always settle for the best.
Note that I am not complaining. I am putting that here for record purposes. I only said we could have done much better. Refurbished trains according to research have a lifespan of about 15 years. New ones do have more than 50.

Lemme go further still. . . Please compare the Indian, Korean and other formsof buses we have as our BRT to the London Bus.
You begin to get what I'm talking about little by little

Wallie:
To people complaining about the trains being Tokunbo, do you think Nigeria (not even Lagos) can afford new trains? Look at the cost of the trains attached below. Each new train will probably cost between $3m-$4m and about 250 are needed, which will bring the overall cost of just the trains to $750m - $1 Billion.

Then add in the cost of about $9 million per Kilometer for the infrastructure.

http://www.railway-technical.com/finance.shtml

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Arrant nonsense.
A single Tokunbo Airbus costs as much $100m. Some single individuals have no qualms in aquiring  large number of such machines with the intention of owning an airline. Some already do. Some are about to.
And who on earth says the payments for such are to be made at a single go? The cost of the attendant infrastructure is the same, either new or Tokunbo. Why not buy new cars?
Proper arrangements with manufacturing companies wil make BRAND NEW TRAINS available in no time.
You buy in Canada, refurbish in USA and Ship into Naija. I'll keep this figures and we'll compare to figures declared spent when operations begin. If resources are properly allocated for the past God know how many years of misappropriation, we'd have more than enough to buy new trains all over again.

While I am not running down Governor Fashola's attempts, Tokunbo train cars are not our Uhuru. The old saying goes. . . "Anything worth doing AT ALL is worth doing well".
We are so used to being troden over that we have begun celebrating forms of mediocrity.

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Ha Egbon, e ma gbo iye ti won ni awon ra ni aipe yi o

Unfortunately, stuff like assets, share capital, paid up capital, etc have been clearly defined. SLS' "bull in a chinashop" approach is responsible for all this. There is definitely a much better way of managing arising situations such as this without allowing the stock market to plummet the way it did.