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freshvine:
Gazzuz, you don dey enter me I am your best buddy o.

gobuchinny:
This is just the truth bro. The whole truth. Emphasis on GOOD.

freshvine:
My survey is pure academic exercise as I explained but thanks you know the prices for those brands are artificial and not universal interest.

freshvine:
Majority of us wonder why imported used Japanese cars are exorbitant and inordinately expensive and this quagmire instilled the passion to conduct a research to unravel this situation.

I have read repeatedly on this forum and other fora where contributors argued that the high demand of this Japanese technology is what drives it cost as it corresponds to the law of demand and supply but somehow they're right but not entirely so. Anytime a car of today, Lexus, Honda came up for auction, you see Nigerian dealers diving the brand like a dog on a heat. They try to outdo themselves and before you know it the price of the particular car skyrockets. Here 5 to 10 Nigerian car dealers competing to outdo each other like a bazzar promotion and by the time it gets to Nigeria, we bear the brunt of their insensitivity. They hardly bid for the American cars and other renown brands but Toyota gives them hard ons.

My post may not proffer or address the issue but let it be known that we're architect of our collective misgiving and not neccesarily demand and supply in the larger context hitting the prices of Japanese cars to the rooftops.

I took my survey to popular car auction sites and discovered it's only Nigeria car dealers that make these cars expensive particularly the Toyota brands.

Alfred74:
I understand now, I will contact you on WhatsApp. Do you give vehicle warranties?

Yourbest:
Please what's the cheapest price for 255/15 R19 ? .. Kindly confirm price and availability

Alfred74:
Kindly DM your location if vehicle is in Lagos. I hope your price is negotiable.

seyema:
Maybe more deals like this will be better. People are broke to afford tokunbo

Anchor84:
Very Very Clean I must Say...Thanks and Nice doing Business with based on the Reg 05 Corolla Deal

ClitRaider:
Gazz baba, what's the price?

Inception:
Oga what are u even saying?
First of all, let us not shift the goal post. In your earlier post, you mentioned a 2008 Toyota camry now you are mentioning a Lexus ES350.

The camry 4 cylinder does not have a magnetic clutch. The Lexus compressor has.
It is in the event of a compressor lock up that the pulley of the Camry's 2AZ compressor shears off and becomes freewheeling to avoid drive belt damage.

That of the Lexus is a bit more complicated in that the lock sensor instructs the AC amplifier to disengage the magnetic clutch.

And in this diagnosis here, we are talking of an obvious compressor failure! ( after checking all the trouble areas you have identified there)

Now to the justification of using a relay, remember that I earlier said that it is the solenoid that is connected to the ac amplifier DIRECTLY. ,this is to first of all fool the amplifier that all is well with the compressor circuit. The relay ( connected to the solenoid also) only acts as a switch to get current from the battery( or alternator) to power the magnetic clutch. My argument here is that though this is workable, it is not optimal for the engine management system.

The 'practical and English' here is simply the huge cost difference between the OEM VDC compressor and the FDC ( far cheaper) compressor


Gazzuzz why you dey run from this matter?

sacramento1212:
Oh! Okay.

I'm only even approximating as i don't even know what else might be replaced inside. Only added estimated cost of transmission fluid plus may be minor expense.

mychelyte:
Let me tell you their secret! It's the riders that are extorting customers, this is what they do;
Once you order a ride,immediately he spoke with you on phone to ask of your location, he will immediately clicked that he had reached the pickup location and passenger picked,of which he may be far from you sef,so they will be calculating duration and distance from the moment he clicked passenger picked up, till he reach you then take you to your destination. They do that so that their own share of the money they charged you will be high..because they are already calculating your charges from the moment he said passenger picked up.

Anytime you order for a ride and the app notify you just immediately after the rider called you but he has not gotten to where you are,call the customer care/service and ask them to cancel the order for you! Then you can place another order.

That's what they do.