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lomomike: ROFLMAO! Na now I go back go read the whole write up and I discover why everybody is laughing the laugh of their life. I can't help but laugh at peugeot mechanic most prolly 404 pickup mechanic inflicting injuries with his claws to bring death to your car, TREVNOC from injector to carburettor and other stuffs. Kai. Abeg I can't hlp but laugh now im havin stomach pains, painful cheeks and jaw, and watery eyes. Its been a while I had such a good laugh.

seeing myself on that situation was like magic. people couldn't believe their eye that me can fall so cheap lie that. i guess it was my fancy for big cars that lead me to it. there sme situation you find yourself which calls for questioning it will be as if you are a baby. i don't blame when someone make mistakes but what the way out.?

i only search for the engine in benin , although someone from benin only make contact to logas, i think in ladepo as you say but no way. what i wound have done is to park the car atleast, but no, well that is not my field that why it happens that way.. my eye was later open when i understand that that mechanic was only destroying my car. that motor was walking with sensor everywhere. there is computer at the dashboard which i then understand is not for a roadside mechanic, its been done by computer.

i wonder how someone didn't get hurt on seeing that car. thats a terrible accident... well anyway. KIA as it is don't have value in the market. no body with is right mind will buy that car hoping to repair, you best belt atleast to get quick money for this car. just sell it as scrap. there are people who buy scrap and then busher it for spear parts. they will buy this car with some amount of money. do not repair or think to sell for someone who will repair. the only option on seeing that highly damage car is to busher as spear parts.

my 2 kobo

thank you.

sultaan: Why will you need an engine in a new car?

the engine is dead before i buy the car. i didn't buy it new. i was trick and convince to buy this car

samwash: Hello guru's in d house. I hv a similar problem wit my laptop keyboard,bt in my case d keys are perfectly working but whenever i switch on my laptop,i hear an alarm sound 4rm d laptop.Sum1 told me dat my keyboard is fauty,could dis b true? House!! wots d solution to this problem?

yes, sure its keyboard that make such sound, to confirm that, remove your keyboard and switch on.

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MTN Night Internet, N2,500 (text 102 to 131)

attached picture is the same type and color of my passat 2.0.

If only you knew what I went through with my first car in 2008; mistake of a lifetime, it put me in great pain and losses. Let me tell this story. I had a Passat 2.0 in the year 2008.

I went through [hell] with the engine and gear box, when I intended to procure a new engine but could not find the engine in the Nigerian market not even in Lagos, as the car was not popular then, so I was advised by the engine seller to buy another engine (Audi A4) for conversion. He told me it would work and will be even cheaper that the original engine. He said he would recommend one of his mechanics to do it for me.

One of my friends said, “no, it’s better for us to use our mechanic in a situation like this, someone we know.” He told me, “this ibo man can do some tricks on us all the way just to sell market”, so we contacted the mechanic we knew. The useless mechanic, after examining the engine, told me that the engine would work in the Passat 2.0.

I paid for the engine and we picked it from the mechanic workshop. During that process, I was buying one thing after the other. I was running up and down all over the place, forces to buy so many things, all costing thousands and thousands.

That is when I started hearing of deferent names in motor engines. The painful part was that the money was not chicken change for me - it cost me hard earned money. My main reason for fixing the car was to sell it ASAP but it then turned out to be worthless.

So, let continue. After the mechanic finally sat the engine after spending several days and emptying my pocket, he then ‘discovered’ that there was a wire cable that comes out from the brain box which connects to the engine and opens the injector to pump fuel and there was nowhere to fix that on the new engine. After about 99% completion! I was like “wow!” - I was almost mad at that point. I asked the mechanic “what is the way out?” He said there is nothing he could do.

Then we had to discuss what to do. Someone came up with an idea to put in a carburetor at this point. I was completely tired of the car my mind at that point was to abandon the car in the mechanic workshop, but some other people advised and encouraged me to convert to a carburetor engine, saying they are even better than injector engines. I never wanted a carburetor engine because they are noisy, but there was no other choice for me at that time.

So I decide to do that. At that stage I had been forced to spend money I didn’t budget for at all. I was even afraid to continue - my leg was shaking while spending but I used bottles of beer to console myself..

To cute the story short, I bought the carburetor and the mechanic cute the injector pipes and gave it to the guy to install the carburetor into it. During this process I was still made to buy many different things just to seat the carburetor. I bought a new battery and they asked me to buy a new brain box to construct this. I was charging batteries every day, even renting more. Whenever the motor refused to start, it killed batteries very quickly.

Later, they finished with the carburetor construction and the motor indeed started, but with some noise. The mechanic said the engine was noisy because it was newly fixed, but after some time, it would be normal. However, when the mechanic sat the carburetor and everything in the engine, the bonnet could not be locked anymore . There wasn’t even any space for such act since the motor was not designed for carburetor. At this news I almost fainted because I had spent hundreds of thousands for all this nonsense.

I left the car there to face other things, but my mind couldn’t get away from that scene because it was so painful, and heartbreaking for me. Then one of my friends contacted another ‘good’ mechanic. I used the word “good” because he said the guy is good and the best Volkswagen mechanic he has known. He explained everything to the mechanic and asked, “what is the way out?” The mechanic suggested that we should reinstall the former engine and that we should ‘rise’ the engine. He said we would have to manage it until we found the right engine and the money was available for it.

When me friend contacted me and told me what his mechanic said, I said to him “what?? Spending more money on that blood sucking car? Is it the engine we have thrown and abandoned?” I told him I was not ready for this. “As you can see, I am just trying forget about that car for good, and here you are coming up with this again?”

He then begged me to try what he just told me. He said that he believed in that mechanic. I said, “the motor currently is with the other mechanic, so what do we do?” He said both of them should fix it. I then said, “ok. How much it gone cost me to ‘rise’ this engine? They did the calculations, and it was a few thousands of naira. So I gave him the money and said him, “I am counting on you. I want to hear on the phone that the car is working and can be driven.

However, at this time I contacted the man who sold the engine to me to explain the whole thing. The man said that my friend’s mechanic was not a good mechanic. He first advised that we use his mechanic ( bla bla and all that) I told him that will return back the engine - that we are not using it anymore - though the mechanic had tampered with so many things in the engine (cutting the injector pipes and all that,) He then said he had to take a look at the engine before he could say anything.

Now back to the rising issue, my phone kept ringing with requests for money to pay for more things. I said “what about the statistics you guys gave me earlier?” They said the extra just to buy some minor things which were not on that list. I said “okay here is money.”

After everything, the car was moving like something with no power and jacking when moving. It would stop and overheat within 5 minutes of driving. At this time the mechanic charged me 45,000 naira for all this rubbish. He said he had been working on my car for almost 2 weeks now, and had not done any other work. I said, “but you can see the condition of this car at present, that there has been no improvement.” He said that’s no business of his, as he had “repaired” my car.

I almost got some men to beat him up. Some of my guys wanted to even put this guy on their boot and take him away, I just had to beg and make peace, because I saw everything as my fault and my eyes were now wide open. I paid the mechanic 25,000 naira and took the car away.

My only option was to sell this car. The question was, “who with his right senses would buy this car?” Some guys advised me to go and park this car, and just patiently wait until whenever the engine was available. Then I could fix it, complete with a jack box. I said, “no I can’t keep this car any more. The only way is to sell it to car “busher” to dismantle it for spare parts. The Igbo men there priced it too cheap, so I eventually sold it to back to the same man who I bough the engine from, for very little money.

That was the end of my baby passat 2.0 experience.

what is your location and state please? 150k cash after inspection.

guy make we nor talk too much. i go busher the car sall the body as part. if you go sell 20k

goat leg: Our good hearts and prayers will catch him up soon, and we shall all share the joy on this site.

you are still talking . anyway maybe you have more than a enough to throw a away. God has His ways of punishing people. people like this guy cannot help a beggar for just 100naira. i know of people like this. i am very sure you are not far from one. but how come your username is goat leg. got me thinking. if you know what is good or you better change your username name and phone number because you are already a target and prone to attack or danger. my 2kobo

owolabie: come and pay 580k

which state are you?

you go hail, you go fear. if nor run. i go run. bomb is about to explode. take cover. i repeat take cover ;d ;d

600k?

Alex Powell: You can write the procedures in this topic.

not for free bro. it's stressful not so easy to explain here. i will have to put you on messenger to direct you on every click. when you are ready to pay de let me know.

how can he think he can use presidency power to chase every one into hidden>

noise makers

where is your location. i am in benin

what is wrong with thus car? any problem?

100k if serious and no any problem i can come i pick it from where you reside, i hope there is no problem bro.

hey guys in the house, now i can categorically say that the keyboard is 100% confirmed working. since then no any problem or such from the keyboard, working perfectly and has not failed me again. can you image most engineer cannot even trace this problem earlier? they all say reformatting and all that. how i wish i knew of this before changing the keyboard. now this thread should be closed. problem solved.

maybe i am

ok bro. i mean which is more cheaper to maintain

Which car model & parts have the cheapest & easiest cost to maintain in Nigeria

I mean Buying a car is one thing and Maintaining it is another issue, one need to consider the maintaining cost before jumping into a car.

This are the only way one can have the best out of a car after adopting a good maintains culture.

Now which are the cars product and model that are cheap and affordable to maintain in Nigeria,


the main parts like.

1, cost of complete engine, half and top, and block
2, cost jack box auto and manual
3, cost of carburetor and injector
4, body parts like doors, boot. Burnent and bomber
5, and other heavy and minor parts issue as well.


When one mention a car what comes to mind is a convenient car which has little or more brand and swag in town. Like Camry and Honda and few others.

Now experts in the house what is the most cheap and easy to maintain car that has some little efexy atleast,

This thread is going to be interesting and I hope the comments are coming soon.

Thank you

What is the cheapest techno Android Smartphone running on this spec?

1. OS Android Jelly beans. 4.2
2. 3G-4G Internet Network
3. Keypad button QWERTY
4. WIFI, HOTSPOT, Bluetooth Internet enable connectivity
5. 5-8 MP back Camera and 2-3 MP front Camera (very sharp and clear)

That’s all.

Please also help with the possible cost.

have you use this phone TECNO Q1?
do you love this phone TECNO Q1?

is this phone running on OS 4.0 android?

what are the things you love about TECNO Q1?
and what are the things you dislike about TECNO Q1?


what are the common problem with TECNO Q1?
what are the disadvantage with TECNO Q1?

i am thinking of having one aleast, but need some clues,

thank you friends.

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subscribe for a day plan N100 which is 10mb. simple as that

how much you ganno pay?