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Conner44:
Oga calm down na, just agree that he won you in the debate that’s all

He went all caustic when I corrected him. Lol. It may interest 735i to know that blue colours are some of the most distractive colours at night and VW used the blue backlit instrument clusters in 90s-2000s. So they’re now wiser than the Japanese who decided to follow a natural white colour instrument cluster.
As much as we are here chatting and having fun, do not for once think that you’d try to bring up fallacies, and everybody will swallow these fallacies hook, line and sinker!

735i:
You should have noticed by now that I deliberately never quote you or respond to your quotes.

But I'm going out of my way to politely ask you to NEVER quote me when you choose to exhibit your typical immaturity.

Please, do NOT quote me again.

I'd rather have civil conversations with people who can conduct themselves in public.

Lol!

I’m done with the lame excuses bmw fan boys are trying to make

735i:
I'm slightly bemused at the comments here.

The orange lights in the interior of the BMW is a deliberate design to minimize eye fatigue during night driving.

In developed nations where road safety is a thing, driving all through the night is quite normal.

White interior lights will strain the eyes way faster than the orange lights used by BMW.

The Germans know this. That's why MB, VW and Audi won't do that tacky white lights you'd see in Japanese cars.

It's actually amusing to see people compare the lighting and ambience of a 5 series to a Camry. Smh.

2005 upwards Mercedes Benz used a shade of white instrument cluster. The top picture is from a W204, middle picture is from a 2012 Porsche Panamera and the bottom is from a 2015 bmw 7 series. It is safe to say bmw realized their silly error and switched to white abi?


It may interest you to know there is a brightness adjustment setting or knob in most cars for their instrument cluster.

Your excuse holds no water pls!

OBTMOS:
Trying to break into the market but that’s too much.
They should have made it 50% or 70% off!

It’s already very expensive running an airline business. Any slight discount may mean them going out of business soon

kingreign:
See 2005 Camry up and 2007 accord below. Maybe BMW should go learn how to make instrument cluster from the Japanese folks

This is what the fellow Germans are doing with theirs too.
Top is VW Passat 2006
Bottom is Mercedes E350 2006

Conner44:
Still ugly

why not highlight the numbers in the dials of the speedometer and rpm to be white and the needles to be the usual red?

Why red throughout? It’s not nice to the eyes at night I swear. Maybe it will need some getting used to but I’d rather have the bulbs for the dials changed to white or light blue

See 2005 Camry up and 2007 accord below. Maybe BMW should go learn how to make instrument cluster from the Japanese folks

Siberia01:

My dad's Peugeot 504 instrument cluster at night
Looked way better than the shity 2003 Camry and Corolla

You no get any legit yarn to yarn.

Antihelminth:
I've never really noticed that dash board lights thing .
But I remember driving cars like vw golf .vw toureg .opel zafira ,Honda Accord .Honda Element and sharan ..all had yellow lights on the dash .
I'm sure some Toyota have them .I've only driven some at noon .so I've never noticed .

People online are crazy tbh

Honda does white and blue mostly, VW does blue mostly, Toyota does White mostly

Na that stupid yeye South African spec Corolla and avensis Dey carry that orange gauge

Antihelminth:
I'm not too good with colours but that does not seem like yellow to me .
And you had to pick only the dash dash board lights to counter my point ok .

Wait I don vex you before ?

2011 BMW F10 5 series

Cc: conner44

Anawo13:
Good evening HONDA gurus,my 04 honda EOD gear doesn't select freely when the AC is ON but select freely without the AC. Help me out pls[color=#770077][/color]

Have a competent technician check it. Remote assistance or advise on this case is unavailable pls.

Antihelminth:
I think that orange back light and indicator
thing stoped at 2002 ..
And talking about yellow light on the instrument cluster .all cars I've driven and have come across have that yellow light if there's a fault .

Lies or you’re not updated on working on millennial bmws. Up till 2009 bmw still used that pesky yellow orange colour instrument cluster.


Yuck!

Inception:
make i park for here my 2006.5 Ford edge

Hahahahaha
That motor that has brought premium tears to owners eyes and humbled many kazeems

Antihelminth:
I'm talking about normal series BMW .only few normal series have them v8 etc .
And he wasn't talking about amg too .

So A V8, V10, v12 engine BMW is now an abnormal BMW series?

Wetin Okoro no go see for Okokomaiko!

olumzzz:
Oga mike, bmw is a luxury brand fah.
Just like one of the most reliable car brands lexus isn't used for commercial purposes

Isn’t Mercedes a luxury brand?
It’s used as a taxi in many parts of the world abs it fares very well.

RZArecta:
Change that your mechanic I beg of you. Search for kingreign here on Nairaland.

Thanks for the referral

Unruly7:
Good evening all
My Honda 2007 D indicator on dashboard is always blinking once the car is on driver
The issue started on Friday after I asked an electrician to check all the fuses in the car to make sure they all pass currents he removed all the fuse and use little naked wire to bridge all the fuse and suck them back.

I went to my mechanic and he said it’s my gear sensor that needs servicing after servicing the sensor and changing of gear oil, I start the car and the blinking stop at some point it started again, it seems the blinking comes on when the car is hot or so

My Gear selects well
Engine is sound

The 2 problems I’m having now is
1) the D blinking
2) once I’m on hold up with AC my car sounds as if it’s not getting enough fuel supply be sounding like it once to off. Like there’s a cut in fuel supply.

I’m in Abuja please what can you suggest because I want to take it to mechanic or electrician
I don’t even know.

07034581213
Mike

If bmw are truly worth the hype, why don’t commercial vehicle operators and fleet management use them like the way Japanese vehicles are used. Try using a BMW for bolt or Uber for 4months if it survives it, come tell me how much you spent on maintenance and let a bolt or Uber operator using a Corolla bring his own maintenance log book too!

Antihelminth:
A BMW looks better ..let's not get into the interior aspect of both cars lol ..you know that a Toyota is boring

Comparing a luxury sports with a midsized mid class family hauler is a new lowest level. Compare your shitty bmw with a Benz, Audi, Lexus, Acura, Infiniti Cadillac etc.

Fun fact, I was in 3 BMW WhatsApp group, and most comments were about how their cars broke down and always asking for prices of parts and also mechanics. It got to a stage where even the admin had to start using a toyota, I later discovered over 80% of the members of these group had toyota cars as daily drivers. Bmw fan my foot!
Bmw aficionado my ass!

Antihelminth:
Aesthetics

when it comes to looks BMW Trump's most cars of the same range and year., comparing both exterior and interior of any car

technology driven ..

BMWs have been at the fore front of most tech in cars .as far back as in 1987 they did away with the throttle cable ...the cars are usually packed with tech never seen before in the auto world .
for that reason alone .Nigerian auto electricians fear them lol .but you don't have to fear them since we now have scan tools and tech savvy technicians


Built Quality

bmw makes it a priority to create vehicles that are beautifully designed and don't skimp on the quality,
I don't want to call names but you would never have your dash board melting in the Nigerian sun.

I’d give you a shocker! A Range Rover dashboard cracks too, a Hyundai too, a lot of other manufacturers had defective dashboard from 2003-13. It’s not a toyota or Lexus exclusive thing.

Antihelminth:
That cla has a four cylinder front wheel drive .I'm sure it wouldn't consume fuel .people that can afford a 2015 car in Nigeria shouldn't be talking about fuel consumption to be honest .

I'll compare it to a BMW 3 series they are in the same class .although I doubt there's a 3 series with a front wheel drive .
Bmws always have four or six cylinder engine .

Bmws also have V8, V10, V12 engines too. Get your fact right pls

Antihelminth:
Nigerian used bmws are cheap ..


in Nigeria BMWs have this reputation of being the most unreliable car brand ..
everybody is afriad of buying one .because ehh mechanics ,plastics everywhere ,expensive parts etc etc .
all that made them hard to sell off as Nigerian used ..that is to say they have no second hand value .
you'd buy a BMW from cotonu for 6 million and sell it off in Nigeria for 1 million after five years .shits z crazy

However .that shouldn't deter you .find a used one buy for cheap and enjoy .make sure you do your due diligence .don't be too excited when the price sounds too good to be true .

Here is a 2007 e60 ..owner wants 1.5 ..this goes for about 6m on the car market in Nigeria

Only a maniac will buy this horrendous piece of sh*t for even 1m especially when it’s parked for long as I can tell. The owner wan transfer his frustration on one gullible greedy Nigerian.

Antihelminth:
Compare the interiors of both cars .
Same year .you can tell BMW is miles ahead of this game ..

With that terrible orange colour backlight and cheap interior plastic trim that even faded and it’s write up peels off from switches, buttons and knobs?
I got news for ya mate, a toyota trim piece isn’t made of cheap brittle plastic and the write up don’t fade, then is the optitron cluster which is brilliantly made and legible both in the day and at night. Yes, they may look boring but they’re ergonomically well sorted out and balanced for functionality.

Antihelminth:
[s]Bmw parts are relatively cheap .I can confidently say a guy with 10k disposable income per month can maintain an e46

Hear me out .most parts that might give you a nose bleed don't really break down easily .
Let me break it .
A fan unit costs 20k
Water can 15k
Water pump 10k
Kick starter 5k
Roller 2k
Belt 2k

I bet that's cheaper than owning a Corolla[/s]

Liessssss! Go buy E46 coupe LCI then tell me how difficult it will be to get that fender should it get damaged. And I don’t even get me started on the terrible silly failures of BMWs. DISA, VANOS, oil leak masters, overheating grand masters, module failures and electrical shutdown. Then the ultimate test of frustration comes when the fuel pump decides to fail, it’s usually a toyota fuel pump most folks install. Should a BMW stop in the middle of the road, not many mechanics can touch it cos it’s utterly disgusting and and complex. Bmw cheap my foot.
You’d spend more to buy a Japanese car but you’d spend more money to run and maintain a BMW.
Bmw is NOT cheap and advisable to own as a used vehicle or as a lone vehicle. Stop the hogwash!

sewenbigboi:
Plss my muscle Camry just started doing the same thing did you get a solution to your own ??

Scan and post code here

wilsonjay:
The car is a Toyota Camry drop light 2002

Have someone competent check your car and fix it. I can’t advise you better than this cos remote assistance in this case won’t offer much.

Ishilove:
Right! Shows we don't need nudity to pass a message

Happy birthday to you dear

Why una Dey diss and hate Hisense inside this thread?

poshemmanuel:
you help me decide because I have little experience for now when it comes to auto mobile (cars), like I said before one will be use for taxi
and car drop while the other will be use for errands (driving to
village sometimes, driving to other states sometimes, driving
to market to get food stuffs etc), student use and personal
use. Very Very important things to consider for these two cars
are fuel-efficient, cheap and easy to maintain, good on Nigeria
roads and available cheap parts. I am really confused, please
what's your advice? please help me decide on the two cars for that purpose above to buy from abroad

Corolla

poshemmanuel:
please guys Toyota Camry or Toyota Corolla, which will you advise someone to buy from abroad?

Both are good. Ultimately, it’s for you to decide which fits into your bills and expectations more.

wilsonjay:
Please help me, it all started when my mechanic change the Steering rack some weeks back, and immediately i noticed the horn was not working and the dashboard is showing that the battery is not charging, I have changed the alternator three times now it burning after some days with different rewire attending to it. Please house i need your help

No name, year of production or model of car.

easycoolll:
Hi,
If you can, just write a mail to thermocool and copy the store you got it from that you will be taking legal actions against them because they are in breech of their acclaimed warranty clause.
Write or contact SERVICOM, SON and Consumer protection board.... Trust me they will attend to you immediately, that was how I got justice when I bought a bad nexus freezer.

I decided to move on after a shoddy repair work by the so called Thermocool service center in Aba. I decided to go for Hisense and it’s serving me well.