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Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by Kokomo(op): 11:10pm On May 28, 2021*

1, Buy a naija used car
a, Patience and luck is key here, search jiji, nairaland, facebook market place, take a walk along your neighbourhood, you might see a car been sold by a person that wants to travel out (rare though)

b, Buy a car with bad engine or tranny (please avoid electrical nightmare), ensure it has a good frame and fairly good interior, price it down as much as you can while bearing in mind the cost of replace the engine and tranny
example, Toks Pontiac Vibe is between 2.2m to 2.7m, naija use around 1.8m, a friend bought a vibe 04 smoking engine, some torn interior, frame was good, needed some paint job for 800k, he installed engine for 320k, painted car 50k, did interior 20k

2, Find best altenative to popular cars and buy that. e,g Corolla toks 2.5m Honda civic toks 2m to 2.1m

3, Tell friend and family or colleageau that you want to buy a used car, they might just have one lying idle or in need or money that they can give you at a friendly price.

Toks Car prices will be very high in the coming month and might not be going down any time soon, so wise up guys

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by AgentGoat: 7:47am On May 29, 2021

ol boy

Price of engines and other spares will increase too.

Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by nurey(m): 1:35pm On May 29, 2021

Toks price would go up but the best thing is to buy alternative vehicles like Renault, Seat, citreon, freelander, Opel and other junk cars people don't buy grin

you use for 6months and buy another grin

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by Hallenjay: 10:25pm On May 31, 2021

nurey:
Toks price would go up but the best thing is to buy alternative vehicles like Renault, Seat, citreon, freelander, Opel and other junk cars people don't buy you use for 6months and buy another

na why I De look for Hyundai elantra 2014 clean for 1.5 ...I hope it doesn't Av peculiar electrical fault?

Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by Grupo(m): 10:54pm On May 31, 2021

nurey:
Toks price would go up but the best thing is to buy alternative vehicles like Renault, Seat, citreon, freelander, Opel and other junk cars people don't buy you use for 6months and buy another

And hope the car doesn't drain your life savings within that six months. grin

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by nurey(m): 12:18pm On Jun 01, 2021

Hallenjay:
na why I De look for Hyundai elantra 2014 clean for 1.5 ...I hope it doesn't Av peculiar electrical fault?

No, but take care of the engine

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by aremuforlife(m): 9:39pm On Jun 01, 2021*

Grupo:
And hope the car doesn't drain your life savings within that six months.

Those cars he mentioned are rugged cars with little fault and easy to maintain, but we Nigerians, we like luxury.

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by DMechyy: 3:38am On Jun 02, 2021

nurey:
Toks price would go up but the best thing is to buy alternative vehicles like Renault, Seat, citreon, freelander, Opel and other junk cars people don't buy you use for 6months and buy another

Alternative vehicle sef, you will pay duty o.

Toyota. Toyota. Toyota. And it is the least used for transport. Opel, mazda, Volkswagen etc doing work. Serious work sef. And men still knacking head on toyota

aremuforlife:
Those cars he mentioned are rugged cars with little fault and easy to maintain, but you Nigerians, we like luxury

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by nurey(m): 9:36am On Jun 02, 2021

DMechyy:

Alternative vehicle sef, you will pay duty o.

Toyota. Toyota. Toyota. And it is the least used for transport. Opel, mazda, Volkswagen etc doing work. Serious work sef. And men still knacking head on toyota

Check prices of cars
Toyota Camry 2008 is 3m plus

Nissan maxima 2008 is 1.8m

Honda Accord 2009 is 2.5m

Hyundai/kia sonata/ Optima 2008 is 2.4m

Peugeot 407 2009 is 2.4m

Don't the competition too pay duty? Why is Toyota more expensive

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by blissbliss: 7:45am On Jun 03, 2021

nurey:
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Boss Nurey,

Could you please remind me of that Mercedes Benz (suv) you said was made by the devil.

Thanks

Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by nurey(m): 9:18am On Jun 03, 2021

blissbliss:
Boss Nurey,

Could you please remind me of that Mercedes Benz (suv) you said was made by the devil.

Thanks

The only SUV or rather CUV made by the devil is land Rover freelander first generation, avoid it.

All Mercedes Benz are very okay except maybe the w211 E class 03 to 05 which has SBS issues though can be fixed and S class which is expensive to fix when out of manufacturer warranty.

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Re: Surviving The Tokunbo Cars Price Hike by blissbliss: 6:36pm On Jun 03, 2021

nurey:
The only SUV or rather CUV made by the devil is land Rover freelander first generation, avoid it.

All Mercedes Benz are very okay except maybe the w211 E class 03 to 05 which has SBS issues though can be fixed and S class which is expensive to fix when out of manufacturer warranty.

Appreciate your help Sir

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