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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by tosan245(m): 2:47pm On Jun 08, 2021
You are truly an "AngryGoat"
Angrygoat:
Lol why stressing yourself over am outdated naija used cls. Why didn't you tow it or hire a company to do it. U never see problem yet. Sheybi na benz u wan drive. Dont worry from 300k plus ,u go still spend another 500k. Then the cycle continues which eventually it will land on nairaland as 6months used. Dont buy benz,una no go here. U go hail later,no worry.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by kazeeyoung(m): 2:58pm On Jun 08, 2021
It's only Benz and Others..

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by donhils: 3:16pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
im changing the color though to white!
I love it. I love Mercedes
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by GhostWisperer: 3:27pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
It was 6:50 am in the morning when I called teddy that I was coming to Lagos to pick my cls up( I had paid for a thorough paint job to be meted out on the car)

I booked a flight from calabar to Lagos that same month for almost twice the normal fee! shocked

Everything went smoothly from there and I spent the night at one of those hotels in the GRA axis of ikeja.

I went down to meet up with the paint guy, and I was impressed by what I saw.

I was assigned a driver by the company to drive the car down to calabar... “Na new car be this, drive carefully “ the driver was told, but it was the complete opposite of the instructions he was meted out to that he did.

Pothole upon pothole the car entered, and I was so mad that I couldn’t shout again.

The final straw that broke the camelback was when he entered two potholes at once along sapele road, and the tyres screeched and gave up.

The passenger side tyres tore like it was riddled with bullets, and it was a bushy area.....


shocked

We heard a siren blow and a police van ordered us not to park there that hoodlums kidnapped people there...

They had to follow us to the nearest filling station, which was thankfully near an army checkpoint.


The rims had given up too at that point ( rims wey I buy 250k) cry

I was so mad I couldn’t even talk to the driver again.

The policemen came down and asked what the problem was .. they offered to bring down the tyre and sorted things for us. shocked

We had to sleep in the filling station that night for the car to be worked on the the next morning!
That particular night, without being signaled to come, 4 Warri boys helped us get new tyres and transported it to the car’s location without collecting money. I was shocked by the hospitality.

The next day, the boys again took me to where I’d get rims and everything for the car, which was beyond amazing.

I had to squeeze 3k to the supposed leader, as they refused to collect anything.

I got back to calabar yesterday afternoon, and I’m riddled with repairs worth 300k+

If you’re from delta, you guys rock! So much, as if it wasn’t for those guys, then my situation would have been lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
from deltst but how does this pussy thrsdimake front page?

This is a self-service post
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by NnamdiN: 3:30pm On Jun 08, 2021
Where do you buy your dj equipment? Make me your plug grin
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Noshitboi(m): 3:30pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
im changing the color though to white!
Sexy whip. I know this compound
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Gjmff: 3:38pm On Jun 08, 2021
Oh
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Oju4190: 3:50pm On Jun 08, 2021
He b like say u wad oooo
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by RichAbujaGuy: 4:07pm On Jun 08, 2021
@OfficialDJ

thanks for sharing your ordeal with NL readers. you are abundantly blessed to navigate all those perils and receive help from the youth. plus more blessings of a nice car during a pandemic o. many are suffering as we are thought to believe but u are exceeding positive heights.

please what books did you read or prayers do you say to stay in God's good graces?

one of my faves
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

and book.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy - Full Audio Book | Mind Power


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27aIHAMbzQA

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by IjeBos(m): 4:22pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
carry on with your Toyota.

grin

That car was gotten from copart as toks, and you can NEVER feel ride quality with your Toyota gang..
Never

He's not necessarily wrong. The Toyota makes better sense for Nigeria. The minute a "mechanic" starts working on that car, it won't be the same. And even a dealer, though expensive, I found aren't even that competent. In fact you won't really enjoy that car esp. with the roads. Believe me, I had something similar that I held on to for too long that made the dealership a ton of money repairing it. I ended up getting a Lexus SUV that I'm going to sell when the factory warranty expires. It sux that Nigerians terrible infrastructure forces you to chose practicality. I assume it's ur 2nd or 3rd car, if so I'd garage it when not in use. Enjoy.

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by RichAbujaGuy: 4:38pm On Jun 08, 2021
And please try to patronise our own!

Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by pocohantas(f): 4:51pm On Jun 08, 2021
tosan245:
You are truly an "AngryGoat"

Hahahahahaha. Una go kill me for here.

I think black looks better on it. White/red cars are just too obvious.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by noisy45(m): 5:05pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
im changing the color though to white!

You won spoil the beauty be that
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by noisy45(m): 5:10pm On Jun 08, 2021
nurey:


Yes Benz no be Nissan truly, Benz enter pothole you sleep for half star fueling station grin, Nissan enters pothole, shakes it off and you reach your destination

I swear nah crazy people dey this nairaland half star fueling station grin
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by SeaTrade(m): 5:15pm On Jun 08, 2021
executive12:


No car is made for potholes.
The Toyot hilux says hi smiley
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Josywhyte: 5:43pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
im changing the color though to white!

Black goes well than white on CLS. Am very sure of what am saying.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by BrainSanitizer: 5:47pm On Jun 08, 2021
nurey:


Well a 96 maxima will never somersault because it entered pothole, yes rims may bend, suspension may giveway, struts may deform but it would never somersault.

My advice is not to see Benz as a car made by gods if you attempt to tempt fate, you and your Benz would end up in ... After all the law of physics says what goes up must surely come down. grin ciao

Except bubu's body odour.
That one will never come down.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Defatty: 6:21pm On Jun 08, 2021
Mercedes is just the best
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by mdsne(m): 6:49pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
you get valid drivers license? I no want wahala...PM me.

I'd need your services soon wink
am always available holla me 08038069958 boss
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Nobody: 6:58pm On Jun 08, 2021
So this one can't even drive from Lagos to Calabar ? And you are dragging road with highlander.

If I leave Lagos by 6am, I will enter Calabar by 8pm.

You siddon beside rough driver, he damage your car.

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Elioandrew: 8:17pm On Jun 08, 2021
BamBamK:
baba, way pishorz

show us d mob na
me I tire too o, I'm not understanding dis audio mob of a sometin o
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by Elioandrew: 8:20pm On Jun 08, 2021
BrainSanitizer:


Except bubu's body odour.
That one will never come down.
grin cry
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by senator2k9(m): 8:36pm On Jun 08, 2021
But on the other thread, u said u were the one driving the car and u overtook a highlander. Now u carry company driver again.


Ogbeni, which one we go believe na

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by OfficialDJ: 8:37pm On Jun 08, 2021
senator2k9:
But on the other thread, u said u were the one driving the car and u overtook a highlander. Now u carry company driver again.


Ogbeni, which one we go believe na
completely different scenarios

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Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by DedeNkem: 8:46pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
im changing the color though to white!

The car looks sweet. How much did you buy it?
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by DedeNkem: 8:53pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
carry on with your Toyota.

grin

That car was gotten from copart as toks, and you can NEVER feel ride quality with your Toyota gang..
Never

Toyota no be mai mai oo. I beg no insult am. I buy my cars from Europe or U.S. Buying a car in Naija is damn crazy. The car is hardly 100% healthy.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by MostIncredibleDFirst: 9:01pm On Jun 08, 2021
Congrats! Did you have any problems with the customs people stationed along Benin/Ore Express way, and what did they say about the car, and did they want to extort from you?
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by OfficialDJ: 9:07pm On Jun 08, 2021
DedeNkem:


The car looks sweet. How much did you buy it?
5.5
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by unmask: 9:56pm On Jun 08, 2021
Angrygoat:
U wan drive benz abi. Hahahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV9rJwEOCus&t=28s
wetin make he drive? Toyota?

Does who drive high maintenance cars know what they go in for and won't complain.

The pleasure you get from driving them adequately compensates for all costs
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by DedeNkem: 10:34pm On Jun 08, 2021
OfficialDJ:
5.5

Ok.
Re: Bringing a Mercedes from Lagos to Calabar; and my tough ordeals! by otokx(m): 10:57pm On Jun 08, 2021
Nice thread, my people, my people.

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