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Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Nobody: 9:22pm On May 13, 2025

yarimo:
Legal action for what? Didn't you agreed to buy the car willingly? Didn't you sign agreement you have bought a car from him? Is their any agreement that you will bring it back in certain period Incase the car bring problem from the one he told you, your brother and Kareem?

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Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Zocalite: 9:23pm On May 13, 2025

Why didn't you with your mechanic to inspect?

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by NLKing01: 9:42pm On May 13, 2025

Evidence for what? Did he buy the car under duress? Didn't they check and drive before paying?. The guy even dropped price because they pointed out somethings to fix. It means they agreed they will fix it, tbey should go and fix it

Firebox123:
can't you see the payment receipt

Is that not enough evidence

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by timocruzcmbb(m): 10:01pm On May 13, 2025

HelenaWills:
While it was being driven to my place.
Overheating happened and it damaged the four coils.
There right there, I spent above 250k fixing radiator, automated dashboard, four coils, plugs, oil gauge stick, mobil oil, gasket and some stupid things.

They fixed it, and it worked for a few minutes till it broke down again and I had to change filter and fuel pump with some minor things because car won't move. After a while... it moved again then stopped. This time it was the kick but before they figured it out.
I learnt the roadside Kazeem had almost pieced the car in search of a fault that wasn't there.

While we were on this, I decided to replace the steering pump and rack because the steering had become stiff and so difficult to turn. This cost some fortunes.

Mind you, like play like play, this car had spent about 3 months at different locations. I got tired at this point and decided to leave it under bridge in Ojuelegba where I was asked to pay #400 per day but begged for #200. It was there from December till last month.

I was told it overheated again while moving from God knows where to Ojuelegba and I needed to replace the coils all again.
Let's no forget there were different electrical issues that I can't even list out because I don't even know what to call them.
But now, the gear is making one annoying and disturbing sound and they are asking for an arm and heart to fix it. It will be one year by next month and car hasn't made it to my house.
It can't even go beyond 25Km/h nor can it climb hills.
Very frustrating.

I had the same problem with a Suzuki every I bought, I have to pack it for over 2 years till now,over heating and knocking engines,you have learn the hard way just like my experience,when ever you are buying any car in nigeria make sure you test it to a long distance on it like more than 40 minute to 1 hours,some cars are just problem from
Village people,they are sent to drain the new owner,the car might have frustrated the previous buyer and he push the problem to you to continue,you can let the car die in your hand or puss it to the next buyer.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by MOTIONTECH(m): 10:01pm On May 13, 2025

I can recommend someone that will fix your car

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by OriOko88(m): 10:01pm On May 13, 2025

Dalohad:
Honda? That car showed me pepper.

When Nigerian mechanics see Honda, they smile. The car prints money for them.

One mechanic saved my name as 'Ejeh' (blood), when I was driving that Honda, I was calling him every week for one fault or another, and he was smiling to the bank.

I sold the honda, bought a Toyota. When he came to celebrate with me, I gave him a drink and told him, he would not be getting any calls from me for the next 2 years. It's 4 years now and I have not called him for any fault.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by merits(m): 10:03pm On May 13, 2025

HelenaWills:
I wanted to get my mum a small car last year.
Didn't have money for a tokunbo so I asked my brothers to help me surf jiji for any affordable car.
They showed me a Civic 08 and since I drive one myself, I felt it would be nice to match with my mum.

My brothers and a Kazeem went for inspection and they discovered the car had a few things to be fixed which made them slash the price from 2.4M that we initially agreed to #2,050,000.
This was in June last year.

They set out to drive the car down to my house before heading to my mum's but brethrens, since June last year till this very moment as I type this. The car has only been parked from one Kazeem shop to another, on some days it was left by the road side or a petrol station for days out of frustration. I have spent above 700k on it all to no fruition. It's been almost a year now and this car hasn't made me it my house yet talk more of sending it to my mum. I contacted the guy and he said he had tried by slashing the price and that was all he could do. At some point, he stopped picking my brother's calls.
Please what advice can you give me?

Can I get him arrested or take legal measures against him at least? Or has this become my headache for life?
I need chunks of recommendations please.

Let me tell you the simple truth the dealer has already connive with kazeem to persuade you to buy it, it just a signal between two of them at the point of purchase and from one fault to another Kazeem will chop your money more.

My advice for you just sell the car too don't waste your money on Nigeria police for case they too will milk you more,and next time avoid Nigeria used car unless you know the person that is driving the car before.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by nzeobi(m): 10:24pm On May 13, 2025

ArticleBeast:
Close ur eye and buy new engine and gear. Leave that thief you call a mechanic

If the engine is not smoking, it may likely be electrical fault, since he said it's moves slowly it still means some of the plug caps are still not working

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by nzeobi(m): 10:32pm On May 13, 2025

MaziObinnaokija:
If u knw where to get the 🐐,pay police and go drag him.One like that did same to a friend wife.We travelled from Lagos to Akure drag him.He pay part of the money and to Balance in August He don carry him problem to Akure.involve Military if u have connection

The car get fault but na the mechanic de scam op, it's likely electrical fault Don't be surprised an expert Will buy that car fix it do body work and sell it for a bigger price

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by ORLAHOLUWA(m): 10:39pm On May 13, 2025

I was at ojuelegba this evening to checkout for the car but the body still neat Sha

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by jomarick(m): 10:40pm On May 13, 2025

Buying honda civic 2008 for #2M is a good deal too cheap to be true.
After buying that cheap, you should have replaced the complete drive train which is less than 600k.
Sell it to me if you cant handle it

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Caseless: 10:41pm On May 13, 2025

yarimo:
Legal action for what? Didn't you agreed to buy the car willingly? Didn't you sign agreement you have bought a car from him? Is their any agreement that you will bring it back in certain period Incase the car bring problem from the one he told you, your brother and Kareem?

There's something called "breach of trust", he sold a bad stuff to the lady.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Uche559(m): 10:45pm On May 13, 2025

D mechanic knew exactly what was wrong with d car but saw an opportunity. Never trust anyone. Use at least 2 to 3 random mechanic for inspection n compare their conclusions. Also mark d mechanics n make sure there is no behind d scene negotiations BTW d mechanic n d seller. From experience.
Go online n do research on ur own about d car to be in a well informed position

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by nzeobi(m): 10:48pm On May 13, 2025

BarrElChapo:
You waited too long to swing into action but if you have proof that the car hasn’t served its purpose text or WhatsApp messages, just get a good lawyer to go the Area command or higher police stations and make a complaint.

I see you’re in Lagos just go to the area command or just go to panti straight no time. If you want I can help connect you a police officer at panti.

Helenawills

The seller told them of things to fix and reduced the price so he didnt scam them

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by nzeobi(m): 11:10pm On May 13, 2025

E2000:
The car is expired the only solution is to take it to a certified Honda repare Center. The repare center must be certified by Honda themselves to get a new engine. The bill will be steep but you will have a car that is almost healthy depending on the condition of the body work.

Op is a female and the mechanic and brother are taking advantage of her, problem in in fault tracing and immediately they identify the fault it will be fixed

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Mademan7: 12:44am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
There was no written agreement on such but we called him one time to let him know the situation of the car and as well let him know we would be returning it.. He stopped taking calls ever since.

If you bought the car non tested you can go ahead with your legal actionbut if you guys tested the car and saw the condition and decided to pay and carry it out from his premesis, then you don't have any thing against him
It now your headache. Maybe sell

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by mrchuckz: 12:48am On May 14, 2025

The car model is a very good reliable car. but one needs to understand some tricks. you can reach out to me or go to oyingbo if you are in Lagos.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by olaJako(m): 12:49am On May 14, 2025

You paid without test running a Nigerian used motor.....Ahhh. The fact is you should hold your brother responsible for the mess.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Luckybelt: 12:58am On May 14, 2025

Boyjaco:
Good evening
I want to buy the car 700k if you are interested call me 08131162221

Don’t attempt to fix Honda gear o. It is not fixable, they will just chop ur money.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by emmy9500: 1:30am On May 14, 2025

The seller sold in bad faith

You can sue the seller. But you will have to prove the seller knew all this and withheld the information

This will be almost impossible to prove since you said you had an independent “professional” inspect the car for you

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by InvertedHammer: 1:58am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
I wanted to get my mum a small car last year.
Didn't have money for a tokunbo so I asked my brothers to help me surf jiji for any affordable car.
They showed me a Civic 08 and since I drive one myself, I felt it would be nice to match with my mum.

My brothers and a Kazeem went for inspection and they discovered the car had a few things to be fixed which made them slash the price from 2.4M that we initially agreed to #2,050,000.
This was in June last year.

They set out to drive the car down to my house before heading to my mum's but brethrens, since June last year till this very moment as I type this. The car has only been parked from one Kazeem shop to another, on some days it was left by the road side or a petrol station for days out of frustration. I have spent above 700k on it all to no fruition. It's been almost a year now and this car hasn't made me it my house yet talk more of sending it to my mum. I contacted the guy and he said he had tried by slashing the price and that was all he could do. At some point, he stopped picking my brother's calls.
Please what advice can you give me?

Can I get him arrested or take legal measures against him at least? Or has this become my headache for life?
I need chunks of recommendations please.

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You admitted that you bought a used car after inspection and certification by your mechanic. So what exactly is the issue? The owner informed you that the low price was because of issues with the car. Could he be any more transparent than that? Blame your mechanic. Blame yourself.

The fact that you have taken the car to different Nigerian mechanics makes your claims even worse.

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Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Glocal1: 2:39am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
While it was being driven to my place.
Overheating happened and it damaged the four coils.
There right there, I spent above 250k fixing radiator, automated dashboard, four coils, plugs, oil gauge stick, mobil oil, gasket and some stupid things.

They fixed it, and it worked for a few minutes till it broke down again and I had to change filter and fuel pump with some minor things because car won't move. After a while... it moved again then stopped. This time it was the kick but before they figured it out.
I learnt the roadside Kazeem had almost pieced the car in search of a fault that wasn't there.

While we were on this, I decided to replace the steering pump and rack because the steering had become stiff and so difficult to turn. This cost some fortunes.

Mind you, like play like play, this car had spent about 3 months at different locations. I got tired at this point and decided to leave it under bridge in Ojuelegba where I was asked to pay #400 per day but begged for #200. It was there from December till last month.

I was told it overheated again while moving from God knows where to Ojuelegba and I needed to replace the coils all again.
Let's no forget there were different electrical issues that I can't even list out because I don't even know what to call them.
But now, the gear is making one annoying and disturbing sound and they are asking for an arm and heart to fix it. It will be one year by next month and car hasn't made it to my house.
It can't even go beyond 25Km/h nor can it climb hills.
Very frustrating.

Didn't you test-drive the car during inspection before payment?
Your mechanic is the culprit here.
He must have connived with the seller to rip you off.
Stop spending on the car and sell it as scrap or let the professionals in auto section of nairaland help you fix it.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by MartinsD12(m): 2:43am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
I wanted to get my mum a small car last year.
Didn't have money for a tokunbo so I asked my brothers to help me surf jiji for any affordable car.
They showed me a Civic 08 and since I drive one myself, I felt it would be nice to match with my mum.

My brothers and a Kazeem went for inspection and they discovered the car had a few things to be fixed which made them slash the price from 2.4M that we initially agreed to #2,050,000.
This was in June last year.

They set out to drive the car down to my house before heading to my mum's but brethrens, since June last year till this very moment as I type this. The car has only been parked from one Kazeem shop to another, on some days it was left by the road side or a petrol station for days out of frustration. I have spent above 700k on it all to no fruition. It's been almost a year now and this car hasn't made me it my house yet talk more of sending it to my mum. I contacted the guy and he said he had tried by slashing the price and that was all he could do. At some point, he stopped picking my brother's calls.
Please what advice can you give me?

Can I get him arrested or take legal measures against him at least? Or has this become my headache for life?
I need chunks of recommendations please.

That's what you get for going for cheap car price, 2.4 million could have gotten you a mini shuttle bus new one and it's good for business too

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by gulfer: 3:52am On May 14, 2025

Sorry to tell you this, but you bought a lemon; most probably a flood disposal (tricky to resolve because new issues will keep coming up after you resolve one. Cut your losses and sell as scrap (parts), you might still get up to a million Naira undecided

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by cl0r0x: 4:44am On May 14, 2025

With all this you spent you could have got a fresh complete engine with all components direct from dubai from an accidented vehicle.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Kenni700(m): 5:52am On May 14, 2025

Take the car to Lapido if you are in Lagos.
The car simply needs a good "Kazeem".
It has a mechanical fault that can be fixed by a good mechanic.

HelenaWills:
I wanted to get my mum a small car last year.
Didn't have money for a tokunbo so I asked my brothers to help me surf jiji for any affordable car.
They showed me a Civic 08 and since I drive one myself, I felt it would be nice to match with my mum.

My brothers and a Kazeem went for inspection and they discovered the car had a few things to be fixed which made them slash the price from 2.4M that we initially agreed to #2,050,000.
This was in June last year.

They set out to drive the car down to my house before heading to my mum's but brethrens, since June last year till this very moment as I type this. The car has only been parked from one Kazeem shop to another, on some days it was left by the road side or a petrol station for days out of frustration. I have spent above 700k on it all to no fruition. It's been almost a year now and this car hasn't made me it my house yet talk more of sending it to my mum. I contacted the guy and he said he had tried by slashing the price and that was all he could do. At some point, he stopped picking my brother's calls.
Please what advice can you give me?

Can I get him arrested or take legal measures against him at least? Or has this become my headache for life?
I need chunks of recommendations please.

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by Chisave: 6:11am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
I wanted to get my mum a small car last year.
Didn't have money for a tokunbo so I asked my brothers to help me surf jiji for any affordable car.
They showed me a Civic 08 and since I drive one myself, I felt it would be nice to match with my mum.

My brothers and a Kazeem went for inspection and they discovered the car had a few things to be fixed which made them slash the price from 2.4M that we initially agreed to #2,050,000.
This was in June last year.

They set out to drive the car down to my house before heading to my mum's but brethrens, since June last year till this very moment as I type this. The car has only been parked from one Kazeem shop to another, on some days it was left by the road side or a petrol station for days out of frustration. I have spent above 700k on it all to no fruition. It's been almost a year now and this car hasn't made me it my house yet talk more of sending it to my mum. I contacted the guy and he said he had tried by slashing the price and that was all he could do. At some point, he stopped picking my brother's calls.
Please what advice can you give me?

Can I get him arrested or take legal measures against him at least? Or has this become my headache for life?
I need chunks of recommendations please.

I think what you need to do is to butcher the car. There are spare part dealers that can buy the car at butcher price from you for like a million or more.

What they do is they will lose the car completely and sell the good parts one by one then sell the bad ones as scrap (Iron condemn). If you do that yourself, you can recover like 1.5m or more than.

Sell bumber, engine, gear box, radiator, dashboard etc. But get a mechanic that knos tge prices very well so you will not be cheated.

All this spare part sellers will come and buy from you

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by OlawaleBammie: 7:21am On May 14, 2025

HelenaWills:
While it was being driven to my place.
Overheating happened and it damaged the four coils.
There right there, I spent above 250k fixing radiator, automated dashboard, four coils, plugs, oil gauge stick, mobil oil, gasket and some stupid things.

They fixed it, and it worked for a few minutes till it broke down again and I had to change filter and fuel pump with some minor things because car won't move. After a while... it moved again then stopped. This time it was the kick but before they figured it out.
I learnt the roadside Kazeem had almost pieced the car in search of a fault that wasn't there.

While we were on this, I decided to replace the steering pump and rack because the steering had become stiff and so difficult to turn. This cost some fortunes.

Mind you, like play like play, this car had spent about 3 months at different locations. I got tired at this point and decided to leave it under bridge in Ojuelegba where I was asked to pay #400 per day but begged for #200. It was there from December till last month.

I was told it overheated again while moving from God knows where to Ojuelegba and I needed to replace the coils all again.
Let's no forget there were different electrical issues that I can't even list out because I don't even know what to call them.
But now, the gear is making one annoying and disturbing sound and they are asking for an arm and heart to fix it. It will be one year by next month and car hasn't made it to my house.
It can't even go beyond 25Km/h nor can it climb hills.
Very frustrating.

Ahahahahahahaha this made me spill ooohhhhh😂😂😂😂😂

God abed ooh, a no want problem oh grin

Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by OralB: 7:38am On May 14, 2025

Hey HelenaWills.
I have seen you in diary section before and on clearance thread.

If you need a smooth Civic 08, check my previous post, you will see mine that's up for sale.
I could leave it for you for 3M.
Car is absolutely clean and perfect, it's a Japa sale.

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Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by HelenaWills(op): 8:15am On May 14, 2025

OralB:
Hey HelenaWills.
I have seen you in diary section before and on clearance thread.

If you need a smooth Civic 08, check my previous post, you will see mine that's up for sale.
I could leave it for you for 3M.
Car is absolutely clean and perfect, it's a Japa sale.

2.6 and I'll have someone come for inspection this weekend.

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Re: What Will You Do If You Were In My Position? by austinbrown: 9:11am On May 14, 2025

rapheal5:
Do you have a good air-con technician and sound mechanic that can reinstall thermostat instead of using direct fan..

I have plenty it depends on your location

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