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radautoworks:
I love your healthy skepticism. Warranties are based on what we do. 100% coverage for this car on parts and labor related to this repair. E.g. if it turns out we should have replaced Pistons, it's covered. It really is hassle-free.

GAZZUZZ:
They said i should not talk, I have ban my self till tomorrow.

MotoMedics:
. I don't know why this comment cracks me up so bad

thebigkendo:
I remember when Samsung highend phones had screen warranty.. My guy broke & replaced his note 4 screen 3 times.. No question asked by samsung.. Free of charge
We all told him; dem go tell you story, e no go work.. But it worked.. So my point is sometimes looking too good to be true might be true!!

Slot dey give warrantee??
I have claimed warrantee more than once on mobile phones bought from SLOT..I did not go to back SLOT.
Went to manufacturer service centre with my slot reciept.. Calcare twice & LG service center twice also.

MotoMedics:
Anty. You keep mentioning warranty. And 6 months. Customers don't want to eat warranty o. They want a hassle free car forever. After 6 months, to your tent ho Isreal.


This table you have come to shake, no be today o. And yes, there is shortage of technical expertise in the Nigerian automotive space. I like your zeal to pull this through, and make the desired change. But are u sure you are not just pushing to sell parts (bloated) with a warranty tag.


I am sure glen does supervisory work, and does not carry out all repairs. You must have hired techies, not reformed kazeems that understand standard process.


In the interest of customers, they deserve the best, and options should be given to them. But I can toast anybody to do my bidding, they believe we know better. This your set up only encourages part sales and warranty onyibo to tie any fella down and not real repairs per say(I swear I want to be wrong).

Time. Time. Time. Let's give radautoworks time. Glen won't fix all cars. Time. Time.


The Nigerian automotive space needs a lot of training for its techies. And you coming over is a positive, and to champion a movement that will shape this landscape.

obekediamondfuto:
brotherly let's just try and hide this post from elshan, at least we are sure that if any internal part fails and it was previously diagnosed to be in top shape then aunty radu will bear full responsibility...... in my own case 70per of my money back.... I no go wan do another remans rebuild...... that is what I told those guys I sent there..... thank you for collating this posts.... make I rush archive am.... not that I think I'll be needing it oh... just to brag to people about aunty radu

obekediamondfuto:
my boss in my former organization bought a phone from SLOT.... in 2013....@ slot banex plaza or so in Abuja, came back to the office was playing with the phone - all on a Friday.

Monday morning, boss brought the phone complaining that the phone went off same Friday night and has refused to come on
...i said it must be battery.....

long story short I went to slot with the phone and receipt and story started.... they now wanted to repair phone..... I left without the receipt and the tech phone no..... called and started hearing stuff like the sn is different that the phone was REMANS or refurbished in naija language..... that it wasn't brand new.... @this point, I bought the case.... a full blooded Lagos Guy? for Abuja with all those boti boti boiz speaking grammar? boss wanted to involve police... I said make I first reach there.

got there and with suit, won them in grammar, ruggedity etc their manager just entered store and brought another phone and gave me.... I still refused... that I want to make sure I tell the whole world what was happening there, meanwhile my driver was taping the whole scene with my phone...... they had to beg me to accept the "Replacement"

turns out, their workers were swapping new phones with refurbished ones, resealing them and selling as new.

got back to the office and boss gave me 10k

#word#

first slot story, also have with jumia and konga...
look up my topics u will see one of them there.....

so with all these my trials and when the going gets rough, all forms of vices are employed to void the warranty.... my brother it's hard for me oh...

that's y, me.... I'll be needing my 70per and not another rebuild in any incident

diportivo:
uncle kunle talk plenty plenty about he not using toks part and dis and dat

when jungle mature finish,Baba gan wo line straight ni

naija go humble u sha ni

diportivo:
uncle kunle talk plenty plenty about he not using toks part and dis and dat

when jungle mature finish,Baba gan wo line straight ni

naija go humble u sha ni

obekediamondfuto:
like u said, time will tell...
most times like this, I want to be wrong.... but bitter

diportivo:
uncle kunle talk plenty plenty about he not using toks part and dis and dat

when jungle mature finish,Baba gan wo line straight ni

naija go humble u sha ni

radautoworks:
6 months in this case. Our warranties range from 3-12 months.

I think I mentioned somewhere that if a job like this does three months, it will go years.

I've addressed the parts on another thread. People are not obligated to buy parts from us and we've actually recommended two or three other parts sellers on Nairaland. I'm not sure how it will benefit us to sell but not do proper repairs. The parts will keep coming back and bankrupt us!

Glen supervises and trains. He won't fix most cars. We hire only techs and not mechanics which is why we currently only have three despite dozens of applications. We will add three more on by the end of the year if we find some that meet our criteria. All three can do rebuilds, etc but require training with updated tools to varying degrees. E.g. using our parts clean machine instead of petrol to clean parts, using our disc turning/skimming machine, transmission and engine oil flush machines, alignment machine, tire changer and balancer etc.


Believe it or not, most of our repairs so far have required more labor than parts so it's really not about the parts with us. It's about quality work and as you said, time will tell.

MotoMedics:
Labor is ridiculously cheap in Nigeria, standard auto repair comes at a cost, and they don't come cheap. There are many dynamics to car repair, and every job order is to b treated individually. There is no one way to anything, as long as standard process is followed.

Time. Time. Time. Like you emphasized too.

Truth is, an engine swap is the convinient route and other times, it not taken because of convenience but because it is best bet.


Glen is not going to do all the job. Kazeems with coverall that will rather use bare floor than worktables will do the job. Forget all the English.


We must not also be rigid to change. Automedics had an impact on the Nigerian automotive space. I also believe Radautoworks with her gusto will also do even better. Gradually we will get there.

Autoelectng albeit has been so sure of an outlet that has been in operation for less than 4 months on this shores.

Time. Time. Time

AutoElectNG:
Time will tell if the due diligence I followed was faulty.

Secondly, America sets so many automotive standards that the world follows.

Think OBD II for example.

Think of the California's Bureau of Automotive Repair.

Think of the standards for collision repair in the Americas.

I too have undergone ASE education.

So I will naturally gravitate towards the American way of doing things.

I think we would benefit more if we did not fight radautoworks but tried to learn from her

obekediamondfuto:
whew, thank u.

just wanted to be sure!

PS, u have loyalists and opportunists hovering around u..... some see u as an opportunity to get back at Gazuzz either for not taking their calls, not working on their cars (pre 02),or not giving them Xmas gift...... choose ur allies well, cos when they are done with Gazuzz...... ur own fault finding comes next.....

what's the easiest thing to find? FAULT!

happy swift delivery in advance and happy rebuilding

AutoElectNG:
Time will tell if the due diligence I followed was faulty.

Secondly, America sets so many automotive standards that the world follows.

Think OBD II for example.

Think of the California's Bureau of Automotive Repair.

Think of the standards for collision repair in the Americas.

I too have undergone ASE education.

So I will naturally gravitate towards the American way of doing things.

I think we would benefit more if we did not fight radautoworks but tried to learn from her

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For the academically inclined among us:

Ignore America or more accurately California's disproportionate influence over the automotive industry at your own peril
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-cant-do-approach-of-the-american-auto-industry_us_58d8fb3de4b0f633072b3979

There is another important paper worth reading it is entitled: "The road to 2020 and beyond:
What’s driving the global
automotive industry?" and it is published by McKinsey&Company, look for it and download it with your favorite search engine

Will we also fight Egunmogaji he were were to post about his methods here?

Or are we fighting raduatoworks because she is american? Or because she is no technician but a knowledgeable nonetheless?

Or is this a turf war in the making?

Parting shot: The automotive market is a global one not a local one, in plain language, we don't set standards, we follow them. We have a choice to be a local champion or an international star, I would rather be the later, and it begins and ends with the standards we choose to align ourselves with, whether they be local or global.

Piyke:
At the end of the day, take home message is the need to be methodical and thorough about which ever decision is reached and ensure all options are laid before the client for an informed decision.

EgunMogaji:
Oh they’ve beat me black and blue already on here. [b]Just last night someone called me s backyard mechanic ;[/b]D

Very little of my client will come from Nairaland so I’m content with just beer parlor talks on here mostly

EgunMogaji:
Oh they’ve beat me black and blue already on here. Just last night someone called me s backyard mechanic

Very little of my client will come from Nairaland so I’m content with just beer parlor talks on here mostly

AutoElectNG:
I think this is going to be my style as well going forward....is not the quantity, it is the quality that matters more, and most certainly, you are no backyard mechanic

diportivo:
see this one find start him plenty grammar for here

btw,who is fighting aunty radu here .... abi comprehension issues ndaamu yin ni

it's cartalk,and people on two sides of a divide are talking sense....those of us that will learn will learn...those dat will get emotional will be alright last last

AutoElectNG:
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If there was no fight, why did some say it was getting personal? Why did words like you are condencending come into play? And why did more than one person suggest a truce with the use of the word "stop"?

It is clear that on this thread there was a fight between team(gang) rebuild and team (gang) replace

A fight doesn't have to be physical...my decision not to participate does not mean that I have not followed it all through but for personal reasons have decided not to get into the fray

AutoElectNG:
Alert! Alert!! Alert!!!

A call to arms by the replace gang

It seemed the rebuild gang was gaining too much traction

and so the replace gang decided to regroup and attack from the rear

This story is far from over yet

AutoElectNG:
Good Night, it seems I was here from the very beginning, High Chief Obekediamondfuto, may I be excused for the night!

AutoElectNG:
Did I not say I saw war coming from afar?

What is happening now is that the war may have gone proxy....we get others to fight for us....we give them ammunition...we don't get seen....but it is our war....others are fighting it for us...lol

obekediamondfuto:
OK sir, once again


Good morning

radautoworks:
I wonder about this professional thing myself because from day one I've said we just want the entire car repair environment to change. I have received a few pot shots which I've ignored because of this goal.

Take a look at the links below and then tell me who seems to have a problem here. This has been a consistent theme.

https://www.nairaland.com/4672565/how-much-should-expect-pay#70358455

Was looking for the link to our original repair post he referenced but I can't find it.

Even in this thread I've said to let it lie multiple times but no.