₦airaland Forum

BigChillin:
no caps, I actually wanted to n woulda loved to. But I didn't cos of wat I already been known: nigga in hella high demand handling big paycheck clients @ minimum N500k diagnostic fees per job (and millions more in repair labor). My other cuzzos been tasked me wit upscaling his skills utilization from individual scale to an industrial/institutional scale....whether here in the US, Nigeria etc. I am thinking institutional, industrial scale, industry wide partnerships, training academy frameworks, franchises etc. Maybe ur outfit can partner wit us to do sumn big? Whatcha think mama huh? Holla at cha boy.

izzou:

BigChillin:
My cuzz over there in Nigeria a complete engineering beast. Dude tored down n fully rebuilt my blown Chevy Avalanche tranny at the back of his apartment in Ajah. The Chevy shift smootha then a baby's butt at the very first post-rebuild test drive and been shifting smooth like greased butter since. It was his first time ever touching any passenger vehicle tranny. Dude can fix anything thrown at him. Currently he rebuilds complex electronic transmissions for ocean going vessels, dredgers, bulldozers, excavators etc. His hydraulics systems expertise has no rival in Nigeria. He a transmission, engines, hydraulics repair wizard. Dude ain't never had no formal or informal technical training nor ever step foot in no engineering classroom. I always marvel at his incredible genius and sometimes wonder if he human or extraterrestrial. Complete mothafvcka, dat nigga Toyin.

sultaan:
The cost of owning a Toyota is enough to buy 2 cars, Should have bought a Ford.

Compare the color of transmission fluid of the ford and toyota when they failed.

The ford was abused and they only touched the toyota

jceesquare:
I see the rear right caliper dangling and hanging unsupported. That's not a good practice ma'am.
Good job all the same.

valarinz:
With our current reality, ₦4m can't even buy your Number 1 and 2 either as toks

Just amend your list stating all as Naija used

Mindlog:
They are at the base, struggling for their daily existence and are least bothered about what their surroundings looks like.

nairalanda1:
I was going to log off nairaland, cos I have some stuff to do, but I came across this guy's thread, and as usual, I was amused at the 'Africans are inferior' schitck that I see on threads like this. It always ends up like this.

So, why do our streets look bad?

Simple .....


onths. Making cities livable and good COSTS MONEY.

Mindlog:
Reality is that 20 years from now, more of such images of neighbourhoods would spring up.

I regularly do google street views of neighbourhoods I knew as a child and as an adolescent, most of what I see is environmental degradation, neighbourhood renewal is non existent and majority are not even bothered as they are stuck at the base of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, have no capacity to mentally process the cesspit many of those neighbourhoods represents.

VaselineCrew:
Sometimes I want to give up, cause the amount of insane people in Nigeria is just too much.

There is this movie I watched were the guy was transported to future america and everyone was stupid.

So stupid that they couldn’t figure out why the plants couldn’t grow, as they were using a sports drink to water the plants instead of water.

Difference is, even in their stupidity, they still had enough brain cells to hire the guy that suggested they use water instead of sports drink.

In Nigeria, they would simply laugh at the guy.

Kingdolla:
pls on the never compromise your fuel reserve in the car. do you mean I shouldn't allow my fuel to go below reserve?

Pearl1910:
My car is better than many toks in d market. If u think I drive a lemon u must be on kolos.
My car is in excellent condition, I don't joke with my tool. Engine on synthetic oil is still doing 10km/litre. No check engine light on dash, catalysts are still intact, AC chills like cold room. Noiseless suspension, interior still shining and smells like heaven, no body rust, just a few bumper and fender scratches. Whoever will end up buying this car when I decide to sell it will be most lucky among buyers of naija used cars.

Shoodboi:
I once worked as an attendant at a filling station. What this man is saying is impossible...

While there's usually fuel in the hose, that fuel is not your fuel. The mouth of the hose (the part that enters your car) has a small machine that calculates how much fuel is sold. The meter (the screen that calculates the price and liters sold) begins counting the moment fuel leaves the mouth of the hose and goes into your car. Not when fuel enters the hose.

In this case, this filling station appears to be out of fuel and are trying to pump out whatever remains in the underground tanks and hose into the keg. And you can see that they can't even fill a small keg.

With that said, I should add that filling stations can't sell air either. Instead, what they do is that they adjust their meter to reduce the amount of fuel sold. So, they can adjust the meter to sell 0.8 liters for every one liter displayed on the meter.

And this scam is never performed by the attendants because they do not have access to the configuration of the machine. Only the manager (sometimes with the instructions of the filling station owner) can do it.

The highest an attendant can do is to sell less fuel than you request, say sell 1000 naira fuel when you ask for 2000 naira, but you can quickly catch this scam by looking at the meter and ensuring the price and amount begin at 0 and reads up to whatever price or liter you ask for.

As for the readjustment done by the managers and filling station owner, the only way to catch them is to buy it in jerrycan. But once you see your fuel is not up to what you requested, confront the manager (not the attendant) and threaten to report them to DPR.

If the manager is doing it without the knowledge of the filling station owner, there's a high likelihood he'll give you some fuel to calm you down🤣🤣🤣 If he's doing it with the knowledge of the owner, he'll likely offer you a refund.

dapotemi:
This is beautiful to watch....I want to change all my four tires at once....which one should come first, alighment then change tire or the other way...Does it really matter?

MrReeseG:
Abeg!
Where I fit do wheel alignment and balancing around Lekki/Ajah? My wheel don ya werey mor mi lowo
And correct car detailing (thorough wash of the upholstery and all).

Femtopford:
Yes oooo, my big Sister. Of course, no be you talk am but na you show us.

dapotemi:
Another angle!!!