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izzou:
[color=royalblue]Good evening ma. I'm new here. Do you mind showing me around?

I sent a message and it wasn't replied. You dey vex for me?
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didn't get anything. Vex ke. Say wetin

weyreypey:
how is your husband

excellent as usual

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Conner44:
my friend stand firm in your ideas, do not allow them cower you into submission with talks of spending billions over years and having nothing to show for it. you and them are not trying to do the same thing. they wanted to upload parts for over 1000 different vehiches from over 100 different vehiclemanufacturers on a database and that is why they failed. mind you, they were not doing it individually but as a franchaise meaning they had pooled resources from different channels of their various divisions to attempt the project. you can not find it easy to collate parts, description and prices of parts from mercedes, skoda, chevrolet, lamboghini, bently etc onto one single database and succeed without spending huge sums on research. remember you are not trying to rub sboulders with a coglomerate but only trying to satisfy a particular niche market aka the 9ja transportation environment.

if i were to be in your shoes, id look around my immediate environment first. ask myself what vehiches do transporters use the most because they are the ones who change parts more often than other road users. for uber i see toyota, honda, hyundai, kia and maybe other less used brands as peugeot and volvo. for mass transit i see korope busses and maybe keke.

now i make my research fo collate a database with parts for the 3 most used vehicle types for each manufacturer eg,

for toyota i will list parts, prices and part numbers for only the relevant years of corolla, camry and maybe yaris or matrix
for honda i will do just accord, civic and maybe city
for hyundai i could list for accent and maybe sonata
for kia just do rio and any other one
peugeot can have 406, 306, 206
volvo has its own s40 and s60
korope is usually suzuki every or daihatsu hijet
keke is optional sha but you get the jerk

you won't need millions of naira or months to collate a comprehensive database of most used parts and prices from ladipo for your webstore if you are running with the blueprint above. the other ones that spent millions of dollars wanted to cater for every single vehicle type on the face of the earth hence their frustrations/failure. you just need to cater to the needs of potential customers within your immediate localization first and over time you can learn to expand your scope as the market grows or changes. with a limited inventory of only parts from few manufacturers you can be fluid with making necessary adjustments to the specifics of your database like its ever changing prices in the market due to economic happenings at any given time plus you will not need many hands on deck (employees) to run your webtore for you. highest one front end, one back end and maybe three people to do the actual legwork in the market itself to collate parts and prices for the developers to work with.

if i were you i will start working on the dream you have, build up your webstore, find parts and prices for most used vehicles by readers on this forum like corolla, civic, rio, accent, accord, camry etc and go with the flow. remember once you've started it will not be easy for anyone to stop or discourage you again. people come to the cartalk section to inquire about parts on a daily basis, even on this thread people regularly ask for current prices of various parts too. those from other parts of the country that can not come down to lagos will have a look at your store for prices and availability too because most parts not seen elseshere are all in lagos. can you not see that it is very glaring that you will garner an audience from this forum alone once you have begun.

shun people that try to talk you down or out of your dream, they are small thinkers. strategy and zeal is all you really need bro. once you start your webstore and collate your database list you can monetize the website with google and get paid for ip specific visits too like other stores do.

i always come in peace

no one is trying to cower him. We were being realists and trying to advice him just like you just did because he didn't seem to have a strategy or even a clear business plan. You gave it two seconds of thought and have a clearer plan than he presented. What he's talking about doing is not what you described. In fact, it's still not 100% clear what he's talking about with an online mechanic.

Again, I'm not his competition so it doesn't bother me one bit. He's used, I'm new. Both are sorely needed in Nigeria.

Let me give you an example of why a simple website can't handle what he says he's trying to do. What he's talking about is a very sophisticated website. The filter below fits a multitude of cars. What he wants is something like picture one that will take the information from picture two, cross reference and give you the car-specific search result in picture one. Those of you who code on this thread, I'm sure you know that is no small feat. It's similar to the Chinese postman optimized route algorithm. Now add to the fact that the same part with have at least three different part number variations in the Nigerian market. Then, don't forget since these are used parts, regular uploads of the actual item will also be required not generic images like ours. Also, the same part might be priced differently from each seller as well as depending on which vehicle the buyer said they needed it for. That's a lot of server space.

2013 Honda Accord had an oil leak


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKfenuTzcMY

2013 Honda Accord had an oil leak


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKfenuTzcMY

futurenix:
Please what's the price or link to the price for this. Have some leakage on my sienna around the compressor area or so.

hi, currently out of stock.

You can check out website for pricing and inventory 24/7

Weblink.carquest.com
Username Cust498
Password Password1

donfortune48:
And these too.

numbers 2 and 3 are the same as numbers 2 and 1 from your previous lost. Mobil changed the packaging.

donfortune48:
Comrades which of these mobil 1 is best for a tokunbo car in naija.
Radautoworks. Gazzuzz, Dru23, Izzuo, pearl1910

any. Though the last two are better for high mileage. I personally am not crazy about extended performance oils. If they're the same price or close, sure. If not, I wouldn't bother with extended performance anything.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Good morning everyone.

I'm new here. You guys are doing great, and I love all your updates.

God bless you all [/color]

stranger, how far

Crvrider:
Impossible is nothing! What I think would work but no one has given it a thought is a junkyard.

Egunmogaji2 considered it but decided against it after SWOT analysis

seyicodes:
I understand everything but nothing is impossible. To be honest with you .. it's not necessary you upload all the spare part of every vehicle .. the thing is there are major parts that are moving market. These are the part I intend to upload manually on my domain and it will be available for every motor from year 2000 till date. It's possible my sister. At least a thousand part for every vehicle isn't bad to start with. And about the online mechanic workshop I see it's part of what you are doing but no vex my sister .. there are things I think you need to do to increase sale .. the online mechanic workshop is the answer .. I wouldn't share that here .. you can dm me ..

You keep contradicting yourself. I don't have the energy. Carry on o

seyicodes:
my sister we can make this thing work. Before i say that nothing like what i want to build is in nigeria you should know that i have already done my research ma. I don't just wake up and start typing my sister. I have many resourses that can make this thing work from A = > Z except the API that cost more because thats the back bone of the project except if we want to manually upload our product then what will be needed will just be hosting , domain name, script , and modules to add extra functionalities to the website to make it more easier for customer to just filter the main product the want with that module just like autozone . Its a bigger project no one has successfully done in nigeria. If you find any please come up with it. Where you find every car part you need in nigeria. I come in peace.

What do you think has been the hurdle for everyone who wanted to do this? You seem to think the bolded is a minor hurdle

Even us with all the resources we have, we gave up doing it overseas and simply create sublogins of our US site- and that's for new parts with only one source from only one part numbering nomenclature (US). Bosch Nigeria has not succeeded either and takes hours to try to match up part numbers. So how exactly do you plan to upload updated inventory daily from Ladipo sellers with part numbers from three different country's nomenclatures (US, SA and Nigeria) with multiple prices. Especially when the sellers themselves often do not have complete part matching information?

Add to that, do you realize the server space you would need to pull this off? A website as you describe it will NOT be able to power this. We have over 25000 unique part numbers and that's not even going as old as cars get here.

I'm not being a downer, I'm being a realist. You are a long, long way from what you are trying to accomplish if I'm understanding you correctly. That being said, AGAIN, WHAT IS AN ONLINE MECHANIC

Go look around on ours. It seems this is what you are trying to do. Correct me if I'm wrong. It took millions of dollars and about 8 years to create. We spent another three years trying to simply link and create Nigerian version and gave up. Same in the Caribbean. I know of at least one other party with deep pockets working on exactly your idea (Amazon of used parts for Nigeria). They've been on it for two years since we told them we were abandoning the project.

This is our site for new parts
weblink.carquest.com
Username Cust498
Password Password1

geezyk:
I visited the link and the websites contained therein, what he's proposing is way more advanced that all I've seen, i just hope he's able to pull it off with the right funding and people.

I'm all for anything innovative but from what I've seen, he's not done the research to have a solid business plan. He's got a lot more hurdles than a 50k domain.

geezyk:
Guy, you just dey dish out mad ideas wey people with vision and cash fit run asap. You're supposed to keep a lid on this idea and only share to potential investors, your ideas are fantastically brilliant, only a fool won't notice that.

Only pitch your ideas to people willing to invest, if I get hidden money somewhere I go use your idea and add some other things, engage in massive marketing and ads, within a year or 2 you're on your foot, raking in the money.

hearing an idea and being able to pull out off are two different things. And again, this already exists in Nigeria. A 5 seconds Google will tell you that. My cousin already did it and has been for over a year. All he can do is improve it.

https://naijauto.com/car-buying-and-selling/car-parts-website-nigeria-5563

DukeNija:
I have someone. He’s really good. Can he apply?

yes please

mindworx:
Good morning guys,
I have a family of 3 and I earn abit above average. I am not big in spending much on cars but I think I need something more interesting than my lovely VW Passat 2008. I'm looking at either an ML350 2012 or a C300 2015. But then I came across a BMW X5 2015 that requires a balloon sensor and steering airbags change. Should I face my front and keep evaluating my MB options or it's not too bad to make those fixes in the BMW and pick it up? The BM is seducing me badly. Please advise me.

C300. Usually I go for the SUV but in this case more value for your money than the ML and less maintenance too. Also, that generation ML was boring and sad. C300 has better gas mileage.

Blackbishop:
Rebuilding a Toyota Avalon 2008 Engine.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNCODwMPsE

yezzir

Details please! Tell us the story that goes with this.

Maxijoe:
Yea Radus, I seek his opinion on this matter and seeking yours too, you people are profs in this field and I cannot get it wrong if I get the opinion of two profs I guest.

Yes he uses mobil-1. advice well taken, from the two gender profs am good to go.
I doff my hat Radus. Thanks a lot

got you

He was using Mobil 1 but what weight? And yw

blissbliss:
Not sure this is scalable

that's where a SWOT/market analysis comes in

brogxy:
Sir, you are contradictory! It also means your findings were not good enough.



These three things you mentioned are of very low cost compared to what you just laid down (35k - 50k at most).

It's good to think big but don't let it drive you into the well.

I thought so but didn't want to say anything. I thought maybe I was missing something.

seyicodes:
my brother i didn't even know that radautowork is into it already. it has been in my plan for a very long time. Radautowork just quoted me today when i mentioned that business for someone who want to invest in keke business. That was how i know the lady. Oga mi sir i did my findings and i see that such service is not really available in nigeria so that was when i started working towards it. I am not after anyone shadow.

This tells me you haven't done a SWOT Analysis. There are already 2 or 3 websites dedicated to what you are talking about. Competition is healthy but only if you can differentiate yourself from the pack. So far, I don't see how you plan to do that if you haven't even done a market analysis. If you don't know what your competition is offering, how do you exceed it? (I'm not your competition by the way.. Unless the naira recovers and brings us on par)

I still don't quite understand what you mean by "online mechanic". So far it seems like you mean an online used parts store.... Which exist in Nigeria...

seyicodes:
invest in food business or online mechanic workshop.

please explain this to me

sintin:
Aunty Radu,

Good morning,My question goes thus, I have a 2010 Corolla I intend to tow with a Honda CR-V 2013 using u-haul tow dolly, from WV to NJ.(550 miles apart) U-haul said I can't tow it because the load will be too much for the CR-V especially as regards the breaking system and they can't be liable etc.
Besides the break issue, is there any other damage that might happen to the CR-V? E.g will it wreck the transmission/ engine if I go ahead with this.
Secondly am considering getting a F-150 for this occasional towing but it's a little bit pricy, do you think a Nissan Xterra can handle this considering it's an off road and it comes with an average of 3.5 liter engine.
Ps: WV, MD are mountainous areas so I will be ascending and descending hills on the trip.
Thank you

Do not try it with the CR-V. transmission can't handle it especially in mountainous terrain. Get a decent truck. I wouldn't recommend the xterra either. Technically it could but that's not what is designed for. Get the Ford F series though be ready to burn gas. Better to get a diesel.

Maxijoe:
Radautoworks can I pls get you opinion on this.

Good evening all, I want to appreciate everyone on this thread for their wealth of experience shared and most especially GAZZUZZ for creating the thread and ensuring that all issues raised get response. The experience gotten from this thread and other threads on nairaland with the help of God helped me to get a super neat car from a fellow Nairalander (An Honda Accord DC Naija used). Its been joy since I bought it.
But something is giving a serious concern, I bought the car nine months ago during COVID-19 as at then Mobil 5w20 was not in the market and I needed to service it, so my mechanic sudgested I use Mobil 20w50 which I opted for as the car was very due for service. I had serviced it twice after that using same oil (20w50) though at lower milage put on it (first @ 500+ mile and second @ about 1000 mile ) because I service it at exactly 3 months interval. I bought it with 160,000miles on it and a had only put like 2500miles on it.
The issue now is that I want to go back to its recomended oil, is it safe to do that at this point owing to the fact that I have only used 20w50 for nine months.
Let me stress that the engine is still rock solid still drips water @ exhust and no issue at all.
pls I need your advice on this profs in the house so that I did not shoot myself on the foot. Thanks

So... This isn't his thread lol... It's mine lol. I think you meant to post to a different thread. But to answer your question, depends. Was the previous owner issuing 5w20? If so, go for it. If you have a problem, revert.

Joselph95:
Today (May 18th, 2021) makes it exactly 6 months that I picked up my Car (Toyota Corolla Sport - absolutely 7th car directly/indirectly from Amdman) at Port and I believe 6 months is more than enough time to know if a car functions perfectly or not hence, giving my review.

Lemme tell you that the moment the Car left Port, it landed at the Car Wash and absolutely nothing, I mean NOTHING was fixed even up to this typing moment except servicing. Battery is in top-notch condition, responds immediately, never removed and never disappointed. Car engine sounds *crazy and runs like a V6 engine - The way it moves on highway ehn, its just amazing, within few seconds its already on 90-100KPH. It picks up immediately and zoom off.

About 4 extra remotes and 3 keys came with it as it has remote start feature. 4 extra tires on allows was included in the deal too but unfortunately, "port rats" did their usual dirty job (stole em) as it was shipped via RORO...

Nevertheless, I've never loved a car as I love this as everything, I mean EVERYTHING about this Car is top-notch and for that I'm saying a big Thank You - "Amdman"... More deals ahead.

congratulations!

RickTisci:
Good evening Ma, someone recommend that I talk to you, from uber thread. Please I need a Honda civic 06/07.

I'm not sure why... I don't sell cars...

Say it with me people, AN. ENGINE. IS. NOT. A. CONSUMABLE. PART.

Everything does not require an engine replacement!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGoAsWTKIQ

Say it with me people, AN. ENGINE. IS. NOT. A. CONSUMABLE. PART.

Everything does not require an engine replacement!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGoAsWTKIQ

Say it with me people, AN. ENGINE. IS. NOT. A. CONSUMABLE. PART.

Everything does not require an engine replacement!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGoAsWTKIQ

DMechyy:
Supreme 5w30 by Chevron.

Notable brand
Not cut throat price
Quality oil
Good reviews.

@Radautoworks, crush and own this market. If you dont, i will find way bring them in

Thanks I but no interest in crushing oil market. Other people have to eat. Plus we have our own brand

Slickleo:
Bro u must get dat time, original Mobil xhp is far beta Dan all dis generic claimed full synthetic

why are you like this