₦airaland Forum

@ Bubbloma

For both VINs:

The letters "I", "O", and "Q" never appear in a VIN.
- The VIN must be exactly 17 characters in length.
- The CARFAX database contains information for cars manufactured from 1981 through the present.

@ WN

2001 INFINITI QX4
JNRDR09Y61W216224
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.5L V6 SFI DOHC 24V
ALL WHEEL DRIVE

2 Previous owners
115,162 miles Last reported odometer reading on 05/21/2008
No accident/damage reported to CARFAX

09/06/2001 20 New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Phoenix, AZ
Title #GD20012490687 Title issued or updated
First owner reported
Registered as
corporate lease vehicle

02/22/2005 46,439 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Southeast Region
Listed as
a dealer vehicle

05/21/2008 115,162 Midas
Mt. Pleasant, SC
843-881-6250
www.midas.com Vehicle serviced
Oil and filter changed chassis lubricated

No title problems (junk, salvage, flood, rebuilt, etc)

@ Ovamboland

TOTAL LOSS means the cost to repair after the accident exceeded 75% of the pre-accident value of the car. The insurance company made this determination.


SALVAGE - In most US states, salvage means vehicle is not road worthy and some states would regard the vehicle as junk.

If CARFAX indicated REBUILT, would mean vehicle has been repaired, inspected and restored to operation. Refurbished parts are often used for rebuilt title repairs. There's no indication that this vehicle has a rebuilt title so it's possible it was repaired but not inspected/didn't pass inspection or maybe repaired in Nigeria. Either way, no evidence it passed regulatory inspection in the US after repair.

I would advise you to stay away from this car.

@ moneyflo

2005 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER/LIMITED
JTEEP21A650107500
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.3L V6 FI DOHC 24V
ALL WHEEL DRIVE


No accident/damage reported to CARFAX
CARFAX - 1 Owner Vehicle
38557 Last reported odometer reading on 08/18/2008

09/26/2008 Toyota Certified Dealer
Vienna, VA Offered for sale as a Toyota Certified Used Vehicle
Indigo exterior
Gray interior

CARFAX 1-Owner vehicle! 1-owner 2005 Toyota Highlander/Limited vehicles are worth an average of $1,015 more to consumers because 1-owner vehicles tend to be consistently driven and maintained. Use this as a guide when comparing vehicles. Learn More
Low mileage! This owner drove an estimated 11,315 miles per year, lower than the industry average of 15,000 miles. These vehicles can be a better value.

@awon boiz

2005 INFINITI FX35
JNRAS08W45X214284
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.5L V6 PFI DOHC 24V
ALL WHEEL DRIVE

Accident/Damage Reported
CARFAX - 1 Owner Vehicle
Corporate fleet vehicle
45979 Last reported odometer reading on 09/22/2008

09/12/2007 New Jersey
Police Report
Case # 2007-16032 Accident reported
in Monmouth County
It hit another motor vehicle
Right front primarily damaged

09/22/2008 45,979 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Pennsylvania
Listed as
a dealer vehicle

@ Ovamboland

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA CE/LE/S
2T1BR32E57C791652
SEDAN 4 DR 1.8L L4 FI DOHC 16V
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

DOES NOT qualify for the CARFAX Buyback Guarantee
Branded Title: Salvage
Accident/Damage Reported
2 Previous owners

02/07/2007 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Westbury, NY Title issued or updated
First owner reported
Loan or lien reported


06/12/2007 Dealer Inventory Vehicle offered for sale

09/26/2007 New York
Police Report
Case #32347226 Accident reported
Vehicle involved in crash
with another motor vehicle

6392 Last reported odometer reading on 07/31/2007

11/20/2007 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept. TOTAL LOSS VEHICLE
Title or registration issued
to insurance comp

11/20/2007 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept. SALVAGE TITLE/CERTIFICATE ISSUED

01/22/2008 Vehicle Exporter Vehicle exported from
New York, NY
and imported to
Nigeria

@Carshopper

2003 NISSAN MURANO SL/SE
JN8AZ08T83W109708
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.5L V6 SFI DOHC 16V
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

No accident/damage reported to CARFAX
CARFAX - 1 Owner Vehicle
22317 Last reported odometer reading on 08/25/2004
No title problems (junk, salvage, flood, ewbuilt, etc)

CARFAX 1-Owner vehicle! 1-owner 2003 Nissan Murano SL/SE vehicles are worth an average of $1,993 more to consumers because 1-owner vehicles tend to be consistently driven and maintained. Use this as a guide when comparing vehicles

@ C_Ronaldo

1998 HONDA CR-V EX
JHLRD1865WC082957
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 2.0L L4 FI SOHC 16V
ALL WHEEL DRIVE

No accident/damage reported to CARFAX
3 Previous owners
78622 Last reported odometer reading on 05/17/2006
No title problems (junk, salvage, flood, ewbuilt, etc)

09/17/1998 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Somers, NY Registered as
personal vehicle

12/07/2001 44,826 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Eastern Region
Listed as
a fleet vehicle

01/18/2006 Auto Auction Sold at auction
in Eastern Region
Listed as
a dealer vehicle

@adexcarz


The VIN you entered is invalid however for 4JGAB54E4WA025872:

1998 MERCEDES-BENZ ML320
4JGAB54E4WA025872
4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.2L V6 FI SOHC
ALL WHEEL DRIVE

No accident/damage reported to CARFAX

03/04/1998 New York Motor Vehicle Dept. Cazenovia, NY Registered as personal vehicle
01/15/2001 45,841 Empire Motor Co Binghamton, NY 607-772-0700 Vehicle serviced Washed/detailed
01/18/2001 Dealer Inventory Binghamton, NY Vehicle offered for sale
02/01/2001 46,619 Auto Auction Sold at auction in Eastern Region Listed as a dealer vehicle
02/24/2001 Dealer Inventory Watertown, MA Vehicle offered for sale
02/26/2001 46,630 Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Dept. Brighton, MA Title #AV617090 Vehicle purchase reported
03/16/2001 Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Dept. Brighton, MA Title #AV617090 Dealer took title of this vehicle while it was in inventory
03/23/2001 Dealer Inventory Watertown, MA Vehicle offered for sale

02/01/2007 Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Dept. Brighton, MA
Title #AV617090 Registration issued or renewed
Registration updated when owner moved the vehicle to a new location
Vehicle color noted as White

Last reported odometer was 02/26/2001 46,630

Nairalanders,

Until Nov 27/08, I'd be happy to check CARFAX if you post your VIN here.

You can find the VIN (I hear it's also called chassis or engine number) at the following locations:

On the door frame/door post of the front doors (usually driver's but sometimes passenger's)
- On the dash near the windshield
- On the engine itself (machined pad on front of engine)
- On the car's firewall
- In the left-hand inner wheel arch
- On the steering wheel/steering column
- On the radiator support bracket
- On your car's title, registration, guarantee/maintenance book or on the declarations page of your auto insurance policy

Congratulations, Ziontrain, wish you lots of success.

Phammyus,

Let's not forget that the VIN also verifies the model/manufacture year not just salvage or accident scenarios. I'm not a car expert but I too had checked the picture of the 2004 model online yesterday. I have a strong feeling that this is a honest mistake, all the best with your business.

Busy_body raises a valid point re designating a car as "Nigerian used" just to avoid posting the VIN. Let's not forget that the VIN also verifies the model/manufacture year (that has sometimes been disuputed on Nairaland ads), the last reported mileage etc; not just salvage or accident scenarios.

God knows a "Nigerian used" car can have it's odometer rolled back to show a figure less than it's reading upon shipment from US or Canada. Granted, no recorded history once the vehicle hits our shores but at least with the last Carfax mileage, a buyer has a pretty good idea of what the current mileage should look like depending on the car's operation since it arrived Nigeria.

I say let's keep things simple so as not to create avoidable loopholes. If it has a VIN, post it and leave the buyer to decide if it's a good deal or not.

Luisedet,

I'm in full agreement. Most of these cars are coming in from North America so there's no reason why the VIN should not be displayed if the dealers are selling with confidence.

@ Blackspade

I'm in total agreement that discipline is necessary but I disagree that spanking is the only way to achieve it. There's no study/research that supports spanking as the most effective/best method of discipline and it certainly does not necessarily prevent the kinds of societal ills you have described.

Before I came to live here, if someone had told me spanking would not be the method of choice in my household, I would have laughed at them. That's why I said the environment contributes to what you as an individual will see as effective.

My philosophy is live and let live, you will never hear me tell someone not to spank their children. If na you born am, na you get that right!

For the average child (noted there are children who have ADD, behavioral problems, autism, etc), the environment in which he/she grows up and what is seen as common/generally accepted plays a role in behavior.

We've only spanked 2 or 3 times, not because we don't see bad behavior in action but because here in North America (don't know of other continents other than Africa), the schools encourage kids to be in tune with their feelings, they encourage them to communicate and voice out issues. As a result, kids display a higher sense of maturity in their relationship with adults and this gives us parents the opportunity to hold them accountable for bad behavior by speaking directly to their sense of right or wrong, punishment through "time-outs", denial of TV/computer privileges, etc. Spanking thus becomes the child is unable to relate hitting with correction. As we all know, spanking is a lot about intimidation and though this was the method of correction/punishment I was used to growing up, now it really does seem like a violent way to react to kids' bad behavior. Even in Nigeria, everyone knows that kid who doesn't cry when spanked and who doesn't change.

Yes, I am a Nigerian and I am saying all this, but I also acknowledge that I would probably be of a different mindset if our kids were born and raised in Nigeria.

@ Hakir

Thanks for your quick response. I will need to have someone in Abuja check out the Yayale Ahmed estate environment. As for "currently partly renovated, so you get full renovation on payment" - what stage is completion at currently and when is 100% completion planned for? Is it possible to buy a completed one directly from the developer?

@ hakir


I'm interested in buying a newly constructed 2 or 3 bedroom flat located within an estate in the same class as the ones you've mentioned here. If you have any available, pls provide details including price and specific estate location. Thanks.

vin

The song is from nigeria's 25th Independence anniversary in 1985. Don't recall clearly now, might have been Sunny Okosun.


Nigeria is 25
The odds we did survive
Arise salute the nation
Come join the celebration
A people united will never fall
The sun will shine and the rain will fall
On our land vast and mighty
Richly blessed by the Almighty
Like bees in a hive
We work so hard
To make the honey flow
But not without the use of the hoe, hoe, hoe

Arise salute the nation
Come join the celebration
Nigeria is 25, Nigeria is 25

If there is at least a 75% chance of making a 2-1 with the extra semester, I say go for it. A couple of more months is a lot less than the number of years left in your life (May God grant you long life, good health). At 23, you easily have minimum 30 yrs ahead in terms of work/career pursuits. Even if you retire after 25 yrs of work, that's still a lot more than your current age. A 2-1 can make the difference when interviewing for a job especially in Nigeria of today; the job you get today can have lasting impact on the direction your career takes. Also, a 2-1 from Nigeria can make a difference btw getting into a really good school for post-grad studies and a mediocre, small time school in some parts of North America.

Something wrong with the 2nd pic. Based on the 1st and 3rd, judged to be a 7-8

Drinking water

Moimoi
Efo riro
Milk
Orange and apple juce
Pop
Butter
Mayonaise
Cheese
White rice
Stew
Corned beef
Bread
Honey
Eggs
Yoghurt

None

Joint ownership

One of the biggest things (note, not the only thing) men hate is a woman not bothering with her appearance once married. Granted there might be changes in appearance like weight gain due to childbirth(s) but that's no reason to let yourself go completely. If you get bigger, nothing spoil, key is retaining your hotness. Do all you are able, in the midst of being a working wife and mom; to make sure you remain attractive.

Wife's mother because the average Nigerian woman relates much better with her own mom than her mother-in-law. She can speak her mind freely when talking with her mom without fear that anything she does or says "can be used against her."

Wife's mother because the average Nigerian woman relates much better with her own mom than her mother-c cftin-law. She can speak her mind freely when talking with her mom without fear that anything she does or says "can be used against her."

Probably not.

I agree with reality4us. We have 5 1/2 yr old and 3 yr old cars, both purchased brand new. Presently, the former has 80000km and the latter's at 47000km because my spouse's commute to work is only about 20 mins and a large part of my commute is on trains/buses.