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So my friend is right then. In terms of maintenance cost, less stress on the road,getting satisfaction from his choice of cars. A client of mine was telling me that his kind of work will not permit a tokunbo car of whatever make. That the next car he is buying is an hyundai. He has an advert agency and that his clients will look down on him driving a used bmw.

FlyboyZee, Ajegunle and Banana Island are both in Lagos but the Ajegunle people nor get CCTV, Dogs and Alarm Center for them to fit sleep well for night. Na door bolt them take they lock their door for night. Comparing a BMW 2007 X6 with a 2014 Santa Fe is not good but in a true sense it is like comparing the tortoise and the dog to a race. Who will win knowing that the tortoise had arranged bones at strategic corners to distract the dog. BMW owners can attest to the fact that out of 365 days in a year, their cars were probably out of circulation for 60 days while the Santa Fe might just be out for 7 days in a year. In 1990, Sony and Samsung were not in the same category. Sony VHS was sold four times higher than Samsung. Samsung in Europe was for poor people who were not mindful about name. Today, Samsung is almost a par with Sony in all their products. That is the same comparison with the BMW X6 and Santa Fe

Siena:
[color=Blue]To my knowledge, Euro 2,3,4,5 refer to the engine's emission level. Not the grade of the fuel itself...[/color]

That is true. In the UK, vehicles using the Euro 2 emission level has been banned. This was confirmed by the Deputy MD of Porsche Nigeria, a Briton. He also claimed that Porsche vehicles in Nigeria are on the euro 4 emission level which is the same fuel characteristics as the regular unleaded fuel in Nigeria. US spec cars run on Euro 5 hence the check engine issue whenever you buy fuel in Nigeria for the first time. Siena, can someone import cars into Nigeria with Euro 2 and Euro 5 emission level when we have the fuel that can accommodate Euro 4 emission level?. I have met with the importers of Mitsubishi Pajero, Dodge Jeeps and they all claimed that their cars has been configured to run on Euro 4 emission level. The Euro emission levels is tailored to the fuel being used.

But what if the damage is caused by the importation of a car that does not match the fuel specification in the country? If Nigeria is using Euro 4 spec of fuel, what is the ideal car Mercedes, BMW, VW are supposed to import into Nigeria? Is it Euro 2, 3 or 5?

Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator already had that step in their older models.

That is true. If you are the sole importer and you have distributors and the distributors also have sub dealers, who is responsible for the car? That was why VW Germany had to call VW Center to order.Although it took some subtle threat to the Germans before they caved in, VW center had no response to that gear issue. When I told them that I was coming with an electrician to come and see the car, they were happy and when the guy detected the fault, wao, they quickly emailed the Germans that every thing is under control. The issue of grey export came to light. Where was CAR LINK getting their VWs from? They could not answer that question till we sold off the car. We did not even sell the car, a mechanic kept the car for 6 months and when we traced him, he told us that we are owing him N150k for the repairs he carried out on the car and the car was still in worse condition. So my friend told him to keep the car and go with his trouble. Four years for a beautiful Passat 2.0 with 17 inch alloy wheels. Four years of Misery and stress for a brand new car. I have seen an invoice of 900k for a 6 months old R class with fuel related issues from a MB dealer. Is there no warranty on fuel related issues?

My friend's Passat had warranty or so we thought. He bought the car from Lanre Shittu Motors in Surulere. They always come to pick up the car when it is due for maintenance. When the gear packed up, they took the car to VW Center who invoiced them for N1m to change the gear box. The car was left fallow for 6 months while the owner was contemplating the next action. The bottom line was that VW center refused responsibility claiming they did not import that car. Lanre Shittu claimed to have bought the car from Car link and Car link is a sub dealer with VW Center. It was a roadside rewire that eventually detected that it was the gear control unit and not the gear that had issues. Then it was too late. VW Germany had to intervene by compelling VW center to go and pick up the car and work on it. All they did was to sell us the gear control unit at a discounted price but then the car's connecting rods was also bent and they overhauled an engine of less than 20000 kms with 2 connecting rods already gone bad just a year after purchase. Passat has been at the receiving end of our fuel hence they are few on the road today. Ghana has Premium fuel, so I believe you guys will have limited issues concerning these cars. Hyundai has 3 yrs warranty but we dont know what the owners are going through with the reliability issues of the cars.

Beautiful response. From my friend's viewpoint, he might be right. Nothing compared to a new car. But it is not true that new cars dont visit the garages. Take a walk to Vw, Bmw and Benz dealerships and you will find a lot of these new cars gathering dust in their garages. Their owners are regreting their choice of cars. There was a guy who bought a brand nee passat years ago and one year later, the auto gear packed up and vw center gave a bill of N1m to change it. It was a long story. In the end, the car was sold for 150k after 4yrs. There are many Nigerians with such experience and they are hurting

Comparing BMW X6 2007 model with Hyundai Santa fe 2014 is like Shark vs crayfish. That is true. To process a crayfish is very easy compared to processing a shark to be able to cook and eat it. Same goes for the BMW and the Santa Fe. Why should I spend a fortune to maintain a BMW when I can get less for more? Even the tyres at the rear is big money. No spare, runflat tyres dey fear our roads well well. Those potholes that have sharp edges will disgrace run flat technology. I tend to believe that we take ownership of such marques to an extreme. I rather own a car that does not give me sleepless nights like my Range Rover Sport and my friend's Santa Fe than owning a BMW or other brands which gives their owners stress.






















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Yes o, the easiest car to fix. No headaches and nightmares, just follow the rules. Range Rover has an online resource center where you pay as little as 5 pounds to access the technical support. You can join even as an independent garage and from there, Range Rover repairs is made easy. Those spending tons of Naira to fix their Range Rovers must have allowed the Ride to wander off the rules and the owners have to pay a lot to put it in order. A poorly maintained range rover will cost a lot before it is restored but once the rules are engaged, bye bye to stress, financial and emotional.

Yes o. Land Rover is my passion too. It is easy to maintain unlike the BMW that listens and act like a robot.

That is true. The ignition coils for a range rover is not the same price with a Rav 4. But the coils in a Range Rover can last up to 70000 miles while a Rav 4 coil must have been changed more than 5 times before it gets to 70000 miles. Based on this comparison, are the coils not the same price?

b1327:
If ur friend is talkin brand new he win dat(cos d x6 is tokunbo) but other tinz wit d bm he should forget it

The Santa Fe is brand New. Just 7000 kms as at the time of the foto. But the issue is owning a 2007 BMW X6 that will drill holes in your account and owning a 2014 Hyundai that is just the latest wakapass.

bellong:
FlyboyZee... You don vex
Op,
There's something called proactive maintenance. It is what the German machines need unlike our reactive tendencies.
If you are proactive, maintaining any of the German weapon is a walk in the park.

No one bothers with proactive maintenance because the garages will take advantage of you. There was a garage who told their client that his brake pad is 45% low and therefore they changed his Range Sport front and rear brake pads for N120,000. So much for being proactive in this country.

If you are spending 1m in a year on your Range Rover repairs and maintenance, contact us to register for our extended Warranty package. Nigeriaarc@yahoo.com. 08098534267. Let us relive you of the stress of maintaining your Range all year round

I used to follow a friend of mine who was a member of BMW Club of Zurich to their meetings. Every Saturday, they all go to Germany which is next door, to stretch their machines on the Autobahn. Driving the M5 on 260kms, he noticed a Porsche Carrera gliding towards him and zoomed past him.
Fear catch fear. That was in the late 90s. The bottom line was that Emil Frey SA, the BMW dealer was not a point and kill garage. You dont have to be rich to buy a BMW. The only big deal is the insurance and the road tax. The possibility of buying a BMW and paying 20 francs per day as a lease option was rampant and anyone who can pay 600 sfrs a month can buy even the M series like my friend did. He later sold the car because he was always paying the police, fines on a daily basis and in the end they took his driver's license from him for overspeeding. So how can owning a BMW here in Nigeria become another issue?

Just change the oil and put new engine oil. Start the car and after 5 mins, pour the MSP into the oil chamber. 1 bottle for 5 litres oil capacity and 2 bottles for 2 gallons.

I have a customer in Abuja who begged me to please contact the sister in Lagos because the Coscharis boys are building a house with her money. There is always an issue that requires money. It is true that the owners wait for something to happen before they repair but how can the owner go for routine maintenance with the mindset of garages around us who see every BMW owner as a conduit pipe to improve on their financial status Coscharis inclusive. Honda Place fixed a customer's Acura MDS for N209k for fuel related issues. They changed the plugs for 40k, oxygen sensors for 120k when they know that cylinder misfire on an Acura is caused by the low octane fuel being used on the Acura. If Honda Place nor sabi, then who go sabi.

Good inputs. Why then must the repairs of a BMW be prohibitive if it is that good? Does the idea of being a big boy mean that you should make your BMW mechanic a joint signatory to your account like Lejuen 3 once suggested to me concerning his Range Rover Sport?

Bros na your head correct pass for this world. there is nothing i need to say again but that the Ops should tell his friend that a brand new BMW X6 is over 20M. and please let him drive your german machine on 3rd Mainland bridge on a light traffic day and feel the torque or he should just visit www.auto.aol.com and see the cars in the class of the BMW. you cant evern compare a korean man to a german man. there are on different lane. And comparing a 2007 car to a 2014 car is a misplace comparison. OPS i fit slap that your friend if he talk am for my presence self, i go come apologies say na mistake i do. And you sure say no be you dey do this comparison self codedly

Hmmmm. Please dont slap him. He is basking in the euphoria that he bought another brand jeep. His previous car was a Hyundai Tucson that I have been telling him to give to his 18 year old daughter cos the Tucson was a baby jeep. But my preference anyday is that I will rather buy a 2007 X6 than to buy a 2014 Santa Fe, Prado, Pilot or Murano. I will also choose a 2001 Mecedes E240 than for me to buy a 2014 Camry, Accord, Kia and Hyundai brands of cars. But the reason my friend gave is what I am still pondering and which Homguy also stated is the maintenance cost. The cost of keeping BMW on the road for 365 days is very prohibitive while the Santa Fe will just walk by. Like a guy once told me, the cost of acquiring a BMW is not a major issue, it is the cost of keeping it on the road that matters. Let the owners of BMW give us the review of the BMW. The cost of maintenance, how many days in a year, the BMW was on the road....... Any one in the house?

Hmmmm. He said that he can add more than 10 phones to the bluetooth in the car while the BMW has only four slots. That the Santa fe has a three seater while the BMW has just 2. But the reality on ground is that the Hyundai is becoming the no 1 best selling motor brand in Nigeria today while the BMW is a luxury that is becoming very prohibitive in terms of maintenance and the cost of putting the BMW on the road is becoming like a hot knife in a butter, woes and griefs. I have been driving this BMW X6 for sometime now and I was about to let go of my Range Sports but decided to quickly wake up from my short trance. I have also driven the X6 M and I say that driving that ride is something else but the cost of keeping these BMW s on the road is something we need to discuss. Why are Range Rovers, BMWs, Mercedes Benz s ownership becoming a burden instead of a thrill? Is the Government now justified giving us Hyundais, Nissans, Innoson and Peugeots, instead of BMWs, Benzs, Lexus, Range Rovers to reduce our burden? Why is there no fuel for these high end cars? Why must we wait for 2016 when Dangote's refinery commences operation before Nigeria can now produce Premium unleaded fuel? Ghana uses Premium and yet they dont have half of the cars that is in Lagos. Why, o why I think that it because of these reasons, my friend could boast of his new car when the BMW is seated majestically. Lion na Lion whether e dey bush or e dey Zoo but nowadays, we don dey confuse........

With this new automotive policy, the Government is trying to redirect our orientation from getting the best of things in life. A friend of mine just bought a brand new Hyundai Sante Fe for N7m and he is comparing the motor to a 2007 BMW X6, that his motor is better than the machine. Please I want everyone to comment. I rather buy a 2001 Mecedes E class than buy a 2014 Hyundai brand of any shape.

type t1v. Pureguard works well with it

Will get back to you today on that issue

Can you drive to Benin? I will get someone to look at the car for you

They cleaned your air filter instead of changing it, they put Mobil atf instead of ATF Z1, they put any spark plug on your car instead of the original number meant for your vehicle, what about the fuel filter? Is there a check engine on your dashboard? Look for those mechs that own obd 11 scanners even if it is a hand held and then we will know what is wrong. Dont let mechanics without a scanner touch your car again, even if they wave to you, dont wave back. Cars have gone high tech and they have to move with the tide or they will end up with the 504s that they are used to. let me have the number written on the plugs they changed.

Transmission fluid are to be changed once in a year or every 15000 miles or 25000 kilometers. As for your second question, change your air filter. Let them scan the car to know the fault codes in the car and do change your transmission fluid.

I did reply. Let me send again

Thanks bros. There was a guy in vi who fix big cars. He charged a friend of mine to fix a/c related faults and a/c packed up. He later fixed the guy's suspension issues for 1,1m and when the guy cried to me after the suspension failed, the guy told me that the electronics in the range has collaspes. That same range was fixed for 50k and till date no suspension issues. There are guys who boast about where they take their range to. So they pay thru their nose. Like you said, it is better to order the parts. With paypal now active in Nigeria, it is easier to order ur parts and give it to us to fix. Imagine spending 500k to buy bumper and headlights of a Range. God help us.

The Range has been over pampered from birth. It was bought brand new and as an occasional Sunday Sunday ride. It was involved in an accident and the passenger side was shattered. The owner wanted to buy a new one and let this one go but we counseled him to make it new instead of buying new. So with the job done, it is really worth it. Every dime. The only problem is that our local suppliers are too greedy. There was no time to order the parts from the UK. It would have been very cheap. The bumper and the headlights alone took N500,000. My gray hairs increased by 30%. But so far so good. Feeling good is good business, at least for the proud owner.

Nothing in the interior except dvd and changing all the bulbs to white. It gave the Range a heavenly interior feeling. But the total renovation was hovering around 1.2m.

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