₦airaland Forum

TheStakeHolder:
Sapa induced diet.
May God save us all from poverty...

bonnyhope:
Seriously

There's great difference between naija used and Tokunbo

I will advise anyone to stay calm until He can afford foreign used

Except you know the seller in person and he is ready to say the truth about the vehicle

Rhado:
I don’t want to cry, e dey pain well well. Just be very careful when buying naija used car.

fineboynl:
Nigeria used car.

Whatever you do just expect the unseen, know that 85% of Nigeria used cars has problem especially if it has been used by many Nigerians. If you are buying from the first owner you might be lucky .

cuteralph101:
posted this in January 2020...as at today I've spent over 900k on repairs accidents and mechanical issues. Car is milking me badly . Read

How I spent over 2.6 million on a car that gets me sad, embarrassed and frustrated. Now I am getting depressed…

Last year 22 June is one day I can't easily forget. I just got myself a Toyota Camry 2007 for my 25th Birthday. I bought the car for 1.8m from a very good friend of mine (8 years together). He buys and sells used and foreign (tokunbo) cars although not a certified dealer. He drove the car down to my loc and I accessed the car I was shocked as it was far from what I expected. On inspecting the car, I was not so impressed, despite having a california plate number like heck this shit supposed be better than i anticipated. The sound of the car was too noisy, the vibrations from the dashboard, the windscreen cracked (about 28inches), the interior a bit neat but the sound system to the gear lever area was not so neat. I began to doubt the prize of the car but we already negotiated at 1.8m. I asked if this car is okay, he affirmed that it is and can't sell a problem to his brother.

I drove the car out to look for a car diagnosing company but it was a rainy day had to come back not being able to get a car company to check the car. The car consumes fuel a little bit more than conventional 4 plugs and it raised further doubt about the roadworthiness of the car but what do I know car was moving although skips when entering gear 3. I didn't know much about all this as overtime I didn't put the discipline of owning a car with this being my second car am so ashamed. Went back home I asked my friend what's wrong with the car he affirmed again that nothing is wrong. A month later I started noticing oil stain where I park. I bent over and saw oil dripping my heart almost skipped while this is a small issue (I knew this later) I trembled…this car is just a month old. I spent 31k fixing this shit cos I was too busy to inspect the repairs. A week later the same issue occurred. This was getting too much.

This got me sad and mad and I was already regretting the choice of getting a car. I later opted for a car company (My worst mistake). Oil seal was fixed 4 times in 7 months oil keeps dripping from the engine. Between this period the car abruptly stops on the road and sometimes won't even start after parking. I suffered all this with a faulty steering pump which causes the steering to be stiff. Some car companies aren't trustworthy and won't likely be the solution to your car problems...but they got my car moving each time it breaks down and I paid the exorbitant cost for minor repairs for fear of this roadside mechanics. The drill continued and I kept repairing and kept paying. The worst happened in March this year when I had a hit with a reckless driver. The bonnet bent a little and bumper beyond repair. I painted the car after 11 days. I told a panel beater working with the painter to bring the car home for me on reaching close the car stopped. Suffered to get it home as the car keeps draining charged batteries.

The next day I called the car company to come take the car for checks and possible repair. The next day I was told the engine has to be ringed that it's not the alternator. Bill of 169k for everything. I opted for a new engine (2AZ and was billed 300k for everything by the same company). I also bought shaft for both legs (55k). The former engine I was told is now scrapped and would be sold for a small amount (I left it for them). The car was with them for about 7 weeks as I wasn't around. When the car was out, AC no longer working. I called and was told the compressor is bad and needs to be changed. Why me! Bill 148k Like my God what have I done...? I spent 96k to fix AC (I had to call someone else from the neighboring state). I discovered that the AC had been fixed before and resulted to change most of the AC components. had to rethink this whole spending, right now my windscreen is bad can't see well when it's raining, my headlamp bad not bright, my exhaust very noisy unwanted sound from the manifold and consumes fuel, the legs need to be checked again (camber bushing or what do they call it) and interior needs fixing. Other issues although not certain is the suspension.
After penning my frustration in this piece Nairaland kept banning me from uploading…I gave up trying. The worst right now my gear doesn't select after a journey of 112km to and fro where I base. I need to share this experience so people can learn from this.
The estimate for expenses carried out so far on repairs so far should be over 850k in one year (major repairs: New Engine + Shaft 355k, AC 96k, Legs [fixed twice] 64K {break pads, hub, tie rod, bushing etc}) (minor repairs: oil seal repair 4 times around 80k (new oil every time to put a new oil seal), Nozzle + Plugs + Fan + Key starter 44k, Exhaust (net) 10.4k. Others: painting 60k and panel beating 15k. (all of this excluding gear) Bought tires several times as they keep peeling off from bad alignment although Belgium tires. There are others I can't remember right now. All this excluding fuel. I honestly can't continue like this.

Aaaaarghmed:
the v6 for camry muscle is bae.the I4 na thrash,you really sabi

MrFinbarr:
After owning and using a Camry V6 for the past 4 years, nothing will ever make me touch a V4/i4 for life. Go for the V6, maintain it well and you'd never regret it.

shunlet210:
Look for a very strong herbalist, let him identify the people and use Ogun to kill them all. I was robbed in my apartment 2 years ago, my avalon was stolen, 2021 again, i parked a corolla to take one bottle of bear, only for me to come out, i pressed remote, e no work the car battery has been removed. I am looking for a good native charm or an herbalist to kill them all, those that robbed me if they are still alive. wicked people everywhere.

eedimo:
My wife's food takes 4eva to be ready.
We usually loss our appetite before food is served.
I don tire

The food she's preparing now; she started by 8:30 and we are expecting it to be served by 12 earliest.

heniford2:
When the brought there proposal for me to invest my mum was with the option is a good business just give it a try with 10mil and watch our pastor is even in it so i trust them,chia! Thank God i no gree i was having double mind. anything pastor or Rev market just know is not safe to invest

drake49:
i appreciate sir, the roads are good here in Abj. i thought about this camry also, popularly know as spider or muscle... do you mean i can get a clean foreign /tokunbo at that range?

drake49:
thank you sir, but i don't want Nigeria used

akinsto4ever:
You better carry this carton go owode...nonsense and buhari

akinsto4ever:
You better carry this carton go owode...nonsense and buhari

ifeolamide00:
Lol i really dont talk about this but since its a faceless app..i think i can spill it and not feel bad

Been born in a poor family is one of the greatest blow life hit me with...so so poor family...finished secondary school and applied for university...folks dosent have even enough for the acceptance fee to thier name...so they took loans
My fees and expenses were on loan sharks...every Wednesday is a bad day in our lives..its either folks are running helter skelter to pay or their been disgraced...i have older sis and 2kid sis..it was rough and tough..i still wonder how people from familes like this concetrate in school..loans and repayment has always been my worries...nothing enter ls my head..while in secondary school i was one of the best...but in uni i was one of the worst..i pass my courses only when i get help...so i met this girl ..she was the angel that helped me survive feeding in school..she made sure eating wasn't a problem..and at some point we started to date because i honestly have nothing else to offer her aside love,care and my body...so i reliedband trusted her 100...at some point, babygirl got tired and fedup ,so she broke up...lol...that killed me and everything around me because it was an exam period...so i failed woefully, so bad that i had to switch department and let go of a whole academic year...the next year the governor of my state hiked the school fee over a hundred percent...so life got tougher, regrets over regrets...i wanted to die...thanks to family for love and care...now am out of school over 2yrs now but funds wont let me clear my results....i learnt graphics designing and am good at it..but there is a lot of pain i couldnt explain in there...omo i suffered in this life ...but when you see me,I'd be smilling and cracking jokes like everything is fine...if not for what would happen to my fams..suicide would have been the best way ....and yes along the line i was hustling and doing ine or two things too but only enough for sub ,bike fees and card...life is hard and cruel to me and my folks....
LIFE IS SO CRUEL AND HARD ON ME AND MY FOLKS
dad from loan sharks an all built and a house without windows ,just enough roof for a room ..no doors,no.plaster
And they live there ...hes an okada rider now,since his job doesnt pay .

I'm suffering,hustling and my folks are doing the same
Its getting tougher by the day
The only thing anyone can do for me now is?
If you have graphics and printing job,i swear i can deliver
If you have ways or updates that can help my life,pls help a brother and i promise to be grateful all my life
And i would like to be an actor too..if you love entertainment and would like to invest in someone, i swear am good too..0,8,1,0,8,1,0,1,0,4,2

sammirano:
People come dey dread Naija used cars. we are not all bad users

Crucialgem:
Plssss people should stop shouting scrap nysc, we should look for solution to the problem not scrapping nysc

GAZZUZZ:
Your engine did not knock because it was 20w50.

A bad engine will naturally throw a rod

Mercisharelove:
Some of you castigating religion forgot that religion rules the essence of life. How dare you relegate religion to zero...

This generation