Buffalo2:
Oh Gracious God! I ve bn trying to see the reason why this car comes a bit cheaper. It's like many mechanics can't handle it yet. It's golf 4 that gave me the insight of what "electronics" vehicle can do in the absence of mechanics with no technical know how of such cars

yvelchstores:
Lol, this same car my husband sold 270k and came home, knelt down and said "thank you Jesus" this was after spending over, 700k repairing this and that. It was such a relief.

Joel3:
attached picture is the same type and color of my passat 2.0.

yvelchstores:
Lol, this same car my husband sold 270k and came home, knelt down and said "thank you Jesus" this was after spending over, 700k repairing this and that. It was such a relief.

saddler:
This thread is more than a comic relief!


Especially that part he said after fixing the caburetor the bonnet was no longer closing


I laughed till I had tears in my eyes .

Never laughed this hard

Ekakamba:

Seriously it wasn't funny when I first read that part but now? LWKMD.

Mehkanikki don finish extraordinary work.

yvelchstores:
Lol, this same car my husband sold 270k and came home, knelt down and said "thank you Jesus" this was after spending over, 700k repairing this and that. It was such a relief.

Dejijossy:
I once used the wagon type. My experience was horrifying. Mine issue was 1st gear box, my mechanic advised i covert it to manual. That was the beginning of my dilemma!
I later sold the car i bought for 1.1M for <250k

taneez:
The part where you couldn't close the bonnet got me. I cried while laughing. Hilarious. My dad used to drive Passat before I was formed in the womb till when I was around 5years. My memories of the latter end of the car wasn't sweet. Let me blame it on the length of the period of usage. I still don't like Passat till date though

lukman22:
That's where the problem lies. 98% of mech don't know how to handle these cars and never want to upskill. My Timing adjuster was rattling and the mechanic I wan using wasn't comfortable to open the top talk more of agreeing to change it. I convinced him to go ahead and lose all the necessary things,any damage will be on my head. He later agreed while I supervise him and at the end I was the person that set the timing back and No more code. My car has been silent as a cool morning breeze ever since the fix. First,I browed all the problems of this 2.0T before I even bought it and most of the problems,I accepted that I can easily fixed them myself including this rattling issues if any mechanic can work with me. And I must tell you that on my next visit to the mechanic,he confessed that he assisted another of his colleague resolve a similar issue that he has been struggling for months after we successfully fixed mine. So the bottom line here is,any car is drivable and maintenable when one do the needful. Most of the people complaining of transmission problem most have change their transmission oil with a wrong one because a mechanic advise so.

MedicH:
shebi when people talk about toyota una think say na joke. now u have been to hell and back. that's if you are back self

searchng4love:

Have you had to replace Toyota transmission before? Or faced the big daddy problem before?

Joel3:
the engine is dead before i buy the car. i didn't buy it new. i was trick and convince to buy this car

Joel3:
the car is 2004 model i think so. not 2008.

The day I saw the car I check the car out, although we price the car but I was not too clear if to buy or not beside I was not with the money there, the all thing was like charm to me, so the next day before I bought the car, I hold the money and go there with a mechanic thinking if everything click I will just have to pay for the car go with it or not, and on the process of buying this car, the seller said let settle the price before we test drive which we did,


So when they start the car at that point it did not sound properly and it was smoking, then I said wow, but the seller said its just to change the engine oil and servicing that is what the car need and that its been long they park the car, so we just get into the car and as the mechanic was driving It, the car it binging to jeck and smoking and the mechanic said one of the gear number has fault. But on the computer screen from dashboard was showing “STOP service not normal” there is problem. I think something like that.


They said it is just to work on the car I think that reduces the purchase of the car a little bit anyway, atleast the mechanic said he would advice me to buy this car, if worst come to worst I will just have to buy new complete engine and gear box. Seeing that is the only problem and the car is still very clean. That’s how and where I get involve with the car.

(My mistake was I should have first enquire of the engine and all running cost in question before buying, because the seller was too in haste, I mistake ,… dang)

I make the payment for the car at same spot issue receipt and papers particular, and we drove off, we drive to a filling station to buy fuel, and the car did not start again. The mechanic said it’s the battery and really when we beg someone for battery and put it the car started. So the mechanic said I should just buy new battery for the car to be ones start being it’s a automatic car.


So we drive to there direct and buy brand new dry sell battery. And the car begging to start at one kick, so what next, he said the truth is that he is a Peugeot mechanic and not a Volkswagen mechanic so let us drive to one good Volkswagen mechanic, then I said ok so when we got there, the guy take a look at the engine he ask us to start it, when he finally observe all the things, he said let him tell me the truth, he said I should close eye to buy complete engine and gear box if I wan to enjoy this car. If I can’t afford the complete engine I can buy half and top engine and gear box.

He said because why he is saying all this., if he start to repair this motor the money I will spend is not a small money and to avoid further problem, he said I shouldn’t have bought the car at the first place in wish we meet him at the first place now the deed has been done the only way out is what he recommends.


That is were we enter the quest searching for the engine, but which I couldn’t find it at all in Benin, several engine seller put on the line with people from Lagos but they said that 2.0 engine is hardly seen, that there is any one currently. That is where my eye started opening, I couldn’t sleep. Nightmare and sadness. We almost beat the mechanic that makes me to buy the car.

That is how I got myself into that mess of no return,

Jamersirwin1971:
I just laughed reading this . Your story looks like that of my Late mechanic, He had a client who had Land Rover Discovery , and the man had problems with his engine . He couldn’t get another engine because of the price . My mech adviced his client to go for a Toyota Camry pencil engine (5S or F , I really can’t remember) . I asked my mech hope he wasn’t wasting the client time and just wanting to eat his money , but he was very sure of what he was saying . Then we went to ladipo . I drove them with my car and we came with the Toyota engine . Took him just two day to fix it then all was good . As I speak to you the car still works perfectly fine and has it’s AC also working fine. This was done 5 years ago . The Alhaji who owns the LR discovery still drives it . I told some friends and they never believed me until someday the Alhaji came to my mech shop and we opened the bonnet , they all saw it and were all surprised . I would have shared the picture of the engine but it’s is on my phone which got spoilt.. currently not in Nigeria would have taken a picture if I see Alhaji and shared here .

When every I see the suv passing while I was in Nigeria I would just laugh , and say to my self person no go no say na Toyota engine Dey inside . My mech is late now . May his gentle soul Rest In Peace .

Jabioro:
Passat car was an agbana in Yoruba language...In 1992 my either brother gave me two doors Passat for transportation...the car almost took my life..I regretted take the offer, though I was still a student..just to patched.. but I saw hell,I have to dumbed it...Move on ..

Jamersirwin1971:
I just laughed reading this . Your story looks like that of my Late mechanic, He had a client who had Land Rover Discovery , and the man had problems with his engine . He couldn’t get another engine because of the price . My mech adviced his client to go for a Toyota Camry pencil engine (5S or F , I really can’t remember) . I asked my mech hope he wasn’t wasting the client time and just wanting to eat his money , but he was very sure of what he was saying . Then we went to ladipo . I drove them with my car and we came with the Toyota engine . Took him just two day to fix it then all was good . As I speak to you the car still works perfectly fine and has it’s AC also working fine. This was done 5 years ago . The Alhaji who owns the LR discovery still drives it . I told some friends and they never believed me until someday the Alhaji came to my mech shop and we opened the bonnet , they all saw it and were all surprised . I would have shared the picture of the engine but it’s is on my phone which got spoilt.. currently not in Nigeria would have taken a picture if I see Alhaji and shared here .

When every I see the suv passing while I was in Nigeria I would just laugh , and say to my self person no go no say na Toyota engine Dey inside . My mech is late now . May his gentle soul Rest In Peace .

Mynewdawn15:

Chairman see as you murder English

okoroemeka:
some car brands are just joy Killers,I remember the fate of my lecturer friend that bought a Peugeot 607,the money he spent on that vehicle for one year will get two Honda babyboy accords,that's when I know what Scotty kilmer meant by calling some cars endless money pits.

Orpe7:
Just like my first car
Audi 80
Omo d car show me wella
Never again will i buy anything Audi