The way you will spend when you own a car ? For example if you have 100k in your pocket just one small thing that goes wrong with your car can wipe out that 100k in a second. For example if ac compressor just packs up to replace it and labor is 100k. And there are many parts in the car so something is always going wrong. Meanwhile if you have no car you can keep that 100k in your pocket and enjoy it slowly . The more expensive the car the more money it steals from you. Am starting to look at cars like money pits now. I don’t care what expensive car I see people driving now cuz all I see is big problems when I look at those cars. Imagine trying to change the head gasket in a Prado ? The labor alone they will charge you like 100k . Ac compressor on a prado ? Maybe 200k. These big moneys will just be dropping out of your pocket regularly . Tufiakwa

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Lol. It still can't be as money draining as having a girlfriend

Was traveling last week when the car I was driving started leaking engine oil, I couldn't notice earlier because I was playing músic and checked the dashboard 30 minutes earlier, until the car just stopped in the middle of the road. Bought another oil, pour it inside the engine after the engines has cooled down. 15 mins later the engine knocked. I spent 120k to just repair it within 2 days, money that I can't finish in 2 weeks on a norms.

ElFantasama:
Lol. It still can't be as money draining as having a girlfriend

I don’t see having a girlfriend as money draining. It’s only money draining to weak men who can’t control their women. But if your car die for 3rd mainland bridge you must pay 50k to tow it lol

robinso01:
Was traveling last week when the car I was driving started leaking engine oil, I couldn't notice earlier because I was playing músic and checked the dashboard 30 minutes earlier, until the car just stopped in the middle of the road. Bought another oil, pour it inside the engine after the engines has cooled down. 15 mins later the engine knocked. I spent 120k to just repair it within 2 days, money that I can't finish in 2 weeks on a norms.

exactly bro. Car ownership is a scam

When I got my car newly, I barely had any repairs that cost me more than 10k at once. Parts were cheap then, by the way.

It was just regular oil change and occasional tire changes.

But the car is now getting to five years in my hands. And repairs are now becoming more frequent. Plus parts have become more and more expensive.

But in all of this, I still will not trade the comfort and convenience that car offers for anything else in this world.

Car is a necessity not a luxury. When u chose luxury over necessity then u get the result the op was complaining about. Don't buy what u can't easily maintain,if u can't afford to maintain THEN DONT BUY

ElFantasama:
Lol. It still can't be as money draining as having a girlfriend

U are wicked

diamond68:
exactly bro. Car ownership is a scam

How is it a scam.....is ur car not useful to you??

I sold my Toyota Corolla that I have used for 11 years last two month.
The can started draining my pocket, I spent roughly 40-50k every week aside fuel couple with bad road where I live.
To own a car now is luxury.

Lol, I can relate, especially if the car is Naija used, problem doubled if it was previously used by a careless Naija user that visits the mech only when the car refused to start or drive.

Had some unforgettable experiences using the 08 Solara and Honda EOD. I repaired the car to the extent my mech said, if you want to fix all the problems on this car, you might end up trekking to the village.

Still on still it gets to a stage in your life when owning a car no longer becomes a luxury but a necessity. Our problem is we buy this car to show off most of the time.

advanceDNA:


How is it a scam.....is ur car not useful to you??

not that useful cuz an Uber will do the same work and I don’t have to deal with nonsense. In this age of Uber and bolt and BRT buses and these red and blue line trains, car ownership is overrated and a scam

proff010:
I sold my Toyota Corolla that I have used for 11 years last two month.
The can started draining my pocket, I spent roughly 40-50k every week aside fuel couple with bad road where I live.
To own a car now is luxury.

it’s the bad roads. It will destroy your car. Huge man size pothole that you don’t see on time and you just crash into it. That’s shock absorber igbese mounting up. It’s just not a good country to keep your car optimal. The roads and other bad drivers will tear up your car. Your bank account will be drained.

So you comot 100k go repair AC for this economy.

Having a car to take you from one point to another conveniently is not expensive, what is the expensive is comfort and luxury.

The road is been constructed now thanks to President Tinubu and our house of rep hon babajimi Benson.
By the time they finish the road in Dec I will surely get another car.

diamond68:
it’s the bad roads. It will destroy your car. Huge man size pothole that you don’t see on time and you just crash into it. That’s shock absorber igbese mounting up. It’s just not a good country to keep your car optimal. The roads and other bad drivers will tear up your car. Your bank account will be drained.

proff010:
The road is been constructed now thanks to President Tinubu and our house of rep hon babajimi Benson.
By the time they finish the road in Dec I will surely get another car.

hehe but are other roads being constructed? That’s the real question. Unless you only just ply that one route

ITbomb:
So you comot 100k go repair AC for this economy.

Having a car to take you from one point to another conveniently is not expensive, what is the expensive is comfort and luxury.

100k is chicken change. Some people buy whole new engine for 600k 🤣🤣🤣🤣

ElFantasama:
Lol. It still can't be as money draining as having a girlfriend

True!

Those wet pits are dangerous 🤣

diamond68:
exactly bro. Car ownership is a scam

The scam is not a small thing.

Sapeleboy911:
Lol, I can relate, especially if the car is Naija used, problem doubled if it was previously used by a careless Naija user that visits the mech only when the car refused to start or drive.

Had some unforgettable experiences using the 08 Solara and Honda EOD. I repaired the car to the extent my mech said, if you want to fix all the problems on this car, you might end up trekking to the village.

Still on still it gets to a stage in your life when owning a car no longer becomes a luxury but a necessity. Our problem is we buy this car to show off most of the time.

So sorry about that sir,sir pls can you assist me with something so i can use to eat,till month end sir pls sir .help the needy sir

robinso01:
Was traveling last week when the car I was driving started leaking engine oil, I couldn't notice earlier because I was playing músic and checked the dashboard 30 minutes earlier, until the car just stopped in the middle of the road. Bought another oil, pour it inside the engine after the engines has cooled down. 15 mins later the engine knocked. I spent 120k to just repair it within 2 days, money that I can't finish in 2 weeks on a norms.

HamsterBillonai:
So sorry about that sir,sir pls can you assist me with something so i can use to eat,till month end sir pls sir .help the needy sir

If you sef gimme right now, I go collect am

HamsterBillonai:
So sorry about that sir,sir pls can you assist me with something so i can use to eat,till month end sir pls sir .help the needy sir

so let me guess, you decided to get up this morning and open a BRAND NEW NL PROFILE TO BEG FOR HANDOUTS?! here below is one of your many profiles with fake yeye stories used for begging, that you tried to delete to hide your yeye tracks:

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Please I am calling on all kinds hearted nairalanders to please help me out of my sorrows. I am a graduate ,been jobless for 3 years,being into different menial works to keep body and soul fit.Times are hard and I have not had any job since last November. My rent would be due by the 28th of this month,please help me with anything you can. It would go a long way. I have less than 2800 naira in my account and I'm already depressed as I cant boast of chirstmas chicken or any food that will sustain me for a month or so.please help me.
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Other road are been constructed, infact all roads that lead to our road are also under construction.

diamond68:
hehe but are other roads being constructed? That’s the real question. Unless you only just ply that one route

I swear. Na the shocks own de pain me pass. Bad road will spoil shock and bushings. The money you will spend replacing car shocks, linkage and bushings from bad road is enough to get a house is expensive place with good road.

Which road and area exactly are u talking about?
I can see someone mentioning Tinubu and babajimi Benson,the Rep member is under Ikorodu Federal constituency that I know

proff010:
I sold my Toyota Corolla that I have used for 11 years last two month.
The can started draining my pocket, I spent roughly 40-50k every week aside fuel couple with bad road where I live.
To own a car now is luxury.

Oreta/Offin road.

F117nighthawk:
Which road and area exactly are u talking about?
I can see someone mentioning Tinubu and babajimi Benson,the Rep member is under Ikorodu Federal constituency that I know

That road is really a nightmare,I passed there once with my car few weeks ago,I regretted it,even as it is under construction,it's still very very bad


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