Hello Nairalanders, I've always had this question on my mind and it's " Why do hausa men prefer the Honda  brand so much ? ".   Lots of people of Hausa extraction find it difficult to own and actually use any other automobile brand. Let's keep this thread moving, drop your comments below and please people let's not turn this thread into a tribal war. 

Cc - lalasticlala, Mynd44, obinoscopy, Seun, Ishilove, Semid4lyfe, Autojosh, Gazzuz

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Gazzuzz, I thought you were about to say something

Honda spare parts are cheap and available than any other brand, most nothern road are flat and smooth for Honda,

didn't notice

Asapcymg:
Honda spare parts are cheap and available than any other brand, most nothern road are flat and smooth for Honda,

Makes sense

Am not Hausa but a northerner. My car fleet must always have Honda Accord or Civic. It is my preference. Am currently using my 3rd Accord.

I have also noticed that Honda is a prefered Hausa brand.

adanny01:
Am not Hausa but a northerner. My car fleet must always have Honda Accord or Civic. It is my preference. Am currently using my 3rd Accord.

Nice, but why do you have an affinity for Honda?

obidevine:


Nice, but why do you have an affinity for Honda?

1. Honda design
2. Spare part costs
3. Performance

I recognize the major problem with Honda is front upper arms, ball joints and tie rod ends. These are very easy and cheap fix compared to the very expensive shocks problems with Toyota.

Another problem i have with Honda is tire wear. Tires usually wear at inside edges not matter how you make effort to keep the suspension good form.

I like Toyota for very quiet engine.

adanny01:


1. Honda design
2. Spare part costs
3. Performance

I recognize the major problem with Honda is front upper arms, ball joints and tie rod ends. These are very easy and cheap fix compared to the very expensive shocks problems with Toyota.

Another problem i have with Honda is tire wear. Tires usually wear at inside edges not matter how you make effort to keep the suspension good form.

I like Toyota for very quiet engine.

Ball joint issues is a major deterrent in buying Honda cars, especially in the " Eod" and " Baby boy"

obidevine:


Ball joint issues is a major deterrent in buying Honda cars, especially in the " Eod" and " Baby boy"

As far as am concerned, its not a problem. If it happens to me, i cant blame Honda but myself. I should have noticed that the ball joint is bad but kept on driving.

I have driven my car (EOD) for 4 years now but have never replaced the ball joints. The ball joint also cause tire wear but people still fail to notice.

The people who experience the pull out should blame themselves not Honda.

adanny01:


As far as am concerned, its not a problem. If it happens to me, i cant blame Honda but myself. I should have noticed that the ball joint is bad but kept on driving.

I have driven my car (EOD) for 4 years now but have never replaced the ball joints. The ball joint also cause tire wear but people still fail to notice.

The people who experience the pull out should blame themselves not Honda.

True

adanny01:


1. Honda design
2. Spare part costs
3. Performance

I recognize the major problem with Honda is front upper arms, ball joints and tie rod ends. These are very easy and cheap fix compared to the very expensive shocks problems with Toyota.

Another problem i have with Honda is tire wear. Tires usually wear at inside edges not matter how you make effort to keep the suspension good form.

I like Toyota for very quiet engine.

Do you rotate your tires as recommended? Never noticed this in my 9 years of owning one

adanny01:


As far as am concerned, its not a problem. If it happens to me, i cant blame Honda but myself. I should have noticed that the ball joint is bad but kept on driving.

[/b] I have driven my car (EOD) for 4 years now but have never replaced the ball joints. The ball joint also cause tire wear but people still fail to notice [b].

The people who experience the pull out should blame themselves not Honda.

God bless you for the bolded. Most Nigerians tend to pass the blame on Honda rather than being realistic with the fact that the tire pull is the fault of the user.

My previous honda car (baby boy), never gave me any pullout issue for once. And this is a car i used for 8years before selling it late 2014. My cousin decided to run a test(in lagos) on his 05 EOD with faulty ball joints to determine time period before pullout. He said he got to drive the car for 3months straight before the pullout happenned. Now, i know the experiment is subjective but is 3months not enough to get the ball joints replaced in order to avoid a pull out? Most Nigerians dont thinks so, except to lay the blame on Honda for their faults and negligence when it eventually happens.... My mum always says treat your car right, and it will not disappoint you.

Piyke:


Do you rotate your tires as recommended? Never noticed this in my 9 years of owning one

I rotate my tires every 2 months. The rear is my problem.

adanny01:


I rotate my tires every 2 months. The rear is my problem.

Pls, When you say "Rotate" what do you actually mean?

bsideboii:
Pls, When you say "Rotate" what do you actually mean?

As part of service, car tire positions are supposed to be swapped or rotated to different positions in the car. Example front tires go to the back while back tires come front. In addition, left and right tires can be swapped too.

adanny01:


As part of service, car tire positions are supposed to be swapped or rotated to different positions in the car. Example front tires go to the back while back tires come front. In addition, left and right tires can be swapped too.

Ooh....Thanks for educating me.

adanny01:


As part of service, car tire positions are supposed to be swapped or rotated to different positions in the car. Example front tires go to the back while back tires come front. In addition, left and right tires can be swapped too.

Thanks for this info

It's quite obvious na

They both start with letter 'H'

if Hausa man no drive Honda, he go drive Hyundai

Cheap to maintain. Fuel economy. A typical hausa man needs reliable vehicle. Honda are reliable at all times. Even students can maintain a honda

obidevine:


Ball joint issues is a major deterrent in buying Honda cars, especially in the " Eod" and " Baby boy"

I have been driving my EOD for 6 years now and never had any ball joint pull out. Nigerians prefer the fake/cheaper spare parts and have breakdown maintenance attitude.


Meanwhile Op, Hausas have shifted from Honda to Mercedes Benz. Not vboot or 190 oooo.
Go to Abuja, Kaduna, or Minna and see what I'm saying.

bottom line is..... northerners enjoy good tear rubber roads, stayed in the North for a good number of years, travelled extensively, one thing worthy of note is....... even in remote areas; places like imane, iyah gbede and the likes; they have superb roads. even when I needed a personal car. I bought an almost tear rubber prelude from one top shot hu rarely drives the car. for 1yr+ all I did was change oil and filter and one time upper clutch kitting... now take the same scenario to the South... it'll be an entirely different story. Southerners enjoy Toyota more and I tend to agree with Dem. besides northerners have the big bucks needed for OEM parts, most Southerners r just tryn to kip up.
nothing like that proverb that says ..... when in the North behave like the North, when in the South? do likewise.

I love Honda cars with a passion but I wanna go French for now

lonelydora:


I have been driving my EOD for 6 years now and never had any ball joint pull out. Nigerians prefer the fake/cheaper spare parts and have breakdown maintenance attitude.


Meanwhile Op, Hausas have shifted from Honda to Mercedes Benz. Not vboot or 190 oooo.
Go to Abuja, Kaduna, or Minna and see what I'm saying.

Yeah I know they also like Benz

lonelydora:


I have been driving my EOD for 6 years now and never had any ball joint pull out. Nigerians prefer the fake/cheaper spare parts and have breakdown maintenance attitude.


Meanwhile Op, Hausas have shifted from Honda to Mercedes Benz. Not vboot or 190 oooo.
Go to Abuja, Kaduna, or Minna and see what I'm saying.

u r so true, and if Honda hates abuse, what do u think Merc will do? and most of them are 4matic. they have people like kingreign there for them to assist resolve cases.

in the east here, hu can we couch for?
c'mon people talk now oh, let's see what u have to say.
infact let's start a thread!!

lagos- gazuzz, honmusa, mayor2013, nurey.....too much to mention.
abuja- kingreign......
owerri-. NOBODY
ABAKALIKI NKO?--NOBODY
OK WHAT OF PH?--OROZ AND........ someone else, gazuzz can tell us

lemme give u a hint! i had to fly in a mech(Austin) from Lagos to Imo one toyota Sequoia, cos of TPS, just TPS oh peeps, like 6mechs from several parts of the South had already tried their hands . the guy charged us shege.
is that what we want in the South?
gimme a competent gazuzz in the South and I'll go Honda here, I promise

peeps talking about parts like Southerners don't like good durable things?
getting me pissed off.
what of the technical know how?

a service someone in Lagos will get almost for free, here u might need to empty ur account. is that the practice u guys r trying to emphasize. parts parts parts, hu will show us the part?

I asked gazuzz something sometime ago about 2azfe engine, he told me the most sensible thing anyone here on nl has ever said; " i must install the engine myself if I'm to purchase it"
if u like bring direct from Honda,; parts needed for a repair, u will need to physically be there for the swap or else the way they will knack the old one off with hammer when ur whole suspension will break.
hu has such time?

gimme a Gazuzz in the east and I'll convert and become a Honda everywhere any time believer. hoo ha

wait first, now I'm really pissed. I spent over 100k on changing gear box, swapping ecu, and what not on an issue that wasn't resolved, was planning to sell the car wen I came across car talk and some men walked me through the process of scanning.

ps I solved that issue myself. an issue that I brought in people from onitsha, aba was remaining ph. all for one lousy knock sensor, the aba guy scanned, saw several codes, didn't research, then started throwing parts. he believed that the issue cannot be from knock sensor.

obekediamondfuto:


u r so true, and if Honda hates abuse, what do u think Merc will do? and most of them are 4matic. they have people like kingreign there for them to assist resolve cases.

in the east here, hu can we couch for?
c'mon people talk now oh, let's see what u have to say.
infact let's start a thread!!

lagos- gazuzz, honmusa, mayor2013, nurey.....too much to mention.
abuja- kingreign......
owerri-. NOBODY
ABAKALIKI NKO?--NOBODY
OK WHAT OF PH?--OROZ AND........ someone else, gazuzz can tell us

lemme give u a hint! i had to fly in a mech(Austin) from Lagos to Imo one toyota Sequoia, cos of TPS, just TPS oh peeps, like 6mechs from several parts of the South had already tried their hands . the guy charged us shege.
is that what we want in the South?
gimme a competent gazuzz in the South and I'll go Honda here, I promise

Omo, they are many in PH. Just that most of them are not on Nairaland. I have directed many people to mechanics in PH. My mechanic has travelled to Enugu, Uyo, and Abakiliki to solve issues for customers.

My friend in Eket calls him whenever his car have issues. The problem with so many good mechanics I know is time to leave their workshop. No time at their hands.
The man here on Nairaland that called me from USA appreciated both my electrician and mechanic for a wonderful job they did on a car he shipped in.

lonelydora:


Omo, they are many in PH. Just that most of them are not on Nairaland. I have directed many people to mechanics in PH. My mechanic had travelled to Enugu, Uyo, and Abakiliki to solve issues for customers.

I wonder what Gazzuzz has to say about all this

obidevine:


I wonder what Gazzuzz has to say about all this

Why do you think my 6 years EOD is sound till date?

lonelydora:


Why do you think my 6 years EOD is sound till date?

Are you saying that Gazzuzz is a genius?