Eddee:


Baba i dey believe you die. I dey wait on you for Cali. As for the transmission how e take kaput?

adanny01:


See it this way,

The most reliable Lexus
The most performing BMW
The most reliable and performing? Both Lexus and BMW lose points while Benz gains points.

If your choice is Lexus, you didn't get the most performing car among the lot. If your choice is Benz, its neither the most reliable nor the most performing.


Also if you get the Lexus, that means you priotized reliability ahead of performance.
If you get the Benz, that means you priotized performance ahead of reliability.

If you really want to prioritize both reliability and performance, then you should buy both Lexus and BMW so that your garage can show exactly your priorities. You would have ended up separating reliability and performance.

Priorities means compromise either reliability or performance. You can't avoid the compromise.

Logobenz:
was driving at say 60kph na so the thing just start to rev high,no motion.
Tried all I could,no way.
Na so I lift am to phc for repairs.
Den go finish today
Na d replacement gearbox be that

Oseundada:
2004 to 2009 Benz E 'll be a good one, rugged and performance is top notch. Maintenance is quite ok provided you have a good mechanic.

Guy be been dey ask for advice from His choice of cars listed people dey advice corolla, civic, Camry, rav 4. No be everybody like all this kind poverty low class economy cars abeg.

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Eddee:


Mehn, if no be say anything. Person supposed dey trek. Vehicle maintenance no be for the fainthearted

IamSoProlific:


You're seemingly funny man! Did you actually call most of those "poverty low class economy car"??
Mehn that undisputedly shows you're outdated in cartalks, you needed to have seen the latest model of those brands before casting such aspersions.

Cheers!

biosilicon:
1.5million available for car purchase. Ignoring maintenance cost.
But highly considering reliability (just put fuel and top correct oil. Hardly breaks down) and performance (high acceleration. Balanced high speed cornering. Plenty horsepower). Which of these cars would you buy? Or which other car would you buy?
1) 2005- 2008 bmw 3 series AWD
2)2004- 2009 benz E class AWD
3) gazzuzz personally used lexus rx300 with 260k on odo.
4) 2005 - 2008 Audi A6 AWD
5) gazzuzz personally used infinity fx35

Abeg oo by gazzuzz used i mean well maintained nigerian used.

Logobenz:
BMWs are not as reliable as the Merc.this is a known fact!
Too many gadgets and gizmos to fail.especially the 5 series with steptronic gear
No one hypes something for no reason!maybe you just love to hate mercedes

baconline:
Get a 2003 corolla

PurerareGold:




Buy a 600k car and invest ya 900k

Logobenz:
I dey tell You.any car could breakdown.
Just that a person has to be ready when it happens.

Eddee:


Good thing, Benz owners were born ready

Logobenz:
Na so
You know how we roll na.ballership

Bayur01:


The body is important, first body car is a great advantage and neatness.

But I will never buy a car with 200k mileage. At sales point it will have effect because that's how majority reasons. Na work the engine work reach that mileage ooo.

tightpussy156:
it not about buying a car for 1.5 it all about maintenance. maintenance guzzle ur money more than purchased. it better to buy a tokunbo clean 12 yrs old car than to buy a naija use big car for 1.5 an then fall into one chance all in d name of big car.my co worker bought a naija use lexus jeep for 1.7 Millon as I am talking to you he has spent close to 900k changing parts of the car within one year.the first thing he change was gear box within 3 wks of purchase so many to mention.I bought a tokunbo baby boy the only thing I have change is just shafts for two years am using the car now.a.c na mortuary standard, sound system na party hall,the speed na gboza.fuel consumption very low.I keep on imagine if my car uses water or fuel because na magic to me.so go buy car that will give u peace of mind than to form.big man enter debt.those who have ears let them hear.that is the real truth up there.don't quote me wrong. my co worker as sold his jeep now for just 800k.after buying the car 1.7 an spend about 900k for part.

adanny01:


Let me tell you something. Most toks you see with less than 80k or less are salvaged. The ones you see 80-100k clean title are the normal ones Americans sell off to avoid expensive turn around maintenance. Most cars specify complete maintenance at 100k. The work includes, spark plugs, all fluids in the car, including brake and clutch hydraulics, clutch, fuel pump, timing belt, valve clearance, catalytic converter and a host of others. They preempt this mileage and avoid the cost by trading off for a brand new car instead. A very few will do the maintenance and cross the mileage while the least will not do anything at all.

It means i will prefer to buy a 150k clean title than buy a 50k salvaged. 200k car is an evidence of good maintenance but a 50 salvaged is a 50-50 risk.

Rubbiish:

What is d recommended mileage when buying a tokunbo car? Thanks

4llerbuntu:


Nothing like recommended mileage.

matter of fact, that a car has high mileage is testament to the fact it was well taken care of and maintained.

there's cars made in the 1950's still working ......



HOWEVER,

what high mileage means in a car is that its served a lot, and therefore you will need to need to change parts intermittently. car parts have a certain expiry date.

for instance high mileage means engine has worked a lot BUT you cannot compare the work a car engine does on free roads when it has the chance to breathe with the work in very high traffic.

that's why cars driven in Lagos traffic work much harder than cars driven on expressway. on free roads when you can floor your accelerator your engine will use like half the fuel it uses in Lekki or 3rd Mb traffic where you go dey match brake and accelerator every 30 seconds.


So when buying any car, even tokunboh you need to look at the history.



if the car is in good shape, has single owner, has verifiable service history (which you will see in comprehensive VIN reports), using proper Oils and parts and was driven in a place where there's hardly traffic or bad roads, the mileage nor matter. such a car will be even be better than a 60k mileage car bought brand new and driven in Lagos.




e.g i bought a single owner vehicle with proper service history (serviced by dealer,non accidented etc.) it had 200k miles (which is HUGE)
funny thing is, 97% of the parts on that vehicle are from the factory.

The engine is just fine, bar leaking hoses.

only issue i had in the first 2 months was that they had stolen the Catalyst in Nigeria and it was showing catalyst code, and the headliner was showing signs of age.

everything else i repaired on it was caused by me. E.g Changed the rear shocks after i took it to Badagry Expressway and ran into giant pothole at 80Km per hour. The bolts on those things had to be cut because they were stiff from age.


so yes, look for lower mileage, but thats not the koko. car can have 10k mileage and be dead.





PS: 99.9999% of the cars sold in Nigeria have tampered mileage. they reduce it to entice people who think Mileage is everything.

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paroh137:
Honestly I personally do not believe in Nigerian used. If you didn't use it yourself better be ready to be fixing it every month. Why dont you hustle more, complete your money and import a clean title from the USA? I have a whole diary on this. btw. https://www.nairaland.com/5156822/diary-car-importer#77993639

adanny01:


Let me tell you something. Most toks you see with less than 80k or less are salvaged. The ones you see 80-100k clean title are the normal ones Americans sell off to avoid expensive turn around maintenance. Most cars specify complete maintenance at 100k. The work includes, spark plugs, all fluids in the car, including brake and clutch hydraulics, clutch, fuel pump, timing belt, valve clearance, catalytic converter and a host of others. They preempt this mileage and avoid the cost by trading off for a brand new car instead. A very few will do the maintenance and cross the mileage while the least will not do anything at all.

It means i will prefer to buy a 150k clean title than buy a 50k salvaged. 200k car is an evidence of good maintenance but a 50 salvaged is a 50-50 risk.

Logobenz:
Na so You know how we roll na.ballership

obekediamondfuto:


nwanenni the main nigga.... how u rolling in PH?