The reason why Toyota brand is making waves in Nigeria is cos of it simplicity, in ghana and US, Toyota is called student car due to how cheap it is, but in Nigeria, it's the car for class, just as shoprite is shop for poor people in SA but in Nigeria is for class,

My encounter with European brand cars changed my perception about mechanics, although some of them are money pits like bmw and some are terrible engineering prior to hectic maintenance such as Ford and other brands,

Ford don't necessarily build terrible cars, their parts last 4 times compared to Toyota just as vw parts last 3 times compared to Japanese automaker cars parts,

Now you think you are buying cheaper parts in Japanese models, but it get ruined in no time, and thats bad engineering in my book,

In the context of this thread, Nigerian mechanics have phobia for American cars as much as European cars, such Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler mustang then Volkswagen Mercedes BMW Peugeot Renault and opel,

But my two major focus today is VW and Ford,

I have encountered these two brands and seriously especially Golf model from 2, 3, 4 which most Nigerians in general have phobia for golf mk 4, which tells me we have lots of lunatics in the field of motor fix in Nigeria,

Which i believe is due to lack of standard training and poor economic conditions as much as lack of basic education in Nigeria.

I tell you what? My two years experience with golf 4 has proven it more easy fix compared to vw golf 3.,

I trust this car more than I Trust myself, precisely 2.0 GTI edition from 2000 models, no disappointment in high way, fuel economy is excellent, i have never replaced mechanical parts for two years that I have been driving this car, aside, aside driver front shocks due to how low it is, I never converted the engine nor the electrical systems,

My question now is, why are Nigerians scared of this car? Most people call is electrical nightmare. But it's quite annoying cos the electrical systems are way easier compared to golf 3,

To cut all story short, stop converting your car systems, although you can convert the transmission into manual cos you have poor maintenance habits, but as for ac and electrical and engine, don't convert, yes you can swoop 2.0 engine with 1.6 on vw mk 4, cos the electrical systems match by 90 percent.

My regards on this is, you stand a chance of enjoying ford, vw or any European car, by not tampering with the system,

Most problems you will come across on this brands are sensors related and no trial and error is permitted,

Get it scanned, 3 to 5k is not two big, and fix it. And it's gone.

These cars don't mingle with low budget scantool, it takes 100k and above scanners to pull a decent amount of information out of tge ECU which will give you insight about what is going on with it.

Like golf 3, can endure replacement of most parts without scantool, such as ECU, Monottonics injector aka electric carburetor, cluster guage,

But you can't introduce used clusters guage into mk4, ecu, or throttle body without using computer to install it, that's where most if your nightmare starts. From.

the major problem is fake parts. fake parts killed motor and very problematic. if replaced with original there should not be any problem.

The Japanese fanboys won't like this thread at all. But you've said the whole truth

dfos2k:
The Japanese fanboys won't like this thread at all. But you've said the whole truth

Yeah but thats it

fineboynl:
the major problem is fake parts. fake parts killed motor and very problematic. if replaced with original there should not be any problem.

The thing is, you can't make quality parts from low weight metals, it needs a chunk of it

mrcoolautofix:

Yeah but thats it

I'm surprised they haven't come with their acidic comments.
They hate to hear this type of testimony.

dokyOloye:

I'm surprised they haven't come with their acidic comments.
They hate to hear this type of testimony.

Hahaha