Yet to buy a car advertised on nairaland but I was just wondering if any one has bought a really good car here that gave minimal problem.
I saw a neat CRV in pristine condition and I thought what are the odds of trusting the neatness of the car and purchasing it without doing due diligence.
Most of the stories here are woes about bad purchases.
Please share your views please.

Kindly share your experience let's learn
One or two nuggets can be picked from your story

It all depends on the person selling the car and how honest they are.
Why most of the car purchase stories are bad is that most Nigerians aren’t honest.

nams77:
Yet to buy a car advertised on nairaland but I was just wondering if any one has bought a really good car here that gave minimal problem.
I saw a neat CRV in pristine condition and I thought what are the odds of trusting the neatness of the car and purchasing it without doing due diligence.
Most of the stories here are woes about bad purchases.
Please share your views please.

Bought one from gazzuzz, still in pristine condition.
They are trusted and honest mechanic here on nairaland, so pay them to do the inspection.

Nairaland car prices are usually too high due to the the fact that most of the advert posters here are middle men, I use jiji instead (higher probability of meeting direct owner) and I have always been lucky with both the prices and car conditions

Onyeka90210:
It all depends on the person selling the car and how honest they are.
Why most of the car purchase stories are bad is that most Nigerians aren’t honest.

Most Nigerians will only agree to sell off when the car is past redeemable. They will want to transfer their High blood pressure to an unsuspecting buyer.

codemaster2much:
Nairaland car prices are usually too high due to the the fact that most of the advert posters here are middle men, I use jiji instead (higher probability of meeting direct owner) and I have always been lucky with both the prices and car conditions

Wow. I used to be scared of jiji. Once got a cooking gas cylinder from there and it was a great buy.

nams77:

Wow. I used to be scared of jiji. Once got a cooking gas cylinder from there and it was a great buy.

try Facebook marketplace

jceesquare:
try Facebook marketplace

Ok. Thanks. Will take a look

Nairaland cars are just so costly.most people selling second hand car for belgium.i can never buy nairaland cars.i used jiji for all the 3 cars I have bought and no problems with them at all.First car i bought on jiji was a babyboy.over reliable

Aaaaarghmed:
Nairaland cars are just so costly.most people selling second hand car for belgium.i can never buy nairaland cars.i used jiji for all the 3 cars I have bought and no problems with them at all.First car i bought on jiji was a babyboy.over reliable

Were they toks?

Elxandre:

Were they toks?

the 3 cars were Nigerian used.

Aaaaarghmed:
Nairaland cars are just so costly.most people selling second hand car for belgium.i can never buy nairaland cars.i used jiji for all the 3 cars I have bought and no problems with them at all.First car i bought on jiji was a babyboy.over reliable

Wow! Well I will believe you bro. The same mentality has taken over clearance thread in the family section. People tagging their worthless goods with exorbitant price tag
Thanks for sharing your knowledge bro