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A friend of mine is planning visiting apapa berger to buy a tokunbo car. He has fallen victim to all these cotounu car guys,but now prefers to pay and pick his car instead of waiting endlessly ans entrusting a total stranger with one's asset.Is there any danger,will he get a good deal.please advice

no danger ,since u are going there in person

I have never liked going to Cotonou to buy a car and then waste quarter of the cars life trying to smuggle past some officials on d road. Berger yard is better if only u state that u want a Tincan cleared car cos cotonou smuggled cars plenty for berger o.

bassEQ2000:
A friend of mine is planning visiting apapa berger to buy a tokunbo car. He has fallen victim to all these cotounu car guys,but now prefers to pay and pick his car instead of waiting endlessly ans entrusting a total stranger with one's asset.Is there any danger,will he get a good deal.please advice

There are two major concerns when buying at Berger; rampant odometer rollback and prevalent incidence of smuggling of car from Cotonou with doctored documents as being cleared at Tincan. However, a vin report & document confirmation at customs post at Grimaldi will help you avoid this.

This two occurrence makes it mandatory for one to be extremely cautious while buying from there.

Abeg more advice and input o. Me sef dey watch and read this with keen interest. I have Cotonou on my mind but I am no longer sure if it is worth it.

Would have recommended a car dealer here but am not that close to him now and you knw business men they change like weather
my advice is this never go with physical cash,vim number check very important,

obiak4:
Would have recommended a car dealer here but am not that close to him now and you knw business men they change like weather
my advice is this never go with physical cash,vim number check very important,

There is a car i have d vin and want to check. Pls Whats d best way to check it ?

vani86:


There is a car i have d vin and want to check. Pls Whats d best way to check it ?

would advise you get a mechanic with eletronic/computer scan machine to go with u
value for money in the long run

bassEQ2000:
A friend of mine is planning visiting apapa berger to buy a tokunbo car. He has fallen victim to all these cotounu car guys,but now prefers to pay and pick his car instead of waiting endlessly ans entrusting a total stranger with one's asset.Is there any danger,will he get a good deal.please advice

from frying pan to ermmm, lets say hot water
problem isnt totally eliminated because most of d cars at apapa berger are frm cotonu
but risk is minimized as u pay for ur car and drive off (could be with forged documents sha )

ElRazur:
Abeg more advice and input o. Me sef dey watch and read this with keen interest. I have Cotonou on my mind but I am no longer sure if it is worth it.

personally, d only gud thing about cotonu is VARIETY. i repeat, VARIETY!
naturally, with variety in cars, comes variety in price too
but going to cotonu solely because u want 2 get a car for cheap, i sorry for u
i hate those agents that always claim dey cn do it 4 cheaper

N.a. wao,the apapa BERGER car mkt is infested with hungry huslers,u know that kind of scary looking guys that harrass you at the motor park looking for engers for transporter who in turn pay them commission.That is what is obtainable at the market.Hefty looking ibo guys Will decend on u as u are even coming down from the bus.The place is riskier than Syria.I rest my case o

bassEQ2000:
A friend of mine is planning visiting apapa berger to buy a tokunbo car. He has fallen victim to all these cotounu car guys,but now prefers to pay and pick his car instead of waiting endlessly ans entrusting a total stranger with one's asset.Is there any danger,will he get a good deal.please advice

calculux to give you clean car....

bassEQ2000:
N.a. wao,the apapa BERGER car mkt is infested with hungry huslers,u know that kind of scary looking guys that harrass you at the motor park looking for engers for transporter who in turn pay them commission.That is what is obtainable at the market.Hefty looking ibo guys Will decend on u as u are even coming down from the bus.The place is riskier than Syria.I rest my case o

Riskier than syria

bassEQ2000:
N.a. wao,the apapa BERGER car mkt is infested with hungry huslers,u know that kind of scary looking guys that harrass you at the motor park looking for engers for transporter who in turn pay them commission.That is what is obtainable at the market.Hefty looking ibo guys Will decend on u as u are even coming down from the bus.The place is riskier than Syria.I rest my case o

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bassEQ2000:
N.a. wao,the apapa BERGER car mkt is infested with hungry huslers,u know that kind of scary looking guys that harrass you at the motor park looking for engers for transporter who in turn pay them commission.That is what is obtainable at the market.Hefty looking ibo guys Will decend on u as u are even coming down from the bus.The place is riskier than Syria.I rest my case o