Aaargh! Its a Plate Numba!

I was on my way home one night, cruising through the streets of Lagos between 8 to 9pm when I noticed the plate number of the car in front of me. I had to take the pic successivrly to be sure that it was clear enuff to be seen.  

If you're a Nigerian, you'll be very familiar with the meaning of the numbers (minus the alphabets) seen in the pics. If you ain't, just google it for more explanation!

Parking Blooper

Question: What happens when you give a fresh car learner a car with automatic transmission as his first ride and allow him park in a car park that's next to a valley?

Answer: He keeps getting confused over which is the brake pedal and which is the gas pedal; and he keeps forgetting that 'R' stands for 'Reverse' and not 'Run' or race' and almost throws his ride in the valley!

The car got saved by a banana tree (Arrowed) that refused to be intimidated by the weight of a car. Behind the tree lies a deep creepy valley inhabited by monkeys, mosquitoes and God knows what

The Quest For My Ride

Dateline – Friday 16th 2008

Mission – To get me a car
Location – Cotonou, on the edge of the border of the Republic of Benin.
The Crew – Segun (Close buddy), Patrick (The Car delivery expert) and my humble self.
Condition of the day – Rainy, wet, cloudy and cold.




Segun and yours truly in the Taxi we chattered from Iyana-Iba, near LASU



The Benin Expressway that led us to the Cotonou car yards. It was a far contrast from Naija roads.



Okada riders even had their own dedicated lanes!



Finally we got to the car yards. Endless sea of cars here and there.



We entered yards upon yards upon yards...



Segun saw an Acura Legend which one of his friends needed and checked it out.



There was also a Lexus E300 Segun wanted to check out.



We had gone round for hours and I hadn't found the ride I was looking for. I was almost giving up. I muttered a prayer to God for help and direction...



...then I saw her! The ride that I had been looking for. It was just 3 cars away from where I stood. I called Segun and Patrick immediately.



She's a Nissan Primera, european version. And the actual spec I had been looking for.





The interior was neat (apart from dirt foot area caused by feet that had walked thru the rain soaked grounds) The car had all I wanted.



The seats were soft and comfortable to sit in. They kinda carressed you.



As if God wanted to assure me that this was the car, I got it at a good bargain!

Now what was left was for Patrick to clear the papers and deliver her to me by wednesday.

Got home so frigging tired and did a personal thanksgiving to the almighty.