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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
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kamundu wrote:wilyum wrote:nostoppingthis wrote:kamundu wrote:Wish, Nze, plombox, runx, fielder........... and they prefer them white in colour...easy to change colour hapo Dandoch... runx bought two months ago, stolen, tracked 2 weeks down the line bila,milango yote,mataa and tyres... Woi pole! Yesterday morning i watched two thugs on Khoja roundabout tom mboya attack a runx and rip it off both its side mirrors. Cops were just watching 10 metres away. Yenyewe we are a failed state. Now even those ugly chains are not helping, some thugs are showing up with wire cutters! Such people should be shot and cops know this guys and where they hang out its so easy to nab them whats hard placing a no. of plain clothes officers hapo museum hill etc kushika hawa watu...very sad possunt quia posse videntur
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/21/2011 Posts: 1,010
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kamundu wrote:wilyum wrote:nostoppingthis wrote:kamundu wrote:Wish, Nze, plombox, runx, fielder........... and they prefer them white in colour...easy to change colour hapo Dandoch... runx bought two months ago, stolen, tracked 2 weeks down the line bila,milango yote,mataa and tyres... Woi pole! Yesterday morning i watched two thugs on Khoja roundabout tom mboya attack a runx and rip it off both its side mirrors. Cops were just watching 10 metres away. Yenyewe we are a failed state. Now even those ugly chains are not helping, some thugs are showing up with wire cutters! not mine,a friend,cant touch them ,am team subru
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/6/2011 Posts: 391 Location: Nairobi
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Runx\ Allex huwa zinaibiwa?? wololo "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Stephen Wright
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/2/2009 Posts: 2,458 Location: Nairobi
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I keep away white Toyotas, and i never take rides with more than 2 male passangers in those cars... If its not threat of carjacking, its the possibility of being mistaken for carjackers or thugs....
Toiyota mimi nagataa.. awesi panda..
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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I remember some figures from a while back that stated that over 70% of vehicles on our Kenyan roads were Toyota models, over 75% of which were painted white. I don't know if the situation has since changed but the point is if you own a Toyota that is white in color, you're more attractive to thugs because searching for one, even when reported to the authorities is like, well, searching for the raindrop that fell in Aberdares forest on 14th April 1989 and was washed into the Indian Ocean. It's nigh impossible and even with all the tracking devices and technology, our porous borders don't help much. How often have we heard of Prados, RAV 4S and VXs stolen from Msa road while en route to Nbi, driven across the border and eventually sold in DRC? (by the way, DRC is the new market for smartphones stolen in Nbi, it has proved difficult for the culprits to sell them locally coz of ease of traceability via software). It is for this reason that most people had resorted to painting their vehicle no. on the sides and bonnet to make it conspicuous in the event it had to be searched for, but then it also made you vulnerable since those with ill motives can spot you from afar. What to do? Since we cannot all keep off Toyota as a brand, it might be a bit reasonable to keep off any that is either white or that other ubiquitous silver-ish color they now come in. A wine red car sure stands out from the crowd and no thug wants that kind of conspicuousness. Just my 2 cents. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Rankaz13 wrote:I remember some figures from a while back that stated that over 70% of vehicles on our Kenyan roads were Toyota models, over 75% of which were painted white. I don't know if the situation has since changed but the point is if you own a Toyota that is white in color, you're more attractive to thugs because searching for one, even when reported to the authorities is like, well, searching for the raindrop that fell in Aberdares forest on 14th April 1989 and was washed into the Indian Ocean. It's nigh impossible and even with all the tracking devices and technology, our porous borders don't help much. How often have we heard of Prados, RAV 4S and VXs stolen from Msa road while en route to Nbi, driven across the border and eventually sold in DRC? (by the way, DRC is the new market for smartphones stolen in Nbi, it has proved difficult for the culprits to sell them locally coz of ease of traceability via software).
It is for this reason that most people had resorted to painting their vehicle no. on the sides and bonnet to make it conspicuous in the event it had to be searched for, but then it also made you vulnerable since those with ill motives can spot you from afar.
What to do? Since we cannot all keep off Toyota as a brand, it might be a bit reasonable to keep off any that is either white or that other ubiquitous silver-ish color they now come in. A wine red car sure stands out from the crowd and no thug wants that kind of conspicuousness. Just my 2 cents. Sasa Red...si its too screaming? Unless its for a lady? 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/8/2013 Posts: 4,068 Location: At Large.
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Prime wrote:Si ni rahisi tu kusema any toyo above 1300 cc Kangu ni ka misubishi, gley in colour.1800cc Am I in danger? Love is beautiful and so are those who share it.With Love, Marriage is an amazing event in ones life time, the foundation of joy, happiness and success.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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washiku wrote:Rankaz13 wrote:I remember some figures from a while back that stated that over 70% of vehicles on our Kenyan roads were Toyota models, over 75% of which were painted white. I don't know if the situation has since changed but the point is if you own a Toyota that is white in color, you're more attractive to thugs because searching for one, even when reported to the authorities is like, well, searching for the raindrop that fell in Aberdares forest on 14th April 1989 and was washed into the Indian Ocean. It's nigh impossible and even with all the tracking devices and technology, our porous borders don't help much. How often have we heard of Prados, RAV 4S and VXs stolen from Msa road while en route to Nbi, driven across the border and eventually sold in DRC? (by the way, DRC is the new market for smartphones stolen in Nbi, it has proved difficult for the culprits to sell them locally coz of ease of traceability via software).
It is for this reason that most people had resorted to painting their vehicle no. on the sides and bonnet to make it conspicuous in the event it had to be searched for, but then it also made you vulnerable since those with ill motives can spot you from afar.
What to do? Since we cannot all keep off Toyota as a brand, it might be a bit reasonable to keep off any that is either white or that other ubiquitous silver-ish color they now come in. A wine red car sure stands out from the crowd and no thug wants that kind of conspicuousness. Just my 2 cents. Sasa Red...si its too screaming? Unless its for a lady? That was just an example You could go with the various shades of blue for instance, or the current trend of matt black (I don't like it though) or even maroon. Next time ukienda garage, ask the paint guy to show you a certain maroonish whose color code is 481-8481 and tell me if you won't like it Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 8/4/2008 Posts: 2,849 Location: Rupi
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I hear X trails are also favorites? Lord, thank you!
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Rankaz13 wrote:washiku wrote:Rankaz13 wrote:I remember some figures from a while back that stated that over 70% of vehicles on our Kenyan roads were Toyota models, over 75% of which were painted white. I don't know if the situation has since changed but the point is if you own a Toyota that is white in color, you're more attractive to thugs because searching for one, even when reported to the authorities is like, well, searching for the raindrop that fell in Aberdares forest on 14th April 1989 and was washed into the Indian Ocean. It's nigh impossible and even with all the tracking devices and technology, our porous borders don't help much. How often have we heard of Prados, RAV 4S and VXs stolen from Msa road while en route to Nbi, driven across the border and eventually sold in DRC? (by the way, DRC is the new market for smartphones stolen in Nbi, it has proved difficult for the culprits to sell them locally coz of ease of traceability via software).
It is for this reason that most people had resorted to painting their vehicle no. on the sides and bonnet to make it conspicuous in the event it had to be searched for, but then it also made you vulnerable since those with ill motives can spot you from afar.
What to do? Since we cannot all keep off Toyota as a brand, it might be a bit reasonable to keep off any that is either white or that other ubiquitous silver-ish color they now come in. A wine red car sure stands out from the crowd and no thug wants that kind of conspicuousness. Just my 2 cents. Sasa Red...si its too screaming? Unless its for a lady? That was just an example You could go with the various shades of blue for instance, or the current trend of matt black (I don't like it though) or even maroon. Next time ukienda garage, ask the paint guy to show you a certain maroonish whose color code is 481-8481 and tell me if you won't like it Hehehe...I use a bluish...
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