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Why do many Kenyans despise Nissans and love Toyotas?
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amorphous
#1 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 7:06:21 PM
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I do not understand this. Kindly elaborate why Kenyans chukia Nissans. I have met three so far who have warned me with stern jowl, wagging figure and ominous tones "not to buy Kanithani!"
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
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NewMoney
#2 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 9:09:55 PM
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amorphous wrote:
I do not understand this. Kindly elaborate why Kenyans chukia Nissans. I have met three so far who have warned me with stern jowl, wagging figure and ominous tones "not to buy Kanithani!"


I have owned toyotas, nissans and hondas. I can tell you nissans are good but I would vouch for specific models: Patrol, NVR, and GTR, buy any other Nissan ..

The rest of the nissans start with x-trail and cheaper options container too much experimental new tech which breaks all the time.

Now when it comes to toyota and honda, I can vouch for each and every model
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sqft
#3 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 9:51:59 PM
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I have owned a nissan saloon in the past and it was a good car. The 2013 nissan sylphy is looking nice and is much cheaper than premio. It's a deal.





Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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newfarer
#4 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 9:59:54 PM
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They say nissans are expensive to maintain.mechanics also understand Toyotas better than nissans.resale values for nissans also tend to be lower
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amorphous
#5 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 10:10:40 PM
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Very helpful. Makes a lot of sense why there is a Toyota bias despite Nissan having very nice looking cars! The consolation is Nissan prices are lower thanks to this Toyota bias so one can get more features and a newer (Nissan) car for the same price all things being equalsmile . Asante sqft that one looks really good!
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
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sqft
#6 Posted : Friday, August 07, 2020 10:37:36 PM
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newfarer wrote:
They say nissans are expensive to maintain.mechanics also understand Toyotas better than nissans.resale values for nissans also tend to be lower


Regarding resale values the facts say otherwise.
You buy a premio at 1.6m and sell after 3yrs at 850k. Loss 750k
You buy a sylphy at 1m and sell at 700k after 3yrs. Loss 300k.

You loose less cash when you own a nissan so the "resale value" is actually higher.
Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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Tokyo
#7 Posted : Saturday, August 08, 2020 7:56:57 AM
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Many Kenyans prefer Toyota due to cheaper options for spare parts and maintenance. Nissan are good but need frequent service.
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newfarer
#8 Posted : Saturday, August 08, 2020 9:24:10 AM
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sqft wrote:
newfarer wrote:
They say nissans are expensive to maintain.mechanics also understand Toyotas better than nissans.resale values for nissans also tend to be lower


Regarding resale values the facts say otherwise.
You buy a premio at 1.6m and sell after 3yrs at 850k. Loss 750k
You buy a sylphy at 1m and sell at 700k after 3yrs. Loss 300k.

You loose less cash when you own a nissan so the "resale value" is actually higher.



It would be interesting to see how much you will have used to maintain the Sylphy to keep the 700k value compared to the premio
punda amecheka
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amorphous
#9 Posted : Saturday, August 08, 2020 9:43:35 AM
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Tokyo wrote:
Many Kenyans prefer Toyota due to cheaper options for spare parts and maintenance. Nissan are good but need frequent service.


Very helpful. Asante!
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
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sparkly
#10 Posted : Saturday, August 08, 2020 10:21:36 AM
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The whole world, not just Kenya loves Toyota.

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