Time stamp 2:08 AM

Masaibu ya gari tells you the importance of having friends .Gari imesumbua nkitoka mazishi ilipoanza kuonyesh check engine .I changed its plugs there and then after which ilipiga ikaenda a kilometer and kuasha check engine tena na kuzima .This was 10 pm somewhere between Gacharage and kabati a place full of darkness and raining .Worse some dudes came with machetes claiming that their cows had dissapered the previous night .My guy came to tow me all the way from roysa to help me out knowing well kesho anarauka asubuhi sacco .Kutoka leo mimi na matatu tunakuwa marafiki .Have such friends i tell you otherwise utaambiwa umeeka ngombe ya kilo 70 kwa boot ya gari yako .

mimi nilikwama kwa jam ya nairobi kukinyesha torrential rain. nikatoka kununua fluid niweke phone ikanyeshewa ikakwama hakuna kuita marafiki. gari ikasonga 10 metres ikakwama tena. breakdown ndio nikatafuta hapo hapo. now after making mechanics merry for a few weeks for their half baked solutions, today I just had another gearbox installed. I insisted on using the car because it is the most efficient one I have and comfortable. looking back I should just have parked it for a month or two before repair because I am now minus about 75k in three weeks.

It’s always advisable to service your car before road trips.

I hope you go to a garage with an OBD-II scanner ndio ujue the actual fault code, clearly changing the plugs is not the only thing that needs to be done.

Pole kwa safari. And yes, good friends are a treasure.One towed me from Voi to Mombasa.

gari hukwama sana kukinyesha labda imekunywa maji kwa wiring ama sensor zimeingia maji.

I used to have a vintage hizi za carburetor wa!! Hiyo gari ilinipiga dry fry.one time I dropped a sick friend in kijabe hospital 1 am.on my way back fan ikawacha kuzunguka ,for those who don’t know, kijabe road, it’s a meandering 2cm wide with no reserve ,so ilibidi gari nimesmamisha kwa Barbara.kutengeneza fan,gari ikakataa Ku start ,hiyo mlima is very steep so gari ilikuwa inaenda na gear 1&2 thus ikapata overflow, sema tena kuanza kunyonya carburetor na ni sa nane ,it was fucking cold I had no sweater coz it was emergency.the few cars that passed none bothered to stop ,it was very dark ni katikati ya msitu.
After kumaliza overflow battery kufa!.manual unaweza 'shtua but not reverse when the road is C shaped.luckily I managed to ‘scare’ the jalopy but one wrong move ningeanguka kwa those slopes.nikatoka hapo mbio dana,gari mzee nilisema neffa eva

very dangerous spot to get stranded

Mimi alternator gave in nikiwa Eastern bypass kuelekea Ruai, brakes zikawa stiff and the steering could not steer sideways without significant effort, it was like steering a rock.

Masaibu ya birrioners, peasants can’t relate they use footbishi

Jalopy yangu imefika 30years this year na iko 300K+ Km inadai valve seals saahii na venye mfuko imekaa mbaya. Natembeanga na plug spanner at arms reach, hiyo mlima ya kijabe siyo mchezo gear 1 n 2.

Hiyo jalopy nimeipenda sana its simple and straight to the point, issue ni wear and tear sasa nikama news za saa moja.

Shieeeet 30 years! Hio gari imekupa service sana. I’m sure it’s got stories to tell. Tusafishe mecho na hio jalopy.

:D:D:D:D hapo noma csi wata nipata, got the car from my Dad.

Stories ni kibao, almost died once, got dumped, fala flani alifikisha threshold kwa back seat…

:D:D

I hope you are not half kyuk-half Maa coz that would make you most definitely my cousin.

He also attends rhino charge faithfully apart from this year…

Sup cuz:D, nikubushe half Maa ni nini?:D:D:D:D

Kuna time nilipiga pothole kwa Peugeot 504, hapo after Gilgil Toll Station, gear ikaruka hadi neutral & it felt “shorter” nikijaribu ku-engage gear.

Kumbe gear lever ilisink a few cm ndani after kupiga hio pothole !

Turns out gari iliwa inachoma na one cylinder head.How tf would i have solved that in the middle of the night .

This happened to me sometime early this year… gari ili-lock gears nikiwa high speed kwa highway. 5AM in the morning. Luckily there was no-one closely behind,

Maasai :D:D

Huh, one cylinder head?

Like 3 out of six plugs were not functioning so one cylinder head alone was firing .