Baraza JM Hi Baraza, First, let me first say I appreciate your vast knowledge of machines. I have only two questions. 1 I drive a Subaru Legacy BP5 year 2003 make. It works superbly. I had an average consumption of 11-12 km/l, until I fitted a sound muffler on my double exhaust and now I am getting … Read more
Hi Baraza, First, thank you for helping me evolve from a bike enthusiast to a petrolhead. Kindly address the following issues. 1 Please review the FJ Cruiser (any model). I have seen the car a few times and it’s quite unique, however, I can’t understand why it has not penetrated the Kenyan market, yet Kenyans … Read more
My compliments to you for the marvelous job you are doing to educate the public. Please, help me solve a problem that has perplexed the mechanics who handle my car. I drive a Volvo S 80, manual, 1999 model. It has served me very well until recently, when it developed a problem; it started losing … Read more
The Land Rover Defender is dead. Long live the Land Rover Defender; as it should anyway, because it is not actually dead. It is just that after 68 years of production, the vehicle model is receiving its first full bumper-to-bumper update. The Indian-owned British manufacturer last week announced the production of the two-millionth Land Rover … Read more
Hi Baraza, I want to buy my first car, preferably a station wagon. Price-wise, a Nissan Wingroad is much cheaper than a Toyota, but it has enough critics. Some say the Wingroad has many sensors, and that when one gets faulty it triggers many complications or depreciates at an alarming rate. These might be Toyota-syndrome … Read more
Q. Hi Baraza. Tell me a story. What’s new for 2016? Listen here. They are everywhere. You can see them, but even worse, you can hear them. Big roads, small roads, trunk roads, access roads, parking lots, pavements… they are simply everywhere. Their presence is unmistakable: it starts off with a loud noise, followed by … Read more
Hi Baraza, I would like to buy my first car and I don’t want to go wrong because I have been saving for it. Kindly help me choose between a Nissan Dualis and a Toyota Auris. Martha Hi Martha, The Nissan Dualis is what is more commonly called the Qashqai, or what I simplified two … Read more
Dear JM, First: As far as vehicle or motoring matters are concerned, you are magnificently stupendous, to say the least. Second: Tell me something about the Honda HR-V (sport) cars, now out of production. For years I have had a 3-door model with a huge spoiler, sunroof and all, but an amazing thing happened recently … Read more
Baraza, I own a 2006 2.5cc diesel Toyota Hilux double cabin pickup which has served me well for more than five years. However, of late I have noticed the following problems: If the car is parked in an uphill position, it takes time to move in the morning and I have to wait for it … Read more
Let’s talk about Ford. We all know Ford, makers of the F150, the Figo, Fiesta, Focus and the Fusion (alliterative labels, huh?), which are probably cars you’ve never heard of if you don’t visit motoring sites on the internet. More familiar to most Kenyans would be the Ranger pickup and the Everest SUV; two cars … Read more