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Toyota Vitz (or Echo or Yaris)

In Auto, Product Reviews on January 5, 2009 at 18:44

Toyota VitzHappy New Year, dear reader! May this year be one that brings you the desires of your heart!…May it also grant me the desires of my heart too. :-)

When it comes to cars, the desire of my heart used to be extremely clear to me. I longed for a Peugeot 307 hatchback. For a number of years, I waited for the perfect combination of factors to come together so I could buy myself one. In the meantime, I would pass by the  Peugeot showroom at Sarit, just to gaze at the car and..dream.

Sadly, the perfect combination of factors is yet to come together. Tired of longing for the same thing for so long, other culprits have begun to steal my heart. One of these is a small Toyota hatchback known as the Toyota Vitz in our market or as the Toyota Echo and Yaris elsewhere in the world. (Is this where I stop to mention that both the Peugeot 307 and the Toyota Yaris were voted European Car of the Year in the past decade? Hmmm…does this say anything about my taste in cars? ;-) ) Read the rest of this entry »

Auto Assured

In Auto, Kenya, Nairobi, Services on December 23, 2008 at 18:18

Auto Assured Ltd.
The Motoring Centre, Lenana Road
Tel: +254 -(20)-2711420/1, +254-(20)-2727914/5
Mobile: +254-(722)-752543, +254-(733)-730763
Email:info@autoassured.com

Auto-Assured-LogoYes, I know Christmas is right around the corner so I would do well to write a Christmas-related post today, but frankly, I am not a big fan of Christmas. What I will offer instead, in an effort to appease my readers who are in the throes of the holiday season, is that the service I am going to tell you about today would make an excellent gift for a loved one whose life you would like to make (safer and) easier. The company I am going to tell you about today, Auto Assured, provides among other services, a road rescue service which I can vouch for a hundred times over. (To find out more about Gift Memberships, visit their website.) Read the rest of this entry »

Stantech Motors, Nairobi

In Auto, Kenya, Nairobi, Services on July 23, 2008 at 17:44

Stantech Motors
Shimo la Tewa Rd. (off Mombasa Road)
Tel: +254-(20)-530662 )(pilot line)
+254-(20)-558460-1
+254-(20)-555249
+254-(20)-552107
Website: www.stantechmotors.co.ke

Hi, reader. How are you today? Allow me to deviate from my usual subject of places to go to and products to buy and instead tell you about a great auto garage that consistently gives me great service. Today, I’d like to tell you about Stantech Motors, an auto garage located off Mombasa Road (before the turnoff to South B), near Marshalls.

Before I get into why I recommend Stantech Motors, allow me first to tell you a little bit about why you should or shouldn’t listen to what I have to say. :-) Read the rest of this entry »