
Before you spend ₦1 on any car import, read this first. I made 5 of these mistakes myself and lost ₦1.68 million learning them. You don't have to. Includes the free Landed Cost Calculator as a bonus.
My 3rd import nearly broke me.
I bought a 2014 Camry on Copart.
"Minor rear damage."
The photos looked clean.
I won the bid at $4,100. Paid. Shipped. Cleared customs.
The car arrived at Tincan.
My mechanic put it on the lift.
The rear frame was bent.
Repair estimate: ₦2.4 million.
I sold the car at a ₦900,000 loss just to get it off my hands.
That one mistake cost me more than 25 copies of this guide.
Then there was my 2nd import.
A 2015 Camry that looked clean in the photos.
I got excited during the auction.
I bid $6,400.
The next person stopped at $5,100.
I "won."
He laughed.
At that exchange rate, I had overbid by ₦780,000.
Not because the car was bad.
Because I didn't have a formula.
I've now imported 8 cars since 2021.
Total saved vs dealer prices: ₦41.6 million.
But the first ₦1.68 million of that education was free for nobody.
I paid it in losses.
This guide exists so you don't have to pay the same tuition.
✅ 20 real mistakes – every single one costs between ₦200,000 and ₦5,000,000 when you make it
✅ Mistake #1: Why the Copart bid price is NOT your total cost – and what the real number looks like (most people are shocked)
✅ Mistake #2: The NCS VIN valuation trap – why Customs ignores your invoice and assigns their own value, and what that does to your duty bill
✅ Mistake #3: The overbidding formula most Nigerians don't have – the one that tells you the exact dollar amount to stop bidding
✅ Mistake #7: The PAAR document – why you must see this before paying any clearing agent a kobo
✅ Mistake #16: The VehCAP pre-shipment requirement that's been in effect since 2026 and is catching people off guard at the ports right now
✅ Mistake #19: Why your payment pipeline must be set up BEFORE auction day – and what happens if it isn't (I've seen people lose their deposit this way)
...and 14 more that between them have cost Nigerian importers hundreds of millions of naira since 2021.
🎁 The Nigeria Car Import Cost Calculator (2026 Edition)
A web-based tool you open in any browser on your phone or laptop. Enter your bid price, exchange rate, and NCS value. It shows you your full landed cost – Copart fees, shipping, customs (including the new 2026 duty rates), port charges, and repairs – before you bid.
This calculator alone is worth more than the price of this guide.
Dealers don't want you to have it.
→ Anyone planning to import a car in the next 3–6 months and doesn't want to make the mistakes I made
→ Car dealers who want to tighten their process and stop leaving money on the table
→ Anyone who tried to import before and got burned – and wants to understand exactly what went wrong
→ Anyone building the "Import Service" business model (charging ₦500K–₦1M to import for others)
→ People who want theory without action
→ People who think ₦5,000 replaces the ₦10–15 million you need to actually buy a car (it doesn't – this teaches you how to spend that money wisely)
You get instant access to:
No waiting. No "we'll send it in 48 hours." Instant.
This guide is the front door.
The DIY Import Bible (₦35,000) is the complete 10-module system – Copart registration, payment from Nigeria, bidding strategy, shipping, customs clearance, port clearing, the Black Book of vetted contacts, the Agent Interview Script, and lifetime access to the private Telegram community.
The 20 Mistakes guide tells you what NOT to do.
The Bible tells you exactly what TO do, step by step.
But start here. Read the 20 mistakes first.
Then decide.
If you read all 20 mistakes and genuinely don't think a single one could have cost you real money on a real import – reply to your Selar receipt email and I'll refund every kobo.
In 3+ years of teaching this, I've never had that request.
Because the mistakes are real.
And so is the money lost when you ignore them.
By Benz – Accidented Cars NG I've imported 8 cars since 2021. Total saved: ₦41.6 million. This guide is how I stopped losing money and started saving it.
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