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@AutoTrendzUg @Scarlet_tpo Hehe. They love demio, note and some brands we rarely buy in Uganda

@KampindiAdam @Scarlet_tpo This is actually true😂 but most of the tiny ones are UBER.

Everyone wants a Harrier. Not everyone needs one! The Harrier is a beautiful car and the streets have spoken, so I will not waste your time pretending otherwise, because in Uganda today, the car literally in front of you is a Harrier. But here is the quiet truth. For most people chasing one, a 2017 Mazda CX-5 is the better car to actually live with and it's even cheaper to buy at times. If you look at the numbers in the market today, A clean 2017 Harrier sits between UGX 70M and 85M in the bond. A clean 2017 CX-5 (Petrol) sits between 65M and 75M. Mind you, this is the same model year, the same segment and the same kind of buyer but with a price gap big enough to cater for extras like brand new tires, fuel and servicing. So what does the extra ka money on the Harrier actually buy you? Not more power, obviously! The 2017 Harrier most people buy is the 2.0, making around 151 horsepower and the 2017 CX-5 2.0 Skyactiv makes about 165 and feels noticeably faster and more confident on the expressway. Not a better driving experience either! The CX-5 has sharper steering with real feedback and a much more composed chassis, it is genuinely one of the best driving cars in this class of crossover SUVs. Not even a more premium interior as you would think! The CX-5 interior punches way above its price and embarrasses cars costing far more, like this Harrier. What the Harrier price actually buys you is demand. The streets want a Harrier, so the streets price it like one. You are not paying for a better car. You are just paying for a more wanted one. And that demand is not nothing. It cuts both ways. Because the Harrier holds its resale value better than almost anything in the segment. So here is my honest, unbiased opinion. Buy the Harrier if resale is your priority, if you plan to sell within a few years or if you simply love the car and have made peace with paying the Toyota badge tax. There is no shame in wanting what you want. Buy the CX-5 if you want the better drive, the stronger engine, the nicer interior and ka extra saving staying in your account. For the buyer who keeps cars long term and values how the car feels over how the street reads it, the CX-5 wins comfortably. The Harrier is the car everybody wants. The CX-5 is the car most of them would be happier owning. Those are not always the same car, trust me. If you are still stuck between these two and want a straight recommendation for your specific budget and needs. WhatsApp me on 0755 138 120, I will tell you which one you should actually buy, not which one the streets told you to want. I will also help you import a clean certified unit or source one locally with a comprehensive pre-purchase inspection. So, are you Team Harrier or Team CX-5? Tell me which way you lean and why.

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@AutoTrendzUg @Scarlet_tpo No wonder they love tiny cars. I was driving an Alphard and most people wondered how I came with it all the way from Uganda.

@Scarlet_tpo The last time I was in Nairobi, I actually noticed that generally cars are more expensive in Kenya than here in Uganda…

@AutoTrendzUg This is impressive. That means 30 litres from Mbale to Nairobi. 10 litres from Mbale to Kampala.

Dude you’re a rich man!😂 Am currently pushing over 26km/l on this diesel…

@Uganda_Expozed That's a very bad experience, indeed. I have travelled to Nairobi several times by air and land. The good thing is that I am fluent in Kiswahili. That has saved me a lot. But Kenya's traffic officers make the Ugandan ones look like saints.

Kenyan Police 👮 & how I was arrested last night Last night when I arrived at 11 am in Nairobi , I was tired and got a hotel in town I was hungry I decided to move out to get something, few steps 2 armed officers stop me and start asking me in Kiswahili I said they could change to English and that’s I got hand cuffed, they checked my pockets but I hardly move with cash They moved me to a corridor in the streets and I felt insecure I called a friend in Nairobi and I also got the embassy number They talked about our president and said this is not Uganda where u move the way u want and immediately I called the embassy and also called nearby police station I connected on a call and they asked the offices to say the name of the police station and their names and after the call I was released I couldn’t walk back to the hotel I requested them to walk me back which they agreed to On arrival I thanked them angrily and took off for my hotel , I can’t lie I had to cancel my appointments for today and I will be flying back to Uganda today I will see Kenya back for the margical Kenya Security aside I really love Kenya like my second home and I have lots of friends in Kenya

@AutoTrendzUg Those saying "I buy for experience not resale" will face it hard when that beautiful car brakes in Nakapiripirit, and you have to rent a breakdown vehicle from Mbale to take it to Kampala cos spare parts can only be found there or worse have to be shipped.

Before you buy any car, ask these 3 questions that actually decide what it will be worth the day you decide to sell it. Most buyers ask none of them and find out the expensive way later on. Question 1. Can the average mechanic fix it? If yes, the car holds value because the next buyer is not afraid of it. The likes of the Prado, the Hilux, the Land Cruiser, the Wundos (Harrier) and the Noah. Every mechanic can literally fix them, so anyone can easily buy them from you later. If only a few specialists in the whole country understand the car, it suffers and this fear sets the resale price. Question 2. Are the spare parts here or do they ship from abroad? A car whose parts sit in every spare shop in town holds value and the car whose parts come from Germany on a 4 to 6 weeks wait suffers, because the next buyer, if smart, prices in that wait before he even test drives. Question 3. Does the car still make sense in the current economy? A big V8 made perfect sense when petrol was UGX 3,500 to 4,500 a litre years ago. And now, at almost 6,500, that big engine scares buyers and the resale drops regardless of how clean the unit is. Trust me, whenever the economy moves, the cars that ignore it suffer... Run any car you are currently thinking of through those 3 questions and you can predict its resale value before you even pay for it. And remember, the cars that always pass all the 3 questions are the boring Toyotas everybody underestimates and the ones that normally fail are the prestige buys that felt so special on the day of purchase and ordinary by year two. In our country and some others, actual resale value follows reliability and spare parts availability. Not prestige! It always has and it always will. Any smart buyer buys the exit before they buy the entrance! Which car holds its value best in your honest opinion? And which one are you quietly regretting?

@eriyawagona @dvjdougie @BeForward256 @URAuganda @URAuganda Uses its own CIF valuation for most cars imported from Japan to avoid undervaluation. A car you buy from Japan at 25M might be valued by Ura at 37M. This raises the final tax payable.

@dvjdougie @BeForward256 @URAuganda Sibitegera, I need to understand why I buy a car at 25m and pay taxes of 30m.

@AutoTrendzUg Well said. A comprehensive Pre-inspection from an expert like you guarantees value for money.

Well explained, sir. These high taxes make the good car unaffordable and the affordable option in most cases is the broken one... No warning label. No honest service history like it is the case in more developed markets. Just a seller who knows exactly why they are letting it go. But this is why pre-purchase inspection exists as a service I offer, so if you are buying local and skipping it, you are not buying a car. You are inheriting a problem...

Some of you don’t buy cars. You adopt someone else's former trauma and call it a deal...

@CarolPrim3 In the Arabic alphabet, we don't have O, E, and P. So the correct word is Muslim when spelt in Arabic. The Moslem one comes from transliteration from Arabic to Latin.

Guys please help me out ?🥹🙏

@AutoTrendzUg Fingers crossed

@KampindiAdam With the way they have scaled and setup in other African countries, its indeed very soon…

Our Government just raised the fuel tax for the third time in three years. The drivers absorbing this bill are the same Ugandans who have been told there is no money for road maintenance. Parliament passed the Excise Duty Amendment Bill 2026 in late April and from July 1, excise duty on petrol moves from UGX 1,550 to 1,750 per litre. Diesel moves from UGX 1,230 to 1,430. Both up by UGX 200 a litre. Total expected revenue: Shs 450 billion a year, to be paid by every driver, taxi operator, boda owner, truck driver and farmer who runs a generator in this country. The hike is landing on a fuel market that is already broken. Petrol in Kampala right now is sitting between UGX 6,100 and 6,500 a litre this week. Strait of Hormuz tensions have squeezed supply. The shilling is soft at 3,780 to the dollar. Uganda is sourcing through Tanzania instead of Kenya and sadly, none of those is reversing soon. This 200 shillings hike is not happening in isolation. It is the latest instalment in a series of increases. The math nobody runs in public. A V6 Prado at 6.5 km per litre and a 1,500 km monthly commute burns roughly 230 litres of petrol every month. That is about UGX 552,000 a year of additional fuel cost from this hike alone. Five years of the same commute and this hike and the same engine is about UGX 2.76M of pure additional bleeding, on top of the cost increases from currency and global supply that are not our government's doing. The cars taking this on the chin are not only Land Cruisers belonging to the elite. They are the V6 Kawundos, the Hilux Surfs, the older Pradoes and the big engine sedans bought five years ago when petrol was about UGX 4000 to 4,500 and it felt almost free. Most of those owners cannot just sell into the resale market and walk away because the same hike is hitting the next buyer, too. If you have been telling yourself that this fuel crisis will calm down, the July 1 hike is the signal that this structural pressure is not going away. Our Currency, global supply and tax policy are all leaning the same way. You need to be smart now and plan accordingly. Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and lower-cc clean petrol cars are where the smart money is moving right now, so the longer you wait to reposition and sell or replace that thirsty car, the softer its resale value becomes when you finally decide to sell it. Better to make the move while the resale on thirsty cars is still warm than after the rest of the market figures it out. Tell me below, will this 200 shillings hike push you towards a smaller engine? Yes, no, or it depends.

@AutoTrendzUg I hope that soon we will have a lot of spare shops for such vehicles in the country in the near future. It is also a business opportunity to many

@KampindiAdam The world being a global village now that shouldn’t be a worry anymore…

@jonas_chemutai @DailyMonitor @otafiire_k @SamCheptoris1 I believe Betty Kaali could have gotten a position if she went through. Anyway, that's politics.

@DailyMonitor @otafiire_k Sebei Region should have taken up one position in the Cabinet, in replacement of @SamCheptoris1

Gen (rtd) @otafiire_k is the new Minister of Water and Environment. He replaces Sam Mangusho Cheptoris who quit the Kapchorwa Municipality legislative race ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections. Gen Otafiire has been replaced by another veteran politician, Prof Ephraim Kamuntu whom Mr @KagutaMuseveni has named as the Minister of Internal Affairs in his 2026-2031 Cabinet. The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uganda handles crucial state functions like immigration, passport issuance, national identification, and NGO regulation, among others. The Ministry also directly oversees the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda Prisons Service. Now you know! #MonitorUpdates

@iamcheropmark @premierleague Sheepok🤣🤣

@premierleague How did arsenal win the title? Me:

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@UwaseDarlene @256Rootyherman Uganda has beautiful roads

@256Rootyherman I wish you had something to offer everything is about having crazy nd best fans I agree ☺️but which road I mean what do you have that can attract tourist?show them please for us our deal with Arsenal is already done !🤷‍♀️it's okay to have your moment but atleast show them something

Rwanda made a $10M deal with Arsenal to market Uganda

@Sensei532713297 @QueenMancunian @FabrizioRomano @Realusu_97 Even after 1 month of rest😂

@QueenMancunian @FabrizioRomano @Realusu_97 Same club that can't even win 5 games in a row, sit this one out my guy

🚨🔵 BREAKING: Enzo Maresca has a total verbal agreement with Manchester City, HERE WE GO! The Italian manager has always been considered the ideal candidate to replace Pep Guardiola. Deal in place and Maresca will sign an initial three year deal at #MCFC. 🇮🇹 New era, soon.

@AutoTrendzUg One time, I regretted why I didn't fuel my car full time before travelling to Kenya. The fuel there has always been over 500ugshs per litre more to that of Uganda.

But Uganda imports its fuel through Kenya. The fuel travels through Kenya to reach us. And somehow, after that entire journey, it is now cheaper at our pump than at theirs. Make it make sense!

@AutoTrendzUg We still have infrastructure issues when it comes to ev adoption. Most petrol stations should start investing in charge stations. This will make it easy for future owners of EV

To be honest, A Range Rover is not really a transport decision for most people buying it. It is a social one. It says something at events and at the parking lot and at the meeting. An EV does not say the same thing yet in this market, even if the math strongly favours it. That will change as more visible, aspirational people drive EVs. But right now the Range Rover is still winning a conversation the EV is not even in yet...

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