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 Car Talk › Re: Thread For Toyota Users And Lovers by 9icetoo(m): 5:13pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
yak:Your budget can get you good manual car. If you add a bit more money, you may be able to get a tokunbo. I advised\suggeted a manual because it is easier to maintain. You can get a golf 4 or 3 or a mazda or nissan almera with that amount. Check the autos section and shine your eyes very well. |
| Car Talk › Re: 20 Reasons We Should All Drive Manual Cars by 9icetoo(m): 5:00pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
tonychristopher:Did you read Sienas bit on dual clutch trans being faster and more economical than manuals? Do you think a jap equipped with a dual clutch auto setup will not dust that your benz? Do you know that auto makers employ certain gear ratios to achieve certain objectives. Some gears are geared for fuel economy while some are geared for performance while others are geared for towing. In drag racing, where the driver has no time to change gears, automatics win all the time. Automatics have come a long way. They are no longer the slush boxes my father warned me against. |
| Car Talk › Re: What Are Your Experiences With A V6 Engine? Does It Consume A Lot Of Fuel? by 9icetoo(m): 4:51pm On Jul 11, 2015 |
Yes it does. Go and buy an I4. You can't eat your cake and have it. If you drive in Lagos and drive in areas know for traffic congestion, you are better off with an I4 if fuel economy is your concern. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: VW Jetta 2010 Or Toyota Camry 2010 by 9icetoo(m): 7:18pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
When is someone going to compare a 2010 golf and a 2010 Honda accord?  2 Likes |
| Car Talk › Re: How To Check For Tyres Expiry Date by 9icetoo(m): 2:30pm On Jul 07, 2015 |
chuka5000:Please do tell us the particular country that observes the four year rule. Not all tires get flaky. Cheap chinko tires maybe but not the premium brands. Tires are checked for thread depth over there for all I know. |
| Car Talk › Re: Facts About Car Tyres You Must Know by 9icetoo(m): 12:55am On Jul 05, 2015 |
lomomike:A beg ask am oo. Neo, I worked in Michelin FYI. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: Thread For Toyota Users And Lovers by 9icetoo(m): 12:53am On Jul 05, 2015 |
osastoba:Run a scan and post codes. Has your thermostat been removed? Does your fan run all the time? |
| Car Talk › Re: Thread For Toyota Users And Lovers by 9icetoo(m): 12:49am On Jul 05, 2015 |
delaw4u:Your timing chain and chain tensioner is what is causing that grinding noise. It occurs after the vehicle has been left for a long time and the oil has collected in the sump. Once it gets lubricated the noise goes away. I will advice you to stop using that xhp and quartz 5000. You are killing that engine and this grinding noise is a warning to you . Look for any 5w 30 oil. Or if that is too difficult to find, use either Mobil 1 or quartz 9000. The noise may not go away but you may still save the engine 4 Likes |
| Car Talk › Re: Thread For Toyota Users And Lovers by 9icetoo(m): 12:42am On Jul 05, 2015 |
replete:Have your mechanic inspect your CV joint and shaft. Also swap the rear tires with the front. |
| Car Talk › Re: Thread For Toyota Users And Lovers by 9icetoo(m): 12:39am On Jul 05, 2015 |
patlead:Get the yaris. 2 Likes |
| Car Talk › Re: How To Check For Tyres Expiry Date by 9icetoo(m): 12:00am On Jul 05, 2015 |
mcfejoc:God bless you my brother. I wonder why we as citizens have refused to educate ourselves. |
| Car Talk › Re: Facts About Car Tyres You Must Know by 9icetoo(m): 11:51pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
neoapocalypse:Don't say what you are not sure of. Who told you tires expire after four years? Or is it because FRSC said so? Some tires are still OK after six years as long as they are stored properly. A lot of factors will determine a tires useful life. not even pirelli nor Goodyear prints an expiry date on their tires so I wonder where this four years comes from. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: What Is The Recommended Transmission Fluid For Honda City 2007 by 9icetoo(m): 9:15am On Jun 10, 2015 |
If you are in lagos, contact luvvinhubby. He will sort you out with the CVT fluid your Honda City needs. I got mine thru him. |
| Car Talk › Re: Top 10 Stock Sleepers (you’re Better Off Leaving Alone) + PICS by 9icetoo(m): 4:39pm On Jun 09, 2015 |
benzmatic:I have seen one. in enugu. it was driven by a woman. she passed me when i was doing 130km/hr on the ph - enugu expressway. i saw her parked later in a filling station and went to confirm my suspicion. She smiled when she recognised my car cos i tried to give her a chase but gave up on a long hilly section later. We talked a bit about the car. It was still pristine and her son sent it to her from Germany. I thanked her and continued my journey. |
| Politics › Re: Eleven Dies As Truck Rams Into Ondo Market by 9icetoo(m): 8:07am On Jun 05, 2015 |
hardywaltz:I like the way you think. That is the major cause of the high casualties we get whenever there is a road mishap on a highway in this country. Why government allows people to build markets and residential homes close to highways in this country is beyond me. As usual, someone has concluded that the truck had a brake failure. That truck could have been trying to avoid a distracted pedestrian crossing into the road or an animal that ran loose or dodging someones wares that spilled onto the road or a bus/taxi that suddenly decided to stop in the middle of the road e.t.c. |
| Car Talk › Re: Pls Help !!!evaluate This New Car Engine by 9icetoo(m): 10:04pm On Jun 04, 2015 |
eromspete:You want a supercharger, turbocharger, cold air intake, nitrous kit and water injection kit to beef up a 1.4 litre economy engine? Or you want them to cover up the spaces with a lot of plastics? |
| Car Talk › Re: Headlights And Toothpaste Trick by 9icetoo(m): 7:23pm On Jun 01, 2015 |
If its external oxidation, the YouTube technique works. However, it takes a lot of effort. You might have to spend up to thirty minutes seriously scrubbing one headlight in circles to get the desired results. I spent 45 mins on mine and had to do it twice to get the headlamps to shine a but. Use a handkerchief and let the toothpaste gel stay for about 15 minutes before you start scrubbing. I used sensodyne for the first try and close up (red one) for the second try. I suggest you do this in the morning or evening cause it requires a lot of effort and the sun might wear you out quickly. My headlights don't look brand new after it but the unsightly brown coat is gone. |
| Car Talk › Re: Ford Mustang Inquiry by 9icetoo(m): 7:08pm On Jun 01, 2015 |
Lexusgs430:They were made for those who wanna push the envelope once in a while. It makes no sense having 320 horses under your hood and driving like a granny. Imagine the fun you can have with all those horses.  . Sure it comes with a risk of life and limb but you only live once.  |
| Car Talk › Re: Picture Of My Damaged Car After An Accident by 9icetoo(m): 11:51am On May 28, 2015 |
GAZZUZZ:Maybe his ignition switch went kaput while he was in motion. Though rare, it does happen and was pretty common in one American automakers line of cars. Cobalt was one I think. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: Reasons Why Front-wheel Drive Sucks And Why Rear-wheel Drive Is best by 9icetoo(m): 10:39pm On May 26, 2015 |
lezz:A regular front wheel drive can keep a straight line under hard acceleration. This torque steer shit applies to only performance cars where a lot of power and torque is generated. Unless your suspension or alignment is fishy, i don't see why your 200 hp (if its up to that) sedan, can't keep a straight line under hard acceleration. I drive cars hard so i know. See my post above and understand why i said what i said earlier. My focus is on cars within a certain power and weight bracket. I am not talking about supercars here. Just regular cars which was what the original post was about. I bet that original post was penned by an American; the proud owners of some of the worst handling cars out there; who probably drove a FWD car the same way he drove a RWD car expecting the same results. They are not driven the same way. And FYI it is not engineering sacrilege[i][/i]. Watch rally videos of FWDS and broaden your knowledge. The videos prove it. |
| Car Talk › Re: Reasons Why Front-wheel Drive Sucks And Why Rear-wheel Drive Is best by 9icetoo(m): 9:23pm On May 26, 2015 |
http://www.oldrallysport.on.ca/articles/Driving.html http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/02/so-fwd-is-boring-huh/ Please read the links above and see for yourselves. For certain power applications, say below 300 horses, the FWD will trump the RWD setup. We are not discussing supercars here. We are talking about everyday cars that Okeke, Musa and Abeeb can own. Climb out of that your C230 benz and get behind the wheels of a recent civic. You will realize how nimble those cars are. Nissan GTR3 is an AWD with active and adaptive electronic stability control. When the original post was penned, most likely manufacturers weren't too keen on handling and all that but not so these days ( they were more interested in the bottom line and mpg). Times have changed. There have been improvements in fwd setups. Watch a bit of rally where handling is supremely displayed and see what front wheel drives do there. If after reading the first link and you do not still appreciate the FWD setup, then you are one of those people who believe a BMW can never somersault. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: Reasons Why Front-wheel Drive Sucks And Why Rear-wheel Drive Is best by 9icetoo(m): 12:11am On May 26, 2015 |
That post above is the koko. We are so quick to jump on a band wagon because it suits us without critically asking ourselves if what we believe holds true. I have driven both rear and front wheel drive and as long as regular sedans and hatches are concerned, the front wheel setup will trump the rear wheel setup in handling and offroad action. The exception to handling comes in with increased power output as seen in some tuned cars or other high end cars. You may not like it but that's the bitter truth. The Honda integra is one of the best handling cars in the world. It will post laptimes on a twisty circuit a rear wheel drive of the same power can never dream of. It's a front wheel drive. |
| Car Talk › Re: Decarbornise An Engine by 9icetoo(m): 6:15pm On May 21, 2015 |
I have not come across anyone who has done it but I have seen a few engines stripped down and the top of the pistons scraped to remove the carbon build up. On older engines, the buildup was quite thick. On newer engines (2003 corolla), I only saw a light brown coating not up to 0.5mm thick. Instead of going the sea foam route, why not try a bit of Italian tune up. I read it works as well . last Saturday, I removed the egr and intake manifold of my diesel and trust me, no amount of seafoam would have removed the gunk in there. Had to physically scrape off and wash everything in petrol before reassembly. |
| Car Talk › Re: Reasons Why Front-wheel Drive Sucks And Why Rear-wheel Drive Is best by 9icetoo(m): 9:49pm On May 18, 2015 |
I have just been laughing here. Does this guy even digest these posts before pasting them here? |
| Car Talk › Re: KIA Motors Unveils Multi Billion Naira Plant (25,000 Cars/year) In Lagos by 9icetoo(m): 9:37pm On May 18, 2015 |
Kegite:Are you an American? If you reply me, Amadioha will do the needful. 1 Like |
| Car Talk › Re: Car Aircondition (AC) And Fuel Consumption by 9icetoo(m): 11:50am On May 18, 2015 |
In city driving with an average speed of about 25km/hr, you will use more fuel with the ac on. The extra fuel will depend on the engine size, outside temperature, driving style and overall engine condition. Ac increases the load on an engine which in turn increases the amount of fuel injected into the cylinders. Your compressor, fan and blower all add load to your alternator which transfers that load to your engine. That increase in load leads to increase in fuel consumption. On v6 and v8 cars, this extra load is negligible and as such the extra fuel required is equally low. On 4 cylinder engines, the extra load tells. If you plug a scanner with a live reading, you can actually see your load go up and your mpg go down. On the highway however, it is more efficient to use the ac at speeds above 80km/hr. At this speed and above, wind drag will rob you of fuel economy if your windows are down. But with the windows up and ac on, your car will be aerodynamically efficient and your condenser will cool even better requiring less effort from your compressor and condenser fan which in turn will mean less load on your alternator and engine. I hope I made sense. 2 Likes |
| Car Talk › Re: The Reason Why That Your Tokunbo Car Keeps Overheating Here In Nigeria by 9icetoo(m): 11:21pm On May 15, 2015 |
Specialist900:this cracked me up big time. Chuky234, like i said in my earlier post, that word was applicable probably in the 70s. I am not against changing tire sizes or some other modifications to suit what purpose a car was purchased for without risking an accident, however I am against the removal of thermostat and direct connection of the cooling fan. I don't know of any car made after the 90's that needs that level of abuse. The dude that has been driving for 35 years might not even know his tire size not to talk of how many cylinders his engine has got. If you give a brand new car to an idiot, he will still find a way to wreck it. My cousin caused an overheat on her tokunbo lexus rx300 just two days after she bought it. She failed to close the radiator cap properly. She called me to say the dealer sold her a bad car. When i inspected her car, i showed her her error and she has since learnt her lesson. |
| Car Talk › Re: The Reason Why That Your Tokunbo Car Keeps Overheating Here In Nigeria by 9icetoo(m): 11:42am On May 15, 2015 |
johnny1980:you sir have disappointed me. Are you going to tropicalize your car? The argument here is to discourage people from doing all the OP suggested. Ever wonder why people are always here asking for price of new engine and complaining about fuel economy? OP even pours oil treatment into his engine. Now that is another level of abuse. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
| Car Talk › Re: What Could Be Breaking My Front Shock Absorber Springs by 9icetoo(m): 2:26pm On May 14, 2015 |
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| Car Talk › Re: The Reason Why That Your Tokunbo Car Keeps Overheating Here In Nigeria by 9icetoo(m): 2:18pm On May 14, 2015 |
tonychristopher:Tonychristopher, why don't you just want to learn? The thermostat is an electromechanical device. You are not paying me but I will teach you the physics behind it. Two metal strips with different rates of expansion are joined together to create a thermostat. When exposed to heat, the strip deflects or bends because the two metals are expanding at different rates. The thermostat in your car is purely mechanical because the heat source is from the water in the engine unlike the thermostat in an iron where the energy source is electrical. The principles of operation are the same though. The two dissimilar metals I talked about are in that spring you see on a thermostat. That is what opens and closes the thermostat. When functioning correctly, it does not impede the flow of water around your engine and radiator. It only causes overheat when it fails in the closed position. Cars made since after the 90s have been tropicalised. It didn't cost car manufacturers an arm and a leg to do it. Dubai is hotter than Nigeria. Some states in the USA are way hotter than Nigeria. Yet they all drive with their thermostats. My fan spins once every three to five minutes or so in heavy traffic. My radiator is single cell and yet is efficient enough (engineers will appreciate this) to cool my coolant temperature from 96 degrees to 93 degree with just a fifteen second blast. (yes I have made a note of it). This is on a factory spec cooling system. So what do you need a double cell and a nonstop fan for? And I drive this car in ph so it is constantly in traffic. My car has never overheated. It has stood at a spot at ore for two hours with my engine running and ac chilling and the temp gauge didn't move an inch. Tropicalisation is an 80s topic. We are in 2015. Unless of course someone on this thread is driving a car made in the 70s, then they might just find this your stuff useful. I even doubt that. 12 Likes 3 Shares |
| Car Talk › Re: Audi A4 Engine Oil Shortage by 9icetoo(m): 10:29am On May 13, 2015 |
kc007:If there is a leak through the valve seals, you will see blue smoke when when u start the car and sometimes while driving. If you don't see blue smoke, then your valve seals are okay. |
| Autos › Re: Do U Need A Car In FCT Abuja? by 9icetoo(m): 11:52am On May 12, 2015 |
Oroz, is the yaris automatic? How much is it? |
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