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Kelvin30286063:
I just bought an Acura ZDX and I noticed it recommended only using premium unleaded fuel but the issue is we don't have enough petrol stations selling premium fuel in Nigeria. How do I solve this problem and what are the disadvantages of using regular fuel in a premium fuel recommended car? Thank you!
Gazzuzz

ReneJay:
Good day nairalanders. I want to seek your advice on behalf of my uncle.

Pardon me for any typographical errors. My uncle has been married to this lady for almost 16 years. They have two kids. According to his narration, the first five years of marriage was wonderful.

But things took a sudden twist later on. The wife has changed in both attitude and manners. The man is a civil servant and earns 70k monthly and his wife is a teacher. She earns 35k monthly.

The twist is, the wife has stopped supporting the man financially. In fact, anything she buys for the family or for the children, she asks for the money, even as little as spice cubes. My uncle had to report the matter to my father, his brother, after several years of enduring her strange attitude. My father called her to table the matter. She admitted the accusations. In her defence, she said it is the responsibility of the man (husband) to provide for the family. what broke my uncle's heart was the day the rent of their house was due, he hadnt pieced together the rent and was going about to seek loans from friends and family. He asked her if she knew who to loan from and she said she didn't know who to loan from. To his dismay, he got wind from a friend that his wife was looking for a piece of land to buy with God knows how and where she got the money from. She even told him she doesn't have a dime to add to whatever he's able to raise. He does everything in the house from A to Z.

He needs advice on what to do. Should he file for divorce and hope things would get Rosy enough to start afresh with someone else? Or should he call for a meeting with her family and our family to try to mediate and make her see reasons why she should be supportive?

Matured advice please.

zabimaru:
Ok bro, but I don't think I'll be able to help (fix) you tho.

But you can call these guys, they'll be able to fix you
Zero 9zero60zero zero1907

I had to look up their phone no online because it's nice and refreshing to see someone like you seek guidance.

I strongly suggest you visit them since you are in Lagos also.

AwesomeGod10:
*Modified
4.6M buying and shipping to lagos.
1M for clearing
5.6M total.

Itsrm:
Any car can do 1m miles if you have enough money to spend on it.

What we are talking about is the cost of ownership. You bought your vehicle at 173k miles and is now at 201k miles. How much have you spent to keep it on the road compared to someone who bought his at 73k miles and is now at 101k miles. That is the point you're missing.



Granted you would have gotten yours cheaper than he got his but how about the cost of downtime while the vehicle is sitting at the mechanic workshop for repairs.

It's even funny how people who know better forced you to buy a car with 173k miles and you're here still arguing the obvious.

There are several well maintained 18 year old cars on auction still below 150k miles with decent prices. Why are we not advising the OP to get them? He must not use a highlander if he can't afford the cost of getting one with reasonable mileage.

nurey:
That's almost 400,000km though I am not worried about the car itself I bought one at 500,000km and used it for 8years still factory engine and factory gear.

But the 4cylinder highlander has the 2azfe engine known for extreme oil burn, I would prefer you find one with the V6 engine

drlateef:
There’s a top speed at which fuel consumption is optimum even on highway. It’s around 70-80miles/hour. Below that it’s high and above that it’s higher consumption. A combination of factors are responsible for that. At lower speed, I have forgotten that phenomenon in Physics which makes the speed of movement of tyres to give a negative feedback for less consumption and maintaining the speed. But this happens at optimum speed I mentioned. At higher speed above 80miles, the effect of wind comes in to increase the consumption. Wind effect is less at that optimum speed. Other factors are engine size, the body size, shape, fuel efficiency of the car, and weight of the car, a full petrol tank contributes to the weight and causes a drag thereby causing more fuel consumption.

zabimaru:
You are still misfiring!

buygala:
No and yes

Different circumstances require different attitudes...

I like to consider myself quite flexible..

I am doing quite well in Pastoral school and also still capable of cussing someone's daddy without blinking

Ninobraw:
I just relocated to my own house recently, I have killed 2 snake since I came, there re lot of rat and cat around, sometimes cat match the roof of the house making noise untill someone advise me to stone it immediately I hear it noise, really it has reduced since I have be stoning the cat, now how do I get rig of snake totally from my environment

GloriousGbola:
UnFortunately for you, there are multiple other people with similar complaints of poor service

I am sure you can begin to tell us about how all of them bought junkers or Nigeria used cars or what ever nonsense your addled brain will spill out.

It is clearly be too hard for you to understand that there is a problem with rad and her business model

It is far easier to blame to owners of the vehicles.

But then, you aren't a business owner and you clearly do not have the mental capacity to be one. At best you have the mentality of a ladipo tout who can never take responsibility for any failure and is only good for gaslighting annoyed customers

You also have poor reading comprehension since you missed the fact that rads team messed up two of my cars, a sienna and a Ford ranger

But you do you, overgrown edgelord looking to troll and talk shit like a 10 year old

Feel free to stand in the corner while the adults talk this out. When we need some entertainment, you have our permission to drop some misyarns

evuna:
My sister is 26 years and a graduate of Statistics from a federal university in the South East. There is an issue, more like a blessing. She had been writing aptitude tests since and failing but something remarkable is happening this year. She has been passing all the graduate trainee tests and interviews this year. She is at the final stage of Cerdar group, Stanbic, Meristem and Oilserv graduate trainee program. Just waiting for offer letters. She got an offer into Wema bank graduate trainee but rejected it because of 2 years bond. She is currently in Gt Bank graduate training school.


The issue is that KPMG just invited her for their test which is physical on Saturday. The Gt bank program runs from Monday-Saturday. I have been trying so hard to convince her to take take permission from the tutors at Gtb and go to write the KPMG test. She refused that she does not like Accounting as she read Statistics but she was open to it before this year and had been writing tests of different audit firms. I prefer KPMG to Stanbic and GT and want her to give it a shot.

She is 26 and this is her last chance at any graduate trainee program. Please what do you guys think? She is confused too.

KPMG ( yet to write the test)
GTB ( in training school already)
Meristem ( Waiting for offer letter)
Stanbic ( Waiting for offer letter)

Which among the above listed is the better choice for a graduate of statistics and is the KPMG test worth taking the risk. Please I need opinions from Nairalanders as I told her to allow me take my time to think about it.

Mods, please push to front page for more experienced professionals to help us. Thanks

biosilicon:
I) bought a brand new Radiator not toks.
2) I have no idea what mechanic did or did not do, i was not looking over his shoulder when he was working, What he did is flush out the bad fluids and replace radiator. And car was driving fine until i took it to radautoworks.
3. That is what was recommended in the car manual.

biosilicon:
My brother this is a bitter lesson. I forgot to mention that on my way back the second time car completely went off in the middle of the road, turned out they did not even screw on the battery correctly. That workshop isn't worth the price they charge atall!!!

biosilicon:
Wow, i came to this car talk section to search for transmission for my 08 MDX. Never knew there were others that have had bad experiences at radautoworks. I also had a bad experience last week. I will start from the beginning. This is gonna be a long one.

I came back one day and noticed my fan was still running after i turned off the engine. I checked radiator coolant and it turned out that somehow ATF fluid has gotten mixed up with the coolant in the radiator, which was causing the car to overheat.

Because i didn't want to drive the car far with that condition i took it to one local mechanic workshop close by where the guy working on it told me my radiator was bad that was why coolant leaked into the ATF compartment and the fluids mixed up. All these while transmission was shifting fine, the guy drained the bad transmission fluid and i bought a new radiator and a carton of honda ATF z1 for flushing. He said i should drive it for sometime and bring it back for more flushing. I drove the car more than 95km after that without any single issue. Only thing i was worried about was the colour of the ATF which still hasn't completely returned to normal although was much better than before. And there was pent up pressure which releases when you pull out the ATF dipstick ( like sssshhh).

So I decided to take car to "Pros" for the second flush and use that opportunity to give car proper treatment, turned out that was a mistake.
I went to radautoworks workshop(carquest) paid the fee and explained my issue. They said they were gonna take it for a test drive, me i was hungry so i went to mega chicken for breakfast, when i came back i asked how far, that was when i met mr Glenn, he said he was afraid to take it for a test drive because of the colour of the ATF, and he noticed pressure when he pulled ATF dipstick, i said i noticed it too. I explained everything to him again from the beginning, he asked if the transmission was shifting fine i said yes. he said if that's the case then all they have to do is flush and add some treatment to prevent slipping, i paid about 14k for the bottle of treatment plus other charges.
Strange to hear that the 10k diagnosis fee is deducted from charges because clearly that was not my case. Nothing was deducted Everything i paid was around 40k including the 10k diagnosis fee.

Anyway, after everything i picked up the car the fluid was clear, and mr Glenn assured me he test drove the car and everything was perfect, for my mind this is money well spent, i proceeded to drive home, on getting to shoprite sangotedo transmission started acting funny, In traffic it struggles to engage to first gear, and it does not go above 4th gear plus "check transmission" light popped up for the first time ever since i bought that car. I was enraged , I immediately put out a call to radautoworks but no answer, i assumed they've closed for the day. I just managed to drive it home slowly like that.

By the next morning my anger has calmed. I proceeded to radautoworks workshop, surprisingly transmission was shifting perfectly fine on cold start, but along the way same issues started, turned out transmission is ok when engine isnt yet very hot but after driving for sometime the wahala will start. on getting there mr Glenn said all they did was flush, but that they will check, after every they said its the transmission temp sensor (or something like that) that it was dirty but they've cleaned it and it should be fine. On driving home still same issue. na wa ooo, which kain wahala did i use my money to buy like this car that was driving very fine upon all the driving until it got to that workshop

Well to cut the story short, they suggested i replace the gear and i pay half the workmanship, na him i say make i come here confirm price first, but lo and behold there are other people with similar experiences, What the heck is going on!!!

Kirkman:
Buy it was also a very thirsty bitch for fuel with bad Mpg. Sweet but harsh driving too. But this Merc is a smooth carpet in the sky just like Aladdin's carpet. So it's worth it HeavenlyBang did I lie?

sultaan:
When you put your issue on Nairaland open to public comment, how serious in this world is a Nigerian used Toyota Siena.
The cost of properly fixing the car is more than it is worth.

You as a business try your best to satisfy all customers, and there will be jobs you get burn on.

There are days shops wish they had turn some customers away, and it mostly happens after you get into such jobs.

It is not that I don't have sense, I have educated myself enough to make sense of my car problems. If you use a car for over 10 years like me you get to know what is wrong before taking it for repairs

diportivo:
bros

ki gangan le nso n'igboro enu ti o dun l'eti yi gan sef??

the cost to maintain a car will dwarf its purchase cost over the car's lifespan ideally so u mean we mow shld throw it away and not maintain it?

that u have educated urself to make sense of ur cars problems doesn't means every other person should have that sort of time...or why do we still have mechanics then?

e ma ma soro bayii jare....agba ntara nowww

so a pilot that leaves airplanes for engineers ti jebi niyen o...because na Embraer and not boeing

oro te so yi ku die kaato

Alfred74:
Asslicker!This thread is not about dick contest.You,Gazzuzz,MDX,are all mad

buygala:
With all due respect Sir , you are Mad


You saw that kind of workshop structure, the tools available and still expected to be served kazeem style

Abi you think say na your erectionless preek dem use do ritual to get the millions they sunk into that place

So after all that investment, they should use their tools to diagnose your car for free, then you run away when they tell u d faults and give you repair invoice, and take it to your village kazeem to fix at a cheaper rate, since you can now conveniently pinpoint what's wrong with the vehicle

No dey waka go where your pocket no reach.. Go and meet your village kazeem who will drop engine before billing you 1k since prosperity dey forbidden for him family ..

Leave Rada for those who can afford it and face your mango tree kazeem.. Abi dem put gun to your head to go there?

That 10k initial fee is to weed out time wasters and rifraffs like you.. They didn't invest so much in that facility to end up being shortchanged by rifraffs like you

zabimaru:
Here to make sure the demeanors don't demean anyone under my watch

princetom1:
I go add toothpick join, incase cow tail peppersoup or nkwobi show face

princetom1:
Bar man... Bring beer... � � � We never ready to go home...

Agwotulumbe:
it's obvious Simon Ekpa have declared war on Anambra state under whoever payroll he is because I'm definitely sure the bastard is on payroll by some dubious bastards who their mission I'm yet to understand.
it's time for Soludo to man up as the CSO of Anambra state and wipe out these bastards forever.

I hereby as a full Anambrarian suggest the following 3 Methods to Soludo.

1. Bounty methods: this has proven to work countless times.
there's nothing too much to offer for peace.
bounty method is the major method Wike is using to catch any criminal he wants
all he needs to do is to place a huge amount of bounty on your head and that's all.
country hard and everybody is looking for a way to cash out.
trust me if 100 million Naira bounty is placed on Ekpa head, he'll be paranoid and will not even trust his wife (if any)
it'll psychologically disorganize him because everybody will be suspect.
just promise that on a successful capture of him the money will be paid to the bounty hunter in the most anonymous way.
trust me a 100 million Naira bounty on Ekpa will only take few weeks to be achieved.
that method will be only used on their top men who coordinates and organize the foot soldiers.
this will make them go into hiding and disorganize their plots because there be no more trust among them.

2 The boys oye method (mobilizing brave youths) : The non indomie generation from SE Anambra precisely (onitsha and environs) should recall how arm robbers used to terrorize people in onitsha and environs in late 90s and early 2000s
let me not go into details but those around 1997-1999 should recall how arm robbers where so bold that they'll inform you the day they'll come and trust me, they'll come that day and woe betide you if you try anything funny na straight death.
during that time Onitsha used to be a ghost city at 6pm, people abandoned their homes to sleep in the church and so many terror.
it came to a point where the governor then (Mbadinuju) in collaboration of traditional rulers formed a kind of mob of brave youths popularly called boys oye.
what they do is to fish out those criminals and give them jungle justice immediately.
that reduced the crime because the locals knows who is who. every youth in Anambra should rise up let's fight these bastards.
let's fish them out.
they're in our forests let's hunt them like wild animals.


3. Forming a special task force (a bakassi boys type)

When thing went out of hand, mbadinuju brought in bakasi boys and we all know the story well.
Soludo should set up a special vigilantees across the state.
let them mount in the forests and lay ambush against these criminals.
this bastards are hiding under the biafra struggle to carry out their crimes.
it's time to ruthlessly deal with them.
Soludo should do a special budget for this, arm, fund them well.
they should be deadly and ruthless.
they'll only have one job and that's to hunt down Ekpa men.



Conclusion
while using the bounty method on their leaders and top commanders, ruthless methods should be used on their foot soldiers.

negotiations are over
time to get bloody.


I hope this reaches the government of Anambra ears.

ndị Anambra ekenekwaa m unu.

skywalker240:
dont take things too serious, there was never any ounce of insult directly or indirectly in my write up

you said something about German AWD included in a discussion it was not needed, and i replied "okay" without arguments, then i asked (since judging by your signature, you must be a dealer) if you have any el or civic naija used

how the hell you took that as an insult is beyond me

this is a faceless forum bro, you need to lighten up. Peace

Dahreformer2666:
Good evening house, please I have an urgent issue that needed urgent attention.
I noticed there's an oil leak in my car , I wasn't sure at first but I finally checked underneath the protector today and I noticed the oil is actually leaking

Here comes my problem, I took it to my mechanic and explained the issued with my Car, after checking for hours, he wasn't able to find where the leakage is coming from
2. So, he opened the bonnet , and check every part until he said the oil might be leaking from the Turbo side, note, he wasn't sure and he had to call someone to seek their opinion about it. The next thing the person said was my turbo is spoilt, like how ( note , the person diagnosed on phone, like he wasn't present)

3. Note. The car still works fine, just the ony issues is where to check for oil leakage , they're talking as if buying a new turbo engine is beans
Please, what can I do ..
The car works fine , the speed and everything is okay , just the oil leaking part , that's giving me concern,
Please what did you suggest I do @Gazzuzz