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Hello guys. I have been a silent follower for a while. I have decided to use my 2005 honda accord to join as a side hustle in Lagos. I have almost concluded the registration process. It just remains for me to attend the orientation program and then get activated.

I will be doing it part time as I have a full time job. I will appreciate clues from professionals here on how to maintain a good rating, safety issues, dealing with police and other government agents etc. Which areas are not safe at night? Which areas have bad roads? If I get busy with my work and couldn't drive for a month or two, will Uber deactivate my account? Any other general tips will be greatly appreciated.

FrankFrenzy:
Hello auto gurus in the house,
Compliments of the season

Please what's the difference between the regular Honda Accord 2004 and Honda Accord 2004 I VTEC.
I wish to get one but someone is telling me that I VTEC is better than the regular ones and so also the pricing.
Again would you advise me to sell my tiny light camry in place of this sleek 2004 Accord I VTEC.
I need candid and professional advise please so I don't make mistakes I will regret tomorrow.
Thank you

This question is confusing. All honda accords from 2003-2007 are fitted with Ivtec engines. Upload the pictures you have in mind so that we can understand your question.

transfer101:
Experts, please advise me on what to do and what no to do.

My check engine light came on while in transit yesterday. Where it came on is not a place I could stop so I journeyed further for another 2hrs to my destination. During the 2hrs, the car didn't feel different despite the light.

Now am planning my return which would require a 7hr drive, can the car survive another 7hrs? If yes, what do I have to do to pamper the car. I'm thinking of limiting my speed to 60km/h (with AC off), contrary to the 140km/h I often do.

Pls advise if this is a reasonable risk or I should just invest on bringing my Kazeem down to where I am

Nobody can tell you the specific issue with the car without scanning it. If you can get where to scan the car please do and post the codes for interpretation.
Check engine light is just a warning light telling you that something is wrong within your engine. It doesn't signal emergency. The car will not perform optimally but will do just fine. I have traveled over 700km with check engine light on in my car. I knew what brought the light though and could deal with the effect which was increased fuel consumption.

abiolag:
Good morning to the bosses in the house. I noticed my car break was not functioning properly. Whenever I applied break, it will not stop quickly and I'll feel it on my leg like an iron is touching d ground. My Mech checked it and discover d ABS is bad. We unplugged d ABS and d car worked fine.he told me getting ABS will cost 35k but he can run it to become manual for 10k. I decided to go for d manual running which is lesser (with d hope of fixing d ABS back when I have money)
I just want to know if running it manually will not have any effect on d break system and if there is any need to rerun it back to ABS in future?
Thanks for ur input as await them

Wow. Some mechanics won't make heaven.
There is nothing wrong with your brake. Your mechanic wants to swindle you and probably spoil something that is working fine. The work of ABS is to prevent your wheel from locking up on hard braking that can lead to the car skidding and you losing control of it. Your description points to the fact that the ABS is working fine. You only need to learn how to drive in such a manner that you wouldn't need hard braking. My car does exactly like you described. Anytime it happens I feel happy that my ABS is working fine. I don't understand this manual thing your mechanic said. He is probably going to disable the ABS system such that when you brake hard, your wheels will lock up and your tires will screech on the road. You will then think your brake is working fine when it's worse because you will be damaging your tires and can loose control of the car on a slippery road.
In summary, don't tamper with your brakes. It's ok. Learn to drive such that you won't need hard and instant braking. If you have 10k to waste. It's better you give it out for free to people that need it.

AerialMapper:
1. Whats water doing in your radiator?

Temperatures in your engine can reach 1500 degrees centigrade. What temperature does water boil at?

How can you then efficiently use a substance that boils at 100 degrees centigrade to cool and engine that runs at very high temperatures.

Using water was the root cause which then led to the stripped bolts. When you repair your engine, stick to the recommended coolant

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure. If you increase the pressure, the boiling point increases. A car cooling system is pressurised. There is no way it can boil at 100 degrees in that pressurised state. It only boils when the pressure is relieved like when you open the radiator cover of a hot engine.
You can use water as a coolant in tropical Africa but only distilled or demineralised water. I use demineralised water in my car. We don't get to sub zero temperatures here. So, we don't need antifreeze that is added in coolants. The antifreeze simply stops the coolant from freezing at very cold temperatures thereby preserving the integrity of the cooling system at cold temperatures.
You are discouraged from using ordinary water because it contains minerals like calcium, magnesium etc that precipitate out at high temperatures and end up fouling, depositing and blocking pathways for water passage. The effect is the reduction in heat dissipation effect of the cooling system resulting in overheating and engine damage.

So if you are living in Nigeria and can lay your hands on Distilled water or demineralised water, use it as your coolant. Nothing will happen to your car because of that and your cooling system will work well as if you are using coolant.
But, if you can't lay your hands on either of the two, you must use a coolant. Never pour in ordinary potable water into your car cooling system.

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE RULES IN CASE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SUCH A SITUATION

Yes, you should never panic in any emergency situation. Panic will definitely make you more confused causing you to make a terrible mistake.

Never pull your hand brake if you are on high speed. It will lock up your back wheel which will destabilize the car causing the car to skid which will make you to loose control of it. This can lead to somersault. It's a very dangerous maneuver at high speed. Use the hand brake only if you lost your brakes at low speed of 40km/h and below. Above that speed, you have to downshift your gears first to the lowest gear for the engine to slow the car down before using the hand brake.

NEVER switch off the engine for any reason till the car comes to a stop. Switching of the engine will make you loose steering wheel control as the steering will become very hard and difficult to turn.

Whether you are to put your gear on neutral depends on a specific situation. Putting your gear on neutral if you are going downhill isn't advisable as that will disengage the gear from the engine and make the hill to roll the car the more. If you are going uphill, you can put your gear on neutral. Generally, it is safer to use engine braking. That is, downshift your gear to the lowest gear (Drive 1 for automatic transmission and gear 1 for manual), the engine will slow the car down to the lowest gear to a safe speed at which the hand brake can be applied.

Did he pay cash for the house? We know that most things are bought on credit with payments spread over a long period of time. This house is probably bought on credit via mortgage, there it's no big deal.

That the case was thrown out by the court doesn't anyway mean that he never did it. Anyone that is trained legally will know that it will be difficult to prove rape against him due to how long the event happened in the past. I don't even think he raped her. Because she didn't give any details that is good enough to proof that the sex wasn't consensual from her story. The law does not work on sentiments. It is based only on evidences and facts proved beyond all reasonable doubts.
For me the question is what he did as a married pastor and how that reflects his true nature as opposed to his supposed behaviour as a man of God. I think Fatoyinbo had sex with Bisola while being married to his wife. That is cheating on his wife and adultery on the sight of God. Such a behaviour should be unheard of from a Pastor. It was most likely not rape and so not a criminal offence but a sin. I don't think Bisola will come out and make up such stories without any iota of truth in it.
So Fatoyinbo lacks the morality of a Pastor and as such is not qualified to mount the pulpit. I pity his brainwashed followers that will think he didn't do it simply because the court threw out the case.

I don't even know why this girl is now a celebrity. Good manners she doesn't have, she is short with yam legs, fatty bum bum no be shape. It's only English she knows how to speak.

I am surprised that it's that bad in Unilag. UNN is bae, three days and your transcript will be sent via DHL to wherever you need it.

gbagyiza:
When ever your bank sent you a code via text or email to complete a transaction, u will be charged N4 n it depends on the time you key in the code. If it took u a minute to do so, then u will be charge N12. They don finish us patapata for this country.

That's not what it means.
USSD banking services are those phone dial banking services like *737# for GtB, *894# for first bank etc. It simply means that any banking transaction through dialing those codes on your phone for your bank, you will be charged N4 for every 20 seconds time spent on your transaction.
Email and text messages are entirely different things. Your bank already charges you for the texts they send to you.

I immediately knew that this list is nothing but a joke on noticing Ikpeazu as number 1. We Abians will tell you that Ikpeazu is a monumental failure. As an Ngwa man, I am highly disappointed in his performance. Do you know that despite the media white wash praises, Abia cannot booste of a standard 10km stretch of road in perfect condition.

Rubbish news. You just showed us buildings with not even one power equipment. This can only be an uncompleted diesel generators house. There is no way this can generate up to 100MW let alone 300MW. I know a 300MW power generation plant when I see one even in pictures.

MelesZenawi:
Seriously, Orji Uzor kalu also did well..

He is well celebrated in Abia state today.

I think it's only you that celebrate him. All Abians know that OUK is the cause of why Abia is not developed till date.

Delta soap finished this girl by showing her legs when she dropped the towel in that Delta soap advert. What a yam leg!!!

She should enjoy her money jare...

Reading this thread till this point, it's evident why Nigeria is the way it is today. The youths who are educated and should reason logically are still believing in stereotypes. No wonder a dullard like Buhari was able to win Nigeria's presidency. The youths that should be agents of change are worse that their father's generation.
It seems there are a lot of issues in IMO. From the OSU caste system to Mbaise people stereotypes. Who knows what we will read next.

MAKE USE OF YOUR EDUCATION PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
SHUN STEREOTYPES!!!!
THERE IS NO SINGLE STORY ABOUT ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE!!!

Very foolish woman. You deserve what you got. You should be locked up for life. Idiot.

I wonder what motivates people to sign up for Nigeria military. Salary is peanut, insufficient and outdated military hardware coupled with the ongoing sabotaged unconventional boko haram war. Nigeria is not even worth dying for. Any body that dies for this country is no hero but a collosal waste. May God forgive you and give you a chance in his kingdom.

Christopherrrr:
Hello Nairalanders, greetings. My name is Christopher (pseudonym) from the Eastern part of the country, Imo State to be precise. I'm a man in his early 30's. I have an active account here but I had to sign-up for another account for this thread.
Please pardon my grammatical errors and blunders. MOD please help move to FP.

Few months back, I fell in love with a pretty lady with a beautiful soul. She is 28. Though we are running a long distance relationship but the current in the communication link can power Kanji Dam. Lol!! We can be on calls for hours since the very day I met her. There is a fair share of the feelings, affections, respect and regard for each other. It's not one-sided. Though we have been opportune to be together thrice since the past 10months we met. I have had plans to go about engagement and marriage arrangements this coming festive period though I haven't made this known to her.

She gives me joy, she gives me happiness, she prays for me, she blesses me. There is a part of me she unraveled that I never believed existed. Above all, she gives me peace of mind.

Fast forward to last month, I invited her to a family event. I introduced her to my family as my girlfriend. Instantly everyone fell in love with her. My mum was allover her and she was indeed up and doing. She didn't disappoint me. Not pretence, she has a good home training.

When she left same day after the event, my mum proclaimed her love for her. She said, "Olee ebe isi choota udi nwa nke a?" (Where did you find this kinda girl from?). This made me drop a tear of joy thereafter because I've always prayed for such from her any day I introduce a lady to her. This also happens to be my first time.

Fast forward again to 2weeks later, my dad requested I confirm her community and kindred properly because we happen to come from the same LGA. I didn't even know they have started making inquiries for me even before I asked them to. I confirmed from her and informed my dad. Only for them (my parents) to break the news to me days later that we can't marry from their kindred because they are regarded as Out-Casts (Osu-Cast System). Right now, I can't contend my heartbreak. I'm so devastated and confused.

This has been a long-term tradition that has been for centuries that I don't think it's in my capabilities to do away with it or do otherwise.

My problem now is how do I break the news to her for a breakup because we can't continue like this.

I have never ceased to love her less since the very day I learnt of this. In fact, she gives me reasons to love, cherish and adore her every single day. I still do that to the brim and don't have regrets. Quote me, her type is rare. I love this girl with every breath I take. I just cry myself to sleep every night after our long calls.

Please advise a brother because I'm in a deep state of dilemma.

Young man if you really love that lady fight for her and marry her or you will live to regret it all your life. This is 21st century for Christ sake. So you and your family think you are better than her and her family simply because some stupid idiotic tradition labelled them as Osu. Wake up.

You have failed the rule. Do not ever go back to work in a company after tendering your resignation. I repeat do not. It never ends well.

Tokunbo plane. Oyinbo will finish the useful life of a plane and our people will go and buy.

It's better they reduce the workforce to a number they can comfortably pay than owing them over 12 months salary.

Because Sunday isn't the right day we were commanded to worship God. God blessed that Sabbath(Saturday) and asked us to keep it holy. I go to church on Saturday and do my laundry, visiting etc on Sundays following God's commandment than the precepts of man.

I cannot recognize this one. He probably came after I must have left the department. Even Prof Onyegegbu's crase no reach this level. Agbo can do something like this though but this isn't him. He has the body structure of Howard but it's not him. Who can this be? This means that craziness cannot be eliminated from that department.

puredigital:
Thunder no dey kill when someone has no cockroach in his/her cupboard

Grow up and get rid of all those myths. If you are in the path of a lightening strike, you will be stroke even if you are a saint.

I like this couple. Do things the way it's easy on you without minding what people will say.

Lie. It can't be that expensive. What is he building that the HRSG alone cost $13bn. Maybe he meant naira sha.

bentwood85:
That's your opinion bro... Are you aware that millions of Nigerians pay for electricity that they don't use.
My personal experience : From December 04 2018, the whole town were I reside was disconnected from power supply, it was later restored in April 13 2019. There was no bill throughout this period of darkness, immediately power was restored, we got our PHCN bill..
I was been charged for the 4month of darkness.my bill was about N33k(I ensure i pay my phcn bill to 0k).The main problem killing the power sector is corruption, it should be addressed before any other thing.
Where I reside in Lagos, we paid for transformers, concrete poles, aluminum cables, infact the landlord had to raise funds to electrify the town, believe me Nigerians are doing their best.
Every new power minister wants to increase the price of power consumption, and yet they can't address the root cause of power failure in the power sector.

Even DISCO are not ready to improve on the power transmission.There is corruption everywhere. In the FCT for example major cities like maitama, Garki, asokoro, Wuse, gwarinpa can boast of almost 24hours power supply, then areas like Bwari, nyanya, karu, jikwoyi, Gwagwalada power supply is always rationed, infant some use power supply for 15days in a month and may be 12-15 hours or less a day.. And are billed at the same rate.. Bros have we not be patient enough?
Until corruption is wiped out from the power sector if they like they can increase power consumption N1m/kwh ....i repeat we would continue remain stagnant in power sector...

The dry season is approaching gradually the water level would be down and since we operate majorly on hydro power generation the power supply would be down... And DISCO/PHCN would still bill NIGERIANS crazilly..

AN INSTANCE OF CORRUPTION.
It is an established fact that the Obasanjo administration spent about $12billon dollars(not naira) to build more power stations and improve electricity supply, yet many contractors(including government officials) collected money and never visited the site.. What happened to the contractors and were is the money?..
The FG should remove it interest completely from the power sector and hand it over to the private sector.

The bolded is a lie. We do not operate majorly on Hydro Power generation. We have more fossil fuel generation plants than hydro in Nigeria.

godliman:
my crv engine died last december I had to change it. I dont understand

My brother may be you weren't religious with the manufacturers recommended oil weight and change interval or You didn't take care of your engine cooling system very well.

For honda owners and lovers like us, these are not issues at all. Driving honda is bae. The drive quality, sound system, interior and exterior design is way beyond the league of Toyota. Don't forget that Honda engine doesn't die.

laudate:
You want the DISCOs to hike electricity tarriff beyond the ability of the citizens to pay? Despite the fact that they give people more darkness, than light, and more power outage than power supply?

Go to states like Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Nassarawa, Zamfara etc and see how people are suffering. They cannot afford to feed properly, and now you want them to pay higher electricity bills? From which pocket? For how many hours of power supply?

There are too many inefficiencies and losses in transmission and distribution. Let them stop talking about tarriff increases, by plugging those holes first, and see if power supply will not improve.

Silly people!!


True talk! Some who even had the right technical partners later discovered that their assumptions and estimates were all wrong. They thought they would buy the power plants today, and start making money by the next day. They forgot that there is a long gestational period, when it comes to transactions in the power sector.

Why do you people only consider the cost the customers will pay without considering the economic opportunity cost we suffer without stable electricity?
Do you know that Nigeria losses billions of dollars in investments yearly due to no stable electricity?
A country of 200million people is a market of its own. It can attract investments if the right infrastructure is put in place. Stable power is that number one infrastructure followed by a good transport system. You need to research to open your eyes on how much our economy is suffering from because of our lack of stable power.
Countries only regulate tariffs below cost if they have the financial capacity to fully develop and support it. Nigeria govt cannot solely fund the power industry to full development which was why they privatised it. But keeping tariffs below cost has made their privatisation efforts to be in futility because the low tariffs and the losses is the major issue keeping investors away from the sector.

Stable power can create more jobs that will lift those from Kwara, logo, Niger, Nasarrawa etc out of poverty that wouldn't be possible if tariff isn't increased.