Ikenna351:

Is your life so bitter that all you can think whenever you wake up is "Car Talk, Ikenna351 and how to tarnish Ikenna's reputation in Car Talk"?

For months now, all you have been doing in Car Talk is "any post or thread Ikenna351 is mentioned so that you paint him black, discredit him,etc"? Any Thread Ikenna starts, you jump in, look for a fault to discredit or show the world how Ikenna is not what he claims he is. Even topics or posts Ikenna didn't contribute anything, you still point out there negatives about Ikenna. What kind of person are you? Are you really such a bitter person? A man for that matter?

Take a look at most of your recent posts. A day you didn't post negative comments about Ikenna, you will not sleep. I have beginning wonder why would a fellow man be so bitter about another fellow man that he goes around posting negatives or trying to tell the world how wrong his fellow man has been. Are you doing all these to seek some kind of attention from me or Car Talk members? Attention? Have I ever said I find my fellow men attractive here? If not, what's your purpose? Because its becoming disgusting to me, not just shameful, for a fellow man be tailing his fellow man behind. Or you call Car Talk competition, where you have to tarnish my name so that you become popular or what? Am still trying to understand your end game. Because it has been going on for months and it's no longer funny.

A member, gist4real, about an hour ago, posted his opinion on manual vs auto transmission. But you couldn't hold your bitterness if you didn't reply his post without condemning Ikenna first. What does gist4real opinion got to do with Ikenna that you couldn't hold yourself but remember how wrong was? Honestly, you don't need only help, but prayers. Because I wonder what people around you go through, if you can be this bitter about someone online you haven't even met. Honestly, it wont be difficult for you to give me poison if you have the chance. You must be hating yourself that I still breath.

Those who are observant must have known what has been going on. Some,probably are enjoying electra80 negative comments about me. Of course, some may have been waiting for me to react so that I would be attacked of been too harsh, arrogant, name them. This is not the first time. But I will say this, I don't find it funny to be personally attacked for months from an individual. I cant keep ignoring such attack because am a moderator. Yes, I could ignore some slights or insults, but not when an individual has made it a duty for months. So electra80, whatever your mission, with regards to me is, am not interested in my fellow men sexually, am not competing with anyone in case you think you need to bring me down to rise or whatever that have made you so bitter about me. Make no mistake, my patience may run one day if you continue your mission. The day that happens, I will remind you that as a moderator, even if I do not see insults on other members, I see mine each time I log in here. It has gone on for a long time and has become too personal for me to ignore again, even if that what will take me off this section as a moderator and a member.

Ikenna

gist4real: I am not an auto guru, when people like Siena, Ikenna et al talk about cars, I read and humbly learn and believe me I've learnt a lot from these guys, but when it comes to the "battle" between auto and manual I think I can talk not as a Guru but based on my personal experience. I live lagos and I used to have a business in Benin. For 7years I was driving from lagos to Benin @ least thrice a week in my small nissan sunny 1.6 with a manual gear (lil Sunnie I still miss u) later changed it to a 96 honda accord still manual. Apart from this I used an aunt's Honda Pilot and Crv for a while. When in comes to responsiveness you cant compare a manual transmission with auto. Manual automobiles are responsive. My God they are! They are best for long journeys you are part of the action every second of the journey. They are engaging to drive, they are sweet to drive. The driver is in control. Personally I cant drive a vehicle with auto tyranny longer than 2hrs for fear I'll dose off no matter how modern or luxurious. If I want to ‎​be driven, then I'll get a driver. But if I really want to drive, then I'll get a manual.
In terms of maintenance you cant even begin to compare the two I bought my wife a 99 honda accord auto, nice interior, but what I spent on the transmission was enough to buy @ least one other car.

And for those saying it causes leg pain I don't know how because in all my years of driving manual never for once have I had an unusual leg pain.

Manual all the way.

Based on my personal experience.

smart134: tnxs all! Wen ur asked a simple question..just answer..if u dnt knw it...keep quiet..nobody is beggin any1 to comment here...tnxs again

soccess wisdom: has anybody collected his car from ikobo car dealer? I receive desame message so want to know if they exist so that I will go and collect my own car. Guys reply me.

Dadaa: Nlanders pls help o

I just got an 02 camry which happened to be my 6th car but 1st Toyota. I drove it for d 1st time and heard lots of noise like bad absorbers noise. On taking it to d mech he checked and said its d linkage both front and rear. He totally yanked of a thin rod stretching from left to right rear wheel wit som moveable joints and told me there was no need to replace it.
He claimed its not my absorbers and its a common camry prob starting from 97 tiny light up and replacing it wud just amt to a waste of money cos in a few mths d noise wud continue.
But in all honestly I drove it and d noise from d rear reduced drastically.
Pls whats d implication of d absense of d rod
Also I may need recommendation of a good toyota mech and a spare part shop for original Toyota parts.

Dadaa: Nlanders pls help o

I just got an 02 camry which happened to be my 6th car but 1st Toyota. I drove it for d 1st time and heard lots of noise like bad absorbers noise. On taking it to d mech he checked and said its d linkage both front and rear. He totally yanked of a thin rod stretching from left to right rear wheel wit som moveable joints and told me there was no need to replace it.
He claimed its not my absorbers and its a common camry prob starting from 97 tiny light up and replacing it wud just amt to a waste of money cos in a few mths d noise wud continue.
But in all honestly I drove it and d noise from d rear reduced drastically.
Pls whats d implication of d absense of d rod
Also I may need recommendation of a good toyota mech and a spare part shop for original Toyota parts.

johnny2013: @ ba-aliyah. I appreciate you alot but does the road noise affect the performance of the car? Also do you have the idea of the cost in Cotonou? The agent am going through said it cost 700k including custom duty but one other person said I need up to 800k. Help pls, thanks

universalbets: Thanks Electra. Scanned the car this evening and have the following new codes after installing my neighbors MAF in mine:

1. P1130

2. P1150

3. P0171

4. P1130

It is still emitting black smoke. Drove around for 5mins and the black smoke did not clear out. So its probably more than the Mass Air Flow or is 5mins test too small to get results?

Thanks for helping!

lanre_front: Siena, thanks a lot for the info.

I asked a mechanic for my area this morning. This is what he said: I should forget it, that even the Petrol one is problematic, talkless of the diesel.

I said I was also considering a 1998 Volvo v40. He said that one too no be reliable car.

But what I'm looking at really now is the fuel efficiency compared to a Petrol car given the fact that diesel for Naija is N130-N140 while petrol is N70. Also, you can hardly get diesel that has not been mixed with kerosine for over here.

So I wonder is there really an advantage a diesel car has over petrol. I am tempted by the low price of this one (500k). But I also saw a clean petrol 1998 manual transmission Volvo v40. Thinking maybe that one is a better choice than venturing into the unknown; or should I say, an experiment. I'm going to be on the move a lot, within Lagos and out of Lagos with the car. I want a car that will not give me any problem whatsoever: that is, it just starts and drive whenever I turn the key in the ignition. in fact, that is why I'm going for a manual.

RSAMAN:

Same happens to me, you're not alone, when i ask someone about pharoahe or krs people would give a stare like i just asked them a mathematical equation to launch a rockett to space. Wonderful addition, Nas and Methodman are great, a few people appreciate these rappers as talented as they are (criminally neglected) though, they rather listen to a song with a title like 'h.oes in the club' and they will regard it as gangsta. It's a shame lyrics don't play a significant role this days in rap with beats being the primary focus and they want to call that rap. Why do they call it rap when they don't rap to begin with? They can do their ''h.oes in the club'' party-like, candy-shop beats but atleast they shouldn't call it rap.

lomomike: @ car Doctor and Elektra80 please STOP this arguements already and START contributing meaningfully to this thread.

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car-doctor:


@electra

Who were you refering this quote to. Me or ray-Collins? Cos it seemed like you challenged my post by copying and pasting my post on your response to raycollins.

Car-Doctor.

car-doctor:


What a load of boll@cks. Abeg gerrout. Is fuel in the combustion chamber counted by drops? Why would you support the road side mechanic idea of removing 4 of the 8 plugs that the car is supposed to be running on and drive the car for a while like that? And the logic that the car has too many plugs. This is an intellectual forum for petrol heads and car enthusiasts not a roadside mechanic under the tree argument corner.

Car-Doctor.

car-doctor:


What a load of boll@cks. Abeg gerrout. Is fuel in the combustion chamber counted by drops? Why would you support the road side mechanic idea of removing 4 of the 8 plugs that the car is supposed to be running on and drive the car for a while like that? And the logic that the car has too many plugs. This is an intellectual forum for petrol heads and car enthusiasts not a roadside mechanic under the tree argument corner.

Car-Doctor.

car-doctor:


What a load of boll@cks. Abeg gerrout. Is fuel in the combustion chamber counted by drops?

RSAMAN: hahahaha! Half of the rappers everyone listed here are the worst rappers in the history of rap.

My best 5 are

1. Immortal Technique
2. Krs-One
3. R.A The Rugged Man
4. Pharoahe Monch
5. Diabolic



none of those rappers everyone listed come close to these rappers.

RSAMAN: hahahaha! Half of the rappers everyone listed here are the worst rappers in the history of rap.

My best 5 are

1. Immortal Technique
2. Krs-One
3. R.A The Rugged Man
4. Pharoahe Monch
5. Diabolic

Wow... I can't believe there is at least one person here that understands the meaning of rap. Guy where did u come from? You even mentioned Pharoahe Monch and KRS one. ( I actually thought I'm the only person that knows Pharoahe Monch) Those are really great rappers. I can't believe people here are calling drake, 50 cent, lil' wayne etc. These are the people that are killing hip hop. For me I will add Nas and Methodman to ur list.



none of those rappers everyone listed come close to these rappers.

ray collins: U don't undastand y he said it. A honda civic can never use 8 plugs.so u reason it out.












will really like to know where you got your mechanic experience from. Under a tree I suppose. Please stop giving advices that could lead to more problems to members on this forum.

I can't get your logic that the car engine has too many plugs. That's how the engine was designed and built and I believe that the car has always ran on 8 plugs prior to the op having the issues presented.

Your advice to the op to remove 4 of the 8 plugs and drive the car around for a while could lead to other issues coming up. Where would the sparks meant for the removed plugs go? How do you disable the ignition circuit for the removed plugs? You could end up frying up the ecu in the process.

@op. Please ignore this guys advice.

Car-Doctor.

jjjkkkooo: Hello all, my car has been fixed by servicing the fuel pump and changing the gear oil.

thwy31: Wande Coal....body movement swag
Likey!

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