Ogbeche77: We are been exploited by greedy promoters and marketers... And most of their shows are even album listening party not the original stage performance those American musicians perform on stage...
The same Whizkid ll perform in London and the gate fee ll be £10 - £15.. But when they perform on home soil, tickets are sold for N10,000 and above.
There's even this new trend of VVIP, a table could go as high as N1 million.. WTH.. And people still go, its pure dross

Infomizer: I'll blame the organizers here. Only few fans know that what they get is junk. The majority 'll take whatever you give 'em (e.g what's up 9ja) and be happy. I was at motherlan some years back and Lagbaja murdered the audience. Jazzman olofin performed his hit track (lip-synced of course) there that same night but the difference was clear! Lip-syncing sux...

doofanc: I have been in such situations b4 and its not funny at all. the remote system in my car is such dat it locks automatcally once key in d ignition.

i was travelling and stepped out to ease myself and left d door open but somehow, whether its breeze something, the door just shut while and locked. mmeen i weak no be small. everything was inside d car.

luckily i was able to get a pamel beater and can u blive it didnt take him more than 10 mimutes to disable the lock. i shock no be small.

elektra80:

How many times have u seen a lotus, Ferrari 312T, pagani zonda, McLaren, Tyrell p34, etc drive by... Because these are a few of F1 cars. So its very silly of u to ask how many Japanese cars have won the F1 when u know F1 cars are not street cars. I am not taking it away from German cars. They have come a long way and the brand that is Mercedes and BMW are respected. But believe it or not, Toyota have been getting better scores recently. In fact the Toyota brand has leap frogged Benz and BMW in the chat of top brands in 2013, u can google it urself. If they can be that, it means they are doing something right.

it is not comparing a lizard with aligator... Well it might be when u are comparing a Mercedes Benz e320 with a Toyota Camry or an accord, but it becomes tighter when u compare it with a Lexus or an Acura... Or are these not japs? Germans have been in the game for long. Japs came in with their own strategy which was to produce economy cars to win customers and believe me,over the years they have improved, bringing a balance to economy, performance and reliability, something the Germans don't care about. Its not just about performance, what about reliability? Its no secret Toyota and Honda sell more cars, its because of their reliability. Go to Owode Onirin, u will see what I'm talking about. I have seen some VW and Skoda cars that are terrible, are they not Germans? Or are German cars just Benz and BMW? What about Infiniti? Is that not Japanese? Or does that feel like paper when u are driving it? Have u driven the Hyundai Equus? That is one hell of a car that gives the S class a run for its money. Lets take,for example. An average bachelor that wants to get his first car for driving around the city to and from work, would u buy a Benz or a Toyota? Of course majority would buy a Toyota. But if u are rich, u get the 2. The Benz for weekend things and Toyota as,everyday car. So its a win win, both have their advantage or disadvantage. Mistakes people make is comparing a top class luxurious Mercedes Benz e class or clk with a Toyota Camry when they should be comparing with a Lexus or Infiniti. Check attached pictures of Hyundai Equus.

tonychristopher: when was the last time you saw Toyota,mazda,mitshibushi and subaru win a formular 1 race or grand prix

when was the last time you see an asian jeep used in real warfare, who started the manufacture of cars

comparing japos with german cars is like comparing lizard.with an aligator

have you ever driven a Benz and appreciate the handling then you drive a Mazda it looks as a paper

been largest producer of autos isn't quality but quantity

German cars have their niche market but japos are all comers affair


IT'S LIKE COMPARING A ROLEX DATEJUST CHRONO WITH CASIO. WHAT A TRAVESTY.

uken73: How can I embed the YouTube video to be viewed here directly?

asala1:
How many Toyota Crowns do you see on Nigerian roads or in Auto marts compare to 190?

jjjkkkooo: I was able to meet two experienced mechanics who say I should change the gear box. The cost is 70,000. Honda city 2006.

Ikenna351:

I don't recall the position of the headrest, but yes, do car had headrest.

The impact pushed head forward and backward, via the work of seatbelt. Imagine you are hit from behind with a big force and a belt tied you to a chair, with your neck free from the belt. The head unit (radio set) jumped/pulled out of the dashboard where it was screwed and fell unto the gear lever, to tell you how the impact was. I didn't even feel the neck pain until the day after or so. It was when I got back to Abuja the 3rd day that the pain became unbearable.

You see, you can all stay here and argue with whatever your books tells you, but I saw what happened that day, what caused it, how it happened, what it did to me and the outcome. All that because I was the VICTIM. I saw everything from the beginning to the end via the rearview mirrior. I got to the pump, slowed down, pulled out the gear stick from the 2nd gear and was about to shift it to the 1st gear to climb the bump, when I now looked at the rearview mirror and saw the disaster coming to happen before my eyes. I saw the SUV at high speed closing behind me and realised it was going to happen. I could tell from the engine note that the brake was not applied at the distance between us at the speed it was coming. Quickly, I left the gear stick in the neutral and took my feet off the pedals. It was too late by the time he pushed the brake. His wheels would have locked, considering the speed he was doing when he tried to stop the car (to prove that his ABS was working well). No noise of wheel locked of any kind. He started steering the SUV nose out to the left side (meaning the ABS working for him to steered the vehicle and it responded). Unsuccessfully, the right side bumper guard (close to right headlight) crashed onto the left rear side of the car I was driving. If I had shifted the stick to the 1st gear and apply brake when it happened, it would have been something all together. Even if I had come out with no scratch, other than the neck pain, the damage to the car would have made the car unmovable at that spot. The ABS gave him the room to steer the car completely into the other lane to prevent hitting the car, but the thinking distance was poor; he started steering when it was too late, because of over confidence of what his AUTOMATIC brake can do. And yes, the road in question is a very smooth road. Those that ply that road will know the road am talking about that is about 60-80 km with bumps at every 3-10 km.


I didn't start this topic to convince anyone, but simply to tell how I was a victim of Nigerians interpretation of ABS and it's misuse. Anyone who is in doubt can still carry out a test and come back and prove me wrong. Just find a parked truck, tractor or bulldozer on a smooth surface road. Push your car to the limit, get too close and hold your brake pedal to the floor for the ABS to come and hold it there. And please, don't steer the wheel, just hold it steady, since the ABS is supposed to stop the car before it gets to the Tractor. After all, understanding ones vehicle braking distance means nothing, as far as ABS is concerned.

Ikenna.

jjjkkkooo: I can't seem to find the OBD port of the car. Does it come with every car?

ZIM DRILL:

the function of ABS is not reducing breaking distance but making you able to steer away from danger

thought it helps in reducing braking distance

icemann:


I cannot believe you typed this . Basic physics knowledge of motion tells you friction is need to stop. And don't believe everything you see online.

When you skid you have very low coefficient of friction. You need friction to stop and the traction for control of the car.

So tell me how does NO traction help in breaking and maneuvering?



ABS system gives the breaking fluid a pulse like motion when its applied. The pulse gives intermittent grip same idea of pumping your break. The idea comes from the inverse reation ship of heat and friction ie the hotter an object the less the friction. When your break locks the disc are to hot the pad almost glides on it (reason for the invention of ventilated brake disc).

I hope this helps you understand more on ABS

Ikenna351:


Back then in Awka when I was been raised under my Parents roof, I was the one troubleshooting and fixing my parents cars brake issues. From 2005 to 2006, I single handily converted Peugeot 504 GL to 505 with a stripped/empty 505 body, except the engine and gearbox that I had no tool to pull out and the strength to transfer them to the 505 body. The rest was done by me, alone, including the swapping of the brake components and getting them to work as it was doing when the system was in 504. In 2007 in Enugu, I single handily upgraded a PAN 505 brake system of an Uncle to 504 GL brake system, after he have heard so much about how good I was in fixing brakes from my parents. I made the list of items needed for the upgrade, got the money, travelled to Mgbuka-Obosi, bought the items, returned to Enugu and spent 3 days in the modification. I have been fixing the brakes of all the vehicles I have owned/used, including the present ones, till date. I carry out braking distance test each time I work on my brakes and would return to continue on the job if the test result didn't satisfy me, until I get the best result/braking distance out of the car brake. So I do not become what I am today with cars just yesterday.

I have a workshop, neither did I attend any auto technical or training institute. My cars are my Laboratories, including the ones I have owned or used before now. My cars workshop manuals are just my guide, but 80% of knowledge I have about understanding, troubleshooting and fixing cars today were acquired with my bare hands on spanners and what goes through my brain when am inside the car, the engine bay and under the car, both day and night. Most of the tips on how to manually troubleshoot and fix cars I have posted in this section, were knowledge I acquired or methods I discovered, aside what my repair manuals say, which most times are simpler to methods manuals instruct. You can Google some of them and see if you can find them online. May be someone else have figured them out and posted them online. Well, its left for you to find them and prove me a liar.

I don't read the brake systems. I dissect and study them. I have spent countless nights under my cars with torchlights, trying to figure out how to nail an issue my workshop manuals didn't cover, which at the end would figure out and fix before going to bed, if I still have more hours left to sleep till day break. Oh! I have forgotten, I replaced my SV D9 Timing belt at Night with torchlight, including the day I replaced the Thermostat. I could go on and on. Just trying to let you know how a Theorist I am. I may be doing something else to make a living, but I know who and what I am. Yes, of course, I wont know everything, we learn everyday. But I know the little I have gathered with those tools on my hands under those bonnets.

So next time am debating on a practical side of car discussion, spare me some You Tube Videos or what you read online on the topic. Find a theorist you can use that on. Am a wrong person for such.

"And I don't agree that if u understand ur car properly, u don't need ABS to stop u from hitting or steering out of an object.. that is bull crap."

This post is simply to help you realise how true your quoted comment about me is.

Ikenna.

ZIM DRILL:

in simple english ABS has nothing to do with braking distance but it enables the car to be steered in any direction during braking since the wheels wont be locked in one direction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKiTAcXK6M4

Mlud: A lot of explanations here on how ABS works. Some are correct but there are also some misconceptions on the effect of ABS brakes when driving.
I am with lolomike on this.
I have driven cars equipped with and without and after a scary experience 10 years ago vowed never to own another car without ABS.

Anti-lock/Anti-skid brakes (ABS) work to reduce the braking distance experienced by drivers in an emergency when immediate braking assistance is needed. It works best when you stamp on the brake pedal and keep your foot on it to bring your vehicle to a much quicker stop. The pedal pulsates and kicks back at your foot which shows that the ABS is working. This quick pulsating action fools or confuses some drivers into taking their foot off the pedal as they instinctively think something is wrong. That is the reaction that increases the braking distance as the brakes stop working when you take your foot off the brake pedal.
ABS was never designed to elongate the braking distance to allow you to steer out of trouble. This belief is wrong. ABS will only elongate the braking distance in poor or uneven road surfaces or in wet and also icy road conditions. ABS works best on dry straight roads.
ABS will still work within vehicle tolerances and road conditions but also road speed. It will never defeat nor ignore the law of physics.
That's why many badly informed drivers speed above the limits allowed by traffic conditions and certainly above their driving competence and expect ABS to save them from the cemetery like the Sequoia driver who crashed into the OP. He's lucky he got away with just begging the OP. Sadly he drove away non the wiser.

ikeyman00: ^^^^ u see u are shooting urself in the foot ahah

ikennna did tell u ABS can only kick in when u hit those break pedal hard at emergency usually so u have a situation the four wheels doesnt lock which allows u to stir out of trouble.

i have come to understand that the fact u have ur ABS light on doesnt necessarily mean it isnt working

when u look under ur car those lines that goes from the bonnet all through to the end isnt just the fuel line

some are the lines that connect the ABS sensors at the real

a simple cut will set the ABS light off nevermind a faulty sensor

Ikenna351:

They are not the same. The diagnosis of Nigerian used and toknubo are not the same as well, whether the two cars are of the same model.

If someone complains that his 2001 model Nigerian used Peugeot 406 is running very thirsty, and someone else that owns a freshly tokunbo 2001 model Peugeot 406 complains of the same rich running issue, the diagnosis wont be the same. Why? For Nigerian used, you need to check if the thermostat is still in the cooling system; you need to check if the radiator electrical fan is still factory connected; you need to check if the o2 sensor has not been disconnected, since the catalytic converter must been removed; you need to check if the poor car still have factory recommended tyre size or terribly overinflated; you need to check how many injection system sensors/components are still connected, etc. All these mentioned above have to be ruled first before you even think of going into the troubleshooting proper.

But for tokunbo car, all you need to do is plug in a scanner, disconnect the wiring connector of the faulty sensors/components, replace the faulty components and reconnect the connectors. The work is finished, shikena.

Now, do you still think all 2001 model Peugeot 406 are the same when troubleshooting, whether Nigerian used or toknubo?

Last Tuesday, I went to scan a Toyota Avenza at APO that have refused to start, for only God knows how long. As soon as I opened the bonnet, I was shocked with what I saw. The complete engine wiring loom was completely butchered. I couldn't even count the number of wires I found naked. I still picked courage to go ahead with the scanning. I pepped under the steering wheel to look for the OBD II scan port and so another hell under there. Wires of different colours were cross cutting each other, butchery here and there. It was at that point that I became very scared to plug in my scanner, for fear of explosion. Even when I eventually plugged in the scanner, it failed to communicate with the ECU, which I was not surprised, anyway. I quickly unplugged it and called it a day. Two days ago, the owner of the car called and said the have eventually started after another mechanic came and opened up the timing belt chamber and found out that the previous mechanic timed the engine wrongly when replacing the timing belt. He got it corrected and the car started once. So because of wrong timing, they had to butcher the whole wire in the car looking for the culprit that made the car stop starting. That's Nigerian used car for you!

Anyway, let's not derail this thread with Nigerian used vs Tokunbo. It should be a topic on its own.


Ikenna.

ikeyman00: @@@

^^^ NO no i dnt believe u!

conventional break works like that but with the abs it moves a little bit as it approaches a stop

jjjkkkooo: You guys that say I should scan how much does it cost I was charged 3k here in Abuja.

ikeyman00: ^^^ no its doesnt; it actually increases

still me!

ziccoit:

That "ABS reduces braking distance" was not stated or implied in this video. I don't know where you get that.

ziccoit:

That "ABS reduces braking distance" was not stated or implied in this video. I don't know where you get that.