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@ Banderas

Cross dressing is wearing whatever pertains to the opposite sex (whatever pertains or identifies the opposite sex).  That isn't limited to clothings, but hairstyles, unisex colognes (clothings) shoes, etc.  Unisex is another method of deceiving yourself.  There is no such.  Men with ear-rings, long hair, plaited hair, necklaces and other forms of ornaments are cross-dressing.  Some people sit and decide how they'll run other people's lives.  They are the elites.  Sure, their kids aren't permitted to practice any of this fads but the common man. 

Observe the changes within the last 15 - 20 years.  A few weeks ago, I was waiting by the terminal to get a ride to the parking lot.  One of the boys had eye-liner on.  Mos' def., it's irritating but in a few years, nobody's going to see anything wrong with it and in it.  Today, we have men with full-blown breasts and actively fighting for equal rights and against social discrimination. Breasts are synonymous to women and the society doesn't need an alteration.  I won't see much of a problem if you kept your madness to yourself but a problem when you try to win over the public's acceptance.  Things keep getting worse.  You cain a child whenever the child begins to drift or wonder from an expected course.  Completely disregarding this principle will demand a heavy price in the future. 

Banderas, the bible makes references to this issue in different books.  Women, as time will fulfill will flock over men to just bear his name (about 7 to a man).  They would be independent and live without the dependence of man.  All they want is his name so that the reproach wouldn't be on their heads.  The new testament also made it clear that the barren would bless for not having kids because the generation would be so wicked.   The era will end when a few Christians will unleash a hostile takeover lest God will destroy the earth.

If you want the scriptures, open a thread in the Christian forum and I will lace the scripture to you.

@ WesleyanA

WesleyanA:
Ivvie,

I guess i misunderstood your posts. i apologize. je suis desole


all races of people are equally smart and enduring.

I'm not offended Ms. and I honour your apology. All the best, Wes.

Ivaie

@ ldollier

Yes it is condemned. It's defined as cross-dressing.

@IAH

Trousers/ breeches are trousers/breeches. You cannot modify that. There is no such thing as men's trousers and women's trousers. It is nothing but variations. God is not mocked.

@Chidebe

      The reason is that dating isn't for the born again Christian.  You are not living right if you are in such relationship.

@IAH

You are wrong with Mercedes and the rest. It is Toyota and the rest. 2006, Mercedes S Class was the bottom of the least reliable vehicles. You pay almost $200,000 for unreliability. In 43, Toyota took 27 different positions with Lexus taking the first three. The Mercedes family took the bottom.

For me, there are two, the Porshe-built Mercedes (E500) and the 16V Evolution Power Pack by AMG. They are '94 and '92 respectively. Though used and they are expensive and rare models. A low miled E500 cost as much as the Lexus ES330 i.e 25,000 and the 16V is over 30,000. Very rare but over-engineered like no other. It's not a car you find at the lot. BMW enthus. can talk all they want, there is no BMW on earth that can match the handling and performance of that baby Benz (excepts the V12's). Today's Mercs are something else.

@DaPrince

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A lot of people misunderstand me.  I guess because I hardly smile and love being to myself.  I am somewhat use to it.

@ everyone

I don't believe in slavery or the propaganda of controlling women.  What I don't believe in is what the society determines as the perfect woman and what criteria to be met.  That, I define as indirect slavery because you are being confined to somebody else's standard.

I personally believe Africans are the smartest and enduring people the earth has to offer.  Some great inventions and understandings sprung from the African man but some people sit on it (won't mention names).  Nigerians account for 2/3rds of the blacks that graduate from Harvard and the upper percentile are from science and engineering.

@  WesleyanA , Babeelove, Daprince


       What is so American about 2007 with respect to 1850?  I am American and Nigerian by blood and there is nothing that talks about 2007 in correlation to 1850 as being American or living in America.  It isn't called slavery.  Slavery today is a lot more complicated and blurry that it'll take the simple to discern it.  Reformed indeed! One wakes and decides to let the elites shape his/her life and they call it modern. That indeed is slavery.

MP007:
plz don't ask this question here, this is 2007

am a man , reformed african man , may be because i live in the usa

1. african men want ladies they can control, african mehn are basically control freaks

2. want ladies that they make more money than, (sign of weakness if your wife makes more)

007, indeed, I can see that you are reformed. You've been brainwashed by Marxism and don't glory in it. You are just like the rest. Hardly do African's promote their cultural ethics and values. One thing you should understand is that men rule and fashion this world. Women play by that music and all they do is for the sake of men, knowing or unknowingly. Men determine the standard of culture and women adhere to it. I'm not a chauvinist but I took time to sit and understand the principle. You are an African and nothing in this world would change it no matter your level of integration. The whites will not and never accept you. The world can never be one. I make sure everybody I know gets a bit of Africa. That way, everybody is rid of the tarzan notion that Africa is a jungle.

[quote author=$ammy link=topic=17920.msg1342060#msg1342060 date=1185821307]Women that shut up and keep their opinions to themselves[/quote]Sammy,

Women that shut up and keep their opinions to themselves are not foolish or dumb. They are indeed smart or wise to be precise. Their brains are defaulted to be the central processing unit unlike those with mouths faster than their brains. Ever heard of the word "meek?" Meek is not equivalent to weakness. There is no woman feminine that a man would disrespect. I am not referring to the men that call themselves women. When she begins to folly, disrespect comes in and one is reduced to the others.

Aaliyah,

The reason some women are into those fads is because some men prefer that. I wonder where the glory is in being fake. Horse hair and fossil nails, high hills and heavy make up. Like begets like - they are only looking for people of their own kind (same personality).

I don't think it matters as long as you talk on the phone.

@ Whitetexas && Godsgirl

Where are you located?

I will. I will shoot you an eMail sometime today.

@Digiman


Actually, it isn't when Chrysler took over. '93 was when they announced that they weren't going to be over-engineering their vehicles anymore. This followed the successful 16v Evolution Baby Benz that shook the auto world. The announced the birth of the C Class and it was the beginning of every problem you wouldn't find in an economy car. A common problem in the C and E class was the transmission, engine management and body rust. I think Daimler bought Chrysler in '97. They went as far as announcing the obituary of the W140 and spoke about the birth of its successor as being on a diet. I will not buy another Mercedes. Chrysler is the front Mercedes uses. I thought about opting to BMW (E39). I also own a Volvo and that is another episode that I don't like to talk about. I have done three suspension work on that vehicle since the two years that I have owned it. The front-right suspension just seems to fail. The first was a bilstein then a koni sport and now, an adjustable strut that you can adjust it's firmness. It's quite expensive having them replaced in terms of labour (the shocks are lifetime) and also, the interior rattles. I have the feeling, though unusual that both of them are one of a kind. Cheap interior plastics, replacing light bulbs, DSTC failure and other electronic issue and so on. I park it and use it for short trips although I like the way it drives.

@Jakumo


The BMW is neat. If that is yours, keep maintaining it. I know the chassis name to the picture shown and some knowledge about it. A close friend of mine has a higher version to the one shown. He told me that it's designed for touring and its hand-built. It's clean, garage kept with bolder wheels or wider wheels. It's not the common one seen on the street if you are pay close attention.

I did not know BMW's made manuals for their higher engines. I know the brakes equipped with that chassis outperformed what fitted their vehicles at the time. And that engine issue made me not to acknowledge it. I don't like the ride quality of BM's. But look at it, today's automobile has copied BMW in almost everything. From HID, to the halo lights, low profiles, short suspension, sporty-style interior and most important, many of them look like BMW's. I saw a Merc that looked like a 6 series. I didn't know till I refleted on what I saw instead of my subconscious. The bangle butt every car is designed with today is BMW. I might develop interest in it later.

@ Digi'


         I consider handling above all.  I am not crazy about power but a certain level of torque is needed.  I have adjustable suspension on all my cars.  It's the first thing I do.  I'm not a fan of horsepower (because it wears your engine out but torque doesn't). 

          Somebody said power without control is useless.  That is the exact description of the IS350 or what some whites call Intelligent Sport 350.  Poor handling, lots of power, plus it's no different from the common Toyota you see on the street interiorly. I wonder what is so intelligent about this. People still buy the 3 Series.

           I don't know much about BMW's because I've never owned one and personally, I don't like the ride quality.  It isn't as refined as a Mercedes or a Lexus.  It's made for a certain category of people.  I love cars but not as big as the person that loves a BMW.  Mercedes today have gotten on the wagon of initial quality.  They are not engineering their cars for the 50 year / 1 million miles duration.  It's 3 years / 36,000 miles.  A lot of people don't get 30,000 off their S classes before their leases are up.  They don't over-engineer their Mercedes' anymore.  W123 is Daimler's most reliable design.  It's also known as "regular" in Lagos colloquial.  It took them over 20 years to complete the design before production.  The last one ever made was the 124 series or V Boot. 

            There is a limited version of the E Class barged E500.  It was built hand in hand with Porshe.  You can slice and dice in traffic at a 115 MPH and you'll be switching lanes like you are in a low-clearance car.  The centripetal force is so high on that car that curves that will take a regular car to negotiate at 35 miles will be done at 60.  You can research it, W124 - E500.  It's still expensive, though used.  We also have the 16v Evolution or Evo.  That's a powerful 4 cyl that produces over 480bHP.  Cutting corners is piece of cake to this baby Benz. 

             Digiman, try a Camry ('97 and newer) at top speed.   You'll appreciate a heavy car.

What spec of BMW's do you have? Upper A-Spec BMW's don't come fitted with a manual transmission. In my obseration, the 2007 or late 2006 BMW's are 2.8, 3.5 size engines. Some of the 90's BMW's had a serious flaw in some of their engines. The 5 series short block engines tends to react with sulphur which resorts to corrosion. Besides that, E34 has engine block issues. In other words, it isn't bullet proof.

I won't doubt your words concerning racing on a runway or an open freeway. For some reason, I dont fancy BMW's. I don't know much about BMW's too.

@Jakumo


I did not say BMW's offered no performance. What I said was that they don't hold up as as well as a Mercedes would. I own an E Class and I know what it does when you are over 130MPH for 45 minutes and that's because that is what my tires can handle. Most cars don't get there although the speedometer says so. And guess what, I can still pick up speed and I'm not stressing the engine. That is still nothing to the engine. There is no surge and the best part of the whole thing is that you still get the road courtesy/manners off the Mercedes. I think the governed maximum is 155. A lot of cars would begin vibrating after an extended period over 130. My colleague at work had either piston or a major engine component eject out of his corvette/camaro (whichever). The engine was rebuilt but never ran the same. Ford's are known to spit plugs out during regular high speed driving.

For a BMW, as I said, I cannot vouch for it. I don't own one, neither did my parents. But from my interactions with people that are into spirited-driving, that was what my conclusion was. 535's are just new to the market. It's been the 530i's. Euro market might be different.

In terms of your BMW WOTing, it's cool. I'm not a fan because it's biased towards sport and sport-biased cars are built for close maintenance plus, it floods here in Texas.

Your condition for a race under any road condition - BMW's roof and pillar structures more or less can't hold the weight of the vehicle in rollovers.

They don't hold up at high or top speeds.  You get performance at low rpms and torque at high rpm is dissappointing plus they are basic engines.  You can't have both.  You either have performance at low RPM and folly at upper or no performance at low RPM's and performance at higher range RPM's.  Some cars compensate for this by means of a bi-turbo charger.  I'm yet to find someone doing a spirited-driving with an Accord.  The suspension set up wouldn't even permit that.

NA means Natural Aspirated, some call it Naturally Aspirated or Normally Aspirated engines.  In other words, no mechanical or electric driven supercharger.

It's more like saying it's a soft engine.   You don't get performances off those kind of engines.  They may engineer them (e.g v6's) to seem like so, but the reality is it isn't.  It doesn't matter how you hot-rod them, they would just be toys moving around.  They are economy cars designed to be as low-cost maintainance as possible.  It's hard for me to word it all out but I know what I am referring to. 


Somebody could help me out here.  Some people in America term it as a car to get you from A to B.  It's the same with all Nissans (except the Skylines), Hondas, Toyota's (not excluding the Lexus) and many more.  Real cars would be european. 

You also don't see japanese automakers come up with ground-breaking technologies (not referring to innovations).   You don't see any of those cars in a La Mans race.

I don't know if it's true, but I heard some BMW's don't hold up speed at upper RPM's as the E Class does.  But it's known to offer a full burst of power at WOT (wide open throttle).

Sienna,

I just sent you an eMail. , for the sake of this the thread topic.

I thought all Audi's were Front WD. Man, it'll be harder configuring performance on a 6 speed auto transmission. Excuse me for this question, but what is PS? I reside in the United States. That's a huge gain of power that will be gotten (450 to 620). What's going to be done to compensate for the heat?

Poster, please do not be offended. I believe in moderacy too. Accept my apology.

Thanks, everyone.

Aw, it's not even a model but a name.

@Siena

Your Audi 6cyl might start from the first gear as oppose to the V8 sister and that causes it to take off and brisk through with a purr. The difference is the gear itself. It is a lot harder to make a performance vehicle from an 8 cylinnder than a 6 cylinder and sometimes, the 6 cylinder vehicles outperform 8 cylinder vehicles. This is subject to principles in kinematics and mechanical vibrations. You have 8 reciprocating cylinders and you have to tame those cylinders enough to have your vehicle still. The more rpm you acrue, the harder it is, so engineers have a lot of work and engineering to implement on the structure of that vehicle. The input shaft in the transmission is now connected to the spline which will now be turned by the engine power. Less engineering is required to put a 6 cyl together and also less for a 4 cylinder.

V8's that will start from a first gear would have ASR's with no defeat switch. I don't know anything about Audi. All I know is that they make front wheel vehicles and I don't have interest in front wheel vehicles. All that traction advantage talk is bogus. It doesn't go in line with the laws of physics.

I'm studying mechanical engineering.  That is mechanical engineering with design and multiphysics as the focus.  I was biased towards automotive till I switched states and found out that you are taught the way americans designed vehicles in school.  It dawned on me that one can spend four and a half years learning to build a vehicle like Ford and end up an unreliable and undependable piece of sheet metal.  I had european professors for my first few years of college.  When I relocated to Texas, I had American teachers and Ford/GM cars were all that they made references to.  Believe me, they taught two different things.   I am an active member in the society of automotive engineers (SAE) and I put a lot of emphases towards structural design, vehicle dynamics, mechanical vibration and machine design.  

I am not an expert to this.  I'm just theoretical.  I simulate.  My professional experience is within the 180 hours of which some hands-on were done.  My college classes have to do with a lot of differentiations, calculating failure rates e.t.c.  You have 10 years of practical field  I bet you can listen to a car and tell all that is wrong with it or tell that electrolysis is beginning to take place by looking at the coolant.

Digiman:
When the head gasket is no longer sealing as it is supposed to you may get less compression in your cylinders, you get oil leaking into your water path ways which results in both mixing giving you a brownish / milky substance, you can also confirm this by checking your oil filler cap, you'll see a milkish deposit on it.

When you have a a leaking gasket you will be down on power and it will be noticeable BEFORE the engine reaches operating temp.

By "heat sink" I suspect you meant "heat soak", that is mostly true with turbo charged cars, the reason why they heat up so quickly is because the exhaust gases are used to keep the turbo spinning, the turbo in turn forces cool air into the engine via the intake manifold . Because it is so hot in the engine bay of a turbo charged car there is a tendency for the air being drawn into the engine to be warmer thus producing less power when combustion occours plus you'll get less air in to the combustion chambers if its warm pre combustion, to get round this turbocharged cars have intercoolers which lower the temp of the incoming air but then their proximity to heat sources such as exhaust manifold e.t.c in the engine bay lends them to heat soak.

There are ways of getting round thisbut I wil not be discussing them here.


I know all this becasue I have owned and done a lot of work on turbo charged cars as a hobby for the last 10 years.

I know the ways around heat sink. Heat sink is what is referred to the overwhelming reaction of the engine to heat as it robs the engine off torque. I did 90 hours of engine mechanism, installation and rebuild and another 90 in engine system management. And this is combined with Mechanical Engineering. I am not denying what you are saying nor am I limiting to the situations listed. The brownish colour or milk-shake colour too can be gotten when you have coolants of different composition together. I also agree with the compression principle. I'm thinking narrowly because Honda's are low end NA engines. The higher production models are built to give you performance at low rpm and don't hold up or give performance at high rpm unlike Mercedes and Porshe. Throughout the life of a Honda vehicle, it shouldn't have head leaks, warpages or problems associated with extreme heat due to time. They are basic cars with basic engines.

@teeewai

I wrote a paper and lab report on it. If you want it, I can eMail it to you. Besides, the industry is shifting towards PAC's now. PLC's are slow and not complex while PC's are flat out unreliable.

@everyone

Sorry for setting this thread off temporarily.  I'm just curious, what exactly is a Honda Hala?  An image (if any) would be appreciated.  If it's rebadged in the United States, what's it called here.

@everyone

Sorry for setting this thread off temporarily. I'm just curious, what exactly is a Honda Hala? An image (if any) would be appreciated. If it's rebadged in the United States, what's it called here.

All the belts are critical.  If any fails (depending on its function), you might be in a mess.  The first thing you do to any car you buy with no record is to do a timing job.  If the timing fails, you are as good as buying another car or engine.  Then check for constant velocity joints (CV) or axles if it's a front wheel drive.  If the axle breaks, you cannot move the vehicle.  As the name implies, the transmission relies on the CV to move the car in the direction intended.  One it's broken, the transmission only converts the reciprocating motion from the engine to rotary and there will be nothing to complete the cycle.  Changing all the fluids too.  The summary is to do a complete service on the vehicle and start your record from there.

@Digiman

<sup>In response to some of the answers other have given I need to clarify a few of them

1. Blown head gasket - A sure sign of a blown head gasket is the color of your coolant, when you open the expansion tank you'll see a mixture of oil and water in most cases also you'll notice that the car does not pull very well, it will lack power and also your engine will reach hogh temperatures very quickly 5-10 minutes.
You can also get a compression test done, this will surely tell you if your gasket is blown.</sup>

A brown colour is a sign of a radiator that has oil mixed into it. It also a result of mixing coolants. If your car is a bit louder than what it usually sounded and acceleration or driving is hard, then you have a leaking exhaust manifold (could also be a leaking intake manifold). A huge chunk of the heat generated in the engine bay is not from the engine alone but the exhaust manifold and tubes. This is also particular with turbocharged engines. In the case of a car with a blown head gasket, it doesn't affect your performance till the engine gets extremely hot. Heat robs any car off torque. This is why you experience sluggish performance when you want to take off immediately after heavy traffic. It's called heat sink. One of my cars heats up to operating temperature within 5 minutes at idle. It doesn't have a gasket issue.

BlackHawk:
Hi,
You do NOT want to leave the thermostat out of the engine. The purpose of the thermostat is to cause the engine to come up to proper operating temperature quickly. It is damaging for an engine to run cold.
Coolant added too water, helps lubricate the water pump and also prevents corrosion inside the engine. Overheating can have many causes, fan belt not tight enough, block radiator, thermostat, head gasket( will see bubbles in coolant when that happens) plus many others.
Regards

Keep in mind that e-specs (european specification) are designed to run cool and not warm as american cars are designed to.  That's why they sound quieter and tend to endure than their american sibling. I remember my parents having to put in bigger radiators on the second Mercedes that was bought directly from Germany. The factory radiator wasn't suitable for the tropical climate. Same applied to the suspension system. It had to be changed to the conventional one.  For a Honda to go through what he is going through, something major is wrong with it.  What he is experiencing is nothing new to european cars most especially BMW's and some high performance cars.  GM vehicles is just another topic on it's own.  Except he's been running his Honda with Dex Cool.  I don't know the model of Honda he is talking about and I am pretty sure it isn't an a-spec model.

adrian5:
You seem to be in luck fella.

What u need to to is REMOVE the thermostat completely and fill up that radiator with coolant and . When my mechanic did it to my civic i almost had his head, but since then, it been fantastic. I was on Awolowo Road in traffic for 3 HOURS one thursday evening and the gauge never passed it mid point mark.

It could be as simple as the thermostat but it only controls the fan and actuate the system that releases the coolant to transfer the heat.  But from your explanation, you've blown a gasket and what you need is serious mechanical repair. 

Adrian5, coolant does not cool the engine.  What it does is it prevents rusting and transfers heat.  It's the water that cools the engine.  Coolant does not cool your engine.  Filling up your radiator with coolant is not a thermodynamic principle to control heat.

BlackHawk:
Hi,
It depends on driving conditions as much a mileage. Short runs, dusty condition, stop and start. Most manufactures have recommendation for such use. Read the book that comes with the car, Regards

He just got the car. He has no maintenance history or maintenance record to the vehicle.

More than likely, you've blown the head gasket. You need to consider what caused it. A Honda's head gasket outlives the vehicle because the engine doesn't run as hot as a Mercedes would. Check your fan, water pump, thermo, and other related component. If all is good, check to see if the engine was probably rebuilt. In otherwords, certain principles may have been ignored when the engine was being coupled. If not, then the former owner had been running the vehicle hot and did not disclose it to you. You have a blown head gasket and you are lucky to be in Nigeria where the labour is cheap. In Texas, you might as well buy another vehicle because it's almost a 2 day job at @ $109 an hour (dealers rate).