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Seventh repair/replacement/adjustment: After driving rather fast on an uneven road due to an emergency, the exhaust pipe broke into two and the characteristic loud exhaust note rent the air, it was therefore necessary to return to vehicle to previous operating parameters. This resulted in at least 3 different trips to the panel beater. First time: Purchase two missing hangers: N1,500.00 and N1,000.00 respectively Workmanship to fix the cut: N2,000 First time total: N4,500.00 Second time: Workmanship to fix the cut: N1,000 Second time total: N1,000.00 Third time: It was discovered that the second fix resulted in the pipe making contact with the body of the car just before the bumper resulting in some vibration being felt through the length and breadth of the vehicle. So this necessitated several come-backs. Lesson:Ensure that you personally inspect to ensure that clearances before and after a panel beating work remain the same. If they do not, then do not pay for the repair until this is corrected, failing which, it will be necessary to make come back visits with costs in time and funds to get the problem resolved. The first comeback indicated that the gasket just before the catalytic converter had deteriorated and so was replaced at the cost of N2,000.00 Workmanship to take apart the joint before the catalytic converter install the gasket and reattach the catalytic converter: N2,000 Third time total: N4,000.00 Repair was by fixing a piece of rubber between the chassis and the exhaust pipe which did not totally mask the problem. Fourth visit: To a different panel beater who tried using metal ropes to change the orientation of the exhaust pipe Repair did not succeed. Cost of Repair: N500.00 The fix that worked, carving a hole that matched the size of the exhaust pipe from a discarded slipper and shoving it around the exhaust pipe to seat between the exhaust pipe and the chassis at home. Cost of the repair: Nil, done at home. Total expenses on the exhaust pipe: N10,000.00 Additionally it became clear that the vehicle had no catalytic converter, likely the reason for the pending and stored P0420 AND P0430. Question is: Should I purchase a complete catalytic converter from the gasket to the bumper or just the catalytic converter? Problem with option 2 is becoming a frequent visitor to the panel beater because the joint has deteriorated. Second problem with option 2 is the cost of importing that brand new assuming that the local Toyota dealers do not have it in stock. There is also the issue of cost of purchasing the unit brand new locally given the exchange rate palava. Third problem is purchasing it used, the guarantees provided do not allow for the drive cycles to complete to ascertain if the catalytic converter purchased is in perfect running order and will trip off the check engine light, the VSA and TRAC lights. Ideal solution is to purchase just the catalytic converter from a reliable aftermarket producer and doing the cut and weld thing - any ideas where to get the perfect exhaust weld one time in Abuja? https://www.amazon.com/MagnaFlow-23084-Stainless-Catalytic-Converter/dp/compatibility-chart/B009FQL194
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Sixth repair/replacement/adjustment: After carrying full load 8 passengers and driving through one village road, the rear bumper became dislodged, a panel beater had to be involved in putting it back in order. Cost of the fix: N500.00 According to folklore, the bumper of the Sienna before it was stronger and the likelihood of this happening was next to nil with that generation of the Sienna. |
Fifth repair/replacement/adjustment: Plastic trim covering the left side of the middle row seat behind the driver came off and had to be reattached with the help of a panel beater at the cost of N500.00 |
Fourth repair/replacement/adjustment: cabin air filter has had to be taken out and flushed using an air compressor to improve AC cooling. Twice in a space of 1 month at the cost of N100 each |
Third repair/replacement: Air filter (engine). Air filter cost N2,000. Installation charge N500. Total billed N2,500.00 |
qeemus:What was he thinking? Thank God it was a lone accident! Now imagine if accident records were appended to driving records, he would never get a job as a driver again!! |
Second repair/replacement: Rear Right Brake light bulb |
First repair: Front right Headlight bulb |
Interesting what did he hit |
This will document the running costs of this vehicle which I sent home last month to family private use for intending buyers and current owners to compare |
Is anyone using a Minivan on UBER? or Taxify? Do they accept minivans by the way? If you do, do you get offers to pick a large number of passengers and goods as much as you get to pick one or two? Finally, if you are using one, is it making financial sense so far? |
Trane Varta If you buy a brand name battery it can last you north of 5 years, some say theirs has lasted 7 years, in at one case the guy said it lasted 10 years versus 1 and a half to 2 year replacement with cheap chinese makes https://www.nairaland.com/2875999/meets-exceeds-o.e-grade-automotive |
captainking:What can damage your automatic transmission Most of the transmission problems starts from overheating. Under heavy load, such as when towing a heavy trailer, rocking the vehicle from the snow, having continuous stop and go traffic in hot weather, racing, etc. the transmission overheats. At higher temperatures the transmission oxidizes, losing its lubricating qualities and leaving deposits all over inside the transmission. If you'd check the automatic transmission fluid in an overheated transmission, it would be dark and dirty, with a strong burnt smell. Exposed to the heat the rubber seals, O-rings become hard and brittle. The metal parts warp causing valves to stick in. All this, sooner or later, results in transmission failure. For example, a friend of mine has burned his automatic transmission when he was spinning the wheels too hard trying to free his shiny Audi from the snow; it was on the next day after he bought it! However, overheating is not the only reason; sometimes an automatic transmission problems are caused by design flaws faulty parts, lack of maintenance or poor rebuilt job. A too low or even too high transmission fluid level or wrong transmission fluid type can also cause transmission problems. A person I know added a gear oil into the automatic transmission by mistake - guess what happen - the transmission failed after 40 minutes of driving! http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/transmain.html |
captainking:http://dai.ly/x362y3q Never over-rev the engine and severely spin the wheels when stuck, you will have to replace the transmission sooner or later because it got fried! |
mak2une:Let me be sarcastic Why did you teach him? You should not have taught him! His half-baked ass does not/did not deserve to know. |
PaperLace:I will agree with everything you said except this - Distance between the vehicles in front of you and those behind you is your best friend. I do that irrespective of the situation, whether there is a sudden unexpected occurrence or there is none, also I don't observe the 4 seconds rule, I observe the rule that I will create and maintain for myself as much distance as it will allow me to brake slower than normal and prevent me from being the subject/object of another driver's miscalculations. By applying those rules, I have done consistently 120 to 140km/hr in the rain times without number without incident. Until I can create and maintain that gap, I will remain hyperactive and at high alert for the worst that can happen while driving in the rain Maybe we are saying the same thing in different words, but his slant is different from mine |
rodeo0070:On several occasions that has meant speeding up so as to escape from long rows of rain-induced slow-moving vehicles lest one man's braking mistake in the rain turns into my financial misfortune and had I known? |
For me, these are the rules for driving in the rain: Distance between the vehicles in front of you and those behind you is your best friend. Working brakes are your next best friend Tires with plenty of thread depth are a must A functional HVAC is a life-saver too |
mayor2013:For how long shall we salivate before we see pictures of this crate and engine? One of the rare instances when engines are crated/freighted into the country to be installed? Any differences between engines crated from overseas to be installed here and those engines purchased at local spare part markets? |
dayo2me:Rather than leaving things to chance, my advice both to the applicant and to the corporate recruiting leader is to approach the job search process in a much more scientific way. For the applicant that means start by thoroughly reading the position description and making a list of the required keywords that both the ATS and the recruiter will need to see. Next submit a customized resume that is in a scannable format that ensures that the key factors that recruiters need to see initially (job titles, company names, education, dates, keywords, etc.) are both powerful and easy to find during a quick six-second scan. But next comes the most important step: to literally “pretest” both your resume and your LinkedIn profile several times with a recruiter or HR professional. Pretesting makes sure that anyone who scans them for six seconds will be able to actually find each of the key points that recruiters need to find. My final bit of advice is something that only insiders know. And that is to become an employee referral (the highest volume way to get hired). Because one of the firm’s own employees recommended you and also because the recruiter knows that they will likely have to provide feedback to that employee when they later inquire as to “why their referral was rejected,” résumés from referrals are reviewed much more closely. |
Is your “six seconds of fame” enough to land you a job? As a professor and a corporate recruiting strategist, I can tell you that very few applicants truly understand the corporate recruiting process. Most people looking for a job approach it with little factual knowledge. That is a huge mistake. A superior approach is to instead analyze it carefully, because data can help you understand why so many applicants simply can’t land a job. If you can bear with me for a few quick minutes, I can show you using numbers where the job-search “roadblocks” are and how that data-supported insight can help you easily double your chances of landing an interview and a job. Your Resume Will Face a Lot of Competition Although it varies with the company and the job, on average 250 resumes are received for each corporate job opening. Finding a position opening late can’t help your chances because the first resume is received within 200 seconds after a position is posted. If you post your resume online on a major job site like Monster so that a recruiter can find it, you are facing stiff competition because 427,000 other resumes are posted on Monster alone each and every week (BeHiring). Understanding the Hiring “Funnel” can Help You Gauge Your Chances In recruiting, we have what is known as a “hiring funnel” or yield model for every job which helps recruiting leaders understand how many total applications they need to generate in order to get a single hire. As an applicant, this funnel reveals your chances of success at each step of the hiring process. For the specific case of an online job posting, on average, 1,000 individuals will see a job post, 200 will begin the application process, 100 will complete the application, 75 of those 100 resumes will be screened out by either the ATS or a recruiter, 25 resumes will be seen by the hiring manager, 4 to 6 will be invited for an interview, 1 to 3 of them will be invited back for final interview, 1 will be offered that job and 80 percent of those receiving an offer will accept it (Talent Function Group LLC). Six Seconds of Resume Review Means Recruiters Will See Very Little When you ask individual recruiters directly, they report that they spend up to 5 minutes reviewing each individual resume. However, a recent research study from TheLadders that included the direct observation of the actions of corporate recruiters demonstrated that the boast of this extended review time is a huge exaggeration. You may be shocked to know that the average recruiter spends a mere 6 seconds reviewing a resume. A similar study found the review time to be 5 – 7 seconds (BeHiring). Obviously six seconds only allows a recruiter to quickly scan (but not to read) a resume. We also know from observation that nearly 4 seconds of that 6-second scan is spent looking exclusively at four job areas, which are: 1) job titles, 2) companies you worked at, 3) start/end dates and 4) education. Like it or not, that narrow focus means that unless you make these four areas extremely easy for them to find within approximately four seconds, the odds are high that you will be instantly passed over. And finally be aware that whatever else that you have on your resume, the recruiter will have only the remaining approximately 2 seconds to find and be impressed with it. And finally, if you think the information in your cover letter will provide added support for your qualifications, you might be interested to know that a mere 17 percent of recruiters bother to read cover letters (BeHiring). A Single Resume Error Can Instantly Disqualify You A single resume error may prevent your resume from moving on. That is because 61 percent of recruiters will automatically dismiss a resume because it contains typos (Careerbuilder). In a similar light, 43 percent of hiring managers will disqualify a candidate from consideration because of spelling errors (Adecco). The use of an unprofessional email address will get a resume rejected 76 percent of the time (BeHiring). You should also be aware that prominently displaying dates that show that you are not currently employed may also get you prematurely rejected at many firms. A Format That Is Not Scannable Can Cut Your Odds by 60 Percent TheLadders’ research also showed that the format of the resume matters a great deal. Having a clear or professionally organized resume format that presents relevant information where recruiters expect it will improve the rating of a resume by recruiter by a whopping 60 percent, without any change to the content (a 6.2 versus a 3.9 usability rating for the less-professionally organized resume). And if you make that common mistake of putting your resume in a PDF format, you should realize that many ATS systems will simply not be able to scan and read any part of its content (meaning instant rejection). Weak LinkedIn Profiles Can Also Hurt You Because many recruiters and hiring managers use LinkedIn profiles either to verify or to supplement resume information, those profiles also impact your chances. Ey- tracking technology used by TheLadders revealed that recruiters spend an average of 19 percent of their time on your LinkedIn profile simply viewing your picture (so a professional picture may be worthwhile). The research also revealed that just like resumes, weak organization, and scannability within a LinkedIn profile negatively impacted the recruiter’s ability to “process the profile” (TheLadders). 50 Seconds Spent Means Many Apply for a Job They Are Not Qualified for Recruiters report that over 50 percent of applicants for a typical job fail to meet the basic qualifications for that job (Wall Street Journal). Part of the reason for that high “not-qualified” rate is because when an individual is looking at a job opening, even though they report that they spend 10 minutes reviewing in detail each job which they thought was a “fit” for them, we now know that they spend an average of just 76 seconds (and as little as 50 seconds) reading and assessing a position description that they apply for (TheLadders). Most of that roughly 60-second job selection time reviewing the position description is actually spent reviewing the narrow introductory section of the description that only covers the job title, compensation, and location. As a result of not actually spending the necessary time reviewing and side-by-side comparing the requirements to their own qualifications, job applicants end up applying for many jobs where they have no chance of being selected. Be Aware That Even if Your Resume Fits the Job Posting, You May Still Be Rejected To make matters worse, many of the corporate position descriptions that applicants are reading are poorly written or out of date when they are posted. So even if an applicant did spend the required time to fully read the job posting, they may still end up applying for a job that exists only on paper. So even though an applicant actually meets the written qualifications, they may be later rejected (without their knowledge) because after they applied, the hiring manager finally decided that they actually wanted a significantly different set of qualifications. Making it Through a Keyword Search Requires a Customized Resume The first preliminary resume screening step at most corporations is a computerized ATS system that scans submitted resumes for keywords that indicate that an applicant fits a particular job. I estimate more that 90 percent of candidates apply using their standard resume (without any customization). Unfortunately, this practice dramatically increases the odds that a resume will be instantly rejected because a resume that is not customized to the job will seldom include enough of the required “keywords” to qualify for the next step, a review by a human. Even if you are lucky enough to have a live recruiter review your resume, because recruiters spend on average less than 2 seconds (of the total six-second review) looking for a keyword match, unless the words are strategically placed so that they can be easily spotted, a recruiter will also likely reject it for not meeting the keyword target. No One Reads Resumes Housed in the Black hole Database If you make the mistake of applying for a job that is not currently open, you are probably guaranteeing failure. This is because during most times, but especially during times of lean recruiting budgets, overburdened recruiters and hiring managers simply don’t have the time to visit the corporate resume database (for that reason, many call it the black hole). So realize that recruiters generally only have time to look at applicants who apply for a specific open job and who are then ranked highly by the ATS system. Some Applicants Have Additional Disadvantages Because four out of the five job-related factors that recruiters initially look for in a resume involve work experience, recent grads are at a decided disadvantage when applying for most jobs. Their lack of experience will also mean that their resume will likely rank low on the keyword count. To make matters worse, the average hiring manager begins with a negative view of college grads because a full 66 percent of hiring managers report that they view new college grads “as unprepared for the work place” (Adecco). Race can also play a role in your success rate because research has shown that if you submit a resume with a “white sounding name,” you have a 50 percent higher chance of getting called for an initial interview than if you submit a resume with comparable credentials from an individual with a “black-sounding name” (M. Bertrand, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business). Remember a Resume Only Gets You an Interview Even with a perfect resume and a little luck, getting through the initial resume screen by the recruiter only guarantees that your resume will qualify for a more thorough review during what I call the “knockout round.” During this next stage of review, the recruiter will have more time to assess your resume for your accomplishments, your quantified results, your skills, and the tools you can use. Unfortunately, the recruiter is usually looking for reasons to reject you, in order to avoid the criticism that will invariably come from the hiring manager if they find knockout factors in your resume. If no obvious knockout factors are found you can expect a telephone interview, and if you pass that, numerous in-person interviews (note: applicants can find the most common interview questions for a particular firm on glassdoor.com). Even if You Do Everything Right, the Odds Can Be Less Than 1 Percent Because of the many roadblocks, bottlenecks, and “knockout factors” that I have highlighted in this article, the overall odds of getting a job at a “best-place-to-work” firm can often be measured in single digits. For example, Deloitte, a top firm in the accounting field, actually brags that it only hires 3.5 percent of its applicants. Google, the firm with a No. 1 employer brand, gets well over 1 million applicants per year, which means that even during its robust hiring periods when it hires 4,000 people a year, your odds of getting hired are an amazingly low 4/10 of 1 percent. Those unfortunately are painfully low “lotto type odds.” Up to 50 Percent of Recruiting Efforts Result in Failure In case you’re curious, even with all the time, resources, and dollars invested in corporate recruiting processes, still between 30 percent and 50 percent of all recruiting efforts are classified by corporations as a failure. Failure is defined as when an offer was rejected or when the new hire quit or had to be terminated within the first year (staffing.org). Applicants should also note that 50 percent of all new hires later regret their decision to accept the job (Recruiting Roundtable). Final Thoughts Unfortunately, much of what is written about “the perfect resume” and the ideal job search approach is based on “old wives’ tales” and is simply wrong. However, when I review the numbers that are available to me from internal company recruiting data and publicly through research done by industry-leading firms like TheLadders, Adecco, BeHiring, staffing.org, and Careerbuilder, it doesn’t take long to realize that the real job search process differs significantly from the ideal one. Rather than leaving things to chance, my advice both to the applicant and to the corporate recruiting leader is to approach the job search process in a much more scientific way. For the applicant that means start by thoroughly reading the position description and making a list of the required keywords that both the ATS and the recruiter will need to see. Next submit a customized resume that is in a scannable format that ensures that the key factors that recruiters need to see initially (job titles, company names, education, dates, keywords, etc.) are both powerful and easy to find during a quick six-second scan. But next comes the most important step: to literally “pretest” both your resume and your LinkedIn profile several times with a recruiter or HR professional. Pretesting makes sure that anyone who scans them for six seconds will be able to actually find each of the key points that recruiters need to find. My final bit of advice is something that only insiders know. And that is to become an employee referral (the highest volume way to get hired). Because one of the firm’s own employees recommended you and also because the recruiter knows that they will likely have to provide feedback to that employee when they later inquire as to “why their referral was rejected,” résumés from referrals are reviewed much more closely. I hope that by presenting these 35+ powerful recruiting-related numbers I have improved your understanding of the recruiting process and the roadblocks that you need to steer around in order to dramatically improve your odds of getting a great job. Author: Dr. John Sullivan Source: https://www.eremedia.com/ere/why-you-cant-get-a-job-recruiting-explained-by-the-numbers/ |
azimibraun:Thanks for this http://observer.com/2015/11/why-every-entrepreneur-needs-biggies-10-crack-commandments/ |
Thank you brother I will never be stuck behind a long line of slow moving cars.... recipe for an accident....I will either slow down some more to give then a wide berth or speed up some more and leave them in the tail of my dust As our dear mentor said: speed never killed anyone, braking suddenly is what gets you If you can drive as fast as an aeroplane but can stop as gracefully as a swan, speed will never be your undergoing. Cheers...To the love of speed! |
The 10th generation of Honda’s venerable Accord will debut for 2018 without a V6 engine option. A few months later to the all-new midsize party than the next-generation 2018 Toyota Camry, the new Accord will not follow the Camry’s entrenched path of providing customers with a base four-cylinder and a V6 upgrade. Instead, Honda will make do with the 1.5-liter turbocharged four already under the hood of the 10th-generation Civic and the fifth-generation Honda CR-V. As an upgrade, Honda will offer the 2.0-liter turbocharged unit from the 2018 Honda Civic Type R. In both cases, Honda has not yet revealed the power output. Honda will continue with an Accord Hybrid, as well. But the V6 is a goner. The outgoing Honda Accord’s optional V6 engine was a 278-horsepower 3.5-liter with 252 lb-ft of torque. Fuel economy, according to the EPA, measured 21 miles per gallon in the city; 33 highway with the six-speed automatic. In the all-new Accord that Honda says will debut later this year, the basic 1.5T — a non-VTEC powerplant — will be linked to either the continuously variable transmission or a six-speed manual. The 2.0T, on the other hand, will be offered with both a 10-speed automatic or a six-speed manual. Honda says only about 10 percent of Accord buyers were choosing the V6. Honda began offering a V6 engine in the Accord for the 1995 model year. That 170-horsepower 2.7-liter unit was superseded by a 200-horsepower 3.0-liter V6 in 1998 and a 240-horsepower 3.0-liter in 2003. Displacement grew to 3.5 liters in 2008. In the CR-V, the current 1.5T produces 190 horsepower. The Civic Type R’s 2.0T is a 306-horsepower powerplant. Honda says the new Accord will feature “a dramatically lower and wider appearance” after going through a new-from-the-ground-up redesign. Its engines are built in Anna, Ohio; the 10-speed automatic hails from Tallapoosa, Georgia. The Accord’s assembly plant is in Marysville, Ohio. Next Generation Honda 2.0-liter direct injected DOHC Turbo with i-VTEC(R) - Image: HondaAs for the Accord Coupe, there’s no word yet on timing. At a Civic Type R event in Montreal, Quebec, Honda spokesperson Sage Marie told TTAC’s Mark Stevenson, “Stay tuned.” On a retail basis, Honda says, the Accord has been America’s best-selling midsize car in each of the last four years. The Camry has claimed overall sales leadership in 15 consecutive years. With no V6 in the Accord, America’s midsize segment’s six-cylinder engine options will be limited to the Camry, Nissan Altima, Volkswagen Passat, and Subaru Legacy. Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/06/2018-honda-accord-tenth-generation-kills-v6/
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segzy14:Just to say "Thank you" |
Did you have a functional knock sensor? Just curious? Does your burn oil? Did you top it before the race? What speeds did you hit? And at what speeds did this happen? Sorry dear but you should share more details! |
segzy14:mpvgod @ yandex dot com |
demex24:Thanks |
Islie:Nigeria is dysfunctional Nigerians know, foreigners know Accountant, apply for asylum! The big man you rescued should bankroll you escape from Nigeria Even if Nigerian had a Witness Protection Program, I would not trust it. Fortunately your story is public, it is not difficult to prove it to the various embassies that you can approach |
Does the Payoneer Country matter the way PayPal country matters? What is the advantage of using a referral link to register versus registering at their website directly? |
saintjoel:Thanks so much, I'll call you! |
Any ideas any one? Tin Can Cleared versus Cotonou Cleared @Saintjoel kindly respond Toyota Sienna 2005 and Toyota Sienna 2007 |
