₦airaland Forum

cilifa:
One can understand when you are still both single and not sure if marriage will happen.

But after tieing the knot and become husband and wife, some women still expect their husband to beg for intimacy or uses sex as a bait to get something from the husband. Many women today still does not initiate sex even when they crave it.
Why then get married?

I think u ask ur mum

auhanson:
His post about the RWD isn't bad but for the plagiarism. He's got some point there though unlike the tropicalization mess.

I will never be a fan of front wheel

You agree today with me

I will give testimony

Dude fwd.and rwd serve d same purpose and let me enlighten u

It cost more to produce rwd so manufacturer opt for front wheel so tvey maximize profit.

Rwd is better
Manual is car for men

Fallacies have been prddled here for long

My e

Kashif:
Until you post original thoughts, you are not the one arguing. Give credit to IPRs!

There are reasons for FWD and RWD. They are different, and serve different purposes. Waiting for you to also bring up manual tranny vs auto tranny; oranges vs apples.

You think you are here to burst bubbles? Nope, you are rather advertising your ignorance.

Emperoh:
Please ask your friend exactly where he bought the car? Elizade sells only Toyota cars.

Coscharis and RT Briscoe are the main Ford distributors in Nigeria

sorry briscoe ford at Maryland ....

DGD1:
abatically n adanny01 you guys are just giving this guy unnecessary attention..... he doesn't know what he is saying, from cooling system to everything rubbish! (iranu, abasha)
no car ever made that the ball joint can't pull of, Toyota 4runner(u know how strong it is) it experiences it. my dad's corrola den, d ball joint was replaced with Renault's own and d shaft too.
when it comes to Honda, alot of fake parts, then most people who use it don't take note of such signs. if u care to know, a friend of mine uses a Camry (pencil) n d ball joint pulls off (abt twice dat am aware of) den another uses EOD, it has never experienced such.

I know the more people try to enlighten you the more you spill those folly, abi how do Honda users TROPICALIZE their ball joint?

Prof of auto mechnics ...let's talk as adults not insults

sultaan:
Sorry about your friend's experience but they don't make Ford Escort SUV in the US what they have is the Ford Escape.

When you say a car over heats does the needle go half way or all the way to the red zone?

A normal car usually runs at between 185 and 210 which is the high end; water boils at 212 so using water in the system will form steam and same thing will happen if the system pressure is compromised by bad cap or leaking hose.

So it you see water steam coming out of your engine it is not over heating but the system has been compromised then when you lose so much water as steam the engine will now over heat because there is no more water to cool it down.

Most cause of overheating is the dust on Nigeria's "roads" the fan pulls air through the radiator/condenser grill to cool down the engine and ac, if the fan pulls enough dust and insects clog the small space between the fins it will prevent them from dissipating heat so it builds up in the system

When you say new the car should have less than 500miles on it when your friend bought it. People buy used cars that can be 6 years old, cover the seats with trash bags to reduced wear and damage during shipping and Nigerians call it tear rubber.

Part of being sick is having a fever and that is an increase of body temp, same thing for a car, you just have to find the cause.

Sensible and intelligent submission ...but elizade doesn't sell toks....ya that is Ford escape ....I just flushed my radiator today come and see dirt

My car needle is downwards always so if you go that line

Okeikpu:
O nwelu mmanya ndi ara mu na fa no ebea na aluputa....afa ya bu cipro... I gbachalu ofu iko ñuo, akwara agbatia, bendizia ka ogede ndi umunede .

Onye nkuzi....lol.ka mee order na eBay ugbua

vimi:
maka gini kwanu

Ify, Asadike,babyosisi,lovelylilac. Ndia bu okeipku

Ha bu ihe anyi na slop Enebe ikpu ede cheque

vimi:
ezi oyim dalu! ekenem gi!! ezi okwu, a like kam ihe anyam na fu ebe'a hoha! udo noduru unu

Bia gbaba oso

Okeikpu:
Afurum Ikpu kariri mu yestadee munwa bu ikpu atuegwu, fukwaziri ikpu ka ikpu naru fa oso anyway onwero ife gburu chukwu gharii. Tonychristopher ezi oyim....olee ije?

onye fu ka amu na ekwe odi ka oga ara uwa


Nwanne trya turbo king ...big bottle it works wonders


Ona eme nwoke ma na okpu amu

Ikpu jeered

KEVIND:
I've learnt alot.

I am impressed

diportivo:
bros,yet again i give up for dis ur ascertion ....so u think 'honda cars tyres pulling out in the middle of nowhere' is as a result of a factory defect or something like dat?..maybe u shld lecture me more.cos i know that the double wishbone suspension is not bad at all...if a car owner doesnt do proper check and maintenance,den turns around to blame a car manufacturer for his woes,.....

The question is why is it higher in Honda cars ..for every 10 the tyre pulls out 8 are Honda cars

Why

kaeforum:
no all tokunbo cars overheat, you must identify the cause of overheating, cos the world tropicalized in misleading.

sunshine's on most parts of the world, whether u live in an area that has 4 seasons or 2 seasons.

I think cars that over heat have a fundamental defect which should be investigated, its wrong to just conclude that tropicalization is the cause of overheating in car.

Bro do you know that some cars are prone to overheat due to engine design .....

Just like Honda cars tyres pulling out in middle of know where

doroboss:
Been quietly watching you, its good to bold and outspoken, but the way you have taken it this 2 days is really becoming embarrassing. I feel you should read more and research more before opening threads with opposing general views.


Doroboss.

I did and I am sure of what I post but I will be appreciative if I get facts that are against my submission

I love the dudes here unlike most sections that are filled with kids


Hope u bought my tropicalization stuffs

lomomike:
Hey guys, I don't wanna ban him. I wanna oppose him, intelligently.


Tonychristopher, hope you know curvette and viper are RWD?
1. Why don't you try driving it in the wet or snow? A FWD will handle better in snow and wet than a FWD,
2. A FWD accelerate faster off the line than a RWD with same engine, same mass, same gear ratios due to mass on driving wheels while RWD won't accelerate as fast as a FWD due to excessive mass, and excessive wheel spin
3. A FWD has more space than a RWD,
4. A FWD gives more fuel economy than a RWD.
5. Some FWD handles high speed too. Eg, your Miata, golf gti


FIY I had a RWD truck before I sold it, I also acquired a RWD truck but I had to return it and get my cash back due to the kazeemization done to it.

Correct ..but.4wd ain't for speed I drive a Benz back wheel and Nissan front wheel personal and I can attest the handling of Benz is superb .:..but what makes u think that awd won't perform better in bad terrain ...but rwd u won't hear that kaka sound .. to me rwd is better for salon and do u know why firms shy away from their production
It's expensive ..shaft, tunnel et al..but in saloon rwd is great while awd is best in suv pick up

Now why are people caling me atention seeker ::.a. lot of fallacy has been peddled in car section so I am Here to debunk them

They will see more of me

Specialist900:
lol

Since they said we in the tropics should tropicalize our cars those in the Antarctic should antarcticalise their cars too.

Since we in hotter climates according to tonychristopher should remove our thermostat cos our country is hot those in the very cold region should add more thermostats

to their cars to heat it up.

Have you ever heard the word ..winterization. if you havent pls research ....

I wonder how the so called guru will say new cars don't OVERHEAT ....my friend bought a brand new Ford ecscort suv that one that looks like rav4 it overheated like crazy the car was ameriacn spec..he had to order new engine

He bought the car at elizade motors Maryland


So ..this is a man with almost 35 yrs driving experience

chucky234:
Lomomike and Abatically una just dey call this guy kazeem upon say the dude dey right (aside the removal of thermostat advice), tropicalization is a global thing.
For those of you saying Dubai is tropic, our weather patterns are different, as are our climates. The level of economic development also differs: you cannot compare Dubai’s infrastructure to ours. As such, their roads are different, as is the type of fuel they are
supplied with by oil giants like Shell and BP. This
means their cars are built to certain
specifications: their engines are built to operate
within certain atmospheric conditions, while
burning certain types of fuel, their suspensions
have been set up to withstand certain road
conditions, and yes, even the paint has been
applied with a certain intensity of sunlight in
mind.
I'm not in support of removing thermostat , manufacturers build suspension and cooling system with climatic condition of the region in mind.
Adjusting a first-world car’s setup to handle third world conditions like what we have in Nigeria is called tropicalization, and it usually making certain changes to enable the car adjust to its new environment.
Tonychristopher was right though failed to explain in details the procedures and processes of tropicalizing a car.

My brother how can I explain to people that refused to think out of box ..how can I explain to self acclaim guru of auto yet they have not designed a common 4 stroke engine ..how can I explain to people that have refused to understand adaptable conditions. How can i. explain to people that refused to believe that there are local ways to solve local issues

In my place we call them
Eze onye agwana m.

Tropicalization is just common sensical yet common sense ain't common afterall

clefstone:
how many spanish catholics have u seen bearing Christopher or Anthony? Those names are English names of Italian origins. The original italian names are most likely Anthonio, Anthonini, Christoph etc

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clefstone:
how many spanish catholics have u seen bearing Christopher or Anthony? Those names are English names of Italian origins. The original italian names are most likely Anthonio, Anthonini, Christoph etc

Antonio
Christobal
Are Spanish version
Just that
Anthony
Christopher
English version
Antoin
Christof
Russian version



The origin isn't English pls

clefstone:
how many spanish catholics have u seen bearing Christopher or Anthony? Those names are English names of Italian origins. The original italian names are most likely Anthonio, Anthonini, Christoph etc

Can u please Google names and origin pls


They are not English names. For heaven sake ...just like saying Samuel Emanuel Mary john are English names

They are Jewish names but with English version

Jesus is Jewish name jesu is igbo version


Pls

Rlg is a Ghana company that did open imo thing it is never an osun firm.....I know the firm well and I do pr for them ...they have office. at Maryland.


People should stop lying .....I was at their assembly plant the day they inaugurated it ....the RLG is even going down .....



PEOPLE SHOULD CONFIRM STORIES ....BEFORE THEY PUBLISH ..WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN OSUN IS COUPLING OF PARTS NOT EVEN ASSEMBLED

Anthony and Christopher are not English names pls they are catholic name and I am a catholic


Browne , bond ,Ian , smith are English names


Pls do ur research

clefstone:
tonychristopher is an english name, therefore you r an english man. Just listen to yourself

GOD BLESS YOU AND BE WITH YOU FOR SAYING THE TRUTH....

Bants:
Tokunbo cars over heat cos they are tokunbo moreover the way they are driven sometimes on bad roads affect something in the radiator

No, we cant yank it off....i am an enviromentalist bro

greenhulk:
We are on the same page. Ur 'original seahorse' is probably 20w50. Manufacturers recommend 5w20 but it is too damn light and our weather is too damn hot, that thing will evaporate in our engine, so good to use 20w50.

Catalytic converters are for emission purpose, and we dont do emission test here, so yank it off bro.

Rear-wheel drive
With rear-wheel drive the rear wheels drive the vehicle. For decades, rear-wheel drive was the system of choice, primarily because it is easy to manufacture, simple, inherently robust and reliable. The typical rear-wheel drive layout consisted of an engine in front, connected to a transmission, then the power went through a driveshaft to the rear-axle gears and then the rear wheels. Almost all trucks---except a few light-duty models---have been rear-wheel drive. If you look under the rear of a typical pickup truck you will see the rear axle housing, which has a big lump, or bulge, in the center, roughly the size of a pumpkin or basketball. Inside that bulge will be found the ring-and-pinion gears---which transfer power from the driveshaft to the wheels, provide the appropriate gear ratio and also allow the power to make the right-angle turn from the driveshaft to the wheels---and the gears and assembly that make up the differential. By the way, the ring-and-pinion gears---also known as the final drive---are not the differential, and you can have one without the other.

With rear-wheel drive the rear wheels move the vehicle and the fronts provide steering. Thus, there is somewhat of a division of labor. The advantages of rear-wheel drive are based upon the application. For trucks and heavy-duty vehicles, rear-wheel drive offers rugged durability and, as the load is increased, the traction also increases, because that load pushes down on the driving wheels. For passenger cars, rear-wheel drive offers the capability to deal more effectively with higher engine outputs and higher vehicle weights. Luxury cars, for example, tend to have rear-wheel drive. All true sports cars have rear-wheel drive, and all purpose-built race cars, such as those raced in Formula One Grand Prix racing, or in NASCAR, have rear-wheel drive. For performance applications, a primary advantage of rear-wheel drive is that weight transfer causes traction to be increased with acceleration---the more acceleration, the more weight transferred to the rear wheels and the more available traction, all of which enhances acceleration.

A rear-wheel drive vehicle also has a more equitable balance of the vehicle's weight front-to-rear, so each tire carries a more equal share of the load, which leads to improved cornering response and higher potential cornering limits. Finally, a rear-wheel drive vehicle can offer potentially superior braking performance because, when the brakes are applied, the weight is more equitably allotted among all four wheels.

By the way, in case you're interested, the ideal weight distribution, as it is known, for maximum performance---as with a pure race car---is to be rear-wheel drive and tail-heavy. This helps acceleration, because there is more weight on the rear, driving wheels, and also helps braking because, under the extreme weight transfer that occurs during braking in racing conditions, the vehicle's weight then becomes more evenly distributed among all four wheels, so each of the four wheels can make a maximum contribution to stopping power. A high-powered, pure race car, such as those that race at Indianapolis or in Formula One, will have roughly 35 percent of its total weight on the front wheels and 65 percent on the rear wheels.

The advantages of front-wheel drive (FWD) seem self evident: By avoiding the need for a driveshaft connecting the engine in front with the rear wheels, front-drive cars save space. The entire drivetrain can be packed into a neat compartment in the front, leaving the rest of the car's volume for passengers and cargo. Plus, front-drive cars have better traction in slippery conditions (in part because the weight of the engine is on top of the wheels that are providing the power).

Why are rear-drive cars more fun? Every enthusiast may know the answer, but I didn't. So I called up a helpful GM suspension expert, Vehicle Chief Engineer Ed Zellner. There are, I learned, five basic reasons:

1) "Balance": The car rides on four patches of rubber, each about as big as your hand. An ideal car would distribute its weight evenly, so each tire had to bear the same load, and none would give way earlier than all the others. The ideal weight distribution, then, would be split about 50/50 between front and rear (actually, 48/52 to help with forward pitch during braking). "A rear-drive car can typically approach that," says Zellner. Engineers can move the front wheels forward, so that the engine – which doesn't have to be connected to those wheels -- sits behind the front axle.

Meanwhile, the driveshaft and rear differential (necessary to send power to the rear tires) add weight in the rear. Front-drive cars, which must connect the engine and transmission to the front axle, typically have their engines mounted way forward and can't do much better than a 60/40 front/rear weight distribution.

2) Center of Gravity: This is the point the car wants to "rotate around" in a turn. On a rear-drive car, it's "about where the driver sits," says Zellner. In a turn, in other words, the car seems to be rotating around you – you're at the center. It's a natural pleasant effect, suggesting you're in control, the way you're in control when you're walking or running around a corner and your weight is centered inside you. (Analogy No. 2: It's like wearing stereo headphones and having the sound centered between your ears!) A front-drive car, in contrast, with its massive front weight bias, wants to rotate around a point in front of the driver. So in a corner, the driver isn't just rotating around his spine. He's moving sideways, as if he were a tether ball on the end of a rope, or Linus being dragged when Snoopy gets hold of his blanket. Not such a pleasant feeling, or a feeling that gives you a sense of natural control.

3) "Torque Steer": One of the most annoying habits of many powerful front-drive cars is that they don't go straight when you step on the accelerator! Instead, they pull to one side, requiring you to steer in the other direction to compensate, like on a damn boat. This "torque steer" usually happens because the drive shafts that connect the engine to the front wheels aren't the same length. Under power, the shafts wind up like springs. The longer shaft -- typically on the right -- winds up a bit more, while the shorter left shaft winds up less and transmits its power to the ground more quickly, which has the effect of pulling the car to the left. (This winding-up phenomenon occurs the moment you step on the pedal. After that, the wind-up relaxes, but "torque steer" can still be produced by the angles of the joints in the drive axles as the whole drivetrain twists on its rubber mounts.)

4) Weight Shift: Suppose you just want to go in a straight line. What's the best way to get traction? Answer: Have as much weight over the driving wheels as possible. Front-drive cars start with an advantage -- but when any car accelerates, the front end tips up, and the rear end squats down. This transfers weight to the rear wheels -- away from the driving wheels in a FWD car but toward the driving wheels in a rear-drive car, where it adds to available traction. In effect, the laws of physics conspire to give RWD cars a bit more grip where they need it when they need it. (This salutary effect is more than canceled out in slippery, wet conditions, where you aren't going to stomp on the accelerator. Then, FWD cars have the edge, in part, because they start out with so much more of their weight over both the driving and the turning wheels. Also, it's simply more stable to pull a heavy wheeled object than to push it -- as any hotel bellhop steering a loaded luggage cart knows. In snow, FWD cars have a third advantage in that they pull the car through the path the front tires create, instead of turning the front tires into mini-snowplows.)

5) "Oversteer" and the Semi-Orgasmic Lock-In Effect: In a rear-drive car, there's a division of labor -- the front tires basically steer the car, and the rear tires push the car down the road. In a FWD car, the front tires do all the work – both steering and applying the power to the road – while the rears are largely along for the ride. That, it turns out, is asking a lot of the front tires. Since the driving wheels tend to lose traction first, the front tires of front-drive cars invariably start slipping in a corner before the lightly loaded rear tires do -- a phenomenon known as "understeer." If you go too fast into a curve -- I mean really too fast -- the car will plow off the road front end first. In rear-drive cars, the rear wheels tend to lose traction first, and the rear of the car threatens to swing around and pass the front end -- "oversteer." If you go too fast into a corner in an oversteering car, the car will tend to spin and fly off the road rear end first.

What's the best way to fly off the road? Safety types prefer frontwards -- understeer. Why? To control an oversteering skid, where the rear wheels are heading for the weeds, you have to both slow down and counterintuitively turn the wheel in the opposite of the direction you're turning. In a front-drive car, with the front wheels slipping, you slow down and keep turning the way you'd been turning to get around the corner in the first place -- a more natural maneuver, since you're pointing the car in the direction you want to go. This is why, for safety reasons, even rear-drive cars sold to average consumers tend to have their springs and other suspension bits set up to make them understeer -- to make the front tires slip first, despite the car's innate oversteering tendency. Only by applying lots of power in a corner can you actually break the rear end of a bread-and-butter rear-drive car like the Mustang loose -- a maneuver favored by sports car freaks, but one you try at your own peril.


I'm not saying that any rear-wheel-drive car is better than any front-wheel-drive car, the way, say, any car with plain black tires looks better than any car with whitewalls. But it's close! Front-drive cars can be fun. Even bad sex is fun. But why choose it?

www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/gearbox/2003/04/why_frontwheel_drive_sucks.html

I used to use OANDO with Oil Treatment but I found sea horse or was advised to use Sea Horse with oil treatment, which works wonderful and funny enough i change my oil once in two months and the engine runs smoothly, no noise



So why change the winning team bro

diportivo:
bros,if for nothing but this original sea horse that u use for ur jap,I GIVE UP

I just do not get it..why are people so particular about investment...let assume that Biafra comes to light, that doesnt stop igbo or nigerians investing anywhere...or do you think that actualization of biafra will mean forfeiture....now dont we have Nigerians with investments in Ghana, Uk, Cameroon, Togo...are they from those countries but the host countries are happy that they are investing there so will be nigeria...


It is left for any igbo to either continue or repatriate their investment home, but there are and will be bileteral trade agreements beteween countries in adherence with global standard practise overlooked by UN so dont fret



We are one..we are Nigerians, when it get to that stage we sort it out


biko

Umennajiego:
And what happens too the investments our brothers and sisters have all over the country or really how big do you thing the biafran state is? just 5 states out of 36

A very good vision but my guy what happens to does in school and businesses when the remaining nigeria register us as aliens?? do we start all over again or what.... don't see me as being myopic, but if really u have the time explain this vision to me!!!

Hail biafra

i love that ...for now we are nigerians and we should love ourselve even if biafra comes it doesnt change anything, we will still love ourselves as humans and nieghbour


To be hones the IGBOPHOBIA is getting all time high and iot is sickening...we have not attacked anybody, we have not taken anybody's land all They said they are scared of us dominating and conived to make us not to have presidency so we have not yet complained


ALL WE DO IS JUST TO BETTER OUR LIVES VIA INDUSTRY,BUSINESS AND EDUCATION so why the hate..they even gave us 5 states others have 6 yet we moved on...if they hate us..I THINK GOD LOVES US


So the IGBOPHOBIA should stop

FlySly05:
I think it boils down to each individual to reorient themselves and be more receptive. Embrace the other guy and see them as equals and not inferiors. I love the Igbo, Hausas, Efik, Tiv you mention it. I have traveled mist states of the federation and i feel comfortable around everyone, I mean how can I not be comfortable with everyone as a Yoruba man who look and talk like and Ibo man. Please my brother we are Nigerians and let's keep it that way. That's how they see us the moment we step outside the shores of this Great country.