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dapotemi:
As in ehn, aboki wey dey form intelligentsia....boy wey suppose focus on his kettle.....Online cho cho cho cho, real life nothing to show, no evidence...

E get table where him go dey open his mouth talk this thing, the kind eye men go look am ehn, he will be uncomfortable there forever.

TheModerator:
It's KPMG not "KMPG". Bush man!

Damn, you really made me laugh.

buygala:
The "Spider" name isn't the factory description of that 07-11 Camry, but a mere nickname bestowed on the vehicle by a God-knows-who Nigerian.

.. So if Op decides to also or call his own Camry "Spider" or "Spider man", wetin come be your own inside?... When no be say the 07-11 Camry don copyright the nickname.

And yes... There are a lot of people I know who still refer to the 012-16 model of Camry as "Spider"...Boya you wil go and beat them.

Lawyer Don enter the matter.

searchng4love:
Good morning bro, do you have a car? If you do, you'll know getting an expert AC specialist is very difficult. So I'd advise you pick what is useful from my post. Have a great week ahead. PS my AC is still very chilly.

Dosent change the fact that this must be a marketing gimmick. What stops you from posting the story in one place? Also, why didn't you call out the nairaland technician? If you can't name him so that he can come and clear the air, then your story is as fictitious as they come.

Jabia:
This advice is false, please disregard it.

I drive an 2007 RDX with Tech Package. The Tech package adds a better sound system with more information on your dash and navigation screens.

Basic electrical components are still the same. I've had my car for 3 years now and I've not had any electrical issues. Main thing to keep an eye out for is poor mileage due to the bad (low octane rating petrol) we have in Nigeria.

I suspect this gent got a defective ride and believes it a problem with the Tech Package by default

The RDX is fun to drive!

I concur with you. I drive a 2008 acura tsx tech package. No issue whatsoever and its been a year and 3 months I have owned it.

Larry1960:


I wan do another one next Upper week

I go dey do am once in a while once the spirit leads me

God said givers never lack

Carry am go another thread biko. The derailing this week no make this thread sweet at all. Just find one thread where u go dey do give away if u want. You fir even create giveaway thread. Na here some of us dey come catch cruise small.

This is how that ashawo thread went down. Derailers come using give away as a ploy. And then invade and scatter the thread.
These beggars on nairaland know themselves and they know how to follow the give-away trail.

Omoluabi doing omoluabi things.

All of you are there to line up your pockets. There is nothing interesting about that league. No one will even tune into watch it or even the Asian champions league.

Deigofortune:
Boss does thermostats has a role to play on Car Fuel consumption issues.. I'm curious to know, because mine was removed when I bought Tok Engine....

Go through this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7783069/why-need-convert-car-fan

Grupo:
When I experienced something like that, it was my alternator.

The brush of the alternator had depleted. So, the battery sign was showing intermittently on the dashboard. I kept ignoring it.

Then one day, the battery sign just remained permanently. I drove to the electrician straight and got there just before the battery died (because it was no longer charging). And the electrician changed the brushes of the alternator and it was fixed.

I have suggested checking the brush to my rewire but he just wants me to buy a new alternator without checking anything.

Those iron rails bus drivers put at the back of their bus pulled out my bumper this morning. I have been angry since. Seeing this and the level of damage just showed me some people have had it worse. In all things, give glory to God.

jceesquare:
Check your wiring harness and wires going to be alternator for breach.
Also check for alternator related fuses that is not sitting well.
As long as you're always getting 14volts and not some crazy high or low voltage, your alternator is presumed fine.

Thanks a lot. What are the alternator related fuses I can check or tell a rewire to check? The one I met is just telling me to buy a new alternator and he does not even have a simple multimeter to check anything. Just carrying wires and tester and bulb up and down.

oluayebenz:
I suspect battery.

I've experienced that before

I bought a new battery in april

Conner44:
How are you sure you bought the right thermostat for your engine? Thermostats have different temperatures when they open and close depending on the manufacturer specifications. I hope you didn’t buy another vehicles thermostat and install inside your engine. It can cause it’s own issues.

As for the battery light coming up and going off by itself I will guess it’s a fault from your alternator (intermittent low charge) or your serpentine belt slipping/worn out. Checking the belt is easy but an auto electrician will need to test the alternator to know if indeed it’s outputting a lower voltage exactly when that battery light is on in your dash cluster.

Thanks for your reply. For the thermostat, I got it from my plug at ladipo and what he sent was a honda 2.4L K-series engine thermostat with the housing.


I will do as suggested for the second part on the alternator.

jceesquare:
Speaking from experience right?
Diagnoses can be tricky with limited tools.

Biko I need help here. On Saturday I went to fix back the thermostat in my car due to fuel consumption issues. After I left there, my battery warning light came up. Since Saturday, it comes and goes. For example throughout yesterday, I didn't see it but while driving out to work this morning, it came up again. When it comes up, I get a check charging system warning on my instrument cluster. I don't have a multimeter to check the battery voltage but while driving, my scanner is always plugged on and it keeps giving me battery reading of 14volts at least. I dont have hard starting issues. So what could be wrong? I drive an Acura TSX 2008 model.

Biko enough of the wahala. I need help here. On Saturday I went to fix back the thermostat in my car due to fuel consumption issues. After I left there, my battery warning light came up. Since Saturday, it comes and goes. For example throughout yesterday, I didn't see it but while driving out to work this morning, it came up again. I don't have a multimeter to check the battery voltage but while driving, my scanner is always plugged on and it keeps giving me battery reading of 14volts at least. So what could be wrong? There are drivers here who I believed may have had this experience and could advise me accordingly. @Conner44, I expect ur serious input biko. I drive an Acura TSX 2008 model.

Angrygoat:
Idiot

Lol

Oga, what's ur problem?

pope191:
Viva I hope you can see your fulishness in public. Felicity will always reveal how stooopid one can be. You are waiting to see my end, you will wait till the end of time. Just keep buyin troubles that are never yours.

Nd to you Felicity go an apologies to the so called Laken. You can keep doin overtime on my matter, your weapon will always return as impotent, I barely know about your existence.

If asking you to change your ways have become a crime, I’ll take it all.

Like I said earlier, I am just watching from the sidelines. And I am not going to get drawn into your squables.

pope191:
You are mad, it is you and your household Felicity will happen too. How can you wish someone such evil?

Deal with it Olalekan.

Shebi na wetin dem say be ur name?

pope191:
Someone is dancing naked and you are here clapping. If I wish someone like Filicity on you, I hope you will gladly accept him.

Felicity Has already happened to you. So face the impending rain that is to pour on you soon.


I am just watching from the sidelines.

Felicity0001:
Shuu!!! See me see wahala oooh... No be you say you won give me part payment of my balance of 20k? Shuu!

Okay now you don't have any money again? Poor thing

Greedy broke azz.

Ask your Yoruba brother Olalekan Pope for my address he knows my mother's house. Lolzzz

See abeg stop distracting the rain to fall on your brother pope abeg your matter don pass... Na old gist.

I sold to you a lemon limca
You used it to learn how to drive
You packaged the lemon limca and sold it to another brother here on NL

What are we all?

Dealers of lemon limca
Period!

Be a man and own up to your responsibilities and mistakes in life rather crying over a spilled milk

Once again
Pls don't distract the rain from falling abeg

This man is as real as they come

I pity anyone trying to drag felicity or roll in the mud with him. Baba will gladly jump inside the potopoto with you. Na you go even run comot.

Angrygoat:
It wil still overheatl

Been driving all day with my scanner plugged on to monitor real time temperature. It has not overheated.

theadeola:
Check your radiator hoses for leakages, and your radiator itself. Ensure the rewire working on your car is sound and not an incompetent person.

Wish you the best of luck! Update us with the progress o.

I have done it this morning. I am gradually seeing an improvement already. It used to take a long time for my car to reach the normal operating temperature. Sometimes I will drive for 30 mins before it does so. But it is now reaching faster. At about 3 mins after start up, it is already at normal operating temperature. Even the error code P2185 i have been battling with has cleared. I will be monitoring the fuel economy now and will revert back.

Thanks to this thread, I have bought a thermostat for my car. I am fixing it tomorrow and returning the fans back to automatic.
While doing this, is there any other thing I need to do? Do I need to take the radiator to car wash? Please tell me guys.

[quote author=BAZ001 post=124862938][/quote]Guy, u go kill me with laughter. Your own no good at all. Na to dey pour fuel u sabi.

Conner44:
Interstate transportation business is nice but you need to be prepared to do everything necessary to make your vehicle and passengers secure and safe at every point on each trip.

The vehicle you choose to use also depends on the distance you wish to cover. Some vehicles are better suited for short inter-city trips like from Lagos to benin or Ibadan (Toyota Previa, Mazda MPV etc) and others required for longer hauls (Sienna, Hiace etc). The basic mode of the business is very similar no matter the distances so far as it’s interstate travel.

First things first, your vehicle and its particulars/documentation has to be updated and complete no matter what. If you plan to have just one vehicle in the business which you will be managing yourself (and can be flexible enough to switch the use of the vehicle from business to personal at any time) you can settle for regular blue vehicle license plates but if you know you want to have one or more vehicles and use them strictly for business you’d best get the red commercial license plates. Both have their advantages or disadvantages on the highway.

Wether you’re using blue or red plates your vehicle licenses should always be updated, hackney permits intact, various state ‘park & garage’ emblems fully paid for and the driver must possess a valid license. As a highway driver your ‘legalized’ enemies on the roads are the FRSC officials, VIO inspectors and various state government agberos.

The road safety and Vio guys mostly look out for the same things to penalize you as a highway driver. Apart from checking all your vehicles documentation and their validity (they don’t care for emblems) they will also look out for your passenger/cargo manifest. If you are caught hauling human or cargo without a manifest it is a very bad situation. Try to print receipts and manifests for your passengers and cargos to be recorded and signed then a copy given to the driver to hold on him per trip. The other material things they check are your regular emergency apparatus, tyre condition and your rearward visibility (in case you’re hauling much cargo, never allow the height of the stacked goods reach that of your rear view mirror to block your view from seeing behind your vehicle) , it is also a nice offence they use in collecting money from a carefree/greedy driver. Don’t drive with a cracked windshield. If you are using a blue private plate number they can also ask you for some ‘Roja’ since you’re not supposed to be using your vehicle commercially, in this case just squeeze anything into their hands and continue your journey. It usually comes up after they have checked you and seen all your paperwork and vehicles condition is in order.

For the various individual state agberos (council men), those ones are a bit trickier to handle because they are not usually ‘gentlemanly’ in their own doings (in fact, the only state I know that their own council members ball is in cross river state. Those ones drive air conditioned flashy sedans on their rounds and dress very formally that you won’t even believe they are agberos ) theses guys can ‘cramp’ you at anywhere so far you have a red commercial plate number and are hauling on any journey. How to escape their own wahala is simply to have their states full emblems and these emblems are to be renewed annually. If you are caught picking up, dropping off passengers/cargo or even just sitting still and buying fuel at a filling station they can corner you and request you show them your emblems. If you don’t have it or it’s expired you can have your vehicle impounded and pay a hefty fine that would cost approximately what their emblem does. These guys are usually not in uniform so it’s hard to point them out on the roads. They can come out of nowhere and they could be looking like ‘hemp craving’ unkept looking youth or gentlemanly depending on the state you encounter them. Different states have different emblems both in design and prices (which can cost as low as N25k and as high as N40k in some states) The major states where they carry this their emblem matter on their heads well-well to generate revenue that I’m aware of down south are Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Abia, Cross-River and Rivers states. If you’re serious in your highway business and don’t need problems you should purchase emblems for all these states depending on the routes you choose to ply. All states have their respective emblems but some don’t take their drive for it as seriously as others. Different states also have their own versions of LASTMA as we know them here in Lagos. If you park wrongly or commit blunders on their roads and you happen to have a red commercial number plate they will pursue you with all their might and catch you. Their own fees too can cut your heart out so be mindful of where you drop or pick passengers on your routes. If you have a red number plate you will be forced to pay tolls to pass some roads, like here in Lagos if you’re entering a big market like tradefair you must pay a gate fee wether you are hauling or empty so keep that in mind.

The police and army checkpoints are always on the roads. As for the police they are not usually an issue except you’re hauling contraband. Are you carrying bales of used clothes? Foreign rice? Etc . . . You will part with at least N500 per item that they ‘see’ in your boot during their stop and search operations. Apart from hauling contraband and having your vehicle’s particulars in order they will beg for ‘roja’ and decide to waste you and your passengers time if you deny them or play wise. They can tell your passengers to disembark and open their luggage one by one to waste your time and rile you all up. Sometimes they find unlabeled medication and interesting gadgets in passengers bags that can turn a stand-off into something else so it’s better you ‘roja’ on time if necessary. The army on the other hand don’t have any problems. If you know you’re hauling cargo and passing through their checkpoints just hold their N200 as your gate fee or their boys will cause issues for you and if you shine eyes for them too much they will call their oga aowa sitting in the shade to come and discipline you properly. So hauling cargo? Passing army checkpoints? Pay them their N200 jejely and go your way. The police and army will actually give you change if you don’t have small cash unlike road safety and vio guys. Those ones charge the highest as their ‘Bleep-up’ fee on the highways and you won’t be able to leverage well because they can actually impound your vehicle.

Then when it comes to your vehicle itself, highway driving is usually easier on your vehicles mechanical systems. Your main worry should be its cosmetic appearance both in and out. Before any trip guage your fluids and tyres. It is normal to change your engine oil after every 5th trip (go and come is calculated as a trip) and your gearbox/axle fluids should be replaced when due. The main wear and tear item on highway maintenance is your tyres. They degrade rapidly and a leave you stranded if you don’t keep a keep eye on their condition everyday. A useful rule is to always strive to buy commercial grade tyres and never use tubes no matter what (you can keep one in your boot just incase) and also stay away from winter graded tyres as they wear out faster while being much noisier on the roads. Regular replacement parts are your shocks, tie rods and bushings so try to buy oem replacements whenever you can for longevity. Your oxygen sensors and engine thermostat should be in order even if your fans are running directly from battery to help conserve fuel. Using air conditioning on highway journeys don’t use much extra fuel, if you do a journey of 500 kilometers with N35k fuel then with steady aircon you will do the same journey with N36k highest so don’t be hesitant to use it for yourself or your passengers comfort.

When it comes to loading and offloading, it is a generally good idea to have a sound vehicle and then register it with a company having a well known network of parks/pits (Tracas, Christian Praise, Ben flo etc) because you would just need to locate their parks at any city you get to and then take your turn to wait for your turn to ‘pit’ and load. Sometimes it can take days or even weeks depending on the season. In these type of companies you pay a registration fee for yourself and vehicle then you pay a small fraction of your seat ticketing fee to them every time you load. You would be mandated to brand your vehicle to reflect their company and also adhere to their own policies. Their advantage is that they are more networked and spread in many states so no matter where you decide to travel to you will always find an office where you will be welcomed to park and load.

On the other hand, if you’re using your own vehicle for highway haulage and you don’t wish to join with any company you can make acquaintances with some independent pit management in parks. They will give you a space/turn to pit your vehicle and load passengers from their space. You will usually not need to register formally with them. All they will require mostly is the complete ticket money for one seat (a standard fee for using their pit) , pay for the boys that shadow passengers for you (usually N500 per head) and you will pay the union/park loading fee before you leave on the trip. Remember these payments can vary depending on familiarity, location and negotiation. If you didn’t have a fully loaded vehicle and still want to proceed with your trip you will still have to pay the full price, some people decide to offload their passengers and reschedule their trip if they see another driver willing to awitch places on the que. The only people that like to embark on trips with few passengers are guys driving company vehicles (GUO, Young shall grow etc) because they can pick passengers along the way and pocket the extra cash for themselves. Private/independent divers don’t have that luxury because you pay in full for any trip you decide to embark on even if it’s just only 3 passengers you see.

Picking passengers along the way is not usually profitable all the time except seasonally and it will depend squarely on what side of the trip you are taking off from. Like for example from the first week in December you can pick passengers from Lagos toll gate along ijebu-ode going to benin/delta/east for as much as N10-N13k per head and settle any loaders you see at the bus stops the price for a seat. But if you were returning from the east at that same moment you will pick passengers from Onitsha-asaba toll gates coming to the west for as little as N5k on some good days, some times you can even see grown people pricing you N3k to carry them from delta to Lagos with full morale so picking passengers along the road is something not very profitable depending on the season and divide you are on.

I think I have covered all your inquiries. Sorry for the long post guys, there’s no thread for trailer or highway drivers on nairaland yet so near with my Cho-Cho-Cho this evening

U sabi this business no be small

Angrygoat:
Automanual. Is that u

This is not automanual. This bobo's car once overheated and had a blown head gasket. That time automanual never buy that homda accord.

bovo:
My 2010 Honda accord V6 engine makes this loud clicking sound on cold start-up.

The sound eventually dies down when the engine gets warm but I worry.

Mech says to remind him on next service to remove and wash some filter beneath the oils sump but can't wait that long.

I stay in Abesan estate ipaja axis.

Just look for @jceesquare. He is at abule egba.

nymphomaniac:
I have an x-tool advance scanner for 12k at Surulere. Never used. Hit me up via phone number in signature

That scanner finds it hard to scan toyota, lexus and Mercedes cars. I have it and have tried it on the following car models. But it works very well on honda and acura cars.

Make sure your windscreen defoggers are functioning very well.