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Angrygoat:
Idiot

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.

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

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.

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

Angrygoat:
It wil still overheatl

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.

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

Angrygoat:
Automanual. Is that u

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.

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

uncleck:
Comrades, please what is the best engine oil for 2005 Honda Civic? The more I browse it the more confused I am. The last person that serviced it said he used Mobil XHP, I don't even know the viscosity

slawomir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright
Ice cube my niggarrrr

Barbershop
State of the union
Ride along
Are we there yet
Anaconda
21 jump street

If I can open something like that barbers shop in Benin city it would be so good where niggarrrrs will meet ...have a nice hair cut and discuss all day all night

Kingdemu:
Ofcos it is worse. Your 8.5mpg is poorer than his 13.1. And your highway ought to be higher than city mpg. That's how it should be ideally.

cooldudeng:
Oga Gazzuzz, do you work on Acura. I recently travelled to Ibadan and back to Lagos. My highway Mpg was 13.1. I really need to have this fixed because I don Dey “suffocate” like this.

73O9:
Viewing from a lovely place this wonderful cold morning. My family and I are here as PRs which was accomplished without the help of an agent, the travel section has all needed to get it done.

Grupo:
Oh god! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This made me laugh out so hard.

He types like automanual.

And I really hope it's not him.

Because that his car don too show am enough pepper.

Asquare84:
He may be the one ooo

SmokingEngine:
I guess I'm not really lucky with cars. I always run into problem with cars.

My car was working fine until one day my mechanic spoiled my car for me.

It all started one Sunday when my 2006 honda accord start missing firing. The misfiring cause some vibration and I managed it like that that Sunday until it started making a kind of noise when you start the car from a cold start.

I took the car to my mechanic who only start his guess work. From one suggestion to another, no result until he said the noise is from the Valve.

My engine has never been open before so I never wanted to open it all until I finally agreed. He told me opening the top engine is not the engine itself but I already knows that once an engine is open the life always never remain the same.

He opened the engine and said he will grind the valve. Also he said he will replace about 8 value. Total money I spent was 70k.

After he finished the car started smoking heavily. It was an heart attack to me.

They said it was because they newly work on it. That I should first use it for some time that the smoke will clear.

I burnt full tank driving the car in town yet the smoke didn't stop.

I take it so several people some said the smoke is white so it doesn't look like a rings . Others said it's rings some said my mechanic opened the engine want it still hot.

As last result i was advised to change oil and take the car to express and march it. I did just that and took the car to express road. I use speed to tear the engine to see if it will stop the smoking. During the aggressive speed the car overheated severally before the engine knocked.

I had to tow the car and took it to another mechanic someone directed me to. The plan was to buy another engine but many people advised me to work the engine. I should first check the old engine to see if it's just ring and mental. So I agreed.

When they opened the engine. It was the mental that cause it to knock. But the problem was that it affected the crankshaft. When I saw that it affected the crankshaft I make enquiry for the crankshaft price to make my calculations but many people said I should buy new engine if crankshaft is involved. Some people also warn me to repair my engine starting that toks engine are mostly sarvage engine. And majority of them are not even direct toks but engine that they work. Because I got people that was readily available to buy my old engine.

But I have heard many stories from engine ringing how it never last beyond 6 months. So I counted my lose and sell my old Engine...

I run around to find money. I wanted to buy my engine in my start of residence because I was afraid buying from Lagos if anything should happened it will be easy to go about it here than Lagos. But my mechanic said Lagos is where I will get better one and cheaper price. The price wasn't really cheap if you factor in the transport. But I just had to go with him.

I gave him the money he contacted the person he knows from Lagos. The man also called me. I told the man to give me a good engine he said it's confirmed engine.

When they brought the engine. I saw sluge inside the engine. I was really disappointed. I was contacting the man from WhatsApp he will read my message but not reply. I called him and called him he will not pick the call.

People and my mechanic told me it's but sluge that some engine come like that and they work fine.

What can I do at that moment when I already spend over 30k to transport the engine. So I allow them to put it first. I told them I will not buy new oil. Because that my old oil I bought it that same day that my engine knocked. And because of the sluge inside the engine they should put the old oil.

The engine runs well and very silent. If you stand next to it you won't even know the engine is on. My old engine was silent too but this one is more silent.

The exhaust was throwaway smoke. But they told me to drive it that the smoke will clear. it was because of my old engine that smoke. We noticed another problem as there small oil on radiator water.

The smoke refuse to go. And engine short oil. There is oil on The bottom plate. Mechanic has trace the oil from the Valve seal between the flywheel.

The problem are
1, top gasket
2, oil seal.
This ones are minor problem but the engine will need to come down to solved the oil leaking, and the top engine will need to be open to solve the gasket issue.

The biggest problem is the smoking. The engine man is saying that I should change the gasket and still drive the motor for a while, that the smoke will stop and everything will be okay.

Even my mechanic is saying if you buy a smoking engine. The highest the seller will do is to change the rings. He said it's used engine and not new engine.

What do you suggest I do. Thanks

remi4ever:
I'm encountering difficulties with my 2003 Honda Accord Euro. When I park the car for a long period or start it in the morning, it struggles to reverse or climb steep hills.

Sometimes, it even turns off while attempting to climb, but if I immediately turn it back on, it manages to climb the hill. I've already cleaned the throttle body, and the spark plugs are relatively new, although I'm unsure about their quality. Despite recently changing the fuel pump, which helped for a while, I've started noticing the problem again within three months. When I clean the fuel pump housing, I often find debris, indicating dirty fuel.

It's frustrating because when I join the road from a bend, the car has trouble accelerating unless I restart it. I have a 2003 Honda Accord Euro. What steps should I take to address these issues?

buygala:
No mind am

Him be twins with that guy wey buy v8 Forerunner post-subsidy come dey ask of im fuel economy and how e fit change the engine to a lesser fuel-thirsty one.


Allow pesin wey wan die to buy wetin go kill am.

Oronto:
Its a car he has been using and he is that certain that the engine is still OK. Am asking because I know the worst it can be is to change the engine and car have bn parked for more than 5months

Afam4eva:
There's no magic wand to make her come out of depression. All you havw to do is to know the things that she loves or has been her heart desires and make them a reality. Her heart desires could be her children turning out right and succeeding. So, you as her children should try to make that her reality and most importantly, always tell her about your achievements no matter how small.