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So as not to feel like Post Police, I won't quote some misinformation in this thread but I'll just address some of them quickly.

1. ABS will reduce your stopping distance on most road surfaces that is wet or dry but can increase the stopping distance on gravel and snow covered roads. Remember the old cars that you have to pump their brakes before they stop? That's what the ABS does at super-human speed (milliseconds). It pumps (modulates) the brakes when skidding is detected at the tires. Skidding or sliding increases your stopping distance and pumping your brakes allow your tires to gain momentary traction before you step or apply the brakes again. This is what is called “threshold braking”.

2. To people saying you shouldn't speed in an unknown area - that makes very little sense. What happens if you're driving on the same road you drive on every day except a tire or big object is now in the middle of your lane at night? Won't you have to decide whether to run over it or swerve around it? How's your response any different from seeing a pothole in the middle of Timbuktu?

The bottom line is that the question is directed to emergency response or object avoidance when driving and not some lecture on whether speeding is proper or not. Moreover, it’s not like 100kph is considered speeding on the highway!

3. FWD, AWD, RWD, BMW and Benz all have little or nothing to do with avoiding a pothole, per se. If you're trying to imply that high end cars will typically do well in object avoidance tests, that may be true but is more a function of the presence of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) or what BMW calls Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), tires, and suspension. If your tire is very bald and you induce a skid, better brace yourself for impact because you're going for a ride and no "nanny" will save you!

ANY car that has ESC, ok suspension and good tires will typically recover easier from oversteer (when the back end of your car slides out) or understeer (when the front tires are not responding to steering). ESC will straighten out your car when it starts to slide by applying brake to any of the wheels to correct the problem. That’s why it is called “nanny” because it watches over you and makes you feel like you’re related to Michael Schumacher.

4. I don tire to respond...have a good weekend!

Congrats and good luck to the guys and girls called for the interview!

But who typed the letter in the post above? "You are steps close to achieving your dreams"? "This is because; you have been...."

I guess the HR personnel didn't know the letter will be made public!

Demdem: u are wrong. The day they start using Nigerian jets for private purposes, using Nigerian funds for medical expenses was the day that whole family becomes public property. abi u wan swear say na Jonathan pay for the Jet that ferried her to Germany.

GEJ enjoys certain fringe benefits for being the president of Nigeria. The same type of benefit a bank manager enjoys when he uses his official vehicle to run personal errands on weekends. The President and his family are protected and taken care of by Nigeria. That's the way it was before GEJ and in the rest of the world, and will remain the same after him.

[quote author=Stella_Bella]Excuse me sweetheart,
Where you lost in translation when she was elected some permanent sect. of some state?
Where you in coma when she flies around with the presidential jet, blocking air space and all?
Check your facts before you spew unconfirmed info!
Have a sweet day. [/quote]See as you take style-style dey yab me? At least, you're not brash about it!

Do public servants, except the President, owe any duty of disclosure to the public about their medical history? If so, where can I find the health records of other Permanent Secretaries?

She flies in the Presidential jet because of her "relationship" with the President. Do you know the medical history of the presidential advisers or Senators? Why is she any different?

Ikenna351: ...

What i would do if i see myself in such situation, depends on what i am driving. Not all cars can take swerving on speed more than 100 km/h. Likewise, not all cars can maintain balance when it jumps a deep pothole on speed more than 120 km/h. This where the body weight, tire sizes, suspension & ground clearance come in. This is why am strongly against people altering the factory suspension of their cars, and still expect the car to perform as designed when it meets such situation. Such things are put into considerations when designing highway cars by the manufacturers. Altering any of it, means the car is no longer fit for high speed driving. It is that simple.

If you must drive on Nigerian highway as an inexperienced driver, dont speed upto 80 km/h. If you must drive a city car (a non performer) on Nigeria highway, dont speed beyond 80 km/h. With that speed, you can easily, brake or steer out of the pothole, without finding yourself and the car in the bush.

Ikenna.

I understand what you're trying to say but your comment should have been phrased differently. The greatest thing manufacturers think about when it comes to components in mass produced cars is cost. PERIOD. And when I say cost, the difference between competing parts could be as little as a few cents (less than a dollar). You have to realize that the differential cost will either come out of their profits or added to the cost of the car.

Performance becomes a driving factor only when you're talking about true sport cars. I would even go as far as saying that cars like Camry and Accord are designed with reliability and cost as the driving factors that determine which parts to use. Performance doesn't even come into the picture until parts are already chosen.

However, altering your suspension by just blindingly changing one of the components can result in a dangerous car. A properly designed aftermarket suspension will almost likely improve the performance (braking, body roll, handling) of your car.

kellystech: Pls auto geeks in the house I want to know the meaning of that botton and should it be on or off

It should be switched on.

O/D (Over Drive) is an older technology that allows your car to have extra gears for efficient highway traveling. When you're cruising on the highway, O/D gives you an additional gear that's greater that your final drive gear of 1:1, which means that you can maintain a higher cruising speed at a lower RPM. Low RPM = more fuel savings.

Newer cars now include O/D in the car's transmission and the manufacturers don't even bother labeling it as such but it is usually the last gear or two. For example, I have an 8 speed transmission that allows me to cruise at 75 mph (121 km/h) @ 1500 rpm in 8th gear.

onyxo76: i have observed that a lot of drivers particularly commercial bus drivers often "free wheel" their vehicles especially on slopes and hills. does this method actually conserve petrol?

Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy-maximizing_behaviors#Coasting_in_neutral

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy-maximizing_behaviors

alpha conde: Hi car users
This is one issue I haven't been able to decipher. So let's get your response and with experiences.

Speed itself up to a certain point when coefficient of air drag is not a factor will not consume that much fuel. How fast you get up to speed is what you should worry about. Stop and go traffic will always consume a lot more fuel than maintaining a speed of 100 MPH (160KPH) on the highway.

Another way of saying what I just said is to watch out for your RPM moving past 3000 if you do not what to consume fuel. RPM (revolutions per minute) tells you how many times the pistons in your engine, which are tied to the crankshaft, are moving up and down. If distance covered remains the same, more revolutions of the piston = more fuel burned.

logo77: Please guys what is the best approach/decision to make when a driver suddenly sights a pothole "Death Trap" while travelling at a high speed.
Suggestions please.....

Depends! It depends on (1) what you see in front of you, (2) your car's ability to stop and/or swerve, (3) what's behind you, (4) how fast you're going, and (5) if you have enough time to react.

If you are traveling at a high rate of speed, at times the best course of action is to make sure your steering wheel is straight and just run through the hole except if the hole is the size of a carnal, then you better slam on the brakes, brace yourself and pray that you don't get rear-ended by the trailer behind you.

Swerving a car at a high rate of speed demands a lot of skill from the driver and even more from the car’s suspension and tires because your steering input is inversely proportional to your speed (the faster you're traveling, the smaller the change in steering required). You also have to worry about unsettling the cars suspension which might cause the car to slide.

Lastly, people mostly get into avoidable accidents because they panic and stop thinking or end up doing something totally irrational.

myke20: WeLl done. So educative and informative but most of d oil we have here is 20W 50 and dat is what I've been using. So is it god for my car camry 2003 becos dey wrote 5W 30 as d recommended oil on the oil cap

20W-50 should be very good for Nigerian environment.

Keep in mind that if your car is fairly new with very low miles, you should keep your oil weight around the manufacturer's recommendation because they also choose the oil based on the engine's characteristics. However, as your car gets older with a lot of miles, your engine's tolerances for the valves, pistons, and seals will change and you will generally benefit from oil thicker than the manufacturer's recommendation.

This is a complicated topic but I’ll try my best to summarize it as best as I could. The info here are from posts/papers/discussions that I read and are scattered across the internet but I'll be including a link to one discussions that gives you the detailed version of what I posted.

The best engine oil for your car depends on where you live, your car’s current mileage, your car’s service history, your engine’s current condition, your operating environment, mostly highway or city driving, and your desired fuel economy.

Bottom line - your car’s manufacturer recommended oil represents a compromise that may not always be in your best interest. More on this later.


Engine oil is a lubricant that (1) protects your engine from friction, (2) absorbs heat from the combustion chambers of your engine, (3) channels away the byproducts of combustion like silica, and (4) inhibits corrosion.

As oil heats up, it gets thinners and flows more readily. However, when the oil gets too thin, it does not stay on the surface of the metal long enough to act as a proper lubricant.

The goal of oil manufacturers is to prevent the oil from getting too thin when hot but thin enough to flow when very cold. Due to the dual nature of the problem, oil operating at cold and hot temperatures, designers came up with a dual grading system that accounts for both extremes.

Engine designers typically design the engine to operate ideally at 212F (100 degree Celsius of oil and water temperature) and the oil to have a weight of 10 at that temperature. The ideal engine oil weight of 10 is why you need to warm up your engine before driving to give the oil enough time to get hot. In some engines like most modern BMWs, the engines have a very high compression ratio that benefits from immediate SLOW driving upon startup.

When your car gets to 212F, the engine oil weight will be at exactly 10. Wear to your engine actually starts when the oil is too thick to lubricate the engine internals upon startup and gets diverted into the engine sump bypassing the engine when you step on the gas pedal.


Grades
The Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) established viscosity gradings (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 or 60) that are used to categorize oil. The numbers are marked on a typical quart of oil, e.g. 10W-30.

What does the 10W-30 number really mean?
The number before the W is the cold viscosity rating and the number after is the hot viscosity rating. A 10W-30 oil will behave like a 10 grade oil when cold and like a 30 grade oil when hot. In a cold climate, you want a very low number before the “W” and in a hot climate, you want a high number after the “W”.

In a country like Nigeria, you don’t really care about the number before the W because the weather does not get cold enough.

What is sludge?
Sludge is what happens in your engine when the oil additives and chemicals break down and turns the oil into gunk or tar-like substance (black custard). It can occur due to prolonged oil change intervals or due to high engine heat exposure. Sludge can/will cause your engine to seize from oil starvation.

Some engines are more prone to sludge no matter your oil change interval, e.g., Toyota and Audi engines. Here’s a Class Action Suit that has already been settle against Toyota and Lexus for sludge problems: http://www.oilgelsettlement.com/Documents/detailed_notice.pdf

In response to sludge problems, Audi/VW changed their service interval to 10,000 miles on the 1.8T engines.

Do I want greater fuel economy or greater engine lifespan?
If you only care about fuel economy, then you would want to buy the thinnest oil possible because there will be less restriction to oil flow in the engine, which is why manufacturers are now gravitating towards thinners oils like 5W-20 from 10W-30.

If you only care about greater engine lifespan, then you would want the thickest oil possible because it offers you more protection from severe operations and greater protection from heat. Thicker oil can readily absorb and retain heat from the engine but if you’re in a cold climate, this might be a problem because it might be too thick to flow through the engine when you first start the car.


Summary of the benefits of different types of oil grades

0W-30, 0W-40, 5W-40 (Fully synthetic)
1. Fuel economy
2. Performance and power
3. Protection from deposit build-up
4. Great in very cold climates

5W-30, 10W-40, 15W-40 (Semi-synthetic)
1. Better engine protection
2. Great engine protection within first 10 minutes of starting the engine
3. Three times (3X) better at reducing engine wear
4. Increased oil change intervals

10W-40, 15W-40
1. Need to change oil more often because the additives wear out and the composition of the oil changes which is not true for synthetic oils.

In Nigeria, I would say the best oil would be something around 10W-40. If you want to read more on the topic, here’s a link to a detailed discussion that will tell you everything about engine oil:

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-101/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_oil

Most people are misinterpreting the article!

SUMMARY: BanLec a form of Lectin that is found in Banana is being investigated to be used as a microbicide, which means it would be applied in a gel form to the vaginal lining (or possible the rectal lining) to block HIV from entering the cells there. Eating banana will simply go down your gastrointestinal tract (belly) and will be digested (pooped).

Tony Spike: Congratulations, I can see you managed to list about seven sewage treatment plants. Just seven in the whole of Nigeria!!! Assuming all the ones above are fully functional, isn't that ironically 'better' than India's 162 sewage plants? What I'm trying to say here is that sewage plants are very alien to Nigerian cities. This is the main reason why most houses have stand-alone soak-aways. In a more developed setting, Nigeria should be making huge profits from central sewage processing. Remember the DMT saying, s**t business is serious business. Back to the topic, I think you should agree with me to an extent that most Nigerian cities lack central sewage processing centres. Therefore, India is still far ahead of Nigeria in sewage management. Gbaaam!!!

...and hey, there's a big difference between water treatment and sewage treatment.

How old are you? If you're educated and older than 15 years old, wahala dey! Just because a cursory search I did yielded 7 sewage treatment facilities means that there are only that many in Nigeria? This is the exact problem of spoon-feeding type education! You can only see what’s in front of you! Heaven forbid the facts change slightly from the example in your textbook!

Well, you might as well add more to your list …

A new ultra-modern US $58 million water treatment plant outside Kano, Nigeria’s most populous city
http://wow.gm/africa/nigeria/kano/article/2008/1/3/nigeria-new-treatment-plant-leaves-kano-short-of-water

PORT HARCOURT, 10 July 2007 (IRIN) - At least three people were killed when chlorine gas being used at a water treatment plant in Nigeria's southeastern Cross River state escaped into nearby homes, residents and state officials said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/73168/NIGERIA-Chlorine-gas-from-water-plant-kills-three-in-southeast


Lafia Water Treatment Plant Now Functions Hir Joseph 14 September 2011 Lafia Water supply in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital and other urban centres in the state have improved with the various water treatment plants put into operations.
http://www.allvoices.com/news/10336012-nigeria-lafia-water-treatment-plant-now-functions

ABUJA WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION OF LOWER USUMA DAM TREATMENT PLANT, NIGERIA
http://www.biwater.com/Articles/277418/Biwater/BW_Home/water_treatment/water_treatment_projects/abuja_nigeria.aspx

Further, what's the difference between water treatment and sewage treatment? The fact that one includes sludge and/or solid wastes? You are wasting my time!

By the way, the question in the OP was rhetorical and merely meant to convey that Nigeria still has a few bright spots even though most things are rapidly decaying.

I’m not oblivious to India’s IT sector (my outsourcing destination) or military might but if we face similar infrastructural challenges, it shows that we can have the same gains if we can get our ducks in a row.

Tony Spike: OP, can I ask, does Nigeria even have any single sewage treatment plant at all? I'm sure you don't know what a sewage treatment plant is. This report shows that India to an extent has central sewage plans in their city designs. This means they are still far ahead of Nigeria in sewage treatment technology.

I guess not...can you please enlighten me? What do you think water treatment facilities like Iju waterworks in Lagos are?

Here are a few more courtesy of Google:

Satellite Town Sewage Treatment Plant, Chevron Nigeria - Reid Crowther implemented an upgrading for a sewage treatment plant which had been incorrectly designed. The project solved the problems and allowed the plant to function properly within the skill set of the current operator.

Festac Sewage Treatment System, Lagos - Reid Crowther investigated and developed solutions to the operation of the existing plant at Festac Town. This plant had been abandoned and Reid Crowther developed the necessary plan to refurbish and rehabilitate the existing facility.

Satellite Town Sewage Collection System, Chevron Nigeria, - Reid Crowther implemented an upgrading for a sewage collection system. The project solved the problems facing the community.

Escravos Sewage Treatment Plant, Chevron Nigeria - Reid Crowther undertook this design and this project is currently under implementation by Chevron

Escravos Sewage Collection System, Chevron Nigeria - Reid Crowther undertook this design as part of the overall master plan for the long-term improvement of the Escravos Terminal

Lekki Office and Housing Complex, ChevronTexaco - Reid Crowther undertook the design of an enlarged Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) for the Chevron site at Lekki to cater for the growing population of the site and the more rigorous Environmental Discharge Consents on the effluent from the plant, the project is in construction phase.
http://www.reidcrowther.co.uk/?q=node/13


Wastewater treatment plant Tinapa
Location: Nigeria – Tinapa
Connection load: 10.000 p.e.
Footprint: 17 x 33 m
Daily amount of sewage: 1.200 m³
Plant stages:
Inlet crusher system
Two SBR-reactors
http://www.biogest.com/references/wastewater-treatment-references/wastewater-treatment-plant-friedlos

AjanleKoko: I wouldn't be too quick to cheer

Open defecation costs Nigeria $1bn

LOL...I knew stuff like that existed but not at the same scale as seen in India. In Nigeria, you might have pockets of places as seen in the video but rarely would you find a whole town without "shalanga."

I still find it hard to fathom how so many people die in a single accident in Nigeria! How can 50 people just die like a bomb just went off? I highly suspect that most of the people died due to inadequate first responders and emergency care!

DO people realize that just because someone passed out and momentarily stopped breathing, the person can still be revived? Are accident victims just left at the roadside to eventually die?

I think it should be mandated that all commercial bus drivers and their conductors learn CPR. Sounds like something Fashola can pull off!

There are a lot of things wrong or going wrong in Nigeria but is EVERYTHING really that bad? Well, here's one thing that I know we can boast of when it comes to comparing Nigeria to India. TOILETS!

Can you believe that out of about 7935 towns in India only 162 have sewage treatment plants? They actually just walk into open spaces like the railway tracks to take care of business! They actually build real block and cement houses without toilets!

I know Nigeria is decaying but rarely would you find a whole town defecating in public! Can you imagine trying to walk around their towns having to watch your steps just to sidestep poop? Reminds me of why I never played soccer on our main soccer field while in boarding school! Guys don take care of business everywhere!

Next time you talk ill of Naija, just be glad that we still have toilets!

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2012/09/17/pkg-udas-india-open-toilets.cnn.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPAPPp9tGGs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wczt3NNtqU

Looks like the security gate dropped behind the X5 trapping them in there for several seconds. After the burglary, the guy stopped at 7-Eleven to rob them of fix-a-flat to patch the two flat tires he had!

A Los Angeles man accused of crashing his SUV through an Apple storefront in Temecula in a brazen burglary last week pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Sept. 12, to multiple felonies. Equonne R. Howard, 22, is being held on $600,000 bail, which is the estimated damage to the Apple Store, authorities said. He is charged with vandalism, burglary and theft of electronics in connection with the break-in, as well as burglary and theft of merchandise later in the day from a 7-Eleven, court records show. Wearing orange jail clothes and shackles while sitting in a courtroom at the Southwest Justice Center in French Valley, Howard appeared stunned when a lawyer from the Riverside County public defender's office showed him the two-page complaint listing the charges against him.

Prosecutors also allege Howard, who was on parole, has a 2010 burglary conviction from Los Angeles County and a 2008 robbery conviction.Howard asked the defense attorney what evidence there is against him, adding that he believes there is none.

"Wow," he said. "This is crazy."

Riverside County sheriff's officials said Howard used his own 2003 BMW X5 to smash through the glass storefront and metal security gate about 5 a.m. Sept. 6. Surveillance footage shows other men with their faces covered jumping out of the SUV and beginning to grab iPhones and iPads off
display tables, sheriff's officials said.

[quote author=Find Out!]$11,772 per annum excluding maintenance! I guess this explains why americans tend to offload their cars before the warranty expires (especially warranties exceeding 5 years).

@Bolded, i think the annual costs should be higher, since u spend $6 a day x 5 working days x 52 weeks. No?[/quote]You are right! It should be about $1500 if I account for 2 weeks vacation.

You're also right about getting rid of vehicles when the warranty expires but it's not just about the warranty. I tend to get infatuated about the next "new" thing after about < 4 years.
Also, at about $105 being charged per hour, I can’t even imagine what a transmission or engine will cost to replace on the ever complicated German cars, and I don’t feel like finding out the hard way. The warranty gives me a perfect way out of rationalizing my new purchase.

I’ve visited about 5 dealerships in the last 3 weekends to test drive a few of the brand new cars/trucks that just came out for 2013.

Subaru BRZ --- this will make a perfect daily commuter for me but too small to be made a workhorse. Still rationalizing…
MB GL450 --- better engine and interior than the prior ones but I'm not sure it’s worth upgrading to but the horror stories about MB's 7 speed tranny dey hunt me!
BMW M5 --- me dreaming, not happening…too expensive! Didn't even get to drive the damn thing!

[quote author=islam_is_evil__]I'm surprised that your spam filter would allow an email like that to go through.[/quote]Actually, I got it from my spam box. I occasionally check the filtered messages for legit emails that might have been inadvertently filtered.

I worded the topic this way to fit the theme of the Political Section since I can't really figure out where to post this.

Have you ever wondered how Nigerians are viewed by the rest of the world? Nigerians are known to specialize in 419-type crimes even though other countries are now jumping on the bandwagon. But the fact still remains that Nigeria's name will be the first to come up when "advance fee fraud" is mentioned. Can you post a copy of 419 emails sent to you? By the way, the “419” code is well known over here!

I find it amazing that people actually fall for this type of scam! Here's one I just received.

from: tamikayak y_tamika01@rediffmail.com via yahoo.com
reply-to: yaktamika@ymail.com
to:
date: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM
subject: Re Hi
signed-by: yahoo.com

Hello Dear,

My name is Miss Tamika Yak,i'm 23years old originated from Sudan. My father Dr. Justin Yak Arop was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization. My father Dr. Justin Yak and my mother including other top Military officers and top government officials had been on board when the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008.

I am in position of US$8.4 Million which I inherited from my late father, I want you to help me receive the money in your account also help me invest it in your country.Please I have suffered alot of humuliation from my immidiate uncles due to this funds that is the reason I contact you to help me secure the money in your country so that I can come over and continue my education from were I stoped.

You can read more about the crash through the below site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm

I will offer you 20% for your kind assistance to me. Please reply for more details:

Best Regards,
Miss Tamika Yak

Here’s my attempt because I don’t really keep track of how much I spend on gas but the insurance and toll figures are accurate.

Gas
Vehicle #1
$3.95 per gallon X 18.5 gallon (Fuel tank capacity) X 4 fill ups = $292 per month ($3504 per year)

Vehicle #2
$3.75 X 20 gallons X 3 fill ups = $225 per month ($2700 per year)

Vehicle #3 (Mostly weekend and traveling -- very bad on gas)
$3.95 X 26.4 gallons X 1 fill up per month = $104 ($1248 per year)

Cost of Gas per year for all vehicles = 3504 + 2700 + 1248 = $7,452
Full Insurance coverage for all 3 vehicles with at least x2 the required State minimum for Liability coverage $310 per month = $3,720 per year
Toll = $6 per day ($3 one way) = $600 per year

Total cost per year excluding maintenance for Vehicle #1 (warranty expired) is $11,772.

I need to move closer to work to avoid driving this much and paying the stup!d toll that’s about to go up to $4 next year!

From the link above:

...The device mentioned earlier in this thread doesn't code the key to the car, it codes the car to the key - it adds the key to the CAS as an accepted key which then opens and starts the car as normal. You can code one key to multiple cars in this manner. The key is in effect "solid state" and can't be re-coded or given a new identity, and doesn't need to be.
It is almost exclusively M-sport trim vehicles being taken. Diesels are very commonly stolen, along with all points of the model ranges. Premium specs are seemingly targeted like 335i's, 335d's but again without knowing the relative sales numbers its hard to know what's significant. 120d's, 5 series of all engine variants are going just as regularly so it's by no means only big engined or the most powerful cars being sought by thieves (but nice trim and spec ones and left hand drives do certainly seem to be more nickable)
Vehicles 2006 to present are affected, so long as it's an 'electronic' key without a physical ignition barrel. 2006-2009 seem worst hit. Again one assumes becuase it's parts demand driving theft and there's less parts demand for brand new cars.
...

Sorry, [b]I nearly forgot the important bit, which is of course the Crime Prevention advice:
1) Park somewhere overlooked and garage the car if you can.
2) Disable the OBD port in some cunning way.
3) Use additional physical security such as a steering wheel lock.
4) Consider additional and aftermarket immobilisers/trackers. Something perhaps that cuts fuel and is independant of the keyed ignition. Sadly I think this kind of security may become an necessity from an insurance point of view as time wears on.[/b]

Siena: Not sure how the Crypto codes work in BMW's. But I do know that Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Porsche use Rolling Codes. Which means the code generated by the key fob is different with each ignition cycle. And the RFID signal to lock and unlock the door is different with each press of the button. Unless BMW is running Static Code (which I find hard to believe) the tools currently available commercially will be useless.

Audi have gone further, in addition to Rolling Codes, with Fingerprint Recognition. The owner's finger, thumb or both are programmed when the car is ordered from new. Without this print, the car ain't starting.

I wonder what year of BMW are being stolen by the codes being read? As far as I'm aware, the code readers pick up RFID signals for locking and unlocking the car, very different to the Crypto Transponder (TX) that the IMMO (RX) reads from the Crypto chip in the base of the key fob.

Rolling codes are used between the remote key and the ECU, I think. This guys actually broke the OBDII code (or base code) and actually use the OBDII port itself to reprogram a blank key. As you can see in the video, they needed to get physical access into the car by breaking the window before being able to drive off with the car.

Here's the post from the guy that owned the BMW in the

My 6 month old AW 1M was stolen from my drive last night. Despite my best attempts to deter them, with CCTV and a house alarm, they managed to steal it in just under 3 minutes at 2am.

Luckily the CCTV caught them, the Police now have it so fingers crossed.

Just really to let you all know how they did it. BMW have identified a 'black spot' in the car's alarm on the inside of the car. Apparently this is on the passenger side, but on the 1M it appears to be on the driver side.

They smashed a small area of the driver door glass near to the wing mirror, put their hand down to the ECU in the footwell (in the black spot) then plugged in a device that can then 're-program' ANY BMW keyfob with the Radio Frequency of the car they are stealing and make that key the car key.

One of them then got in the car, released the handbrake and three of them pushed it off the drive and down the road where I guess they started it and hopefully wrapped themselves around a tree and slowly killed them in a fireball.

On the plus side I have GAP insurance, and also a set of brand new Michelin Pilot Super Sports for the rear so if anyone wants to brighten my week and buy them off me for what I paid (£600) please PM me.

Hope you all enjoy yours as much as I did mine. 6 months of pure pleasure, I wont be buying another as It will just happen again, so until I have the house in the country with a garage, I wont be buying another!

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=669883

Which version of the Bible? As translated, recollected or Commandments handed down to Moses? Here's the history of the Bible:


Timeline of Bible Translation History
1. 1,400 BC: The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments delivered to Moses.
2. 500 BC: Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up The 39 Books of the Old Testament.
3. 200 BC: Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books.
4. 1st Century AD: Completion of All Original Greek Manuscripts which make up The 27 Books of the New Testament.
5. 315 AD: Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture.
6. 382 AD: Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test).
7. 500 AD: Scriptures have been Translated into Over 500 Languages.
8. 600 AD: LATIN was the Only Language Allowed for Scripture.
9. 995 AD: Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) Translations of The New Testament Produced.
10. 1384 AD: Wycliffe is the First Person to Produce a (Hand-Written) manuscript Copy of the Complete Bible; All 80 Books.
11. 1455 AD: Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press; Books May Now be mass-Produced Instead of Individually Hand-Written. The First Book Ever Printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.
12. 1516 AD: Erasmus Produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament.
13. 1522 AD: Martin Luther's German New Testament.
14. 1526 AD: William Tyndale's New Testament; The First New Testament printed in the English Language.
15. 1535 AD: Myles Coverdale's Bible; The First Complete Bible printed in the English Language (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha).
16. 1537 AD: Tyndale-Matthews Bible; The Second Complete Bible printed in English. Done by John "Thomas Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).
17. 1539 AD: The "Great Bible" Printed; The First English Language Bible Authorized for Public Use (80 Books).
18. 1560 AD: The Geneva Bible Printed; The First English Language Bible to add Numbered Verses to Each Chapter (80 Books).
19. 1568 AD: The Bishops Bible Printed; The Bible of which the King James was a Revision (80 Books).
20. 1609 AD: The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheims New Testament (of 1582) Making the First Complete English Catholic Bible; Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).
21. 1611 AD: The King James Bible Printed; Originally with All 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books.
22. 1782 AD: Robert Aitken's Bible; The First English Language Bible (KJV) Printed in America.
23. 1791 AD: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas Respectively Produce the First Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible Printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.
24. 1808 AD: Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be Printed by a Woman.
25. 1833 AD: Noah Webster's Bible; After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.
26. 1841 AD: English Hexapla New Testament; an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English Translations in Parallel Columns.
27. 1846 AD: The Illuminated Bible; The Most Lavishly Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books.
28. 1863 AD: Robert Young's "Literal" Translation; often criticized for being so literal that it sometimes obscures the contextual English meaning.
29. 1885 AD: The "English Revised Version" Bible; The First Major English Revision of the KJV.
30. 1901 AD: The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American Revision of the KJV.
31. 1952 AD: The "Revised Standard Version" (RSV); said to be a Revision of the 1901 American Standard Version, though more highly criticized.
32. 1971 AD: The "New American Standard Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation" of the Bible.
33. 1973 AD: The "New International Version" (NIV) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.
34. 1982 AD: The "New King James Version" (NKJV) is Published as a "Modern English Version Maintaining the Original Style of the King James."
35. 1990 AD: The "New Revised Standard Version" (NRSV); further revision of 1952 RSV, (itself a revision of 1901 ASV), criticized for "gender inclusiveness".
36. 2002 AD: The English Standard Version (ESV) is Published as a translation to bridge the gap between the accuracy of the NASB and the readability of the NIV.

Not likely in our lifetime!

Superpower to me implies that the country has enough military might and influence to rival the strongest countries in the world. Right now, there’s only one superpower in the world and that’s the US.

To become a superpower, we would need to have unparalleled military and a great economy to fund the military. If your country is just rich and/or prosperous, you will exert almost no influence in the world stage just like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. You need a combination of military might and “money” to pressure countries to do your bidding.

What’s more likely in our lifetime is for Nigeria to become the superpower of Africa along with South Africa if we can get out acts together!