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Yo, Today I got a problem with the ride Ride is honda. 7 yrs old. CVTF gear. 100km mileage. Last servicing was in Dec 2013. New Iridium sparks changed. Usual EO used. New air filter changed. First, I feel that car doesn't accelerate as much as normal. Hit 80km/h or so, the car doesn't feel the power to go higher speed. Something holding back the car. Then when I had to stop the car and wait for someone, I put gear to N and pull hand brake. After 1 min, the engine died! It just died..... I can restart the engine without problem. The idling is not stable, and I feel the engine is weak. I suspect its ignition coil? I thought it might be the fuel filter, but I change it 30k km before. And I don't pump MY petrol. Any advice?

THE phrase “self-loading freight” has been a favourite put-down among aviation workers for decades. The term demotes passengers to the lowly status of cargo, sardonically crediting their ability to board and disembark without assistance. Readers with personal experience of lengthy security queues, unallocated-seating scrums and lengthy tarmac delays may themselves have felt like mere boxes with legs. Traditional air freight is more troublesome to shift around. It has also become more difficult to sell. And that is hitting carriers' profits just as passengers are returning and they are laying on more flights. Airlines went through a rough patch after the global financial crisis. According to IATA, an industry body, 2009 was the industry’s worst year since the second world war. A slew of bankruptcies, mergers and restructuring programmes subsequently knocked parts of it into shape. Optimism is now growing that the global economy has entered a cyclical upturn. Worldwide passenger traffic grew by 5.2% last year. IATA expects it to rise another 31% by 2017. International premium traffic—those passengers who turn left when they embark—was up 4.2% last year. Such high-yielding business travellers are by far the most valuable for airlines. Overall, worldwide airline profits are forecast to reach $18.7 billion this year; not exactly eye-watering for such a huge industry, but better at least than the recent past. But one subset of the airline industry had a distinctly lacklustre 2013. Ironically, it is the very market that has was once considered a bellwether of global economic fortunes. Air cargo grew by a meagre 1.4% in 2013, trailing significantly behind the 2.6% increase in freight capacity. That prompted IATA to call freight markets the “biggest worry” for the airline industry. Although freight traffic has picked up slightly in 2014, IATA warns of “trends which are not in the industry’s favour”. Foremost among these is that manufacturers are moving supply chains back to the developed world. As goods are produced closer to home there is less need for airlines to fly finished products and components around. One reason why off-shoring has fallen out of favour, IATA points out, is a rise in protectionism since the crisis. This is a “major part of the reason why we are not seeing trade growth of 5-6%, which we would expect to see at the current level of domestic production,” says Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general. This has been exacerbated by the rising cost of manufacturing abroad, as well as concerns over labour exploitation and a lack of protection for intellectual property rights. Other structural changes are also hitting the demand for air freight. Electronic goods are generally becoming smaller—or, worse, digitised. And storage facilities on ships are becoming more advanced, meaning fresh goods can now travel by sea. On the supply-side, the rapid growth of Gulf super-connectors Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways has increased capacity. These airlines have done an enviable job of funnelling inter-continental passengers through their hubs in the Middle East. But with every extra Boeing 777 they operate, space for another 25 tonnes of freight is added to the marketplace. Surplus capacity in the bellies of passenger aircraft drives down freight yields, which damages the overall health of the cargo industry. In response, many global carriers are moving out of the dedicated freighter market. Next month, British Airways will stop operating its 747-8F freighters, instead relying on hold capacity in passenger planes and a new partnership with Qatar Airways. Indeed further consolidation seems logical, much as with passenger planes. Air France and Cathay Pacific are re-assessing the size of their freighter fleets, while Japan Airlines ditched its long ago. Unless fuel prices come down markedly, many carriers will deem that deploying freighters in a buyer’s market is simply too risky. As risk aversion grows, a new breed of cargo operators is taking the reins. Coyne Airways describes itself as a non-asset-based airline. It is the 91st largest freight carrier in the world, yet it neither owns nor leases aircraft. Sometimes it will charter flights, but more often it simply buys space on another carrier’s freighter. Virtual airlines like Coyne Airways can market air freight transportation to global customers without setting foot near an airport. “You can buy a new freighter for $275m, use it for four or five years, and it might only be worth $60m at the end,” says Larry Coyne, the firm’s boss. Better to let other carriers deal with depreciating assets, uncertain demand and low yields. Perhaps better still to concentrate on the type of freight that loads itself.

Wow this guy nuts? If he went on to switch from safety to fire and managed to squeeze out a round then even more toa kee... Discharge of firearms is a capital offence IIRC... [sweatdrop] But the mata also sure kena jialat jialat from his superiors unless there were strong mitigating factors... From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1151828/1/.html Man charged with pulling policeman's gun out of holster By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 08 September 2011 1431 hrs

hi i captured on my car video on a truck pulling a trailer that speeds up & beat a redlight in sengkang on a 2 lane neighbourhood small road. How i know it speed up.. Well i was travelling ahead of the truck beside it at maybe 50 or 60km/hr n the truck was in full view on my rear mirror so i guess that like 20m ahead, then when i approached the redlight i came to a complete stop & after maybe 1 second the truck zoom past my car on full speed beating the redlight that was already red for maybe 2 seconds or so. Confirmed if there is any vehicle that travels pass sure die even if also a big truck. Asfter the light turn green, i drove off n the same truck was at the next redlight n my car recoder managed to take him in full view. Now the question is whether i shld submit this video to the authority? My wife feels that what if i submit & the person loses his licence hence his job? What do u guys think?

Folks, Have a quick question and hope you could share some info if you happen to know the procedure. Have emailed the enquiry to HDB last week but received no reply. A few years ago, Mr X was single and bought a HDB flat together with his parents. The owners of this flat are Mr X and his parents. Mr X has been paying the monthly installments using his CPF. 2 other younger siblings are the occupants of the house. Mr X got married and now intends to buy a HDB flat with his wife. He intends to pull out his name (together with his cpf) from his old flat and the 2 younger siblings will take over Mr X

RENAULT have held an emergency board meeting in Paris to discuss pulling out of Formula One, on the same day as Toyota announced it was also quitting the sport, reports said on Thursday. The French car company was considering whether to remain in Formula One, switch to become an engine supplier only to teams, or exit the sport altogether, the BBC reported. The outcome of Wednesday's meeting, attended by Formula One team bosses Bob Bell and Jean-Francois Caubet, was not immediately clear, the Guardian said. Renault has been dogged in recent months by a race-fix scandal in which they decided not to contest charges that Nelson Piquet was ordered to deliberately crash in Singapore last year to help teammate Fernando Alonso to victory. Renault's former team boss was banned from the sport indefinitely and its chief engineer was suspended for five years. Renault finished a dismal eighth out of 10 in the constructors' championship after the final race of the season on Sunday in Abu Dhabi. -- AFP Wah in future, what will become of F1 with all the big name pulling out one by one..... will our multi billion infrastructure become white elephant......... Or we may get to see the following in F1 races...... 1. Chery 2. Foton 3. Geely 4. Kuchin 5. Kurak .......

Dear All, I am recently experiencing my car pulling left while the steering is straight. Anyone know why? Suspecting is the wheel alignment. My car is about 1+ year old and mileage about 25k. Always rotate at 10k and on 205/45/16 tyres. If alignment prob, where to fix and what is the price indication? Waiting for your guys expert advice.

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My dad is currently overseas .... so his Kompressor was available. I have always got a spare key since he got the car. So I took the opportunity today to give the car a good run .... my dad is one slow driver. Anyway, I realised the car is pulling much to the left .... so I decided to give him an IDD call and asked whether he did any rotation ? He said he just did it with alignment somemore before he left. Now why is the car still pulling to the left ?? Tyre wear problem ??

Anybody watching World Strongest Women now, where the hosting country is in Malaysia? Wonder why they used a Fabia instead of a Proton.. hehhehehe http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2278950.stm