The beast has bolted

[genius149]

So as much as I loved my LS and wafting to and from work in effortless comfort and speed was...relaxing, it was also very painful in the wallet - even with the LPG conversion.  If I hadn't bought it on a whim and not had to replace the Battery, starter motor, LPG reducer and all the other bits and pieces then I'd be a bit more reluctant to have seen it go.  I've since kept the eco-warriors happy and upset the potential taxi-drivers by buying a low(ish) mileage prius.  Saving just under £28 a month in VED and going nearly twice as far for the fuel means that I'm a lot less worried.  Most importantly though, the radio works.

[Malc]

sad to see her go, but I suppose never being able to supe her up to 750 BHP later on in life there never was much future for her ....  these modern cars eh !

Malc

[Cotswold Pete]

Though a Prius may not be an LS, from my expereince of being in Prius, it is not a bad little motor.

My missus has Mazda 2, does a million miles to the gallon, and we did look at Prius for her, but she was tempted by something a little smaller.

Looks like plenty of life in the 430 yet with 131K on clock, for someone else to help use up all that OPEC juice

[royoftherovers]

43 minutes ago, Cotswold Pete said:

Though a Prius may not be an LS, from my expereince of being in Prius, it is not a bad little motor.

My missus has Mazda 2, does a million miles to the gallon, and we did look at Prius for her, but she was tempted by something a little smaller.

Looks like plenty of life in the 430 yet with 131K on clock, for someone else to help use up all that OPEC juice

My wife--Mrs Roy- is on her second Mazda 2 Pete after having a Yaris for 15 years(no problems). She thinks that the Yaris is the bees knees and I think she is right. It is both a great runabout and a long motorways car with a wonderful torque converter gearbox..

[royoftherovers]

6 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

My wife--Mrs Roy- is on her second Mazda 2 Pete after having a Yaris for 15 years(no problems). She thinks that the Yaris is the bees knees and I think she is right. It is both a great runabout and a long motorways car with a wonderful torque converter gearbox..

Sorry, please substitute Mazda 2 for Yaris in second sentence..............Doh !

[Cotswold Pete]

16 hours ago, royoftherovers said:

Sorry, please substitute Mazda 2 for Yaris in second sentence..............Doh !

I thought so, other cars the wife tired were Vaux Astra, Corsa, a Yaris, and the Mazda was a good price (for two year old motor) so it won the day, and as you say a nice torquey box.

The only thing I find with the Mazda is rear seats not very comfortable (whenever testing a new car I always sit in the back to start with, you get a better feel IMHO for the car).  I also do not like all the light and gubbins on the dash, I prefer simple and less distractions while driving.

The DAB radio seems to be better than any I have met in just about any new(ish) car I have been in for hte last 3 or 4 years.

Still much as I like the fuel economy of the Mazda, it is still not a patch on my 20 year old LS.

[Malc]

3 hours ago, Cotswold Pete said:

it is still not a patch on my 20 year old LS

our 4ltr limos are brilliant for fuel economy compared to anything similar on this planet 

did I mention sometime prior that I had a ride in a London Prius Taxi and woweeee was that a really comfortable ride in a limo interior, all leather, and very very comfy backseat experience

so much so that if ever i was tempted or forced to go without my Ls400 I would look to repeating the Prius experience ...........  I was very very impressed

Malc

[genius149]

19 minutes ago, Malc said:

did I mention sometime prior that I had a ride in a London Prius Taxi and woweeee was that a really comfortable ride in a limo interior, all leather, and very very comfy backseat experience

There are films about that sort of thing on the internet...was there a camera!?