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Great character is Guy Martin,and he is into cars,infact a very retro fast one ...............http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790676/fastest-car-britain-grey-1967-volvo-daredevil-s-supercharged-family-estate-car-hit-205mph-thanks-788-horsepower-engine.html B) B) B)

Hi Richard I have the Galaxy S3 and have no problems connecting to the car.

Wonder weather it would be no more expensive to have the Caravan trailered to Devon. I had a Static 28ft Caravan trailered up from Frejus in the south of france to the Charente region of France, about 500 miles by a Dutch haulier, cost me about £1200 as I recall. With diesel now lower price? Save the poor old Car, especially as you would also need install an oil cooler, some say.

Michael Cars registered on or after 1st August 1998 do fall under stricter rules when it comes to fitting towbars. If your car is registered on or after 1st August 1998 and you fit a towbar, it MUST by law be approved to EC94/20 and installed correctly according to the manufacturers' instructions. It is an offence under the vehicle Construction & Use Regulations to fit, use or permit to be used, a non-approved towbar on the vehicle - see https://www.towsure.com/static/towbars_ec_type_approval I am not aware of any EC type approved towbars for the LS400. The Watling towbar for the LS400 does not have type approval. That is why it states that for UF20 cars it is for those registered between Jan 1995 and Jul 1998. It is not that it will not fit Aug 1998 onwards cars, because it will, but it cannot lawfully be fitted as it is not a type approved towbar. I am sure there are Aug 1998 onwards LS400s fitted with a non-type approved towbar. If one was fitted, I do not think you will have any problem at MOT time but you might have in the event of an accident if your insurance company became aware of this fact. It might be worth looking into whether there are any EC type approved towbars for the LS400 as it would certainly be better to fit one if you could. I am not aware of any but that is not to say that there are none. There may be one out there somewhere.

I tried 1st Choice recently for some bits, got one breakers who had what I wanted, emailed yjem and asked to see a picture and got a very terse reply, "picture on web site" when I looked it was the right colour so rang them and got told it was a different colour and it wouldnt be in for a couple of days. I just hung up. Mike

No probs. Have you tried for the wing via 1st choice spares? - a website that sends data to breakeryards?

Mike, I tried to source an American bar for my 93 but they just wouldn't sell it to me. Then by luck I came across a brand new Watling on ebay with start price £39. I was the only bidder for this bar which costs hundreds and I got it for under £50. delivered. A few years back I had a Renault Safrane (briefly - limp home mode killed) and had bought a brand new Tow Bar for it which is stuck in the garage. Never occurred to me how similar it is to the Lexus bar on a 93. I reckon if the car you have in mind is similar under the rear skirt, then with a bit of repositioning the two holes it probably would be fittable. You are very welcome to come and take a look if you think you /or someone you know could make the adjustments. This does have a bar that screws into the Boot well. You on LPG ? might be a problem.? Unless you are going to tow something really heavy the Yanks Tow bar dispenses with this. Also you'll see on the ad for it that it has additional cross bars which the Watling doesn't bother with on the Lexus Bar. Let me know if you want dimensions. http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/107441271/car-tow-bar-electrics-renault.html

Something like this should be a decent starting point for a summer tyre: http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/goodyear/efficientgrip-performance/225-50-r17-94w-270932

Watched a few minutes and decided not for me, I like to see a bit of Chemistry not just between presenters but real affinity with the 'object'. That is why I prefer Guy Martin a man with a spanner and a hammer who knows what he's on about. Shame he is not into cars, but great to see him working to make anything mechanical run at 100%. I wonder what Guy would make of the LS if he got his hands on one

I think you mean Jodie Kidd Another senior momment and thats at the start of the day. Mike There are two stages to senior moments. It starts with stage 1, where you get to the top of the stairs and then can't remember what you went upstairs for. Stage 2 is where you have to pause for breath half-way up the stairs, and then can't remember if you were going up, or down. ;) lol ha ha - is there a stage 3? What were we talking about?

I think you mean Jodie Kidd Another senior momment and thats at the start of the day. Mike There are two stages to senior moments. It starts with stage 1, where you get to the top of the stairs and then can't remember what you went upstairs for. Stage 2 is where you have to pause for breath half-way up the stairs, and then can't remember if you were going up, or down. ;)

You CAN get therapy, you know! Or....is it your way of reducing the world's pollution by keeping cars off the road? (-:

Another possibility for wrapping, not up to the high standard on your lexus William but much cheaper and quicker. Mike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COe6elZXCnU

Hi Gazman! I believe I read a post somewhere about how to switch off the seat belt buzzer, had something to do with pressing the ODO button, turning the key ... don't recall all the steps and of course I don't find the post right now. But then again, who knows if that one works on the :tsktsk: european models, or has been removed for obscure reasons, as has the autolock feature. Dan