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Last time I posted some pics after a serious exterior valet, I promised some topless pics when the weather allowed. Today has been a glorious day and I managed to valet the engine bay and boot area as well as conditioning the leather interior. Had my first topless drive in the Lexus today, far more refined than the 9-5 Aero we had.

It's not easy, as discussed earlier. However, I would say, google for the three or four sites that provide information on lpg autogas suppliers, then ring any that are relevant to you, and check whether they do supply autogas, or if they even exist. Then, check calor and flogas websites, and again, check any of interest by ringing them. Check out lpgforum and post on there asking for info, it's not the busiest of sites, but you never know your luck. Lastly, ask other users whenever you meet them, especially if they have a taxi plate, they always know the best places for anything.

Hello every, I actually joined about 6 years ago when I was considering buying an IS200, however that never came off, so have been a member for a long time but never posted Last October I purchased myself an IS250 F-Sport, it was a massive investment for myself and bit of a dream car. Loving owning it and its a pleasure to drive, however the urge to start to tinker with it is becoming too strong so I have ended up signing up here with ideas for projects and do a bit of tinkering with it. I am a qualified Sprayer and now work as a qualified Vehicle Damage Assessor so tinkering and fiddling with my car is in nature and cant help myself For anyone who I interested here are a few photos of the car So far I have managed to keep my urge to tinker at bay and only fitted an automatic folding mirror module with lock/unlock of the car and I am in the process of fitting a hardwired Nextbase 402-g dash cam to the car. But I fancy looking at potential engine mods so will do lots of reading into options!

We all have to start somewhere! Mine was a Ford Anglia!

Certainly very large diameter threads between Aluminium alloy components are a recipe for problems. All for the dubious sake of the environment really - saves a bit of 'tin' forming the canister etc of the throw away all in one type. Doesn't save anyone any money - maybe a few coppers in production, and throw away ones have worked fine for the last 30 -40 years or more. It is absolutely crucial to get the torque setting correct - but how many mechanics use a torque wrench on oil filters?

Just finished reading mine. Very informative and detailed. Think I'll drop into the local dealers and test them. Thank god Lucidia never made it!

Definitely shop around,as with most things these days. I bought a new motorhome a couple of years back, part exing a campervan. The difference between the worst deal and the dealer I bought from, for an identical van, was just over £12,000. I told everybody I spoke to that I was shopping round, and would be accepting the best deal on price only. I closed the deal by visiting the lowest bidder, offering about a grand less than he was asking, and offered him a cheque there and then if he accepted. All old tricks, but they still work most of the time.

I just followed the link to drive lpg, from earlier in the thread, and that site is completely wrong for my area, Eastbourne, East Sussex. It shows only one outlet nearby, a calor gas shop that I've bought bottled gas from, that definitely don't do Autogas, nor have they done for at least the last two years, if ever. It doesn't show either of the two filling stations that I do know of and use. This is more accurate, for my area at least, but, frankly I wouldn't rely on any of these sites 100%. http://www.filllpg.co.uk

I am now feeling OLD .... why? Not aches and pains but I feel the world we live in is changing very rapidly and not for the better. There are decent people out there but many are out to just screw you for everything they can get and I include employers as well. I feel very sorry for the young, as there appears to be few opportunities to get on. I am very pleased I am retired and out of the rat race but I still feel sorry for those that have to put up with so much rubbish. Rant over, I will now go for a ride in the LS to calm me down.

Stuart ........ I have a simple Nationwide Flex Plus account and pay £10 a month which covers UK and Europe wide breakdown, recovery etc .... even for old bangers like ours ! ( with value conditions of course ) in addition to 0.5% cash back on credit card spend and worldwide Travel Cover I remember when age of my cars precluded European cover and RAC wanted about £250 plus huge excesses Malc

Hmm, I do 17 - 18 miles (each way) daily commute on country roads every week day which is reasonably hilly, I can 50 - 55mpg if I'm careful and it's a fair bit colder than most places due to the higher than sea level average . Due to the type of roads I tend to try and stay around 40 - 50mph and I hardly ever use Curse Control. I find I can get much better mileage feathering the throttle myself though it means not keeping a constant speed. If you are on a flat or down hill and you have a reasonable battery charge just hold the needle between Charge and Eco in Eco mode, at anything below 45 - 50mph it will stay on EV mode as long as your needle doesn't go over the Eco mark. If it goes over the Eco mark and your engine kicks in just quickly take your foot off completely and gently back on and it will almost instantly go back to EV mode. Doing this I can get about 3 - 5 miles sometimes more (depending on the hillyness of the road) just on battery. What I find that also helps is learning the roads, particularly the junctions, downhill parts and sharp corners. Experiment to find out what the earliest point is you can begin to brake to reach the point your aiming for at the speed you want to arrive at but ensuring that the needle doesn't go all the way down to the bottom of the charge meter. This will ensure the maximum amount of your momentum is converted into battery charge instead of been converted to heat from your brake pads been engaged, it will also make your brakes last longer. Of course if you can avoid braking altogether even better but at times it's unavoidable. It takes a bit of practice to keep the car in EV mode for long periods and find the sweet spots where the car is most efficient for the road you're on but as you keep trying different things you'll discover little things here and there that overtime add up to make your driving much more efficient. But then sometimes like me you'll just want to bang it in sport mode and floor it on the straights, at that point your efficiently is ruined, but it's fun.