Claire G

Without Prejudice Don't trust Trade Sales with a barge pole. I would never, ever buy a car from there. Someone I know bought an Audi, they hadn't done the PDI check, there was no oil, water etc. When the owner encountered problems they were told not Trade Sales problem - take it to Audi. Also the windscreen wasn't laminated due to different standards.

Yep, 3 years

I was talking to the Lexus guys at JAE on the depreciation of colours such as red, gold, green and yellow - there's about a £500 difference between them and the other colours when it comes to sell them on. I'm still undecided about the yellow, but the one at JAE looked good (check out the gallery there's bound to be a photo). In my humble opinion they look better with all round tints and the black badges.

Hello Gerd, welcome to the Club - we're a friendly bunch!

The reason I ask is that I have refurbed wheels and when I was cleaning them I noticed a couple of marks that could be the start of corrosion...

I don't get why they won't give another years warranty on newly refurbed wheels? Surely it should be 1 year for each set, regardless of whether or not the first warranty runs out. If the wheels have corroded they should be replaced...or am I missing something

Me too - sent you my cheque Steve Come on, where's the :zee: bunch?! Or are you too much like big girls' blouses to come and party?!?! :P

You've gone from a hairdresser's car to a proper car, of course you've made the right choice ;) Just joshing.... we had a Honda Prelude before! I bought my IS200 when my first kiddie was imminent and have really enoyed the benefits of a nice looking, fair performing car. It's a family type car without looking like one! The only gripe from a kiddie perspective is that the boot's a bit of a weird shape and it can sometimes be difficult to cram everything you need in there. Hope you like the IS300!

I like !!!

Spell out the benefits and people are less likely to chuck the card - we know what the club offers but others might not be aware, or curious enough to click the URL unless they think it'll save them money!

Stop hiding and come to the meets Steve

I notice you make that statement from the safety of Worcester !

Sounds like a beautiful car, hopefully you won't take much persuading! Anyway, it has to be worth getting it to join the Lexus Owners Club, I'm not sure you'll get as friendly-BMW owners club! :D

That's a great one on Kieran, thanks! I've printed it out, bored the office with talk about him (and the SC430!) and it's got pride of place on my desk!

Sensible woman! There was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife." So he got his wife to promise him, with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him. Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the coffin; the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the coffin, the wife said "Wait just a minute!" She had a shoe box with her; she came over with the box and placed it in the coffin next to the body. Then the undertakers locked the coffin lid down and carried it away. Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the coffin." She said, "Yes, I promised. I'm a good Christian, I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in the coffin and I did." "You mean to tell me you put every penny of his money in the coffin with him?" "I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a cheque."

Don't panic too much about insurance, just shop around for a better deal next year. I'd been driving a year or so and rear-ended another car (oops), my insurance put up my policy by another £200+, by shopping around I got a deal cheaper than the first policy before the loaded premiums. Best to claim and get the insurance to pay out rather than scrimp and save

Me too! I think it should be small enough to carry around and look flash, but have enough room for the URL and a brief summary to what the club's about

<whispers>Good thinking smw, keep it quiet that it's not true.<whispers> Er, did we mention that the IS430 is also putting in an appearance ? It's got its party frock already sorted and will partying with the rest of us. If you're really good, it might let you have a dance... Got to be there of course to see all of this ^_^

Ryan, you're banned from buying toy..errr....model cars. You said funds might not allow you to make the Christmas party, so no spending allowed until Steve gets your deposit for the Christmas do :P :winky: mum has spoken now do as your told ryan :D :D :D I have the power to ground you too. Ahh, the magical powers of a Mum :P

Pee.J wishes !!! In Lyn's defence (well, us girls have to stick together ;) ) she was really busy looking after everyone else..... (pssst, Lyn, you'll know next time!)

So after JAE, and seeing how good an LOC/TOC get together is, who's up for the Christmas Party... 120 of us partying until the early hours - no worrying about what people in the office will say! Awww, go on, go on, go on, go on, Sign up!

"I do what the voices in my head tell me to do"

Ryan, you're banned from buying toy..errr....model cars. You said funds might not allow you to make the Christmas party, so no spending allowed until Steve gets your deposit for the Christmas do :P :winky:

Some sod's nicked one of my naff plastic valve covers - there's definitely no-hope if they've resorted to nicking these :duh:

<---- Not Claire G, Simon G here... Just wanted to say hi, and that the boys of the Grove household had a good time too. Nice to meet everyone. - Simon