TigerFish

Love it I know very well how power and torque ratios work. So, what you are saying is.... If I turbo charge my IS to 500bhp @ 6000rpm If the F3000 is 500bhp @ 10000rmp Add weigth to the F3000, or remove weight from the IS300 to make them the same. ..... they will both do 0-150 in the exact same time? Dream on. Okay, now lets see all the pointless numbers and equations you'll post that will..... cancel out aerodynamics cancel out different torque curves cancel out different bhp curves cancel out the gear ratios In different cars, 500bhp in one may well be the same as 500bhp in the other, but it doesn't make the whole playing field the same. One may produce 500BHP for a 500rpm range, the other for 50rpm. I admire your enthusiasm, even if it is misplaced at times.

What are you talking about mate? If you add 850kg to the formula 3000 car, or strip 850 from the IS300, you either no longer have a Formula 3000 car or an IS300. The argument falls flat. Then there is torque, which chucks both sides argument out of the window.

I got mine about 18 months ago, 129K miles, history, for £2,200. Prices seem to be fairly settled around those levels, pretty much in your budget range. Some cheaper, some much more (dealers generally). Mine is the Sport with Satnav, although I sold the mk2 Sport wheels on my Mk1 and have the Mk1 Sport wheels on mine (plus a spare set of mk1 Sport wheels with winter tyres).

If you after a mk2 GS, then the choice is narrow, with only the 300 or the 430 (with or without Satnav). 430's didn't start unitl 01, 300's in 98. If you go for a 2001 or later 300, the auto box has a "manual" mode with buttons on the steering wheel. The 430's never got the buttons on the wheel (no idea why though). Gs300 is great, nice and smooth, quick. GS430 is even greater, super smooth and much quicker. Visually there is no difference between them. The "Sports" have sport grill, 18" alloys and a chin lip (not always though). Both can be costly on repairs, especially if you don't DIY. Fuel consumption is OK, and not much to choose between the two, on a run expect low 30mpg, combined around 25, urban around 20. If like me you do lots of short journeys (mostly to the train station and back these days), then you can probably look at around 15mpg. Brilliant cars, if you plan to get a 300, don't test drive a 430, as you will buy the 430 ;)

My comments about spaces was not aimed at able or disabled people, or disabled spaces, merely aimed at whether there is a wait to get in a space. It doesn't matter if a space is blocked by a lorry, or another car that parked in it before hand, the space is unavailable and involves a wait. Colliding with something after that wait has nothing to do with the availability of the space upon arrival. As frustrating as it may be waiting for a space (regardless of disabilities or not), and as frustrating as it might be finding a space only for the person next to it to be straddling the line and rendering the space useless, it doesn't disolve responsibility for having an "own fault" collision. Why mention the size of the company. If it was a private landlord with just the one pub, are you saying you would consider your subsequent actions differently (they don't have millions so I won't persue it)?

Unlucky, never nice to dink the pride and joy. I'm with the ones saying take your poor judgement and driving on the chin. I don't see why anyone who disagrees with this blame culture we live in should button up and not say anything. The OP brought it up, and has to accept the "aw, poor thing, sue them" and the "aw, poor thing, take it on the chin" replies. I think the whole 20 mins wait for a disabled bay thing a pointless excuse for what happened. I spend many a Saturday driving round the multistory car park looking for a space, any space, for 20 minutes. If I drove into something (that had been there for 20 years) as a result of having to wait for a space, I'd still have chalk it up to experience (and my own bad driving). Still, good luck with the persuit of compo, will all help push insurance premiums up.

Yeah, I have stuck a stoplock on it at the moment. Position of driveway etc is a problem for hooking up the laptop, but I do have a dash cam coming at some point so may be able to use that.

There are two or three sets (depending if any have sold yet) for sale on eBay at the moment. Although they are crazy money IMO. Bad timing unfortunately, I sold my spare third set not that long ago :(

IV = 4, so he has the right one :)

You can get the decals on ebay. Yeah, I sprayed mine black, then applied the decals when they had dried enough, then used clear over the top.

Great result B)

Agree with Steve, not many options available that aren't an upgrade, and hence expensive. The 6 or 8 pot ones look fantastic, but will run at over a £1000 including the discs. Supra calipers, the last set I saw went for £650 or something like that (not a straight fit either I don't think). I seem to recall something about some LS calipers being an upgrade of sorts, but can't remember the specifics of it. Painting them yourself is the cheap option and makes them look a whole lot better. This is a pic of my mk1 repainted calipers behind the wheel, on my 430, I used the curved stickers instead of the straight ones.

My guess would be somewhere around £2000. I bought my 01 GS430 Sport about 18 months ago, 129K miles with service history for £2100. Prices don't seem to have changed that much since then.

Yes, Halfords sell it. If I remember correctly, the brand they stock is by "Comma" and is called "CV Lith-Moly Grease".

Great pics Gozza, thanks for sorting them out :)

The official grease according to the service manuals is "Lithium soap base glycol grease".

No way of telling from the pic which car it actually is. The V300 wasn't an official Lexus model, so was a jap Toyota model of the Aristo (the twin turbo 3.0 litre version). Looks like someone has either an import and changed the Toyota badges to Lexus, or someone has put a V300 badge on the UK GS (300 or 430).

Strange way to expalin things there mate. The oil ring isn't there to stop the oil and fuel mixing, it is there to stop too much oil being left in the bore and being burnt with the fuel and consuming large quantities of oil. Hence old, high mileage engines being smokey. The other ring(s) is/are there for compression purposes. The condition of the bore/rings wouldn't influence what fuel deposits where left on the bore. At the point of igniting the fuel, the piston will be travelling downwards, the rings cleaning off excess oil, and doing nothing to remove fuel from the bore. Only the burn would remove the fuel. If there is too much fuel, it would still be in the bores as the piston came back up to expel the gasses. Having said that, in modern engines I don't think that cars run rich enough to cause that kind of problem (the engine management is keeping track of things to the minute detail), rather than someone pulling a manual choke "on" to the max, or a temperature sensitive spring moving a choke automagically. As far as my own start ups go, I don't really have any fixed rule. If i'm running late, I'll hit the road asap. If I'm clearing snow/ice, it'll be running warming the engine warming up, defrosting the rear screen and warming up the seats.

What record time do you get on a 16gb?

Yes

Cover it with masking tape or similar - just to avoid sharp edge damaging the trim. Yup, exactly that.

See pic below (note: pry up at the rear edge, once the rear has popped up, you can pull it towards the rear to unclip the front edge.)

Only other place I can think of that may do them is a company called BiggRed. They do brake refurbishments etc. The rear callipers I got from them for my old mk1 GS included new pins. Other than that, Lexus/Toyota are it I think.

Nice idea with the kids, but they are both at Glasgow uni. When I found the bonnet popped yesterdauy, first thing I did was check the keys. Both spare sets are in the usual hiding place. I've left the car out the front of the house lastnight and this evening to deter someone if they are messing with it. Still very concerned though.

Over the last few days, I've had some wierd goings on which either means I am losing the plot, or someone is tampering with my car. Yesterday morning, went out to the car to head the train station and found the boot lid popped. Not completely open, just as though the internal release had been pulled or popped from the key fob. Thought it was odd so shut the boot (and battery struggled as the boot light had obviosly been on all night). This morning, went out to go to the station. Unlocked from the fob, got in the car and one of the interior lights was on. The switch was pushed in. Went out earlier this evening to the shops. Came back, parked up and had my dinner. Went out to the car an hour later and the bonnet was popped. WTF!! Could someone have scanned my fob and be ****** about with my car? I thought they had rolling codes on the remote? So far nothing that was in the car has gone missing, and all valuables have now been taken out. I am rather concerned though :eerrrmm: