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have more clues for that desktop hard disc ... "There is a bug that causes random errors after 5100 hours of use." Let's see ... 5100 hours = 212.5 days = 7 months (ish). How long ago did I put the machine together ? Just about 8.5 months ago ...
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Korean player is currently demonstrating all that is wrong with football - he clearly scythed down an England player in the penalty box and is now vociferously complaining that it shouldn't be a penalty
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hurrah ! magical Laura Robson plus Andy Murray win 2 games today to earn themselves medals with a spot in the final. Cross fingers that it'll be gold :-)
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since I reset the counter last week, my desktop has downloaded 67GB ... and it's currently showing Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova + waiting for sailing to start up again
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awesome - excitement all the way, grats to the winner and the medallists who helped. Put the men to shame for sure
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I think the only problem with that aborted start (F1) was that the man with the green flag fell asleep and had to be woken up to do his "all cars present & stopped" waving thing - huge delay there.
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Fencing seems a lot more hightech these days than Three Musketeers ... and Vezzali could do surgery with that foil ...
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let's have the Romanian win the final. For the celebration after the semi, not because she could quite happily tie me in a knot and throw me around like a ball without breaking a sweat ...
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anyone else just burst into lol at the post cauldron lighting music ? Great choice again
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cool ! Found another bruise from yesterday :-). Is it in a place I can show off ? Nah. Foiled ...
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I think the suspension tuning happened before release. Magazines did early reviews of our car which weren't too complimentary of the handling and ride. They're probably still out there on the interwebs somewhere giving our cars a bad name. Anyway - whatever was done between those pre-release set ups and the ones that hit the road right from the early sale cars did the trick, my 2011 registered in March CT handles excellently. On my test drive, I was comparing the handling to the Puma I had before my last car (Focus ST170 - very disappointing handling). And that handling pretty much sold the car. But - make your own mind up with the handling and ride, people have very different preferences for how they want their cars to go around corners Getting a car quick - I bought mine as a 6 months old exdemo. It was a choice between waiting 2-3 months for my New Shiny to come over from Japan or getting a 6000 mile one within a week. I'm happy with my choice - my CT was pristine when it was handed over from Lexus Cheltenham and it was already through early run in.
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Why Does Top Gear Dislike Lexus?
Sleepypete (FB) replied to ChrisIS200SportTTE's topic in Lexus General Discussions
It's not the cars - it's the press. Well, it is the cars ... because Lexus aren't made in Germany. I'd agree with mikeyv's opinion of the Top Gear presenters - I don't watch that any more (despite being a petrol head myself) because I can't stand the attitude of the presenters. The car magazines are similar, What Car should really be called What VW or What Audi, just like What Hi-fi used to be What Sony. My advice to anyone on the wider internet reading this post and thinking "Do I check out Lexus ?" is - make your own mind up. Check out the cars, drive them. Forget about the badge when it comes to driving experience. Then look at the badge when it comes to "can I rely on this car ?" and look up the JD Power results ... Oh for having magazines on the shelf that give us Truth ! -
I talked to Lexus Cheltenham about this earlier in the week (service tomorrow), they didn't know anything about it. Could well be a location specific thing and our exhaust systems might already be different ...
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I'd avoid it, having had it on a car once the handling actually worsened. But I think that was due to Kwikfit shafting me again by putting Continentals on the car when I'd pre-ordered roadworthy tyres. But the reason to avoid is because it means the tyre's effectively junked if there's a puncture. But then again, our tyres are effectively junked on punctures anyway due to us having puncture repair kits instead of proper spare tyres.
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Lol - caught me picking up info from other people I'd concur with that 73mpg indicated though - I had that being registered on the trip computer after 20 miles of driving down the A46 at 40mph roadwork speeds. Frustrating driving but it shows that the potential is there for very high mpgs ... Just a shame my day to day trip takes me down to the 47mpg average on Fuelly :eerrrmm:
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Totally agree with that last sentence - it's the whole package that makes the CT a winner for me and a rather special car. It does everything pretty darn well. Sure, it could do with a little more power but it does a great job with what it has available. It's got as much apparent power as the ST170 that it replaced. MPGs - mine are still rubbish (I'm dragging down the Fuelly average!), looks like your work trip hits the CT sweet spot which is allegedly about 45mph where the car can dip in and out of EV as it likes. I've seen 75mpg on the computer after 20 miles of 40mph A46 roadworks ... But that dives a fair bit at 70mph. Sound system - I had the Sad Face when I spotted there was no Long Wave (or DAB module) on mine for listening to cricket commentary. But the bluetooth more than makes up for that, just need a better data package on my phone for Internet Radio -> Phone -> Bluetooth -> Car Stereo . And that sounds better than the LW in my last car too !
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Think Smart Entry is standard on at least SE-L, my 2011 model SE-L (with Nav) has the Smart Entry system. The telltale is that indentation on the door handle in the piccy above, that's what you tap to lock the doors. However ... it could well have been disabled, I've actually disabled mine because the alarm was going off when it shouldn't have. (I'm suspecting that's due to the car being excessively wet). That's something that can be customised via the DISP button on the steering wheel. To be honest, I've not missed Smart Entry since disabling it and I've happily not had to stop the alarm going off at 11.30 pm again . Question 2 - the light to tell you Parking Sensors are active is a green P with a trio of arcs to its bottom right which made me go "wth is that ?" when driving the car back from Cheltenham . It's on the right hand side of the instrument panel above the MFD and the switch for it is quite low down to your right, under the wheel. More info on P265 (ch2-4) of the 2011 UK manual but beware, the picture for where the switch is for a LHD car ... The Parking sensors are ok but you have to be aware that they have an intentionally limited field of view. They work for stopping me putting the nose into the bushes that border our parking spaces but wouldn't stop you tripping over a low box directly in front of the car. Similarly, they don't account for the rear wheels turning inside the front, just like a normal car you could miss something on the front but scrape the side. I've also them go off when people have walked in front of the car. PS While I have the manual out, Smart Entry is at ch1-3.
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Just peeked in the manual - looks that way - 12h only ... I get by with that. Because I wear glasses, I wear an analogue watch (so I have a chance of reading the time without the glasses on) so I've always worked off 12h clocks Sunshades - agree. It's not quite as bad as some cars I've had though. Plus the instruments are readable through glare. I've only had one car with adequate sunshades and that was the Rover 420 ... Quite possibly the only thing that worked well in that car
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Starter Motor Not Fully Releasing
Sleepypete (FB) replied to rincewind's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
Like wot fjcfarrar said I managed to resurrect a starter motor on an Astra the same way and it worked for the remaining life of the car (which wasn't that long because it died in a pillar of flame 6 months after - unrelated). Watch out for - reasons why the starter may have got clogged up, with the Astra it was oil seeping down from a leak above the starter. The failing starter could be a symptom of something worse. I hope it isn't -
After a little headscratching, I went for the GAP insurance for a couple of reasons : The CT is the biggest non-house investment I've made; You can't guarantee that some other muppet on the road won't be the cause of an accident But maybe my head was already spinning from that big investment thing
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Dunno what the difference is but there's more information about retrofitting them on the CT200h forum : http://www.ct200hforum.com/forum/lexus-ct200h-wheels-tires-suspension/118109-ordered-original-stabilizer-bars.html Usual thing applies though ... It's something for at least a few years time when the warranty has expired. Difference between damper/no-damper - unless you drive two CTs with the different specs on the same roads/conditions in a blind test, I doubt whether we'll get much in the way of impartial data there ... Placebo effect* will blur the results too much. I'm hoping they'd help a bit with quietness and vibration but I doubt whether they'd help handling as that's already pretty awesome. *(if you pay more for something, you unconsciously expect it to be better even if it ends up just the same - see my opinion on super unleaded fuel :D )
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Rx450H Mpg
Sleepypete (FB) replied to bowler's topic in RX 300 / RX 350h / RX 400h / RX 200t / RX 450h+ / RX 500h Club
I'd have advised peeking at Fuelly.com (I'm there dragging down the CT average mpg ) but they don't have the RX450h listed. But ... you're getting more mpg's there than the RX400h people : http://www.fuelly.com/car/lexus/rx400h For a big vehicle, 34.5 is pretty good. It's more than I got in my ST170 :eerrrmm:
