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Haha!! Stupid me

How will changing the filter help exactly if the car still has old oil in it? Curious?

I really like that BMW! I'd have one over say a Normal 3 or 5 series or anything in the current Lexus range but I'd rather an M3, M5 or ISF :)

Lol @ comparing an old Lexus with a Rolls Royce. Not really the same is it. He didn't buy a Roller so didn't expect Rolls Royce running costs! If a Lexus dealer and Lexus Technician say the pink halfords stuff is as good as theirs then that's good enough for me. Over a year with the halfords stuff in my car, 12,000 miles clocked, no problems and I haven't lost a drop :)

Try changing your gear box oil mate. How long since you did it last? I bet it's not going into gear cos the oil is old and thick. The slope makes sense as well as the oil is old it's taking longer to get to the places it needs to to lubricate everything properly.

Wedding

I'm driving 90% of motorway this week. Getting some good MPG :) Almost as good as Stuart!!

I love midget gems... Precious

Well I know others will shoot me down for saying this but I had the same issue. I flushed my system but then was amazed by the price so I went to halfords and bought their ready mixed pink coolant for £25 for 10 litres. (same colour as the Toyota so you can detect leaks) When I had my big service at Lexus I asked them to flush the system again and fill it with the proper Toyota stuff as I had done a DIY and used halfords coolant. The Lexus tech and service manager both said there's absolutely no point as the halfords stuff was just as good as theirs!

If you've changed the coils then could be plugs?

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Is it where your wire it to the ignition barrel cos I really want to do this... :)

Size

Just really surprised me that's all. Thought it was a bit more advanced than that....

Really??? Wow that's a but stupid! So I could buy the clocks from a IS200 with say 30k on the clock, put it into mine and suddenly my car will say it's only done 30k? Surely there's some legal implications with that? Makes it an easy car to sell with fake mileage does it not?

Your mileage is stored in the ECU anyway so it won't matter how many miles the car another set of clocks came off had... Your mileage will be displayed when you connect it all up. :)

Yes the police will call off a chase if there is danger to human life...Not a parked Lexus or other parked cars. This is why we have insurance compulsory in the UK. I'm guessing as the pics are at night the chase happened late at night/early hours of the morning. The risk to life of a by stander would be minimal as not many people would be walking the streets then and the police would have made the judgment call that the only danger was to the pursued vehicle, themselves and a few parked cars so they decided to keep perusing. The correct decision in my opinion. I'm just absolutely fed with this blame culture Noby and people seeking compensation for everything especially blaming the police when doing their job. It's not fair on them and we shouldn't be putting doubt into officers minds. If Stevlee sues the police for compensation, next time the officer involved is put in a similar situation he'll think "sod it let him go, it's too much hassle if it goes wrong" I strongly believe we cannot let that kind of thinking enter our police officers heads... It's horrible what's happened and I wouldn't wish it upon anybody but it's just massively bad fortune. Go through your insurance, you may still be able to get your car back on the road.

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Really sorry to hear about your car :( That is such bad luck!! As Ian said, if you claim on your insurance I think they'll write it off. Call your insurance and they will walk you through what you need to do. Please don't hold the police accountable for doing their job. Sorry Noby but this isn't America and we shouldn't be claiming against the police or making a legal case against them for doing their job. So you say the police shouldn't pursue stolen cars? If the police hadn't pursued the stolen vehicle then they wouldn't have been doing their job properly in my opinion. Your argument suggests the police should turn a blind eye to stolen cars and let joy riders joyride! It's awful bad luck that the Lex was hit but it's 100% not the police's fault. If your 300 was stolen Noby would you not want the police to chase it if they spotted it? And what if they hadn't pursued the car and a few hours later it's used in a hit and run or a ram raid? You can't just let criminals go. They spotted the stolen car and they gave chase, they did their job properly! It wasn't the police that hit the car but rather the stolen vehicle they were chasing. You will need to contact the police for a crime number but again your insurance company will explain all this and how to get it over the phone. Good luck with getting this sorted. I really do feel for you mate, it's the main reason when we moved house I insisted that our new place had a driveway for the car to avoid being hit/vandalised when parked on the street.

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Yeah me :)

Hi and welcome :) As Ian has subtly put... Pics please

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