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Was in Costco yesterday, had to take the opportunity - 43.3L @ £1.599/L for E5. Included the usual Costso trolley load of expense but the petrol is too good to turn down

It will be a bumpy ride between now and 2030

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How can you differentiate between 6.2 to 6.5L per 100km? Seems negligible. I think for most people the benefits of high octane fuel is a better throttle response and overall smoother driving experience, I find that my cars have had zero engine problems running premium fuel and that's going back over 8 years of driving, another big plus .

Link doesn't work, but manufacturers want money they don't care about the end user of people victim of cat theft.

The 'path of least resistance' probably will be a mangled car at best - its not like they have grave concerns for the welfare for ones motor and replacing cats is expensive business, in my case several thousand pounds.

I've seen how quickly they remove these, the wives Jazz as per my previous post was a victim and on full HD CCTV - you are talking minutes, the Prius and more cars like that are higher off the ground so even less time - stickers or engravings wont do much in such a situation as its highly likely the car will be destroyed even if they leave it alone when they find out its been 'tagged'

Scumbag won't give two hoots about this, if you think hardened criminals are getting all soft about this you need to sharpen up a bit, do experts that you love not tell you criminals will get whatever it is they want to get done, they have resources - like exporting it, it's not like they will be extracting precious metals from cats next door to a police HQ in Birmingham or whatever - A Prius is going to be a target with or without a sticker saying that the cat is marked

Marking cats with serial numbers or whatever is useless, like I said even with that done they will already have the car damaged even if they go oh no that's flagged up need to move on to something else. A shield is the best bet Parking your car can make a difference too, don't park in a quiet area - the more difficult it is to access the car the higher chance they will move onto something else. It's exactly the same as what these scum do for everything.

I don't think it's like minded, most people know what I have previously said it's not like it's classified information

This is England in the year 2022

And scum bags will give two hoots about this? They remove these in 3 minutes do you think they will spend 10 minutes looking for a marking on them to deter said scumbag going about his business? The key to this is time - they are removed so quickly it evades everyone and they move onto another car - its a day job to these folk, I very much doubt they go looking for markings and the skilled ones can tell the difference between a OEM cat ($$$$$$) and an aftermarket one ($) and just move onto another car if the latter is fitted.

even if the CCTV did have footage the plod wont do anything, if my experience is anything to go by, you can see in the news how bad they are these days

what good is 'security etching' if its some dye visible under UV light what good is that - the scumbags wont be taking a UV light under the car - it will be pulled off, the cat - whether they sell it on afterwards is beside the point but its highly unlikely they wont be able to get money for it. The plod wont do anything about this at all

Government noise cameras aim to fine drivers with loud exhausts https://www.evo.co.uk/news/22762/government-noise-cameras-aim-to-fine-drivers-with-loud-exhausts They wont stop till the cars are off the road will they? I don’t really agree with this noise pollution crap, many cars particularly with 6 or more cylinders sound pretty fruity out of the factory as that is what they sound like and its a pretty distinct sound at that - clapped out max powered cars as are different story and should be banned but what can you do because you can’t differentiate between one which is stock and one which is max powered so much that houses reverberate when it passes by

A scam, nothing more nothing less It just happened - the banning of combustion engine cars that account for < 14% of greenhouse gases in the planet. Politicians, not to be trusted

We know the clientele that will buy these, dont think the 3 Tonne weight is too much of a worry for them

A great car no doubt, for me the best is unsurprising long runs where I can get arond 420 miles on a tank but I drive quick so its not at all bad. Mixed is about 250 or so before the light goes off but add another 40 or 50 miles to that if you want to drive it till it stops. I never had a car run out on me, you need to get to know your car from an early stage and what miles you can get and what you can get when the light appears.

But they are making this behemoth to be, how do I put it - net zero compliant? And it’s not just the Rolls, its pretty much all of them but you still seem to think EVs are made from recyclable compost, I suggest you really sit down and think for a moment, but that is impossible as you are blinded too much by experts

Reading now about a new RR Spectre, whatever that means - the battery pack is 700kg itself, the car 3 tonnes, I can’t imagine the manufacturing of that is beneficial to the environment. There should be a referendum on what’s happening the automobile but it’s not allowed is it, no it’s not – it just ‘happened’

The people at the till must love meeting you. 😶 Me also mind, but the LS400 has a fuel tank the size of the space shuttle so pretty pricey - out of interest how much range do you get ish?

A car with a real LSD will spin wheel in the opposite direction when lifted off the ground - with no rolling resistance, so a easy check is jack up both rear wheels and spin one and check which direction the other moves As for the IS250 Vs Subaru - they are entirely different cars as the end of the day and not at all like each other, the Lexus is more comfortable but the Subaru has sharper handling, is quicker and sounds better – having had the Lexus for 2 ish years and the Subaru for moving to 7 years that is my opinion. The SpecB was designed for performance, which is why its had the LSD, 6 speed gearbox, Bilstein Dampers, momo steering wheel and so on - the Lexus was more a Luxury mid-range sedan. They are both Japanese so they are all reliable, a IS250 wont be a step up for me when it comes to replace my Subaru, I need a V8.

The gearbox in the IS250 is not close ratio, its nothing like the Subaru type and there was nothing really wrong with it in the first place, it was a heck of a lot better than the car I replaced it with - the CL55 AMG My old Lexus sailed through MOTs during my ownership but I found it lacklustre for want of a better word - Its not really about my current car being a Subaru Legacy, its the gearbox - that is what makes it, check how much used Subaru's cost in Japan with a 6 speed gearbox then compare to a used IS250 or even IS350. - check youtube for Subaru Imprezas on 1/4 mile runs, 6 speed gearbox, I know its 6 speed because if you put 1000bhp through the drivetrain of the 5 speed it would not cope and like I said previously try put that power through your IS250 and it would split into thousands of pieces. You still probably wont believe me but thats fine but unless you drive cars like that you wont ever know what makes them different from your manual IS250, there are cars far greater than my Subaru as there are ones to a IS250 - you need to appreciate them all

I had a manual I250 and trust me, the 6 Speed Subaru is a different beast entirely – there is no comparison with a Lexus manual, I won’t go back to a manual IS250 again, or an auto - I would get a ISF or a LS460 or something with a V8 however but in terms of the 6 pots I found the manual on the IS250 sluggish and pretty terrible, the car itself is fine and the level of comfort is a different league to the Subaru but it’s the latter which is a better drivers car and that is what wins it for me. To give you an example of how quick the Subaru is you just need to be either behind some slow vehicles in 3rd gear doing 30mph or so - or exiting a junction on a Motorway at the same speed and red line it and shift up to 4th gear - before you know it you are doing the most of 100mph and the sound is there to be heard in all its glory – I was back in Ireland recently and a few people were asking me about my car with its UK reg – my friend said I could hear that in the village and I was only reversing it, I was there at the same time as him and the village is small he was about 200 feet away or something – its just got a SS cat back exhaust, I had a K&N intake on the Lexus but the Subaru sounds far better and it’s pretty quick and that is not counting the AWD ability on B roads and in the wet and snow, the 50:50 bias is key here and only the manual cars have that – unless you have a STi with a DCCD and can control the bias but for the manual SpecB its 50/50 stock and they have a torsen LSD at the rear as stock also of course which is another big positive - regarding handling The downside is that is a pain in the proverbial to be driving in cities, If I was living in an urban environment a car like this would only be a weekend toy – economy in such a situation would make gown men weep also, you are talking <20mpg – the close ratio gear boxes have a knock-on effect to economy and also the emissions but for mixed driving as I do now or long run its fine, with 17 Saloon cars sold in the UK from 06-08 I doubt you will be seeing many on the road. For 14+ years old they look pretty good but I agree the IS250 is still looking sharp also, I like the F-Sport bodykit

Shoping there is dangerous and you need to be careful as things can go out of hand, the money they make off the scale - I think one of the biggest reatilers in the world in terms of revenue. I dont have any problems with them but you need to do homework as some items are very good value and others not so much. Oil for example is a huge win, castrol edge 5w30 for £23 or something - My shed is always stocked up on it