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dutchie01

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    IS 250 - IS300h
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    2015
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  1. Make sure you dont go with summers. Full winter tyres or some 4 seasons ( in combination with snowchains) are allowed . If you will visit mountain area and chains are obligatory there will be a fair chance the gendarmerie will inspect every car at the bottom of the mountain. No discussions here, not the right tyre? Go!. Happened to me. Also, not sure if your car will be insured if you drive on summers.
  2. I have seen one in traffic and am still recovering! Oh Boy this thing is ugly. I cannot imagine designing something as horrid as this let alone building it. Truly bizarre proportions form the side. A front that appears to be bolted on and the back surely must belong to another car? I am now thinking if i have seen a car uglier than this but i still cannot come up with one. Anyone?
  3. I think those settings are lost when the mechanic wants to hear his favourite station and then takes a testdrive changing seat mirror and what else and never ever returns them to the original position?
  4. Hah! Answers to questions nobody asked. Tech for Tech sake. How about electronic rear view mirrors, or for that matter, ALL voice control. One of the most bizarre was available on BMW s not sure if still the case. Its called gesture control. Instead of increasing the volume by simply twisting a knob you wave your hand in a circular movement.
  5. The one and only reason for me to never ever think about using a used Tyre is safety. Its round, black and the profile seems ok but it has been on another car previously, it is used! Why is it no longer on that other car?? In lots of cases these cars have been in an accident and are written off and sold in parts. Hence the tyres. Now it can well be the wheels were smashed and damaged and the tyre(s) have been bent/hit/ internally damaged. You dont see it from the outside but the steel internals can be gone.
  6. If Erdogan still believes that high inflation is the outcome of high interest rates and occasionally appoints his son in law as finance minister all is possible. Great people and fascinating city, with Istanbul likely one of the biggest mix of cultures/religions around.
  7. Its an interesting car. Styling is Asian in the extreme and likely to be difficult for the western eye. I find the outside horriffically ugly. However it seems the car is to be judged from the interior as a passenger and there it does stand out. Its like nothing else on the road and i guess there will be a niche market for these. Aimed at top end chauffeur services in city environments it could well make sense. Some will prefer to walk into this, close the door and be transported some blocks away to the next apppointment then judoing yourself in the backseat of an S class. Its basically a reworked Toyota Alphard that seems pretty successfull with over 100.000 sold each year in Japan alone. Production is very lean without options, one drivetrain only so development costs for the LM will be relatively low and looking at the salesprice that is higher than last years LS600H i expect the margins to be exceptional. It will look cool in any dealership as well. Just hope you will not be hit from behind as the captainseat finds itself in the crumple zone..
  8. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-labour-conference-demands-keir-33747307 so democracy works after all!
  9. Sorry but i have to disagree. One has to remember that the vast majority of car buyers are not interested in the technical background of the car they are buying. Moreover, if you buy a brandnew Toyota or Lexus you EXPECT it will work, always. Reading a manual is something from the age when cars went blip when you did not follow it. I find it remarkable that Lexus has approved the car for release with this 12v dead battery problem. I fully understand Elaines disappointment. My brandnew Lexus is dead and now they tell me i had to read the manual like its my fault? It clearly is a Lexus issue nothing else.
  10. 19 k on work clothes?? Reminds me of French Macron with 9k a month for his hairdresser. Seems roman times are still here. Personally i do find it bizarre that cost cuttings/ savings are done by targeting the elderly ESPECIALLY by a left wing government that will defend the weak by nature. I am not living in the UK and as such do not see a solution to the political situation but oh boy this sounds bad. On another note the NHS. Look at the financials and the number of people using it. It is unsustainable with the current finances. In the netherlands we pay some 130 euros per month for this. The weak are supported. And even here its very very complicated
  11. Which country to follow one might ask
  12. I can go on but you get the picture. Why do we have to continue with professional politicians that have never had a real job? Middle aged men looking like the head of a finance department? That just wont leave like now in France? Isnt it time to hand it over to the new generation surely it cant be worse! well done Malc almost 500k!!
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