GibletPH

1 hour ago, emjay82 said:

If I wanted to sell, my view is it has to be priced cheap if you want to achieve a sale in a relatively short period. Very few serious buyers. Before I bought mine I viewed one other, nice car but too many owners and miles on the clock. A forum member was testing the water and  @GibletPH also gave me the nod! Purchased that one! Enquired on a handful of others but didn't bother to view if the service record wasn't upto scratch.  

The trouble is if a car is priced too cheap then people get suspicious. I think I've given heads up to 3 forum members who ended up buying an ISF.

I replaced mine with a fairly tuned Evo X which I'm now planning on selling in a month or so. Not looking forward to the tyre kickers and timewaster it will attract! 

On 01/05/2017 at 7:30 PM, Big Rat said:

@GibletPH Keep reading about all the car theft in your neck of the woods especially all the performance VAG stuff, is as bad as we see on the news and all the cop programs?

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Thankfully my area is fine but there have been reports of stolen cars nearby. VAG performance stuff seems to attract all sorts of scrotes. I guess relatively discreet motors with plenty of poke are ideal to either use when commiting more crime or strip down and sell on. A chop shop was found and shutdown further afield  in Blackburn a few months back. 

I've been fine with the Evo but that's hardly discreet!

Listed mine (AT, eBay and PH) at the worst time of the year, just before Christmas. Had nowt but timewasters. 

Some examples - 

1) A chap sent me a message offering me a speedboat as px and cash his way. 

2) Someone asked for more pics and videos, sent them over only to get a reply saying the car was nice but I was too far away. Mind boggling given that he knew my location before he messaged me. 

3) Someone offering me over 4k less than it was advertised for and saying they could come and collect it the next day. 

4) Someone asking a fair few questions on condition etc before offering 3.5k less than the advertised price. 

In the end I got fed up and sold it to Evans Halshaw who paid 500 less than my advertised price. They then sold it on to a fellow forum member and made a tidy £1500 profit although I'd argue they got luck with that sale since they were inept to say the least. 

I agree with the Prof, great cars but don't sell that easily. Or maybe my timing played a bigger part. 

By sensible daily I mean something like a MK5 Golf GTi or something similar. That's as sensible as I'll ever get 

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@GibletPH A really interesting bloke we talked for ages, he was telling me about his stock racing past and he was there in 1979 when they filmed all the stock car scenes from the Bob Hoskins film The Long Good Friday at Wimbledon race way - respect.

Incidentally how was the ring ?

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Aye he's pretty handy behind the wheel and has seen/done some things in his time. 

The Ring was superb, already planning the next trip out there. Leaning towards selling the Evo, getting a track car like a E46 M3 and something sensible for daily duties. 

He always has some interesting metal. The noisy his Chevy pickup makes is absolute filth. Makes my old ISF sound like a Prius!

12 hours ago, -nick- said:

Is it still available?

new owner here, live in Rainhill, work in Leeds. Hello!

Yup long gone, collected by Mr Rat. 

That reminds me, did you collect the mid section as well or just the backboxes Mr Rat?

I have a pair of new rear discs sat about in storage if anyone needs some. 

Spotted this weapon in a retail unit at the Ring complex last week - 

Sadly it was closed so I couldn't go in to take a closer look. 

They can be tweaked to fit either side. I lost one on my old car and sourced a replacement from a fellow member. It was for the wrong side but my mechanic managed to get it to fit right with a bit of help from some power tools.  

13 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@GibletPH Yep that's a lot of muscle should drive start to distort and sag give me a shout I'll come and sort it 😏

Youve been spending on the '10'  then got to have a right to reap the rewards, after all it's a lot of effort planning these trips and so on so mate as well through some wonga around.

You will love it over there hope the weather is good for you, I first went over in this 996 C2 I bought new in 2003 and specked it exactly how I wanted it for the 'Ring' and subsequent fast road use, I ticked the spec boxes for lowered sports suspension, quicker rack and the power pack upgrade which in itself was 8k 😳, car came to nearly 66K the things you do when your single and work to hard !

My best time round was 7.35.35, the conditions for us could only be described as perfect that day, stay safe.

Big Rat

Cheers. Always had a soft spot for the 996. Don't think I'll be aiming for any lap records on my first trip out, just hope the weather is good and I get a few clear laps in. 

Back on topic, can't seem to find the thread on here where a Mesa Red ISF owner modified the rear section of their exhaust. I recall that it sounded rather nice. 

The chav chariot is currently being prepped for it's (and my) first trip to the Ring in a few weeks. New pads, brake fluid, tyres, lovely Ohlin DFV suspension etc. Wallet is taking a bit of a hammering, just need to make sure the car doesn't during the trip! Had the map tweaked recently, now sitting at 481bhp with 447 ft lbs of torque.

I still miss the ISF, thankfully I have the keys to the XFR as I'm babysitting it for a few weeks. Over 1000bhp on the driveway - 

1 hour ago, Big Rat said:

@GibletPH Yes they do sound rather good, but you are right about the Lex customer base something we tend to forget at times myself included.

Your isF is gone now did you sell it with the nice system on it you had made up ?

Big Rat

Yup. Forgot to update my thread but turned out the exhaust place cut the existing exhaust off where the secondary cars join the flange so it made it a pain to revert back to stock. As a result I sold the car with the aftermarket exhaust. 

Flat crank on the Ferrari derived engines are impressive even in stock form. Was behind a Maserati GranSport this morning that sounded lovely. 

I guess Lexus had to compromise to appeal to their typical customer base. 

1 hour ago, Big Rat said:

@GibletPH

Gib sent you a pm.

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Not had anything through

As per the title, I have a stock rear exhaust sat gathering dust at my mechanics garage. Ideal for someone to modify and fit whilst still retaining their stock rear section. I know some users have done this before with good results. 

Free to a good home, you would need to collect it from Leeds though. 

The owner is a member on the MLR, the sale thread for the car can be found here - 

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=532263

7 hours ago, Mattmech said:

Made the trip up to Leeds yesterday, met up with Gib who gave me the low down on the car. The car was just what I was after, short test drive later we were on our way home. Used just over half a tank and averaged 29.1 mpg from Leeds to Kent.

fantastic car absolutely in love with it, a credit to Gib for keeping it tip top.

see some of you at the next Bluewater meet.

thanks again Gib for meeting up and taking to the dealership, great to talk to you. Hope you enjoy the evo

all the best Matt

 

ps, I would go out of my way to avoid using Evans Halshaw again, absolute shower of !!!!

Nice to meet you and your kid too. Congrats on joining a very exclusive club. I went out for a drive earlier and spotted a white ISF out in Ilkley. Sods law, owned mine for over a year and never saw another in the wild. 

All the best, enjoy it in good health!

3 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Bob

Is this the car if so it looks very nice, minor point all the wheels are in the wrong locations as they are corner specific.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201703083070233?make=LEXUS&model=IS F&logcode=p

Big Rat

 

Gear knob seems to be the wrong one?

I remember that feeling! Good luck and all the best with ISF ownership.

34 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

  @GibletPH  A close friend is on his fourth XK/XKR he's had 2 4.2 and 2 5.0 his present one is probably one of  the last made.

Ive driven a few of these and his cars extensively, they are good very good, it's probably a car that many 'drivers ' don't really appreciate it for what it is bit like an ISF in that regard.

His have been very reliable the 5.0's more so probably because they've ironed out any earlier issues and he drives as they were intended, he has experienced some handling issues with them, most the weight is at the front the tyres are very wide and in wet weather aquaplaining is something that has to be kept in mind.

I got him up to advance driver level and just to prove the point on his final advance drive with the examiner whilst joining the M4 westbound at junction 18 the car aquaplained he fishtailed wildly twice without any warning but controlled it and there was no contact with anything 😳.

None of this has taken away the ownership enjoyment of them for him, and you are right that supercharger is something else 😏

I think I would put one on my shortlist as well, and seriously putting all the Silver joking I do to one side for a moment they really do look right in this colour to my eyes.

Big Rat

My brother has the same engine but in a XFR, he's also owned a 4.2 supercharged XF in the past and I've driven both. I owned a 4.0 XJR a few years back which was also good.

There is just something about a supercharged V8. The sheer amount of grunt on tap with next to no lag, it always makes me grin. I'm waiting for the prices on the XKR to bottom out before I jump into one, sticking with the pops and bangs of the 4 pot in my Evo X for the meantime.

20 hours ago, Warrington guy said:

My preference would be a jag xfrs . They sound amazing even with the stock exhaust 

20 hours ago, gumball3000 said:

XKR Jag

Either of these two. Still want to own a XKR 5.0 at some point. That engine is an absolute peach and the supercharger whine is addictive. 

4 hours ago, Dave400SE said:

I see Kermit and friends have now advertised Gib's car on AT....

Bunch of utter numpties. Why on earth have they done that if Matt has left a deposit on the car?

No worries Matt, I'm glad that the car is staying within the club. I loved it and I'm already regretting selling it. In hindsight I should have held off selling it for a few weeks and saved you the hassle of dealing with Evans Halshaw.

Hope it all goes well on Saturday, drop me a text with your travel plans. I live fairly close to the dealership so can meet you at the nearby Shell to give you the remote for the exhaust (depending on timings). 

1 hour ago, Jgtcracer said:

Wow, that thing looks immaculate!lol.  Look at those solid arches.  Ha.

Im 6'3" and hav no issues with head room clearance and have a sunroof.....im all legs mind you

The drivers side isn't as immaculate as the previous owner was an elderly chap but still, only 28k miles from new! 

My lanky mates had no issues with the ISF. Tallest one is 6'4"