Malc1

not for much maybe.... . people just died thru' simple lack of knowledge about the problems that the NHS has now identified and can hopefully cure or at least mitigate Cancers spring to mind ...... cataracts too ........ hearing improvements ...... the NHS has so much positive stuff going forward that simply hadn't been " invented " 30 years back Dr Finlay's casebook would now be a might more technical these days .... and he'd be seeing patients now that would have long pegged out some 30 years back

the free at point of need, NHS HealthCare for sure .... . generally speaking but NOT dentistry coz for some reason the Govt allows us to be totally ripped off by that profession, oh, and Opticians too I'm sad to say ...... unless you're a minor needing glasses BUT overall dentistry and opticians have much improved our health BUT only if you can afford to pay for it in addition to that which one pays for the NHS generally methinks ! Malc

yep .. might as well go on another 50k miles at least and by then you might have sold the car to some other person to worry about the then inevitable " failure " Malc

I joined a Honda Forum back in 2016 ? on buying my Honda Legend ……. sadly of very little use nor help for me having been used to the brilliance of this Lexus Forum …… thinking our Lexus forum is exceptional tbh Malc

I haven't read the rest of this specific post BUT of course that will mean all of London will be gulp gulp gulp coz the Thames Barrier is only just sufficing now and of course there are great chunks of Essex / Suffolk already sea engulfed from decades past ............... and bits of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent have dropped off too and now underwater ......... Let's see what the Govt of whatever day it is might be doing to " save " Londinium from higher tides and sea levels then ............... maybe convert many basements in the City buildings to swimming pools ..... I remember many moons back when I worked in the NatWest Tower, now No.42 is it .. and I often used the swimming pool there ....... I'm thinking that was a basement area ........ and a joy it was too . and if it's still being used then a great " keep fit " facility for City Workers ..... p'raps a side benefit to Climate Change eh ! 😉 Malc

Thank you, but all credit to Malcolm C the prior owner who had her clay-barred a few years back and has kept her in fine fettle . .... with some unshown blemishes of course 😅 ...... but it's those wheels cause me a little angst ! Malc

As promised, freshly washed down and piccys of this dear old lady 32 years young on the Town Quay just outside my back gate Malc

Wow …… are you quite sure these iridium plugs can satisfactorily last for 150k miles ? Malc

Might I suggest we all repair to a chilled out quiet country location and ask Miss Marple to make us a delicious cup of tea and sit in the garden with the vicar to more thoughtfully contemplate the problem Malc

it seems quite possible then from reading the above that the car has now reached 100k miles and the plugs have never been changed I wouldn't hesitate to have them changed at the next service if I was you Malc

Is this for any specific model of car ? Malc

the only sensible way, surely, to determine mpg is to fill her up, run her for a couple of hundred miles or so and then re-fill Malc

Why more failures ? Have you had any already then ? Spark plug change isn’t a failure it’s a necessity of proper maintenance ! Did u advise us the current mileage ? Malc

……. and of course the politics of it all …… now then …… is tidal power a good Greener source for improving / lessening the “ bad “ climate change ? UK has a huge comparative coastline per capita surely ? Malc

and of course Chinese and Indian languages abounded loooooong before that too Malc

such elitism 🤣 Malc

Nope . has the car covered 100k miles yet ?? ... 100k miles might be about their limit for optimum travel ......... might be less expensive with an indy changing them instead of the Main Dealer tho' decisions decisions decisions ............ one of the joys of owning a car eh ! Malc

Oh my Nigel . you are soooo lucky ..... now this ridiculous £££££ dilemma for me just now ............ with my existing perfectly good wheels and tyres .... but not even my upper budget one's but are still very good for wear .. and my wheels are ok ........... I just really wish to prefer some " originality " for this rare Mk1 survivor ...... I would however have a possible home to hand them on to locally too ........ oh, and my spare in the boot is the original unused 32 y/o Dunlop DZ 8 ( is it ) blue and red lines around the circumference of the tread eh ! So Norfolk is a fair trek from deepest darkest Kent, Queenborough for sure ............ and the thought of a refurb to your wheels, locally @ £ 300 and new tyres . takes me to about £800 as a starter ! . Difficult to simply justify spending right now having just bought this dear Old Lady 🤫 What temptation ! a little to think about 4 sure Malc

For sure 👍 Malc

gave us Latin ....... the mother of all modern languages, well, unless you're Greek .... and we seem to excel with their yoghurt for some strange reason that escapes me ! Malc

About AD44 then ........... only some 1980 years and they still haven't finished filling the potholes ..... gone down hill since the Highways Agency was created ..... wot a record eh ! 😇 Malc

bit like a wheel falling off then …… often a simple fix ! Malc

Could be a brilliant car to last you forever ….. but I’ve only the Ls400s. X 2. posts on this forum give you much insight into the Ls430 and things that need doing e.g., radiator change at every 100k miles to ensure there’s no gearbox oil / water mix contamination the cambelt pulleys and waterpump renewed too every 100k miles the rear fridge chill pipes might be kaput from the aircon but reading there’s a rubber pipe fix now for this You might find some delamination of the windows too but hey there’s a few people here with first hand first rate experience of these wonderful cars buy the right one and you’ll have glorious motoring for the rest of time 🤩 Best wishes Malc

VFR hi ……… there’s little your modern and fresh perspective on the Soviet and WW2 actions and outcomes then can teach some of us who have personally felt the impact of absolute fear and reality of being overrun and slaughtered by such people as occupy the Kremlin and Putin and the controlling money men, the oligarchs Putin the puppet will live and demand the blind obedience and destruction of the youth of the Russian nation in pursuit of Absolute and mad control, whatever the human cost And the fear in our hearts( mine anyway ) that Ukraine will simply not be the final destination for absorption into Russia and all that evil currently represents And in that process Xi is able to simply take huge advantage of his ABSOLUTE power too and absorb whatever he wishes across all of Russia and whenever he now wishes to do so Of course the Russian population at large want peace and their dead troops back ….. ‘O0,000s of their own youth slaughtered on the path of mad Oligarch reach to control the world PEACE is there to be had by simply removing to the Old Borders and leaving the rest of the world alone …… I suspect there’s fat chance of that all the while there’s troop fodder to be fed by the Kremlin into the blind madness of THEIR own self-destruction REMEMBER please, there’s an ageing generation of “ free “ people who have experienced this Russian Power mindset and evil Malc

Linas …… I’m impressed with your clarity of thought Russian invaders moving back to within Russia borders will immediately stop their war ……. Stop invading Ukraine will result in Peace and then we can all reflect on the sadness of the hundreds of thousands of young soldiers dying at the behest of the Kremlin, Putin and the Oligarchs supporting and still continuing to support that evil regime that I’m sure the “ ordinary “ citizens of Russia wish to be rid of Malc