Malc1

2024 I'm thinking to go visit the Japanese blossom areas and might take in a trip to Toyota to look at the new Hydrogen big sedan and chat with them about the issues around importing one to the UK Just occurred to me that a buddy went there last year on such a glorious blossom trip 😃 Malc

there have been several posts in times past on here about the rust bits forming on the doors under the trims .. especially the middle of the door trims on the Ls400 and 430 Search and ye shall find ... no doubt 😇 Malc

gentlemen, absolutely all the sodding data about every Tesla owners car ( and probably every Tesla owner too ) is now freely available to whomsoever needs it or wants to peruse it, it would seem ...... " Tesla breaking news 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by whistleblower " is that a lot do you know ? Musk will doubtless blame everyone else and sod the Tesla owners needs................. he's making plenty of spondoolies ££$$££$$ All that " free" charging clearly has a price 🤣 Oh for the simplicity of my petrol, but non-guzzling, totally free of Data V8 4ltr limo Malc

Martin hi, I have no idea on this BUT might you ask your legal whatever team at the RAC / AA or whichever motoring body you belong to They might have a definitive practical solution ! Malc

you should have paid a 🤑few dollars more and bought a properly stored and fitted one from the Toyota spares Dept maybe 🤫 Malc

so I might still get my hydrogen Toyota Crown sedan to rebadge to my Ls700 ..... when I can eventually pension off my Ls400 🤣 Malc

or maybe a loose exhaust shield that needs removing maybe .. mine were simply sacrificial on my Ls400 and solved that specific rattle at rare times Good luck Malc

price looks about right then . plus possibly VAT and Import duty and a few squid for the postal/ email delivery advice Might work out at about 50% of UK Lexus / Toyota stores price Malc

we tend to buy our significant parts from Amayama or Rockauto ......... international providers of genuine OEM .........or LexusPartsDirect the import costs " all-up " often work out about 50% of the Lexus / Toyota UK prices Good luck Malc

maybe check out those exhaust heatshields again ! Malc

............. probably too late for you now that there seems to be the issue . sadly BUT over 245k miles and 28 years my car has never, not yet anyway, had replacement calipers nor parts ........... ok, they have at each and every service in my ownership ( 12 years and 120k miles ) with my indy servicing the car, always given the calipers the attention a diligent service guy would give them There is zero Lexus servicing schedule for the calipers to my knowledge ... it's just the diligence of the owner and the servicing guy to simply know that the calipers need checking over and making sure all is well and adjusted It's simply called preventative maintenance 😇 Malc

anyone ever seen a petrol car or bus explode 🥶 Malc

professionally stripped and then stored properly and then waiting 25 years for all the bits to sell .... methinks a forlorn way forward tbh Malc

fame at last 😉 Malc

AF quite abysmal in my personal experience out of 10 CK is 10stars plus AF is minus minus minus totally every star in the universe IMHO Malc

OK you guys THIS IS the refuelling station i want to use so tell me please AND Gang where we can go meet with this purveyor of hydrogen stuff Malc

not used them very recently BUT I found them very very on-the-ball, most helpful and good prices on all sorts of insurances I first started using them in the late 80's when I lived in Benenden ,,,,,, most helpful and professional people Malc

so we'll all be able to pop along to Heathrow to refuel at some stage ......... 🤩 Malc

I thought they " winked " Malc

Oh, and I vaguely, aeons back, remember the AA man on his motorcycle with sidecar waving at Members displaying their proud AA badge ✌️ Malc

My kids ( all themselves adults grown up now ) wouldn't know what a Ls400 is ( if they didn't know i have one ) as there are now almost none, zero, zilch on the roads .. I could probably give them, oh and the grandkids, £100 a pop if they ever see one What i did see parked in my local swimming pool car park was an enormous 22 plate Lexus in dull army fatigue brushed green colour . you could tell it was a Lexus, or maybe a tractor by the shovel like front just below the armour plated coloured bonnet ... jeez UGLY or Wot 😥 Malc

Bonkers 🍅but skwashd 🥵 Malc

timing belt and waterpump and check pulleys etc ... maybe about £ 1 k ? Malc

and spill the G 'n T ..... disaster 🤩 Malc

Well, so is a Toyota / Lexus car for sure ( that's only 625k miles ) .................. mine's already 28 years young at 245k miles and another 32 years of excellent comfy, reliable, simply comparative non-expensive motoring awaits me ..... well I'll be 103 then so maybe not eh ! 🤣 Might have to give up on the Ls700 and just stick to me Mk3 Ls400 then ..... petrol E5 and whatever is the juice of my future 😇 Malc