Malc1

these are the guys nr to me that I' going to visit sometime soon to fix my dials bouncing about ....... when they start that again I'm reading they have good write-ups BUT being in Kent are a huge drive for you from deepest darkest Cornwall Good luck Malc btw, what's the issues you're experiencing with your 95 Ls400 ........ I've had mine 11.5 years and covered 120k miles of it's 242k miles

UK population is so so tiny compared to the rest of the " wealthy " world, even tho; UK is still 6th ? in Global Wealth ( behind or just ahead of Brazil is it ) and has a relative tiny landmass across which to sell it's brands and models ...... these must also be huge factors in deciding model spread into the UK . also, unless no-one's noticed just now, much of the UK population is going thru' or about to begin to go thru', very straightened circumstances and new car purchases will drop to a very very low point in peoples aspirations Reality of Marketing right now eh ! Malc

Take your car to Maidstone where I had mine repaired / refabricated by the EXPERTS .. maybe give them a ring first 01622 672798 ( I posted on here somewhere at the time ) Bower Lane Exhaust centre and tyres . back street yard but been there for ever ......... at least 50 years to my knowledge ... ME16 8EJ I'm assuming yours is the same part as mine, the rest of the exhaust will last another 27 years for sure . the heat shields might fall off but are not essential to satisfactory running They refabricated my front exhaust stuff and cost £300 + vat This part is totally unavailable from anywhere in the UK and when it was, cost £6/700 to replace Tell them i had mine done earlier this year and one of their mechanics just set-to and fabricated all that was necessary ( they have zillions of parts ) and to re-use the existing Cats ( of course ) a pre-booked half a day's work ?? after they had checked what needed doing ...... And the right member of staff was available too ...... they have staff with skills sets to concentrate to make an excellent job of it for you Good luck, I'm assuming yours is the same part that needs replacing Malc

I think madame google overrides one's wishes with advert blocking . I don't know really, all i do know is that my Travel Business spends a few £'000s a month with google to inter alia, infiltrate people's browsings to capture new business .. and it seems to work ( mostly thankfully ) ✌️ Malc

My 2006 Honda Legend is a pretty darned good car . owned her now for 6.5? years and bought from my bro-in-law who bought it from the Main Dealer who had sold it to the original owner ....... between them they cosseted the car and spent much £££££ on all sorts at Main Dealer prices ....... we've done about 40k miles in her and hardly spent a penny ... just regular servicing, tyres etc . with my indy , low cost but bloody good maintenance Brilliant Comfy, Reliable ( mostly ) quite powerful limo and AWD, a boon in terrible weather for sure 🤩 and my Lexus Ls400, no.3 now and done maybe a quarter of a million miles in them over some 22 years ........ Brilliant Comfy, Reliable ( mostly ) quite powerful limo but totally useless in snow and ice . but oh my, wot a fantastic car So there we have it .... brilliant Mainstream Manufacturers but not very popular cars from both Honda and Lexus . I'd buy both again, this time from new if ever they might build them at that level of quality and reliability etc ... hahahahahaha, I now have the spondoolies to do so Lexus is certainly Mainstream from Toyota they just don't sell too many of 'em in the UK BUT globally, well, I'm guessing the sales figures are quite acceptable ( to Toyota ) Bit like buying a roller Rolls Royce . certainly a mainstream car, just that they don't sell very many and I'm thinking maybe their reliability factor doesn't exist ............ Malc

2 x folding £20 notes covered the cost ok ✌️ Malc

my Hydrogen powered Lexus Ls 700 is I'm sure somewhere there on the horizon . and indeed, why bother too much when the parent, Toyota is the absolute supremo of all manufacturers Malc

Breakers yard for one ? Find a useful rubber pipe manufacturer somewhere and get him to make / cut / form / fabricate one for you ? Malc

Rockauto maybe ? Malc

I vaguely remember my secondhand Triang tricycle back in the '50s now . gave me much pleasure running up and along the back garden path too my next endeavour was with a two wheeler when I moved to Brookland on the Romney Marsh in Kent, thinking the roads were actually flat ..... jeez not for me wore me out all those inclines and potholes and grassed over centres to the roads / tracks Don't remember incivilities of cyclists then either, not like these days 🥶 Malc

I can feel a putinesque missile heading their way at sometime Malc

I think I'd be prone to checking out that villains number plate and getting me'self a baseball bat Malc

Turtlewax provide two different priced effective products too Malc

the blessings are that the number of cyclists will reduce simply from inextricable mangleation of their cycles 🤣 Malc

and if you do find red herrings floating around then you really do have a serious problem 🤩 Malc

woops, just realised my screen got stuck a little . sorry Mlc

going in Tuesday 3rd January to sort this out I'll report back Malc

so what did you do to lose all the scenery ? Malc

I was reading sometime back that my Ls400 is actually BANNED from Paris . probably some others too ........ how sad, when i go next I'll just plan very well to avoid all those dreadful places to drive Malc

and RAC or AA cover as appropriate Malc

and a glorious and Happy New Year to one and All Malc

as an aside, come MOT time I'm thinking the TPMS light on is NOT an MOT Fail as it's only post 2012 that relates to ...... no use right now tho', sorry Malc

apologies to Tesco . their Sheerness fuel goldmine is now only 10p more expensive than the Tescos Gillingham one I filled the Honda with yesterday on the way home from Woburn ........ Centre Parcs .. both just a short drive from home Malc

my motto since recovering ( still ) from my cancer a while back ........ each and every day you MUST look to with happy eyes and thoughts Malc

my local Tesco is still operating the local cartel with Morrisons and BP at about 14p a ltr more About time the Govt stopped this cartel nonsense again, having relaxed the rules during covid times and not yet re-addressed the " against the customer fraud " going on But there we are, the higher the price the greater the Govt tax take on Duty etc .... no incentive to ameliorate the pricing in favour of customers eh ! Malc