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thought China did this some years back ...... penalty for having too many children was to execute them ? the kids, the parents or indeed the grandparents for giving birth to the miscreants in the first instance ??? . prison anyway methinks ........ Good 'ol Mao at the time was it .. Emperor Xi might be having similar Imperical / Imperial thoughts too now he's Boss I jest ( probably 🤔) Does anyone remember the outcome ? .......... just reading today the global population is now at 8 billion Ah, I do remember a world COP ? conference in Brazil some years back where the Authorities decided to clean up the areas prior to attendees arriving for the Conference .. maybe some 30 years back . maybe the very First COP Climate Conference it could have been ......... cleaned up the streets ok .......... all the waifs and strays and unsightly kids were rounded up and " disposed of " ......... methinks remedial executions did actually take place .. REALLY YES and no proof of course . easy for ( South American ) State decisions to be hidden for sure ....... jeez we even get " cover-ups " here in the UK with MI 5 / 6 if what we read in the Free Press is anything to go by ..... might even read this on Twitter as Musk seems to control this part of the world too ......... ( God help us all ....... well those who take any notice of Twitter . not me for sure ) Others remember this ? Malc have i set the cat amongst the pigeons with this ............ hehehehehe !

phone another local tyre fitting / wheel alignment place ?......... can't see Lexus doing it themselves tbh 🤔 Malc

maybe someone will pay that for it OR buy one much cheaper and have some work done to it ............ that's what I would be doing tbh coz THEN you know what your ending up with 🤑 not sure the price of that 5kg of MIG wire these days 🤔 a mileage at 150k wouldn't deter me in the slightest tbh .......... the drivetrain is usually invincible in these Ls400s Are you going to use the car or is she for keeping in aspic ? Malc

there are a few about methinks we're following one now at £1800 and another at £3k Malc

and the front exhaust pipe replacement nowadays has to be fabricated by someone . the OEM part is NOT available from anywhere and when it was about £6/700 .... mine at 235k miles cost me £360 for a bespoke fabricated replacement this year They don't last forever ! Malc

I'm rather concerned on their human rights thoughtfulness .......... in producing all this stuff that we keep buying and thereby supporting their ethos generally Malc

Andrew .. any update ? Malc

so then Richard . is there an update on this ? Malc

I'm also watching Dudley Dupes V reg Ls400 Malc

I vote for hydrogen power OR a V8 4ltr petrol ( of course ) Malc

he's possibly fortunate to have these installed .. i know I'm not allowed as i live in a Conservation Area ... and on a double yellowed line high street and limited parking access at the rear . so I'm never going to be able to have a EV methinks . nor do i wish for one either ( at this time ) A local MP was and still is I guess, trying to tell the UK that Solar Panels come from China ........ are we too dependent on China one wonders ! We never hear about the source of our solar panels ......... do we ?? Malc

ah ha !! maybe an Ls400 then 😁 Malc

Sandro, do you till drive your Ls400 ? Malc

my 1995 Ls400 N7GNT .......... for 21st November ...... 242k miles now, drives a dream as ever ...... nothing squeals, beautiful smooth and happy drive .. very fast and quick on kick-down and stops on a pinhead new indy mechanic tho' and just around the corner .......... my usual indy gave up servicing cars etc earlier this year ........ shame coz he knows her inside out and back to front . all the quirks and foibles .... been looking after my cars for some 15 ? years or so ..... let's see what this new guy has to say .......... he is his own MOT station and Tester too .......... . fingers xd eh ! I'll keep you posted Malc

now at £1800 Malc

nope ..... . but as i said, it actually looks an 'arf decent car ! BUT in the flesh it just might be a bag of old bones 🤑 Malc

Police in Hounslow et al have fleets of Hydrogen cars these days Malc

silly looking battery pack and there's a zero price tag BUT WOT a stunner eh ! Malc

I was amazed, nay shocked to see the 63 x 5 Star reviews knowing the history around this seller ? This is the guy with the Court Findings against him etc ? I'm presuming Malc

they all don't have the storage capacity ...... my local Asda stores don't have E5 , nor some of my Sainsbury's either and the likes of BP, well, last weekend I filled up with E5 and the difference in price was a staggering 14p a ltr rather than the usual 7p or 8p The island of Ireland probably has some further limitations with storage and volumes of types of fuel being sold too Good luck with it all .... my E5 garages i now know locally here in my part of Kent Malc

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210241025045?model=LS 400&include-delivery-option=on&make=Lexus&radius=1501&sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&year-to=2022&postcode=me115ag&page=1 Well I don't know .. this one don't look 'arf bad ! Malc

a nice old fashioned DS Citroen from the 1970's in EV form would be a nice to have car methinks Citroen made some fabulous designed cars, it just needs the best of those to be re-jigged Malc

now down to £1995 Malc

pulleys and waterpump too whilst you're in there ...... it's a monster of a job timewise for sure I suspect the window delamination might be solved with replacements from somewhere you ........... and me if I was in your situation eh ! Best wishes Malc

going on about this one .......... a rare Mk3 with not bad looking bodywork ........ the rust repairs might be a chore BUT think what you'd have to pay to get a luxo barge V8 in " sound " nick these days ....... especially a Lexus Pleased I'm not in the market for one ( yet, touch wood ) otherwise methinks I'd be looking at it with a view to some economic " just needed " restoration to get it thru the MOT cars are consumables and to restore at much cost £££ and not to use the car is a bit criminal to my mind ........... and then you're in the real world of more dings and dents and simple knocks that insurers write them off for I don't know ! .. £1500 maybe 🤔 Malc