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Well done Stuart . well, the car anyway 😅 Malc

Best wishes for a speedy recovery . reading today that wearing a pair of old socks over your shoes while out on ice might help prevent slips You MUST now stop laughing Malc

ah, also with Sadiq Khan terror reign with ULEZ stuff it's likely your dad's part of London N/W Kent could come a cropper this coming August 2023 and making elderly cars ( like mine too ) silly expensive to ever use off the driveway ! Best wishes whatever Malc

Good luck to your dad getting a great price for his lovely car ....... Bet now he wished he'd used it a lot more when he was more able ....... over these past 23 years ......... whatever, someone will be getting a great car to use and enjoy ✌️ Best wishes Malc

just take it to a fresh MOT station that's a little way away from where it was MOT'd before They might see it in a totally different light and you might get a pleasant and happy surprise Do let us know the outcome please Malc

Mine's lived on the coast all it's life ( I think ) and at 242k miles there's very very little corrosion too . just a rear wheel arch . can't believe at 60k and so young it's a rust MOT Failure yes please put up the regn so we can have a proper look at history etc Thank you Malc

happens to lots of us ........ it's life and there's always going to be another and more usefully modest place to live and enjoy ...... along with the car(s)... but it's good there are people around that enable one to enjoy the fruits of their labours too ..... nice views especially, coffee and buns and the ultimate ......... . NO BILLS 😅 Malc

Baz that's so so good . i was going to suggest that you simply used the professional services of a mobile ICE engineer ...... maybe that's next time, heaven forfend there is another eh ! Well done howsoever it came to pass Malc

defrosting and de-icing on my ancient steed is pretty damn good too actually ............ just don't really want to pop out in her until the wonderful sunshine has had fist stab at defrosting her in the mornings Lucky the car is parked by the Town Quay and there's no buildings nor trees dampening the morning sun effect ........ 🤩 Malc

hahahahahaha . how far back do ya wanna go ??? seasonal Bing Crosby Merry Christmas for a starter ............. and I even heard a Cliff Richard one too a few days back ......... and he's been on TV too very very recently ......... he's looking good for his age eh ! AND it's jolly jolly cold, nay FREEZING down here in Kent ..... well all over I'm thinking .. wrap up well everyone Malc

that looks like a ridiculously skinny spacesaver ! Malc

to Full Fat then ......... looks a bit of a brilliant shopping outing for sure .... well done ✌️ Malc

on salads ! Malc

what a great piece . hadn't realised the impact of Toyota so readily in the world's challenging zones ...... even if it was just Edward and Sophie at the time Malc

coz i hadn't realised they were the same wheels tbh .. like golddust .. a bit fearsome to actually take the car out on the road ..... always be concerned to avoid anything that could possibly cause a tiny hiccup or blemish to a wheel ......... like driving 🤣 Malc

in my standard and unmolested 4ltr V8 I have NEVER used oil additives and she runs as sweet as a nut ...... 27 years and 242k miles .... annual service and oil and oil filter changes and only ever used simple oils ......... like Wilko Semi-Synthetic these past many years BUT as a lad, 55 years back, serving fuel at a petrol station in Chislehurst Kent I was often asked to do a squirt of Redex a gallon . remember a Rolls Royce would always pop £5 of petrol 5 Star super dooper 101 ? Octane stuff too methinks AND a squirt of Redex ...... maybe cars needed that back in those days ! Malc

Blimey ........... . that's just bonkers ! Malc

but in reality wot on earth would the Qataris spend their money on anyway ? It's coming out of their ears ( $$$$$ so as to speak ) and apart from their enormous and significant world changing charitable works ( are there any ? ) ...........wot else would the zillions be spent on ? Your thoughts ? Malc

maybe they wanted the secret formulae involving the " lard " content to improve car paintwork protection products 😅 Malc

Wot me . well not recently ....... I did have a weird electrical problem that manifested itself about 18 months back ( I think ) getting to a hospital appt, the wipers and all else electrical just " died " in the rain on the M2 ...... the RAC guy was called from the hospital car park to which I had limped, and literally about 2 mins before he arrived everything began to get back to normal and, touch wood, been all ok since ............ He investigated but couldn't find anything wrong and following that i tried to find a Professional Auto Electrician to search for the problem and advise ....... I don't believe there's one out there . they might all be complete charlatans to my mind ........ I'm happy to put my continuing ( fingers and all toes xd ) Trust in my Mk3 Ls400 of 1995 vintage 🥰 Malc

not one jot ........... £7 mn a week is a drop in the ocean sadly ............. Sue the Home Secretary is probably preparing the equivalent 4 star hotel style of accommodation in glorious sunny and warm, secure and safe Rwanda right now at an equivalent cost of just £ 0.5 mn I wonder ! Malc

I think your experiences " put to bed " our mere mortals dreams of ever sensibly owning a magnificent Ls600 .......... and any Dealers dreams of ever wanting to sell one outside of a Lexus Warranty too Good luck with all this .... hopefully the final £££££ tab won't drop into your lap to pick-up Best wishes Malc

wow, didn't I start something interesting ............... 😇 Malc

But NOT in most of the world .............. where " mass market " vehicles diesel and petrol is quite a useful product over much of Africa, Asia, North and South America too and of course India . where the Delhi Govt has just introduced ALL buses are now Electric ..... with a " local " population of some 26 million persons to be serviced Malc

chatting to my guy in Delhi last night ......... ALL buses in Delhi are now Electric and it's only men who pay, ALL women travel free as are the first 5 children you take on the bus with you ....... nothing about seats tho' ... think they may be a little superfluous tbh Malc