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If Toyota could get UK Govt ministers a fleet of Century limos then that would help promote the new/old marque ……. presumably supply free for the free promotion ……. saving the Exchequer lots of £££££ 😇 Malc

Stephen ……. you’re perusing the Lexus EV posts presumably …… or might your grass cutting hay making and leather saddle skills be honed a little 🤥 Malc

when i was touring around there a few years back I did notice in large measure the Turin steel road barriers, rather than being silvery coloured like ours and everywhere else in the world were actually RUSTY . the same metal used to produce the cars I'm sure 😉 Malc

that super EV beckons then ....... that Milk Float again 😇 Malc

must be time to buy an older Lexus V8 to continue to enjoy the freedom of motoring as it should be enjoyed............. anyone got a spare old serviceable Ls400 for sale 🤣 ........... a good case of merlot in the boot for those inevitable picnic stops too Malc

Noway . you have a 2 year young Lexus and presumably under some sort of Warranty that makes you having to use a Main Stealer for servicing etc .......... Once a year full scheduled service should be quite adequate . provided it's carried out competently of course .......... suggest using a different Lexus Main Dealer maybe ! Malc

Fourbanks. Nick …….. so it would seem that Lexus has failed to tell owners that simply checking the oil via the dipstick might show a rubbish result and the technology of the dipstick is simply ‘ not fit for purpose “ no point the layman ever looking at the oil dipstick in future ……. any reading could be a misguided irrelevance Well done Lexus …… rubbish outcome for the average caring owner it seems 🤔 Malc

A Milk Float then 🤥 Malc

Wot …….. your Lexus Main Dealer is telling you that the overfilled engine oil ….. by a whole one inch on the dipstick is ok ! in a lifetime of driving I’ve only ever tried to keep the level at the top of the appropriate ( level mark ) gauge when newly filled ……. and knowing to “ top up “ as necessary, if necessary, until the next service Wots ok about the suggested petrol and condensation build up in the engine for heavens sake ????? I think you have a Lexus Service Technician problem …… he’s overfilled it on the last service and can’t be bothered to sort out the issue ……. Waiting for it to just “ burn off “ or be “ used “ Back to the Main Dealer Technician to be more sensible methinks Good luck Malc

Hope he bought his air ticket from me then ……… I’d have sent him via 🤔😂…… Chitty Chitty B B comes to mind 🥳 Malc a pint of Draught(t) old Ale would be nice right now ….. rather than a smallish glass of some vino or t’other !

Anglesey is a looooong drive for me from deepest darkest Kent 🤔 Malc

Do they still do motor racing like I used to go to at Brands Hatch in the ‘60s …… ordinary’ish cars like Ford Anglias . Hillman Imps. Minis whatever …… that was so exciting if I remember 🤔 Malc

Yes, I read this the other day too …… an historic Toyota brand name for the Top o t’ Range Toyota car used by Japan Govt Ministers etc Might buy an old one now 🤔 and will probably outlast my Ls400s too 😂 Malc

I think it’s about time Disney did a remake of “ The King and I “. and the Shah of Persia re-emerged to take control …… and educate his sons and daughters at Eton and Sandhurst just to make sure all’s well in the Gulf of Aden and all the “ storms “ are re-aligned in favour of peace and tranquility Houti nonsense can be removed with a few more useful bombs and the Yemen Govt in exile can finally take control and peace will reign or even rain supreme on all those troubled waters ……. Aden Protectorate, newly made up by the UK USA Yemen Govt Qatar Govt should suffice ! Malc

De-stress over all this and if you’re achieving 20k miles on an axle tyres then that’s gonna be ok really Malc

We just have to remember that there’s no simple “ free market forces “ in China as we in the western world have to run with The import of Chinese products to the “ free world “ must therefore simply be western Govt authorised and controlled “ licensed “ ……. so the survival of Tesla might be artificially supported with these Chinese Quotas from time to time ……. as will be the position of other global EV manufacturers too Malc

Wonder what propulsion the Presidential Motorcade runs on ? Today now and tomorrow say ……. Can multi tonne effective tank weight “ cars “ be EV propelled effectively ? Malc

........... ...................whatever the Chinese State decides to pursue itself sure won't go " bankrupt " BYD big investor is I understand Warren Buffet Berkshire Hathaway . and he knows more than most about all sorts financially AND contrast with say the China Property market and say Evergrande billions problems it's simply that the business cannot, as in western financial parlance, go "bankrupt" ...... that concept doesnt seem to exist in China State accounting rules .............. so maybe BYD will always be there and can price itself simply to undermine whatever market it wishes to totally squeeze till all the " normal " financial rules send those businesses " bankrupt " Whatever Elon and Tesla might wish for ......... BYD is here to stay forever and a day, well until the China Govt decides otherwise ...... it might seem Malc

mother-in-laws tongue comes to mind ........... Malc

The whole of Gaza will probably be flattened, all tunnels expunged, all services destroyed with just masses of rubble strewn all over ……. then no one’s going to rebuild that desolate place and no one’s going to want to live there, in Gaza …… it’s such a tiny area overall and will possibly be filled with tented camps and impossible to live in flattened enclaves occasionally fed water and refugee food from Egypt wherever ……. There’ll be nowt left to fight over …… methinks that’s the Israel Plan and the destruction will stop when there’s nothing left to destroy ……. sadly the remaining Hostages will be expendable casualties of War …… unless someone convinced Hamas to release them …… that’s if Hamas even knows where they are or if any survive …… Qatar Lebanon Iran Iraq whatever would have sorted that by now if they knew how to ……. the Gaza end will come with nothing left to fight over or want to fight over ……. Rebuilding will never be able to take place nor be allowed to occur …….. THE FINAL END RESULT …… might take some months and a few 000’s deaths yet to come The sooner the better and with Aden a Protectorate of some sovereign state or several to police that Red Sea passage and repel bandits and invaders of global trade endeavour Thats me done …… let’s see Malc

Mass killings have forever occurred for no discernible rational acceptable Western reasoning ……. Khmer rouge Vietnam in general. Myanamar now , and if China didn’t careless then Hong Kong would go that way too I’m thinking Taiwan might follow ….. India Partition under Mountbatten saw at least a million slaughtered on both sides Muslim and Hindu Methinks it’s no different today, just maybe far less being slaughtered ….. in the name of ….. does anyone really know ???? Malc

hey, isn't that where the Hamas bosses live in supreme luxury with their many $$$ billions gotten from ....... where ??? Malc

China and Russia very close friends and ties and China absorption of all the rare minerals it needs from far flung outposts in all the Russias ……. and not a word of dissent from castrated Russia and it’s Peoples with no hope of dissent about anything ……. and payment by China with non- convertible Chinese currency ……. to only spend in China of course Bit like India only paying for huge amounts of Russian oil in inconvertible India inr currency …… can only be spent in India …… the Russian People will be the puppets of the China Emperor Xi Regime …… in due course ……. the Chinese “ long game “ ……. no need for war, just economic total dependency on China …… oh and that chunk of the to be Sino / Russia that almost flops over into that tip of Alaska eh ! 😂 And all for the sake of Kyiv invasion and Gaza wars, Oil ….. and Rare Minerals in inhospitable Siberian climes ……. well done clever old Xi 👏 Malc

Probably come out at the cheaper end of their market and more affordable to anyone with the cash to get one …… they want more more more and stolen RHD cars are more easily sold …… so more more more get stolen here and shipped over in containers that no one inspects or take any interest in 🤫 Malc

I’m very interested to follow this thread and wish you well My earlier thoughts last year to buy a Lexus Japanese import were thwarted when I couldn’t get to the bottom of removing all the Jap hieroglyphics, switches, absolutely everything Japanese to simple English and mph Good luck Malc