Mr Vlad

Just goes to show the difference between dealer technicians. Very poor quality and nervous tech guy. Blimey your car looks to be in a poor state but being a 2006 car. They're offering you a scrapage value of 3.5k? Unless your heart is in it to get the repairs done at your local garage then take up their offer. Does your car have a current MOT? Does it drive ok? Maybe see what we buy any car would offer but be dead straight with the Info that you give them.

Instead of buying that thumb lock adapter spend the money on a good quality tyre pressure gauge. I bought a pump a good number of years ago because of the car at the time I had where the thumb lock type didn't fit well. The screw on type is just fine but pressure is lost when it's removed. I always over inflate. I absolutely Do Not rely on the gauge on the pump as they're just cheap inaccurate items. I then use a separate pressure gauge to release pressure to the desired pressure.

I'm intrigued by these fuel figures for those American trucks? being 8 mpg. UPS being mentioned so by trucks they're probably 5- 7 ton trucks. They run stop start between just a couple hundred feet to a couple of miles. If they're only getting 8-9 mpg then they all need shooting. By comparison the trucks here average nearer 20 mpg. From what I've heard Amazon are buying hundreds of EV vans which I'm personally wondering if these EV vans have enough of a range considering the drivers won't be driving them economically lol. Just thought I'd mention this.

I'd have said quite similar Linas. But sad news the loss of another Lexus

At the end if the day taste is an INDIVIDUAL thing and by distinction should NOT be mocked by disagreement. The LX600 is a vehicle which needs the right colour to make it look good. Its definitely not to a majority of folks taste. Me? Don't like it. Good post Colin. You just knew it'd get the goat up of quite a few lol 😆

Yes one wonders but the car looks amazing. Excellent paint job.

Lovely looking car that ISF. It's already been stated that your S4 will have more low down grunt because of its supercharger. Lexus engines are in my humble opinion the best there are. They're kind of over engineered and bullet proof, one thing that 3.0 audi supercharged engine isn't. Best way and simplest way to compare both cars is this. Treat the ISF like a 2 stroke motorbike. It'll love it. Your Audi treat as a 4 stroke. (yes I know it sounds daft). For a V8 that 5.0 litre lump is akin to a F1 engine of old. Just enjoy your new car. Get rid of the Audi before it bankrupts you. £2750 ish to do cam chains is an example.

There's no loss of sound quality with the Teyes CC3. There are 2 options of it for the is250. One with built in nav and the other no nav. There's a couple threads on here about upgrades. V line no good for you.

Oh ok. Didn't realise. It was the terrible handling bit that made me react.

Gowd n Bennett. I've got that video on VHS which I've had when it first came out. Effin BRILLIANT. Git the DVD a few years ago too. That vitesse was standard. The mirror was taken off for safety reasons if I remember correctly. I particularly live the sound when the exhaust gave up half way round. Oh did I once have the 2.7 vitesse? To bloody right I did. And it's 2.0 turbo cousin. Both cars handled superbly, yes torque steer but you had to know to overcome that. I had oh so much fun in those cars. Did I take either round the TT course? Unfortunately no But I did take their baby brother the 216 vitesse round and crikey s h a t myself approaching a left when I had no brakes!!!!!!!!!! luckily for me there was waste ground straight ahead which I stopped in just about. My front brake disks were glowing red hot. Oh happy days. Excellent post Mincey 👍

Mmmmmm I wonder if that bit from Mr Sowell includes drop outs, winos, druggies and the like. I've lived in areas where they congregate. They do nothing for society positively but expect lots of freebies. This sounds like entitlements, to me anyway. Excellent saying tho from Mr Sowell 👏 👌 👍

Way hey what a subject. Personally speaking I think these new rules are a waste of time space effort and money spent. I'm a professional truck driver and I see a helluva lot of D head car steerers (note I don't call them drivers) who don't give a toss, of a coin, about Any road user. I also see a helluva lot of cyclists who ride like they've got a death wish. I deliver a lot in Wales and go on just wider than single track roads. If I see a jogger or walker or cyclist on such roads I pull over and stop if they're approaching me. If I approach them I give a quick toot of my horn and they see me and they do actually pull in and I pass them slowly. One case makes me giggle still. One cyclists group were out on their jollies going up a steady hill on a narrow road. I saw them ahead and pipped my horn to let them know I was there. They all turned round to acknowledge me except the cyclist at the rear of the bunch who geared down and overtook the group. They all chastised her I could see. Where they could they went into a single line and let me pass. I waved in thanks and they reciprocated. Coming home just today. Driving up the road and a see a young mum with a child waiting to cross. As typically normal all the cars Ignored her. I stopped and stayed still till a last car went through and she crossed thanking me with a wave. These rule changes are simply going to be ignored by most. Drivers and cyclists. However I can see pedestrians taking the wee wee by only pretending to cross the road. Oh yes there's gonna be some compensation claims arising from this. At the end of the day and as already stated. We ALL have a duty of care when we're out on the road. No one is above the other. Some are much more vulnerable than others. We have to look out for each other just like a decent percentage of road users do. Simple.

So the dealer said you can't have the essential service plan because your car isn't over 5 years old? Weird because Lexus withdrew the essential plan yet a couple on here have asked and got replied that's it's still on. Very strange. Anyway £39 a month for how long? Isn't a bad price.

That car is Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Am intrigued by the audio install.

The unit you bought must have a fault in it. Send it back for a replacement. My last post came out bad. I've had my BT adapter in a year now and it's been flawless through out. Superb music reproduction through BT.

My bad Moleman. I actually meant Norway. Think I got the 30x bit wrong too. But from what was said on Fifth Gear Recharge their hydro power station that was visited was effin Huge. 6 or more generators of which one was enough to power the whole country. To those who are slagging off what this country of our did many many generations ago go find another country to live in. I wouldn't dream of slagging of a country I was in. Jeez there's some A holes about.

Hi James. Re clutch pedal. Being high isn't too bad and is way better than it being on the floor. Plus it makes for quicker gear changes. Re foot brake. Braking is basically in 3 parts. 1st third is partial braking. 2nd third is usually all that's needed to stop. 3rd third is all out lock your wheels up braking.

It's been mentioned about the Netherlands being in huge debt because of its incentives for EV ownership and how it gives free charging and tax incentives. Most of their electricity is from hydro plants. One in particular supplies 30x More electricity than the whole country needs. Me thinks their debt will soon be paid off. Seems one country knows what it's doing.

Intelligent Speed Assist/ Speed Limiter. Funny. I've seen just this evening a YouTube video about this subject but that guy doing the video is bang on. Yes cars from what 2025? all to have Speed limiters fitted as standard. But cars before that date won't have them retro fitted. But without them being connected to the Internet how can the driver of that car fitted with a Speed limiter, which Can be over written, be fined instantly for speeding? As for knowing where we are and how fast we're going. FFS Google has known for effin years. Now for a rant Phil. Threads that go from chalk to cheese really pisses me off especially when know it alls put more than their 2 penneth worth in. Jeez their are a couple on this forum I'd gladly knock out no matter how big they are if ever I met them in person. Rant over. 🍻🥃

Draught Pedigree. Blimey last time I had one of those was at least 35 years ago lol. Not seen it on draught for ages. For me it Old Peculiar first choice. Failing that Abbott Ale. Failing that off back home for a few Southern Comforts 🥃👍 Don't know about having a rant being a pleasure but I can kind of see that. Ruddy good thread you've started by the way 👍. Amazing how cheese turns to chalk lol.

That's strange James. Those channels where the clips go aren't that close to where the edge of these screen is. Can't you just scrape the gunge out where the clip goes? I'm assuming that the screen doesn't leak.

That's interesting. So you've checked what can be checked and all seemed good but still after a test drive one hub is too hot to touch. Basically change the wheel bearing as a pair though. Very strange what you're experiencing. I'd have thought quite a few would have got onto this thread.

Wasn't a Saturday rant Phil. Just my honest opinion and a Fact about hospital cleanliness. 🍻

Blimey oh Riley how the initial post goes for one almighty dump!@#. So some robbin barstuards Southern councils are charging (no pun intended) FOUR quid per KWh???? Sad gits who use them I say. There's another charger not too far away at a reasonable rate. Hydrogen power. Great idea and in parts of America its infrastructure makes it work very well. Ok off the Initial post. NHS is fundamentally brilliant BUT the money that goes into it doesn't go where its actually needed. Hospitals are generally filthy places. Yes Filthy. My better half is a hospital housekeeper (cleaner) and is one of a far too low percentage of cleaners who actually clean the effin place whist the vast majority of those who are supposed to clean skive off and hide. Fact. Taxing cyclists. Utter B O L L O X. Back to EV's charging. EV makes 100% sence to me. But I love the sound of my V6 too much. 😊

Or use a softer compound tyre on your 19's. The downside is they wear quicker.