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That's right it was camshaft lifter but they sorted it out on the engine that went into the SLS which was basically the same engine. I missed a great opportunity to buy an SLS when they were £80K, I'll always kick myself for not buying it but I thought they might have gone even lower what a plonker one can be at times eh.

I've been a fan of this artist for a long time, if you've not heard any of her material it's worth checking out.

I had the M156 in my SL63, it was a lovely sounding engine and of course the N/A loved to be revved and was it's trump card. As you say there were problems with the head-bolts which they sorted after 2010. Although my car was pre 2010 I had no headbolt issue although some people had hydro-locked wrecked engines due to bolt failure. I understand the valve gear was also subject to an issue as well.

Let's hope you manage to keep clear of it, it's always been part of my routine for many years to ask my circle of friends if they have any symptoms of flu as I have to avoid them, but of course that's a bit of a waste in supermarkets and just about everywhere else.

And petrol at £1 a litre why not. For some reason Shell seem to think they can charge more, thank goodness for Tesco super

Totally agree, having owned and tried the others I settled on the RCF because it was different. In all honesty when I bought the RCF there wasn't anything else I liked or fancied buying, I thought it was a bargain at £43K at just over a year old with 5000 miles on the clock plus being a gadget freak had the AVS and TVD so i had to buy it. With the benefit of hindsight I would have probably still have bought it if I'd have known then what I know now. I'm not going to drop my trousers and trade it in because there isn't anything on the market that I consider to be decent value for money anyway. I expect in three years time it will still be a low mileage decent example and I'll probably decide then to keep it because it will be immaculate and low mileage, plus the market for them secondhand probably won't change so it may be for life not Christmas and if all goes well will have saved up enough for the Corvette.

Spot on there old boy, like the RSPCA slogan about a puppy being for life not just Christmas perhaps Lexus should adopt this because it seems an RCF is for life not just Christmas. Having come to my senses and changing a car just because I can or I'm bored I'm quite happy to slum it for the next few years. Plus my plan is to save up the money to buy the new C8 Corvette, I won't buy the first lot as I don't want the bother of potential teething problems so in about three years time my RCF will probably be a bit easier to sell. That is of course if the current situation doesn't turn into a Black Swan event I hear tale of.

Sounds a good plan, the Merlot I mean.

Indeed, one of my customers a very wealthy chap who ran an engineering company had one, he also had a four post lift in his garage. I took my Esprit over one day and we put our cars on the ramps for a good look. The NSX had lovely aluminium wishbones and everything as you would expect from Honda was engineered to the highest standard. My Esprit on the other hand was cheap pressed parts, underneath the Lotus looked like a kit car (I have fallen out with a lot of Lotus fan-boys because I have always said the Esprit and many other models of that era are just a nano hair away from a kit -car) From a cost point of view my customer friend couldn't see how Honda could make any money on them. The same was true with my Honda Rune motorbike they were reported to have cost Honda USA $120K each to make and they retailed them for $30K just to prove they could make such a thing and I guess to a certain degree the NSX was very similar.

That's good news for you at least it's being thrown a life line as such. I don't think this virus has reached anywhere near it's peak, I'm having to be ultra careful as I can't have the flu jab due to having a very severe allergic reaction to egg based cultures added to that I have the same allergic reaction to penicillin so in a word I'm F**ked

I tried one, very nice but reminded me of my girlfriends/now wife’s Honda Prelude inside. Bought a late V8 Esprit instead. Bad move Just to add I never liked the sound of the V-tec engine either unlike the Lexus it sounded like it was going to explode

P.S just reading back through the last sentence it's not meant as a comment towards you just a general observation.

I'll mention that to Giuseppe next time I ask him for advice about making my Pizza's, I'm sure he'll have plenty to say on that subject😁

Good luck with all that, I have told my wife on several occasions that she would go before I sell any of my cherished possessions, never goes down well that comment I've found to my cost. As I mentioned I lived through mortgage rates of 17% and ran my company through two very difficult and severe down-turns in the economy. You get through these things in the end, but afterwards you are a bit wiser, poorer and have have better understanding of the saying sh*t happens, if you are smart enough you learn so the next time sh*t happens you're a bit better prepared.

Indeed, hard to believe you could see the band for 2 shillings and sixpence or 12 1/2 p today. I saw the last gig that Mick Taylor played for him before joining the Rolling Stones at the Portsmouth Guildhall, John was not very co-opertivewith him from a timing point of view to him, good concert though.

Just thought I'd add this too, I recently went to see John Mayall and had never heard of Rock Athas. When they did this number and he started playing I was absolutely gob smacked I sat there with my mouth open. Hope you enjoy.

Excellent you may like the above, can't beat 12 bar blues I've been playing it for 30 years

Self isolation syndrome?

I'll have a word with her

As someone else has stated it depends where you live, locally we have had empty shelves in the booze section (fact as I couldn't get any) so no negative false stories here!

My wife had greater success than me when she went Sainsbury's but be warned the booze section is virtually empty at times. She managed to get two boxes of the Merlot thank God, after all one just can't have a Pizza without several glasses of red wine

That's a bummer, but at least you seem to have a plan in place. Puts my gripe into perspective, I went to buy my usual Toastie Wholemeal from Morrisons yesterday and there was a queue around the car park. My immediate thoughts were f**k this and drove off, I'm feeling a bit hungry now as I've no toast for my breakfast. I think I may have to have an attitude re-adjustment.

You could just about get into the Evora 410 Sport for that money. Wouldn't loose a great deal but if you hung on you may get a 410 GT. For the money you get back to the basics of excellent, superb yes superb road holding and feel, at the price of iffy bits falling off it or not working but the Toyota engine is a gem.

Yes it is, it was one of the first in the UK, great SUV

Yes cars due from 30th March and after get a six month extension