Illogan

You really don't 'beat about the bush' do you?

If this coin kit keeps producing money, just see if you can automate it, and then take out a patent!

I would regard the unchanged cam belt (eight years overdue) as a red warning light!

Lucidly explained Herbs.

Wonderful gesture Lukas. I'm sure somebody will make excellent use of them.

But - is that an exception? (I suspect the answer may be 42)

Another day - and another new box ticked in my history of education. Every day is a leaning* day (or a learning day - depending whether one is a tutor or person from Pisa)

Aaaaaah! Thank you! (hmmm - - - Am numptie!)

My maths may not be the sharpest around here - - - - but how many wheels does your RX have? 😬

😁 Aye - - and it's been too long since I've been back!

I've been driving for 50+ years, and was also taught to use 'engine braking' - - It has several benefits - less brake wear, increased mpg, smoother driving procedure, increased tyre life (and logic suggests longer suspension component life - but I cannot prove that!) The downside is that the 'erbert driving behind you may be expecting to see your brake lights before he pays any attention - -(so I just dab my brake pedal v briefly) It also necessitates that one drives 'well ahead' of one's road position - and drive pro-actively rather than reactively, - again - a much smoother drive

I've not needed to use these folks - - so cannot make a recommendation born of experience https://nagengast.pl/en/kategoria-produktu/lexus-en/

Obviously the days of 'male emancipation' are replacing the 'male emaciation' at last!

Cracking looking motor - - - - That's cool!

I cannot argue with you Linus, for I have no tangible proof, and fully understand your argument.

Well - - I understand the logic, but some (4) years ago, as a member of the MBenz Club, I had my 2000 S500 ECU remapped to give a better fuel economy. I'd run the car for a couple of years, and achieved an average annual 30.2 mpg (I'm a steady driver) The 'engineer' running the laptop explained that as these engines are mass-produced to cope with different petrol standards across the globe, they leave the factory on 'one-size-fits-all' settings on the ECU. What he claimed he would do would be to optimise the ECU for UK 95RON fuel. Well - over the following three years, the car returned an average 34.1 mpg, and was certainly even sharper on acceleration. (I cannot comment on upper its speed ranges as the blasted thing would reach 155, and I'm not that stupid on the roads!) So I regarded that as a success.

"I'm looking for another ULEZ compliant cheap and reliable London runaround which will not attract cat thieves, any suggestions would be welcome. " Any good? 😁

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable conclusion to me! Well done John!

As an Gen3 Owner - I fear I am Nanoe-less - - (I'll get over it I'm sure 😉) However - when you do eventually manage to travel across La Belle France, make sure you don't take any English caught fish with you - 'cos it will only upset Herr Macron!

And me 👍

I thought the AA still run an operation in France for their policyholders? (Theyt certainly used to - unless it's been a victim of Brexit?)

If you need a child/small person to use with it - I'll happily post one out to you...... (non-returnable of course!) 😅

Tony Banks of Leeds - - the perfect suggestion John: https://www.tonybanks.co.uk/

I can't help feeling that I am but an amateur!

It is an human frailty that 'teams stick together/protect each other' . Irritating, but nevertheless true - and evident in most of our workplaces.