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Do not panic Malcolm, convert your trusty Lexus and you will have drinking water on your trips from the exhaust. Toyota has shown it can be done. Old Corolla:

A very good thing indeed. All combustion engines from cars and trucks etc. would make an awful lot of landfills. I mentioned long time ago that it would be more or less as easy as to convert engines from conventional fuel to LPG and was informed by smarter and more knowledgably forum members that such is close to impossible. Those who know nothing, no matter if they are scientists or not - shout loud in order to convince that they are smart.

Short answer - Yes. But without understanding the ( simply ) the answer is not perfect. Car need injection modified and possibly a few other components besides the tank. Toyota made the conversion on an old Corolla model and said only valves needed to be replaced, so how much different in components the Ls600 is from a Corolla I do not know except there will be more valves if they need to be changed. 😇

Pioneer stereo can be good or "normal". MarkLevinson can only be from really good to fantastic. Like music? ML!

Tyre companies, like most other companies, want to get as much money as possible. Still W tyres for a CT is stupid. Lexus is helping sell expensive tyres.

What can be done with diesel trucks, can be done with other diesel cars!!! Conversions from diesel to hydrogen trucks are drawing interest By JOHN MAX https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/john-2-2-2/ • Retrofitting existing vehicles to run on H2 allows fleet owners to reduce emissions and maintain current assets, saving money and reducing waste. • Researchers from the University of New South Wales have developed a system that converts up to 90% of diesel operations, with an efficiency boost of 26%. • This system does not require high-purity hydrogen fuel, as it uses a stratification technique to form pockets of higher and lower H2 concentrations, reducing nitrous oxide emissions. Retrofitting systems allow vehicles and fleet owners to run existing engines on H2. As good as it might sound to replace an entire fleet of diesel vehicles with hydrogen trucks in order to dramatically reduce a carbon footprint, most companies simply wouldn’t be able to afford that kind of investment all at once. This is particularly true when they already have vehicles that are still running just fine. Conversions allow existing vehicles to run mainly on H2 instead of polluting diesel fuel. That said, just because a company isn’t ready to replace its entire fleet, it doesn’t mean that hydrogen trucks are out of the question. Existing large fleets can continue to be used – not only saving money, but also reducing unnecessary waste – while drastically shrinking their greenhouse gas emissions by using conversions from diesel to H2. For instance, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have prototyped and tested a retrofit system capable of converting diesel engines to run on 90 percent H2. This greatly reduces both the carbon dioxide and the nitrous oxide emissions from the vehicle’s operations while simultaneously providing a 26 percent efficiency boost. This conversion does mean that the vehicle will need to continue to use diesel fuel for 10 percent of its operation. Therefore, it isn’t a fully green conversion. Still, what it provides is a way for businesses to slash the majority of their greenhouse gas emissions without trashing assets that can still remain useful for a long time. In this sense, the reduced waste offsets a considerable amount of the remaining emissions from the vehicle’s operations. No Fuel Cells Needed!!! This system, like most retrofits converting diesel to hydrogen trucks and cars, does not involve the use of fuel cells, but is instead adds H2 injection directly into the cylinder. It also adds independent injection timing control for both the H2 and diesel systems. In the case of the system developed by the UNSW team, it also doesn’t require the hydrogen fuel to be high purity due to a stratification technique that forms pockets of higher and lower concentrations of H2. In this way, the nitrous oxide emissions are substantially reduced when compared to the operation of a diesel vehicle.

Good luck with whatever you are buying. Of the brands you mentioned, Honda is not the least reliable.

Of course, yes. You are supposed to love the royals. Like we all do. Not so much in Spain, since the former had some rather serious mistakes that were published. Maybe not so much anywhere as who needs to have several castles and so many waiters and other personnel that they are hard to hold count of? And then, look at the US where they have no royals (except the people with money) and they have a trumpet trying to be king and no matter how much the trumpet is out of tune, half of the people there still think he is in-tune.

Absolutely; was sleeping and writing the opposite. Toe out and low pressure. Have corrected it. Thank you.

To me it looks like bad alignment plus too low air pressure.

Ballard Power Systems reaches new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle milestone By TAMI HOOD https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/tami-2-2-2/ The company has announced that its H2 equipment has now powered vehicles over 150 million kilometers. Ballard Power Systems has announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell systems have now powered vehicles in commercial heavy- and medium-duty motive tasks across a total distance of over 150 million kilometers (about 93.2 million miles). This new milestone for the company also represents an industry-leading total for this H2 application. The total distance travelled by vehicles powered by the PEM hydrogen fuel cell systems from Ballard is about the equivalent to circling Earth’s equator more than 3,700 times. In order to arrive at that milestone, Ballard’s equipment was installed into more than 3,800 buses and trucks. This allowed them to travel in about 15 countries worldwide for zero-emission mobility applications. “We achieve this industry milestone at a time when we are seeing growing customer interest in the adoption of hydrogen fuel cells in our key mobility verticals of bus, truck, rail, and marine, as well as off-highway and stationary power applications,” explained MacEwen.

Perfect for people changing cars every other year, if they can get reasonable price for the old; here they cannot. You are in this forum and know that cars more than 20 years are still loved. Doubt that many EV cars will be loved when 10 years. And with functioning temperature regulation, I did mean well-functioning. Not just there for marketing purpose. Plus, the 10 years warranty you mention is valid, the 600k miles not so much. The more than 20 years old Lexus here in forum have not been used as taxis so 600k miles is only to show that a brushless electro motor last close to forever and will only need new bearings if anything. So, after 10 years you are supposed to have saved enough on service etc. to be able to buy a new car as the old is no longer worth much as new batteries are not going to be available at reasonable price. Then maybe use the car to install fuel-cells in it; as if the car is well built it should last longer than 10 years. £70 spent is excellent for 2½ years. Service with Lexus/Toyota is far more expensive for our car. But then again that model is able to last far more than 10 years. Some already are in this forum. Still, all above mean very little in my mind. What I feel is terrible is damaging the health of people digging for materials because they are poor and doing it without protection, polluting and destroying the planet, searching for precious materials to batteries that have a rather limited life. And that hoping new materials will be found to make more batteries, as the ones used now are not sufficient, will digging for them be destroying more of the planet, we are supposed to deliver to our children at least as good as we received it. Especially when knowing that water can be transformed to fuel, that after use will be water in endless circle. No matter if the H2 is used pure for fuel-cells or mixed with maybe CO2 as synthetic fuel, that can be used in existing combustion engines.

European provisional agreement for hydrogen stations infrastructure shows its faith in H2 By JAKE BANKS https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/jake-2-2-2-2/ The Council and European Parliament have come to a political agreement to move forward in alternative fuels. The agreement is shows that Europe strongly believes H2 will be a critical step forward in energy. The agreement will also provide European citizens and other stakeholders with a clear message that the EU will be installing refueling and recharging infrastructure in the form of electric recharging and hydrogen stations. With more refueling capacity along motorways as well as within urban areas, citizens will be able to feel more confident that purchasing an alternative energy vehicle won’t limit their ability to travel. This also underscores the importance of H2 in the transportation industry throughout Europe as a part of its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also improving energy security.

They look very similar to me, and driving them, or even better being passenger in them, is a comfortable way to be transported from one place to another. Must be similar to a MB 300SEL 6.3 we were driving in very long time ago. No difference is obvious to me between them, nice classical cars with all the pros and contras. Lucky you. Enjoy. And - welcome to the forum.

The company in Norway have used batteries in their ferry's since quite a long time, 2015 - 8 years, and if that was the solution, they would not start with H2 now. This is something that battery electric car owners should take notice of: Unfortunately, so many have bought battery EV cars for obvious reasons because they were never informed about the negatives. I feel sorry for them; when the batteries no longer have the capacity, it used to have and they find out that it is not possible to trade their electric cars into a new car without getting almost nothing for the old. Most expensive part of these cars is the battery, and very difficult, expensive and maybe not possible to put a new in when most other parts of the car will still be able to function much, much longer. I think that Tesla is the only company that has functioning battery temperature regulation, meaning that the batteries will still not last so long that it is comparable to life span of combustion engine cars, but longer than competition. In UK and colder countries, it is too cold for correct temperature for batteries, several months yearly- here on the island it is too hot, several months yearly. Li-ion batteries live longest in the narrow range 25 – 30 degrees Celsius.

Cars can get so worn that it is not worth keeping them. Nothing wrong with the SL. My mother loved the car.

I have been driving the "high road" in Norway, from Oslo to Trondheim in winter when we could see red sticks on sides of the road so we knew we were on the road. Very long time ago. Not many were driving faster than 30 - 40 km/h. 160 km/h winter tyres? Can it be much crazier?

Norled H2 ferry sails into operation, completing world-first achievement By ANGIE BERGENSON https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/author/angie-2-2-2-2-2/ The world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry is officially in operation in Norway. On March 31st, the Norled H2 ferry broke new ground for cleaner marine vessels when it was approved for service by the Norwegian Maritime Authority, officially entering service after undergoing extensive sea trials and a pilot test at Hjelmeland quay earlier this year (2023). The vessel uses 4 tons of liquid hydrogen. The 80-car ferry, called the MF Hydra, is the first ferry in the world to operate using liquid hydrogen fuel as its primary power source. It services a triangular route in Norway between Hjelmeland, Skipavik and Nesvik. Specifically, the Norled H2 ferry uses two 200 kW fuel cells supplied by Ballard, 4 tons of liquid hydrogen supplied by Linde Engineering in Germany, a 1.36 – 1.5 Mwh battery from Corvus Energy, and two 440 kW diesel generators. The hydrogen used by the ferry is trucked from Leipzig, Germany, and the 80 cubic meter tanks that hold the hydrogen, as well as the fuel cells, are located on top of the vessel. Westcon and SEAM worked together to equip and complete the hydrogen ferry, with SEAM also supplying the automation scope for the hydrogen system. The vessel also received full approval by the DNV. The launch of the Norled H2 ferry isn’t the company’s first major eco-friendly achievement. The Norwegian shipping company is known for its innovation in the ferry transport industry. Back in 2015, Norled launched the MF Ampere, the world’s first battery-operated, propeller-driven ferry. Today, Norway has about 70 electric-powered ferries in operation. Company Officials Say… “It’s important for us to be at the forefront when it comes to technology development,” said Norled CEO, Heidi Wolden. “Investing in innovation, sustainability, and collaboration to develop new solutions is our way of taking social responsibility.” Norled CTO Erlend Hovland added that “There are only two parties in the world that use liquid hydrogen as a fuel. These are Norled with the MF Hydra, and then the space industry using it as fuel for launches.” Hovland said that after plenty of development and testing of the Norled H2 ferry, the company is looking forward to welcoming passengers on board the MF Hydra for an emission-free journey between Hjelmeland and Nesvik. When so many are investing in Hydrogen and Synthetic fuel based on CO2+H2 we need not worry about being able to drive combustion engines.

We have same problem when buying tyres. Lexus demand far too high, speed rating. The CT is not allowed any tyres with less than W rating and that is so stupid that only tyre factories can appreciate it. W tyres are up to 270 km/h. To reach that speed in a CT you have to get it on an airplane and jump. This limitation also mean that I cannot put V rated tyres on, though that would open for less noise 69db instead of 70db on the W. Also, the higher speed rating – the more you have to pay for the tyres. The CT would normally be covered with T rating. It would never on plain road reach 190 km/h. And I do not want to lose my driving licence. Then Continental is not making the UltraContact in W rating so I need Y rating in order not to have problems with MOT. CT with tyres approved to 300 km/h! 215/45/17 tyres approved to drive 300 km/h on a car that cannot drive 180 km/h is forced on us if wanting high quality Continental UltraContact with low noise and all the other qualities coming with the brand. Here all-season tyres are not at all interesting more than a couple of days every 5 years. 15 degrees Celsius when it is cold in winter and down to 10 at night is normal.

No sound is like the sound of a 911 Turbo tuned by Stig in Sweden. Drive through a tunnel with windows slightly open and you will hear a sound of a perfect engine. No audio is needed in that as you will not be able to hear music unless your turn volume up so much that your ears will get damaged, unless you drive very slow with extra filter in the exhaust pipe.

Lucky you Nick. Have a nice Easter.

Welcome back and let us all be friendly. Have different ideas abouy many things but accept we are not perfect. Except me, of course.

Vladimir, maybe you did not read all of what was written, but Maurice is right. Informing about how to do not permitted thing to a car is not something we shall do in this forum. Miles, you are right, I never read from you bad words but informing and partly defending that doing things to a diesel engine that may make the car easier to maintain and remove a filter that is there by law in order to reduse polluting particles is not the way to go. Please do not. We are all responsible for what we do. Welcome back to the forum and this time - please stay.

No more wine and? Was wine ever supposed to be good with cars? Tobacco is forbidden many places now. Alcohol is far worse, but the politicians are regularly seen with glasses in hand, so that will never happen. Alcohol is good to clean wounds. I know. Have been riding downhill bike a long time.

Porsche 959 is a dream car. Boxer engine is perfect. Flaw only that it was not bought when offered first. Later could be sold for 3 times the amount. I know that in this forum everything that is not Lexus or almost OK Toyota - is garbage. Which of course is extremely stupid. Have had 3 Honda cars without problems, 2 Nissan ZX a 280 and a 300, both without least trace of a problem. The CT is also without problems. Maybe the problems mostly come from neglecting cars and not keeping them serviced.