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Conversation had with solicitors. For obvious reasons I will not post here the advice given as the element of surprise can be advantageous. Rather, if people want to do something they can PM or email me at im24601@googlemail.com and I will pass on the advice. The more that do contact me - the more people who can confirm that the problem is what we all believe it to be (and that it is rectifiable) the greater our chance of success. It is my belief that apathy amongst owners is the reason why nothing has happened thus far allowing Lexus to get away with it. How long will this apathy go on? Sure there are many who are ****** off but how many have done a damn thing? I am. Will you? Chris

Actually, had it done on Monday - £122 cheaper than estimate so all is good. And it was nowhere near as bad as Vyker's. Thanks to all those who prayed.

Your car is well out of warranty. I'd go anywhere but my Lexus dealership personally, but that is just my opinion. I reckon the privilege of the Lexus stamp in the service book is costly and unnecessary. Others here will disagree. I'd just go somewhere "reputable". Timing belt due if you haven't had it done already - Lexus changed it from 100k or 6yrs to 60k or 6 yrs. Good luck.

Where is the seller based?

Actually, God forgives all who truly repent.

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Or £8 million per limb. Apparently taking her on all 3s on the wedding night was the highlight of the marriage, save the birth of their daughter. Let's hope she gets her legs from her father.

Just watched some financial programme on Ch5 with Martin Lewis and they mentioned Vyke.com for cheap mobile calls and SMS. You get $1 credit just for signing up (free) and it seems a sound enough promotion. Vyke I just tried SMS-ing myself and I can't see how anyone will know that you are SMS-ing from a PC - as the registered mobile number displays in the inbox of the recipient. Total "cost" of that = 2 cents, and that was taken from the introductory $1 offer. Text took maybe 20 seconds to come through... Any saving is a saving...

Nowhere can do it today, nor tomorrow! And I suspect I'll do 150 between now and Tuesday.

Easter Sunday - the most religious day in the Christian celendar. On today of all day's I 'd appreciate each and every one of you, regardless of denomination, putting your hands together in prayer for my trusty IS200, as on Tuesday, it is going for it's timing belt change. A mere 44k over the recommended change of 60k. The next 150 miles will be cautious ones at best as I realise I am on borrowed time with it, though all seems fine with it at the mo. It may just tip over the 104k between now and then... Thank you and God bless. In the name of the Father, the Son, and The Holy Ghost... Amen

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Apologies all. Spoke to the legal firm today briefly and will have more to report on Tuesday following lengthier conversation. One solicitor I spoke to reckons we have a case for Class Action though.

There is a simpler method which is pretty much foolproof and I have known it be used successfully before, assuming it's a speeding ticket received in post not on the roadside. Anybody who gets such a letter can PM me and I'll tell you how. And the best thing - it costs nothing. Any of the careful lady owners ever tried the urban myth that saying to a male Traffic cop when asked if there was any reason why they were speeding "I need to get to a chemist..." blaming the excessive speed on their period?

excessive on the front inners!

Following another conversation with Ms Want from Customer Relations, I now can pass on this piece of info: a Lexus Centre (dealership to you and me) are not required to follow directives sent out from GB as they (the Centres) are franchised. This means that, in the example of tyre wear, whatever settings GB send out - the independent dealership is fully allowed to follow or not follow as they see fit. It would seem, that like the NHS, Lexus operate a postcode lottery system... Surrey Meet o/s Lexus GB on 22 April from 11am. All welcome. Press invited. Chris

Another day, another Lexus Centre... Today I was in Wales and popped in to the local Lexus dealership there to put the "tyre wear" issue to them. One of the helpful service advisor's told me that I shouldn't expect to get more than 10,000 miles out of the front tyres. He also said that whenever a customer comes in for a wheel alignment - the cars go about 800 yds down the road to a tyre centre. I asked which one, he told me - and advised I asked for one of the technician's directly - telling him that "M***, from Lexus sent you). Off I drove in a BMW X5 to this centre and asked for R****** by name - and said that M*** from Lexus had sent me. R asked if I needed a wheel alignment that I needed doing. Lucky guess, eh? Anyhow, R told me that they have 2 settings - Lexus' own which don't work, and their own - which they claim do. When asked if Lexus were aware that Lexus' customers were having different settings to the one Lexus advise, R replied "oh, yes" adding that his settings definitely fixed the inner tyre wear issue. Alas, R wouldn't give me his settings - just those which Lexus "publish" - and we all know what use they are. So Lexus Oxford use one set, Lexus Reading another and now one of the dealerships in S Wales use a third. Have I struck lucky and found 2 dealerships which use different settings from the ones Lexus GB distribute - assuming that one of the 3 are the "true Lexus-own settings"? Needess to say, I'll be putting this to Ms Want tomorrow when she 'phones. Can someone please remind me what she said in her letter if settings other than Lexus' own were used??? ;)

No it was signed, Christopher Harris

Apparently Gill Want wasn't at Lexus (GB) today - but I was told that she'd phone me tomorrow. Any points you'd like me to raise with her?