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Thought I’d post these up of the Rcf at Chester that my contact there Alan Connor has sent me, it really does look great IMO....... Big Rat

Stumbled across this in the depths of YouTube. Absolutely love it. Definitely one for all you modifiers out there which, given @Flytvr‘s recent survey is precisely 50% of us! 😁 Enjoy!

I lay a pound to a penny we will be the noisiest ones, think we should all line up and start on the count of 3 at Derby, see if they can/will record it, all pipes aiming the same way 😂🤣

I've decided it's not the best orange out there.......yummy

Same👍

Seen some further weakspots with F cars and the RCF in particular. I was a passenger in @Big Rats gorgeous RCF on Monday and didn't experience this but... There appears to be a fundamental problem with the RCF in particular. For instance the keyless entry can fail meaning you can get locked out of your car... Once in the car there is a distinct lack of space... If you get out of the car you have to stretch to prevent cramps... These issues are clearly illustrated below...

I'll be waiting there from about 4:00am like it's Christmas morning!!

Hey Dan, So AA route planner reckons it’s roughly 75 miles from my house to Toddington Services, and should take around 1hr 22mins to get there. It also reckons it’s 162 miles from mine to Lexus Derby, and should take around 2hrs 48mins. I was planning to be on the road by 5:30am, so in theory that would mean we would be at Toddington services around 7am, and would reach Lexus Derby around 8:30am or so.... Thing is we won’t know how bad traffic will be or if there will be any accidents or delays, so do we think this sounds ok, or should we aim to leave earlier? It’s not a bank holiday, and pretty early for folks to be on the roads in force I reckon, but we are travelling a fair old way, so happy to go with the flow. Cheers, Pete

Moderators, please move this if it's in the wrong section. Three months in and already having some work done on my lovely LS including new Tyres/TPMS sensors, auto transmission fluid change and all new spark plugs. Hopefully that will make it run a bit smoother since it's been shifting a little rough lately and the engine hasn't been running as smoothly as I would expect. I had a sneaking suspicion that with only 29000 miles since new the car has done a lot of sitting around and probably needed a full sweep of maintenance work done. Hopefully if I do it little by little it won't break the bank. They told me my front upper control arm bushes had very slight cracks on it but they reckon it's not a replace job yet. I'll probably go with some aftermarket suspension components when I do decide to replace them as Lexus OEM charge £400 per arm! Other than they they gave the old girl the green light! If you Londoners ever need a great specialist garage, I can recommend Derek at Tech-one in Sidcup. Honestly one of the nicest and honest mechanics I've ever met and extremely knowledgable about Toyota's. Other than that, I'm still loving life in my LS! No regrets on the purchase whatsoever!

I liked my standard 10 spikes but if were able to choose I would probably go for the mesh design ....umm.....or the American spec......umm 😉 I used to be indecisive but now I’m not so sure 😎

10 spokes for me,I think as far as standard wheels go they got it bang on people always ask me what wheels they are and are surprised there standard issue.

I'm coming down from Teesside - looks like we're the only two coming down from the north. We could meet up at Ferrybridge Services if you want - around 7:15?

1. Yes 2. 1 car mine 3. Me + the missus 4. Salad dodging

@NothernDan Love that Dan 😂 🐀

Yes Just 1 car, mine me, the girlfriend and Luca the dog I have no dietary requirements

Very much this

I know Cezar, I'll still set off as planned at 5:30am, going to be a long day, but I'm sure i'll enjoy every second of it! Should sleep well when we get to the hotel! Nice thing for me and anyone closer to Kent is we will be roughly half way by the time we reach Toddington services, so we can probably afford to take a 15-20min breather/restroom break anyway.

@NothernDan Dan as an aside Lexus Derby are situated opposite Derby County football ground, good news they are away that Saturday 😁 🐀

That sounds like a plan Pete. Traffic was fine last time I did the route and that was a Saturday at roughly the same time. 7am at Toddington it is then! 😁

@Womble72 Paul I’m a changed man my body is a temple................alright more like a crumbling chapel 🐀

I think I could be changing my mind now there starting to look very appealing especially if there lighter than the 10 spokes

And I’ve seen the American Spec one at BBS wheel supplier not 5 miles away from me with the correct Lexus fitment, only differs with a BBS logo on the face..... Model number is RE-V 19” The price I’m waiting for confirmation from them. Big Rat

@Linas.P What I’m saying is that to me there is plenty power there, so it’s good for me. Prius is nippy too, it makes a Porsche look puny for at least 30 feet flooring it from traffic lights, looks of WTF from Porsche driver when it takes off 👍😂

I like standard UK spec. wheels, but I would prefer US ones over them... not because I like them more, I guess just because we didn't have them in UK so they seems to be more valuable, more unique. Never liked "mess'h" ones...

For sure! Don't think I'd have sold an original one to build it like he did have. I'd quite like to have a blast in this beast too,

Badge snobbery, that’s all, as a kid we mainly had Audi 80 sports, BMWs tenfold, these were the days when BMW Fairfield normally had about 8-10 used cars and a showroom of about 3 cars, they were exclusive BACK THEN but the snobbery aspect of this is very much still apparent. People don’t like change, BMW, Merc and Audi all reduced their build quality to be more affordable to the everyday person, Lexus came along to attempt to steel some of that market, Toyota knew that they couldn’t get in under the Toyota badge, people still don’t like change and continue to buy German “was” good vehicles. i like the rarity of the brand it reminds me of my childhood when the being “not the norm” felt special. Lol being on my 4th Lexus and knowing what little I know I wouldn’t buy anything BUT Japanese, we’ve 1 Lexus, 2 Toyota and the boy has a Civic type R. His second Honda......there is also the point that whilst we, America and other countries spent money on weaponry the two class leaders were also the ones that were banned from developing their arsenal. Hence their progress in the vehicle industry.

Who are you to judge oranges... ask the man from del monte..

that guys going to be needing a zimmer frame after a few more years riding in that or a new camera 😀

It looks like we are not the only ones going to Buxton.. 😂 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/derbyshire/peak-district/articles/buxton-derbyshire-what-to-see-and-do/

Hey Wayne Where are you travelling from? Want to meet up en-route?

On my Mark 1 Ls400 the flange connection at the cat to exhaust slowly over the years corroded away until there was little metal left and the exhaust started to blow. It needed repair and that was either new flanges on cat and exhaust pipe or a welding job that turned out to be inadequate. When I purchased the Mark 4 this area was something I have monitored very closely and over the five years and 20k miles there as been some regular flaking of the metal on the flanges relative to the use of the car. I realize that over time this will lead to a similar scenario I had with the mark1. So I did some online research into protective coatings for this area and got some interesting results,these first of all entailed the temperatures this flange area gets to.The catalyst core can reach over 1500 degrees and the manifold at exhaust port 2000 but these are extremes and normal running temperatures are lower by 20% so looking at the flanges I reckoned they would get to a thousand maximum bearing in mind air flow cooling etc. The fahrenheit scale I have used (old school) led me in the direction of Rust-oleum product "hard hat"which gives heat resistance to a maximum of 750 degrees Centigrade this equals around 1380 F peak, plenty of cover for my 1000 F estimate at the flange area. I ordered a 500ml spray can and applied it liberally after removing all the flaking rust with wire brush and paint scraper. I went for a ten mile drive this morning and could smell it cooking during the trip, on my return I checked it and after it had cooled down tried to scrape off the paint it was as hard as enamel and impossible to scrape off I took these pics and it as not scorched or broken down so hopefully it will arrest the oxidation process that occurs on these flanges. Should it require a regular reapplication of the paint that is not a problem there is enough in the can to do 3 sq metres so I suggest that this is a very economical prevention method of replacing these flanges.

@FTBBCVoodoo Sorry Lee.....😇 🐀

FFS.... Just as I am about to leave the country. If it was orange..... I would be there marking it with my scent.

See u all at 7, Ryo will be there too. should be good fun and noisy 😂🤣🤣

Just think how happy the wife will be when you whisk her away to Derbyshire for the weekend! "Wow, look who's here as well darling!!!! What are the chances....."

@Comedian Being a builder and all that it’s usually the wife I find buried in the back garden..... under an unfinished conservatory..... did I say that 😳😂😂 🐀

Hi Pete. I will meet you at Toddington for 7am too. Cheers

Hi Dan, where do you think the first pit-stop will be after leaving Derby and around what Time? I won't be able to meet at Derby and was hoping to join en route. I'm coming from Manchester airport area...

WANT!!!!

Late to the party again... I think the issue is purely image and because Lexus only aim to sell a couple of hundred of each F model, they don't care. Let's face it, boasting to your mates down the pub that you have a V8 Lexus, is not going to produce the same envy as saying you have an M3/M5/C63/RS4/5/6 etc (delete as appropriate) Lexus have no competition history and the Alan Partridge thing from way back doesn't help level the playing field. It is perhaps a sad reflection, that courtesy of various marketing departments and the media, we as a nation have become totally label obsessed, so excellent engineering and reliability doesn't cut it amongst people looking to buy a new car. The cars come into their own later on in their life when costs of ownership start to play a bigger part in the decision and buyers realise that owning a used German supersaloon is going to be a very expensive experience. Of course someone has to buy a new one for it to become a used buy later on. Just my opinion.

Wow! That puts it in perspective for some of the rest of us! Me included! Hoping for good weather. Long range forecast is overcast but fair which I'd be more than happy with.

Just knock on the window and wake me up, I'll have been there all night!

We can also be there early Just asking...😜

No requirements matey🤗

@Cezar B Hey apparently Derby County switched there home game coz they new you where nearby and didn’t want the commentary drowned out 😂😂😂 🐀

Comfirmed: Me & The Mrs + My Best Friend Marius & His Mrs ( all in 1 car 🙉) we are overnighters 😉

1. Yes 2. 1 car mine, not mastered driving two at once. Lol 3. 1 person (me).......plus 4......off forum, Saturday only (me for both days) 4. No dietary requirements (just fussy).......meat, biscuits, tea n beer 👍 5. Bubble wrap 👍 6. Paracetamol 😂

Yes, that’s what I thought. The fact that the plastic cover is missing is a give away. I had two taken out of my wheels a couple of weeks ago. On my two there was a plastic over over the batteries which was loose which suggested to me that someone had already tried to replace the batteries. This is a good enough reason for me to reject them. Especially the fact that the cover has a metal strip that acts as an aerial which is now absent. My theory is that a clever entrepreneur has picked up a job lot of Pacific OEMS sensors from a foreign breaker and has gone about re-engineering them. If the plastic covers had been bonded back with a plastic epoxy I wouldn’t have questioned them at all.

Yes Dan, as far as I’m aware they will all be present on the Saturday, like u I’m an over nighter. Looking forward to it 👍👍

As I live local to Lexus Derby and they are my dealer is this meet just for ISFs or can I bring my Celsior along ( it is a V8 🙂 )