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  1. Having a test drove a Kona EV with apple carplay, i think it would finish off this car perfectly.
  2. My alarm has been going off at random times over the last few months. Usually a few weeks apart, but when it happens it goes off two to three times in quick (30 -60 min apart) succession . I drive a 05 is200. Auto. With no mods. With new battery fitted by Lexus 2 years ago. No ignition problems but it has always happened when I have done a 60+ mile drive to somewhere new and parked on an even surface. I keep my car in a car port at home with no problems and there has been no wind where I went. Any advice on how I should approach this? I don't want to send it in to the shop for a serious bill. All advice is appreciated.
  3. Sorry for the delay in getting back. I'm sure you are all waiting with baited breath. Alignment threw up no surprises, also the service, air filter, new plugs etc. No change in economy. The most important thing is the lexus mechanic who looked at my car used to work in BMW in dublin and he said that on a number of occasions people would bring back GOODYEAR EAGLE F1's because of the massive drop in fuel economy. Goodyear Eagle F1's can cause your car to loose 10-15% fuel economy. That is a lot.
  4. The direction of the wheel was the first thing i checked when i noticed a loss of grip which was initially down to brand new tyres. i'll send the car in for aligment later this week and let you know if they find anything suspect.
  5. What made you increase your tyre pressure to 37-38 psi ? What pressure do the tyre manufacturer suggest for your car ? Fuel consumption will always be lower in cold weather. Various things will affect mpg. Are your brakes running free with no binding due to weather? You say due for service so I would expect that to be the main reason coupled with drop in temperature. Put your tyres to recommended pressure, get car serviced and then see what transpires. The economy dropped the instant the wheels were changed. In fact i filled up the tank after about 30km and noticed that at the first large marker on the fuel gauge i was down in fuel economy by 15km with only 135km travelled. That must rule out the weather/brakes/service unless the guys changing the tyres did a botched job.
  6. all tyres were in the region of 31-33 PSI so I bumped them up to 37-38. Will that make much of a difference?
  7. i changed them in november just after that cold spell we had so i've experienced both tyres in cold conditions and recently we had a warmish spell and still the MPG suffered. I have turned off my air conditioning for the last month because of the low fuel economy and it made little difference. I will go and check the tyre pressure at lunchtime and give you an exact readout.
  8. She is due for a service in a couple of weeks and alignment is top of the list. but i have a few questions. I do a lot of B road driving which is probably making a bigger difference as opposed to motorway driving. Do you not think that loosing 10-15% of fuel economy is excessive? In the countless MPG comparison threads here i've never seen anyone mentioning that tyres can make a massive difference to fuel economy. Is it because it is so blindingly obvious that i should have factored that in or is it something that people don't know or like to talk about? Finally. For the careful motorist what would be considered a decent tyre which would give good grip and excellent fuel economy. Thanks, Rob
  9. Its my first time replacing tyres on my IS200 so I changed my old Bridgestone Potenza RE 050 A 215/45R17 to Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 215/45R17 and have noticed a dramatic reduction in fuel economy. I am driving a 05 automatic IS200 (my second) which i have had since february. Almost like clockwork the fuel gauge used to hit each of the large markers every 150km and the low fuel light would come on at 568-695km. Since i have changed tyres i am getting significantly reduced economy. Hitting the large markers at 135ish and getting 490 to 515km when the low fuel light comes on. The tyre pressure is perfect, i have even turned off the air conditioning to try to get better fuel economy but with little effect and i am travelling the same route 90% of the time. The bridgestones were a bit worn but still have a few thousand miles left on them, in fact it feels like i have less grip on the F1's and they tend to tramline much more easily than the bridgestones. I know that the prius has crappy tyres that help give better fuel economy but can it make that much of a difference with two similarly specced tyres? It may help explain the confusion surrounding differing fuel economy that i have read in many threads on this site. Any insight into this would be welcome.
  10. Anyone know a decent tire merchant who is well priced in the West dublin, co kildare area? cheers rob
  11. sweet, thanks all that helped clear that up.
  12. i upgraded from a 2003 chenille with basic options to a Sports Design 2005 auto with rear parking sensors. I am so happy with the upgrade you wouldn't believe. Nicer seats, excellent auto, loving the lack of constant beep when in reverse and in traffic it really shines. My question is was there a change in title for cars after a certain year or did the salesman lie to me? I know i don't have a sports with the nice metal part on the door frame or metal pedals or rear tinted windows. The wheels are definitely larger and the suspension slightly lower and 10 spoke wheels. cheers, Rob
  13. whats the difference between sport and sports design?
  14. generally there is a key on the keyboard for ejecting CD's, usually found on the top right corner. it looks like a triangle with a line underneath. If thats not there then try all the 'F' keys on the top right of the keyboard. There may be a key with a circle and a line inside it, that is the on/reset key. [Apple + E] will eject a CD that you have selected on the desktop. it wont open the drive bay otherwise. Its totally alien to PC users at the start but after a while you will wish you had that key on your PC.
  15. The same designer designed the Jag your going on about..... The DB9, infact any Aston Martin will never die of death......look that DB5.....still an iconic car and fetch hideous amounts of money... i wouldn't say he deisgned it, i would call it photocopying. As for the new mondeo? again ripping off Astons look which should be a protected from common cars in my opinion. While the DB5 is a beautiful car it is from the 60's and aston havn't made any money from it in a long long time. I wouldn't use that as a reason to part with $925,000,000. I feel ford has taken the best from aston and left it with very little to look forward to in the future. Who wants to pay a hundred grand + for a car that looks like a mondeo?
  16. Ford dont need aston anymore. Personally i think its a bad investment because they will never make a car as good as a ferarri or as beautiful as a DB9. Jag (owned by ford) are making a cheaper and fresher looking DB9 in the form of the XK and now that ford has sucked the life out of that shape by making the common company car look like a DB9 (ish) that style will surely die a horrible death when it becomes mediocre.
  17. at night when the car park isn't busy i do take up two spaces, during the day i park as far away as needs be. i wouldn't dare do that during busy times, even i might let my trolley run into your car. Especially if its a BMW.
  18. How lucky was that guy, he was only renting it for €20,000 a day.
  19. photoshop elements is a really good program for someone in your position. It only works in RGB but doesn't work with CMYK or .EPS files, neither of which will be of any use to you unless you want a job in desktop publishing. It is 90% of the full version of photoshop at a fraction of the cost. Sometimes you can get it free with a really cheap scanner which could be cheaper than it costs and you get a scanner so check out some online sales of scanners and you couold get lucky, although its only about 100euro to buy try the free trial http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/tryout.html
  20. using your camera correctly and having your monitor calibrated by eye should serve you well. As for printers i find Canon to be the easiest to use unless you want to spend money on RIP software (basically software to process the data professionally, Rasterised Image Processor. You almost certainly need one of these if you use a MAC to get accurate colours). All printer manufacturers entice you with cheap printers and then scr€w you with overpriced media, inks and RIPs. Find out what level of professionalism you want to achieve and a budget for your printer and PM me and i will point you in a direction.
  21. I am not sure what experience you have but calibrating printer, screen and camera means making profiles for each device which is pretty advanced and only of any real use if you are a professional. It only gives you an extra couple of percent accuracy compared to equipment used properly. I wouldn't bother unless you have a top of the range camera, printer and monitor and really want to get the best out of them and have money to throw at it and time to burn. Basically if you are not a professional forget the spectrometer, its a waste of money. I have one and i only got it for a job where i had to print 100+ swatches of bricks with slightly varying colours. Other than that i have never had proper use for it. Are you mac or PC? if mac then use the calibration software on the mac in preferences which is quite good or pick up some free PC software monitor calibration. If you need help i can look up a few for you. As you already know setting your camera up for the appropriate lighting is of immense importance. So let your camera do the work and finely adjust it in photoshop if needs be. Most modern printers are very good at colour reproduction and dont need tinkering with. What one do you have? I have 7 printers, all of which give different problems and results but my epson 4800 gives better colour accuracy than my locals lithographic printers €150,000 printer.
  22. that took me half an hour, but then again i have 10 years experience photoediting. If you want tips on using photoshop for editing images the main tools i use almost daily are. LEVELS : gets the balance of light right. use autolevels. it works 90% of the time. the rest of the time use the 'set black point' on a part of the image you know is supposed to be black and/or 'set white point' tool on a part you know is white. CLONE: use and abuse it to get to know what it is capable of DODGE and BURN: These are the two most important features of photoshop allowing you to put shadows where there are none and get rid of shadows where you dont want them. set the % under 10 and do it gradually or you could end up with noise or blackened out areas. I cannot stress how important these are for editing real life photos. MASKING. This tool will teach you mouse skills that you didn't believe possible. lots of practice. LAYERS. no point getting into that till you master the 4 above MESSING ABOUT: you never get anywhere unless you mess around. You always have undo. Other than that the MOST IMPORTANT THING is MONITOR CALIBRATION. No point editing colours if they aren't going to look like that on other peoples screen.
  23. i went ahead and did a bit of photoediting of the is250 image. hope you like it. editing bodywork on an obligue angle is quite time consuming so if anyone wants to start a new thread with another pic or this one lets give it a bash :D
  24. i agree with a maximum of 800 wide x 600 high. Landscape shots only. I am not sure what kind of images you want to photoedit. do you like the suggestion a few posts back or do you want more of an action shot? what about this? or if you want a challenge
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