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I was so close to buying an SC earlier this year to replace my GS 430 and the wifes 306 Convertable. What put me off was the rear seating, either make them usable or get rid of them altogether. I was looking for a car that on occasions we could use as a family to get the most out of it. We went to the dealers and no matter how we tried the kids could not fit in the rear. So I bought the TVR and we can use the car as a family on occasions. So what I would like to see is a longer wheelbase and some space in the rear ;) or just some space in the rear :o

Its worth about £10-12K :o

I've got one of them too Gord :D

9th ;) :D :D :D

This makes interesting reading :o So where is yours on the list? http://www.syclone.freeserve.co.uk/rivals_cars.htm

Zee, Dont go with a GS 430, the gearbox is built for smooth changes not quick ones and is a very big weak area if you want to tune and drive the car quick. Skyline will wipe the floor with the GS in performane and handling Supra TT is a lovely looking car with lots of potential my vote goes to a supra tt

I was able to get 28mpg on the motorway keeping it under 80mph with my 430, expect low 20's around town

Loz, If I can get it started it will do just over 200mph, if only it would start :o Little know fact Tuscans are much more reliable than BMW 3 series "M3" their engines blow up as regular as clockwork (1,000s of far) :D Shame is nobody talks about that or when they had a TVR versus a boxter on Top Gear and they had to push the boxter into the studio cause the clutch went :P Still Im not complaining :D

I tried to overcome this on my GS 430, but failed. What I did was I locate the speed senser wire from the gearbox which supplies the SAT/NAV computer. (Sporties son laying in the boot with a multimeter whilst I drove up and down the road) I then fitted a timer (Kit from Maplin) to disconect the senser feed for a set time (25seconds) to enable changing of routes etc. Now this did sort of work, however the system in the Lexus also uses the Sats to work out your position. So when I disconected the speed senser wire the computer would see this and switch to the Sats to workout position, speed etc. This resulted in most of the times of only periods of 12 seconds before the options greyed out and you were back to square one (as the sats took over). Sometimes it took longer, guess that was how many SAT's the system could see at the time. I was thinking about disconecting the SAT aerial at the same time as the speed senser to effectively make the device blind. However I sold the car and now use TOMTOM software on an ipaq, much better than the poor Lexus system. Hope this helps answer your question ;)

Since selling the GS 430 and buying a TVR I have received lots of comments from LOC about the relabilty of TVR's and what a mistake I was making. Well its finally broke down with a failed starter motor So where you all right with your comments about reliablity? NO Cause the starter motor is from a Nissan Skyline :o :P :P Let down by :tsktsk: japanese junk. It should have been a Lexus motor cause they are so reliableeeeeeeee ;)

I tried a backhander ;) , as you can see it didn't work cause I am no longer a moderator :duh:

Los, Nice to see a GS going that fast.......... :D :D But take care out there and watch out for those Cerb's cause they do over 200mph ;)

If anybody is interested there are for sale on ebay a set of GS300 service manuals ;) ;) More items will appear as the boot is emptied :D

Happy birthday Steve :D :D :D :D :D From Sportie Sporties Daughter Sporties Son And his mate :P :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Paul, In the GS its under the CD player in the boot......... Have you looked there? Cheers Dave

I sold a GS 430 Sport and now have a VW TDI Passat............. So can speak from both camps........ I only see IS 200 owners behind me desperate to get in front. The VW is such a nice car to drive much better than the IS Lexus. At 9.8 its .3 of a second slower to 62mph (there is not much in it). :o However the TDI engine has masses of torque something the IS lacks so I will defend the VW over Lexus. :P I don't give or take any hassel from IS200 drivers and travel over a 1000 miles a week. Perhaps this Passat problem is actually just an IS owners problem ;) Gives us Passat guys a break, lets remember its poor driving standards etc that upsets us all not a piece of metal :D

Les, Just spotted this post (in fact Sporties Daughter did) great to see you back you have been missed by so many. That fantastic hummor :D That nice GS Sport :D

Thanks to those who helped put together another great JAE show. Rachael and Chris had a great time and was made so welcome by all they met, ( I have never known Rach makes so many cups of Tea, Coffee and Chocolate) Shame the weather was so poor on Saturday night, but we all enjoyed the BBQ despite it. I was proud to be a member of LOC, especially as you allowed me to park the TVR on the stand (behind the hospitality caravan of course) Thanks :D

I used to buy autotrader each week and cheek the adverts for breakers and salvage yards listing GS 300's. That way i found a GS locally in a scrapyard which had gome sideways into a tree. CD player in the boot was perfect. I also check the small private free ads, here i found somebody selling a set of GS sport wheels and tyres for £950. Thats how i found stuff.....

We did it without any help......... Me 20minutes Sportie Daughter (13) 7 minutes... Just shows what age does for you ;)

Dont rule out a secondhand amp from a breakers yard. I got a 12 disc CD player that way and saved £300. ;)

Hi Keith, I also considered fitting one of these kits, but could only find them for sale in the states which were for LHD cars. Good luck in your search, the series one would look great with some extra wood. :)

What a lovely TVR........ :D Better than those tanks built in germany where you sit interfacing with several computers to keep the car on the road :P

Last year those that stayed Friday and Saturday Night pitched their tents on the LOC stand, moving them or taking them down in the morning. My question is, does anybody know if this will happen again this year or will people be camping in the dedicated camping area? The reason I ask is that I am considering coming this year with sporties daughter, sporties son, and TVR. As I cannot park on the club stand we dont fancy camping on our own in the camping area, will anybody from LOC be camping away from the stand? :) Wish I still had the 430!!! ;)

So my question is can a british sports car be parked on the LOC stand at JAE :) Pretty Please :)