NotoriousREV

I get a distinct crunch into 2nd most of the time with occasional difficulty changing down into 2nd, even at low speeds, sometimes get the same with 3rd, but only when changing up. More often than not, 1st is unselectable unless stationary, causing difficulty pulling out of junctions at walking pace in 2nd. Also, my gearbox is very whiney, although this may not be any different than other IS's as I've never driven another manual one. Complained to dealer at 1st service (June 2000) and was told that all IS's are like that, however since hearing about fluff's problems/results I asked the dealer to look at the gearbox again at the last service. They could find no problems, but I will be insisting on gearbox work within the next 10,000 miles as my warranty will expire then. Lexus GB will be hearing from me if the dealer can't/won't sort it.

They were talking on the news about how the country was being flooded with cheap crack...

Just to make you feel better. I bought a new set of tyres for my bike (over £200 the pair) and my mate Jim fitted them for me on a friday night. Saturday morning, I rode my bike 6 miles to it's MOT, where it failed for not having a rear reflector, so I rode it to Jim's house (about 8 miles) to borrow some duct tape to stick one on with, pulled up onto his drive (remember, a total milage of 14 miles) and he instantly noticed the 1" screw sticking out of the rear tyre. 14 bloody miles old.

T-shirts? For a Lexus club? I want a club cravat, not a bloody t-shirt. What isignia will the blazer's have on them? I want to be wearing it at the Goodwood/Lexus Summer Ball :P

hows the octane boost going? Just wondered if you'd seen any improvements to MPG or anything else

Holy cow thats expensive, my 40k was about £200 and my 50k (which included front pads) was £247. How do you get through the brake disc's in 40k miles? I don't drive gently and there's very little wear on mine at all. I never, ever buy tyres from a dealer, they charge way over the odds. A set of tyres from an independent (read small) tyre place is usually the cheapest option.

um, I worked for Rick Astley's dad once, and the cast from Merseybeat sometimes drink in one of my regular haunts. Oh and my mate went out with the best mate of the girl that writes 2 Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. I need to get out more... :(

You can't polish a turd :smilegrin: My car gets parked under a Cherry tree at home so you can imagine the mess as 20 pigeons eat the black cherries then releive themselves over my car :(

no. I proved this by running Optimax instead of normal unleaded for a while and it made no difference whatsoever.

Can I still be a member after I sell my Lexus? :D

Do you have a detonation problem? I'm sure they DO increase the octane of the fuel they are added to, but higher octane fuel alone will not increase your performance. OK, I don't know how much boost you run, but if you increase boost until you start to experience detonation, then back it off a tad, then you're using as much boost as possible. With a higher octane fuel, the point of detonation will be at a higher level of boost. More boost = more power. If you're running a level of boost that is nowhere near the detonation level, and you're not planning to incrase boost, the additive will not increase power. Remember, octane is not a power rating, it is a fuels resistance to ignition. For a boosted motor running high boost, an intercooler would be the first port of call before adding additives. An intercooler will uniformly lower the temperature of the intake charge, thus decreasing the chances of detonation. An additive introduced to your fuel via the fuel tank will not be uniformly distributed, therefore each combustion stroke could have a different octane rating each time, causing untold problems when you suddenly get 94 instead of the 105 your were pushing for ;) This rant brought to you by the Society for the Prevention of Money Loss. :D

V engine's tend to be a little torquier for some reason I'm not clever enough to understand (I think it's cylinder head design). The different firing order also makes the motor perform differently. If it's going to be an all new V6 then it's bound to be a huge leap forward over the current and ancient I-6 :wow:

A man walks into a bar and says "ouch". It was an iron bar. A peice of string walks into a bar and the landlord says "are you a peice of string?" and the piece of string says"yes" so the barman says "we don't serve string in here, get out". So the piece of string goes outside and makes himself look really scruffy then walks back into the pub. The landlord says "hey, are you a peice of string?" and the peice of string says "no, I'm a frayed knot"

Hmmm, worst manoevre ever. It's hard, because obviously I'm a perfect driver but here goes: In my 1430 Mini (115bhp, 0-60 in ~7 sec, drum brakes) driving through Lincolnshire. It was a lovely clear day, and the road was as straight as a die. I got behind an artic, checked the road was clear and floored it. got about halfway alongside it when a Volvo appeared out of the heat haze coming straight for me. I hit the brakes hard, and started to slow down. Unfortunately, the truck hit his brakes too, so my idea of tucking in behind him wasn't going to work too well so I had to gas it (top speed was about 95mph, short gearing ) and cleared both truck and Volvo by inches. On my bike last weekend, out with a group of about 12 riders, we were overtaking cars along a straight road, I was towards the back of the group, couldn't actually see if anything was coming, I figured that I'd see everyone pull in before any cars got too close. Everyone pulled in just as I got alongside a car and trailer. For a second I considered jumping into the trailer and letting the bike look after itself :tumble: Oh and my money's on UV's NSX, unless I can race my bike, in which case none of you have a chance :P [Edited on 16-4-2002 by NotoriousREV]

I've been in some fun flame wars in my time, argued with intelligent and funny people. That "flame war" was populated by neither. They were just insulting and stupid On one of the bikes sites I moderate, we get questions almost as stupid as the "trunk" one. My favourite ever was "how to I blip my throttle on downshifts", to which my answer was "as you downshift, blip your throttle" Here's a phrase you need to remember: if you're dumb in America, you're never alone.

Steve, I've just found my last copy of Ethos, do you want it?

an englishman, irishman and scotsman walk into a bar and the barman says "is this a joke?"

higher octane fuel is only useful if you intend to make full use of it's properties. Octane is a fuels anti-knock resistance, which means you can advance the igniton further before detonation occurs, or increase the compression ration or for you supercharged dudes, increase the boost. Putting higher octane fuel in without making further changes to the motor will not increase power, in fact your car may run lean as higher octane fuel is harder to ignite. For example, we used to put AvGas (about 110 octane, I think) into our TZ250 race bike and ran a diesel-like 16:1 c/r, TZ's running unleaded (for National racing) run something like 12:1. The extra power comes from the C/R, not the fuel. This is why these products are sold by Nitrous companies, it's a bit of safety in the fuel, to reduce the chance of detonation while on the N2O, or allow larger amounts of N2O to be injected without destroying the motor. [Edited on 16-4-2002 by NotoriousREV]

Us bikers know all about that. For those miscreants that have race only exhaust systems and tiny number plates (ahem, not me officer, honest) it's the easiest way out of a a fixed penalty fine. Hmm, wonder if it applies to illegal tinted visors too?

luckily I haven't recieved my copy of Ethos extra. That last issue was just totally over my head. A whole magazine devoted to a journolists interpretation of what luxury means? What the ..?

They won't be doing a 57i kit either, they used my car to develop the prototype and they couldn't make it work (I live about 5 miles from K&N Europe). They do have a very nice dyno room though ;)

Seeing as neither Matt or Steve can be trusted to participate in a fair vote, should they both sing?

s'funny, my windows have Yugo printed on them???!!!???

My wheels are knackered from a combination of corrosion and kerbing. For some reason, the kerbed bits haven't corroded

remember women can use nice cars to pull too :P