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try elephant, they arent in any comparison sites, or at least they werent last yr

with those alloys, defo black imo

I've owned 5 cars, and the Standard IS 5 spoke wheels are the only ones to get any attention from any of my mates. many times ive had them say "those are nice alloys", some even thought that i added them on later. so for me, you cant beat the standards. Although, having said that, the standard 18" on the IS300 are also very nice, i would love a set on mine.

i like the idea, just no M roads, bendy country lanes are more fun :) put me down as a maybe, as im not sure if im in the country that day.

Ill be there, as promised my car is in a state though, need to wash and clean it. got stuck in the mud at work [car park was full so had to park on the wet muddy grass], and i got stuck, wheels just spinning going nowhere, mud all over the place lol Wozza, you're doing a sterling job rounding up the members, keep at it mate!

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not taking the first offer means you have to appeal, it adds delays to getting your money. most insurers just pay out what you set as the market value of your car when you bought out the insurance in the first place. if you do choose to appeal, you have to send in other examples of your car on the used car market. good luck

thats a good looking IS gone! i would love to own a black one like that with the TTE bumpers! what a shame :( glad you're ok though, and im sure you'll fine a sterling replacement!

Just got back from halfords, bought a pair of Bosch standard blades for £18.99, rip off price compared to Bosch ones on eBay. I had another look at the wiper arm, even though the tip/clip end of the wiper arm has rusted, its kept its rigidity and so i can now only blame the blades. on closer inspection, it appears that is was infact the plastic adapter, the fits all models clip that broke into 3 pieces, the actual blade looks fine. its a shame, as not only has it wasted me money, but now also scratched my windshield. ahh well, live and learn.

Wozza, guess what happened! flew off at 60mph on a country lane while ****** it down this morning, lovely scratch on the shield now. just frustrated i didn't catch any of the warnings on the forum about them blades before i bought them, i would happily gone for the Bosch ones had i known. Lesson Learn't: Before purchasing any car product, run a forum search! Although i would love to blame the blades completely it would be a little unfair to, as it seems my wiper arm is rusting and had weakened. I'm certain this is a jinx I'm cursed with, i have yet to own a car that has proper functioning wiper blades, and this is my 5th car! well off to Halfords now!

at the end of the day... it all goes back down to the price of the barrel and right now.. its high $81 per barrel on some markets problem is, the price of the barrel is a bit like a stock on an exchange, it goes up and down every hour, so obviously, our forecourts, arent going to send thier staff up and down changing the price labels on thier forecourt stands. so they set the price of a litre as predictions on a monthly-ish basis, if they predict the price of the barrel is going to shoot up, they will charge us 96p, if it doesnt [cos saddam's brothers uncles grandads nephew died] then they will correct it for us the next month, bringing it down to 95p for instance. with this new 2p rise, it was said back in april when browny set his little red case. so we can argue all we like, blockade forecourts, to bring prices down for a month or 2, but at the end of the day, its all down to the likes of OPEC, and with current hostilities in Iraq and Iran, the barrel price is going to keep rising. one thing im sure is for certain, is the result of the Iraq war will payoff in the next 2-3yrs [along time i know, but it will happen, some are even saying 6yrs], the new Iraqi oil legislation passed in thier new gov, and it is allowing owned subsidaries to venture jointly with foriegn oil companies, giving only 12.5% to Iraqi, the rest to the oil companies, the likes of Royal Dutch Shell have already started moving in. that will in turn bring OPEC's barrel price down to compete and then soon enough, or forecourt price drops [after they payback the armies ofcourse :P ] thats just my rant, im in that mood

red calipers are done after, they were never standard. I think red looks really good on a Granite Sky IS. I just want to see one first hand before i go for it!

Off nb: the movie :P... what you still doing up wozza!

i can see them ok! car looks very nice and clean. thought about getting a sport grille? also.. why does the car look so high up at the back? feels like i can stick my whole head in between the top of the tyre and the arch... or am i just seeing things? still looks nice though, good job... V

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Hi everyone... I have a mate who lives in W10, on Latimer road. I often go round to visit him, and when im driving him back to his house, he always points to a car park of a pub round the corner and says.... "Thats where your car is with the red calipers" I still havent seen it, but im dying to.... Its an IS200 Granite Sky colour with red painted calipers, its normally parked at this position on google maps. click Do you own this car? do you know who owns this car? Let me know, maybe we can meet up, im dying to see a Granite Sky colour lexus with red calipers in person [as opposed to pics online] as i want to do the same to mine. Thanks

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its taken me about 4mins to read you post merlin..... shes too distracting the back end came out on me recently... i was doing a u-turn on a very wide road [a4 by earls court], i had to rush the move so i gave a little bit more gas, and as i was going round... the back came right out... no idea what to do, i just did what came naturally.. i steered the other way, then when the back straightened out, i was pointing towards the other side of the road, quick steering to get me back in line. was loads of fun, and showed off a bit, but i would love to have known _exactly_ what to do. anyone know of any open grass/tarmac, i can practice on?

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sorry bigal, a little off topic, but im glad you brought this topic up.... i have 2 spare alloys wheels with no tyres. i need to replace my 2 rear tyres soon, as i only have about 3mm of tred left. for the coming winter, would it be best advised to.. a ) replace the tyres on the car with Dunlop SP3000A all weather tyres as per normal b ) remove the rear wheels, buy budget winter tyres (no more then £40/tyre) and put them on for the winter. When summer comes put the old ones back on [which by then would have new tyres on] any advice here would be grand... also, just to add, would it be weird to have all weather at the front and winter tyres at the back?

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Parko, its not easy... for starters the radiator has to come out.... id advise you take it to a garage.