WylieCoyote

Pray silence please for my first ever good idea!

I just had a brilliant idea - why don't the admins and mods make a new section of the forum - as well as the Lounge and General discussions, why not have a section for 'People who used to drive a Lexus but now have something else but still love the forum'

Shame about American cars - I think that Lincoln is very nice looking and I'm sure it's supremely comfortable. They're just made by people who can't build cars - and when they do, they do it badly.

I suspect for 'sporty' driving it would be a waste of time though!

Diesel reminder!!!

:D

Hehe, which doesn't in any way look slightly tacky and make you look like a complete pillock at the petrol station!!

Glad you like the keyring. :)

You can only really use that as an effective method when you fill the tank up right to the brim yourself - sometime the needle stays on 'F' a little bit long then seems to shoot down quickly. Although it was reading full, it probably wasn't

This is turning into a right old meet!! :P

*imagines sweet little old lady/cunning scammer (delete as applicable) standing on corner, seeing a convoy of Lexuses sweeping into view*

"But I only wanted to buy one car ..."

I was thinking more along the lines of 'old lady standing on corner seeing convoy of Lexi(?) sweeping into view - she thinks 'I really must ask my doctor to change the dose of this medication' '!!

I agree with Purvesh....

Best thread ever!!!

My Lex has gone this afternoon, I am a little sad I must admit

Well, after 18 months my Lexus has gone. :(

Picked up my Volvo this evening - already love it! So smooth, quiet and refined. Strong and punchy diesel engine too - after 9 years of petrol cars I am gonna have to be super careful at petrol stations!

Pics to follow.....

Happy Birthday PC Ahmet :D

Hope you have a great day! :D

(Where exactly is Ahmet, not seen him on here for a while?)

He'll be too busy doing what the government say he should do and spending his days catching motorists ;)

Below the belt lol!

Happy birthday buddy

Plus a little work:

That is a monstrosity and looks totally awful . Whoever ruined that GS should be mocked for all eternity.

On the up side, the one you're looking it is nice - that is one of the nicest colours I think. Try selling your car privately, but don't expect much more than a part ex value in all honesty - people don't want them.

I would buy that GS if I were you. But then if I was you then you'd be me and you'd sell your IS and buy a Volvo lol!

Happy birthday :)

I can't tell anymore if this is a scam or not but I can't take the anticipation anymore! As long as you go with others and you're in a public place I'm sure you'll be fine.......there's every chance she's totally genuine and just wants to buy a car :)

Isn't it sad that we can no longer simply trust a situation to be exactly what it seems :(

Quite.

I think you've handled it fairly Anees. I too am really looking forward to the final outcome when you prove everyone wrong (myself included) and it's totally legit!!!

You have to be a gold member to advertise anything for sale

Snap. I'm on call that night so can't :(

Welcome to LOC. Ask away with any questions - there's loads of information in these forums too.

Glad you're enjoying your new car.

Keith :)

Into my last full day of Lexus ownership. At 3pm tomorrow I'll be taking the final journey to Nottingham. It's a really wierd feeling, I will be a little bit sad when it goes.

I don't think that's a good price for the IS250. A brand new IS250 SE +MM WhatCar target price is £25891. With the added bonus you'd be the first and only owner therefore helping resale values.

Blue sidelights are illegal and will fail the MOT. Not sure about interior lights.

this is were people get confused....mot law says both front side lights must be the same colour so if you came in to my work with your lex and had two blue side lights i cant fail it i can only advise and pass.but if you had one blue and one green then i could fail you.(i'm a mot tester) but the police are spoil sports with any blue light showing on your car and will give you a 21 day ticket or poss a fine if your cocky.just asked the wife(shes a trafic officer)depending on the mood of the officer, being seen with a blue interior light is just as bad as having blue sidelight bulbs or flashing blue strobs and you could get done!!!

hope this helps.

When I took my car for its last MOT - I had some of the sidelight bulbs that look blue but glow much whiter than normal bulbs and the dealer told me they'd failed the car on those as they're illegal and I needed to replace them.

PMSL :lol:

the missus isnt too happy with that one though matey :megaangry:

Hehe, it's my solution to everything - if I can't fix it, blow it up!

How can your missus not like it? He's a cute stick of dynamite

Just pulling your plonker buddy! I'm getting an S80 2.4 D SE Exec - 13 months old :) Sensimobile!

Just read and re-read those emails. Couple of things jumped out at me.

First of all the word 'hay' - ignoring the spelling. That doesn't really sound like 'old lady speak'. Same story for the 'here's my mobile nr' - nr is text language.

Secondly the grammar seems a little odd - it's inconsistent.

I agree, that email doesn't sound at all like a "little old lady". Sounds like someone who doesn't have English as their native language, but doesn't sound like an older person either.

Still sounds a bit odd to me.

Great to have such good detective minds on here! :D

She is Eastern European (well the name Elga) kinda gives that away

I genuinely hope this works for you buddy, I'd love you to prove all the sceptics (myself included) wrong. But until the sale is completed and you have got home with the money, people will not be convinced. I really hope it is genuine though - I love being proved wrong on this kinda thing with my naturally suspicious mind.

yea, the zymol stuff is very good!!

cost me $9 a bottle (1x cleaner/restorer and 1 x conditiner) from the US

That's not bad. How does that compare to UK prices? I'm off to the states in 13 days so could easily pick some up there. Anywhere you could recommend?

Cheers

I used to work for volvo i know how boring

Is there something wrong with Volvos? Bearing in mind I will have one in 2 days.....

Sickening as this is, I've part exed my 2005/05 S auto for £5100. Granted it's the base model, got a few scuffs and has 4 owners but it's nauseating. I've had it for sale privately for £6500 for months - no one wants to know. In the end I'm just glad to get something for it because a lot of garages have said they won't accept it as part exchange.

Ask her to meet you at a local police station for convenience and safety and see what she says. If she's genuine, she won't mind.