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Expand Stansted.

They have more space and better infastructure. Heathrow is always way down my list of airports to use coz it's such a 'mare to get in and out of.

In the interview he admits that he did bad things and he let the American people down.

I saw the film but I've not seen the real interview. I was a bit underwhelmed by the whole saga but I guess back in the 70's this was a very very big deal. Much MUCH worse things happen in politics today all the time so I think we've become desensitised to this kind of malarkey.

I didn't drive my car today or yesterday coz it's still pretty icy and I don't have winter tyres. -19 last night and I was pretty miserable standing at the train station and wishing for some warmer weather!

As for the frost, if it stays cold for a while then the air becomes dryer and so the frost gets less, eventually no frosts as there is so little moisture in the air.

Veyron! Cool! B)

I'm happy that the LS is set up for comfort as that's one of the main reasons I bought it. I wanted to be soothed as I drove to work :)

Two grand is fine and next year it might be less than that as the car is obviously worth less.

My S-Class was certainly quieter than my Lex but the LS is still very soothing. Last Sunday I drove for nearly 8 hours stopping once for petrol and I had virtually no fatigue.

One thing though is that although the top speed is meant to be 150 mph I don't feel comfortable doing more than 120.

After 12 months and about 10,000 miles I thought I'd scribble a few notes on how it's gone so far.

Depreciation: Probably around £2,000 which is about what I expected

Other costs: Service including new brakes (discs front, pads all round) £660

And petrol of course. I average about 24 MPG on my drive to work and about 32 MPG on a good run. Perfectly acceptable.

Problems: Steering wheel that doesn't return to programmed position.

Warped front discs (common problem I believe)

Paintwork needs reviving

Driving: Fairly comfartable and fairly quiet. I've had more confortable and quieter cars but the Lex is fine. Performance good but handling is best not mentioned!!

Over all I'm satisfied with the car and will certainly keep it another year.

I want my car to look like that black porker in the thread! Lovely.

My paint is in a bad state and I need to get this done too.

Might as well buy a Garmin (or similar) as they're better anyway and a good price.

You're doing what? Sticking a 2JZ-GTE in an IS?

The first thing I think about is WHY but I'm not gonna go there.

I have a Supra so I'm a little sad that another Supra has died but happy that its heart goes on in another life.

Good luck with the project

I've not driven a 330 with an auto but I've driven the manual and thought it was lovely.

Nice car in a very nice colour

Congrats :)

Brilliant! Slowly but surely we will lose our ranking as the fattest in Europe. Spread the word

I had a W140 S500 before and it was a tremendous car. It refused to do more than 19MPG on my trip to work and back though so the LEX is much more frugal.

If I replaced the LS I would like to get a Bentley but I can say good bye to double figure fuel consumption if I take the plunge :-))

Had my LS for a year now. Nice car but not all that special. A very servicable workhorse though.

I doubt that using Snow mode would put very much stress on the gearbox. It's due for a service in September anyway. This is the time of year that I'm always tempted to buy a new car. Can I resist? :-D

There's always the bus, or is that too big for her too??

I thought I would try an experiment and for the last few weeks I've been making my journey to work with the Snow mode activated the whole time :)

I wondered what effect this would have on fuel consumption.

My journey is almost all urban over a distance of 16 miles with fifty (yes fifty) sets of lights on the way. No major inclines.

I usualy get 24 MPG in Normal mode and in Snow mode I've been getting...

(drum roll please)

24 MPG

Side effects are a drop off in performance (no first gear?) so I conclude that for this type of journey, when there is no snow, that it's pretty pointless.

yup, plenty of creaking from my car too. It's definitely heat related but not sure how to stop it.

I have a NÜVI and I think it's great. Certainly much better than the standard fitment sat nav in the car.

I'd be interested about this too. In th ehot weather my car can creak like the rigging on an old ship!

Prolly needs replacing (after just 70,000 miles!) but a quick fix would be nice for now.

Is 3k a year in depreciation really that much? If you've been buying new cars then I think you've done pretty well.

I agree with you though in principle, buying an older car makes good financial sense plus you can buy a classy older car with all the depriciation kicked out of it :)

Yeah, my wheels are looking pretty shabby too so I guess I'll have to get them refurbished at some point. 60 quid a pop sounds expensive though. Think I'll leave it a bit longer ;-)

I'm yet to be convinced about the hybrid. I don't like the idea of loosing the boot space and I really don't like the idea of lugging round a ton of toxic chemicals. Plus, how long do the batteries last?? They will cost a lot to replace and then there's the eccological problem of disposing of the old batteries.

Just loads of questions and no answers :-/

Is this just for the RX? Or old LS models too?

My LS400 gear changes are pretty smooth. I mean I can feel when the car changes gear but it's not a jerk.

Maybe check transmission oil level.

They should be illuminated yes.