Saraj

What are the differences between a Toyota Altezza and a Lexus IS200? Lot of people have told me to avoid an Altezza due to it being a import, but why? With the accident and possibility, well high possibility of a write off, considering my options

That's a good point, obviously I wasn't there but if you were sort of alongside the van, could you not have just slammed on the brakes and tucked yourself in behind the van again? Or at least just stop on the other side of the carriageway alongside the van? when the police attended he did not nothing, just took my details and hers and the witness and left, he said his prority was to make sure the road was clear which it was. when i was overtking the van and realised that the 4x4 was going to turn first reaction was to try pull in behind it and in front of the van, which was immposible due to the lack of space, second was then to try to avoid the 4x4, otherwise it would have been a direct side impact on to it, so i swerved to avoid that, i can remeber pressing the brakes hard, but it was too late to stop before hitting, so hit the car lost control and straight into the wall. I do hope that no prosecutions are taken, and that its classed as 50/50

yh i can imagine it for a motorcyclist, as you said you can overtake at times where normally a car cant, and in this case, if i was on a motorcycle i would not be typing this now probally,

thanks, im glad you told me that, cause now i can expect it, rather then a suprise

i agree 10% chances are now that the police will investigate further and possibly you may be done for driving without due care, this was what happend to the guy who pulled out on me. oh that would great ending to it all, what would the penalty be? what happened in ur car?

most of the damage to my car was that damn wall, if there was no wall, it would only one side, and possible repairable, what happened at the end? i assume you were liable for the accident? Yes, to the tune of 600 quid or so, which was a lot back then in about 1993 i can imagine ! i was only 6 years old

thanks for that, i thought it was, that junction was invisible untill i hit the car, but its one of those things, ive took it on the chin learnt my lesson now, other members opinions still welcome Possibly one big factor you missed here and would have prevented you overtaking at that point. You state the junction was invisible however the road markings should have changed on the approach to the junction even if you cant see the junction. The point of the markings changing is to indicate a hazard or junction ahead. Alot of people arent aware of the reason for different road markings so worth noting for future reference http://www.ukmotorists.com/marking_signs.asp scroll down that page and you will see what i mean yep thats hit the nail on the coffin, the marking were the last long with long lines which means: Hazard warning line (replaces a centre lineor a lane line). An upright sign may indicate the nature of the hazard,such as a bend. The marking is used also on the approach to a junction lesson learnt

yeah i knew the road was there and normally an ideal position to overtake, but did not know that there was a layby there untill yesterday, as the corner is kinda bent and the only way to see it is ethier you know its there, or drive past it slowly. its my fault, and i know the van driver will say that aswell

Yep that's the best driving advice you can give anyone, if you treat everyone as a muppet and they're about to do something stupid, then 9 times out of 10 you'll escape the avoidable accident. As the others have said I'm pretty sure that will be classed as your fault, but technically I think there is some responsibility when turning right to check your mirror when turning right to make sure no one is trying to overtake you. However, I think you'll struggle to argue that one given the circumstances, you may just have to take this one on the chin (as you have) and be glad no one was hurt (as it probably easily could have been a lot worse) agreed, im not going to push for it to be her fault, let the insurers decide that after ive given my statement to the police, like i said ill be happy with 50/50 but will not push for it. Im now just annoyed at Directline, there gave me a Ford Ka 2 door as hire !

most of the damage to my car was that damn wall, if there was no wall, it would only one side, and possible repairable, what happened at the end? i assume you were liable for the accident?

yh im kinda ok today, some aches and pain, but nothing serious, just the cars gone, proper gutted i was after an is200 for 2 years and finally got one for 4 months and wrote it off, and its only been on my registered name for a week ! its a hard one, straight away i said its my fault, then thinking about it, i see it as just an accident, i wont mind if the insuers say it all my fault, but would be happy if its classed as 50/50 which happened to my bro, then i dont have to pay thw 600 excess atleast only 300.

thanks for that, i thought it was, that junction was invisible untill i hit the car, but its one of those things, ive took it on the chin learnt my lesson now, other members opinions still welcome

below is a better detailed link on what happened: What Happened?

I was a bit shaken up yesterday and just put some photos up of the mess caused to my car, which can found here: The pics of the car Below got a image from google maps of where it occured, a very straight section of road. The red mark is me, the blue is a van, who now is a witness, and the orange is the other lexus involved, and the brown is a long truck. We were going along at around 30 mph due to truck, where speed limit was 60mph, which on this bit of road is no problem. I was waiting for this bit to come so I can try to overtake the vehicles. as we started the section, i looked ahead and so no incoming vehicles, so I thought theres a big gap betwee the orange and the blue and i will get in there first and then make my move to get in between the brown and the orange at a later stafe. As i started to over the the blue, the orange decided that she needed to turn right at the layby which can be seen on the map, last minute she braked hard and then put her indicator on, all whilst i was overtaking the blue, I realised what she was going to do, but because she had slowed down, there was no gap left between the orange and blue, only choice was to swerve and avoid the orange, as I swerved she continue to turn right, straight into my path cliping my front left, of which I lost control and went straight towards the wall which wrote of the right hand side of the car. Nobody injured luckly, but Im at a guess to whether it was my fault or hers? what do you think, the road was safe to ovettake and no marking to say not to, otherwise the Police would have probally arressted me there and then for dangerous driving. sorry if none of the above made sense All opionions welcome

thanks yh got a Ford Ka as hire for the moment, hopefully insurers will not a be pain, the car started to smoke up after coming to a stand still, so switched the enginer off then got out, and never tried again, i know the electric are fried, with my back lights on, and stuff yh defo another is200, same sort of age cause cant afford anything more, i like the shape in white so going to see if i can get my hands on one, all depends what insurers will pay out according to parkers with mileage adjusted looking at 2500 as the value, with 600 excess does not leave me with much.

Well this day was going to come one day, when I finally have an accident in the three years since passing, and it had to happen to me beloved lexus. From what I can see is a write off without a doubt, and fourtunally no one hurt at all. All I am going to say in regards to what happened, just be careful when trying to overtake on country roads ! The top it all off the other vehicle was also a Lexus one of those 4x4's. Heres some pic of the car mangled up:

is it me or does the link show the wrong image in the advert? as above there is a full range of colors, but yet a see people f""""""?? yeah i bought them from this seller, and the difference is amazing.

excellent hopefully its something as simple, hopefully it will fix it, whats strange, is that its happening with both as the same time, i will try the pressher washer tomorrow then wd40 and see if that does the job. the other week snow and ice did not stop them opening and closing !

Hello, Bit of a problem i was hoping someone could point me into the right direction, My side mirrors will not close fully or open fully with a single press of the button. I got to repeat pressing the button till there close. No idea whats wrong thought maybe lack of battery power but everything elese works fine any help?? thanks Saj

my god !

there should post that vid on uk national tv, that should have an impact

Hi, not been on here long time now, due to the new arrival ! Little Baby boy, 5pounds 10 ! 4 days old now, but a bit peed of with NHS, local surgery refused to make an appointment for him yesterday when he was 3 days old, after a rash appeared on his body, even the midwife who was visiting at the time spoke to them and gave her concerns but still no appointmnent, all becuase he was not registered, well that would be the case 3 days after being born, spoke to another midwife today who said there should have made an appointment under my wifes name, and this happened last time with our other son. we ended up having to go the hospital couple miles away and waited 3 hurs to see a doctor ! really peed off, and have contacted solicitors to get some advice, you could class this as medical negligence, what do you think? So happy with the new baby and 2 weeks of work as well due to partinity !

yeah exactly, last night was doing around 100 on the m-way and the it was near the E, i was laughing which is my repsonse when im worried. lol

i think alot people panic when the light comes on in there car, knowing this i will be alot more relaxed :)

so with 8 litres remaining how many more miles could i have done? 8 litres = 1.75 gallons, at 20 mpg, what ! another 35 odd miles?