Malc

Yesterday in Cranbrook Kent I hailed down and parked up and chatted with the owner of this early Ls400 .........  a guy from Benenden who assures me he's not yet on this Forum

Needless i encouraged him to now join ! 

he told me it's one of only 2 1989 cars left in the UK, he had bought it some 8 ? years back from the ( widow ) owner who had it many years prior and spent £6k on wheel mods etc ....  ( yuk )

This new owner had it part resprayed a few years back and the finish now is terrible, worn-out and clearly a bad reaction to the original paint finish and paint that he tells me is a different type of " compound " to original, older paints

A blue/ grey but mottled and cracking and lifting and well, just awful

He's probably going to have it properly resprayed .  she's done 125k ? I think he said and he's recently done the cambelt etc .  he has a few older cars and a mechanic guy himself too 

Only does a couple of thousand miles a year and loves the car to bits, been all over the north and west country in sublime comfort   ( all as we of course know ) 

So if you're that guy and read this, do tell us more about your very rare beast ....  she sounds as quiet as a mouse ( of course )

AND if my conversation hadn't revealed his imminent respraying quotes gopinmg-on I'd have probably offered him a bundle of old used £50 notes to start the process myself .......... Oh to have one of the originals eh !

Malc

18 minutes ago, Phil xxkr said:

they would still be under sail power.

the ultimate in renewables then  .....  to be commended ......  bring on the Dutch Windmills methinks ......  promote the making of bread flour with a new raft of windmills in the UK ..  spread all over the country .........  giving work to the skilled carpenters and flour millers in our Society ......  a new raft of educational skills to be put forward by, say, the Prince's Trust  ( is it still to be called that ? ) 

Malc

is it ever that essential to get such a precise reading  

Malc

just reading last night that EV charging is now going to cost £1 a KWh is it   ?  as opposed to what it was when all this EV economic running stuff started at 16p a unit  ( was it  ) ?

I'd now be panicking if I had an EV to charge and run 

Malc

reading on here times past of the earlier RX300s being copiously failed thru' rust issues .....  so keeping all that at bay should give you the confidence to pop money into the other bits and bobs to keep her going for another 100k miles hopefully .....  it's really only the rust that's the real killer ........ I've found that on several cars over the years / decades of motoring ....... as I've often been ( or tried to be )  a long term holder of a car or two ........  just to be defeated by rust in impossible places to remedy 

Malc

good ol' insurers eh ! ............ never their FAULT whatever .....  however incomprehensible their Ts&Cs

Malc

did I say at one of my local Sainsbury's the other day, Hempstead Valley Kent,  the E10 was a mere 156.9p   ...  plus Nectar points too of course .......  to add to your BA Amex Avios points if you use them !

Malc

do please keep us updated with this saga .  not Saga is it  ?  ....  or is it NFU who are tripppple 5 star rated ......  or those Adendum Flooks guys and their own insurer covering you  ? ( YUK )

Best wishes whatever

Malc

1 minute ago, Lexiguy said:

What are you trying to say Malc?

 

just that the price of the new new Iphone ( 14 Max at @£1200 )  might actually exceed the value of my beloved limo at 240k miles ................  let alone any cost of real physical protection .....  .....  indeed at the last insce write-off to Cat N  ............. they paid me out £850 and I kept the car with minimal rear door squash damage........... a couple of years back tho' and of course we know cars such as ours will always appreciate in value 

but your Sc430s are of immeasurable value  .........  OK    . ( at this time  ) 

Malc

1 hour ago, LenT said:

security lighting, wheel clamps and steering locks and such like

on the Chairman of the Insurance con- coy preferably

Do   NAME AND SHAME   please

Malc

On 9/12/2022 at 3:31 PM, PCM said:

I've just been told

is this way-off and leaving you in suspense somewhat  ............or maybe you're being fast tracked  ( whtever that means these days ) 

Whatever, get out and about in your limo and enjoy this weather ......  fine dry hot and blo-dy wet too maybe 

Malc

11 hours ago, Harrier Man said:

You need access to one of Apple's more recent phones

Beware the cost of your new Iphone doesn't exceed the value of the car you're trying to protect  

as it might be in my case 

10 hours ago, Lexiguy said:

Although I'm a android man so it would be no good for me!

Malc

41 minutes ago, Pm4 said:

foot button on the floor to dip the lights.

yes ..........  keep your hands on the steering wheel proper in those days .  no frigging around like we do now wondering which bit to push / pull / twist whatever ....  ah !  but no good for one legged veterans tho' 

Malc

3 hours ago, PCM said:

I've just been told I need to have a biopsy, (prostate) under general anaesthetic.

Best wishes with it  ....  make sure you wake up to a nice cuppa and a bikkie  

Good luck

Call out the chauffeur for the ride home 

Malc

cheapskates then .......  no torch from new even 

Malc

3 hours ago, Paul weeks said:

so it has had little use for last 2 years.

 

I've never seen it in my locale for sure .....  t'was hidden away in the depths of the countryside maybe 

Malc

My car, I beleieve originated from them, it certainly did when I biought her from the then owner here who was the Parts Manager at Poole Dorset  ....  how times sadly change 

Malc

15 hours ago, Mike270 said:

Driver' (right side) power mirror is not working, left side is ok and both mirrors are electrically foldable

Mike, welcome to the Forum

My door mirrors too have similar issues ......  old age methinks and I decided to just " live " with it   .......  having experienced all sorts of oddball electrical gremlins from time to time .  the door mirrors are the least worry'ing'some for me to worry over these days 

Good luck finding the solution

Best wishes

Malc

Paul welcome to the Club

I've only ever had ( it seems ) a Ls400 and am situ in Queenborough .........  I sometimes meet another Ls400 owner here, he too residing in Sittingbourne for a Starbucks coffee .....  when we pop out for a treat locally

Malc

16 minutes ago, royoftherovers said:

and the man who came and filled your car up for you and washed the windscreen 

that was me in those halcyon days  .........  and the Sunday afternoon Rolls Royce owner who usually had a whole  £5 ....  of 5 star petrol .........  15 gallons those days and would now be @70 ltrs ..........  150 miles maybe  

He was happy tho' and proud of his car and always wanted to have a chat ..............  even if it was raining  

Malc

5 hours ago, Razor61 said:

Looks like they are a polished finish underneath.

and quite " silver polished " too where the black paint has worn/flaked/chipped off on mine 

Malc

20 minutes ago, Spacewagon52 said:

any pearls of motoring wisdom from the past

that wondrous Starting Handle for when the Battery was flat  

Malc

a 1 penny ( old money ) shot a gallon in 'me days as a petrol pump attendant in Chislehurst Kent about 55+ years back 

Malc

pretty good looking for 600,000 miles 

Malc

8 hours ago, Lexiguy said:

the burble of a proper V8 

on the SC430 maybe BUT ............ on the original V8 with Lexus, the Ls400 ...........  it's the roar and burble of a churchmouse munching bikkies behind the church organ during Sunday prayers 

Malc