Bluesman

What happens if the repair costs £510, do you just pay the £10? I'm having a legal wrangle with a waste disposal company at work because I didn't read the small print properly. I would read it very carefully! I would read it very carefully! Very wise words. Its worth spending an hour reading them. There is an excess of £25. Mike

It always amazes me how do they do the maths and why cant AA RAC offer you that price minus the £50 to start with. Would be very interesting if anyone does know how they do the maths. Mike

Have a look through this lot http://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/pdfs/breakdown-repair-cover-policy-jan-2010.pdf and then see how much of your car they will still repair when that dreadful day arrives. Their big get out will be the evidence of the car being properly serviced in accordance with makers guidelines and they will take it further from that point untill you are so far away from any hope of them paying for any repairs what so ever. I doubt there are to many of us can say they have a cast iron service record with stamps and invoices. We may well have plenty of service bills but they wont be what the Insurance company will deem as being serviced in accordance with manufactuers guide lines. These people are in the business of making money and not repairing your car for a few quid a month. They are ruthless when it comes to paying out. Mike

Here you go boys, straight from the horses mouth. Mike. You may not make a vehicle look newer than it actually is by transferring a registration that bears a later year suffix or prefix letter. For example, you may not put a plate with an S year suffix on a car that originally carried an R suffix registration. The same principle applies to prefix registrations. You may, however transfer an older registration to a newer car (an R reg plate to an S reg vehicle for example). Vehicle registration numbers that do not contain a year identifier may be assigned to a vehicle of any age.

One of the requirements that they wont make much fuss about at point of sale is waranted mileages but they will require proof that the car has been serviced in accordance with manufacturers recommendations when you make a claim. This will be the next product on "Watchdog" Mike

I have usualy found that these things are riddled with loop holes and get outs in favour of them, the normal one being if any componants that that causes you to brake down is fixed to the car with either Nut & Bolt, Screw or Weld it isnt covered. Much like those warranties they give away generously when you buy a used car which turn out not to be worth the paper they are written on. Mike

This looks in accordance with the retractable steering wheel; a feature that I do not need. I am quite small and lean, so initially I had my reservations about the wide seats. Great for us disabled drivers big or small. Mike

It took me 6/7 months to find out all the tricks my car had and thats even with reading the instruction manual. Goodluck in wales. Lets us know how you get on. Mike

More than feesable to fit two tanks one do-nut one cylinder. They will do a great job at Profess. Getting the wifes Mondeo ST24 converted in the next couple of weeks. Mike

Is this any good. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Romano-LPG-CNG-Programming-Interface-Tuning-Kit-usb-/370513229287 I meant to say that none of my cars have ever produced error codes. Mike

There appears to be some serious issues with the way your LPG system was installed. I would certainly not advise having a tinker yourself. In all the 16 years I have had LPG on my cars I have never had any difference in MPG from what I originally got from running on petrol and thats despite everyone saying you will loose some power and about 10% MPG. I think you know what I'm going to say but its got to go back to them. Can I ask how you paid for it? CC DC Cash Cheque etc. Mike

Hang in there Graham. Patience is worth more then money in the bank. One will come up. Mike

Where did the £895 price tage on the advert come from? I Know Frinton on sea and it has a very very high retirement age population. This car has likely come from one of them. I think I would definately go and see this car and see if I could negotiate a decent price. The private plate is I think a red herring as its probobly its original reg number and that no paperwork showing ownership of the plate belonged to the registerd owner of the car. I havent put the very well. I have a private plate on my car and I have a certificate of ownership from the DVLA for the plate which I use to transfer when I change my car. This guy I think has just put the number up for sale in the hope That TOD will come along and the G14 part of the plate will have some significant meaning for him. I doubt that very much and he is just trying to talk the price up by at least £800. Dont fall for it. Mike

Steve, this one has it's pictures taken January 2008 tho' !!!!! Malc Have phoned seller ... Car has done 232K miles Cambelt @194K Mot expires end of month (thinks only hand brake needs adjusting) 2 keys (1 master) All electrics work No Rust Owned by seller for 2 years Says photo's just been taken and happy to re take if I request. Any thoughts ... my biggest problem is Benfleet is not easy for me to get to for viewing .. Always a problem as these cars always come up the other end of the country from where you are. Where are you based Graham? I must admit I would give the low mileage MKIII serious consideration as that car with such low waranted miles has to be a serious consideration for anyone wanting an LS400. Both the Mk IV and III have pros and cons going for them. The only advice I can give you on the Essex one is to definately view it before you make your mind up but then that goes for any car. Good luck let us know how you progress. Mike.

Hi Graham. Have a look at these. http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/lexus-ls400/81274648 http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/lexus-ls400/80896737 Mike

Hi Miq. Thanks very much for the offer but I thought that somehow they fitted so you couldnt see that it was just a cover. They make a good job of photographing those ones on ebay to make you think you cant see the join. What is the square screen in your car? Regards Mike

To the moderator who has censored this thread. You have done the memembership a diservice by censoring this thread which showed ste42 was more than happy to not just actualy indulge in Shill bidding on ebay but to come on here and bragg about it and insist that the rest of the membership were no better as we would all do it as well. Shill bidding is an criminal offence in the UK. I got several unwarranted and unwanted PM's from this member but feel its far better to allow the rest of the membership to see what type of person this is and not get invloved with this member. STE42 was quite happy to rip off one of the members of this Lexus Forum. I for one dont ever want to deal with this sort of person. All that said his last post is asking the Forum membership for help. What a cheek. Mike

Anybody know whether these are any good? MikeSteering wheel cover

So who backed out on the deal as on Ebay its showing as being sold? Mike

I have yet to find an Lexus dealer that hides behind a mobile telephone neumber and also has such a bad feedback. I would doubt any Lexus dealer would sell on Ebay like this, they would either sell from the back yard to an known Trade Dealer or put it through a car auction. Mike

The numbers might in your mind but they prove nothing Is this the same car Item number: 190525856953 where it sold on the 24th Aptil 2011 for £1275? Mike

Sorry wasnt me that asked this question. Mike

Try Copying & Pasting. Worked for me. Mike

I would give this one a wide birth as there are to many questions being thrown up. Remember the old saying "Buy in haste repent at leisure" Mike

Are we still talking about this one. My link"]Ebay because if we are I would still get the DVLA check on the mileage as that steering wheels is far to badly worn for the amount of miles stated. Mike Please ignore this one total ***** up Mike