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More details please. I know this is dumb but I've never heard of snow socks or seen anything like those clamp on devices. This year will be first winter in my Lex and I just know it will be bad she has been slipping on frosty roundabouts already. My last car was a front wheel drive Rover and it drove like a tank in and out of snow.

Your breath and wet shoes/clothes.

What loophole? You have a smash in the Ferrari and the insurance company doesn't pay up for the damage to the Ferrari only to the person/object you crash into. You loose the insurance and any NCB on the Fiat.

Sounds like a dodgy dealer for a garage to me. I expect hes' going to return the disk to the DVLA and claim a refund. Unless the law has changed in September - I bought mine in August and asked the dealer to tax it. If he is genuine trader/garage he can take the paperwork in to the local post office and get a new 12 month disc. Mine did. That means there is no having to wait until you get the log book(V50) back from the DVLA - which also depends on the "dodgy dealer" sending in the paper work. (assuming he has it to send in) BTW It is a legal requirement to display a current tax disc for the car while it is on the road.

Take her out for a spin to show her your appreciation.

Didn't think the "latest" was out yet - I was told it wasn't out until November You are well on the way to paying that much for Lexus to install it for you. thought it was dvd - anyway you are fitting in the unit in the boot - not just putting in the dashboard cd unit ... aren't you?

... and they used the same site to check ;) Perhaps it would be better to hear if anyone actually IS affected and has used the site to check - then perhaps we would have some fith in the site checker actually working ... though perhaps not :D

I've never heard that one before and have been driving autos for some 40 years. The best reason for taking the car out of gear when stopped for long periods eg at a level crossing applies just as well to manual cars (though there you obviously wear the clutch mechanism) Is that should someone run into you from behind your foot will responsively be removed from the brake pedal and the car will lurch forward possibly into the path of a train or a pedestrian crossing in front of you. Obviously if hit hard enough this could still happen ;) Or, simply your foot could slip off. Anyway, whatever the theories, welcome to LOC.

So who is correct? All IS models - or - just the IS 250 and 220d ? I've never had much faith in recalls getting through to the s/h owners - if this does affect the IS300 I'd like to be forewarned, thanks.

I don't think I would have continued driving for 3 hrs with "a strong smell of burning" - It would have been identified and remedial action taken. Perhaps the burning was what was left of the pads burning into the discs or brake fluid from a damaged seal? Or perhaps the burning was even more serious. I've seen the results of car fires and it isn't a pretty sight, especially when the occupant hasn't got out in time.

What gets me is that most people tend to forget that the price paid for your service is not a reflection of the cost of parts or the hourly rate paid to a mechanic specialising in the make/model or the actual cost of the facilities and equipment used by the mechanic. With a Dealership you get so much more ... the flashy premises, sales and administrative staff, large overheads and equivalent salaries of the managers and directors, the support when something goes wrong..... With your back-street mechanic - you only have the cost of his wife, the spare hammer and the general attitude that if he can fix a ford escort he certainly has the skills and knowledge to do anything on your Lexus.... maybe.

As always insurance depends on many things - prior driving history, age, other drivers, post code, miles driven, modifications, convictions .... then there is cheap and then there is cheap - that probably follows the view you have of value of your car and your view of risk.

That is for the DVD and fitting. (time is money) I seem to remember someone on here saying that the disk comes out annually about November - so make sure you get the latest one.

be suspicious of those originally being on the front and the garage swopping them on to the rear for sale. That is because they know that front tyre wear is the first thing a buyer looks at on the Is200/300 and the font ones are easy to check. I'm pretty convinced the guy who sold me mine had done this. Although I was told mine had a full 60K service I am also doubting it - it is a great pity there is no easy way of checking the timing belt.