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A half Corona Cigar at the reasonable price of £1 used to be marketed in a White Tube by a Company called J R Freeman. Must be 20 years ago they ceased to trade? Very nice Cigars from memory and rolled in this Country https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=j+r+freeman&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fauction.gorringes.co.uk%2FFull%2F912%2F10431912.jpg

I'd not heard of the "Ted" Cigar brand before. - just shows you can go through life and miss things! I think the King Edwards have the end dipped in soemthing sweet? Oh, also someone mentioned bullet or "Torpedo" style Cigars in Italy. From memory are these very common in Spain and Spanish colonies (ex)?

Not sure about a Cigar with Tea. Has to be Moka Coffee for me. Am away very shortly and hoping to find my LS400 still in the Garage in France where I can do a repair and hopefully arrange for it to be brought back to the UK. More than a year since I saw it last and fingers crossed a Voleur has not had it away or occupied the Maison. Will be more than 1200 miles in this GS which I've had to hurriedly arrange to have the Inner Stewering Rods replaced as they were an Advisory in the MOT pass. Just praying this does not end up as another Lexus "lost in France". It would spell the end of my love of Lexus.

Lapsang Souchong Tea certainly has the appearance of tobacco and can easily block your drains if tipped in the sink. Choking if smoked, I imagine. Apparantly it was the Tea of the 18th Century or very similar. I bought several repro Tins of it at the Bicentenary 1776 Exhibition at Greenwich. Described as a Match to that which was jettisoned at Boston. A good strong flavour without a doubt.

I suspect you mean "deposits" rather than suppositories? It was advertised as Toasted Tobacco as I recall and had a pack bought for me in France by my Father when as a Teenager he took me on a four day 2500 mile business tour in a brand new Ford Cortina GT. Quite liked Camel Cigarettes, not as astingrent as your normal brands. Thank G. he didn't buy me Gauloires! The tail end of a Cortina is in this photo of the period but for some reason gets cropped when I Post it. Never saw another whilst in France at the time.

Smoked Ciggy's until I was twenty and then moved onto a Pipe because the other guys in my Office used to smoke them. Three Nuns preferred. It was out more than alight. Kept the Match industry going! Gave it up after a couple of years but very rarely have a pipe of Black Cherry now renamed Golden Blend Number 2. Sweet smell. Love the occasional Cigar. Son, on a couple of trips used to bring back from Nicaragua a box of 25 "Joya de Nicaragua - Classico" which were wonderful Cigars. At a Yard sale I was offered a Box of random Cigars and bought for a Tenner. There was an assorted number but something like 10 King Edwards, six Romeo Y Juilieta. a Bering Monster, Two five packs Jamaican Cheroots, a Corps Diplomatique, a Robert Burns Black Watch and a Montecristo. All Tubes, with the exception of the King Edwards which came cellophane wrapped in their 25 box. As Cigar afficianado's will know the cost of a Montecristo is way above a Tenner. Never heard of a Robert Burns Cigar before. Anyway, they had been kept in a cool place and I'm very slowly wading through and gifting them. I enjoy just say half an inch with a Coffee on the odd day. Won't smoke outside as any wind spoils the flavour. I frugally store the part burnt Cigar in a Tube in the Fridge until the next lighting. Seems to act as a Humidor. When you've smoked Cigarettes and given up, just a whiff of Cigarette smoke seems to choke the senses. BTW Phil I wear a Cravat during Winter months. Yes just a sweet old fashioned Boy with a Pierre Cardin Tweed style Jacket and Cord Trousers. lol.

Matt, I use LPG Bottles for various purposes in a non centrally heated house and I've not seen any condensation on the bottles. If condensation were an issue it would drip off the bottles on to Carpeting or whatever as the bottle is partly exposed at the back. Even with the severest weather and a room down to 7.00 degrees in Winter I've not seen condensation drips when the Gas is used. As Phil says, the Boot is ventilated but mainly to take air out, I imagine. The Plastic you mention might sweat but how does this account for a problem inside the DVD Player. Are the DVD's seen to be wet when ejected?

That's a curious situation. I can't recall any condensation around the Toroidal in my Mercedes fitted with LPG. Where does it get sufficient heat to create condensation? Why use a Plastic Boot liner? How does it affect the DVD drive? Only having CD but I assume the DVD drive is in the Boot unit the Drivers Side? You sure you don't have a leak somewhere in your rubber Boot lid Seal? Corner would be the place to look. Also, could it be your Sunroof is blocked and its getting into the Car that way? I've had water in the Wing side area. Looked on the LPG forum and no thread titled "condensation" appear. You could ask there if you are convinced it is condensation. Nothing of a heat nature is generated when LPG in fluid form travels forward to the Solenoid up front, as far as I know. Good luck with your research. Daresay you've checked to see if any other thread on this forum with an LPG issue. Quite a few Members have LPG

To digress on the Bloater theme my Grandfather was the last to own the largest Smokehouse in Great Yarmouth which produced the "Bloater" until 1956 when all the Herring had been fished out. He sold to M&S and exported the "Silver Darlings" to Greece and Italy. The premises are now the "Time and Tide" Museum. Don't recall as a Child eating a Bloater only Kippers. In Geat Yarmouth Regent Street there was a Shop which had a giant "Bloater" above its doorway. Used to fascinate me as a child. Daresay its in a Museum somewhere. https://yarmouthmuseums.wordpress.com/

Fitted a Wireless (with night vision) reversing Camera to the GS. Fortunate there had already been a Taurus at some time in its past and so a hot lead was found in the boot side well. Saved a bit of fiddling with the reversing Light. Not a thing of beauty when there is a triple cable with plugs dangling from the non integral Screen affixed to the Dash, but hey ho does the job.

A couple of weeks back I asked my Mechanic to check for anything that needed be replaced and particularly with regard to Steering pre MOT. He found no fault and I trust him. The MOT guy said its an advisory but no need to worry short term. Expecting to do trip to France (at long last) will be 1200 miles minimum and no time to get the replacement inner Control arms changed. Just don't want to end up in France with another broken down vehicle. Will take the new ones with me, but.........

All vehicles on Facebook mention Kilometres for some reason, so not deliberate. Nicely detailed I have to say, and being on LPG will avoid use of E5 or E10 to some extent.

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Thanks John, I've ordered a pair from Rock Auto as I'm not convinced by the seller on ebay who quotes legit brand Advertising but will they be a bona-fide product. When they say "may not be boxed" etc and several different Brands quoted I wonder what the product will actually be. One Neg. feedback complaining of faux product. Should be with me by the 21st at £57 the pair. I daresay the outer should also be changed same time. We'll see. Job on the back burner for the moment.

Car passed its MOT with two advisories. The one that concerns me is quote " Play in Steering Rack inner joint(s" There's a very good Vid on replacing parts of a Steering Rack but the kits I've seen on Rock don't seem to include the Plastic "Castelated (?)" parts which I suspect is what may need to be changed? Its expensive to get a new Replacement and although there are companies offering to "refurbish" there's no knowing for certain what they replace. Steering feels fine and what I did once think was a possible issue, may in fact be a Wheel ABS which makes a vibrating sound on hard lock when slow turning -on rare ocassions. No vibration to the wheels at speed or veering off centre. My Mechanic didn't find any fault and there is no leakage. The P/S Pump was replaced three years ago and I have drained and replaced the fluid. No lights on the Dash for ABS or anything else. Anyone experienced Steering issues with a GS?

Passed the MOT yesterday with two advisories. Sub frame corroded but not seriously weakened and play in the steering rack inner joints which I have been wondering about for some time. Has any other GS owner had a Steering Rack problem? The LS400 has never had any such problem and has done higher miles. Since acquiring the vehicle its had a few new parts. New Calipers, Discs and pads, Serp belt, Oil Filter, Wheels and new Tyres (Sold the 18's 8.5J Grandstand wheels after getting them refurbed, for £500). Still have the Spare (with used tyre) if anyone is interested? Put 17" 7JJ Wheels on and do wonder if the fact that this model had the option of the Wider wheels has something to do with the Steering rack issue - more strain? Had issues of the VSC lights not going out and the CEL light coming on, which was solved by replacement of the lower 1st Bank Lambda sensor. So, no lights on the Dash. Sorted the leaky Sun roof (hopefully) some time back. Fitting a Rear View Wireless Camera but have to say, where do you put the Screen. So many Air bags and an undulating Console make it difficult to place. Don't really want it stuck to the Wind Screen as too far away and light will make it difficult to see the image. Already have a DashCam stuck to the internal Mirror which is less obvious to people outside the Car. It works well.

A way of getting "old Bangers" off the roads, considering that no doubt a high proportion are older untaxed vehicles. If they die a death with Ethanol it will be to the Gov'ts advantage to reduce numbers of Motorists. Perhaps too simplistic a thought. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/nov/26/ministers-lose-80-million-revenue-after-scrapping-car-tax-discs

You may be right, but replacing Lead with a substitute was simpler than replacing water content which this E10 seems to have. Some garages in France were only selling E10 several years ago and it would be interesting to know the profit benefit to Refineries of replacing part Petrol with E10 because the answer to that Question and the fact that Madam Johnson is now running the Governments strategy on reducing Carbon emmisions, this Petrol shortage situation has given an ideal opportunity to "test the water". I couldn't get E5 locally yesterday, only E10. May not have been a supply problem, but just sold out quickly, perhaps? Must be more Cars on the road that can take E10 than can't, so why no E5 Super?

Whereas I keep thinking about the reverse. Replacing my Grey Leather Gear Knob for one of those Chinese leather and wood (?) examples. Haven't seen one with Grey leather each side of the Peach wood (?) GuessI could paint the Leather Grey. Have got some paint in the Garage. Mottled in appearance unlikely to look shabby.

Been unable to fill up and not too bothered though only have less than a Quarter in the Tank. Awaiting the necessary Forms to prove had the Vaccine which will take five days. Tried to download using the App on my PC but after giving all details and a photo of my Driving Licence, it then wanted a selfie. Don't have a Webcam and so phoned the three digit number and hoping will be sent irrespctive of not haivng a selfie or a copy Driving licence. What is this al about?? France trip held up yet again owing to beaurocracy, fuel issue and other personal issues. As MOT due on 14th Oct, have booked in for test. Now the Q. part, will using Fuel injection Cleaner be OK with the E5 or the E10 which I suspect will be the only alternative to diesel after a couple of years? Gov't green madness! (They need to watch this video - I always used Wynns prodcut on these 600 mile trips into France. Will it actually benefit performance where E5 removes performance? (apols video is rather long and can miss the first 20 mins i.m.o)

Only the V6 GS is not compatible. The straight six from 1998 is compatible according to the DVLA. Why the variance?- good question. I have a straight six. Not sure about the GS430 as that will be a V8 engine like the LS430.

LPG - It must be the way to go to avoid as much E10 as you can in the vehicle. Although I suppose this is only wise if it has a Plastic fuel tank as non-moving E10 may damage the tank. I enjoyed my W140 with LPG even though I took a risk with it every drive as it had single point system and a plastic Air intake. Previous owner had blown it apart twice. In six years I managed to avoid same. Perhaps I'll look for a system for this GS300 as I sold a V8 sequential system that sat around for several years intending to put it in my LS400 but never getting around to it. No good for the GS Straight six anyway.

Watched the "Sky Arts 2 hour programme last night of the Eagles at the Forum in 2018. What a group - fantastic after a fourteen year lapse in their history.

At times, and now in particular, I've looked at the oil condition on the dipstick and thought that looks pretty good and so perhaps just a filter change is a good idea. Daresay others will say that the oil absorbs moisture and although the colour is nothing like I can recall in the bad old days of the sixties when black was quite common looking at dipsticks at the Oasis Garage, Chelmsford, for customers (my Sunday job as a Lad), I suppose that there could be an argument that just changing the filter is saving the Planet from excessive use of natural resources. etc, ??? If the seller has used legit quality Filters and can send you a photo of the oil on dipstick then may still be an opportunity for a good Car? More facts needed with of course that added pinch of Salt.

The specific item seen in this thread is what concerned me to buy from Rock Auto a Bosch 3330 filter. https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/counterfeit-oil-filters-are-putting-engines-at-risk https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1217138&cc=1363542&pt=5340&jsn=408&_nck=ZExt1ysfqhqWnq%2BEvUNdS4kQ4ZFqctuXoVauwVeFXZZPyH34YRhCpnqMmRiyR6RMR0pvfZNrVqgItLV%2B16iaMBSxmosI%2FCDszZqZMoClwwxVQTUXHxFb6cJ%2Bga5wiqKlDStXImLZyVtY%2BU6s0eryJGomDmAYFnUuRExlAQ31J%2FJGigBRfFqQayUslNFc8jjDkavI0zGfD0V%2F97UPZWEpu7lH5UrEzLdJOzGpFIlfi4OSJPPo8c2%2BF1WQ2ZzapGBisOYkp7xVwfn80FYfZ%2BPaFcHwkUezy4i0MOd%2BE%2FDU0RgG5VeSfhZyMWFWaE1rQaqtdB5PnePjzOIQi7BHy3CShf82GGTlaMW8