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Same thing happened to a mate who borrowed my GoPro and put it on his Monkey Bike. You can just hear him curse and see him try to wedge it in between his leg and the tank

It all depends on the road. There are plenty of national speed limit roads which are twisty enough to be interesting at legal speeds. At low speeds/gentle cruising it's not really event but the fact that it's so easy is something I really like about it.

When I extended my warranty in January I had 6 weeks left to run so they postdated it to start when the current one ran out. Considering they keep doing warranty deals I wonder what's stopping you from just buying several at the same time and let them run one after the other. Is that all C63s or just the 6.2l NA one? Any idea how RS4s do?

Still looks awesome. Did you manage to stick with the BM?

Pretty accurate then

Did he actually weigh an ISF, was that just the difference to what Lexus quote or has someone had theirs weighed accurately? Probably find that there are some clauses that say the weight of the car is measured is minimum spec dry or something.

They've got a black carbon wrapped transmission tunnel just for you I would be tempted however I've priced up the bits I would want and according to the website it's £33k. I wonder whether they've sold any of them.

You did better than me, I didn't take any. But then I'm rubbish at taking photos. Bet you guessed this would get a few responses. It's personal preference but I quite like the fact that it is that subtle and the changes made were because they had to. I've had a lot of car people not know what it is until they start looking at the detail. I wonder whether Lexus decided to go that route as to not alienate their core demographic of buyers. If you're not careful you could end up with what Honda have done with the current shape Civic Type R which just looks like it's trying to hard. If you wanted something a bit more obvious you could always bolt on the TRD kit but it's not exactly cheap. Back on topic, was great to meet everyone. Look forward to the next one. Thankfully the trip home had less traffic than the way up though Somerset seems to have it's own weather pattern, as soon as I got to Bath it was so foggy I couldn't see past the end of the bonnet.

Realistically VXR8 or Monaro. Unrealistically a Charger Hellcat.

This is very true. I didn't really make my point clear. I wasn't expecting no training on new cars, I was just surprised it would be a couple of weeks. They're going to need similar type/size car. I was assuming (probably incorrectly) that is is for motorway patrol/high speed pursuit which I would guess means the officers involved are highly trained and experienced anyway. RWD is usually seen to be more difficult than FWD so they'll effectively be going to an easier car to drive. A change in engine layout shouldn't be a huge problem either. Cars are generally pretty easy to drive fairly quickly. It's not as if all RWD v8 saloons are the same, presumably the police need training when they got a new set of Commadores anyway, how would this be much different? The vehicles I can see them needing more training for would be the 4x4/SUV due to the difference in weight distribution/centre of gravity.

Seems like a waste of a perfectly good car if that's the case.

I'm surprised it would take as long as a couple of weeks for a trained police driver to switch cars.

Can't need much training to drive different drivetrain cars can they?

Anyone know the history of this? Was it damaged/knackered or just crushed because it was caught street racing? Seems a bit daft if it's just the latter.

I wonder at what point Lexus would turn round and just not bother repairing an ISF under warranty and buy the car back from the owner.

The word considerable probably covers it

22nd is fine with me. Why not just do everything via email?

Surprised you haven't done that already

I didn't even know there was an IS250 convertible before this thread. If you're considering the Passat CC I'd be tempted to look at the Skoda Superb too. If you want something a bit smaller a 1.0T Focus will probably do what you want. I had one as a hire car for a day and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.

I'm interested though depends on the date.

Jaguar have gone straight in with a bit of a sledgehammer powerplant by the look of it. I'm assuming it's a similar engine to the older XFR and that power (and not forgetting the all important torque you get with a supercharger) was hilarious in the bigger car. No idea on the weight difference between the 2 but the XEF (or SVR or whatever they're calling it) is going to be quick. Shame they've ruined the rear with that awful spoiler. To be fair all of the rivals Jaguar are going for appear to have issues IMO. The C63 (or C Class in general) saloon looks terrible at the back and the inside looks like they forgot a screen and bolted one in at the end. M3/4 aren't getting very good reviews unless you get the competition pack which is very expensive. RS4 is soon to be replaced. Lucky person who has the problem of trying to decide which of those new cars to have. Certainly won't be me.

One of the reasons I chose the car TBH. I've been to Gurston Down and of the 30 or so other people there only 1 knew what it was and that's because he was parked directly behind me. Everyone else wondered why I'd brought a saloon that wasn't an Evo/Impreza. I quite like some of the TRD kit though not the rear spoiler. Ruins the subtle nature of the car I think. Not cheap and I assume you can't get the bits new any more?

Depending on dates I could be interested too.

About 3 years ago 2 friends of mine decided they were going to cycle Lands End to John O'Groats unassisted. They were a bit worried about what was going to happen either end so I volunteered to drop them off in Cornwall and pick them up 3 weeks later in Scotland. The trip to Lands End was uneventful and not really worth mentioning. We ended up staying the Friday night (after work) at the hotel right at Lands End and I pushed them off early the Saturday morning and I went back home. I decided to make a bit more of a trip of the other end and with regular updates from my friends it was obvious they were going to make it to John O'Groats with a couple of days to spare. We had hotels booked for the "finishing" day so my plan didn't change and on one day mid-week 2.5 weeks after they started I left home in Somerset and drove over 550 miles to Fort William which was to be my rest stop for day 1. My plan was to get the crap bit out the way in one hit and then have a couple of days flying round the highlands before meeting my friends. 2/3s of the way up I was slightly worried I'd messed up as I was more tired than I was hoping for. Thankfully after getting off the motorway at Glasgow and going East around some roads I'd done a couple of years earlier in my BMW I had a petrol related adrenaline rush. 125 miles flew by and I ended day 1 where I was supposed to much more awake than I was expecting. Shame I'd missed dinner but never mind. Day 2 was shorter but more fun. The road from Fort William to Mallaig is great fun and one I'd done a couple of times before. Up early for the blast down the A830 and stop in Mallaig for the ferry to the Isle of Skye and breakfast. A days hooning round the Isle of Skye was finished with a 70 mile trek to Inverness for the next bed (and I managed to get food too). Day 3 was a bit shorter and the day I was meeting my friends in John O'Groats so north from Inverness and then cut across country and basically up the middle and across the top. I'd done the loop from Inverness to Ullapool, Durness, Thurso and back to Inverness in one day in my BMW a couple of years earlier (that's a different story). Thankfully this day was a bit shorter but no less fun. At the end of the day met up with my mates, loaded the car up with 2 bikes on the roof plus all their luggage (weighed 45kgs plus bikes) ready for the next day. Day 4 showed a different side to the car. Having put up with me using much fuel for 2 days it was time to start the slog home, all 700 miles of it. 3 people, 2 bikes on the roof plus all that luggage (plus my stuff) and we cruised from John O'Groats to Carlisle for our midway stop. Comfortable, fairly fuel efficient (still got 30mpg) made this bit just easy. Day 5 is more of the same from day 4 apart from more motorway. It's quite difficult to limit yourself to 70 even with all that stuff. 5 days and somewhere in the region of 2000 miles later I was back home and back to work Had to pay for the petrol I suppose Always amused me of peoples reactions being overtaken by a car with that noise and cycle bars on the roof

That's a horrible situation to be in. As the car becomes cheaper it's more likely to tempt people who have the car at the upper limits of their pricerange, especially with the Lexus brand reliability history. What were they new? £50k+? They are unfortunately going to cost like a £50k car to fix. Thankfully the brand seems to be pretty reliable when compared to rivals but when things do go wrong the costs mount up very quickly. IIRC £120 an hour labour rate at a Lexus dealer? I've had 1 radiator replaced under warranty and I'm still in profit from the 4 years of extended warranty that I've bought. I've been lucky with timing in getting 2 years for the price of 1 each time but they seem to come round so often it can't be that difficult for others to do. The fact that it includes roadside relay too, I don't understand why you wouldn't do it. It's only £75 or so a month. The above sounds a bit pompous, it's not supposed to. Just trying to point out my logic.