Chris Skelton

Read on a hifi site “a friend has a Jag iPace,plus a RAV4 for commute. Hates to admit he prefers driving the RAV” !!

Open to offers as Lexus awaits!

A bit tenuous maybe, but, when I had a Citroen DS23, parked in supermarket-on-corner car park, I came out to find ALL the cars had been stabbed with 2 tyres each car,flat Luckily I’d broken a DS earlier and had 5 spare wheels. Changing tyres on a DS is a breeze-you utilise the hydro-pneumatic system,  up,down, up and…..done!

……broken a DS! Sacrilege!!

Luckily,the AA says that the average motorist gets a flat tyre every 97,000 miles. (I think it was). So fingers crossed…..but not whilst driving!

Avon bridge can be seen from our garden.

Chris, (hoping to sell RAV4 so I can be back in a Lexus again)

I guess the thought of just how fast the traffic goes as well? I recall seeing a car doing a spin on the m5 about 100 metres ahead and all hell broke out! At 70+ there’s no room to stop given how close people drive….the ‘two chevrons thing doesn’t apply to me’ mentality?

Combine the chance of a front wheel blow-out with a multiple shunt from a few trucks and THEN test the railings strength?

The Avon bridge was closed completely a few years back after a fatality/shunt there. Meant a 12 mile detour for weeks after,mostly going past our house!

I may be over cautious but I always try to keep a good space ahead when crossing the Avon bridge now.

Lexus? Have my eye on one -just need sale of RAV. I never really left (here).

Yes,I always drive in the ‘middle’ lane coming home (Bristol) from Portishead,not wanting to be SO close to the rail and a plunge!!

I think the s-bound side either has a gap,OR the wall is a bit high. Can’t say I want to stop en route to check! Though you can walk over/cycle over the river there. 
There’s a nice river walk below called locally, “The yellow brick road’ -its yellow enough though not brick.

River has been very high lately,flooded the train line.

It was on south-wards side.Vaulting over the fence is definitely not a good idea; there IS a separate footpath/roadway there, for maintenance and cycles, but there is a gap with potential drop into the Avon or the nature reserve along the river! 
No it wasn’t a Lex.Just a triangle plus a worried driver.

Narada Michael Walden, ‘The Dance of life’

On 3/31/2024 at 9:30 PM, BigBoomer said:

We have to carry the warning triangle but I haven't seen one used for a broken down vehicle in years. I guess people are too stupid to keep themselves and their passengers safe. Every time I see a broken down car on the motorway, the occupants are either still in the car, or are out but are downstream right where the wreckage is going to go after their car is hit by a truck. Suicidal dumb****s!

Saw one in use only yesterday! On the apogee of the bridge over the Avon on M5! WHAT a place to break down! No way to escape….

Nice  3 door RAV in 'For sale' section!

Anyone else needs a RAV4 ,just get in touch!

Apologies for mis-using your string! Couldn’t resist!

(i AM selling to buy an LS!)

It’s going to be interesting if I manage to buy a(nother!) LS400 (ser 4).

Reading this string……not sure if I’m put off,or educated!

Brilliant.

I seem to recall there was a map (App?) of lpg sites.

£4950 now. Reduced . A bargain for someone?

Serviced mainly by Lexus dealers!

Offers,anyone?

Looking to buy an LS430 so my low mile,good condition RAV 4 will soon be available.

(is this allowed on a Lexus site?) if not,ditch the ad!

The RAV is in lovely condition;took me a while to find a good one as most have rust issues.

was hoping my wife might occasionally drive it, but…..no go. So……

Then along comes a nice 430 to tempt me back to Lex!

71K miles,leather interior,auto ,mainly Lexus service history,MOT August.

£6450 to LC MEMBERS. £6750 elsewhere.

So,if you’re looking for a good 2nd car……these 3 door cars seem to have acquired a cachet and are sought after.

Car in Bristol.

I’m holding on to info that there’s a good custom fabricators just over the hill from me, for the day I get an LS430.

Car and classic site have a lovely Citroen cx Prestige that I’d have once I won on ERNIE.

I’ve always thought that a Toroid tank, situated in the wheel well in boot, was the best solution. But, having seen a 430 using a ‘cylinder’ located just behind the rear seats, it looks as if there’s still quite a useable boot space.

i don’t know the capacity of this cylinder-does anyone have lpg using this? I might be converted!

All I have do is sell my RAV 3door car and I’ll be back to Lexus!

Set right thought the sound system in the LS400 was the best he’d heard.

As a music/hifi fan,it’s a large part of my liking the cars.

You need a 1948 Cadillac fast-back!

There are some Japanese import Lex 600s about,at lower price; I spied a lovely white on for…..£8K, if I remember correctly.

not as many folk want big cars,to our benefit!

Vibration? Fit some rubber pads between the exhausts and the metal?

Spent a contented few hours reading this.many thanks. Thinking of getting an LS 430 (to complete the set….ser 2 then 3 then….)

need to shift my RAV4 first.(3 door Ser 2 car ,silver,71K miles)

nice maroon lpg car on Autotrader…or the ‘slight panel damage’ 50K mile blue one on t’bay.

Chris in Bristol.

Just checking for 2 430s.

A 2001 car is no charge. A 2005 car IS charged!!

Any logic?

VERY interested! Will contact you.

(hope I’m not too late!!)

Chris in Bristol