mike m

27 minutes ago, Martin F said:

I bought my UK 6 Speed Supra in 2001 and still have it and can't see me ever parting with it.

It's the first car I've ever had that is now starting to go up in value 

That's good going, I wouldn't either after 16 years. Mine was a j spec 1993 RZ 6sp and they seem to be going for around 20k these days. You know for not having the same power as the ISF they are quick cars. I remember someone on the mkiv forum on about their GPS indicated 196 leptons running BPU. I know mine running 1.0bar pulled hard in 6th after topping out 5th on a private road.

Good to know about the drone. Shame. 

Being a tight git id probably make a day of it and fit it myself.

https://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=MorePartInfo&PartID=1304289&siteid=214915&catalogid=9816

Looks like they do international shipping. 

3 hours ago, Big Rat said:

I was following @Mark G around certain roads in North Wales and certainly at higher revs in gear times for the Gsf the car was quicker, both of us are believed by some to know one or two things about driving so I think are opinions can ce accepted as valid lower down the range and actual handling my belief is there was very little in it.

The weather at times was appalling but to the credit of these cars making safe progress was uneventful apart from brief instances some of us had with aqua planning which for those of us who can remember pre decimalisation that’s a bottom that  alternates between sixpence and halfcrown 😂

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I used to own a mkii rev4 MR2 T Bar, I know all about aqua planing without the pre decimalisation memories  

Had to clean the seat after hitting mud one night.

Looks stunning, love it.

Does it feel any quicker than the isf? I've seen a video of the stock ISF RCF and GSF side by side and the GSF pulls away from them. 

Yeah it probably isn't just seen some pics online.

30 minutes ago, DAW said:

Same for me, the last time I kept a car this long was my Supra funnily enough.

I really do need to drive it more tbo but the 4 seats tends to limit that unfortunately ☹️

 

 

I loved my TT 6 sp in red. Biggest mistake I ever made was trading it a number of years ago for 5500. 

Back to the the topic though and the blue bit on the steering wheel, how come there are some with red bits? 

Look at all that blue on the inside.

Bit too much for me to be fair..

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m If there’s two let me know 😉

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I wasn't successful lol. 

3 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m How much is the joe z been looking can’t find a uk price just curious really 

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i can only see US prices Big Rat. Seems to be around 1600 dollars. I'll keep looking.

16 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m Good find that matey just read through the 5 pages nice read....... now where is that credit card 😊

Quite like the alternative material tips and the appreciation given to the functional design 👍

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Aye those carbon fibre covers look good. Theres a link on page two for the intake fitting and testing they did.

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/1853/Project-Lexus-IS-F-Part-2-We-test-the-PTS--Joe-Z-Series-Exhaust.aspx

Found this while trawling through the net. Quite interesting reading about the power gains from the K&N intake let alone the Joe Z exhaust.

3 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m Does look well made plenty of em on the tube.

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Just had a nosey, sounds good but so it should for the dosh. Wonder if there's any second hand? going for a look.

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

It don’t look as good as this though available as well from Fensport the price well....... just check for yourself........😳

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ouch, that would hurt the credit card balance. Nice though.

Not many blue ones with black leather. 

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m Yeah your right only messing, find memories of that car , a GSF in that colour I’m not so sure, a Carbon RCF in it looks good.

Im guessing it’s Blue one for you when the time comes, I’m thinking Metallic Grey is something I’d consider.

The fact remains though there will probably never be huge choice !

Big Rat

 

Just had a look and it's sonic titanium I'm not keen on in the gsf but lexus Glasgow have one in sonic silver and it looks stunning. These F s in silver might catch on 

Mixed feelings big rat, the blue looks great but I've always wanted a white one since seeing the first one in lexus Edinburgh. The titanium gold silver colour I'm not so sure about although I love the Rx in that colour with rose red leather and black is a nightmare to maintain. 

I'm in no rush though, love my isf even though it's not a teenager anymore just turned 20k yesterday lol. 

21 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m Oi nowt wrong with Orange here's my last Orange car from back in my youth, SWS 492 S where are you 🤗

Big Rat

Mean I like orange , my 73 bug is orange but not sure about it in the gsf. It's certainly right in your face and no hiding out on the road.

Nice Capri btw can't remember the last time I saw one let alone an orange one.

Nice one. I'd been looking at a couple of blue GS f s on auto trader thinking hmmm one day. I take it you didn't fancy the orange one lol

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@mike m I heard they were going to discontinue the blue due to poor sales........ cough.......cough.....😏

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Did someone mention Blue . 

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22 hours ago, BUG4LIFE said:

Higos can't help. Too expensive!

Greenlight only do modified cover.

Another question...who here are confident that if you had a bump your insurance company would approve the repairs to be carried out by Lexus, as appose to one of their 'official' repair places? It's a question I'm currently asking Sky insurance(I'm on hold)?!

Direct line eventually agreed when the wing mirror was smashed off my RX by a bus. It took some arguing though but my main reason was it was due a service and  I wanted it done at the same time by lexus Edinburgh.

I used to use Sky insurance years ago with my imported MKiv supras. I had one issue when I'd just renewed with them , changed the car and wanted to ditch the policy because could insure the new car cheaper elsewhere. They said they wouldn't refund the policy if I cancel but I did anyway and did receive a refund. Other than that they were fine over the years.

I know mate, i've lost count the number of times its rained on my freshly polished car . It even starts raining when i wash the thing ffs. In all seriousness though im taking it to the west coast for a couple of days next week so its gonna have to get dirty. 

btw i'll have to mention to the father in law you get transits in the same colour as his mondeo. 

lol Big Rat you've heard of trailor queens well mine is now a garage queen. Definitely not mine out in the wet.

Arghhh its a Silver fest