Tango

Just completed and posted mine. I don't have much to whinge about as I've only covered 2000 miles since I took delivery on December 21st.....of course it would help if I was in the same country as the car a bit more often I note Lexus Edinburgh were reading this post a few minutes ago...if you're still there, have you had any complaints on wind noise from IS250/220 owners?

Any other 250 or 220 owners in LOC been asked to fill in a survey on the new car

Just thought you lot ought to know we're not the only ones suffering from high prices at the pumps. The price in the US has gone up another 15 cents, despite lower oil prices and it is now averaging...............................$2.5 a gallon :o ....£1.47!!!! :o how're they going to cope :D

Just another example of clever Japanese marketing perhaps....... :winky:

After the Cooper 'S', Lotus and Lancia I'm glad I've managed to find a car that (in some peoples opinion) matches my age...still got the Toyota though.....the IS200 Sport.

Gone

The form of governmental tampering has generally been the institution of Summer Time, advancing the legal time by one hour during the summer months in order to promote greater efficiency in the use of the daylight hours and of artificial lighting; originally introduced as a wartime measure in 1916, this has been continued through peacetime as well, with occasional variations such as double summer time (advancing the clocks by a second hour for part of the summer) in World War 2—the government files on which in the Public Record Office (now National Archives) having, when the closure period was first set (probably late 1960s), been deemed so sensitive as to merit a closure period of 100 years—and the experiment with British Standard Time from 1968 to 1972, by which the time was advanced by one hour from GMT throughout the year. In addition, the precise start and end dates and times for Summer Time have been the subject of a great many individual orders detailed below. Adjusting the clocks has been an extremely effective way of really changing the times at which most people work (as measured on a uniform time scale), while giving the misleading impression that they are not changing the times at which they work, but rather an act of government has changed the times at which the sun rises and sets. (In February 2000 I requested a review of the extended closure period of the World War 2 summer time records, and in May the Home Office concluded that they could now be opened to the public.) Every so often, someone tries again to institute the keeping in the UK of a time one hour ahead of GMT in winter, and two hours ahead in summer. Apart from arguments concerning notional convenience in dealing with Europe, the arguments for this seek lighter evenings (say, after work), the arguments against lighter mornings (say, for children going to school); and either side may quote statistics on accident rates that suit its cause. My personal view is that we should do away with the twice annual changing of clocks and maintain UTC as legal time for the whole year. Those people wishing for lighter evenings could arrange with their employers to start and finish work earlier—with changes in working practices, this type of arrangement becomes increasingly practicable—without causing everyone’s hours to change as they would by default under a change of the legal time. People for whom dark mornings would be a problem need not go to earlier hours. If felt necessary for energy efficiency, improvements in road safety, or any other reason, it would be possible for governments to try to generally encourage changes in hours; and if needed the clocks could still be fiddled in wartime. In peacetime I would consider the value of the honesty of being clear that the aim is to change working times, rather than hiding it behind changes of clocks, to out-weigh the advantages that may arise from such changes. The strongest argument for doing away with Summer Time might however be that it could help deal with certain misconceptions that changes to the clocks can create “extra daylight”. Some years ago this idea came up in a Private Member’s Bill, the British Time (Extra Daylight) Bill of 1995–6 introduced by John Butterfill MP. While this attempt failed, it appeared that the idea that politicians could create extra daylight by legislating for it was unfortunately widespread. While I believe that Summer Time should be done away with, the study of how politicians have managed to fiddle with such a simple matter (simple legally, not technically) as how to define the time of day has turned out to be fascinating, showing how governments can make such a mess of a simple matter, with over seventy relevant pieces of legislation in a little over a century, along with the oddities of the incompleteness of preservation of the record of published twentieth century secondary legislation.

About time. The war that started it ended a while ago...and I don't think the farmers need the extra time anymore :D

Ray

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Feather

How to do it Canadian style. I wonder if you can water ski behind these??? :D

Kick

Bone

Oh come on Mike Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (vessel) Petrol

Tanker

Hi I work at a dealer. It really depends on what model your after and the availability - PM me and I will see what i can do :) What?? A Lexus Dealer?? We had thought you were all in hiding after the complaints on various rattles, faulty seatbelts...not forgetting a few complaints on wind noise.

I agree; I'm picking my SE-L up on Friday, all I want for it is a wooden gear knob. Is it a lift type change for reverse, or push through gate? Isn't it an auto? Push through gate. sorry, just saw your profile and noticed it was an Oiler.

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Well if you get any discount I'll be very surprised as well as a little upset 'cos I didn't even get any freebies, unless of course you count the full tank of petrol for .....£32K+ Cash!!

Lead

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