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Personally I notice no difference in the drive of the car and the MPG is pretty much identical with premium fuels, I don't believe the ECU is these cars adapts to the fuel like in some?

I do put tesco momentum in though for the cleaning additives and since I do so little mileage the cost difference is negligible, if I did more miles I am not sure I would.

10 months since I became an owner I saw my second ISF out in the wild on sunday, driving down the coast road in Southport. Sadly once again I wasnt in my own car but the wifes family chariot or I would have given them a flash, maybe one day.

Anyone on here?

6 hours ago, dutchie01 said:

Whatever your personal opinion, it is coming our way and faster than we think.

Today in the press the Chinese province of Hainan announced a ban of selling all combustion engined cars per March 01. This year. As from 2030 cars with diesel/petrol engines will be illegal and not allowed to drive. And what about Europe? In Norway sales of diesel/petrolcars will be forbidden as from 2025 ( in 6 years ). Thesame in Holland, Ireland, Sweden 2030, France 2040. In the meantime innercities will be more and more restricted. 

The future is electric and a nice little v8 in the garage to use in the weekend.

Arnt they just banning pure combustion engine cars? A hybrid with a combustion engine will still be ok. Plenty of manufacturers are showing you can still produce a monster hybrid, and when you are sat in traffic the hybrid is pretty useful. I lose almost a mile a minute from my distance to empty sat in traffic in the cold mornings at the moment, so I use more fuel sat still than on the 7 miles I actually cover 😕

It is the same engine and interior so I would say he is more right than wrong, just the 0-60 time (which apparantly isnt fast enough at 4.1 seconds)

I had the autowatch ghost on my last car (audi) which I really rated.

You need to press a certain key combo on the dash or the car just wont start.

Dont believe a similar system exist for the Lexus currently?

So 60% of the bill wasn't actually servicing.

How long is the warranty for £1800?

Every car I have ever had has done this (front, rear and AWD)

It is emphasised by cold weather and lower tread levels.

There's not generally houses on the type of roads enthusiasts like to drive, I also dont think this will see people flocking to a stretch of road in their thousands.

I for one would be interested to see if it threw up some roads close to home I was not aware of

What spacers are you running Dan?

I was with you all the way until Aston centre caps

Its unlikely a modern car will be stolen without the keys. So providing the keys are not on show an opportunist criminal will look for an easier target. If they are not on show and they come into your home for them they are targeting your car specifically and I would rather they find them then come and seek me to ask where they are. Its only a car.

Herbie do you keep the stoplock key separate to the car keys? Most people I know still keep it with the car keys, the thief would need them in the first place so that defeats the purpose for me.

Finally the number of houses who have a house alarm but do not put it on at night baffles me, most break ins to get the key would set a house alarm off. The thieving scum actually bank on people not using them when asleep.

Wow, I just assumed with so many listed (especially with some at main dealers) it couldn't possibly be a mistake.

Does explain why i cant find a single review or mention of it in the UK 2014 IS brochure though.

They exist there is 35 for sale on autotrader right now with the 2.5 hybrid power-plant.

I'm guessing the AWD system is possibly the same as the IS350 uses but I cant find a lot of info about that either.

Hi,

A bit tongue in cheek really as I know it does (only after stumbling across one on autotrader) but I cant seem to find a single review of one or any information in a lexus brochure about one?!

I was trying to find some more info about the AWD system, how it works and the effect it has on economy versus a 2WD.

We are looking for a new family car, AWD and a hybrid or PHEV are high on the priority list so this seems like a good candidate.

Any info about this model and comments from owners would be appreciated.

Thanks

The infotainment software will have been updated with the facelift since it brought with it USB and Bluetooth audio streaming.

However I dont think the microphone itself changed, now I know where it is I might see if I can get at it and see if I could clean or even replace it, getting on for 9 years old after all.

Since buying the F one thing I have noticed is that the handsfree seems to be a bit poor.

I can hear what other people are saying fine but they tend to struggle to hear me at times.

Would everyone else say they have this issue or might I have a problem?

Also where is the microphone located? If I know that I could 'project' in its direction a bit more and make do

TVM

I have had a few experiences where I have made an offer on a car at a dealership, they have turned it down, then weeks later they drop it to the price I have offered and never rang me.

I understand when they first get one in they want to try their luck, but as enthusiasts monitoring the market for months we know what price they are actually selling at better than anyone.

I think it is almost a pride thing they dont want to ring me back and say yea you were right about the market value after all, its yours if you still want it.

Famous last words been looping Buxton for an hour without a sniff of an F. I know it pretty well and I’ve checked all the main car parks 😝

Guessing this stop is happening either really early or really late. Having a swift half in the sun then going to try and do the route myself...wish me luck!!

Morning all

Been up most of the night whilst my two year old re-enacted the scene from the excercist! So I’m just gona meet you in Buxton for legs 2 and 3 as it’s only an hour ish away from me.

Hopefully 10 plus F’s won’t be hard to spot or hear coming as I’ll likely be there before you, but if someone wants to pm time their phone number that might also help.

Just had a call, something has come up and Martin in the E63 cant make it 😞 I have politely expressed my displeasure!

I'll still be there

Hi Dan sorry I've been in some much sunnier climes (what the hell have I come back too!)

Myself and mate in his E63 are coming on the sat still, no joy with the stang he is at a charity auction the night before and doesnt think it wise to combine the two (and he heard there might be corners involved)

For my 2

1. Yes & Yes

2. Me in my F and Martin in his E63

3. Just ourselves in each motor

4. We eat anything

I think the LC is targeted more at 911 buyers, it was twice the price of an ISF new and it will be a long long time before they are available for that price imo

I bought my car from Leon at Hedge End and was really happy with him and the whole process I would recommend him.

They insinuated they like to have an F car in at all times and shift plenty of other stock so can sit on the F for as long as it takes.

What depresses me if I think about it, is that we have got many different ways of producing clean energy. Realised fossil fuels were doing damage long ago but were too lazy/arrogant as a race to actually do anything about it.

Not sure if we have any red dwarf fans on here, but they make a joke that the human race is basically a planetary virus. Seems pretty accurate to me..

Given how long it takes for something to go from concept to forecourt in the automotive industry I cant see how anything under 10 years is achievable.

Starting to look for a new family car at the mo, feel like we should get something 'good' to balance out my cars 'evil'. The percentage of new cars launched in the last 12 months without even a hybrid or PHEV option is depressing. Tiguan & T-Roc has no such option for example.

Think we are going to wait it out for a model 3 and buck the trend, but I voted 20.