Lmafudd

Wabbit Wun actwary!

The School Run is killing my average so I've stopped worrying about it. If I think about it too much I may wish I was back in the land of the wage-slaves instead of enjoying a non-stop life of excitement as a retiree!

Clever.

Good luck with fitting the heater in your tyres, I'll wave hello when you fly over one day!

And in which parallel universe is Air lighter than Air?

11 hours ago, neilrobbo said:

changed a squeaky boot Strutt they changed this under warranty (apparently a cost of over £1000)

 

 

Sounds cheap if you consider the price of a new floppy luggage cover! 😬

I thought apple Car play was standard. What did you actually pay for? If you don't mind me asking.

Anyone see the report in the Daily Mail today about EV range being wildly inaccurate? As if we didn't already know.

They specifically mentioned the UX300e as being the worst for advertised range to 'real world'. In fact I wouldn't call it that 'real' as they kept the cars out overnight in cold weather then drove them around a track until they died. In a 'real' situation I'm sure that Hills, Traffic, Heater Use, etc. would have an even greater affect on the averages. 

They say things come in threes. I hope the third is of the Good Luck variety!

Personally I find the sound system superb. I play everything from classical to heavy metal and have tuned the bass to my preference. My only irritation is radio broadcast companies using any old crap recorded on a smartphone or over a dodgy internet connection. Studio news readers are loud and clear but their interviewees may as well be Martians. I can't blame the car system for that!

I've coupled mine to an Android Dongle and use amazon music. Sounds great. Don't ask Miss Google to play a certain track of music though, results are a lottery!

C-hr must be good, there are 100s of taxi Chr around Leicester!

I know it's not really a funny subject but this image me smile. Labelled as 'Hitchin, Summer 24'!

From the warnings I read in various papers and other media sources, it would appear that they take your deposit and run! 

It's the wild west out there!

I've always found that if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is. 

I'm on 199 posts - this one isn't for any good reason other than to move my count to 200! 199 seems unlucky to me!

My problem hasn't recurred since the Lexus Leicester mechanic took the brakes apart to clean a 'channel' that he says holds the brake/road dust. I don't know where this Channel is but it seemed to do the trick.

I'd love to fit a module to auto-fold the mirrors but although they are advertised they always state 'left hand drive only'. I feel tempted to try anyway but blowing the electrics would be a high price to pay!

11 minutes ago, Malc1 said:

Best to give up moaning whingeing and  whining ……. just accept it’s what it is …… makes for a quieter less stressful life …….. more tea vicar 👍 ……. and be HAPPY 

Malc 

You can't have Tea, there's a shortage! ........More Coffee Vicar? And cake is off the menu due to your arteries!

1 hour ago, Mr_Groundhog said:

It's worse: they paid good money to buy that land and they'll now sell it to party donors at a discount.

@Lmafudd @LenT Not for the Bengals he wasn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

Can I just state that I didn't mention Winston Churchill. From the biographies I have read I would say that he was the right man for the job at the time. He appeared to have many personality deficiencies in lots of areas but supposing that no one is perfect we have to accept them and move on!

When I had an NX I certainly noticed a sound difference when the shelf was out but usually that meant the back was down too. Even with the seats down the noise levels are not that different in my UX but the UX is much noisier to start with!

Of course the seats are down much more often in the UX for obvious reasons.

11 hours ago, Don C said:

It’s nasty tat really Brent, not at all worthy of a Lexus in my opinion.   There are much better designs than that on very ordinary cars.  I use mine most of the time and can fold it dead easy now.

Tat? I think it's a very clever design. Seems well constructed, weighs almost nothing, easy to hide away and looks good. Only my opinion of course!

3 minutes ago, LenT said:

Really, Malcolm?  Never?

Bit harsh, I’d suggest.  Wasn’t there an MP for Epping who turned out to be rather useful?

Name of Winston Churchill, I believe.  🤔

Isn't it the exception that proves the rule?

6 minutes ago, Malc1 said:

“ genuine public service “ 

Ed, that’s rarely ever going to happen unless you force one  brilliant candidate into the role of Prime Minister …… who would rather be looking after his family and forever out of any limelight …….. who’s amazingly clever, self made financially and doesn’t care a hoot to increase their asset base one jot …….. 

We actually have that splendid individual who’s honest truthful from comparatively humble beginnings and is giving 120% of his endeavour and intellect to the cause now closest to his heart …… the UK and the People of the UK  …….. 

Theres never been a useful politician …… so useful to the UK …… imho 

Malc  👌

Could you name names please? I'm struggling to identify any politician with integrity of any party that fits your description! There may be one who's close but he attended illegal parties but failed to resign so it can't be him! 

Having maligned my local area (Leicestershire) by claiming that we have the worst roads in the Midlands I find that I now have to backtrack. On Friday I visited Burton-upon-Trent. Turns out that  Staffordshire produces great beer but has extremely poor roads. Today I have visited North Nottingham. To say the roads are bad is like saying that Adolf Hitler was a bit of a rascal! The roads have holes so deep and wide that damage is almost a certainty.

What the hell is going on? We pay a huge amount of road tax for various governments and councils to squander. They should stop the HS2 type vanity projects and get our roads up to spec. And soon!

Roll-on the election where I can write "None of the above" on my paper!

Could always treat yourself and have gloss black all around. Very happy with how mine look and they cleanup lovely!

11 hours ago, PaulWhitt20 said:

I miss being able to do a manual wipe of the windscreen without taking it out of auto. The IS had a button on the stalk for auto wipers so you could flick the stalk to wipe the windscreen manually and keep it in auto. 

I seem to think that if you flick to Off then back to Auto then you get one wipe anyway. I may have to check when I get in the car!

30 minutes ago, stevewagster said:

Of course, it's just the level of depreciation that's the issue, £25k in 4 months seems extremely harsh, does it not.

Absolutely absurd. Save your money and enjoy the car. Warranty should fix your issues if they are faults. The dealer will make at least 10k on re-selling it to another sucker!