simon k

doesnt affect your credit rating at all, its part of the agreement that you sign up to

my 220d is pants, interested in putting that in?

unless you had it on a pcp

I think all car depreciation is horrible at the moment but I think the Lexus brand is suffering more than others. I think that's something to do with the discounts they're offering on IS250s. I looked at trading mine in when it was a year old because of a change in circumstances and the Lexus Centre offered me about 55% of its new list price

I suspect Lexus Financial Services are going to get lots of cars handed back at either the 50% point of full term of the contracts if it continues as is...

mines one of them just got the forms to fill in and send back, car should go back in 2 weeks.

they send them straight to auction

i no its a hp my last one i had was the same,i was in a similar position and lexus financial gave me the option of selling the car and then paying them back,

also my current lexus in on a pcp which i have reached the 50% point and the car goes back in a few weeks, they told me i could sell the car and anything over the 50% of the balance owing i could keep.

give them a ring and i bet they say you could sell the car and pay them back, it may be a better option for you as you may get nearer to what you owe on the car.?

cant you sell it?

so you can raise enough to pay of the finance

just found this for you

Police in the worst knife-crime areas of Britain will be told to prosecute

anyone found carrying a blade, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today

14/01/08 (Metro UK).

In an interview he said carrying knives or guns was "completely

unacceptable" and that officers should not be looking at cautions for

offenders

IIUC it has always been an offence to carry a possible weapon without good

reason, and I have heard of people WITH good reason being prosecuted for

carrying a leatherman multi tool, so it looks like there is now no valid

excuse to carry any blade

just tried another area in the uk and it looks like they havnt got to that yet, type in petworth drive sheffield and thats my street and that works

any body seen google maps new feature?

just typed in my street name and it brings up a picture of my street at road level you can zoom all the way into my living room as the curtains are open,

i believe they have been driving up every street in the uk and you get a 360 degree view.

just go on google maps type in your street and zoom in theres a figure of a man above the zoom in button just drag this over your house

i doubt that the second set you had were new, when they replace them they refurb your old ones and then re-fit on the next car in.

sounds like they didnt do a very good job on the refurb ones

direct cars sheffield have a 06 250 se for £11,995

the reason i went for the 220d was that i had been a lexus customer for 6 years i was looking to change and after speaking to the sales guy and viewing the published mpg figures it looked like a good car,

only after owning one do you find out what the car is really like, i have had the updates/re maps injector change ect but not seen any change in mpg

I've never understood why people bitch about the mpg on the diesel. Fortunately, the main protagonists have p :tsktsk: ed off elsewhere...

im sure if like me you got at best 33mpg you would be moaning, luckily for you i will be p*****g off soon.

then you can enjoy the fan club without people moaning about poor mpg on a 20+ k car

brilliant

i bet your micra sounds like a subaru, i can imagine the guy who fitted it on his thought it was the dogs

check out his negative feedback, one guy fitted it to his nissan micra and then complained it didnt sound nothing like a dump valve, what a k**b HEAD

i bet he used to put sticks in his push bike wheels to make it sound like a motor bike

they dont want your car, they just want to try and sell you a new one

you think that this is how lexus expect you to drive the car to acheive somewhere near the published mpg?

pretty poor in my opinion

all tickets now sold for the 19 dates

looks like its e-bay for all those after them now

no reply to mine either,

although i did get another closed vip invite due to the sucess of the last one they have decided to offer existing customers only a chance to purchase cars at cost

can you give me some ideas as to whats acceptable wear and tear in the booklet they sent you, i have had a few things done already. having the wheels done today.

no not by lexus, one of those guys who does stone chips scuffs alloys ect, did a good job if you didnt no where it was you would never no.

he took a mould of the pattern in the plastic then filled the area then pressed the mould over the repair to inprint the pattern wait for it to set then re-spray the whole panel,

he took the colour details from the info which is on the door pillar so he could get the correct colour, you can only tell if you run your fingers over the area

had mine repaired last week for £65

mine goes back in 30 days, can you let me no how keen they are when they collect the car, such as any kerb damage to wheels ect, i am having mine done in the next few days so shouldnt have a problem but would be interested to no how they inspect the car

nice car,

its on my list to look at along with the boxster s, im after a 2 seater sports once i get shut of my 220d.