Boomer54

1 hour ago, finchy40 said:

Well after a month of ownership I’ve decided that bought wisely (and with the help of my Forum Friends) these are incredible value for money. Pound for pound smiles I don’t think they can be beaten.

I wanted a car that made me want to drive anywhere and everywhere …… not just to get from A to B but to enjoy the experience of getting there. 

Im one very happy SC430 owner. 
 

He gets it !

37 minutes ago, Glyn Jennings said:

The brackets really have a very poor paint finish. Mine were brand new 30 months ago and this is what they look like now. I think they are going to need repainting from time to time. 

Seems a common enough issue. Fortunately, remove and painting them seems a small enough task.

6 minutes ago, Bob King said:

Dressed up the slam panel with a fresh coat of satin black, also stripped off all the brackets and painted them, then reassembled with my obsession of black plastic caps on all the bolt heads….I really need to get out more ! 😄😄

   10mm plastic caps can be found on eBay 👍🏻👍🏻

 

Bob, Is the satin Black a decent match for the rest of the bay? My two brackets could do with a treatment similar to yours, but was unsure what to use.

Doesn't time fly when you are having fun?

As I was reminded upon receipt from DVLA of a need to re apply for my driving licence.

Compete with photo now of course. Wife took one for me and I swear I have no idea who this old geezer is who is impersonating me. 50 years leaves a mark. However, wear it with pride I say to which end I updated my avatar although I dare say you can hardly tell (sic).

9 hours ago, finchy40 said:

A lot of the sensibly priced cars seem to be moving quite swiftly now. There’s a lot that have been around for a while including Shipley. I’m sure if they’d kept the price at £6995 it would have gone by now but at £7995 there look like better ones around. 

That might be right about the price jack. However, standing asie objectively on this car ,and remember I have already seen it in depth, I would say it shouldn't. That is based upon my view that get a car at a sensible price below 10k like this one is and costing in what still needs doing it makes sense on a value basis. If i had to guess at the sticking point I suspect it will be the colour. First the pics don't really capture the colour that well and secondly this colour probably does not feature that highly on many people's list of wants.

When I look at what Steve and Bob paid and what they needed to do afterwards then this car meets the same criteria, but of course it ain't Blue !!

"as the other cars without a Stoploc would be the easer target ." Yes, the zombie aocalyse strategy manifest! You don't need to be the fastest, you just need to be faster than the slowest.

20 minutes ago, Malc1 said:

very very fiddly gently, very slightly topping up to the Cold Marker Level on the PAS reservoir on my 91 Ls400  .....  it seemed only very slightly low when peering into the reservoir ...  BUT it's removed the faint occasional " catching " noise at the steering ........ no signs of any leaks anywhere, maybe just evaporation syndrome over the time since last checked, whenever that might have been !

Now on 99500 miles  ...  wot a delight she is to drive ....  as of course is my 95 Ls400 on nigh 250k miles now  😇

Malc

"catching noise". You might want to try it with a couple of spoons of 3 Noughts. Always worked for me.😄

2 hours ago, Glyn Jennings said:

Saw this on the Club Lexus forum.

 

Good stuff. I wonder how many cars were found worthy of having a song about them ?

I will share that one with my brother who keeps questioning my sanity for having bought one (ageism thing)

The issue here is one of fit for purpose by law according to a test of what is reasonable. Sounds to me like Lexus have been fortunate not to be taken behind the garden shed on this.

1 minute ago, Malc1 said:

You just beat me to it 🤩

Malc 

That's me, faster than a snail who's just overeaten.

FWIIW I have never ridden on any heated seat that did not toast my backside within a few minutes. I think this is one of those common sense things. When the heated seat really isn't working right a blind man on a fast horse can tell. In which case your dealership needed a boot up the backside, because from your statement above what you have got is not fit for purpose under any test of reasonableness.

" I do have an annoying little rattle which seems to be coming from the roof behind the passenger seat"

Have you considered letting your wife ride INSIDE the car?

8 hours ago, Bob King said:

Got out for a little drive, not been washed this year but still looking precentable  😎

 

 

Is this one of those self drive cars? 😉

Looking very nice indeed.

1 hour ago, Notamech said:

Sure that only applies when you are not a bank or financial institution. Else everything flies. If you're a bank then you're free to do whatever...tank the economy at taxpayers expense gamble away like its a giant casino. Do whatever when you have friends who are bureaucrats and policy makers. Laws apply only to us regular people. 

Also when I say cartel obviously it's a metaphor. These companies have the best lawyers money can buy and often find grey areas.

So how did we go from Insurance companies to Banks?

Look I expect this level of naivety and lack of understanding of commerce from some people. I just did not expect to find it here amongst people who are equipped to find themselves behind the wheel of a Lexus.

I shall refrain from further participation .

24 minutes ago, Malc1 said:

Might be illegal contriving to con all policyholders en bloc BUT this scheme they operate seems above the law and endorsed by the Authorities sadly 

 

HOUSE and HOME INSURANCE anyone ?    
Mines just gone up about 25%  RSA for my small 2 bed 1650’s ( maybe ) timber built ancient house that’s thankfully not Listed at this time 

My price searching last year put my RSA policy much much less expensive than others ……. not many interested insuring  my ancient house 

Malc 

What "scheme" would that be Malc? Does it have a name like "screwuall", or is it somewhere on the web where I could find it like " evilschemesutd.com" ?

The problem gentlemen is you are obviously unhappy with the level of premiums in the market and are going to that dark place in your minds where it's all a conspiracy. The reality is our Insurance Industry really is free market economics . Don't compete and you are toast.

38 minutes ago, Nigel Coleman said:

I only really wanted the facelift Wiring Diagram one which you can buy new here:

2007 Lexus SC 430 Wiring Diagrams Schematics Layout Factory OEM | eBay

So as the Dragon's say..................... "I'm out".

Me too. I only wanted to find where the brakes are on my car.

24 minutes ago, Notamech said:

The problem is not capitalism itself but how unfairly its being applied. If the government says motor insurance is compulsory it must make provisions to ensure even lower income groups are able to afford at least some basic level of cover. E.g. education is compulsory but everyone gets to go to a local  school for free and if they have the money they're free to opt for private schools. 

Unlike Australia, no such option here when it comes to insurance. Its compulsory plus you have to buy it from the greedy cartel. The government must provide at least basic third party insurance for a nominal fee or as part of the rip off VEDtax they charge us annually. 

On one hand you have inelastic demand and on the other thand you dont have options. You might argue that transportation is not a basic need but to some it is..many rely on their vehicles to be able to earn an income due to lack of or poor public transport. 

"greedy cartel". Here is the reality;

Being involved in a cartel and participating in illegal price fixing is prohibited by competition law in the UK and considered an offence under the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002.

Other than that I was clapping at the point that you really ought not to be making something necessary by law without at least putting into place a mechanism that supports those least able to comply. Very good point and I would support it.

13 minutes ago, Nigel Coleman said:

He says he paid 450EUROS for the manuals.

I suppose an expectation in the region of half that price for the 4 used items might be seen as fair?

Well if that's all he paid I am reducing my offer to all you can eat of my wifes baking for a period of just 2 weeks.

14 minutes ago, Mossypossy said:

Prefer mine. £4.

Prefer mine free from Lewis Hamilton in exchange for my autograph. Alternative reality ,it came with the car.

48 minutes ago, Mr_Groundhog said:

Sorry to mention [what for me is] the elephant in the room.... but what we're all upset about here is in reality the very logic of capitalism itself: rip them off as much as you can, rip them off until the tables start turning. The rest is secondary or less.

They do it essentially because they can and I would not be surprised if they called one another up to agree on price increases, not to compete too much.

As @GMB mentioned, yes materials and costs have risen! ...But if you're paying your garages say +10% for labour for example, you can't increase the price +60% on the basis of labour costs, which is what you seem to be arguing @Boomer54 
It's called greedflation at this point and it's happening everywhere.

However I'm still called names when I dare say our economic system/model is a decadent and obsolete race to the bottom (for us paying the bills); governments should at least step in to protect consumers.

I wouldn't call you names . Just deluded.😉 Seriously if you wish to have an argument based upon accountancy let's do it. However, don't  construct partial arguments that I can drive a bus through such as " +10% for labour for example, you can't increase the price +60% on the basis of labour costs". Moreover, if you have assumed that is what I was saying you just did not read what I said carefully enough. Labour costs are just one piece of the multi faceted reasons why premiums are rising and indeed are probably not the most significant part of the issue. Do I need to make any further clarification? If I sound tecthy it's because I really do not like being 'quoted' when I am being misquoted. So, if you are going to quote me please do me the courtesy of being accurate.

5 minutes ago, HotSpur-Lexus said:

I am looking for something to use daily - interested in an SC430 - found a low mileage 2005 one but not sure what values these should go for...really new to the SC430, always admired them and we have an ES300h - but don't know where to start with pricing for an SC.

 

Any advice on pricing and what to look for?

Advise you cut and paste this over to the SC430 for sale chat. We regularly pore over stuff for sale in that thread. Uncle Bob will give you some good ideas I think.

14 hours ago, DavidCM said:

Might be warped discs.

Might be dead bodies. I know I watched the wrong film before bed last night.

Ok, bringing out the big guns. An all you can eat for a month of my wife's homemade baking !!!

I bought a car cover for the SC 430, but it isn't in use that much. I found it LED to condensation (so much for breathability). Hence, I got into the habit of taking it off very regularly and drying off the car. I would still use it selectively, but not in any continuous sense. In fact, the instructions that come with it do advise taking it off once a week.