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... Just got back from Valentines day shopping - quick run around Purley Way Croydon, and got everything I need... Vase, Rose, Lingerie... :D Not bad considering I spent most of the day installing the auto-mirror and sunroof closure thing, only to find out that the box appears to be not working... Replacement on its way anyway after speaking to Geoff. :) Oh yeah, and i've got a table booked at some Italian place we've never been before...

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Gung Hey Fat Choi to everyone as well! :luck: :D :luck:

I think is a bit :tsktsk: Even the web based one here is not working... another hole in IIS... Wait for the newspapers tomorrow morning

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A useful "mod" or something for people with Sat Nav would be for one to track the car simply because it has a Sat Nav receiver already built in. I mean, why not? Surely it sends out a "unique ID" of some sort. The GPS knows where the car is, so we should be able to track a car based on that? One for Prolex to look at...

Cheer's Aido. That's a wicked guide - just what I was after. :D D.

Was struggling to find someone to insure me on a UK IS200 Sport (they would on an S and SE though). However, I asked my existing insurance co (Prudential) "is there nothing you can do?", and the woman had a word with her supervisor, and they made an exception (This was back in September, and I turn 25 this April). May be worth asking if they really cant insure you... D. :zee:

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G:):)gle search on anything Lexus...

Durgh! Sounds painful. Claim for injury as well. At least U lived.

This is a most interesting topic. I have been stopped and fined once before for driving with fog lights on in light rain in central London. This was actually at about 12am at night, on the day that George Bush visited us and caused massive road diversions in and around central London. It took me like 2 hours (compared with 35 min usually) to drive to work, all that time I had my fog lights on. I even stopped on 2 sepearate occasions to ask some police officers how I can get to work. It was only when I was leaving London at night that I got stopped going by Big Ben, and fined etc. I kicked up a huge fuss, wrote a letter, and got to see the Station top dog guy. I was saying that the law is inconsistent (would I have been stopped/fined if I was a middle aged woman etc.), and that the fog lights (in my car at the time) pointed downwards, and would not really cause dazzle (IMHO). I have had a 4x4 vehicles behind me before, and due to there higher ride hight, even there normal driving lights cause immense dazzle, so why not make lights hight then x metres about the ground illegal Would everyone agree that if it was a health and safety issue, that every single time you would get fined etc.? But as we know, even speeding say, people are let off - depends if that officer has had a bad day or not. Anyway, don't want to go on much more... D.

When you say its been done but need the DVD version, do you actually mean that one can put a normal film DVD into the drive unit in the boot? Or are you refering to the screen hack/mod jobbo? D.

Ah! I had one a few months ago from Hong Kong. Much cheaper over there (UK RRP about £130), and even then they are imports from Japan. I thought about making a buck or two, but couldn't be bothered in the end. What games you got? They are a good laugh though... for the first few weeks... B)

Dolpe! You have any GAP insurance cover? What was the quoted repair cost Vs car value? Wait for the new IS diesel hey? :winky: D.

Don't you end up with a load of fingerprint marks all over a touch screen Nav? :o Nice one anyway :)

I'm in total agreement with everyone's comments on the Traction Control/Snow mode business. I've managed to spin my car 180 degrees coming out of my road in normal weather (albeit a little heavy on the gas in 1st gear... ) I've mentioned this in another post here Really disappointing considering the cost of the car, the traction, snow, big wide tyres, LSD on a Sport model etc...

Man, that is sooooo bad. Kinda speachless. Like others have said, good that you're ok. Really can't believe no one, in what must have been a busy BnQ car park, did anything to help or ID. How long did you have your car? Deepest sympathy's dude. :) Hope the insurance procedures go OK. Did you get GAP insurance for your car?

Sooo unlucky dude. It is a bit annoying that insurance co.s tend to write cars off... Maybe if you wanted you can buy it off the insurance co.s and fix it up yourself... Food for thought though, take a look at a post I made GAP Insurance? Does anyone here think its worth getting

Cheers Aido, Muchus useful infos gracias. We're digging up the past it would seem... from last year! LOL :) Is your Avator actually a picture of yourself?!?!!?! ;)

I agree about learning the way the car handles... But when you say "it kicks in", do you mean that Traction Control isn't actually always doing its stuff? And only aids when needed?

Something similar happened to my IS200 Sport over the weekend. I came out of my drive, and was making a left turn in 1st gear (a bit quick admittedly), and the car lost grip and span 180 degrees! Luckily there was nothing else on the road at the time... With Traction control always on, LSD, and big 18" wheels, I was really suprised it lost grip so easily... :duh: My only reasoning is that it is a kinda of a side road, where there can be a build up of dust and crap on the road, and that the tyres were cold (plenty of tread though)