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[SpeckledJim]

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

[Art0ir]

Well above thread but where else will it be appreciated as well really.

1992 W124 500E at auction in Japan

https://www.facebook.com/668093910013214/posts/mer...

[thel33ter]

Hybrids are all well and good, but they probably don't have a Katana as a gear lever.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

[wjwren]

£8k it seems. £10k for a nice one.

I will add they are not that fast and the engine is very quiet so you cant hear the V8 but I guess thats the whole deal with a Lexus.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Ouch!

[E65Ross]

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Now that's a bit of a low blow!

Probably not the best phrase to use....

And yes, there is, c***

[SpeckledJim]

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Now that's a bit of a low blow!

Probably not the best phrase to use....

And yes, there is, c***

Unless I've accidentally been extremely rude (in which case I'm sorry) it was just a joke on T-Rex having short arms.

[Etypephil]

thel33ter said:

Hybrids are all well and good, but they probably don't have a Katana as a gear lever.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

And all in the best possible taste.

[E65Ross]

SpeckledJim said:

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Now that's a bit of a low blow!

Probably not the best phrase to use....

And yes, there is, c***

Unless I've accidentally been extremely rude (in which case I'm sorry) it was just a joke on T-Rex having short arms.

Ah, gotcha

I'm not the tallest person in the world at around 166cm

[Krikkit]

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Now that's a bit of a low blow!

Probably not the best phrase to use....

And yes, there is, c***

Unless I've accidentally been extremely rude (in which case I'm sorry) it was just a joke on T-Rex having short arms.

Ah, gotcha

I'm not the tallest person in the world at around 166cm

How didn't you get that Ross? Brilliant.

[E65Ross]

Krikkit said:

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

E65Ross said:

SpeckledJim said:

Will there be sufficient steering wheel reach adjustment for TyrannosauRoss Lex?

Now that's a bit of a low blow!

Probably not the best phrase to use....

And yes, there is, c***

Unless I've accidentally been extremely rude (in which case I'm sorry) it was just a joke on T-Rex having short arms.

Ah, gotcha

I'm not the tallest person in the world at around 166cm

How didn't you get that Ross? Brilliant.

Almost as bad as those seat marks in those Jaguar XKs eh

[E65Ross]

Bussolini said:

Whilst I wait on the call from the mechanics doing my inspection, they sent me a video of a worn crankshaft pulley.

Prize to whomever guesses closest to the inevitable painful bill I am about to receive ...

What car is it?

[21st Century Man]

Bussolini said:

they sent me a video of a worn crankshaft pulley.

Send them one back of a worn wallet.

[E65Ross]

Bussolini said:

E65Ross said:

What car is it?

My Alfa 156.

Not a clue....do you have an estimate?

edit - just seen the post above - ouch!! Still, should be a bit more healthy after all of that!

Edited by E65Ross on Tuesday 12th November 15:09

[Bussolini]

E65Ross said:

Not a clue....do you have an estimate?

Scroll up.

I appreciate you may have ignored it. I'm trying to as well

[TommoAE86]

21st Century Man said:

Send them one back of a worn wallet.

[SpeckledJim]

I think I'd either be running it till it drops, and then putting it in the bin, or just bung it on Gumtree now.

That kind of garage bill buys a nice-enough E39 outright - a car that'll run rings around the Alfa in most objective and subjective measures.

[Speed addicted]

SpeckledJim said:

I think I'd either be running it till it drops, and then putting it in the bin, or just bung it on Gumtree now.

That kind of garage bill buys a nice-enough E39 outright - a car that'll run rings around the Alfa in most objective and subjective measures.

Agreed, unless you can do some of the work yourself it’s the sort of bill that means you either stump up the cash and hope the worst is over then keep it a few years, or bail out early and hope whatever you get next is less spendy.

[Bussolini]

SpeckledJim said:

I think I'd either be running it till it drops, and then putting it in the bin, or just bung it on Gumtree now.

That kind of garage bill buys a nice-enough E39 outright - a car that'll run rings around the Alfa in most objective and subjective measures.

I paid £2.8k for it and it wouldn't feel honest bunging it on Gumtree etc. for some other mug to take the pain (plus, I've only had it three months so potential buyers would surely wonder). The problem with chucking lots of cash at it is the bodywork is still a bit meh so it still won't be properly well sorted - there are better cars to chuck cash at. I will ask what needs done to get it through an MOT and consider from there.

But no, I had no plan to keep it forever, so maybe it isn't a keeper.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bussolini said:

...
Total: £1,380.60

Not immediate, worth doing in the future:

Total: £1790

Plus bodywork issues to resolve at some point.

Without wishing to urinate on your potato comestibles, I'd chalk that down to experience and get rid if it was me. It's not a 'great' car and it most definitely isn't a great example with that work needed. Either chase the 'greater fool' and stick it on the Bay, or run it until it breaks and then weigh it in. Enjoy the research in the meantime for something else.

Unless, I suppose, it's a dream car and you love it?