Atlantis

I can supply whatever the design in white, silver or gold all at the same price for you guys so I'd be more inclined to settle on the design and let ppl choose their favourite colour.

A shame you can only change offset by 12.5mm each side legally...

You just add them as a destination in the NAV. You'll need to look them all up on the RTA website... have fun!

Sorry guys... been flat out fixing dead servers for clients lately, so very little time spend online. I'm happy enough to go the text route. I've been doing similar for the Soarer club for years, so it won't be hard to add a few more to the collection. White vinyl is very noticeable on car glass. Very good for attention grabbing, plus it's the cheapest vinyl I can get. Silver does look good too, and I have a roll of gold I use very frequently for the Soarer club to add a bit of class.

LOL I'll be back down your way in June. If I manage to get a few extra days off, maybe I'll go visit Rob and maybe meet up with you. Will let you know what happens.

Hehehe, what wonderful things did he have to say about me :P

Oh, and the F612 has 400kW at the motor... my cheapo Toyota had 400kW at the wheels :P

Oh yes, will definitely have text... these were just the car outlines I've been toying with. I have the Lexus font around here somewhere. I'll attempt a front version tomorrow.

Believe me, 153kw is nicer than 400. You can't enjoy a 400kw setup as an every day car. It was far too much power for a street car... I was rarely able to get traction, even with 285 wide tyres on the rear. Best I ever did at the drags was a 13.2 pass. Turned the boost all the way down to 12psi which gave me ~300kw, launched in 2nd gear and still did a 350m "burnout" only getting grip right before the line. I did pass the line at 200km/h though, indicating the car had potential to be a low 10 second car if the grip was available. The car was equally useless at the track... best time at Wakefield was 1:18. I had a smart Roadster with 52kW at the wheels and it used to get 1:21 lap times. It's not all about the power, it's about the package. Ideally the IS350 would be my ideal setup. No mods.

Finally got myself into gear... check out these two so far of the rear: Not sure which one people will like, but I can offer both. Also working on a side profile, but can't quite get it right. The IS250 doesn't seem to have any outstanding features when viewed side on so it's hard to make the graphic representative of the car easily: Let me know what you think so far.

Soarer... with 2JZ + GT3540R & PowerFC. Was my every day car, so yes, I could feel the differences between fuels and the hand controller confirmed it with pure numbers.

Subconscious or not, the ECU in my last car could easily tell the difference between fuel types by showing the activity on both knock sensors in real-time. Optimax/V-Power being hugely inferior to Ultimate and 8000. I never ran any lower octane than 98 as the car wouldn't idle nor drive properly. This said, it was a 400kW turbocharged 3 litre so the tune was quite custom.

Honda dealer?

Nice place to live... I take photos down at Blues Point from time to time.

LOL, don't get too excited. The designs will be simple in the hopes that they can cater for the masses (and be easy for me to produce). Will post in a couple of days.

Essentially an hybrid Corolla stacked with Lexus features (and price no doubt).

One of my designs will be quite similar to No.1, but simple enough to cut from vinyl and still look good.

I was going off this bit of info mentioned above. If the destination is Palm Beach I'll remove myself from the list. Makes no sense driving 130km (assuming it will start in Thornleigh like most Sydney cruises) just to start the cruise, then another 130km back home.

Okay... I'll keep running pure 98, someone else can volunteer to use pure E10 for the next 12 months. We'll pull out the fuel pump at the end of the test and compare.

... and are now 50hp less powerful because of it. Ethanol blends have less specific power than "normal" petrol variants. This is an interesting read about E20 testing: http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/fuelquality/publications/2000hours-vehicle-fleet/index.html I've decided against putting ethanol fuels the vehicles I own. If E10 is half the strength of E20, things still don't look too good. I can't believe the amount of corrosion shown in the report in less than 3 months of testing.

1. ilv1004s 2. dis-lex-sic 3. LEX5 1S 4. IS25XI 5. Lalo 6. 00100100 7. Terrrrry (Hopefully!) 8. Atlantis I can assist by leading the Wollongong bit of the cruise since I live down here. Probably best to meet either at Maccas at the bottom of the mountain or out near the lighthouse and I can guide from there. I was on a cruise a few weeks back with some lovely twisties up and back down Macquarie Pass if you guys are interested in trying that.

Hey mate... I got your PM the other day, but can't for the life of me figure out where it went or how to respond :( I'll try get my 2 designs online by the end of the week.

Yep, that's what I was thinking too... I'm certain someone has their wires crossed over this one. Love the useless fact!

Word from Lexus of Brighton (Vic) is that the IS350 will also feature AWD. Can anyone confirm/deny (dis-lex-sic?) this claim?

Mmm Photoshop...