ToddLS400

That may be true for males under the age of 25. I would argue that point in whole actually. I remember reading that insurance carriers no longer charge higher premiums to male drivers compared to female drivers. National statistics showed that women received equal or even more traffic violations (speeding, accidents, etc.) in some states. Let's say there are 10 men on the road and 2 women. The men cause 3 accidents and the women cause 1. That's a 33.33% accident ratio for men to a 50% ratio for women. If you find some hard insurance data backing that claim up, I will agree. But I believe (at least over the age of 25) that all policies are written up on driving record, credit, location of where you live, vehicle etc. But not by gender. Again, that still doesn't prove that woman are equal or better drivers. That may just mean that men drive more than women so they are at higher risk of being involved in a accident (caused by a woman?) due to the longer exposure on the road? From my experiences, MOST women can't drive.' BTW, I'm 34 years old and I pay $52/month for full coverage insurance (via PEMCO w/$500 deductible) on my LS400. I now have a clean driving record as of last month. Thank you Prepaid Legal. Are you telling me a woman of my same age can get a better rate than that??? I don't believe your claim of men (over the age of 25) paying higher insurance rates. Please include stats.

There are more men car salesmen, does that mean women can't sell cars? I bought my car from a woman and she was one of the best salespeople I've ever seen, and I employ salespeople. I've been a professional salesperson my whole life. I am currently a mortgage wholesale rep for a major lender. I actually believe women have an advatage in sales due to their gender giving them an emotional understanding advatnage. I have worked with some TREMENDOUS women in sales. In fact I work with a woman right now that is the best salesperson in our region. She is AWESOME! We talked on the phone yesterday for a hour and a half mostly about work. I ask her for advice all of the time. That has nothing to do with our discussion of women drivers. I'm not painting a general brush on women drivers because I'm ignorant. I'm going by statistics and personal expereince. If I took the 4 accidents where I was hit by all women and assumed that men caused accidents at the same rate. I would come up with a 3 to 1 rate (throwing a male caused accident into the ratio since I haven't been in enough accidents to be hit by a man as of yet) of women to men drivers operating a vehicle on the road. So that would be 300 women drivers to 100 men drivers as you're driving down the freeway. Look around and make your own assessment as you're driving down the freeway. I personally don't buy it. I believe there are more men on the road but women cause more accidents (at fault) which really proves my point. The fatality rate has nothing to do with it either. The point is that women cause more at fault accidents on average due to a lower # of women drivers compared to the higher # of male drivers. I would suspect that women are 2 to 1 more likely to cause a traffic accident than their male counterparts? From my experiences, MOST women can't drive.

My point is proven. This is copied and pasted from the same link above and here> http://christianparty.net/discmen.htm 23. WOMEN DRIVERS: Even though the crash rate of women drivers is twice that of men drivers, and even though drinking alcohol increases the crash rate of men by only 5%, the majority of those imprisoned under DUI laws are men, and women are almost never imprisoned for their much higher number of non-alcohol-related crashes. I don't understand why you're showing this link? This is Twenty One Indicators of Systemic Discrimination Against Men. I'm not trying to get in a battle of the sexes. I'm not a sexist, I'm a realist. From my experiences, MOST women can't drive.

From my experiences, MOST women can't drive. SW03ES - I respect you bro. I feel we're having a constructive debate. So I look at it that way only. I think we're both intelligently rebutting. I don't agree with you. I would bet my Lexus that there are more men on the road daily on average. I'm talking about overall drive time including being in congested areas (inner city, etc.) which would naturally increase the possibility of a accident. It has nothing to do with being a male pig or anything narrow minded like that. It has to do with raw statistics that more men commute to work due to the tradtional family structure. Now a married woman that takes care of her family (or with no children) probably drives her vehicle during the day to local destinations close to her house. Errands, dropping off and picking up kids, groceries, post office, etc. I would bet the average person that works from their house drives an average of 2 to 8 miles max per day. I worked out of my house for over 3 years running a internet business while caring for my young child (son), so I speak from experience. Sometimes there was 2 to even 3 days in a row where I didn't even drive my car. Ok, tell me a well known woman race car driver? I know there are a few women on the drag circuit (top fuel). I can remember a woman with a pink rail dragster that did fairly well but she never won overall points for the year. I'm not a race or drag enthusiast either. I do know a dragster goes a 1/4 mile down the strip with no turns at all. Very, very fast and intense. Cool stuff. There is no requirement to judge a upcoming turn, passing or avoiding other vehicles (normally). I can't stand to watch the Indy 500 (no women drivers) or those other oval races on TV. They're boring to me. I like to watch sportbike racing (no women drivers) because I think it's exciting and cool. I own a sportbike so I guess I'm partial? I watched a Formula 1 race (no women drivers) live up in Canada a few years ago and that was really cool. The sound of the engines and the acceleration out of the turns was AWESOME. We were right on the track + we went into the infield part at the main turn. I can still hear the whining of those 1,100HP Formula cars. It was great. I know I'm going to get a lot of crap for this but here goes: A man's "fight or flight" instincts are more honed by nature. This goes all the way back to our primitive male ancestors who had to hunt, gather, protect and fight for himself and his family. I've read that this trait is strictly biological due to the larger circulation of male hormone in a man's body. Now this doesn't account for all men by any means. I know a few guys that can't drive or provide for themselves or their families (if they have one). All they know how to do is provide beer into their mouth. Women also produce a small amount of male hormone (testosterone) via the pancreas while men produce a small amount of female hormones (estrogen). Women, as sweet and beautiful as they are, are more in tune with their emotions largely due to their naturally higher level of estrogen. We all know that being emotional isn't always the best thing to mix with driving. Every time we get in our car we're in control of a 3,000+lb possible manslaughter device. Our body and our emotions are dictated by our hormones if we like it or not. A man (usually) will react faster and more "matter of fact" when thrown into immediate danger like a unforeseen car accident. This is due the "fight or flight" instincts that are primal to a man. A woman has much less male hormone so her "fight of flight" instinct is much less or maybe even nonexistent. Now I'm not talking for all women but most women. From my experiences, MOST women can't drive due to the overall weighted averages along with possible hormonal disadvantages. Let the flaming begin.... :chairshot:

JPI - What are the best spark plugs for my gen 1? NGK?

I got a Mobile 1 synthetic oil change at Wal Mart for $27. You can't beat the price of a Wally oil change. They even vacuum your car!

Ok, let's look at the possible stats. I would say in the US that there are more men on the road daily. Delivery people (i.e. UPS, taxis, commercial trucks, etc), commuters, etc. Yes, there are women that also work in the delivery profession (but a higher percentage of men) and women that commute to work. I would assume more men commute because their wives are taking care of the family at home, which is a worthy and respected repsonsiblity. I'm a single parent so I respect taking care of a family like any family person does. I think there are more men on the road on average and I've only been hit by women when my car was moving.

Where is the fuel pump(s) located on the gen 1s?

She's a friend of a member's wife in this forum. That member's wife issued her the "hit" (literally) and she failed in her attempt... I'm glad to see everything went wrong for her while driving (as usual) this time. Because the opposite happenned (as usual) and actually kept you safe. :magic:

Try putting some HEET in your gas tank to get rid of excess water. You can get it anywhere. I even saw it at Safeway in the automotive section. Try not to buy auto stuff at Safeway, they're way too expensive. Rubbing alcohol is the same thing as HEET in more concenrtrated form. You should really just buy that and save some money. It will bring the water and gas together so it can be burned off. Gas floats to the top of water, it's lite. Always pump supreme into your vehicle.

You can also use a vice grip on one of the struts to prop it open. I would use a small rag where the vice grip locks on.

I just watched your movie. Cool stuff! Great electronica music. The sound quality is really good. Maybe too good so it increases the file size? Lots of rubber squealing in your 4X4 Lex. Who's Ferrari 360 is that? That's one bad sports car.

No to complain Jason but it's a really slow download from your host site.

I was in Schucks yesterday and I ran across a bunch of hood and rear hatch strut replacements for other cars. I'm thinking if you take one of the struts out and bring it into the store and compare them by size you might get lucky and find a match? If you fine something that matches, please leave the brand and part # here so others can benefit. I need new struts on my hood too.

Here's some new pics that I took this morning. I need to learn how to use my Sony DSC-P31 digital camera better. It seems like I have a lot of the settings off. It looks dark. Rear angle view with the new chrome. Extreme close up of left, front (driver's side) wheel.

Gas rises to the top of water, it's lite, water is heavier. If there was a bunch of water in the gas storage tanks below ground then the tank was near empty when you filled up. Why don't you syphon out the bad gas from your tank and refill with good gas? Did you check your computer codes on your top LCD? Hold the OFF and the REC button as your turn the key in your ignition to the on position (right). Tell us what codes come up.

I believe the Camry uses the same struts? Look at the part # on the strut then call a Toyota dealership. Leave you info here on what you find.

Why doesn't Lexus recall these cheap LCD displays? Every older Lexus I've seen has the bleeding LCD. Including mine of course. It sucks... This Mikado guy sounds like a good source. His service sounds great. But $295 is a lot to fix a simple LCD. LCD technology has been around since the 70's. It's cheap. I know it costs a lot more to buy the OEM LCD display from the Lexus mafia dealership. Is there a do it yourself thread on this? I'm not here to take anything away from Mikado at all. Keep up the good work and service...I just like to do things myself if it's all possible. All we need to do is get the LCD part # for the rectangular display. I may be able to order it from the local Supertronix or somewhere on the net. I'll look around for LCD displays. Can somebody please give me any #'s off the back of the LCD after you remove it. Or simply measure it accurately and give me those dimensions if there is no #'s printed on it. Now if he charged $150, I would be all over it.... hint, hint.... ;)

I know VB, thanks. I'm going to take some more pics tomorrow and pick a good one for my sig. I can actually get better pics when it's cloudy. It's been sunny almost every day here in Seattle this summer. Can you believe it? We had like .08" of rain last month and this month doesn't look any better. I better not complain because the rain will be back before we know it. We're going to be back in the 90's this weekend in the Seattle area. At least I'm getting a lot of use out of my boat this year... I just bought a bimini top for my boat. We're going over the mountains to the desert in a week from Monday for a week+ until Labor Day. We'll be in 90-100 degree weather every day so I had to get that bimini top so we don't cook like BBQ. We're taking the boat out every day and we're staying in a condo within Crescent Bar resort. It's a lot of fun...Last big thing to do at the end of summer. We only went camping once so we may go again around the middle of September with my cousins. I must take my 6 year old boy, I promised him...Sorry for rambling on folks... I feel like I've known VB for years...Hehe *OK VB, I changed my sig to the new side view. Thanks...

Where do you work? What do you do? I'm a mortgage wholesale account executive. My territory is the eastside from Kirkland down to Southcenter. What year is your GS300? Do you have a pic in the gallery?

Oh yeah, the smoothness of the ride is the same as far as I can feel. The handling and cornering is much, much, much better. That's a understatement actually. Those 15" tires would squeal when taking any kind of corner at a medium/high speed. These new tires hug the corners like my previous Nissan 300ZX's did. Well, they're the same tires I had on those cars too...The handling is GREAT!. I do think I want to drop it anywhere from 1" - 2" max. Probably 1.5" after looking at it quite a bit and measuring? It's taking me a little to get use to on the look of these rims. Sometimes I look at them and I think they look smaller than 18". I think it's because they kind of bowl out from the inside perimeter of the rim? Look below and see what I mean. When I look at them at certain angles it seems like your focus is on the inner middle part which makes the overall rim look smaller. If you look at the wheel straight on, it looks like the full 18". The chrome finish is very nice. I dunno, maybe I'm too picky? I'll probably start to like them a lot more in a few more days? If I don't, I'm going to take them back and pay a little more for some chrome TSW wheels or something else. I'll just switch off the rubber so it won't be a problem with Discount. They're really cool.

Cool! Thanks Jason...Great contribution to the community here.

The local manager at Discount sold me the rims and tires with locking lugs for $1,535 out the door. He gave me over $300 off their retail w/tax. Thanks for the compliments everybody. I am considering a 1.5" drop in the near future.SW03ES - Would a 1 - 1.5" drop affect the smoothness of the Lexus's comfortable ride quite a bit??? Hopefully I can find quality coil overs for a good price. Can anybody give me some places where I could buy some? That's a good 2 months or so away. I've spent enough money latley on the Lex and my boat.

I know, I'm looking at the gap. It's not too bad but I will look into dropping it later. Do you know of any quality coil overs or replacement springs for the LS400?

I took 2 really quick pictures with my digital cam. That freakin' sun kept giving me bad glare so I couldn't get a good one off. I got to get back to work so I did this in a hurry. I'll take better ones later. Side view with new MB Design Link (manufactured by Liquid Metal Motorsports) chrome wheels and Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 - 245/40ZR18 tires. Close up on front, right wheel.