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OK. I give up. Where is the internal fuse box?

Thanks everyone. I'll have another look at it tomorrow. Internal fuse box? Missed that. Will investigate.

Then I remembered there are cigar lighters in the rear doors, both of which are working so completed the tyre pumping. Bit of a mystery that the one in the front is out of action but such is life and all that. Now working out how to run an cigar lighter extension lead from rear to front.

I was pumping tyres up with a tried and tested pump running off the cigar lighter when it stopped. Nothing else plugged into the cigar lighter works so I thought - fuse. Checked every fuse - would be nice if they were labelled or if there was a diagram in the driver handbook - and still nothing. Any ideas? I wouldn't normally bother that much but I am directionally challenged and rely on my satnav which has only a two hour battery life.

Mine used to do that if I came to near stop after travelling for 30 minutes or more. Put a couple of cans of petrol treatment in the fuel tank over 2 fillups and no problem since.

I am absolutely sure that I've seen a 'how to' guide on replacing weak bonnet struts on here but I can't find it now. I have the replacement struts but not a clue as to how to start the work as it's a big lump of metal to deal with. The MoT tester was warned but still ended up wriggling on top of the engine. Oops!

I got the same quote from 2 independent sources. Part is around £90, the rest is labour. Not something I can do myslef due to a combination of mechanical ineptitude and arthritis. I have Falkens on my Alfa Romeo Spider which seem good. I run at 41psi as recommended in the MK3 handbook. Wear is even so over- or under-inflation would not seem to be an issue. I do drive in a manner of "making good progress" as I was taught so maybe that doesn't help?

How dare 'they' fail my baby on one point. Just a broken rear coil spring after all. Damn, that's £250 I'll have to find from somewhere. Also, it looks as though I need 3 new tyres (1 was replaced recently due to a puncture) as the existing Barums are well worn - and evenly - despite only having covered less than 5000 miles. This is not good. Any ideas?

I'm losing around 5psi a week from each tyre, slightly more so on the nsr. is this down to iffy road surfaces or is it common with Lexuses (?Lexi?)