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and indeed MOST other cars of our aged Ls400s etc are reposing as bits and bobs at the crushers Malc

maybe not quite the same sense of " adventure " that trusting to connect to enough EV charging points in a foreign land ............ would maybe offer 😅 No I jest . I'm sure an aged proven 6 seater EV is just up to the mark wherever one goes on mainland Europe . well, except maybe Ukraine these days Well done i say ... . BUT I was regularly doing a month's 4k mile trip over all and sundry in Europe before covid hit us in our tracks ..... and there couldn't have been anything much better than my 4ltr V8 limo doing that ...... NOT 6 people tho eh ! Malc

might it be a tad simpler to just remove the dead bulbs and pop along to the Factor with bulbs in hand to replace 🙃 Malc

Sounds wonderful, lucky you ....... For your next trip You might find a simple month touring the length and breadth of Italy quite amazing too . thru' France and Switzerland, chasing through to reach there would be ok I'm sure ....... Make it after about April otherwise the icy conditions of the Dolomites might mean you had to change to winter tyres ...... used to be a law in times past, but not sure now ! Nothing quite like touring far flung and hopefully remote outposts of mainland Europe methinks 🖕 Well done and Lucky You Malc

Well done Malc

Ken, I’d leave well alone now. As you say it’s only a few £££ and maybe just take it all on the chin …… and ENJOY the car whilst the weather is with you 👍 ….. no more fuss, she’ll perform 100% fine going forward Malc

then the wiper motor was also replaced under their Warranty ? . if not then why not ! Malc

or maybe Amayama or Rockauto Malc

3000 BMWubblewoos polluting the ocean floor then ...... well better than polluting the air we breathe ! Malc

cheapskate 😂 Malc

bright lights coming at us might of course be a phantom of our imagination coupled with aged and other eyesight issues .............. just simply believing they are tooooooo ultra bright .. which of course modern headlights are 😥............. or are they ! Malc

So about a £squid bought a couple of the appropriate bulbs ! Well done 👍 Malc

probably 25 years of detritus and the first one ever to blow 🖕 Malc

and the number plates bulbs X 2 often need a gentle tap to jog them into action too 🙄 Malc

oh dear . I really hope it's as simple as I first suggested too .......... 😇 Malc

bite the bullet on this one .... . if you was in Dubai you'd simply commission one in solid gold ... . 9ct would be fine .... try Aspreys maybe to make you one ? 😇 Malc

.......... then my ( re-badged Toyota from Japan ) Lexus Ls700 Hydrogen Power limo is maybe just around that corner ....... 🖕 Malc

it's possibly just ancient wiring that's sadly piecemeal, in situ, fracturing slightly ......... and buggering about with it randomly just might be aggravating the fragility ..... suggest you try to find a competent AutoElectrician that understands what he's doing .... believe me, many just don't and won't want to touch an aged car. Lexus Main Dealer might have the same level of incompetence but considerably more expensive too Good Luck Malc

bright and sunny here in Kent . just on the phone to my cousin in Kirkham and it's stair rods with her 🤣 Malc

probably just BOTH stop lamp bulbs blown ! Malc

Oh the joys of chasing round the country to buy that elusive steed ,,,,,,,, there’ll be another I’m sure especially with ULEZ expansion and owners of older cars suddenly faced with a £12.50 a day charge upcoming good luck in your search Malc

A thing of beauty 🥵 Malc

An advantage that my ancient steed hasn’t got that vestigial screen to annoy me then ……. The space partially taken up by the irrepressible Tape Player 👍 Malc

bit odd that the 2010 MOT reads in Kms 🤔 and the current MOT shows 190k miles too ............ NOT your expected 118k miles .... take care eh ! Malc

I often use BingMaps on my desktop computer prior to a strange journey to get quite exact location detail ….. shows congestion etc too …… and I can study it all at leisure ….. refer back to it the next day before the journey even Then on the actual journey I’ll hopefully remember where I need to go and if needs be pop it on my IPhone for “ live” updates all the way there ….. The formal SatNav screen ( on the Honda ) I so rarely use or need to use ……. So then …… why would I spend large amounts of ££££££ to update the car marque SatNav Maybe it should be an automatic freebie offering from the Marque …… just so long as it wasn’t in Japanese of course 😂 They never offer freebies like this I guess …… it would improve brand marketing tho’ Malc