Thank you, they say it's a June 1996 car and if I get over to Mumbai I'll go see it for sure and in the meantime I've asked the dealer for photos etc to make some judgement calls before I go !
I'll share them if I can of course.
The 500 and 1000 rupee notes I had suddenly became almost unspendable and quite frustrated in that max drawings from ATMs right now is about gbp20 a time, gbp200 a week with queues about 2/300 long at each ATM and they often run out of cash ..... so frustrating, but card payments are ok still but impossible to get small notes to use at the local stalls ... some 86% of the Indian currency was in now non spendable 500 and 1000inr notes ( a fiver and a tenner respectively ) ......... and of course now I'm staying in the company's apartment/office ( rented ) and buying local foodstuffs for home preparation, the former joys of a hotel stay are just beginning to sink in ............... hahahahahaha, but oh so much cheaper self catering ( effectively ).
But this is India ................
Malc1