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Into the EU pot that helps the likes of France and Spain build far superior road networks.

gearbox is getting stripped down...so will keep updated...and take pics of any probs that appear after its stripped

The HB3 bulb holder should turn counter clockwise, and once out of the headlight unit there is a tab on the bulb holder you depress to release the bulb.

Sorry can't help with the choice,but must agree with you, the horn is pathetic. Similar thing happened to me,got cut up and blew the horn. I thought "I bet that scared him". NOT !!!!!

I would go second hand or refurbished. Try eBay for breaking Avensis. Also some places do pattern parts that will work fine.

I thought it a little low. I averaged 63 mpg on our French road trip from start to finish, including many a moment on the French motorways (turning off just before the toll booths). We went from Yorkshire to Bordeaux and back including stopping off at random over 2 weeks. Question for Hicardo: What oil is in the car? 5w30 or 0w20? And what tyres and tyre pressures do you have. But don't the French roads and their drivers really show us up! Pull into a French service station and there'll be half a dozen people. Pull into a UK one and it's rammed. The culture shock from going from the French road network and pulling onto the UK's was massive. Going from empty French roads to our potholed, busy, worn out (think of the sunken tyre tracks in the slow lane) embarrassment. Where does all our money go?

Find a stretch of road where you can demonstrate the problem consistently. Then invite the dealer service manager on a test drive.

PM your details to Parts King and he will give you a price.

As my driving instructor used to say, "If a pause turns to a wait, use the handbrake! (+Neutral)" I personally would like to murder everyone who sits stationary for more than a few seconds with their foot on the foot-brake, esp. at this time of year. I often wait behind such people with my eyes closed because I can still see the $&"$@# brakelights through my eyelids!! Unfortunately, this would mean I'd have to kill about 90% of drivers but hey, it'd reduce traffic and congestion! (Today while waiting at a large complex junction, I did quite a thorough look around (6-way lights on clockwise rotation so is a looong wait!) and only me and 4 other people did not have their brake lights on while waiting for the lights to change! 4 people out of 50+ cars!!! GRAAAAA!!!!!)