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Well thank you to all who replied. I had the generator fail on my last car and it was not a happy experience, with the car battery dead in the pouring rain on a cold January evening in London. But now I have an alternator, so bye-bye at least to worries about draining the power by, horrors, putting the fan on in traffic. Yes, I have quite a good stereo, but might invest in some sound dampening felt so that I can actually hear it on the autoroute.
'In vino veritas' Signalius! Although I may leave the momento-making up to my camera. I'm not sure how a court would react when I was clocked dictating with one hand while hairpinning round the Cote d'Azur with the other. But I know what you mean.
Thanks for the advice on spares - I'll get them all and hopefully not use them. In France it's illegal not to carry bulbs and fuses, by the way. I have gone on a short trip to northern France before and had to use a Volvo service dealer when a carburettor-spring snapped. He was the height of efficiency and fitted a new one for nothing.
One more question: if I'm getting a lot of wind-whistling through the passenger side, is it more likely that the door just doesn't fit very well, or could I improve it with new rubbers? The driver side isn't as bad.
Roll on into Summer.
Rik
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