For some reason people tend not to park too close to my battered Kia Sorrento with moss growing in the window channels and algae around the door handles. Suits me.
We overlook the Welland Valley and regularly have Spitfires flying over giving great aerobatic displays. I guess they come from Sywell which is about 20 miles away.
We occasionally have the Battle of Britain flight come past, they seem to use Rockingham Castle as a navigation point (they always...
As I understand it no one bothered with the testing and approval because it was a common chemical so there was no commercial advantage in doing the testing when all it did was help the competitors.
Many years ago a mate bought a Lotus Excel from a dealer in Cheshire. It came with a warranty that was very comprehensive. When he did have issues (it was a Lotus) he was pointed to one of the small print terms of the warranty. "Except when the vehicle is more than ten miles from the dealer..."
Rear light cluster gaskets leak as well on mk3's. Wifey has had two and both filled the boot when it rained. I made new gaskets from some closed cell foam and used silicon grease when I fitted them.
Does sound like a mix up with the ballast and 12v coil feed. If the electronic ignition is running from the 9v ballast feed (which it appears to be) I'm surprised it works at all.