Clockman

Thank you.

The horn button on my '63 plate Elegance requires the strength of a gorilla to sound the horn. My thumbs are a little arthritic I admit and I rarely use the horn but a quick toot reminds a daydreaming pedestrian to wake up. Is this normal or has someone had the wheel centre cover off and reassembled it wrongly?

I missed this one at first but it was one of my complaints.

If you're a home-made wine expert, having won prizes as well, they will refuse to speak to you!

I'll quote me-self: The temperature today is 4 degrees and the "daylight" running lights stayed off. Is this magic or what? This particular Elegance was assembled during the changeover to the facelift version and seems to have bits of both models especially the navigation system. Was it the opportunity by Yeti to indulge in the odd modification thinking only I would notice?

They are heavy to remove, when folded up fully they can drop with a a startling crash when you take off in a hurry if there's nothing to restrain them The first time it happened to me I thought someone had run into me.

Daylight running lights of course. To stop them using the indicator/dip-switch, pull it towards you and then upwards. Hold it there and switch on the ignition, there should be an audible bleep and after that they only come on when you select the light switch.

I turned them off twice today and they persisted on coming back on after about 20 seconds but the reversing audible warning seems to have "indigestion" as well. I'm obliged to check the reversing lights too according to the Maxidot display. I'll start with battery connections perhaps and clean a few other terminals.

It being not far off freezing today, it seems the running lights come on automatically. It's not a complaint, just another discovery. I will reiterate the wiper delay problem. The full sun today is low in the sky and, with a smeary windscreen, it was tricky leaving a busy retailer's carpark with the wiper start delay. There will always be pedestrians wandering about. I must remember also to comment that the wipers this morning, when they did start, must have been slightly stuck as they released with a loud thud, not quite a bang. They are Bosch blades but of uncertain vintage

The windscreen auto-wipe, a popular complaint No guide light near, or around, the ignition key, my old Freelander had this, very helpful on a dark night.