OK, slight exaggeration - I fitted the new window switches on the drivers door. Surprisingly easy - the trim bits came off quite easily, popping the door card out was a little hairy as I had to put in a bit of effort and the crack sound it made was scary, but all good, nothing broken for a change. The switch itself popped out very smoothly and the reverse fit was smooth as well. Drivers window switch now works every time as opposed to the 50/50 gamble before.
I also had a headlight bulb blow - quite impressed the car (18 years old, remember) told me about it. The bulbs were a bit steep (I replaced the other side at the same time, for some recommended brighter make, Osram Night Breakers - cool name!) at £45 for 2 but impressed by the change process - the entire headlight unit comes out of the bodywork after using a special tool (in the toolkit).
Went out on Sunday to meet my kit car group for a xmas breakfat at Frant Lakes. Only 3 kits turned up (not bad at this time of year):
....and a group of Elise owners (some of whom were ex-kit owners):
Spot the odd one out? Yeah, me...
Had a fun run there and back, including a short blat with that black Elise in the pic next to me. The owner has supercharged it and done some other tweaks so it makes 300bhp - didn't pull away from me though. However, we only managed a couple of miles of lairiness before traffic got in the way and I don't know how much he was trying.
Heated seats and proper heating were nice, as was the roof when the heavens opened on the way home. In my kit, it would have been much wetter.
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