Oh yes, you'll get used to driving around (even in freezing weather) with your right arm out of the driver's side window. We all kid on that this is so we can wave at other Landy drivers, but really it's because the driving position is so cramped on that side, we're glad of the extra elbow room afforded by the open window.
Mine has had three weird breakdowns, but like Fleecewife says, not all at once
. The first was that the headlights all suddenly failed one night, halfway down the A9, in the dark and rain, and whilst towing a trailer full of furniture
.
I phoned the RAC, but they were going to be three hours in coming, so I figured I'd use the time to see if I could fix it myself.
To cut a long story short, I managed to remove the trim around the steering column using only the smallest pair of scissors known to man, whereupon it became obvious that the off-sidelight-headlight switch had melted and failed. I then took the three wires out of the switch, stripped the ends off and twisted all three together. Hey presto, enough lights to get me back to Stirling! (although I had to disconnect the battery when I got there to turn them off
).
As a new Landy owner, you'll soon get aquainted with
Lucas, the Prince of Darkness. For instance, it was raining as I took my landy to its MOT last year, and when I got there, the wipers refused to turn off when I stopped the engine (faulty park switch, but it had been fine the day before). Luckily the MOT guy saw the funny side and just said that as long as they went, it didn't matter if they didn't stop again, and passed it
.
I had a similar experience a fortnight ago, for this year's MOT. I checked everything over, changed the exhaust, delaminating rear numberplate, cracked indicator bulbs (cost me about fifty quid for that lot!
), then proudly drove down for my MOT appointment. However, when I got to the bottom of the road and tried to indicate - no clicky noise! I tried to fix it in the carpark (checking relay connections etc), but my time was due, so I just put it in for the MOT, knowing it would now fail.
However, imagine my surprise when they put it up on the ramp and the indicators worked no problem! And they've been fine ever since too....... but of course I know that Lucas reserves the right to strike again, and naturally it will be at the most inconvenient moment possible