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Hello Paul, Welcome to the Forum. Which light ?

Hello Keiron, Welcome to the Forum. Engine oil pan, or auto transmission pan ? Whether you bought it from Topsham Car Sales or not, you could ask Joseph for an opinion.

Hello David, Welcome to the Forum

I believe this will have a full width bed, 5 feet or thereabouts. It states petrol in Mark's profile; and it cannot be a diesel. Those middle seats will rotate to face rearwards too.

Hello, Welcome to the Forum and Alpharding

No, they don't. The 1 and 1/2 plus one seats do rotate, but are only found on the Gen 1 machines; up to 2008. If you must have rotating seats forget the MZ G edition and any other version with only four seat rails. The rotating seats sit on 5 seat rails. I believe the later models do not have rotating seats.

Does look interesting, doesn't it ? Rather expensive to 'take a chance' on. Nor does it say anything about UV protection.

Hello Gary, Welcome to the Forum. Welcome to Alphard ownership and Campharding.

Hello Michael, I am sincerely sorry to hear about your continuing story of woe with your Alphie. With the greatest of respect, I think your accident record is the issue with insurance. Without doubt insurance premiums have risen. But I have read, in this forum, of many members who have received increases but not by much; including myself. I was insured with Aviva for a very reasonable premium until I have my van converted. When I informed Aviva of the 'modifications' they asked me to find another insurer and gave me a reasonable time to do so. I hope that another year will give you plenty of time to find another insurer; perhaps you should try not going through your broker. Try LV, they have several subsidiaries that do insure Alphards. Good Luck, and hopefully enjoy a years motoring in your Alphie.

Have you tries Amayama ?

Hello Sam, Welcome to the Forum. This topic has been covered previously. I respectfully suggest you perform some searching in this forum to gain some clarity.

Those rearmost seats are heavy !

Not really. It is an original feature of the car; so that aspect would have been considered by the designers. However, it is the immobiliser; so you can't immobilise (sorry couldn't resist) it; and shouldn't want to!). The symbol, I believe, is the silhouette of a car in black, with a white key inside.

There are two or three MEGATHREADS. You can search on your home page. Or you could search through Teekay's history.

Very WELL DONE Julian, I applaud your persistence. I am so pleased for you and the outcome.

I'm a little surprised, but the 2.4l is a long stroke.

Only 60 horses; but how much torque ?

I believe you are correct. I import goods from Germany for another hobby, and that 135 figure feels familiar. Below 38 value is another threshold !

You only have a four speed, whilst Andy has a 5 speed. Andy is quoting 'slow' motorway driving; what driving style do you have, urban, or motorway ? Even so, the difference does seem rather large. As I mentioned, there are a lot of actuals in the Mega Thread.

Odyssey Carpets (Bournemouth area) sell a more robust carpet set. Several colours. I have rubber checker plate in my rear conversion. I also bought durable rubber mats (don't ask as they came from Spain) that are a good fit for the front foot wells. All colour coded to my leather. looks very nice.

I think there is a Mega Thread on this very subject. The search box is on your home page, top right.

I think, 8 or 10 percent, import tax, and VAT of course; but not sure. Try the internet H M Revenue and Customs.

It depends on where you buy it from ! Which country will it come from ?

You have three very learned members trying to help you; and you reply by being rude. I have Techstream as it is free, although I have not had cause to use it; nor do I have the correct interface cable.

Be careful behind the head unit. It is a mass of cables and wires. You appear to doing everything right! Have you checked the connectivity behind the console ? I assume you have from the photo. Whilst not referring to an Alphie, every RCA video input I have used works without a video signal. After all, that's what RCA is, left audio, right audio, and video. Is there any evidence of tinkering in the van ? Spare leads for accessories removed before export?