Michael Brown

Very good pictures again and your updates on what you are doing. Fingers crossed you will be successful and have Alphie back on the road in no time. Good Luck

Very nice, I like the upholstery colour and the woody effect. Why don';t you go and have a look at it, I doubt it will be for sale for long. Check the tyres. get a quote to insure it and good luck

I bought a Mk2 Estima in 2011 on a W reg , 2000 I think and I drove it home from Hendon and it was clipping a few speed bumps. I got a garge to try and make adjustments to the suspension but unfortunately that did not work too well, the threads on the adjustments were too rusty. Next over a period of time I managed to buy the right ones from motor factors in Chichester and when I had everything I needed, Colin Campbell my local mechanic fitted it all on and it rode much better, with the right ones.

At long last I have had my Trailing Arm bushes replaced. After getting quotes from Listers Toyota in Stratford Upon Avon for £850. They then upped it to close on £1,400. So I got Colin at CMC Motors in Sidlesham to do it. £555.. He said it was a pig to do

There is nothing wrong with that. I pay just over £3,000. with Aviva. last year it was £4,200 with Aviva. Having 2 Estima's written off and the insurance did not want to repair them did not help

I would not worry about that. First registered in Japan in 2008, came into this country in 2023, where it will need an MOT etc Welcome to the club

I am quite a tall chap and would like to be able to slide the 2 front seats back about 2 inches ? can it be done

I have it in mind to fit a mini digital receiver/radio on dash somewhere. A digital aerial on the windscreen. The digital signal will come in and the idea isit will be picked up and transfered to the FM in the Alphard. Then you can have the best of both. I have bought everything I need, Just not gotten round to fitting it up yet. The system worked on an old Estima I used to have. I must get round to it. I miss Radio 4. Radio 2 I am getting used to

The Inverter vertually runs the Alphard, get it checked over by a specialist

Check coolant levels in radiator, top it up till you cannot get anymore in. Then you should be getting heat out of the vents

There is no consession for Hybrid owners, we pay the £325. too

I have had a similiar problem. I thought a fuse had gone and they are a devil to get to behind the glove box. Someone suggested checkng the radiator fluids, so I did and put in a litre and a half. Heater started working. I now carry radiator coolant to top up should the heater fail again

You are very brave to entertain doing this job, I hope it all works out fine for you. Looking at the gravel drive might have been an idea to lay a tarp on the ground under the vehicle to retain anything falling off. Nice pictures

Silly question, are they easy to fit, without fear of cracking the mirror

No, it's usually a fault in the hybrid system or the inverter, you get warning lights come on and the engine won't start till its fixed