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LIVE WITH THE FUNNIES

As an avid reader of SA4x4, I sometimes wonder at how nit-picky some people can be. I refer to the article in the Forum of the February edition, titled “Bakkie Oversights” on page 6.

One sometimes has mishaps that you cannot avoid. For argument’s sake, someone will have endless problems with a specific vehicle and the next owner will drive it till the wheels literally fall off and never have an issue.

Anthony Stokes complains about vehicle wiring. I’ve had my share of funnies in vehicles as well. My wife drives a 2009 Audi A3 Cabriolet, which had a fault come up that indicated a globe was not working. Checking all the fuses showed nothing amiss. I found a reverse light was not working, but even swapping globes between left and right proved the globe was not faulty. Upon digging further (with the help of Internet forums), I eventually found that a wire in the gaiter that connects the boot lid to the body had broken due to repeated opening and closing. Another wire also looked suspect, so I repaired that one as well. The following time the fault occurred it was a case of