Classics Monthly

Electrics old and new

A glitch with the TF jumped the queue of jobs-to-do this month, putting everything else a little behind schedule. What happened was that with no warning, the driver’s door decided it no longer wanted to open. The door lock button had popped up, but neither the inside nor the outside handle would release the catch. And a TF is not the easiest car in which to slide across so you can get out of the passenger door.

Slightly perplexed, I played with the key fob buttons for a while and eventually the lock on the driver’s door relented and let me open

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