Spare bulbs?

[Voguely]

Hi all,

This might be a daft question, but here goes! I'm off to Le Mans in a couple of weeks, so just making sure I've got all the various bits and bobs needed for Europe (breathalyser, triangles etc) and note that you are supposed to carry a bulb kit. Now given the rear lights are LEDs and fronts are sealed units, what bulbs can/should I actually have? side indicators perhaps? Is that all? The HID xenon headlight bulbs are bloody expensive, so I'm begrudged to carry one of those around for the sake of it, and I'm not convinced it'd be an easy roadside job to change one anyway?

What does everyone else on here carry?

Thanks!

[Neil1300r]

Voguely said:

Hi all,

This might be a daft question, but here goes! I'm off to Le Mans in a couple of weeks, so just making sure I've got all the various bits and bobs needed for Europe (breathalyser, triangles etc) and note that you are supposed to carry a bulb kit. Now given the rear lights are LEDs and fronts are sealed units, what bulbs can/should I actually have? side indicators perhaps? Is that all? The HID xenon headlight bulbs are bloody expensive, so I'm begrudged to carry one of those around for the sake of it, and I'm not convinced it'd be an easy roadside job to change one anyway?

What does everyone else on here carry?

Thanks!

Go to somewhere like Halfords - they sell a spare bulb kit. Its only a couple of quid. Keep in car. In the unlikely event you get stopped and they want to check you have bulbs - just show them the kit. I know they are about as useful as a chocolate tea pot but the policeman wont know they dont fit.

Know lots of people who have been pulled for speeding (some even had their licences confisgated, none were ever asked to show the bulbs / triangles etc. But best to have something to comply with the game.

[Phil74891]

I bought one of these from Halfords. Comes in a zip up case and fits nicely on the floor behind the drivers seat of a Vantage. (You have to keep the jackets etc inside the car - not in the boot). There's even room in the case for spare driving licences.........

http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/tools-diy/...

[Jon39]

It is this type of EU nonsense that annoys UK people. Some French cars are the very worst, for owners to try to fit their own bulbs. So what is the point of carrying spare bulbs?

I see now the EU want to impose minimum corporation tax rates on all member countries. Continual meddling, instead of the original free trade and no-wars area.

[Jockman]

Jon39 said:

It is this type of EU nonsense that annoys UK people. Some French cars are the very worst, for owners to try to fit their own bulbs. So what is the point of carrying spare bulbs?

I see now the EU want to impose minimum corporation tax rates on all member countries. Continual meddling, instead of the original free trade and no-wars area.

I'm with you Jon. You even need a bearded bird to win Eurovision now

[simonpa]

Voguely said:

Hi all,

This might be a daft question, but here goes! I'm off to Le Mans in a couple of weeks, so just making sure I've got all the various bits and bobs needed for Europe (breathalyser, triangles etc) and note that you are supposed to carry a bulb kit. Now given the rear lights are LEDs and fronts are sealed units, what bulbs can/should I actually have? side indicators perhaps? Is that all? The HID xenon headlight bulbs are bloody expensive, so I'm begrudged to carry one of those around for the sake of it, and I'm not convinced it'd be an easy roadside job to change one anyway?

What does everyone else on here carry?

Thanks!

You realise that you already have spare bulbs (including main and dipped Xenon, as appropriate) in the car, don't you?

[F1 NDW]

Last thing I heard you don't ned the breathalysers either.

[Magic919]

Apart from licence, insurance and V5, I carry high vis vest in the car. I don't bother with bulbs and you don't require the breathalysers. Sanef tag is great for the tolls.

[Jockman]

F1 NDW said:

Last thing I heard you don't ned the breathalysers either.

You would melt it anyway, Neil

[Voguely]

simonpa said:

You realise that you already have spare bulbs (including main and dipped Xenon, as appropriate) in the car, don't you?

Really? Where?

[hashluck]

Voguely said:

Really? Where?

Indeed, really?

[bogie]

hashluck said:

Voguely said:

Really? Where?

Indeed, really?

In a Vantage they are behind the seat under shelf, with the towing eye ...at least they are on my car. Couple of bulbs, screwdriver etc.

[simonpa]

Yep, mine too (sorry, should have said earlier).

Last time I drove abroad, I got a cheap multipack of breathlysers from Halfords.
Cost a fiver, I think, for 3.

Cheers - Simon

[Quarterly]

bogie said:

hashluck said:

Voguely said:

Really? Where?

Indeed, really?

In a Vantage they are behind the seat under shelf, with the towing eye ...at least they are on my car. Couple of bulbs, screwdriver etc.

I had't noticed that before, thanks. Next to the bulbs, towing eye and screwdriver is a space, is that a storage space for a Fabergé egg or am I missing something?

[simonpa]

Contraband.
..or a PPK, if you are SF.

[bogie]

Quarterly said:

bogie said:

hashluck said:

Voguely said:

Really? Where?

Indeed, really?

In a Vantage they are behind the seat under shelf, with the towing eye ...at least they are on my car. Couple of bulbs, screwdriver etc.

I had't noticed that before, thanks. Next to the bulbs, towing eye and screwdriver is a space, is that a storage space for a Fabergé egg or am I missing something?

Optional special tools I guess...from Q