We've been quite lucky here in the North East, not had the extreme temperatures you've had further South. Having said that, we had a few very humid days in the high twenties and I struggled to get much done. Might have something to do with growing old

Good luck with the R3.

okay, technically it’s four words but anyway… you know how it is. You plan to do a job on the car that, somehow becomes a lot bigger. For example, the car was about due a timing belt. It makes sense to replace the water pump at the same time so, “while I’m on”, I might as well do that. This means dr...

The download section's a brilliant resource, there's loads of useful stuff in there. I've used it a few times, saved quite a bit of trial and error!

In the downloads section - '200 (R3) Workshop Manual - Electrical'. Section 20 shows how to remove and refit the light, looks like you have to remove the spoiler so you're on the right track.

The short piece on the front wing - exactly as Plodder says – unfasten the wheel arch liner to gain access. While you’re in there, it makes sense (if you don’t already do it) to clean out the silt and debris that collects inside the bottom of the wing. As for the rear quarter panel, it’s a lot of ye...

Spot on. I know it's a bit of a faff removing the door trim, and (from memory) a bit of a faff removing the trim panel beside the rear seat, but it's well worth the time and effort to avoid damaging the strips. Anyway, while the trim panels are off it's an ideal time to do some rustproofing!

I've only once had a crankshaft sensor fail (on my 1995 R8). There was nothing intermittent, it just died - the car was running fine, switched it off, went to restart and nothing. I have had a similar issue with the car literally cutting out for a fraction of a second. It got much worse very quickly...

My dog once ate some Scrabble tiles...

He kept leaving little messages all over the place.

One evening (a few decades ago), I was driving my Triumph 1500 along the Old Durham Road in Gateshead when I was pulled over by one of the boys in blue. He asked if I’d been drinking, as my driving seemed a bit erratic and I was wandering around a bit. I was surprised to hear this and no, I hadn’t b...

Exactly. For the same tax you could be running a 2 ton 6.75 litre Royce, which is crazy. The 1549cc changeover point does seem a bit arbitrary.
From the VED point of view there's no incentive to keep a 1.6 on the road, so hats off to all those who do.