[QUOTE="The"] On a related note, I managed to leave an interior light on in the Subaru and this flattened the battery. Not totally, but enough. The Doctor couldn't get it to start yesterday, but forgot to tell me and didn't mention it until 11.30pm last night :-/ Jumped the car off her Micra and gave it an hour's run. Seem OK now. The odd thing was that the on-board display changed the fuel consumption from mpg to litres/100km and it took me bleedin' *ages* to figure out how to change it back, as this vital info wasn't in the manual. [/QUOTE] After the car was checked out following the flat battery I mentioned. The battery was removed and test etc. Next evening after dark I leapt into the car turned the key to start the engine and the lights didn't come on. Everything had reset to manual. Now it only took a moment to find out for the first time how to turn the lights on (I didn't need the wipers) but it shows how quickly you get used to having everything done for you.