Mrs F has a 2016 MINI Clubman. It needs one new brake light bulb. First failure in the 7 years she has owned the car. A lot of web surfing failed to identify the correct part but did hint at the likely cost.
This afternoon, we called in at Sytner’s in Nottingham where a cheerful chap quickly identified the correct part and told me they had one in stock.
Then came the bad news. £34. For a 21W bulb. OK, it has four contacts. But since when did a bulb become so expensive?
I can only assume that the bulb failure detection circuit is built into the bulb along with some CANBUS magic - I may be able to find out when I swap the bulb tomorrow afternoon and get the chance to prod about in the old one.
