There was a specialist company in London who did the conversions. It was a great car so ahead of its time. My wife learned to drive with it. Such times!
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That’s interesting - totally agree, always thought they looked fantastic and way ahead of their time. You were blessed!
Peter
It finally made it back to its homeland where I reluctantly sold it on.
The basic idea behind is a software defined car, like Tesla where old cars gets upgraded with new functions or corrected/improved functions. You need to be able to redefine the interface.
But most cars are still built in the old way with lots of parts from various third parties that may be software controlled but incompatible making the touchscreen just an empty promise.
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And @Ian2001 - it’s not just the 4009. Where I live some of the roads in the Oxon/Berks border country are just about off limits to anything ‘nice’.
Earlier this year I was loaned a brand new M135i while my car was being repaired and it was tremendous for 36 hours before a pothole on the A4074 buckled the 20” rim (in the pitch dark) on the passenger side front. The info screen lit up like a Xmas tree but I didn’t need to read it!
Buckled wheel plain to see by torchlight. Tyre in a can repair kit wasn’t going to cut it. (I had btw pulled up in the first safe location right next to a Merc driver who’d done the same some hours before and was still waiting to be recovered.)
It took me the better part of 24 hours to get the BM picked up despite trying every technique of charm and persuasion. My take away was either have a proper spare and a jack you can actually work with in the dark or, and particularly as I get older, go with runflats. I’ve resisted the latter since I had an X5 which ate £1,600 of tyres every 12,000 miles but it may be the more practical compromise on a newer car.
Our current daily drivers have full size spares but these can be a challenge in the dark and we seem to get regular punctures due to Phillips screws, roofing nails etc even if we avoid the potholes!
Ouch, I drive on lots of narrow country roads and I reckon it was the potholes on the B4009 that did for my last Mini , I traded it in after 45,000 miles because I had completely lost confidence in it
Have a small Suzuki now but wish I had a Jimny as it is the only vehicle that makes sense on these roads.
I hate driving in the winter simply because of the sometimes third world roads, the heavier vehicles and increased rain put too much pressure on the road surface
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I may be selling my Jimny 
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Willy, when you have Zukov on the front seat then I can highly recommend the EzyDog seat belt attachment.
You just slide the seatbelt through it. It works with the seat belt system and allows a degree of free movement but of course will tighten up and hopefully hold Zhukov in the event of you having to brake hard.
I use one with Louby-lou when she rides shotgun with me in the little blue car and it works well.
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Best value car I have ever owned
1 Fun, here we are at a Goodwood track day
2 Beautiful to drive over long distances, wondrous European road trips
3 Cheap to run, £500 insurance, £600 annual service
4 Zero depreciation, bought her in 2019, 20k miles on, would get what I paid
5 Seriously good 6 cly engine, the likes of which we won’t see again
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Carrera or Carrera S ? The .2 has a much improved engine with DFI
Yes, I had the earlier version previously, mine was fine but some suffered with bore scoring. This is the Carrera with the 3.6 engine.
997 is the high point of 911 production in my view. Those that followed were too big with too much driver assistance.
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Sometimes all
You need is an open road and sunshine and a car to enjoy driving, not about speed and how fast to 60, just to enjoy !
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Great pic!
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Very true.
Just purchased a 2024 Mitsubishi PHEV Outlander and it’s very nice. Gets 60 to 75 km on electric only, which is more than we drive in a day, so I don’t expect to be buying much gas. Phew!
It’s quite quick on power mode, but I don’t require that. Only 250 BPH, but 332 pound foot of torque.
Anyway, a very nice drive, and really, a sensible choice considering the current, spotty at best, electric vehicle charging infrastructure here in Ontario.
I think the politicians here were trying to think like engineers (electrical and civil) and their thinking was only so deep.
Here’s a pic:
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Have you bought 2 of them. 
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It doesn’t hurt to be looking down the long ventilated bonnet and through the front wings of a timeless classic either!
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Very true ! 
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I’m guessing that is a Morgan in the photo - looks amazing!!
Peter