Here we are, driving around in our TLC (Toyota Landcruiser Colorado) and while getting around, finding out how this new home of ours operates and functions.
In Nijmegen, at Toyota Scholten (http://scholten-nijmegen.nl/), we had some diagnostics done due to some little concerns. The service we received was tremendous: we received a list of part numbers and detailed quote, so we could make a well-informed decision. As we would have to do another return Den Haag-Nijmegen to get it done (after having done an extra unforeseen one to hand in my passport at the Iranian embassy), we decided to take the information with us and see that we’ll get it done somewhere on our way instead of especially driving back and forth for it.
Then when in France, we tried our inverter for the first time. Fuse blew! So we changed the fuse under the bonnet. Cigarette lighter still not working… neither the radio! My incredibly smart husband knew immediately that there must be another fuse somewhere in the car. But where? We needed some help and travelled up and down the town of Moulins, waited until at 14h the ‘Feu Vert’ car place was open again (everything closes between 12h and 14h in FR), they sent us to the Ford dealer down the road, who sent us to the Toyota dealer in the other direction!
Finally we arrived at Toyota Saga Moulins (http://saga-moulins.concessions-toyota.fr/), where we were asked to wait a moment. But then we received value for our waiting: the other fuse box is simply located under the dashboard, changing another blown fuse in this fuse box made all cigarette lighters work again, as well as the radio. When the mechanic looked at our inverter, he also noticed that the + and – poles had been incorrectly connected (not our mistake!), and so within 10 minutes, all our worries were solved and our TLC gave us tlc again. And for a smile alone!

Thank you Toyota Dealers, you have been fantastic support so far.