But going forward there is no reason other than cost they cant fit leds in new cars.

Remind me fuel and brake lines aint a consumable when your car reaches 15 years old dave, an age the my first set of led lights have just reached....and still in daily use when im in the uk....

Make the bulb a long term consumable then its not as much of an issue as incandescant bulbs that blow when you look at them funny.

Im a fan of led technology incase you hadnt noticed.

Swing open doors are still more of an issue for me than light bulbs blowing :)

Brake and fuel lines, on the other hand, are NOT consumables so your analogy is somewhat rubbish.

If you have some good brands of LED to recommend then go for it, if I can get something brighter and longer lasting that won't fade then I'd happily do so however anyone I've ever heard of retrofitting has had either reliability problems or not seen a cost benefit.

EDIT:Aargh you edited!

Cost 40 quid more than quality oem units and are ip67 rated.

As a bare minimum you should need no tools or mechanical know how to swap a bulb, top up washers or check your fluids in a modern car. It's not a big ask is it?

Im all for making it easy removable but im further leaning to making it fit and forget as far as practiacly possible.

That pieice of paper showing the headlight beam angle is totally worthless. Rules of the road quite rightly say the driver is responsible for a roadworthy car.

They allowed me to drive to Halfrauds to replace it.

So my Spanish Golf blowing a headlight, typically 1 per year or so, but ALWAYS in winter in the snow, and usually in Innsbruck or the Dolomites, is actually quite infrequent. PITFA changing the LH one. Easy as pie to change the RH one. LH indicators all have "character". Virtually impossible to change, but 99% of the time the wiggling of the connector plug makes it magically work again.

Used to blow 50 watt halogens on a monthly basis , splashed out on leds and have not replaced a bulb in 3 years

Also it doesnt matter how easy you make it it will be a cold day in hell before the general populous changes their own bulb ..... Never mind stopping to do it at the side of the road ....

Never had a blown bulb in several thousand miles (at least 60k), probably by virtue of the fact I stopped turning them on when starting. Don't bother with crap like Nightbreakers or the Philips equivalents either since they fade down to normal output in a short time anyway.

TBH it's about time that type apporoval submissions were rejected until every manufacturer produces a car that can have its bulbs changed, by the roadside, at night, in the cold in five minutes or less. There is no excuse at all for this ridiculous place we've got to where a consumable safety item cannot be easily replaced.

Peugeot amateur (expert) van oil filler that is so tight under the bonnet that invariably when you top the oil up it goes all over the engine as well.