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Appreciate legal cover has been mentioned a number of times. Does your Macan insurance policy include this? If so, I'd suggest going down this route, but with a different angle, particularly, if the damage to your car is limited to cosmetic, and you can put up with it for a while. Ring your own insurers and say you'd like to use your legal cover to recover costs from another party - make it clear that you are not claiming off your own policy. Once you're in touch with the legal cover provider, explain what's happened and let them deal with it. You already have video proof, and presumably LIMEs insurer's details (not that this is necessary - that's a problem for your legal cover provider) from the claim form. Explain this to the legal cover provider team and leave it with them. As has been mentioned, the "act of god" stuff is nonsense. It may not be something that particular (LIME's) insurance deals with, but they (LIME) will have public liability cover or something else that will cover this. There's also a posibility that the scallywag's parents may have some sort of cover that would deal with a situation like this. However, where the money comes from isn't really a concern as long as you aren't out of pocket. Have been down this route when somebody crashed their car into mine. Approached my car insurance, and used the legal cover to recover costs. Took a while, but they did all the legwork and got my money back. My car only had cosmetic damage, which I lived with for a bit.

Know this is the case of some halogen bulbs, but don't think it's the case for (these) LEDs. YMMV with cheaper ones. The headlamp lenses are cool to the touch when these have been on, and were warm with standard halogens, so I'd argue they run cooler.

Yes, they do. My first 986 had litronics, and my current car which has halogens were like candles in comparison. Just remember if you do go down the litronic route, these may still have the original (15+ year old in my case) bulbs which degrade over time, or some bulbs which are simply not good quality. I replaced them with Osram Nightbreakers. I too prefer the aesthetics of Litronics, but wouldn't swap them for looks. Purely function over form in my case. If you're just after better light output, I'd suggest trying a set of decent LEDs in place of the halogen bulbs. I use these in another car with halogens / relectors: https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/piaa-hyper-arros-led-h7-twin Have tested, and these will fit (including the driver) inside 986 halogens, and IMO are just as good as litronics in terms of output.

Have had a 986 with factory litronics, and have retrofitted them to my current 986 (and got it through its MOT), have done my own research and spoken to MOT testers, and feel I can speak with some authority on this. Literally plug and play, albeit you don't get self-levelling and washers (see further below), but contrary to popular belief [and what the internet says], these aren't required for your car to be road legal, in the UK. Yes. Fuses A9 and A10 need to be 15A each (they were already on my 986 equipped with halogens). Neither of these are required for MOT. TLDR version: If a car has HID lamps and is fitted with washers and / or self-levelling device, they need to work. If your car doesn't have them, they can't be tested (hence they can't be failed). Discussed this with my MOT tester, and have had no issues getting my 986 with retrofitted litronics through its MOT. It is worth spending £15 or whatever getting the alignment of the lamps checked, however, before you fit them. If anyone wants to debate this: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/4-lamps-reflectors-and-electrical-equipment#section-4-1-4 The above refers to using HID bulbs in [most] reflector (ie halogen) units. Self-explanatory. Highlighted relevant section above, however in reality, this does not apply to the 986 due to the age of the vehicle. Hope this is of help. I compiled a similar post, when I got into an argument with @The return of Marty Wild about this back in Jan, however he then decided to delete his thread (hence my reply) - I was rather miffed by this, as it took some time to compose. @Araf, am not one to blow my own trumpet, but is there any chance the relevant bits could be stickied somewhere?

Nice write up! 🍻