I get it !!  I've reached the point where I will pretty much pass on most unless they're either something special or something I want but don't yet have . 

Another day, another cobra-head... 
(I need to stop spending, but when a bucket list item comes along...)

Yep! And they also will run the Philips Allstart CDM145/U/O/4K, which are excellent lamps IMHO.

 Nice ! Plus you can also run MV which makes it even nicer !

A NOS Cooper M57 OVZ made over 20 years ago...I only bought it because its MH.

Sounds like fun...NOT !!

 What did you get ?

Spent the past 2 days helping my friend with a 2000 BMW 528i wagon change the oil pan gasket. Hellish ordeal on those cars, had to drop the whole sub frame out, unbolt the motor and support it from above, and degrease the entire lower engine bay with about 3 cans of brake clean. Quite the messy affair, but its doing well for 260,000 miles now despite the coolant issues and the cancer rust per BMW standards...

I bought a cobra-head...

I found a FSL 30w tube. While going somewhere, I saw a tube with chinese style endcaps, so I got it.
This may not seem so rare, but here in India you are lucky if you find anything other than 4ft T12, T8 or T5.