Reckon many would have Maurice still using microfich slides to find part numbers as well and watching black and white telly if he were alive - poor bugger - consigned to live in the past.
That said I agree completely with the yellow (I am an offender) and wish they'd produce plain black ones but guess the is a UV justification / complication there somewhere.
Anyone getting only a year from standard bushes is - as Andy said - doing a one step tightening. My dislike of the originals comes from my lack of a press to remove the outer tube when they finally fail. The best solution I found was a thin layer of copperslip before fitting.... but in these days of convenience I sucummed to poly....
