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Email delivery issues

by xantia_v6 » 08 Aug 2018, 21:07 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

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I have had a couple of reports recently of emails from the forum going into spam or junk folders. We have gone to some trouble to ensure that our email server has a good reputation, and implements currently recommended security measures, but some email providers have strange algorithms for determining what is spam.

It probably only affects one or...

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I have received a set of mail headers from a yahoo user who reported that notifications have been going into their 'junk' folder.
Inspection of the headers showed that yahoo are interpreting our DNS records in a way that I was not expecting.

I have adjusted our DNS records and will see what happens next. It will probably take a few hours from...

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Today, 21:05
Symbols in posting editor - Experimental

by xantia_v6 » 06 Aug 2018, 20:46 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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I have enabled a software extension on this forum that allow easier use of mathematical and other symbols in posts.

You will see a group of tabs above the block of smilies in the editor window.

These select sets of symbols, which are inserted when the corresponding button in the table is clicked.

The feature is experimental, and I may...

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09 Aug 2018, 22:07
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22
New Diagnostics Forum

by GiveMeABreak » 18 Mar 2018, 13:26 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

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Please note the new ' Diagnostics ' sub forum that has been added to the main page.

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Link to New Diagnostic Forum

As some of you will be aware, we had merged all the Lexia & Diagbox related threads. This was kept in the Citroen technical forum. However because this topic has grown significantly over the years as the software and...

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Please note that if you want to see new posts from the Diagnostic Forum, you will need to SUBSCRIBE to the forum. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Subscribe button.

This needs to be done because it is a new sub-forum, and therefore will not be in your existing subscriptions.

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26 Mar 2018, 00:38
Member Email Addresses

by GiveMeABreak » 13 Oct 2017, 18:06 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

To All Members

Members are kindly requested to check their profiles to see if their email addresses are current and please update these where necessary.

Some of our members have noted that email sent to others on the forum are bouncing back as unrecognised. We appreciate that people change their email providers / addresses over time and don't...

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13 Oct 2017, 18:06
The French Car Wiki

by xantia_v6 » 18 Jul 2015, 09:54

We are very happy to announce the new French Car Wiki, bought to you by the administrators of the French Car Forum.

The French Car Wiki will provide a long term repository for user guides, how-tos and useful information of the sort that we all know is in the forum somewhere, but can never find!

What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website where the...

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Lidl and Aldi Car accessories

by Hell Razor5543 » 04 Oct 2012, 20:24
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Hello all,

You might want to check out Lidls' website. Next Thursday thay are doing car accessories, some of which you might find useful. I have got a set of the axle stands and they have not let me (or Gracie ) down!

It is worth going back to their site regularly, as they have special offers (on various things, not just car bits) usually...

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For the cyclists amongst us Lidl will be doing cycling equipment 26/08;
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Today, 10:50
Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

by Sid_the_Squid » 09 Jul 2010, 10:02
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Hi All,
Seems I have a new neighbor with a lovely silver Xantia with personalized reg plate.

Have not seen up close yet, so not clear on the specifications, also due to vague parking arrangements I don't know exactly which house is theirs either.

Is this anyone on here living in HP1 area with a Silver Xantia on a personal plate?

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This was the only other interesting vehicle to turn up at the camp site we were just staying at all weekend.

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Talbot Express based, though I'm afraid that's the extent of my knowledge! Petrol I'm guessing as it snuck past me driving in...and usually the clatter of an old school diesel is enough to make me look around...
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Joke I found funny...

by MikeT » 26 Sep 2010, 20:14
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A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,

'Jesus knows you're here.'

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so...

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Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he could find.

After arriving in Paris, he visited some manufacturers and selected a line that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the new acquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a...
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10 Aug 2018, 10:22
French cars in films

by Napoleon » 13 Nov 2008, 22:14
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Just casting my my mind around the various films in which I've see French-built cars. Comes to mind:

2 CV in Pink Panther with old Peter Sellers

Then only vaguely are the cars in the Day of the Jackal, but there have to be some in Manon des Source, Les Regles du Jeu (sp?), but I don't recall any in The Duellists.

Any more/amplification?

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31 Jul 2018, 07:11
Funny pictures and videos

by Xaccers » 02 Apr 2010, 23:15
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Lets see what you've found, but as always, keep it family friendly :)

Optical illusion

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:rofl2: I was in stitches watching that - just as well as I have a faulty alarm to fix on the C3 later!
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30 Jun 2018, 17:23
Total Discount

by myglaren » 17 Jul 2013, 18:35
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The nice people at Total have generously offered a 15% discount on their full range of products purchased through their new online store.
All items are postage free.

The discount available is 15% on all purchases from our online store: . Another thing which may be of use to your members is a tool we have created, named Lube Advisor, which...

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All the major producers now only supply via distributors ( Shell, Fuchs, Castrol, Total etc). The distributors are rated gold, silver and bronze and you can only buy from the distributor based on your annual spend.i.e. don't expect any favours on price!.

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03 Oct 2017, 22:26
Bah humbug! A retreat for those lacking in Xmas spirit

by Xaccers » 07 Dec 2013, 01:46
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One for Jim this time of year

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Assuming that it is an android device then there should be a "settings->application manager" menu (the actual path depends on the manufacturer and android version), which lists all the installed apps. You should find tapatalk there and there should be options to delete cache or application data. If that fails, try uninstalling...
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13 Jan 2017, 04:28
Sending Parcels (May 2013)

by Old-Guy » 02 May 2013, 17:33
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Strictly speaking, this isn't specific to French Cars, but as members often need to send 'bits' to one another, the following may be useful.

To send a Xantia radio, which is just a bit too large to be a Royal Mail 'small' parcel, the cheapest my local Post Office (very obliging) could do it for was £8 :shock: second class parcel post.

However, I...

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Everything I buy from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Greece I always get them to declare the value as <£15 so there are no customs charges.
Most of them do this automatically now anyway.
Same from USA & Canada but rarely buy from there now.
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17 Jul 2016, 21:37
P.E.Jukebox-Your Selections Please

by NewcastleFalcon » 26 Dec 2014, 21:43
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The FCF used to liken itself to the friendly atmosphere of a good pub, and there's none better than The Pickled Egg which appears once a month in a Magazine called Cheers which is distributed free in North-East Pubs. Its the work of Cluff (John Longstaff) and consistently makes me chuckle.

Here's a little selection-couple of technology...

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Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul Music, has just died.
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Today, 15:13
Diesel Emissions Scandal (VW) Diesel v Petrol

by GiveMeABreak » 27 Sep 2015, 13:29
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Could the recent VW Diesel Emissions scandal re-ignite the Petrol v Diesel debate - what do you think?

1) As a Diesel owner, would you be more likely to consider reverting back to a petrol?
2) Does the extra MPG / KMH you may get justify many of the maintenance costs of the DPF system and all the related issues and problems of those components?...

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My thoughts as well. NiCads are more difficult to obtain nowadays having been superseded by NiMH but it's still possible.
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Today, 14:21
Rusty Wrecks-Your Photos (Originals please)

by NewcastleFalcon » 13 Jul 2018, 18:39
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Idea shamelessly nicked from Practical Classics Rust in Peace feature.

Your excuse to photograph any rusting, overgrown vehicle you discover, or your favourite scrapyard photos.

Here's my starter for ten from Herefordshire

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Regards Neil

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After a long drive parking on long grass is pretty dangerous, I've seen grass fires started by catalytic convertors, did it myself once coming down the right of way past a neighbours house. (He was an awkward old sod, wouldn't cut the grass and wouldn't let me cut it.)
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Today, 12:30
Long lived cars.

by Hell Razor5543 » 13 Aug 2018, 15:59

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I have just found this on the Internet. It is basically cars that remained in production for a very long time. There are a few French cars that have been in production for a long time;

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It is not entirely correct to say that Jaguar cars were built by British Leyland, as Jaguar management stayed largely intact after the merger, and was the only BL marque to keep exclusively its own design team and factory. They did have to contend with the same unions as the rest of the group, and although the only profitable division of BL, their...

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Yesterday, 21:27
Car Insurance for New Young Drivers.

by JohnD » 09 Aug 2018, 11:23

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I’m hoping to tap into the collective knowledge of the best - (maybe I mean cheapest) - way of getting a young person onto the car insurance ladder.

Last October, on his 17th birthday, my grandson took out a provisional licence. Shortly afterwards, I went off to Spain for the winter, leaving Sam to have some driving lessons with a local driving...

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not something I know a huge amount about, but I'd say to sell him the car (probably best for there to be a paper trail showing he paid you for it)

....but also have a look see if there's any value in him buying an alternative vehicle at or near the bottom of the Insurance Groupings.

As much as a Saxo Diesel is hardly the most exciting thing on...

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Yesterday, 20:45
Room 101 open for deposits.....

by NewcastleFalcon » 23 Mar 2017, 14:59
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First thing I'm putting in....pretentious thread titles in French. Chambre Cent-un goes into Room 101 straight off!

Regards Neil

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I had to remove both drop links on one of my Xantia, and (on one of them) the damned thing was spinning. I had a look and a think, and then managed to separate the ball from the socket. I then was able to hold onto it with said wrench (which hangs on as ferociously as a hungry crocodile!), get a decent ratchet socket onto the nut, and then...
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Yesterday, 20:31
Whatsthisthen?.new one to try

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Jul 2014, 22:25
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Have a go at this one, if no-one has got it in a couple of days I'll post the answer up
There' s enough clues to get it but hopefully its not too obvious

Not sure if Malcolm will come up with the goods on this one, my money is on another forum member of substantial standing...

regards Neil

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Well done chaps! I guess very few people will actually remember those estates being branded as Huntsman, I certainly didn't. and it took a bit of googling to find the answer. Thought I would give you a bit of help with my obscure rhyming slang references! :-D

Regards Neil
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Yesterday, 18:44
I-Spy Classic Cars-What have you spotted?

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Jul 2015, 19:26
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As we get out and about there's a few more classic cars on the road at this time of year. "Classics" are very much in the eye of the beholder, well evidenced in the current edition of I-Spy Classic Cars which has 120 selections including Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, Ford Sierra.

Here's my starter for 10 spotted in Manchester, and...

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Very little lately actually. Today did spot a DeLorean heading the other way just a couple of miles from home.

For all their shortcomings they still look fantastic I reckon and I'd still have one if I could afford it.

Have to claim 50 points for this unusual spot, only the second one to ever appear on the thread.

Went into a Vaux main dealer...
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Yesterday, 18:11
Picture(s) of the day..

by NewcastleFalcon » 02 Oct 2015, 18:39
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Heard this on the radio this morning, and thought it must be April fools day. Ponies to be painted in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving collisions with the ponies roaming free on Dartmoor.

Well here's the evidence

Apparently taken from an idea in Finland where Reindeer antlers were similarly painted to reduce accidents....

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One from me today, I've selected a handful of pix that I felt might make good PoTD's from my archives.

I quite like this one, taken in Bergues.
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Yesterday, 09:34
Dump Your Deezel

by myglaren » 05 Feb 2017, 17:47
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Looks as though a diesel scrappage scheme is about to descend upon us.
According to the Torygraph anyway :(

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The switch to direct injection did change the game. Engines became harsher (and in some cases noisier), and more prone to vibration (hence the DMF fiasco) as they were made lighter. Mitsubishi ventured into gasoline direct injection (their GDI), and had to withdraw it because of concerns over problem emissions.
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Yesterday, 08:28
Citroen at the Lakes!

by XTreme » 12 Aug 2018, 15:57

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Chatting with a couple of the guys in Intros I was telling them about where I've lived for the past 13 years.

It's a very small town called Huescar in the province of Granada in Southern Spain.

And this is what the area around me looks like! These were taken this afternoon......temps of about 36C

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It's a very small town called Huescar in the province of Granada in Southern Spain.

Nice pics the turquoise lakes remind me of a region of provence in France near St Andre les Alpes, Gorge Du Verdon, very inviting!

Gorges du Verdon Gateway , by Joseph Plotz, from Wikimedia Commons

Tribute to the region of Granada....just posted the...

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12 Aug 2018, 22:31
Identify this vehicle please!

by Southerner » 08 Aug 2018, 15:10
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Hi all, I'm a new member so be gentle with me! :-D
Could anyone identify the vehicle seen in France from the attached photo?
It's beaten me. :?
Regards to all
Doug
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Peel!?
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12 Aug 2018, 21:07
What do you know about Wales?

by NewcastleFalcon » 26 Jun 2018, 19:14
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What do you know about Norfolk? has generated 94 replies and 5357 views to date starting off with the rather flimsy premis of generating a spot of the Brancaster AA Box!

So What do you know about Wales? kicks off with the same plea. Will it reach the dizzy heights of 94 replies...well depends if it is more interesting than Norfolk :!: :-D Now I...

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You might be pleased to know it's also like that here today, I have the heater on in the office.

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11 Aug 2018, 11:34
Notices..what have you spotted?

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I detest but also enjoy notices in equal measure, especially if a sarcastic or genuinely funny comment can be added. Might be nice to start a collection...see how it goes...they are all over the place so easy to find, and the unintended absurdities in them can be entertaining.

Here's one from me to kick it off.....spotted today...the only...

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It happens :shock:

Peter
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09 Aug 2018, 22:07
Classic for under £10K-what would be nice?

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Is it possible to get a nice tax-exempt historic vehicle (pre 1st January 1974 if my googling is up to scratch) for under £10,000?

Hopefully not a box of bits or a barn-find wreck but something which starts and goes and has an M.O.T. :)

Bearing in mind the fact that i spotted one of these today,

the Rover P5 may be an example (£8,450 as of...

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Matthewsons Auction this Saturday fair volume up for sale.

Here's a slight oddball from the list.......MGB 2+2 1964

and one of these for Chris!

Regards Neil
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09 Aug 2018, 22:05
Another 'something for everyone auction.

by Gibbo2286 » 08 Aug 2018, 15:36

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09 Aug 2018, 09:54
NPR + Parking meters

by Sloppysod » 13 Jul 2018, 23:11

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It is becoming more common now days to enter you registration number into a Car park ticket machine before it spits out a ticket to stop you giving it to someone else, but does this information also get passed to the authorities as evidence that you vehicle is on the road, so they can check MOT, insurance & tax records? #-o

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They seem to have updated them now, but I had issues with the meters in Oxford a couple of years back (would have been late 13/early 14) where they demanded you input your reg.

...sadly their genius software would only accept registration numbers in the ab12abc type format! If you had a pre 2001 car, a private plate or Irish format plate you were...

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06 Aug 2018, 20:09
CO2 Nonsense

by GiveMeABreak » 01 Jul 2018, 18:42
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So what's with all this CO2 malarky then?

Can't believe the country is being held to ransom by CO2 factories all deciding they are going to undertake maintenance at the same time! Well done the management on that score :roll: :roll: :roll:

So out shopping yesterday and no fizzy water, no lemonade, no flipping meat (and who would of thought they...

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Saw crumpets in Lidl's recently - so I suppose that particular panic about nothing is over.

Have to say though, it was a classic example of the meeja being on another planet!
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05 Aug 2018, 22:19
How modern cars would have looked if designed in the 60s / 70s!

by Timmo » 27 Jul 2018, 10:34

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A friend in the trade posted this, thought you guys may appreciate them!

I think they are Ace! Especially the cactus and 1007!

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Always liked the idea if those Volvos having a highlevel brake light - even though the brake lights were at the same height!

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05 Aug 2018, 22:06
On TV...

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Thought I might as well start a new thread for this.
Must stop flagging up tv programmes on what seem to be areas of fascination for several of us, but some are just too good to miss.

Have today fallen over a newish BBC iPlayer clutch:
BBC Four
"Transport Revolutions" series
9 progs
including Concorde, E-type (with Q.Willson+), Steam...

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Ah ! But we may well be certain who did what to whom and when, but to declare that we know that would show the level of our intelligence gathering :wink:
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05 Aug 2018, 20:48
Calling all Devonians (or visitors)

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Jun 2018, 12:58

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I have a feeling that the title of last AA Box in Great Britain to be spotted by an FCF member with original photographic evidence is going to be this, from the County of Devon.

That is, unless men and women of Devon rise as one and drive with their cameras, their dash cams or their I-Phones at the ready between City of Exeter and Sidmouth and...

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So how often does the Sidmouth Herald get its five minutes of fame on a national prime-time radio show?

Never?

Well it did today.....Vanessa Feltz no less sitting in for Jeremy Vine lunchtime today.

and the weighty matter under discussion with The Herald's reporter Richard Wright

Thriving meadow in Sidmouth reduced ‘to desert’ after worker...

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01 Aug 2018, 15:22
Remember these.? All our yesterdays

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you know it makes sense.

Topic-Bar-Split , by Evan-Amos (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons

or maybe one of these

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Regards Neil

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An email went off to Adrian Mitchell (of Rover Sports Register) today re my old 'Ten'.
Will be interesting to see if it's still alive.
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31 Jul 2018, 22:30
The Pickled Egg Library

by NewcastleFalcon » 21 Nov 2016, 10:08
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Lets try this one see how it goes. From time to time I have deposited something interesting in the Pickled Egg snug hopefully for others to enjoy. Books/magazines/newspaper articles that sort of thing. We all have our different interests but if you have come across a bit of literature which you have enjoyed, post it up here in the Pickled Egg...

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I have just finished a very good book that I bought in a charity shop. The author is Arthur C Clarke, and the book is based in no small part on his experience in WWII. Glide Path is a novel on the development of the use of microwave radar to guide aircraft to safe landings in otherwise unflyable conditions.
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31 Jul 2018, 20:16
'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

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As we've had topics on AA boxes and AA Village Signs, I thought whilst out on my bike this afternoon this relic of times gone by might be worth an airing...

Somerset is really quite well-off for pre-Worboys 'Fingerpost' direction signs and many, many still survive, especially in the more rural parts..

Here's a typical one I saw on a very quiet...

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This little village in forgotten Cumbria has appeared a few times on the FCF.

Its famous for a Renault 5 on wooden blocks , and 2 old tractors :-D , and in common with the rest of this corner of England, has a decent old fingerpost sign.

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Regards Neil
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30 Jul 2018, 19:58
Tartan Travel Rugs and other Nostalgic Motoring Accessories

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If you were a BMC customer in the 1960's you apparently had a bewildering choice of BMC approved "Travel Rugs" and Seat Covers. No not all tartans were catered for but these were:-

Ancient Cameron of Erracht
Anderson
Black Watch
Buchanan
Davidson of Tulloch
Lindsay
Macbeth
Macgregor
Macqueen
Royal Stewart
Dress Stewart...

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My granddads house in Aston still had gas lamps until it was demolished in the 1960s, had mantles and chains hanging down to adjust the flow.

As an aside, in the 1940s bombing raids they had an incendiary bomb come through the roof, grandma took it out with her bare hands and dumped it outside before it went off.
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29 Jul 2018, 10:39
Vintage Mobile Cinema visits.....

by NewcastleFalcon » 25 Jul 2018, 13:15

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Northumberland (Belford Festival this weekend coming), Edinburgh, and Great Yarmouth!

Yes and for all of the bus aficionardos, there used to be 7 of them, now just one

The Bedford SB chassis was fitted with coachwork by Coventry Steel Caravans (CSC), utilising cabs supplied by Plaxtons (hence their similarity to Plaxton-bodied coaches...

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Yes I am claiming a 50 pointer from big chief I-Spy, for an unusual spot. Only one of these in the entire known universe...

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Regards Neil

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28 Jul 2018, 19:19
How to send SMS messages to mobiles from PC ?

by white exec » 24 Jul 2018, 10:44

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Skype (now MS) have seemingly removed the facility to send SMS text messages to Contact List mobiles, despite one of their on-line pages saying this is possible (probably an old page). They've also managed to delete our Contacts and our Credit as part of the 'upgrade' from vn.7 to current vn.8. So not a happy bunny.

Does anyone know an...

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That's ok if you do Facebook - I don't and won't (although I appreciate WhatsApp is owned by them now). I have all the privacy options locked down, but if it ever gets too demanding I will dump it. :-D I'm quite happy using Apple's messaging, but only switched to Whatsapp for friends on Android as it works on both.

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25 Jul 2018, 20:31
It might come in useful one day......

by bobins » 25 Jul 2018, 18:33

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Much to Mrs Bobins' annoyance, I've been known to hoard a few things that 'might come in useful one day' :-D I bow to the chap who put this little winch together - that must have come about due to world class hoarding :rofl2: I could learn a lot from him :wink:
2 washing machine motors, a Fiat 500 gearbox and a Ford Anglia gearbox, and a Vespa...

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Quite a contraption.

This has been a day when my T45 Torx bit would have come in useful. It’s definitely hoarded somewhere but not next to any of its mates :-D

Regards Neil

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25 Jul 2018, 19:00
China's Car Companies-What do you know?

by NewcastleFalcon » 28 Feb 2018, 15:26
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Here's the top 10 largest according to Wiki
Beijing Automotive Group, BYD, Guangzhou Automobile, SAIC Motor
Dongfeng Motor Corporation, First Automobile Works, Chang'an Motors
Brilliance China Auto, Jianghuai Automobile, Chery

The answer for me is very little, but are they set to have the biggest worldwide influence on the automotive...

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Geely have ambitious plans for their London Taxi wing

London’s black taxi occupies pride of place in Geely’s electric dream

London’s iconic black taxi, rescued from bankruptcy five years ago by China’s largest privately-owned carmaker, now occupies pride of place within the stable of its parent Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, in its...
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24 Jul 2018, 21:30
Electric cars/vans/bikes-Conversions/Secondhand..etc

by NewcastleFalcon » 07 Dec 2016, 07:34
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I have been enjoying this thread started by Chris (White Exec) Moving on-finally with the discussion starting off with the recent decision of 4 major World cities to phase out diesel vehicles by 2025.

Maybe the time is also right to gather together a bit of an information/knowledge on electric vehicles focusing on conversions and what could be a...

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go on its bubble car day after all autoplay on!

8lTfYLuAeFU

Regards Neil
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23 Jul 2018, 21:58
Electric Vehicles: What have you spotted?

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Mar 2017, 18:48
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If EV's are going to progress towards a little section on the FCF to call their own, (subject to a referendum of course :) ) the first stage could be more than one thread :!: :) (There is Simon's blog on his Peugeot Ion in the blogs and galleries section too of course in the members area)

So keep it simple....

What EV's have you spotted? And to...

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The Renault Zoe...............why aren't there as many Zoe's on the roads of the UK as Leafs. Similar....both look like real cars, Maybe Renault just don't want to aggressively sell them?
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22 Jul 2018, 22:38
Significant Mileage Photos...

by NewcastleFalcon » 19 Feb 2018, 09:22
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km's too of course :-D

Are the simplest threads the best? Hopefully this one is and is easy to join in with. Here it is in a nutshell when your car clicks over to a significant mileage...

Take a photo of your milometer/kilometre-o-meter
Post it up here

Course a little bit of embellishment with time/place etc is always good for comment and...

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Well according to my classification thats a mirror 3 pair! heading towards the first division with that one Steve :-D

Regards Neil
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21 Jul 2018, 22:21
The PITA Electrical Connector

by NewcastleFalcon » 23 Feb 2018, 17:46
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Exhibit A....This example is a Renault Clio under seat seat-belt pretensioner link. It has a stupid red plastic bit but I havent yet worked out how to pull the connector apart. Haven't worked out the secret combination of what to what to lift up/press down/slide out or whatever.

There are never any instructions and I have failed the initiative...

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Never been backflushed and never been off the car before. For now I have decided just to put it back together because the car needs to be back in action. At least when I come to fit a new DPF all the bits will come off better now and I will know how to disconnect that PITA Electrical connector.

I have watched a couple of videos on jetwashing the...
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19 Jul 2018, 17:29
Google Maps, in black-and-white

by white exec » 18 Jul 2018, 09:13

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Sometimes I need to print out a Google Map (street plan), instead of using satnav.
Although clear enough on pc screen, Google Maps printed out in colour has always been disappointing - pale tints disappear, and fine detail (eg street names) really not clear - despite being sent to very high quality printers.

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Thanks for the explanation.
I was just surprised how good the image was in b+w.
Sequence was as follows:
- zoom to section of Google map needed
- hit Print
Quality in colour awful; top-notch in b+w.
No other actions (such as PrntScrn, Snip, or export) needed, so quick and easy.

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18 Jul 2018, 10:41
I-Spy Citroen H Vans (aka HY/TUBE etc)

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Now then, anyone who was a child in the 1950's or 1960's will well remember Big Chief I-Spy and those little books which sold in their hundreds of thousands. There was even a bit of a revival when Michelin started churning them out when my girls were growing up. I think the I spy Classic Cars actually has a Morris Marina in it now! (edit-not quite...

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Don't think food trucks count - unless they are on the move - 'cos they're everywhere; there's even one, more or less, permanently parked outside Lewisham station (a sure sign gentrification has arrived in Sarf Ees' Lunnu')

have another one from the LM Classic - non food though :)
consecutive Number Plates as well
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16 Jul 2018, 22:37
TESLA investor?

by NewcastleFalcon » 06 May 2018, 09:01
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If you like that sort of thing its interesting watching TESLA. While the company and its CEO Elon Musk polarise opinion, they have undoubtedly shaken up the automotive industry. The traditional auto makers have eventually been dragged along to invest and join the competition, and new ventures particularly in China are investing and competing too....

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Well, it may not be a good idea to invest in Elon Musk. He appears to have called one of the British men involved in the Thailand Cave rescue a paedophile!

Musk is a gobby tw@t who is annoyed that his crappy submarine was useless in the cave rescue.

The guys who performed the cave rescue are true heroes. Musk can never, ever hope to reach...
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16 Jul 2018, 20:52
Buying new car vs. maintaining an older one.

by Deacon » 01 Jun 2018, 14:35
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Hello,

Long Friday afternoon post incoming. Get a beer :) :

Lately, my car decided that she needs an extra care with (starting last year) new radiator, new heater matrix, new oil-to-water heat exchanger and an incoming brand new top engine wiring loom. Add to that the usual maintenance of a new set of belts and pulleys, water pump, oil and...

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That’s one good point about having a disabled badge, I get bigger parking spaces and less likely to bash or get bashed. I need the door fully open to get tn and out nowadays. I only use disabled or end spaces.
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15 Jul 2018, 19:12
What a day!

by Gibbo2286 » 12 Jul 2018, 22:33

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My old friend who I take shopping at Lidl weekly rang and asked if I could take her this afternoon, walking down the High Street she fell on her face on the concrete, an hour and a half for the ambulance to arrive then they took her to Gloucester hospital where we waited for three hours, they X-rayed her arm, said her elbow was fractured and they...

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As I sat there waiting and watching the way things were done I thought ' this place could do with a Henry Ford ' :)

They X-rayed her face because they thought she might have broken the bone above the eye but that was ok, the elbow they said was 'complicated' and needed a scan which they couldn't do until this morning.

Your mention of Bath RU...

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13 Jul 2018, 09:22
OTCL 67000 Posts!

by NewcastleFalcon » 13 Feb 2018, 19:51

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As of now following this post 4 to go.....It's going to happen tonight.

I have an Engine up my sleeve as you might expect but it ain't that good. For a start the only picture of it shows the number 90000 ! In a previous incarnation it was 63000 but there are no pictures on the internet of it, and it's a former Austerity 2-8-0 built by the North...

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Oh Dear I have just inadvertantly made the 66666 th recorded post on the OTCL.

...and wasted it on a yellow Peel 50 replica careering slowly around a housing estate on 2 wheels :-D

ZmopROxBnBU

Regards Neil

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12 Jul 2018, 15:16
This is really off topic.

by Gibbo2286 » 02 Jul 2018, 11:43

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My old friend has a problem and neither she or I know what to do next.

Back in the winter she was expecting a winter fuel payment £300 (She's 81) Mine went into my bank account directly and she kept looking at her bank account to see if hers had arrived, it didn't, she enquired at the post office where she draws her pension and they told her it...

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I'm of the same age group but being in business has hardened my views and I couldn't really afford to lose that money.

Peter

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11 Jul 2018, 11:43
PSA/Renault News..

by NewcastleFalcon » 22 Jun 2018, 06:33
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Someone from PSA was on wake up to money this morning, so I thought I would see what they were up to from their news page.

Well in the race for the future of personal transportation they have achieved a remarkable accolade.

They have been awarded the International Engine of the Year 2018 and proudly boast how much they have spent on R&D to...

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The bit about mid-hybrids reminded me of the bit I read in a trade rag about not missing out on the wonderful cash cow that was alternator & starter replacements on cars with stop-start technology.

Do we really believe the oil companies will allow thmselves to be legislated out of existance? It may only be an urban myth but I grew up Detroit...
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10 Jul 2018, 07:24
Alex(i)a fun questions......

by NewcastleFalcon » 18 Jun 2018, 08:28

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Alex i a What's wrong with my car?

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You have a general misfire. Don't worry I have found a solution to your problem. Follow the instructions here

Regards Neil

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Alexa!
Who is the fairest of them all ?

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08 Jul 2018, 21:50

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