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Forum outage 2/12/2023

by xantia_v6 » 02 Dec 2023, 21:35 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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The forum had an outage that was caused by the hosting company taking down a number of sites for emergency maintenance.

As there was no sign of the server coming back after several hours, I decided to move the forum to a new server which we have been preparing for this purpose.

As the forum database was restored from the daily backup files, some...

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Yep, back to normal now. Thanks Mike, Jim and Marc.
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04 Dec 2023, 11:27
DS Automobiles - Parts

by GiveMeABreak » 14 May 2023, 11:39 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

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We are pleased to announce that as from 14th May 2023 we have now extended our Official Part Numbers and Parts Diagram request service to DS Automobiles.

This service is available for members who have made a £10 min. Forum donation within the last 2 calendar years.

Please use the following Thread to make your requests:

Citroen, DS Automobiles...

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Huzzah for new facilities!!! Makes a DS5 a bit more tempting...

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29 May 2023, 21:27
Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Please make all your Citroen , DS Automobiles or Peugeot Parts Requests on this thread

This thread is only for donating members who wish to request official part numbers or Parts Diagrams.

Please don't post technical queries or ask 'how to' questions here. Create a thread in one of the main Citroen / Peugeot Forums for these queries....

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They are not provided Matt, only the complete Caliper fixing screws, but no parts shown for the bleeding nipples.

Thanks for checking :)
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Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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My 2005 307 has developed an airbag fault on the passenger side, I've carried out a resistance check from the 4 pin connector under the seat to the 2 pin seat airbag & there doesn't appear to be any issues there so ive ordered an airbag bypass loom & I'll see if that narrows down the fault area by at least ruling out a fault with the passenger...
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03 Dec 2023, 18:06
Important Information concerning access to PSA parts data

by xantia_v6 » 19 Mar 2020, 05:19 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues
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As some of you may already have realised, PSA (Citroen, DS Automobiles & Peugeot) have this week (from 16/03/2020) decided to close off free access to parts information.

The public version of PSA's ServiceBox, which is the official source for parts and information has had a freely accessible parts system for registered garages, and individual...

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Please note: This Thread is now Locked.

Please Make All Your Citroen or Peugeot Parts Requests Here

All parts requests from this topic have been moved there.
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14 Nov 2021, 08:21
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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I'm trying them for anything showing up as NFP now.
Sometimes hit lucky.

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24 Jan 2020, 17:49
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
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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18 Jul 2015, 09:54

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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 he could...

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A man got a phone call at work from his sobbing wife. Through her tears, she said, It’s the pharmacist. I just called him with a question and he insulted me terribly!

I’ll talk to him right now, said the husband as he headed out to the drugstore. Finding the druggist, he started to demand an apology, but before he could say more than few words,...
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30 Nov 2023, 19:20
Common Scams Section

by GiveMeABreak » 30 Oct 2018, 09:29
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We have created this section for members to post up their experiences of being scammed or warnings of potential scams.

Please do not post personal details or emails here, as these can often be hijacked / impersonations of real accounts. Try and keep posts focussed on the scamming element, otherwise the actual threat or scam can become lost in a...

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Wow, that was a subtle difference!
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30 Nov 2023, 17:48
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!

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

It is worth going back to their site regularly, as they have special offers (on...

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Nice to see you back Jim.

Peter

It's very good to be back Peter :)
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30 Nov 2023, 12:14
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?

Anyone...

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It's a sort-of film anyway.
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23 Nov 2023, 22:40
Meeting arrangements

by mickthemaverick » 28 Jan 2023, 19:19
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Michel suggested we have a dedicated thread for meeting arrangements so here it is!!
Please use this for anything to do with plans to get together so everyone knows where to look.

I'll start it off by copying my post from the other thread inviting fcfers to a lunch meeting on Tuesday. So far we have 3/4 attendees so I'll amend the booking to...

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I eat my breakfast cereals with a teaspoon Paul... I don't have a big mouth ;) :lol:
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22 Nov 2023, 19:12
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?

Admins, sorry...

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Lovely 😃
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21 Nov 2023, 10:21
Funny pictures and videos

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Lets see what you've found, but as always, keep it family friendly :)

Optical illusion

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Couldn't resist - apologies if it's been posted before.
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20 Nov 2023, 00:44
Member-Posted Discounts & Offers

by GiveMeABreak » 13 Nov 2020, 15:41
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Member-Notified Special Offers & Discounts

Bobins suggested a thread for members to share their car-related discount codes / vouchers / notifications of offers etc. for mutual benefit, so I've created this thread for that purpose.

So if you want to share any offers you may have received or are aware of, just stick them up here.

Please don't...

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Up to 15% off Continental and Hankook tyres. Details in the image and at Blackcircles.com

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22 Jan 2023, 19:54
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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But is it Vegan!
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02 Dec 2022, 17:04
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
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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Volkswagens electric vans are not even made by VW they are diesel conversions from a company called ABT, they go from production line to ABT for the EV side to be installed.
I am getting a few through now for full services, you know pollen, oil, fuel and air, as the chassis number still reflects it's old ICE status, should make for interesting...
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Electric Cars:what's available?

by NewcastleFalcon » 06 Apr 2017, 07:41
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If you have come round to thinking I fancy giving electric car ownership a try its useful to know what's available so you can do your own sums and see if it works out for you.

The choice as ever is between new, and used and the price you are prepared to pay for your motoring.

For my own motoring needs over the years I have always adopted the...

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Joys of modern day motor vehicles.
Take a look @ Swindon Audi

Went up on Friday from a battery from an Etron GT, removed from vehicle (not connected) and NOT on charge a job we do across VW, Audi and Skoda at least twice a week now @ one stage we would have 2 in day changing cells. Inside there are bit of suspension parts every where and...
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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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Super photos Matt :D I took one look out of the window this morning and decided not to run until it thaws... Just too dangerous - black ice everywhere here...
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Today, 09:36
Catch All - the place for anything you want to discuss off a specific topic

by mickthemaverick » 31 Oct 2023, 19:15
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Do we have an Off Topic conversation area? So things like this can be continued elsewhere without stopping the topic?

Not as such but it is a good idea, I'll set one up and call it 'Catch All' and maybe An admin can move the last few posts to it for us? :)

Here it is:

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I wouldn't bother to change the capacitors unless they test faulty, either open, short or leaky, Robin. Or the electrolytic looks about to spill its innards.

Also, the one that's in an oval case looks like a motor-run or motor-start capacitor and is a special type. It must be replaced by a compatible item and not just any old capacitor. These, in...
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Today, 06:23
"Word/Phrase of the Day"

by NewcastleFalcon » 24 Sep 2023, 09:56
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So is this going to be an FCF perennial topic, or a one post failure, you decide :-D. The English language is a beautiful thing, but so is the kaleidoscope of different languages from around the world. Something to enjoy and celebrate, and its not just English.

Two contenters for me in recent posts...
Notices what Have you Spotted
Toodle-Pip...

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I unplugged the dash cam and suddenly the radio is as clear as s bell. :o

Not surprising really, so much electronic stuff these days generate enormous amounts of RF (Radio Frequency) interference and in many places make radio, especially on the Medium and Long Wavebands, almost impossible to listen to. And, as you've found, FM too in some...
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Today, 06:11
NUMBER NOTICERS RACE

by mickthemaverick » Yesterday, 13:27

Two members are currently sitting on x999 posts. Who will be the first to make it x+1000 ? :-D

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Yesterday, 13:27
Trivia Investigation Team

by NewcastleFalcon » 17 Oct 2020, 09:13
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Case number 1.
Can you dig out any information on this type of telephone box :?: (type/date/original maker etc)

Did a bit of an internet search which I thought would be easy to identify this telephone box (type/date/original maker etc) and could only find one image other than the one I took and posted on remember these all our yesterdays ....

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Rubber Town my Grandfather (Mothers side) worked there all his adult life.....was also in the Home Guard there during the war.

The town is now VERY gentrified and is a tourist magnet/being close to Bath.......

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Yesterday, 11:18
First Cars-car tales and pictures

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Well apologies straight away for going off-category already but my crop of first cars doesn't include a single French Car.

It does include 2 with Hydrolastic suspension though! Join in with your own pics, could turn out to be an interesting trip down memory lane. Of course if you look at the crop I have put up, they do date me pretty accurately....

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My first motor was a 1937 Standard 8 tourer with a hood. It had flaps beneath the front windows so you could make the appropriate hand signals. It also had wooden floorboards which the water used to spray your feet,when it rained. I used it for a holiday to Torquay, but had to stop every 80 miles to let the oil cool down!

We had one of those in...
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Yesterday, 11:03
Inaugural meeting of the Percussive Maintenance Society

by MattBLancs » 25 Mar 2023, 23:17
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Inspired by recent threads which have turned into extended discussion on the merits of hammers to resolve various car maintenance issues, I thought worthwhile we had a thread just for that!

E.g.

Roughly page 59 here too,

Suggested but not limited to topics for here:
'ammers and tools wot you 'it wiv 'um
hammer size/type...

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I have a feeling that James May's JIS discussion was in the electric guitar reassembly programme! :-D
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Yesterday, 09:54
Remember these.? All our yesterdays

by NewcastleFalcon » 16 Jan 2018, 07:31
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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

Regards Neil

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A lot of public think that a fire extinguisher is a 'get out of jail free' card, whereas in reality their uses are very limited. They'll put out a small fire (waste paper basket sized, etc), but their main use is to knock down a fire just enough so you can get past it and make a tactical withdrawal to a safer place. A mate used to be in the fire...
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04 Dec 2023, 22:23
Classic for under £10K

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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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I do like that colour
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04 Dec 2023, 18:32
I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?

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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 one of the...

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That is lovely... One car that looks good in grey :)
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04 Dec 2023, 15:40
Interiors and Dashboards (interesting and awful!)

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Lets kick the thread off with this...

Lot 27 Brightwells November Sale

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That's classy Neil!
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04 Dec 2023, 13:20
One for the train buffs.

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No goggles hard hats or ear defenders. :)

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How about Morris Cowley to Southampton Eastern Docks via Eastleigh? :)

Very good Mick, knowledge or research :?:

Neil

Combination of the two, I recognised the train, had read about your Morris Cowley so a quick DDG for the route and Bingo!! :-D
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04 Dec 2023, 11:47
Stiletto heels.

by Gibbo2286 » 04 Dec 2023, 11:01

Young woman Stylish and fashionable young man Nice legs ............ old man and woman Bunions :)

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04 Dec 2023, 11:01
Favourite colours for cars

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I love a Nuancier (a Colour Chart) Especially those that give photographic examples of the cars.

This one in particular

and from the list there's only one peinture en ville for me!

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Do I assume that was a 100E Anglia rather than the 105E Neil? :)

Yes I have a black and white pic of it somewhere 100E, it was a blue green colour.
Shoved it on this thread

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03 Dec 2023, 20:39
Electric cars, boring

by Gibbo2286 » 03 Dec 2023, 13:22

milk floats?
Watched 'Extreme.E' on tv last night Phew!

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03 Dec 2023, 13:22
Pickled Egg Jukebox-Your Selections

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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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03 Dec 2023, 12:00
Stellantis communication skills (and the lack of)

by Hell Razor5543 » 03 Dec 2023, 08:13

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It would appear (to me, at least) that Stellantis have lost the ability to communicate. Recently I went to a dealership in Basingstoke to order a couple of parts for my C5 (I could not easily find them using a Google search). The dealership placed the order, and a few days later one part arrived. However, there was an issue getting hold of the...

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They have probably absorbed all the bad bits of Fiat, Vauxhall, Opel and GM in general.

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03 Dec 2023, 10:24
First day thread

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How about a new tradition, a first day of the month new thread.

So today October 1st 2020 and today only,
Can you contribute an original picture taken today, to assemble full set of Citroen cars spotted today from C1 to C5 to make it easy. :?:
C6's and C8's arent an everyday spot but bonus points if you manage to photograph one of those....

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Very little thinking required this morning to decide which car to use today!! :-D

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01 Dec 2023, 19:54
On your Bike

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A thread to mop up your two-wheeled activity inspired by Citro Jim's fine example., pictures, rides, purchases, renovations, anything goes. Anyone got a french bicycle for starters, just to keep things marginally connected to the French element of the FCF? Must be someone with a Peugeot!

In How many miles have you done this month , I have...

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I saw on Strava you got out on yours too Richard :) Your scenery beats mine any day!
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01 Dec 2023, 17:41
Energy Matters Global and Domestic

by NewcastleFalcon » 08 Feb 2019, 13:59
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Weighty matters indeed....news, views, information, and debate with random off-topic meanderings and humour if we are lucky, lets see.

So two category on-topics to start from me

Carbon Capture at Drax B

Familiar face on the forum Drax B, (if you followed POTD thread in 2016 ) in the news this morning

This is the gist
The first carbon...

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My main gripe is that I can't get to the north of Scotland without recharging at least twice and that would be pretty nearly a full charge each time, assuming you can find a working and not already in use charger and that there are no other cars being charged on the same bank at the same time which will considerably increase the length of time you...
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01 Dec 2023, 17:38
How many miles in the month?

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As trailed in Start a new thread in January here it is, includes any form of transport, (planes trains and automobiles but not excluding tractors, motorbikes, JCB's, Buses, ships) including human effort like walking, running, cycling, open water swimming, swimming bath swimming literally anything. Splatter it with some visuals, favourite journey,...

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On foot: 21.5
In car: 42.3
On the bus: 0 (Busses on strike).

Don't get out much.
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01 Dec 2023, 12:44
Hedgehogs and anything to do with them!!

by mickthemaverick » 01 Jul 2023, 18:19
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Actually a picture of yesterday which I was too tired to post last night and forgot until now :-D

SWMBO has now adopted 3 of these chaps and this is the senior member

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Oh, I thought it was on the edge of a cliff - I am a bit colour blind though :oops:

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01 Dec 2023, 11:31
French Concept Cars

by Slick Nick » 10 Apr 2018, 12:28
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Our French concept cars, the best looking concept cars?
Here's just a few of the concept cars produced

Renault Trezor
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Peugeot Onyx
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Renault Nepta:
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That's the one Neil :D It was late for me last evening and I neglected to take notes... Thanks for finding it :D
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01 Dec 2023, 10:50
Tartan Travel Rugs and other Nostalgic Motoring Accessories

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Apr 2016, 08:20
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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
Wallace...

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Looks very familiar.
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30 Nov 2023, 19:19
Mick's Motoring Wales Wander

by mickthemaverick » 22 Nov 2023, 12:37
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Jim and I actually had some time to spare yesterday so we had a quick brainstorm on ideas for the next trip. We managed to get a basic route plan and identified a date for it from which I can now publish this initial plan to be elaborated on over the next few months. As usual if you are able to meet us for coffee, lunch or dinner along the way so...

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Magic :D
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30 Nov 2023, 16:02
DIY Car Maintenance with function over finesse!!

by mickthemaverick » 23 Jun 2022, 21:22
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I am starting this thread for contributers to document details of jobs they carry out on their cars rather than the more general DIY with function over finesse thread which was intended to be non motoring projects. Thus hopefully it will serve as a resource and guide for members tackling jobs for the first time :-D

So whatever tinkering you are...

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Lot 86 must be a pretty rare find now.
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29 Nov 2023, 13:20
Snow good!

by Gibbo2286 » 10 Dec 2017, 12:02
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I don't think I'll be working on the front drive today.

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First Snow Wednesday 29th November 2023

Time to pay homage to Gibbo's trademark quirkily-named thread

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Neil
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29 Nov 2023, 10:24
Electric Vehicles:Batteries and recycling

by NewcastleFalcon » 29 Dec 2019, 13:54
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Watched a video about the nissan leaf battery pack being disassembled, and was surprised to see what was actually inside of the 48 sardine can modules, when the youtuber sliced one open with a can opener...literally :-D

I half expected to see a collection of little conventional looking batteries inside the tin but no.....this

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Can't beat writing a strategy. Meanwhile China are annihilating the competition and are light years ahead. Those backbones of the UK's auto industry Stellantis and Nissan, Stellantis are partnering with CATL, and Nissan's Chinese Partners AESC are the only ones constructing a battery factory right now and the BritishVolt experience was a disaster...
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28 Nov 2023, 19:05
So pop down to Timpsons and get a key cut.

by Gibbo2286 » 28 Nov 2023, 12:04

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Nah!

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Those Range Rover values have plummeted recently because of all the thefts in London and elsewhere - good luck trying to get that insured for a reasonable price - it at all! Overpriced junk in any case.

Some of these new models are a tad under £3000 a year to insure excluding London of course!

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28 Nov 2023, 12:56
Familiarity Phenomenon & other unlikely coincidences

by NewcastleFalcon » 19 Dec 2022, 22:16
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Familiarity Phenomenon & other unlikely coincidences Number 1
Today
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4 Days ago on the FCF

These were similar except they were shaped like gallon jars with the stopper at the top and they had a handle, we are going back 70 years or more, I will see if I can find a picture.

Peter

Would this be something like you were...

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Magic!
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27 Nov 2023, 18:43
Open-Top motoring....

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I am quite virginal in this respect as reported in todays POTD but others may over their motoring years have owned/desired a convertible/cabriolet/roadster/décapotable/drop-top/rag-top.

Plenty on offer at the classic sales, always tempting.

So at the risk of a zero participation thread but never afraid to miss, your contributions are invited!...

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Spitfire in the personal Falcon collection as the last great name of a car produced by the UK Motoring industry.
Absolutely spot on there.
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27 Nov 2023, 17:59
Bargain Basement Motoring

by NewcastleFalcon » 03 Dec 2017, 15:46
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Six Bottles of Wine has just bought me this :!: Case of right place at right time and being cheeky enough to ask.

4-door Clio 1.2, around 38,000 miles surplus to the owner's requirements. Another example of the On my walk method of acquiring vehicles as per Gibbo!

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Well pleased

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Lovely picture Neil :)
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27 Nov 2023, 17:26
Emanuel on line

by kangoo michael » 26 Nov 2023, 19:11

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Hi has any one brought a repair manual from Emanuel online , have read a few reviews about them some say good some say scam , they ask €29 for a wiring manual for a kangoo ,ok if its genuine. await your views. thanks.Michael.

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I used these years ago but the PDF although useful illustration wise, was only in French at the time and it was a pain translating sections when you need to look something up, so cancelled within the grace period and stuck to what I had.

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27 Nov 2023, 16:34
Whatsthisthen?

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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...

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Our doctor had one of those. He drove it through the bus station (busses only) and smashed it into a bus, shattered both his legs.
Girl I worked with was standing on a bridge of the road and saw it happen.

He was the one who said to his nurse that my wife Has babies like shelling peas when she went to tell him she was expecting her fifth and was...
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27 Nov 2023, 15:50
1.6 HDI W16 Engine, but my car isn't "french"

by cunni » 27 Nov 2023, 14:02

Hi all,

I'm new here but not to cars, Reason im posting here (and mod's please do move this post if its in the wrong category) is my car isn't French, I think it identifies as british... or geman now?! :S haaaa

So I've a 2008 Mini Cooper D 1.6ltd HDI which i've now had for around 4 years. It's been great, Love the engine, it just works.
I found...

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27 Nov 2023, 14:02
Lights! (Interesting and Awful please)

by NewcastleFalcon » 03 Dec 2018, 18:52
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With identikit car design de rigueur the only unleashing of creativity appears to be in the design and appearance of lighting. Yes, and there are probably many which fall into the category...awful.

My encounter today with a Toyota Prius seemed to reach the ultimate of the current crop of rear lighting with this.....

But its all a matter of...

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Thanks Gibbo, excellent extras there :-D

Neil
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27 Nov 2023, 10:24
The Maker's Name-Close up Original Photos only.

by NewcastleFalcon » 04 Jul 2023, 08:14
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I have a picture, but not a thread for it. Not necessarily an A to Z but I may try and play that game myself.
What it needs is original close ups of the badges bearing the makers name. Its a collection, duplicates and variations encouraged. At the very least I would expect the assembled throng of the french car forum, to weigh in with a bit of...

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Oh gosh! I have memories of the CZ and of the Honda...

The CZ, despite hailing from behind the Iron Curtain, had its merits...
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27 Nov 2023, 06:40
I-Spy Citroen H Vans (aka HY/TUBE etc)

by NewcastleFalcon » 01 May 2014, 22:02
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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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Never knew they were rear-engined ;)
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24 Nov 2023, 10:04

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