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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've used them a couple of times, most recently for a pair of XM rear ram gaiters.
Not cheap, but the only source found for new ones.

The Search box will accept original part numbers, so no need to go ploughing through the long, illustrated lists. Some good stuff there, genuine and new!

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11 Oct 2019, 17:47
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The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.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

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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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Please remove me from the list,

Mike
Done.

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10 Nov 2018, 22:01
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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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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Two 90 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives.
When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, Joe, we both loved rugby all our lives and we played rugby on Saturdays together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's rugby...
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16 Jan 2020, 15:02
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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... I've had another idiot on another free to sell app ask me why I have covered my reg, is it because it has been involved in any illegal activities and is it a cut 'n' shut, i gave up and blocked him.

Just thought i'd pass on the info for others to be wary of, has anyone else been targeted by Ann.

Hi

Just a note to give you another...
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12 Jan 2020, 20:00
French cars in films

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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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Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley right now on BBC 2 Driving around the Champagne region of France in a Black 1974 Citroen DS.

Joanna and Jennifer...Absolutely Champers

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11 Jan 2020, 22:15
Lidl and Aldi Car accessories

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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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Next week (09/01) Lidl are doing a few car bits, including a dash cam from Nextbase;
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02 Jan 2020, 19:18
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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21 Dec 2019, 21:14
Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

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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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There is a hidden bonus with flat white (and maybe black, too) - they are unlacquered, so nothing to peel.

Now that is a bonus, I have had to refurbish and relaquer large parts of my C5 and there are still some bits needing sorting!! :)
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20 Dec 2019, 20:03
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: onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;. Another thing which may be of use to your members is a tool we...

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eBay have a 10% off offer on until 23.59hrs 6th November. Various TS&C's apply, minimum spend £50, maximum discount £75, only available on NEW items by using the code. Refer to eBay for more details.
Might be a good time to hunt down cheap oil deals. Just saying :)
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05 Nov 2019, 14:12
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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I did laugh at a group of chinese ladies inspecting all and everything they came across, thinking to myself I bet you know someone that makes that junk !

You found a shop that sells junks?

As did the Chinese ladies :P
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08 Dec 2018, 06:34
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
Picture(s) of the day....

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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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Not seen that bench and I've spent quite a lot of time at the RD&E over the last few years.

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Misty Mornings with 2020 vision

by mickthemaverick » 01 Jan 2020, 08:43
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A new thread for a collection of views of our new decade, unlike POTD this thread is for pictorial views, ideally from dawn or dusk!!

To start off just before sunrise in Mallorca to bring in the new year:

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and as the sun rose: (not the greatest shot but you get the idea :-D )

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Dusk from featuring a very small section of the East Coast Main Line's Overhead wire infrastructure.

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REgards Neil
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FCF AA BOX Challenge 2019-Just Jersey left!

by NewcastleFalcon » 24 May 2016, 18:58
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How many AA Boxes are left in the Country?

Well there are 19, eight of which are grade II listed include this particularly nice one 746, which I reversed back to, got out of the car and took a photo of on our holidays!

Could there be any near you? Do you have a picture in your holiday snaps of an AA box...or is it just me? :)

Here's the...

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Well done Mick and yes and from 400 odd miles away I'm claiming an assist :-D

REgards Neil
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Nice places to stop off at.....

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When you go for a nice relaxing drive and explore, rather than a frustrating commute, its nice to stop off at interesting places. Add your places in and who knows we assemble a unique collection for the discerning week-end driver!

Here's a nice place for a stop off if you are pootling around the North-East having a leisurely drive up the Tyne...

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Due to a total kitchen breakdown at our hotel this morning we were forced to go into Exeter to find some breakfast - and we found breakfast paradise!! Just across the road from Exeter Central station you will find Brody's Breakfast Grill. As you will see in the pics you pay £7.95 for all the food you can eat, £2.95 for all the drinks you want or...
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On your Bike

by NewcastleFalcon » 06 Feb 2019, 21:48
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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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out yesterday in the cold,4-5c, plan was today as well but even colder at 1-2c and foggy so bike had a good clean and oiling of the moving bits.
usually pics like this are of car pads.....

they look OK in the pic, well passable short term but they are wafer thin to the extent the spring is nearly thicker!
Winter mud and rain are brutal on...
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Electric Vehicles-Infrastructure

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Nov 2019, 17:37
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Neat little charging points pioneered in Oxford

by urban-electric

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REgards Neil

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At 50kW and assuming a suitable state of charge to achieve that full speed (less than 80% typically) you would add about 33 miles of range per 10 minutes of charging.

However I think it's very doubtful that the inductive charging would do rapid charging speeds - it's more likely to be 7kW, in which case you're only talking about 4.6 miles of...
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18 Jan 2020, 22:39
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles still alive?

by NewcastleFalcon » 03 May 2019, 22:23
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Well Audi are revisiting Fuel cell vehicles, maybe hedging against potential problems in the sourcing of natural resources for battery production.

Autocar 3rd May 2019

Audi renews hydrogen powertrain development scheme
Firm ramps up fuel cell efforts with new prototype amid EV development concerns

AS reported in the Chinese Car Companies...

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Not much information on these proposed Dual-Fuel Gritters, except that the non- Hydrogen bit of the dual fuel is..........Diesel :-D

Now this Liverpool Company have collaborated to produce a dual fuel Road Sweeper for Aberdeen......

about Ulemco
ULEMCo Ltd is based in Liverpool, UK and was founded in 2014 as a spin out of Revolve...
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18 Jan 2020, 14:04
Favourite colours for cars

by NewcastleFalcon » 31 May 2017, 06:38
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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!

Regards Neil

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I know somebody who was into marine camouflage. You have to be careful to choose the right shades depending on the location/time/date of the vessel you are trying to disguise. As he had lost one of his colour selection manuals he ordered the book Fifty Shades of Grey . Boy, was he shocked at what he received! :D

Military paint colours.jpg...
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17 Jan 2020, 22:52
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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Certainly looks like one.
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17 Jan 2020, 17:31
Camper anyone?

by Gibbo2286 » 17 Jan 2020, 10:59

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17 Jan 2020, 11:04
Room 101 open for deposits.....

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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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Can the room accept people namely people that drive with headphones. They aren't paying attention (try beeping them) and they are concentrating on their phone not the road. I'd like to throw in unlimited calls on mobile phones too. These morons really irritate me, now they are on bicycles too.

I'd tend to leave the insects outside the room,...
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16 Jan 2020, 23:12
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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Is a French car ownership history complete without a 2CV? Choice of 2 at 25th January from round the £4,000 mark at Anglia Car Auctions sale. Someone will buy them.....

Regards Neil
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16 Jan 2020, 22:48
Electric Vehicles: What have you spotted?

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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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New Leaf and if it counts a dreadfully slow Prius taxi - 30mph on a 70 limit dual carriageway, holding everyone up .

Been there done that many times, often on the way back from an auction when the purchase turned out to be a dog, also with my recovery truck with one on the back and another on the tow dolly. :-D
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16 Jan 2020, 18:02
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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This facial recognition kit isn't very subtle, is it?
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16 Jan 2020, 17:49
Electric Cars:what's available?

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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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Pleased you added the summary Simon, those people are far too tiresome to have to listen to :(
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16 Jan 2020, 16:40
The Pickled Egg Library

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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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May I suggest (just for the fun) Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke. Basically it is like a load of tall fishing tales, but with science instead.
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16 Jan 2020, 11:54
Car News-Global and Domestic

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Oct 2019, 09:03
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Car makers like an optional extra. After all up-sell a few of those and it all helps with profitability.

Its a matter of opinion of course, but Car Makers also seem to enjoy installing functions and facilities well out of the essential of reliable, comfortable and economic A to B Motoring, like the current obsession with autonomous driving...

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What are Hyundai and KIA up to? Well part of it is an investment in UK-Based EV start-up Arrival.

Hyundai invests $100 million in electric vehicle startup Arrival, will develop EVs together

In contrast to recent, less than inspiring announcements from top Automotive Executives, CEO of KIA Han-woo Park presented the brand’s EV plans for the...
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16 Jan 2020, 11:48
Bargain Basement Electric

by NewcastleFalcon » 12 Nov 2019, 22:02
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Now then, anyone got a tab packet?

Could this be made to work? Assume this

1200 miles/month
Current fuel consumption say 10 miles/litre
Current Fuel Price say £1.28/litre
Electricity Cost say 1/4 of Petrol cost
Finance over 48 Months

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First item up on Autocar News this morning a have a little buying guide on Used Nissan Leafs.

Nearly-new buying guide: Nissan Leaf

Wonder if they have been reading the Bargain basement Electric thread :-D

Regards Neil
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16 Jan 2020, 10:33
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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I've not weighed in on this thread before that I recall, nor am i likely to again but my opinion on the zero emissions electric cars is that they're simply shifting the emissions to where the majority of us can't see them. Low/zero emission rules are nothing more than a money-spinner (if they were serious about air quality, you wouldn't be able to...
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15 Jan 2020, 19:33
P.E.Jukebox your selections please

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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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Inspired by the 405 - Major Works thread:

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15 Jan 2020, 16:54
Thanks

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Jan 2020, 11:09

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The forum is due for a software update on several components, including the PHP engine, the forum core software and several forum extensions.

I have been doing preparatory work on this for a few weeks, and I think that all of the packages are ready.
I intend to start on this this week, which will require the forum to be offline for several...

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I have to come clean and tell you that the hours are not so unsociable as I am in New Zealand at present... I take it all back! :rofl2:

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Public Transport

by NewcastleFalcon » 04 Dec 2019, 09:32
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Other threads have picked up opinions on the subject as an aside, but heres a thread to mop up whinges, problems, solutions and developments.

My recent journey home from Manchester gave me a little first-hand update to the state of play on public transport within the boundaries of the Northern Powerhouse .

One bus per hour here to Reading or...

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I thought it was a diesel bus that had been hit up the ass by a trolley bus. :)
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13 Jan 2020, 18:41
Something odd about eBay

by andy5 » 03 Jan 2020, 22:26

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2 Xantia cars for sale

168,211 parts for Xantia, or claim to fit Xantia

(this includes a steering wheel with an Audi logo in the centre, so some folks are pushing things a bit)

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Yes well these come up as fitting a Volvo C30 aerial

An actual C30 aerial looks like this...

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12 Jan 2020, 21:58
A collection of interesting/awful campers & motorhomes

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Here's a starter for 10, bonus points if you can identify the base vehicle!

regards Neil

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wouldn't fancy holding that spare in place while securing it.

My thoughts exactly as I watched it drive out of the parking lot. Surely it would require a winch?
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12 Jan 2020, 20:59
3 good things about my new car...

by NewcastleFalcon » 09 Jul 2015, 21:22
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Well here it is...

1. Its good because of the things it doesn't have....no dpf and no need for Eolys, no dmf, no rear electric windows, no tachometer, no sat-nav, no automatic gearbox.

2. The three rear seats come out in seconds, no bolt undoing or anything and there you have a cavernous, van like space to do anything you want with, including...

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Getting to like these push me pull me cars even more now
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I-Spy Classic Cars-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's exactly what it was, Neil. Got it in one! :D

To be honest it looks more like a bastard love child of a Morris 1000 and a VW now I look at the photos, but maybe I knew somewhere in the back of my mind it'd be a 2 smoke & that triggered the SAAB part of my brain haha! The one I saw was in a fetching burnt orange colour not unlike the one...
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10 Jan 2020, 23:46
Wanna retile your kitchen/bathroom?

by Gibbo2286 » 10 Jan 2020, 18:05

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10 Jan 2020, 18:05
Electric Vehicles:Batteries

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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Even more interesting! :)

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10 Jan 2020, 12:27
Sick as a dog!

by ekjdm14 » 06 Jan 2020, 17:34

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Wow, someone's just sold a gorgeous looking blue 206 GTi 180 for £200 in Livingston :shock:

Did say it had some issues & it's in Bonny Scotland but wow at the price! Just sick that it's probably gone to a breaker rather than being saved!

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You deserve a change of fortune, Happy New Year!

And the same for you also, hope it works out considerably better than expected for you.

The Sunday collection date went out the window when we managed to scrape up the balance of the £350, so went last night and got back about 1:30am! Yes, we are certified 206 lovers... Certifiable in more ways...

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08 Jan 2020, 23:13
Parcel Force Ugh!

by Gibbo2286 » 02 Oct 2019, 10:24
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I put some of my old tools on Ebay, noted one of them was sold...…...to a guy in Germany, he asked for the postage cost £11.99 Parcel Force drop off at the post office round the corner, simple.

So I tried to book it, got all through the form filling, getting the German address into the silly fixed but obligatory boxes was a struggle, then it...

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Should have planted them, you could make a fortune - or alternatively get free board and lodging for a year or two.
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07 Jan 2020, 10:46
Happy New Year

by Bandit12 » 01 Jan 2020, 15:08

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Happy New Year to you all!

Many thanks for all the help and advice over the years. Wishing you all every happiness for 2020 :)

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And the errrrrr, same to you Van? :-D

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07 Jan 2020, 08:52
How many miles in the month?

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Jan 2019, 09:58
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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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Caddy 1719
MTB 124
'Scud 650

2483 so Google gives me 2 of many options sort of appropriate...

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05 Jan 2020, 18:40
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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Here's some visuals to lighten up a wordy thread....

Like the solar panel flowers

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Regards Neil
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04 Jan 2020, 13:40
FCF archives revisited..The Cast Iron Bath

by NewcastleFalcon » 02 Jan 2019, 20:03
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I posted up a link to a film today on the Pictures of the Day thread which Chris (White Exec) enjoyed, but maybe missed first time round; it was in 2014, so well lost to new viewers; once posted never to be revisited Original post Austin 8 Film-Dec 2014

So I have come up with this, to occasionally dig up a bit of the content from this day in FCF...

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Sledgehammer. I think I've done that somewhere once, but can't remember.
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03 Jan 2020, 22:54
Pulling a caravan

by doctle » 31 Dec 2019, 00:17
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I find myself strangely attracted to Peugeot 307 SW vehicles. I am thinking about buying a caravan to go on short breaks/weekends etc and I'm wondering would the 1.6 HDi pull a caravan. because of the colossal road tax in Ireland a 2.0 is really out of the question. Caravan wouldn't have to be huge just SWMBO a couple of Bichon and moi!

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You're right of course Paul, I was thinking of the anti roll function being given by the sub cradle arrangement that makes it a bit stiff.

You could look at the 308 doctle, it replaced the 307 in 2009 ish, and is reportedly similar but better, once you get past the daft bonnet proboscis! Check the bottom of both sills under the rear doors if you...
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03 Jan 2020, 22:32
Start a new thread in January

by NewcastleFalcon » 01 Jan 2019, 01:19
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Dare you!

Regards Neil

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er...... to quote Pulp Fiction !

I dare you, I double dare you!

Regards Neil

say what again!
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01 Jan 2020, 02:05
Pickled Egg Quiz

by NewcastleFalcon » 29 Dec 2017, 20:06
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With the Pickled Egg jukebox having a life of its own, heres a thread that can be a receptacle for that other great bastion of entertainment....the Quiz.

Ported this over as a Starter, and here's a bonus new one to try

25 once popular cars now almost extinct in the UK 7mins to get as many as you can from the pictures.

Interactive Quizzes...

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Yep.
I thought I saw her on another Swedish vlog. Turned out not to be her but had a listen anyway.
Seems to be a very amusing and talented woman.
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31 Dec 2019, 00:28
Unusual/Interesting Engines

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Oct 2018, 15:28
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Let us see how this goes......

Springs from a VW Golf with its bonnet up spotted today.

Yes a V5
short story here

There are plenty more which fit the category of unusual/interesting in cars/motorbikes/planes/ships/railway locomotives etc etc so here's a thread to fill up with them.....with a bit of participation...

eg Anyone know more...

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There are also a fair number of cars on the bottom of those frozen lakes.
They use them as skidpans but there is always one who does it too near the melt.
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30 Dec 2019, 23:47
Lighting Chit Chat

by jml » 16 Dec 2019, 07:49
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- even more with one foglight (if only they knew how silly that looks) .

Talking of which, what do people think of the automatic left or right fog light when turning ? Citroen first used it (can’t remember which model) over 10 years ago.

I know it’s alleged to give a better view of the kerb when turning but I’ve tried it on several cars and...

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Thanks Marc, a font of knowledge as always. :-D

Peter
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30 Dec 2019, 00:05
Marry Christmas

by atr » 24 Dec 2019, 04:20

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Marry Christmas and a happy new year to all the members.
Avi

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She was the first woman I met that listened to me talking about cars all night and still agreed to a second date, she's a hell of a lot better than I usually admit. I never got the chance to marry other women probably just as well they'd likely want to kill me.

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Last post by doctle
29 Dec 2019, 00:24
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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Bad ones?
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27 Dec 2019, 21:17

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