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The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.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

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

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Bought some Michelin branded screen wipers from Aldi the other day, £5 each.

Took three attempts as I kept forgetting to measure them.

May fit them one day.
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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 :)

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Colin Furze made a bumper car for the Stig. It is a bit unusual;

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16 Feb 2019, 21:11
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 young lad, walking through a disused factory found a welders mask. Picked it up, put it on. Due to the broken glass, the light refracted in ways he'd never seen before. He was amazed and wandered round staring.
A voice came from behind him.
Hello lad, would you like some sweets?
No thank you said the lad I don't take gifts from people I don't...
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13 Feb 2019, 20:59
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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A friend of mine has just bought this.

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Really love this colour on the 306, only remember ever seeing it on one other.

This must have been one of the last of them before the new 306 came along surely? One of the last N/A diesels I'd imagine too.

Bit of a laundry...
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08 Feb 2019, 03:00
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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There is an Irish Linux distro called Zorin which can be made to look like Windows 7 or Mac OSX depending on your preferences. I haven't tried it as I never liked Mac and it seems pointless to have something that looks like something I don't like. Probably be fine for people with an old windows 7 machine.
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04 Feb 2019, 12:07
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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Celebrity Antiques roadtrip Series 7 Episode 19

Gorgeous Citroen DS 21 1968 in Purple.......well Bordeaux if its the original colour for the year.

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30 Jan 2019, 20:22
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
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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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
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
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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Did you see Jim in that video dashing through the streets dodging the tramlines. :-D
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Honda/JLR/Ford/Nissan et cetera

by NewcastleFalcon » 10 Jan 2019, 23:43
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Obviously in the news today....in the FCF news back in October....
Fairly predictable that diesel sales were going to plummet, and their Land Rover wing didnt even offer a token hybrid powerplant.

Anyone come across a Jaguar I-Pace Advert. Not made in UK of course Austria (Magna Steyr in Graz) at the moment.

Meanwhile the UK arm of Tata's JLR...

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Well I'd better have a look at this to keep up to date.

Honda set to close Swindon Car Plant

They do have this in the pipeline, now why aren't they going to churn them out in the UK? Are we not world leaders in such things? (rhetorical question...of course not). Yes its 2019 and its still a concept, so Honda have been a bit slow off the...
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FCF AA BOX Challenge 2019- Devon&Jersey!

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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Great British Car Journeys on Channel 4 yesterday had a little feature on the Devil's Bridge AA box. Peter Davison and Chris Timothy stopped off at it to inspect it - though it does look a bit shabby now :cry:

Just watched it. I reckon the researchers from the programme have been visiting our FCF...they even gave the 19 left stat!

Regards...
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Today, 18:40
Borrowed from today's Birmingham history forum

by Gibbo2286 » Today, 13:59

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I think there's something here for everyone...……….especially Neil. :)

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I made many journeys on double deck trams Neil, as boys we used to get on the tram in the city and travel out along Bristol Road to the Lickey Hills, some of the trams had an open front balcony upstairs and we would sit out there and sing our heads off all the way.

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Today, 17:55
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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A very long time since I listened to Radio Luxenbourg.
Lost it's appeal when Radio Caroline began transmitting.
Listening on a crystal set :)
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Today, 13:19
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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Just shoved up a bit of the Radio Luxembourg story on Remember these...All our Yesterdays

Regards Neil
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Today, 13:18
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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That cute little 139 looks as if it has borrowed parts from a Fiat Multipla.
Just looked up the details on Wikipedia - fascinating: a quite unexpected motive power!
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Today, 08:00
R.I.P John Haynes

by crapday69 » Yesterday, 10:32

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Just read that John Haynes has died aged 80 on the 12th February. If it where not for him, a good number of us would not be a member of this forum. It was his manuals that gave us the power courage to mend our own cars. It's still a must to own a Haynes manual for your car if one is available even though we have great forums like this to help us....

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Some of the tools left over from the starship.

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Yesterday, 14:53
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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Bobins, that's an amazing image!
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Yesterday, 06:16
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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Going back a bit, but
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16 Feb 2019, 21:41
Scrapyards....

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Oct 2018, 21:01
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..ain't what they used to be! but I did get what I wanted ...gratis too!

Had occasion to visit Thomsons at Gala today......needed a single caliper bolt.

Number 1...The general Public aren't allowed to set foot in the scrapyard.
Number 2...This particular scrapyard was full of what I would call newer cars, and empty of my vintage of vehicle ie...

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I've been in the one Chris mentions -- Bridges at Pease Pottage (just off the M23) several times. Their ground is huge and divided into several compounds. One is full of fairly modern write-offs where the complete car is for sale. Another compound has five to fifteen-year-old vehicles where you can remove parts yourself. Then they have a couple of...
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16 Feb 2019, 20:55
Back to black

by Subsonicnat » 15 Feb 2019, 12:38

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Hi Guys,
Has anyone ever come across a Back to Black that REALLY WORKS, Spent a fortune on different products that claim to do it,But alas still looking.
Would love one that works properly,same as DASH SHINES,Small Result,Never very good.
Have a Garage full of this stuff, never to be used again..Thank you.

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yes, this stuff really DOES work, for all Plastics Inside & Out (don't be confused by the name) and stays put really quite well including on exterior Bump Strips, Bumpers etc....

...mine's an older car, so its got a fair bit of black plastic that I valet maybe twice a year, so's it looks black rather than grey.

I've bought two bottles of this...

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16 Feb 2019, 13:47
Whatsthisthen?..new one to try

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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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Too late to the game again :( I recognised that immediately as an Alvis.

One of my local trade acquaintances had a Grey Lady in his collection...………….now I wonder what happened to that when he died.
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16 Feb 2019, 11:52
Electric Cars-Adverts

by NewcastleFalcon » 29 Apr 2017, 18:49
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Have you seen any Electric Car adverts?

Nice choice of music for this one of the Zoe from Renault, but not a patch on their nostalgic yuppie ads for the Renault 25 back in the day :-D

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Regards Neil

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Audi E-tron Advert, in Peter Davison & Christopher Timothy's Road Trip thing!

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REgards Neil
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16 Feb 2019, 10:14
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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Indeed, it is very much Tesla, Leaf and Zoe with the rare sighting of a BMW.
A scattering of hybrids, mainly Toyota and the odd Prius.
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16 Feb 2019, 06:38
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 (Quest for...

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Yes, saw it. I friend on mine in Holland restored one many years ago. We went down to our local scrap yard near Bridport and he found a radiator grill for it!!

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16 Feb 2019, 00:29
How many miles have you done this 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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Year to date:

Car: 0 miles
Bike: 1400 miles
Running: 232 miles

Cycling mileage will increase today given the lovely weather...

Running will increase greatly this weekend too :)
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15 Feb 2019, 07:27
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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Silver MK II Jag, going north on the A1 to collect daughter from Seaton Delaval.
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14 Feb 2019, 22:44
The Pickled Egg trivia quiz

by xantia_v6 » 01 Jan 2019, 01:58
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For those with too much useless information cluttering up their brains or too much time on their hands, we will try a pub trivia quiz...

Rules may be added later, but try to keep it vaguely related to motoring.

If the quiz has been dormant for a few days, feel free to drop i another question.

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Far from being forced to abandon Tristan da Cunha the islanders were forcibly evacuated & were never intended to be allowed to return. It took the survivors many years of campaigning before the Government were forced to repatriate them.
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13 Feb 2019, 23:40
I-spy an Ugly SUV

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Yes in the literal wilds of Northumberland I spotted one of these.

For educational purposes, and who knows someone may actually like it, I give you the ugliest front end since the Citroen H Van....and I love the Citroen H Van.

Its all subjective of course, and it could grow on me.....

Lexus obviously think they are onto a winner :-D...

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Love the Honda's refreshing lack of swage lines.
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13 Feb 2019, 23:11
Lights! (Interesting and Awful please)

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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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Plenty of yellow on display here whether its selective or not I cant confirm...
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus up for auction by Historics at Brooklands at Ascot Racecourse 2nd March 2019

Regards Neil
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13 Feb 2019, 19:56
Unusual/Interesting Engines

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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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Don't forget this terrific documentary, The Engine that Powers the World - BBC Timeshift
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13 Feb 2019, 14:51
What do you know about Wales?

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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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Ah, Villiers, that answers the question. Looks old doesn't it. Our chief engineer had one, used to take days off during the summer to tend his strawberry field.

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13 Feb 2019, 13:54
Electric cars/vans/bikes-Conversions/Secondhand..etc

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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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This thread has in the past explored and largely demolished the role of Hydrogen as a transport fuel. It really suffers from the point of view of energy efficiency in its manufacture and distribution and battery electric vehicles win on this score.

So I had a read of this article Hydrogen fuel cells: is it the future for motorbikes? A well...
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12 Feb 2019, 21:50
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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Apologies Peugeot fanatics.....I've let the Charterhouse Auction at Shepton Mallet pass by without comment.

Had you a small amount of pocket money you could have gone to the auction and bid for this...

A 1999 Peugeot 306 cabriolet, registration number T862 TCF, purple. The Pininfarina designed 306 cabriolet offers tremendous value four seat...
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12 Feb 2019, 18:51
Illness in Family

by Stickyfinger » 04 Feb 2019, 07:58

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Illness in Family

Due to the above, I am away for a while. To those I am in conversation with, sorry it will all have to wait a while.

Cheers chaps

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As Hell Razor says, Family first.

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12 Feb 2019, 12:30
Pollution From The M1

by CitroJim » 11 Feb 2019, 07:24

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Most mornings I run a big loop around my home town, a town that straddles the M1 Motorway close to Junction 14...

My run takes me very close to the M1 at several points and this morning I particularly noticed how the level of traffic pollution grew almost exponentially the closer I got :evil: I notice it most mornings but today it seemed much,...

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Don't forget there are roadworks along that stretch (upgrading to a (so called) 'smart' motorway), so vehicles will be moving slower, with more pollution produced and less turbulence to help disperse it.

Three lanes are currently open in both directions despite the roadworks and traffic at 5AM seems to be going as fast as normal... It's always...

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11 Feb 2019, 16:20
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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We've had a few early failures of the lamps, but not more than you'd expect. Once they've gone 'round again to replace the faulty ones then they're genrally very reliable. They're being a bit mean with turning them off though - they'll go on in the very early morning, but go off again whilst it's still dark at the moment !
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10 Feb 2019, 13:45
How's yours doing?

by Sloppysod » 08 Feb 2019, 16:15

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I have put this here as it is not marque/model dependent.
When adding you photos can you put make and model in the text. Theory is if some one does a search they find it.
Anyway, I was impressed with this, and still ¼ of a tank to go! At least 450.mile just above 70 mph!

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Here's mine, not bad considering it's a heavy automatic which spends a lot of time doing very short journeys unfortunately.

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Last post by EDC5
09 Feb 2019, 17:50
Interweb item about French Cars we'd love to own.

by Hell Razor5543 » 09 Feb 2019, 11:53

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As the title says, I found an item on the Web about French cars we'd love to own. There are a few nice ones in there;

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Not at all sure about that Monica's dash. Frankly, I think it's a mess, and a poor mix of light and dark.
OK, a small manufacturer, but bits and pieces obviously borrowed from other cars (eg the geat selector straight from P6), and just dotted around. Jaguar and others did this sort of thing so much better. A shame: it could have looked one of the...

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Last post by white exec
09 Feb 2019, 14:25
As a matter of interest

by Subsonicnat » 08 Feb 2019, 22:57

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Hi Guys,
As a Matter of interest, HOW MANY out there still OWN a XSARA PICASSO 2.0 hdi vEHICLE.
OR ARE THEY BECOMING A RARE BREED.?.

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I should also of added that I still see LOADS of these driving about on the roads (even some X & Y registered ones)!

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Last post by GiveMeABreak
09 Feb 2019, 00:38
Electric Cars Going Forward And Thoughts

by admiral51 » 06 Jan 2019, 18:23
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Disclaimer this is only a personal view point and in no way will it be 100% factually correct :rofl2:

If i buy a brand new petrol/diesel/hybrid car from a dealership i will be 99% sure of getting a discount on the listed price regardless of spec. I will not bet my house on it ( i do not own it so maybe i could ) but most dealerships do not make...

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All I can say is,,Thank God they are not trialling them in Norfolk.
it will not be long before some plonker decides to disable the sensory system in some form or other.. EXAMPLE,Air Rifle pellet in the right place,brick,catty,the list goes on..
There are a lot of wierd people out there who could cause real mayhem..
KEEP the WHEEL. Hands on like...
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Last post by Subsonicnat
08 Feb 2019, 20:58
Number Plates

by Jaf » 24 Jan 2019, 22:59
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Yeah it’ll be interesting after brexit, if all the EU plates in UK have to be changed!

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I think you'll find (a) your average police officer has little or no knowledge of the finer details of the relevant regulations (b) the paperwork is disproportionate to interest a traffic cop BUT, yes, it is a calculated risk.

However, my observation was simply that the company concerned list a red rose as an option (one of very many) - but not a...
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Last post by van ordinaire
07 Feb 2019, 23:11
The Special Edition

by NewcastleFalcon » 13 Jan 2019, 12:04
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Start a new thread in January. Join in with your own examples of good/bad or ugly special editions. Anything goes not necessarily French, although Renault in its yuppie heyday did a couple of nice ones on the 25.

How did I get here............Keith Floyd cooking in Toledo on TV in the background, the Triumph Toledo, and this Telegraph article...

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My heart always sinks when cars like this turn up in high-end auctions: another, previously, attainable, fun, niche model reduced to investment portfolio fodder.
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Last post by van ordinaire
07 Feb 2019, 22:54
Is there a temporary dye I can add to my fuel to watch it travel through the fuel lines?

by kenbw2 » 06 Feb 2019, 00:15

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I'm setting up a bit of a twin tank system for veg oil cold starts in the morning.

I want to know how much fuel needs to go through the filter, pump etc in order to purge what's in there.

My idea is to add some dye to the diesel (not red, obviously), run it through and see when the dye comes out of the pump's return.

But god knows what dye is...

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Yea I saw the fuel dyes wikpedia page, done a bit of research myself. I found some UV dyes as well which could work. The thing I'm up against is knowing if it's safe t chuck in. Obviously I'm not gonna trust the eBay sellers saying yea it's totally fine .

As for why not red, I've heard it does stain things so don't want to be accused in future,...

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Last post by kenbw2
06 Feb 2019, 15:20
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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Nearly all ours dissapeared in the rain last night.

Peter
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Last post by Peter.N.
04 Feb 2019, 23:56
A catalogue.

by Gibbo2286 » 03 Feb 2019, 13:02

I was looking for something else and came across this very comprehensive catalogue that might be useful for some. There' more from the same company on the site.

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03 Feb 2019, 13:02
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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Last chance today....before this thread naturally goes into hibernation until January 2019 :-D

Following on from my significant milage post where I have gone from 126126 to 127127 ie 1001 miles I am going to bow out for January new threads with the simple...

How many miles have you done this month? Click the link and join in.

Simple and...
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Last post by NewcastleFalcon
30 Jan 2019, 09:48
Ax passed Spanish mot

by Jaf » 23 Jan 2019, 15:30

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Yay! Dad’s little Gwin passed her ITV (mot).

Advisory for the number plates. As they’re original they don’t have the EU flag on them.

Did a thousand mile an hour down the mountain with gales blowing. Brrr.

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I've split the current number plate topic off here:

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Last post by GiveMeABreak
29 Jan 2019, 11:36
Cloned Car

by Subsonicnat » 27 Dec 2018, 10:36
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Hi Everyone,
Have bought a XSARA Picasso exclusive 2.0 HDi 2004.
A Little Monkey Down South I Presume has CLONED my registration Plate..
Apparently not paying a Toll Fee Dartford Area A428,??.
The Camera Caught it,And Yes it is my Reg Mark..
Have informed the Police and can only hope they catch him sooner rather than later..
Spoken to other...

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The Welsh have moaned constantly since the outset about the Severn Bridge tolls, now they're abolished they're moaning that the extra traffic is causing problems further along the M4 at Newport, the English on the other hand are happy that the heavies that used to travel through Gloucestershire to avoid the tolls are no longer bothering them. :-D
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Last post by Gibbo2286
27 Jan 2019, 11:19
What do you know about Norfolk?

by NewcastleFalcon » 18 Aug 2016, 18:34
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.....well let's give this one a go......ulterior motive of course.....may bring out some AA box spotters :!:

So at the risk of killing the thread before it gets going...here's my starter for 10. I'll leave the curious to discover the back story. Suffice to say it's cheaper than the car, but not much.

Regards Neil

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They have small birds in Norfolk...

:lol: Love it :-D
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25 Jan 2019, 19:35

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