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PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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09 Dec 2023, 17:48
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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Thanks Marc, youre a diamond!
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Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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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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Re the 407 door seal issue and airbag warnings, after a few days of rain and testing with the hose, I gave up as water was still pooling on top of the bottom door seal and then running inside the car.

My solution was to put a few holes thru the seal with a leather hole punch tool which seems to allow the water to exit (the door seal gets squashed...
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07 Mar 2024, 23:42
Important Information concerning access to PSA parts data

by xantia_v6 » 19 Mar 2020, 04:19 » 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, 07:21
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, 16:49
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
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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First Cars-car tales and pictures

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Jul 2014, 21:55
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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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Quite a rare beast that one, what I recall about the Vanguard was the damned column change always just a bit wrong and very difficult to adjust, a good engine though used in a lot of stuff including farm tractors run on TVO.
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20 Dec 2023, 12:10
Nearly.

by Gibbo2286 » 18 Dec 2023, 20:24

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On Friday evening approaching a roundabout I nearly collided with a car I hadn't seen, thought he must have come from the right while my chatty passenger was rabbiting on braked quite hard, she said Was that your fault?
Kept thinking why hadn't I seen him so today downloaded the dash cam to the computer and watched the video, the reason I didn't...

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I did think about trying to use my Cycliq Fly bike camera in the car but the mounting of it was always going to be the difficulty...

If cars came with a standard quarter-turn Garmin mount it would have been easy!

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19 Dec 2023, 15:12
Very Pretty.

by Sloppysod » 18 Dec 2023, 18:30

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I've seen two of these today and I think it is a very bit pretty car - we'll done Peugeot.

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No adverts for me Jim, I have five YT channels, two on Firefox, two on Brave, no adverts. One on Chromium with adverts since they dumped adblockers from chromium so don't bother with that one much.

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19 Dec 2023, 14:58
NEW "all in" DVLA account for UK drivers

by Stickyfinger » 02 Aug 2023, 11:42

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Today we’ve launched our Driver and vehicles account where you can opt for digital vehicle tax reminders and access your driving licence and vehicle details all in one place.

Link to BETA test sign up

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Excellent!

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19 Dec 2023, 07:51
I-Spy Citroen H Vans (aka HY/TUBE etc)

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

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The trick now, James, in the H-Van spotting game, is to spot one that's not a coffee wagon!
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17 Dec 2023, 05:57
The Hydrogen Thread

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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Redcar hydrogen trial scrapped by government

A proposed pilot project to replace home gas supplies with hydrogen will not go ahead, the government has said.
Redcar, on Teesside, was the remaining area bidding to host the trial after proposals for Ellesmere Port were scrapped in July due to residents' objections.
Both areas have seen protests by...
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14 Dec 2023, 13:21
EV battery tech.

by Gibbo2286 » 13 Dec 2023, 10:10
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This popped up in my emails today, you'll need to skip through the ads.

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I'm pleased to say, Neil, that you've got the job. 8-) I'll expect a 3 sentence appraisal of all future EV related Youtube videos from you - both those that only say good things and those that only say bad things about them. You won't have to worry too much about watching the well balanced videos as they are few and far between.
:rofl2:

And I...
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14 Dec 2023, 05:54
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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Indeed.
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07 Dec 2023, 10:37
NUMBER NOTICERS RACE

by mickthemaverick » 05 Dec 2023, 12:27

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

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I am able to announce that Gibbo took the gold medal moving his post count on to 7000! Ryan gets the silver for making it 2000 (when he does! :-D )

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06 Dec 2023, 13:39
Inaugural meeting of the Percussive Maintenance Society

by MattBLancs » 25 Mar 2023, 22:17
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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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05 Dec 2023, 08:54
Stiletto heels.

by Gibbo2286 » 04 Dec 2023, 10:01

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

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04 Dec 2023, 10:01
Stellantis communication skills (and the lack of)

by Hell Razor5543 » 03 Dec 2023, 07:13

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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, 09:24
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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Peugeot Oxia
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Renault Alpine A110-50
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Renault De Zir
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if you can think of anymore, or think other...

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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, 09:50
Snow good!

by Gibbo2286 » 10 Dec 2017, 11:02
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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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29 Nov 2023, 09:24
So pop down to Timpsons and get a key cut.

by Gibbo2286 » 28 Nov 2023, 11:04

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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, 11:56
Emanuel on line

by kangoo michael » 26 Nov 2023, 18:11

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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, 15:34
The Maker's Name-Close up Original Photos only.

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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, 05:40
Of its time...

by Paul-R » 23 Nov 2023, 15:27

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Warning to sensitive souls, contains racial stereotypes of the period.

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And in a similar vein.

Not the full length version unfortunately

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23 Nov 2023, 15:39
FCF Desert Island Discs

by NewcastleFalcon » 06 May 2020, 19:13
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If you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that you had a gramophone and an inexhaustible supply of needles .

Well in the slightly amended FCF version of Desert Island Discs we will not bother with the book and the luxury item and I would suggest a...

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Another one of those threads gathering dust in the archives.

11 pages of the FCF choice of Desert Island Discs from May 2020. We probably have all changed our selections by now :-D

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23 Nov 2023, 11:16
Stellantis

by NewcastleFalcon » 22 Jan 2021, 13:31
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of (he/it that) brightens with stars
....really?

One of those designed by a committee names

In other words from 16th January 2021

Abarth , Alfa Romeo , Chrysler , Citroën , Dodge , DS , Fiat , Jeep , Lancia , Maserati , Opel , Peugeot , Ram , Vauxhall

Regards Neil

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Couple of bits of Stellantis news.

If you cant beat them join them.
Stellantis and CATL Sign Strategic MoU for the Local Supply of LFP Batteries for European Market
from the press release

glossary
CATL the biggest battery maker in the world
MoU memorandum of understanding
LFP Lithium Iron Phosphate The cobalt-free battery chemistry...
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21 Nov 2023, 13:44
Car/bike Names what are the best? worst?

by NewcastleFalcon » 24 Jan 2018, 20:13
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Yes its been Clio day today for me, but where did the name come from and is it any good?

If you are well up on Greek Mythology maybe Clio means something, or if you are familiar with the works of Carlo Franzoni you may well make the connection to his Car of History sculpture in the US Capitol. In general though its a fairly meaningless word which...

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I have to give Peugeot some points for actually coming up with a name, rather than a string of alpha numeric code, but this is smack in the falcon not very good, could do better category, but then again it did get a shutter click.

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20 Nov 2023, 16:42
Vodafone

by Gibbo2286 » 20 Nov 2023, 14:25

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This is how I wasted a chunk of my morning:
Chat Transcript
Reference Number: 187855252748717621
DATE/TIME: 2023-11-20 13:21:04
Your Chat Transcript
The following is a record of your online chat with Vodafone today
You: TOBi Conversation Started
TOBi: Thank you for waiting! Black Friday is approaching. Looking for great deals? Register your...

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My son has recommended that I change to Sky broadband and mobile. Their website is a mess and they seem to want to cram TV down my throat, I don't want TV. I'm sure any negotiations will be similar to the above.
And the same if I try to talk to BT. Although that will never happen due to my reluctance to phone anyone.

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20 Nov 2023, 16:27
Bulbs and headlights general and legal

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Nov 2023, 17:15
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I think I hit lucky with the spec of my Leaf. It has replaceable light bulbs in the headlights.
An odd spec to me. H13 rather than H4 or H7.

Shopping for the H13’s I am offered a wide range of colours and brightness, and many LED alternatives, no doubt with a little extra paraphernalia to make them work.

Being a bit of a delver, thought I would...

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I daresay a lot of people have them on without even knowing it, together with the BMW/Audi drivers who have specified the 'irritate everyone' pack when they bought the cars!! (that's the pack without the indicators or dip beam available!!) :-D

I daresay you're right Mick :lol:
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17 Nov 2023, 17:32
Heat Pumps, One for the engineers

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Gas Boilers are soon to become persona non grata, and go the way of the internal combustion engine. The only alternative purported is either direct electric heating or heat pumps ground and air source, together with better insulation.

So what do I know about heat pumps. Not very much and its probably all wrong. Here is a back of a postage stamp...

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I have had a number of offers of a free heat pump installation as I am on pension credit but I will not be applying because the cost of running one will be far more than my existing oil boiler even with oil at its present price.

A ground source heat pump is somewhat of a better deal as it will still be efficient when the temperature is below...
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09 Nov 2023, 10:12
Re: Mick's Motoring South Coast Saunter

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It is only just over a week since I returned from the September Stroll but having read the write ups I have been doing, my mate in Spain has asked if we can do a similar road trip in November when he is due to be over here. I never need much persuasion to go driving so we have decided to complete the bottom loop of England so that I can say to the...

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One of the very significant of the many highlights of the Saunter was our visit to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway :D

There, I fell in love with a little visiting locomotive called Sian - perhaps because she shares her name with my youngest daughter... They both share a common attribute - they're both beautiful :D

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09 Nov 2023, 05:31
A little bit of good news bad news...

by Oddball Matt » 06 Nov 2023, 20:47

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...or rather in the opposite order... Mind if I tell you a little story? That`s ok I`m going to anyway...

So, I`m a rural mailman driving in a little sleepy nowhere village in southern Finland. My steed for the past almost a full year has been a Citroen Xsara Picasso diesel that has been converted to a 1+1 van with the rear seats removed and...

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Excellent Matt :) Hugely enjoyed and what a find the new one is :D

I had a Peugeot 207 that randomly cut out... Took me six months to find it - a bad earth... One to the body that had been painted so it acted as an insulator rather than an earth...

I can't say for sure that was it but after finding tat one tangible thing it never did it again...

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08 Nov 2023, 17:44
Impressive.!

by Gibbo2286 » 08 Nov 2023, 09:46

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08 Nov 2023, 10:48
The August Adventure

by mickthemaverick » 11 Jul 2023, 20:04
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Having had a successful morning's work on Bluebell, Jim and I went for a very tasty lunch at his local. The conversation turned to making the most of our assets and therefore the first job is to return to Beamish to see the parts we missed and explore a number of railway orientated places during the trip. So we will be heading north again on...

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An addendum that may be of interest.
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31 Oct 2023, 23:12
The New Citroen Ami

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Who has seen the new, all electric, Citroen Ami?

I've been following this with interest and am really keen to be able to buy one as I believe it will cater for the majority of my journeys and will allow me to stop doing short runs in my V6's!

In France it costs €6000 which is £5054, top speed is 26mph, and it has a range of 47 miles from it's...

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Saw one in real life in Waitrose Cambridge car park this morning, LHD, UK plates. The road alongside is a 40 limit so presumably it arrived with its own tailback :) IMG_20231031_114634.jpg
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31 Oct 2023, 20:59
No good turn

by Gibbo2286 » 30 Oct 2023, 18:56

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goes unpunished, Took an old friend on shopping trip today, on returning put my foot on her moss covered step went down like a ton of bricks head butted the stone wall, a few minutes of 'what the hell' and blood all down my face. :shock: going to have a black eye in the morning but otherwise ok.

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Owww! Oh dear!

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30 Oct 2023, 20:43
Computer operating systems

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Very apt :twisted:

I have a Windows 7 Internet PC on my desk at work. You can guarantee that every time you want to get off quickly on shutting down Windows 7 for the day it'll announce it has a load of updates to install before shutting down.

This afternoon was one such. I wanted to be off punctually...

Shut down the PC...

Installing update...

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Was wondering why there were huge blank spaces in some forums on Firefox until I updated the adblocker in Brave and Chromium. Where the ads would be, just blanked and not collapsed.

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29 Oct 2023, 10:53
60+ million

by Gibbo2286 » 29 Oct 2023, 09:01

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people got up this morning with their Circadian rhythm disrupted. :)

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It did screw up my Circadian rhythm. Please can somebody tell me what year of the day it is?

Of course James, it's February the 31st of Thursday! :-D

Thanks for that.

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29 Oct 2023, 10:50
And now for something completely different..............

by mickthemaverick » 09 Oct 2023, 09:59
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I really couldn't see a thread entirely suited to this car, although the classic threads and favourite colours..... etc were candidates so I decided the best solution a new thread for anything that doesn't fit comfortably anywhere else!! :-D

To get the ball rolling here is a machine that I would be very tempted with, had I the space to keep it:...

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I really enjoyed reading that!! Problem is I'm not old so can't post it on..... although I'm aiming to be the next Victor Meldrew so I'll repost it at some point
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20 Oct 2023, 18:41
Do you belive in ghosts ?

by Huskyxantia » 20 Oct 2023, 13:37

Stumbled across this video the other today.

Something was definitely walking past paul in the video.

I myself didn't belive in ghosts till i saw one when i was mid 20s it happened to be the ghost of the chap whom lived in the property before me , and was confirmed by a neighbor when i told her what i keep seeing then see presented an old...

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20 Oct 2023, 13:37
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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I have just watched a very interesting program on BBC4. The Octopus in My House . The scientist had a large aquarium with a Day Octopus who was named Heidi. He studies octopuses in the wild, but wanted to have more interaction with them. He found out quite a lot, with footage of Heidi obviously dreaming at the end of the program. There was also a...
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15 Oct 2023, 20:09
Big Brother is Watching You (your evidence please)

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Post your anecdotal evidence up here!

Another instance......Bob Ross.....Must have been a firestick thing...
Despite never having googled Bob Ross he appears in full technicolor on a Facebook news feed. We did watch a video of his on youtube via the amazon firestick previously that day, but it wasn't even at home but at our daughter's.

I am...

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Yes, they did. Posted them in and they credited my account.
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14 Oct 2023, 13:40
Electric Vehicles-Small Electric

by NewcastleFalcon » 24 Jul 2023, 15:21

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A thread to mop up new developments in the non-car categories of electric vehicles quadricycles, and things like this
as mentioned by James on another thread, still not entirely sure what it is. :-D

I think the electric Carver (shown on a recent episode of Top Gear) might be close. 50MPH and a range of 60 miles.

Here's Fully Charged take...

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A bit better and less smelly than a TukTuk.

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14 Oct 2023, 10:05
car clubs/sharing/insurance

by NewcastleFalcon » 10 Jun 2019, 14:00
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The rural community around Corwen in Denbighshire North Wales has a New Nissan Leaf called NELI

£50/annum to join the club, £1/hour and 25p/mile for your use of it.

Cheaper than owning a new one yourself sitting doing nothing for the majority of the 24 hours in each day!

Story here

REgards Neil

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This is how it works

Neil
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11 Oct 2023, 19:11
Mid Friday afternoon and..........

by Gibbo2286 » 07 Oct 2023, 09:19
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A dull misty morning then the sun came out, chucked a pile of washing in the machine, half way through the cycle crash bang wallop and the machine dies.
It's in a tight position and weighs a ton, struggled to get it out, back cover off, the drive belt is off and part shredded, the shreds are tied firmly in a knot around the motor shaft. :twisted:...

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Same here... I used to have masses of such items but mostly all gone now and if anything loiters for more than a few hours in my presence without declaring it to be immediately useful or potentially valuable it finds itself in the next tip run consignment... I'm ruthless...

I hope that doesn't include the unused worktop iron on edging strip!! I...
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08 Oct 2023, 14:27
A weird thing happened.

by Gibbo2286 » 06 Oct 2023, 12:36

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Took my old friend to the opticians to collect her new specs, she asked if we could pop into Lidl to get a few bits, at the checkout all totalled up and before she could pay some stranger leaned over and flashed the payment screen with a credit card and quickly disappeared out the door, she got her money out but the checkout guy said that man paid...

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Kind of odd if a nicked card - as the thief kind of misses finding out if the card works or not if they immediately leg it! (Or did they stand around just long enough to see it go through? Would think that long enough for a excuse me, what exactly are you doing!?! Conversation to break out)

All very odd.

There's a lot of word stuff on YouTube...

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07 Oct 2023, 10:43
I can't be the only one....

by Michel » 05 Oct 2023, 20:10

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Who's sat here wondering if Zel got the V8 fired up... :rofl2:

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Happily, his blog tells all :)

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06 Oct 2023, 05:29
Perfect Business Opportunity

by mickthemaverick » 04 Oct 2023, 10:08

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This strikes me as a perfect Business Opportunity for someone who likes kids but doesn't like ice cream (that lets me out!) so won't eat the stock!! :-D

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Bananas for the uninitiated
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Oh yes setting off must make huge plumes!!

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04 Oct 2023, 13:06
I-Spy a 73 Reg

by NewcastleFalcon » 08 Sep 2023, 10:06
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73 spotting season

ends at the end of September as is customary.

Time to gather together a gallery of original pictures of 73 spotings, see what variety of makes types can be collected.

Here's my starter for 10... Mercedes hits the back of the net with the opener in Yellow!

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73 spotting day Falcon finale a trio of Roxburghshire spottings.

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30 Sep 2023, 19:02
20 Mph

by Gibbo2286 » 26 Jan 2023, 18:45
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Had to pop into Monmouth this afternoon, they've changed pretty well all the road signs into and around the town to 20 Mph limits, on the way out I see that they still have 30 Mph signs on the same roads. :?

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Yes I heard the same, but they won't do it because they'll be chaos!

Like other things in the news, they've allegedly lied about the figures - I heard one source, possibly NHS data saying it made no difference to road safety accidents in areas where they had this already in other parts.
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28 Sep 2023, 21:15
MOT Questions

by Rp0thejester » 26 Sep 2023, 18:37

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MOTs are a minefield and mine is due shortly. So a couple of questions, Screenshot_20230926-181629.png is that correct? Also Screenshot_20230926-182605.png is that correct? If so what age of vehicle? 05 or 06, would that include a 56 plate?
Aspire_helen said... (in a different section/topic)
thought I would remind myself of the MOT rule...

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So what about 05-06 with dpf fitted? Would that be a fail if showing smoke or are they exempt from that rule? If I'm asking then I bet there's loads out there thinking of asking.

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26 Sep 2023, 19:10
Need to be a scientist.

by Gibbo2286 » 26 Sep 2023, 10:17

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A friend bought herself a very nice Panasonic Lumix camera for a tenner in a charity shop, she's used it for some time and gets great results, she asked me yesterday if I knew how she could get the date of taking the photos on the prints, I fiddled with the camera settings for a while then decided I'd need to have a look at the handbook, which she...

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I've had an Olympus E-500 for about fifteen years. There are practically infinite options and the handbook is huge. I have a look in it now and them but can never remember the bits I need when I need them.
I wanted to use the remote control recently, for a dreaded 'selfie' for a bus pass. Never used it before and took ages. Attempted to use the...

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26 Sep 2023, 10:42
Just been stabbed.

by Gibbo2286 » 05 Jan 2021, 16:43
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By a nice nurse with a needle full of Covid vaccine. :)

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I'm hoping to arrange something tomorrow. When I last asked the GP surgery wasn't going to get involved with the Covid vaccinations this time round.
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22 Sep 2023, 15:59
e-fuel, synthetic fuel, bio-fuel still alive?

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Jan 2021, 13:22
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Thought I would have a bit of a delve, see if I could learn something. They all seem a bit of a dead end and a retrograde step to me.

I kicked off having a look at this about e-fuels.

Definition of E-fuels
E-fuels are gaseous and liquid fuels such as hydrogen, methane, synthetic petrol, and diesel fuels generated
from renewable electricity....

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Weren't diesel engines originally designed to run on peanut oil

Indeed it was. In fact old-school diesels with tough, robust mechanical injection pumps will run on any sort of heavy oil. Witness early XUD-engined Pugs and Cits with mechanical Bosch pumps running happily on 100% straight vegetable oil. They'd even run on old chip fat from...
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21 Sep 2023, 04:59
Desktop

by Gibbo2286 » 17 Sep 2023, 13:39

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Seems to be buggered, gets to to the screen then the progress wheel will go no further, spent most of the day yesterday fiddling with it, the built in fix programmes ask for a password but none work. :evil:
Hate this laptop too.

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Infinite patience a different hard drive and windows reinstalled has finally got it running again, guy at the local computer shop wanted me to give him £85 just to look at it. :(
Just need now to sort out the stuff on the old hard drive and dump some of the tat the comes with a windows install.

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20 Sep 2023, 15:09
New car time!!

by Michel » 19 Sep 2023, 21:25

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:P

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Such a shame they used a blister pack, surely the first car they've made that would actually fit in a matchbox!! :-D

I've got a matchbox-sized C1 here :D

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20 Sep 2023, 05:33

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