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Absolutely top tip this:

3 lt bottles at tesco's are £2-53p but buy one get one free see my other post so around 42p a lt not 85p till the 18th.I bet they run out before then.

BONANZA!

Now, when I was que-ing with this haul, a member of the shop Gestapo came up to me and asked if I had 'ordered' it. I said no, and she said I should have done...

how is Mr Eastment
as i havent seen him in these parts of late

I currently have my youngest daughters Clio sitting on the drive SORN. It's been there about 6 Months & the interior is going mouldy, has anyone else had this and how can I stop it?

copied from the CCC forum

Like to complain about DVLA etc? Now's your chance!

Postby AdrianChapman » 24 Mar, 2014 - 16:13
Because their lords and masters are listening...

The House of Commons Transport Committee (which scrutinises the Department for Transport) needs your experiences of using services provided by Government motoring agencies*...

Hi, I have a Citroen c5 lx diesel 110bhp, there's a lack of power and its quite slugish on acceleration, I hear the turbo whistling but have no boost until 4000 rpm, what could it be?

I had a call today from one of our clients saying the Halifax had told her she has a virus.
Basically she'd gone to log into their online banking, the first stage is to put in a username and password, then you're asked for 3 letters from your memorable word, however it was asking for the entire word and your date of birth.
She'd ran a scan with...

Evening all,

I have been asked on behalf of my father (Patrick) to post the following as he is not a user of forums.

Cheers,
Franklin.
As of the 4th February this year I retired from my business (more details on my own website - link ) and as of today (19th February) I have resigned as Chairman of the CX, XM and Xantia Section of the Citroen...

If you are fearful of spiders this could well give you nightmares.

Do read the whole thing though, there's a twist.

Oh no, it's not!

:mrgreen:

stumbled across this on a search for wing mirrors!!
i'm assuming it means Geneva this year?
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i can't get the vision of a Rover Streetwise out of my head 8-[

Not car related, but my cousin Bob showed us this over Christmas. I still catch myself holding my breath.

Don't worry about the duration; it is repeated, but with no sound in the repeat.

While watching the TV, an advert came up about magic carpet ride something we are aware of and have enjoyed for many years.

Although they (Mercedes) made their point with chickens, so the advert was a bit fowl! :wink:

They did not feature the car at all, just chickens being moved about, to demonstrate that their (the S class) car will stay...

...not too interesting i'll admit to most people but you may come across it in 'that there London', heathrow area.
another one 'oop t'North, Trafford Park as well....

Yesterday I decided to acquire a quote from Adrian Flux as they are advertised on the back cover of the CCC magazine.
They want me to believe that my Tow ball on my 1998 Mk2 Citroen Xantia is a modification to the Body work.
This is slightly questionable as the tow bracket bolts to the chassis, Not the body. :rofl2: :roll: :lol:
with my 9 years...

No doubt of mild interest to a few of you........

1. No requirement to renew a Statutory Off Road
Notification (SORN) on an annual basis
Subject to law change, from 16 December 2013 DVLA will remove
the requirement for customers to renew a SORN on an annual basis.
This means that a SORN will remain in force until a vehicle is either
taxed, sold...

Hi,
I very recently acquired a quote from Budget insurance on one of the comparison websites, when I telephoned Budget they informed me that the policy was underwritten by zenith.
when I notified them that I was type2 diabetic and took insulin which I am obligated to do they wanted to increase the cost of my policy on the basis of how long I have...

Love the Minis! Also lots of French cars.

Affternoon all, sitting here pondering on doing an oil and filter change to the Big Ol' Bus, has only done 4k between mot's and this year i didn't do it for the test, - no emissions issues etc. But i was nosing about at what oils and where to get them and couldn't decide to go fully synthetic or Semi??
is it going to make much difference on the...

As the title. I took a policy out with this lot and their practices are to say the least questionable. Google Be Wiser complaints. There's lots of reading there for you.
I will be steering well clear of them in future.

It goes like this,

1, Buy a policy but stipulate zero NCD.
2, They send the policy with 9 years NCD!
3, You complain.
4, They...

I've only just found it so it's perhaps a little late for this winter, and perhaps they may want to update it to include flotation tyres for us in the wet south of England :-D but I came across this page and pdf doc from the Associaction of British Insurers regarding the fitting of winter tyres and whether you need to let your insurer know if...

I need car insurance on an extra car probably only for a couple of months. Temporary policies are a complete waste of time as the cost is huge. In most cases I'd actually just be cheaper hiring a car, ridiculous. The other alternative is to take a standard policy then cancel it when I no longer require it, but most have a £50 cancellation fee....

I need a cold shower !

Had an xantia in today saying poor brakes and steering.

Well no fluid in tank as all leaked out of the caliper, how would you not know your brakes were this bad must of made a right noise. Worn that much the pad disappeared.

Would not believe that was a vented disc!!!

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WHOOOOOPS i mean he's had his gully's cleaned/cleared so he doesn't need flippers and a snorkel :shock: :twisted: :-D :rofl2: :rofl2:

I am wondering how to post pictures directly from my phone on to here. I have a Dropbox app. Would that work the same as photobucket?

Fourth storm hitting hard down here this weekend, more specifically, The Redbull Stormchasers are running the Grand final at a local beach! - Gwithian onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; they've recorded winds at 116kmh (50mph?+) and the ocean bouys are recording 30ft+ swells rolling in! All getting a bit same ol' same ol' but exciting...

So, this afternoon whilst on ebay my head suggested to me i look for 'touring cars', probably due to Touring car legends being on itv4 t'other night, got me thinking about other models, and more specifically Loeb's Xsara as i got one free with Rally XS subscription Donkeys years ago!
So under 'Solido' up popped Loads of various Citroen's, h vans,...

Just thought I'd post that there's a new Citroen book out soon called Citroen: The Complete Story .

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Many of you may have spoken to or even had their Citroen photographed by the author, Lance Cole, last year at various rallies which he attended.

Bit of a spiel from Amazon:
In this new view on the...

Quite typically, after posting about needing a boat in the thread about the knocking front end on the Berlingo, I had a blow-out at 45mph, total destruction of the front right tyre, wheel trim chasing me down the road in the mirror as it flew off the time ( On the A329M bridge going through Hurst, towards DInton pastures for HellRazor's info ) ......

I loved this when I saw it on an American site! Now i've found one and put it on my new C5!

Has anyone dablled with one of these?

I've ordered one a they're quite cheap and I was thinking of replacing the clock in Cassy with something a bit more informative, maybe with the temperature both inside and out etc, then I got to thinking about climate control.
Someone in the past, as with many Xantias, had changed the air flow flap with the...

Hi guys
Spotted this on another forum and thought it would be appreciated here, make sure to read the description.
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Cheers
Paul

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thought i'd put the link to a thread i placed over on the CCC forum

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I'm asking because

(a.) They're priced well
(b.) Nobody sells them in Oz

Fire away. :)

agggggggg,,,,almost not useable

All other forums working OK...even the network54 ones !....but FCF...really really VERY slow

I've just seen this over on DS3Club so thought to spread the word - a well known DS3 in DS3Club circles:

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Please help spread the word:

If anyone sees this car (different wheels) please get in touch ASAP. The car was stolen last night from Merthyr. It's very distinguishable with it being low, the...

After reading (both corporate guff and internet trawling) I am going to give some of their droplinks a crack. Oh, and bumpstops.

Will report fearlessly in due course (this might be two years' time).

I looked on the DVLA site last night and checked on my old 2.5 Xm. This is what it came up with:

Date of Liability 01 08 2009
Date of First Registration 29 02 1996
Year of Manufacture 1996
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2445cc
CO₂ Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type HEAVY OIL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour RED
Vehicle Type...

After many months stood idle and not being on the road for a year I needed to start up and move the old girl. I dropped in her battery that's been in the garage on charge and gave her one time on the glowplugs. She fired up in just a couple of seconds, not much smoke and relatively smooth to say she was stone cold. The suspension pumped up OK,...

Do you still need to take the MoT result sheet along with you to renew road tax at the post office now it's all on-line?

i know its not french but i also know theres alot o fgood mechanics on here too ;)

ive gota do a water pump on a rover 25 tommorrow and havent got any locking tools and theres no budjet for one :(
any good suggestions on locking the cams up and crank that can be done with a set of tools?
any suggestions welcome and thanks for the help :)

Note I'm having a quiet evening and been thinking, I cannot guarantee these are accurate however they are my knowledge. I'd appreciate any thoughts and corrections. I've not researched them I've just pulled them from memory. :lol:

Fact A. Apart from the 'font' changes (around 1986 and possibly 1992) to the instrument panel there are six types:...

Just a bit of fun chaps,
Booked the MOT for the Veg burner on Friday morning (09:30), done 0 prep to it apart from the advisories form last year.
How many fails or Advisories do you reckon it'll get???? ;-)

it'll definately get one for Oil leak on engine as there's Oil All over it from the cog box issues, And it'll get one for Play in the wiper...

I'm trying to find in the UK 2 bolts M10 x 1.25 bolt with 16mm thread length and 8.8 grade. The length can be longer and cut down on the 16mm.

I have a 'M' reg. 1.0 Ltr and the speedometer cable has snapped. I access to a 1.0 Ltr. 'P' reg. AX for spares which has the later electronic cableless speedometer. Can anyone tell me if I can convert the 'M' reg. to use the cableless system please.

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I've heard this talked about before its a bit of a tight squeeze and I think you need a homemade downpipe as the stock one will not fit as the bulkhead / trans tunnel is in the way.

Should go very well though. :-D