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I really don't think so and not high mileage ones, they are obviously still good cars but are a dying model.
I know now I shouldn't have got this one and put the money into my own car or sold it and got another estate of some kind.
I know i will struggle to sell it, David was probably saying thank god that's it away lol. As I say they are so good...

We have decided to plan a return to Beamish to take in the 1950s section and the mine which we missed last time. So I have already booked a night in Thirsk on Thursday 4th September and a night in Hunton on the 5th. The basic plan is:

Thursday 4th September

Home - Newport Pagnell - York National Railway Museum - Thirsk

Friday 5th September...

I stumbled on this website, it may be familiar to many of you but until now its passed me by.

Some pretty weird and maybe intrusuive non automotive advertising, but as you go through the pages you find all sorts of short articles, mostly 'puff pieces' about how great Citroen is mixed with the odd gem of information: who knew that Turkey was...

Seeing this stuck a chord

My son was here a few days ago. He has dumped his Ford Ranger and bought a Cupra.
Still too big and ugly, but he was demonstrating all the widgets, including lane departure warning (not a warning, it takes over the steering) and the emergency autonomous braking (not emergency brake assist as Ashley puts it).
He spends...

Be careful :-D

Police appeal after £16,000 of parts stolen from Citroen garage
North Yorkshire Police are seeking information and asking local businesses to check CCTV for a van in connection with the theft at a Cross Hills garage
Adam Lane.
Police appeal after £16,000 of parts stolen from Citroen garage
North Yorkshire Police have launched an...

I thought it was time we had the obvious partner to the 'Classic for under £10k' thread so here it is and a gem to get it rolling: :-D

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Details here

you know it makes sense.

Topic-Bar-Split , by Evan-Amos (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons

or maybe one of these

Regards Neil

I am concerned that the weather may be becoming more severe then the various weather forecasters are letting on. On the M1 this morning (between Newport Pagnell and Long Eaton) I spotted seven (yes, SEVEN) snowploughs heading south. Why is this relevant here? Because all seven were bran new, and were 75 reg!

(In case anybody wonders how I could...

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...

Missed me. Been i hospital since the August bank holiday so no posts.

Just having a 5 min break from sorting out the collection of tools I've acquired over the years and this thought just came to me what was my first car and first repair I did to it. Well my first repair was filling a hole in the wing with body filler m5 cortina . My first proper car repair was actually a service to my mk 1 fiesta followed by my...

In April I took delivery of a C4 Hybrid 136 bhp, I'm just back from France where I noticed them being advertised as 145 bhp. So soon, I thought, wonder what they have changed. Maybe I should have waited.

The answer is - nothing. Stellantis used to quote the petrol engione output only, other manufacturers quoted petrol+electric combined at maximum...

My neighbour, 80 year old is getting fussed about oil changes.
He has a ten year old Honda serviced religiously to schedule at the main dealer, it's done just 19k miles from new.
He asked me yesterday if he should get the oil and filter changed, he's done just 900 miles since the last time.
I told him to save his money but he's worried the oil...

Felix Reeves the Daily Express dick head posted this headline: Electric car fire rates could soar amid fresh warning of 'explosions' and 'toxic chemicals'

Then if you read the story below the headline it says:

Data from the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows that electric cars experience around 25 fires per 100,000...

This video about EV charging is a bit long but interesting enough for those who care :) , if you don't want to bother with the first bit it gets more informative at around 13 mins.

As the title of this thread, what's going to be the best and easiest to apply.?
Thoughts please?

Yesterdays POTD on Geograph was The former Rootes Group Garage Mill Lane Maidstone Kent. Its listed so thankfully as far as I know hasn't been turned into flats. No it appears its bang on topic for the French Car Forum being occupied by a Peugeot dealership. Maybe the most interesting Peugeot Garage in the UK

Rootes of Maidstone, Car...

So here's where Neil's gone :-D

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Not sure if you've seen this problem.

I just can't see the question maybe somebody can give me the answer or better still if you're a member please let the forum know there is a problem.

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I'm having a look at my mates car (2017 X1 118D) which has a bad oil leak. The only place I could see it was leaking from was the oil cap itself, tried a new cap and it made no difference, I then had an air leak issue so did a smoke test, found the leak but it also showed up a crack in the plastic valve cover. I glued that shut and whilst it was...

Having just watched the video on the Classic over 10k thread , I noticed how the airflow to the radiator was severely restricted by the spare wheel. Having never owned one it made me wonder if that ever led to overheating problems and this has to be the place to ask :?: :)

My Daughter's car has started playing up with EML showing @ 111,517 miles. No previous problems in the last 9 years.
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So far i've stripped out battery/tray/ECU and 3 T20 bolts on the end of the ERG solenoid but it wouldn't separate, a look at access to remove the EGR completely for cleaning reveals horrendous access that prompted me...

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Happy 30th Build Day to Simoné recorded mileage currently @ 73,242 miles.

Here:

As we've had topics on AA boxes and AA Village Signs, I thought whilst out on my bike this afternoon this relic of times gone by might be worth an airing...

Somerset is really quite well-off for pre-Worboys 'Fingerpost' direction signs and many, many still survive, especially in the more rural parts..

Here's a typical one I saw on a very quiet...

Purely out of curiosity - these have popped up on ebay.....

Citroën - Hydropneumatic System Genuine adjusting tool

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So what - specifically - are they used for in the hydropneumatic circuit ?

A thread for anyone wishing to add their thoughts on this intrigueing question which arose on the PE jukebox!! :-D

Just came across this .

Here's possibly the reason.

Last week I was in a local cafe in Binfield with the motorbike, when an old boy (79) on a 1986 Honda Goldwing - 1300, Californian import which he's owned for decades.

Got chatting to him, and was talking about my carburettor fun earlier in the year. He told me before he got into IT in the mid-70s he'd been a motorcycle mechanic.

Then he claimed...

The 2.2 diesel unit in transit customs around 2015-16, is it the same as the Citroen 2.2 found in the relays etc. And does anyone know if its the same 2.2 whats in the Ford Ranger as well. I can buy a custom for not a lot of money but the engine has an undisclosed fault, but if its the ranger engine then it could be a hole in the piston but never...

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Michelin Energy spare tyre on my 1999 built Xantia.

DOT Code 379

It can't be 37th week of 1999 as the car was built 27 JUL 1999.

So would it be 37th week of 2009 :?:

This is the place I moved to in 1965, a lot's changed since then.
Sorry about the damned adverts.

To help preserve our hobby it is worth completing the survey which you can access from the link below: :-D

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Survey link here

I think it might be of interest to some enthusiastic amateurs.

The UAE Grand Prix was an absolute joke. How many dubious decisions were made by the stewards? They make one decision, and then, within a lap or so, reverse that decision. Mercedes will be spitting acid at them. It was the stewards who decided who would win the race, and not the drivers. Either ALL of the lapped cars should have been allowed to...

I've been reading several things online about MOT testers having to take photos of vehicles they are testing, to prove the test is valid and not an iffy one. Is that the case? Or is it a government wishlist that probably won't happen due to the storage of such photos etc....

My Vaillant gas boiler fitted in 2006 has become troublesome so I decided to replace it with the latest version of the Vaillant range, got a quote from British Gas and accepted it, boiler delivered as arranged yesterday, guy came to fit it this morning.

After fussing around for fifteen minutes making phone calls back to base he says he can't fit...

suspension is complicated:

This might interest:

on Channel 4 documentary titled Pile Up - The World’s Biggest Crash Test.

The BBC recently published an article about the way that Google is using AI summaries in its search results: Is Google about to destroy the web? It is an interesting read. I had already noticed a drop-off in the click-through ratio of this site (but had no idea of the reason). Our CTR (the proportion of users who click on a link in Google search...

Reading of Jim's appreciation of the original Mini on his blog, prompts the question from me : What cars should everyone drive at least once in their life before they give up driving, and why ? Old and new, and good and bad car nominations welcome.

I think the (original) Mini is a worthy contender for various reasons. It's a true British icon, it...

Every few years its time for a change. Since leaving company cars behind (those were the days) I normally buy something 6-12 months old and keep it. Being 73, no longer wanting to tinker with cars, and seeing some stonking good deals on C4s I actually bought a new one - 25 plate C4 Max Hybrid to replace the '65 C4 Picasso which I had owned for...

Here’s some actual data from someone who’s just done it — not hypotheticals, not pub talk, not Facebook-tier “my mate says.”

Vehicle & context:
Citroën C3 1.6 BlueHDi (DV6C engine, post-2015 AdBlue variant)

61k miles, full service history, runs clean, zero oil consumption between changes

I do all maintenance on schedule: oil & filter (Castrol...

Had Thames Water ring the doorbell around 8.30 this evening asking if they could have an inspection of our sewer manhole as there is a blockage somewhere!! I had to remove a lot of stuff to gain access to the cover as you can see here:

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Once open the gulleys were clean and clear so everything was replaced and I came back in to...

Just so you know, this is on my wife's Corsa (Pre Stellantis), but the question relates to most cars on the road.
I had knocking noise when touching the brakes to slow down, so I done full front brake strip and lubricate and knocking noise no longer audiable 👍
However, during the initial inspection I noticed that the rear bush on the lower control...

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