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The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.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

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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13 Oct 2017, 18:06
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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Great car chase film on now

by DickieG » 03 Nov 2011, 23:06

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Just been doing some channel hopping and came across Ronin on Sky Atlantic, a brilliant film if you like French cars and car chases, Xantia's and XM's all over the place :-D

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Just been doing some channel hopping and came across Ronin on Sky Atlantic, a brilliant film if you like French cars and car chases, Xantia's and XM's all over the place :-D

Yes Ronin is a great film! 8-)

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04 Nov 2011, 02:15
Oil change thoughts

by spider » 02 Nov 2011, 16:53

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Well sort of.

I wanted to clean an engine out a little bit without flush. I have about 2 new litres left of the oil in a can the type that's present in the sump and 5 litres of a different brand.

The engine holds about 3.5 litres. Both oils are semi-synth and 10w40. I was considering one of the following:

1. Drain oil when hot. Refill with the...

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Seriously, scan the automotive classifieds here and anywhere else to find how many cars have crook engines because of oil mix-n-match.

Cars get parted out or scrapped from collisions, rust, other component failure. For that reason, I reckon the cheapest option of the two above, is the best one. We have come one heck of a long way from an era...

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02 Nov 2011, 23:12
The size of things

by Xaccers » 01 Nov 2011, 23:13

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This site is awesome!

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
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if we are ment to be the inteagent life what hope is there for all the other univers'i,

beside now they have discoverd everything if made up of more than just two molecules, all the theorys we had are blown out the window,

regards malcolm

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02 Nov 2011, 08:43
Perfect example of an unloved Citroen

by XantiaDaveEire » 28 Oct 2011, 04:50

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onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

And she wants how much ? #-o :wtf:

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Hahahaha! 900 Euro? I'd like to get some of whatever she's smoking.

I'd rather have the money :-D

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31 Oct 2011, 22:14
Happy Birthday M25!!!!

by CitroJim » 29 Oct 2011, 13:29

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The M25 is 25 years old today...

It was in 1986 that Margaret Thatcher, bless her, opened the last section and thus making an orbital motorway around old London Town...

So that's 25 years of traffic jams and untold misery for millions. Thanks Maggie!!!!!

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Many phenomena — wars, plagues, sudden audits — have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 London orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contenders for exhibit A.

I must dig out my copy of Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil...

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29 Oct 2011, 13:39
HELP

by jacksun1987 » 25 Oct 2011, 20:26

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Can you please try and find theses details for this car for me im having troble insuraning it
P745TAV VAUXHALL CROSA BREEZE
19.06.1997
Its comming up with N reg And the breeze did only go up to 96. They have a spin in 97

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you can use DVLA vehicle enquiry

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for P745 TAV are:
Date of Liability 01 02 2012
Date of First Registration 19 06 1997
Year of Manufacture 1997
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1196cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence...

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25 Oct 2011, 21:40
Tesco fuel is rubbish

by Xantic » 23 Apr 2011, 22:37
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I had to put £15 worth of derv in the Xantia at my local Tesco store last week.
I expected to get approx 150 miles from this amount..
What did i get.. 115 miles.

This confirms to me that Tesco fuel is rubbish.
I detest Tesco anyway but thats my own fault for not travelling the extra 5 miles to my usual Total garage where i 99% of the time fill...

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I would imagine WVO still lubricates better than ULS diesel
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24 Oct 2011, 13:05
DS5

by myglaren » 22 Oct 2011, 10:59

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Oh dear . They've gone all Juke :(

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I notice the AutoCar test comments that the ride quality could be better ... a huge dissapointment, bi Citroëns should ride well. For a motoring mag to comment on a poor ride, it must be bad!

they are not alone

apart from the conventional suspension, maybe something to do with the current vogue for large wheels and low profile tyres

onclick=...

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24 Oct 2011, 02:06
Service Box / Service Citroën Question

by addo » 22 Oct 2011, 12:55

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In the parts lists, what does this character mean?

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In the parts lists, what does this character mean?

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Ascended? As in dead.

Interesting also to note that the world didn't end yesterday, as predicted.

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22 Oct 2011, 13:26
Any good cheap insurance companyes

by jacksun1987 » 15 Oct 2011, 17:54

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Just wondering Who are you guys with. And how cheap are they. K epp goin on the compare websites. Are theses any good. Or is it best to ring them up.
Is there an good multi car insurance companyes
They only thing i can think of is why mines high. Is becase i have a medical condition. Blind in 1 eye. When i did the compare sites. I put in DVLA know...

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I've found Direct Line to be reasonable and they're not fussed on knowing your inside leg measurement. They're quite flexible with temp car cover and temp additional drivers, in fact most of it can be done online but if not I'm usually through to a clear English-speaking person fairly sharpish, usually within 5 - 10 mins if not immediately.

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20 Oct 2011, 16:46
Information source for tyres

by Richard_C » 18 Oct 2011, 21:26

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(OK, Tires if you must)

Trawling for data on tyres, and seeking to understand all the markings, I found quite a lot of interest on a NHTSA run site in the USA. They have a site full of consumer information here:

onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

If you look on the right hand side there is a link to Tire rating lookup . You can...

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A nice find.
Its worth noting that often tyres in other countries are not the same as we get here. Different tread designs, compounds, etc but with similar or the same names. As thats an American site it might differ a lot. You will have to know the code after the name, so E3A for the old style Michelin Energy.

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18 Oct 2011, 21:32
Recomended screen wash

by c.morewood » 18 Oct 2011, 09:15

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At Lidls now, screen wash with antifreeze 5lit for £5.99.
I used this neat last year all through the winter and even at -20C it didn't freeze in the jets!!!
In fact I last filled it neat in March and in summer all I've done is top it up with water and its still soapy!!!
Hope this helps.
Chris

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I've got about 12.5 litres left in the garage from last winter - once I started using it (at 30% conc) no more problems with frozen washers, even down to below -15 we had last winter. The only problem I had with it was breaking the windscreen in the Picasso! Son was asleep in the car, so left then engine idling for about an hour, then we went off...

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18 Oct 2011, 12:45
Consuming Stuff...

by CitroJim » 24 Sep 2011, 18:03
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Is it just me getting annoyed in the way the word 'consume' is used these days.

Just seen this on the BBC Web of truth:

Facebook outlines plans to encourage users to share more of the media they consume , including music and movies.

How the chuffin' 'eck do you consume media? Is that say, eating a newspaper or is it burning pictures?...

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My boss actually is 'Chief' by job description, his own choosing, he loves it :lol:

Well that was a phrase also used by Dell boy, it made him look like a plonker too!
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18 Oct 2011, 10:12
Truck & Clio....Déjà Vu....Not Quite!

by ACTIVE8 » 05 Oct 2011, 18:16

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Well there was an incident previously between a Clio and a truck.

So, now another Clio has been involved in close contact with a truck, but did it in a different way!

A friend had read about this in the above paper and told me about it.

I couldn't believe it so took a look to see more.

The first incident which we talked/posted about on...

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Note.... Side underun bars are meant to prevent this type of thing!

Doesn't look like the truck had any on the side the car went under from.

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17 Oct 2011, 04:32
FCF Couriers

by handyman » 09 Oct 2011, 23:22

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Scanning the files on FCF for the courier service has shown a blank. Am I missing something?

Need a few parts to be collected from Essex back to East Sussex if anybody is venturing in a similar direction.

Thanks, Handyman

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It's here handyman .

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10 Oct 2011, 00:46
Got this mad idea/project..is it even viable lol

by HDI Dave » 18 Sep 2011, 21:25
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Getting a bit bored of the Xant, itchy fingers, need a new spannering project, know what I mean? :P

Getting a few more rust patches/blisters,paint,brake disks look (-expletive removed-),sphere's are goosed, bushes, etc etc..

Been thinkin of a campervan project.

Put the old girl in retirement,but use her engine. There'll not be too much load on the new...

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The Pilot is just a facelifted Sherpa, so it is RWD. I'm pretty sure it's a separate chassis too. I don't think it would be a massive challenge to make the bits fit a Transit, although its 1950s/60s heritage (it was derived from the BMC J4) means it's much narrower than a Transit.

I don't really know what bits were used other than the XUD engine,...
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09 Oct 2011, 14:19
AXOC visit to the Conservatoire.

by Citroening » 03 Oct 2011, 17:45

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Just spotted this on the Retro Rides forum - the AXOC had a trip to the Convervatoire - Link.

All the pictures are here - Link.

Very interesting. 8-)

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Love the picasso cup!
Some lovely motors there, lotus visa!! Nice, flicked through a selection of pictures from there a few years ago and nice to see some new additions!!

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07 Oct 2011, 14:12
Coolant Hoses (Durite) vs Caustic Soda

by addo » 04 Oct 2011, 06:10

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How do they fare?

I'm experimenting with clearing the oily coolant crap from my 605 by stewing a replacement header tank (from another car with the same problem) in strong caustic. The oil has formed like a marine grade grease.

What happens if I put hoses in a caustic bath for a day or two? Some will be very difficult to clean fully by manual...

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Coat the hoses in Swarfega and leave overnight. Hit them with steam next day.

Caustic aint that great for oil.

Failing that get a great big soup pot and boil the lot in GUNK :lol: :lol:

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05 Oct 2011, 16:44
Why are 'luxurious' cars still rear drive?

by Spaces » 02 Oct 2011, 14:39
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For anyone who followed the off-topic 'discussion' about the ins and outs of rear wheel drive/front engine on another thread, here is the place to have that argument over which makes more sense - on public roads, not on a racetrack.

I can see the benefits of both, have driven good rear drive cars many thousands of miles (and continue to do so)...

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probably still trying to get home in it thats why.

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04 Oct 2011, 21:39
replying to thread post ends up on main citroen index page

by falling-out-with-my-car » 26 Sep 2011, 13:24
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This is a reply to a thread but had to give it a name in the subject line because it insisted I did, when replying to a thread Now it ends up as a new subject, Admin dont believe me if anyone else experiences this use the subject line to point out the problem please as your reply ,may well end up as a new thread in the index like mine. the thread...

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I haven't had any problems with Firefox but after a Windows Update on the laptop yesterday, Opera was declared a security threat and shut down - I can live with that as I don't use the laptop for much and have three other browsers anyway, if needed.

I wasn't using Chrome at the time but see that that was completely cabbaged for most users too....
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02 Oct 2011, 12:58
YACQ (...yet another computer question)

by addo » 08 Jun 2011, 22:18
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Really aimed at a somewhat rare breed - people who actively use graphics-heavy industry software and also know computer insides.

I am at the point where replacement of the old box (circa 2003) is sensible as a hedge against serious failure.

People send me - for work - PDFs which may be drawn at A1 or A0 size, and have deep layering of graphics...

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Yes, 8GB. There's SFA difference in overall cost of RAM here, and a few places have been discounting the legit W7 OEM packs very heavily (I'm ignoring cracked versions where you buy access to a download). Also I am trying to allow for a service life equal to the present/outgoing unit (around eight years) and with that, increasingly memory-hungry...
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02 Oct 2011, 01:49
Non-Automotive Electronics Question

by addo » 01 Oct 2011, 12:59

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I'm trying to help my father who is quite hard of hearing.

He has a little piezo beeper timer that he uses for cooking - carries it in his hand or pocket while it's counting - however the range/volume are slowly slipping out of audible for him. That's even with a hearing aid factored in.

Wondering if I can drop the frequency of a piezo timer in...

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Not really.

I may just suggest he uses the iPhone's timer - covers all requirements.

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02 Oct 2011, 01:41
Taranis

by OwenP » 01 Oct 2011, 09:40

Just stumbled across this webpage:

Certainly looks like an interesting beast. Can't see them ever making it though (well not this century anyway.)

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01 Oct 2011, 09:40
Massey Ferguson mf35 tractor problem (also posted on FFRR)

by KP » 29 Sep 2011, 13:55

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anyone with any knowledge of tractos able to help me with this quandray at all?

My FIL's mf35 has ceased up from what i can tell, and while it was running.

The dilema is i dont think it would get much on the bay or the like unless a collector really wanted it as its all original, but 1 quote so far was £1500 for a rebuild :(

Now i think it uses...

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Its an idea to get it nice but my FIL runs a show garden and nursery so unless we can find somewhere/one local to do the work it may not be worth the hassle of the bay as it has been really worked for its life and whilst all original(even the rad, oil, and coolant(whats left!)) it would need a lot of work, and i already have one forumer interested...

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29 Sep 2011, 19:45
New Ferry Service - Visa Required ?

by Dippy » 12 Sep 2011, 00:27

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29 Sep 2011, 18:48
Crank Pulleys: Interesting Video

by CitroJim » 21 Sep 2011, 20:01
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Everything you wanted to ever know about Crank Pulleys but was afraid to ask...

I believe the 2.0 HDi has a decoupler type. Doesn't stop it failing though :twisted:

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Interesting info thanks CJ. :wink:
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29 Sep 2011, 18:15
Disguising A Peugeot

by ACTIVE8 » 28 Sep 2011, 17:26

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Currently there is an advert promoting moneysupermarket.com

It shows a guy called Dave who in a jungle setting has a car, :shock: which is a Pug.

He managed to drive it through the jungle not! :wink: :lol:

They have tried to disguise it, and lose the badge although in doing so they have put a V on it making it look like half a Citroen badge!...

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They have not done a great job of disguising a facelifted Peugeot 307 :lol:

Yes, it appears Peugeot made a better job of it, when they disguised some of their older models to advertise their new ones recently.

MSM appear to have had a small budget for this ad! :lol:

It shows with what little effort the film crew did with the Pug! :wink:

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29 Sep 2011, 18:14
Car Insurance Anomily

by DickieG » 22 Sep 2011, 14:37
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For the past few years I've been insured with Admiral Multicar on my two Xantia's and Dawn's BMW, today I received my renewal through with the price of my HDi being the same as Dawns Convertible BMW (£100 more than my VSX). Thinking that there must be some mistake I queried the quoted premium and mentioned that I am about to retire, new quote, £70...

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The footage we end up seeing on Traffic Cops, Motorway Cops, Police Interceptors etc, and all the others, uses a lot of footage shot by the police themselves which they sell on to the TV companies, and when they allow the film crews to film, and follow them, again the forces shown on the programmes earn money from allowing them to be there, in the...
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29 Sep 2011, 18:09
Bafflement (Crackbook)

by addo » 29 Sep 2011, 11:16

I've received a FB invite email to my work address, from someone called Daniel Joel .

If that's anyone here, please PM me. Thanks.

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29 Sep 2011, 11:16
PSA engines in unusual places

by spider » 02 Aug 2010, 20:16

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I was just wondering if anyone had come across PSA engines in not so usual places.

I'm thinking of the following scenario's really:

Generator / Pumps / Boat / Canal barge etc

Probably with XUD's to be honest as they are such reliable workhorses and simple to maintain.

I did hear there was a series 2 Landrover with an XUD in it, but I've never...

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That old Willis jeep was a thirsty bugger, in work use you were lucky to get 16 mpg out of it.

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28 Sep 2011, 09:38
Are there many football fans on FCF?

by DickieG » 14 Sep 2011, 22:08
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The reason I ask is that over the past two evenings with the return of the Champions League being on TV I've noticed that its been rather quiet on here until the games have finished.

In answer to my own question yes I am a football fan but my team was being shown on Sky Sports which I haven't paid extra for :lol:

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I love the Football. Love them all really . Premier League, Championship the lot. The only TV I make a point to watch............plus the Tennis of course.

Glasgow Rangers are my team . As I say.........I will go anywhere to watch a game.
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27 Sep 2011, 22:11
Tecnosir charging rig

by robert_e_smart » 22 Sep 2011, 09:01

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It really is as easy to use as they show it in the video. Its a god send for CX rear spheres and brake accumulator spheres when you can do them on the car.

Have a read of this :

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Indeed, the C5 spheres can be re-gassed as well.

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25 Sep 2011, 23:55
Welsh Roads...

by CitroJim » 23 Sep 2011, 16:44
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The road between Welshpool and Aberystwyth is bloody brilliant :D Fantastic Activa country if only it wasn't cluttered with people who don't appreciate it . The scenery is pretty stunning too..

Rally enjoyed the trip here and will soon be makig my way home after seeing Robyn into uni...

Aber looks a nice place... I'm going to come back in few...

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How much does it cost to enter South Wales now if you can't swim?

It was £5.70 when I used the new bridge a month or so ago.

The other thing that keeps the M6T clear is that the charge for lorries and vans is much higher, double in fact, and as for frequent use they only offer a 5% discount.
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25 Sep 2011, 15:54
Fleabay's automatic predictive suggestions

by addo » 24 Jul 2011, 23:25

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You might also be interested in...

I love these; unless you are a seriously boring person, the computer frequently gets them so wrong. After browsing conduit, earth stakes, neutral links and a bunch of other 240 volt electrical stuff it has suggested I may be interested in a camouflage corset . :shock:

Sure I might find a suitably shapely...

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But not of the RAC variety :lol:

Ahh, now there's a thought... A WRC Romahome.. Would scare Leob witless...

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21 Sep 2011, 19:50
Pug 307SW Questions

by Ross_K » 19 Sep 2011, 09:21

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I'm thinking of getting rid of the Espace and replacing it with something a bit more car-like, i.e. a 307SW. I can't find a PDF manual anywhere so I have a couple of questions for anyone familiar with the car...

You see some for sale as 5-seaters, and some for sale as 7-seaters. From what I can make out in the photos of the boot that I've seen,...

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Possibly the bhp figures were a bit lost in translation as it were ... I have seen the same engine listed as a slightly different power again in another car. It also does not help that some reports list power in BHP and others PS.

That Wiki (not the best source) article states the later 2.2 version as 170ps (or 168BHP) when Citroen were...

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19 Sep 2011, 23:49
Spannering is good for you....

by CitroJim » 17 Sep 2011, 20:52
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Theswe past few weeks have been dreadful for me. All work, lots of stress and no spanners..

In fact it got so bad this week that I almost went bang - to the extent that I 'must' have next week off to get myself good again. I shall have a near full week of XM-shaped basket weaving therapy with a trip to Aberystwyth in between to take Robyn off to...

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That's where I was Jim,good on you for thinking of yourself for a change :)

I've been doing plenty of thinking since my last post on this subject and made a few decisions already...

One big problem is/was time and to give the requisite time to family commitments which for me are at both ends of the scale; children and elderly parents. They...
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19 Sep 2011, 15:35
Wheel Worryings

by addo » 11 Sep 2011, 10:56

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I am getting a it anxious about this, as I don't have a plan and can't seem to make one.

(OK, quote that out of context as suits! :P )

Poor old break's wheels are suffering from the life she leads. A couple are no longer round/true. Result is nasty vibration at touring speed (110-130km/h) which is tiring to steer, and also massively increased...

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Hmm...

The uneven aspect to this suggests it's two things - one being the worn tie rod end, the other being a wheel bent on its centre.

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19 Sep 2011, 10:15
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 (Film)

by ACTIVE8 » 07 Sep 2011, 18:33

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011

The above film opens in the U.K. on September 16th 2011

It also features varoius classic vehicles due to the time it's set in, (the 1970's) and if you look at this link, you can see they also used amongst other vehicles a DS! 8-)

The link has a review, and a video clip where the DS 8-) appears at 20 seconds.

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I watched the original, the Peugeot 504 and Citroen CX feature heavily... no DSs at least that I noticed.

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16 Sep 2011, 23:33
PSA Climate Control Op-Amp

by addo » 18 Aug 2011, 13:50

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This is an interesting one; I don't know how far the issue spreads but probably across all '90s PSA cars with the electronic temperature mixer.

Paris the 405 had developed the inevitable bumblebee in a matchbox or stripped gear in the mixer flap motor. I traced the root cause to an ill-fitting flap in the heater box, and rectified. The stripped...

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One for the overclockers among us:

(Yes, the mod is real... :roll: )

I also inserted a little slip of closed cell foam sheet into the case rear, to stop the PCB rattling.

Anyhow, the points of order are:

1. If your flap motor strips a gear, it's working too hard. Dismantle heater box and fix the obstruction.
2. If you persist without...

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16 Sep 2011, 10:31
Day of the Jackal (ITV4)

by Featch » 13 Sep 2011, 21:37

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Is it quiet because everybody is watching all those DSs et al?

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But what a great film to MISS!

(just means you HAVE to catch up later).

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Last post by Napoleon
15 Sep 2011, 20:45
Gift of a new book

by vince » 12 Sep 2011, 20:20

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Just got a new book still in cellophane and never opened yet....Citroen XM

Gift from the service manager at Citroen Manchester :)

They are only £15 new so im opening it tonight :wink:

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Ahh, what a great book. especially the explanation of hydraulic and hydractive suspension systems.

Yes i do want an XM :lol: But i want everything :P

There should be a Xantia book along the same lines :wink:

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12 Sep 2011, 23:03
Xantia V6 Auto - Information request

by vince » 11 Sep 2011, 08:49

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Guys....After being at the CXM rally i want to find out more about the Xantia series 2 V6 auto.

What insurance group are they in? also what group is the Mk1 TD in by comparison?
What MPG do you get out of them urban and extra urban?
What are they like on LPG? ie running cost equivalent on say a 30 mile round trip journey?
How can you avoid one...

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Seen as the V6 came late in S1 run, in 1997, then most will be S2..

Im un decided what to do with my S1 P reg V6... Part of me says sell on, but I wont because the RUST ( :shock: ) is quite bad around the body, which for the claimed low miles is unusueal..

Theres the rust on the useual tops of the rear cills - both sides.
Rust on the nearside...

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12 Sep 2011, 15:12
Electric C Zero

by Six-cylinder » 10 Sep 2011, 08:57

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This week I have been to the ecovelocity show in Battersea to drive some electric cars around their 0.8km test track, I liked this Mia from France, shame it was a very poor drive compared with the Citroen C zero, Renault Kangoo and Nissan Leaf and it still cost £22k. The C zero and Kangoo van showed me that driving an electric car is just fine but...

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I'd have thought totally chav would be Burberry wrap with highlights in ½K gold foil, complete with snotty green oxidisation?
Oh all right, not totally chav , but rather chav :lol:

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10 Sep 2011, 10:15
Nigel's Church - Video.

by Citroening » 31 Aug 2011, 15:43
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Just spotted this that was posted on the CCC Forum -

I spied his CX GTi Turbo (at 0:48) there but not the Axel's (he's apparently got two...).

More pictures here:

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Don't you mean the ICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCR?

Ah yes, that's the one :lol:
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10 Sep 2011, 00:03
Citroen Footage

by lexi » 09 Sep 2011, 10:14

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Few nice clips about halfway through of DS and Avant. As a Lowlander myself..........
please forgive the horrific Gaelic .

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Shimina ha shimina..........Credit Crunch :shock: WTF ......... :lol: :lol:

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09 Sep 2011, 23:35
Refused CCC discount at GSF

by red_dwarfers » 31 Aug 2011, 18:42

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Just been in to try and buy up some bits at GSF to be told by the manager that they don't accept CCC discount?! Maybe the last 3 years and hundreds of pounds I've spent have all been a dream :twisted:

He showed me the list of clubs on his computer and well I'm damned, we're not on there. Anyone had a similar experience? Vince, any chance you...

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Vince, please open one in Milton Keynes. Specifically in the north of the city... We have nothing in the north of the city at all bar one big factor who has a virtual monopoly; everything is concentrated down sarf in this fair city...

The Luton and Norfampton branches are functionally inaccessible from Milton Keynes and may as well be on...

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09 Sep 2011, 07:29
Birthday and Retirement

by Gregg1100 » 08 Sep 2011, 00:45

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Just had my 65th bithday and also retired. After 49 years in work, 40 of them driving artics, I thought I needed a rest. Perhaps I can can get on with sorting the EN 500 and Gt550 now.
I am lettting my Xantia go. After 6 Bx's and 5 Xants- all of which have cost me fortunately little money in purchase and running costs, I can't now afford to really...

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Well done Greg. That many years spotting and avoiding people who don't use their eyes or brains, without serious injury to yourself, is good indeed.

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Last post by addo
09 Sep 2011, 00:41
Veg Oil Tourist

by myglaren » 07 Sep 2011, 06:13

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The Beeb

A truck rescued from the scrap heap and restored in Dorset is about to complete a round-the-world journey - powered by waste vegetable oil.

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good story :lol:

I have thought of getting the Xant addo's way, on oil where I can...

in fact its a must do :D

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Last post by jgra1
08 Sep 2011, 15:45
Would These Look Any Good On A Xantia?

by Ross_K » 03 Sep 2011, 14:42
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I spotted these on my local free ads site.

I'm in two minds as whether or not to buy them or not.

Dunno if these would suit a Xantia, soI'm leaning towards not .

Still, they're a bargain. €200 for a set of four new unused Citroen alloy wheels?

Going by the part number these are Vesuve 15 wheels for a Xsara.

So what do you think? Buy em and...

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Winter tyres are going to be an investment I think. I have one pair on my 'winter wheels' now, I just need to get a new pair for the front now. Though I got some decent used 16 C5 wheels from ebay for £100, with a pair of usable tyres.

For £200 you could get some used Citroen wheels in good nick with tyres too. No good if you want winter rubber...
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Last post by Citroenmad
06 Sep 2011, 20:38
Interesting Detail - Peugeot 605

by addo » 01 Sep 2011, 09:44

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I've just been cleaning up a V6 subframe for my parts stash, and notice it's stamped with both the lion and the Talbot logo side by side - but no chevrons.

Sure this part wasn't used on the Tagora, since that was RWD north-south layout. So - I wonder what they were thinking?

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Grind up your own punch Adam and give em a good stamping of Chevrons
:lol:

Our subframes are crying out for an acid bath and and hot dip galvanising methinks.

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03 Sep 2011, 23:17

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