French Car Forum

Im going to be towing a trailer with some stuff for the tip. But my licence is from 2008. Not before 1997.
What happerns if i getpulled over or somthing daft like that.
I drove the traillor with the xantia round the block. Today but its my first time of towing on a propper road tomo
It felt al right i didnt evern notice it on the xantia.

Hello,

Does anyone have any idea of how I can fix the terminal back on to the heated rear window element (when I say terminal I'm referring to the bit the feed connets to).

I was thinking along the lines of a conductive adhesive, but I can't seem to find any.

Thanks, G

does anyone know why an M reg 2.4 petrol Previa randomly revs up,
first though without looking at it would be aux air supply/choking device trowing a wobbly,
if so or what ever you think were would i find it

Richard phoned me this morning to ask if i could finish the welding on his ZX for the MOT,
as the farmer who he rents his unit from called him around 10.30 last night to tell him the farm building were burnt down,

this after noon he called me back to say dont bother as the ZX which was outside went up with the contents of his unit
im sure he will...

As many of you know, for some time now I have been the Xantia Files columnist for the CCC Citroenian magazine.

Sadly and very regrettably I must now relinquish this post for reasons many of you will be aware; if not see my blog.

If anyone is interested in taking over the column then please get in touch with me in the first instance.

I will be...

Two black beauties? lol

Surprising to note that there's just 11 years between them - 1983 > 1994.

I'm going through a lot at the moment (most bad) but it struck me that to cheer
myself up a bit, I'd actually stop and look at what I'm doing and share a picture as
it's not an everyday sight I share with you!

I'll try and remember to take a few...

Is it or is it me?

Surely I've not been banned already :roll:

All,

I may very soon have the need to transport an unroadworthy car about 200 miles in the UK. Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to do this cheaply and safely? The car isn't worth more than £200 as it stands.. I need to get it to a safe resting place where I can work on it, however that resting place is 200 miles away...

I don't have a...

I want to sell some old RAM from the Mac - but would it be possible for a buyer to read any data on them, or are they effectively empty?

Now i know GSF have been given a bit of stick lately for their website and i will be the first to admit its still not great, when typing in the Activa's reg number it gives me a whole raft of parts it says are compatable that clearly are not and their sphere position discriptions are a little lacking, for instance stating the accumulator position...

So, what filters do you guys use on your beloved vehicles?

Do you have a certain preference? Do you hate Fram, or is it a case of Fram or nothing? Or do you just use whatever they have on the shelf at the time?

I don't have much of a particular preference. They are mostly made in the same factories anyways, or at least using the same tooling. I...

Look what advert popped up in a YouTube clip I was watching...

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That's clever...

By the way, the lad plays the solo fantastically...

Here it is:

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pinched from the BXCF

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As opposed to dyno tuned unique maps.

Who here, has actually had a crack at this? Fleabay is chockers with cheap cables and free 15000 maps offers.

I was offered a fairly rust-free Super Snipe yesterday for a grand, on the road. It'd lost the leather and now sported red vinyl, the carpets were worn/threadbare and body was not concours but all there and the paint (dark grey with white roof) old enough to show condition honestly.

Got to get a bigger shed!

So I was doing my equivalent of retail therapy, in my spare time I like to buy random junk that's been thrown away for the last few decades.

I was checking out some yard full of various junked cars and semi junked cars and engines and other treasures, and I came across what I assume to be a first-generation Boxer/Ducato/whatever else it was...

In a mellow and reflective mood, after a particularly good whisky courtesy of daughter No.1’s boyfriend, and I was just thinking. Why are we all so nice?

To explain, I frequent 3 internet forums this one, a 4x4 related one and a kitcar one. Both of the other two are frequently the place of arguments, back biting and general unnecessary...

Ok come on take the pi**, had one of these when I was about 21 in blue with grey trim. Loved it was a really advanced motor in my eyes and at 21 was a lux motor to have (for me).
Colour coded plastic bumpers, metric tyres, fuel injection, 5 speed, electric chrome covered door mirrors, wipers that sort of hide like the C5, I could go on.

Pitty...

Ok had the car for a while but today had to hit the brakes and the hazards came on, does this brake assist thing put the brakes on more?

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sorry off topic :twisted:

Chaps.. my netbook has stopped working.. and in the mean time I want to copy files from its HD to my main home PC - where I am admin I believe

as expected, the folder users/john on the (now external drive) is locked to me .. any ideas? tried sharing it etc but no luck.

I know I used to put a password into the netbook,...

just found out u can search for old mots from 2005

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its free as well didnt know anything about it till i went to work got talking to a chap about cars

Long and short of it, some clown scraped along the nsf wing of the 106 in a car park today. Was facing forwards (outwards) against the wall so it was the car on the left that did it.

Of course, when I phoned (did not notice till I got home) they said any camera's were operated by another shop in the same car park, rang them eventually got through...

Has anyone here managed to register on this site?

Just changed mine for four of the same KHUMO's. Now I change mine at approx 3mm as I believe anything less reduces braking distances and grip. Sure my old tyres would serve someone who does low miles for some years.

Morning all,
been pondering for a while now about some aloys for the estate, Dont need any but you know how it is!! get an idea in your head etc!!
now my best mate has a set of the peugeot 15 cyclone alloys (306 gti-6, some late cabriolets and meridians had them) in his garage doing nothing as he's gone back to a mazda mx5, got me thinking, has...

Ok just ordered a Blackvue 400 HD one, I know there expensive but I like the Idea of peace of mind incase of an accident and also may make you think of your own driving standards.

Does anyone use such a device?

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personally i would, well not at 115k, no lottery win for me at moment.

In terms of an old durable diesel:

206 or Xsara

thoughts please.

I'm pondering this one, electrolytics specifically.

I presume that the few seen in most ECUs are there for the characteristics they impart to a circuit, rather than any other reason.

What are the odds, that in an older ECU they are suffering from dried-up electrolyte and no longer possess exactly the qualities needed? As in, would one replace...

Just looking at a french news site and saw this onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;

I think people are aware of it but more details here. To be fair these things tend to be strongly resisted in France but with the world economy as it is it may mostly go through. Seems a lot of losses in R&D so maybe less stylish cars in future ?

does anyone have access to a GLASSES GUIDE may 2012,
if so can you check if or if not a citroen BX is in this edition

The result of ripping around the fields like a fool :oops:

Unfortunately, I'm not insured on this :( I'll probably take some parts off it for the other Puntos and scrap it :cry:

At least I got out almost unharmed!

And another:

This auction house has loads of rare old things for sale, they've even got a BX 4TC road car:

Along with many others..

A 4x4 Xantia estate, with activa style wheels, possible it has activa suspension?:

An SM Espace prototype??

Heres the full listing, worth a look:

One of those head in arse sellers who blocks foreign bids and doesn't respond to messages from overseas bidders.

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Can someone please ask him about the glass, and if the main housing is undamaged? I'm happy to pay up to £15 for this posted to a UK address.

Ta.

I think I just got a new ambition in life.

As some people may know, I have a reasonable collection of classic junk, I own or have owned a lot of the 'usual' classics from the 1960s and 70s, like all together I think I have or had every type of aircooled VW, and etc, and also some very rare cars, they are cool and stuff, don't get me wrong, but...

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Look at the picture before you read the text and see if you can identify the suspicious device. :-D

How much difference is there in these, is the throw different or is it the thread / end fitting ?

My current one has the module 'cap' on it, temporarily attached with a pair of cable ties :oops: due to it not wanting to stay on. Unfortunately, the pin is a bit too small to cut a thread into, so I want one with a thread for convenience of...

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It is that painful time of year again when I have submit to legalised robbery and buy car insurance.

I have a potential problem this year due to my new job (well 6 months old now), I work on the site of an oil refinery and was told by Aviva yesterday that they won't cover me for that reason.

Aviva asked me where I was working based on the job...

Getting closer to departure for France, and about time finger was removed from orifice when it comes to breakdown cover for the trip.

Can't get it from Green Flag, as the car is over 16 years old, so does anyone know what my options might be? Apart from a long walk home.

Who might cover us for a bit over a week?

I have to confess in case I was spotted...

I'm embarrassed to admit...

Today I laid spanners upon a...

Vauxhall :oops:

Oh the shame. :oops:

My ebay account is now forever sullied with the purchase of a spare part for same.

I had a look to day at the chassis numbers the seem to all check ok.
But my engine number is faded.
Could this be a problerm for the Vhiecle Identerty check
THANKS

Yep, video to prove :lol:

Click here, enter your postcode and towards the end of the BA advert you'll see a British Airways 767 taxing along your road, how cool is that?

This may be old hat to some by now but I came across this photo.....
Many of you are no doubt aware of the DS being used by BBCTV as a CRE (Colour Roving Eye) at race meetings. During my 16 years as a sound man at BBC Wales I often encountered these vehicles. On one occasion we were covering racing at Bangor-on-Dee and I was the sound guy out with...

An uneconomic repair car if anyone is wondering. Better this than sending it to a scrapyard working

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Yep, ear bleeding material :-D

Also done some work on the 406 I bought a couple of weeks ago,

New tack rod ends, painted calliper and bracket

Not too bad to do, just to remember...

This guy is bloomin' lucky to be alive!

Spotted this on the CCC:
French car giant PSA Peugeot Citroën is expected to announce the closure of its historic Paris plant at Aulnay-sous-Bois, spelling deep trouble for the 3,300 strong workforce and the already disadvantaged surrounding region.

The scale of the “disaster” will become clear in the coming days, with PSA Peugeot Citroën...

Bored with a plain old blue Barclaycard?
Fancy something a little different?
Try onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
Use one of their images or upload your own.

Ive been putting the posh stuff in my 95 xantia 1.9 td. The total excerlince one. What ever its called at 145.9 i think. The normal stuff cost 137.9.
I havernt nticed any differnce. Ive only put 30 pund in. Same as what i normally put in.
I remenber putting it in my 406 1.9 diesle. It seem to rev higher. And it did seem to accerate a bit quicker....

Unfortunately the headgasket has gone though...

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Could do with all of the bumpers being colour coded really...