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I wouldn't mind taking this out for a test drive! 8-) :wink:

How much do you think they were asking for this SLS 6.3 Litre

Here's a list of the 2012 MOT changes, courtesy of the AA:

MOT changes from 2012

If you've been happily ignoring a warning light because it's not checked in the MOT you could be facing an MOT failure and an expensive repair bill in 2012 because of changes to the test.

The Department for Transport is adding a number of new mandatory test...

Anyone here heard of a new computer about to hit the market called Raspberry Pi ?

it's cooler than a very cool thing, I won't say any more about it, see here for yourself :-

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**WARNING** For sad nerds only :-D

Is there much of a CB community these days?
Danielle used to be into it in her teens, and a mate of mine at school was too.
Recently Danielle's been getting the urge to be back on the airwaves.
Ok, we watched Smokey and the Bandit 1&2, with me forgetting how impressionable she can be...

People may remember my obsession with Hello Kitty. Anyhow, just browsing Ebay for an exhaust tip (they're available again, yay!) - found some great Asian-English copy:
For installation, you need to take the pipe to a shop to have it wielded to your car pipe by a mechanician. Some cutting and wielding might be required. Please consult with your...

There may be trouble ahead!

This story has been in the news today.

Edit...........

There should have been some links here earlier! DER

So here they are now.

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Not exactly good news, and I need some ASAP. (news and fuel :lol:)

As the tank is low!...

Today presented a nice opportunity to compare France's efforts at the Executive market in the 90s. However, there was a missing party - the 605. Robert and I couldn't think of a single 605 owner appearing on any forums? Is there anybody here who has / has had a 605?

As for the Safrane and XM - I'll leave those comments to Robert, mine will...

Hi all,

As stated somewhere previously....? This year sees the launch of Pallas which is the name i have chosen for my auto enhancement business due to my love of all things classic and thoroughbred Citroen

Mainly based on weekends, i am offering to wind back the years off a car's age via a process of cleaning and refinishing. Most call it...

But electricity.

Jim, I'm sure this will interest you if you haven't yet seen it.

Valves
After the first half hour anyway.

There's a chap who seems to have put many, many old CAR, MOTOR and Autocar magazine road tests up on Flickr.. while trawling through them today, I came across this. I remember reading it in CAR itself back in the 80s when I was at school! It might be of interest to some of our younger members...

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slight dilema chaps..

I am moving.. for the third time this year. :evil: . I have gone for somewhere I can ill afford, (although i have paid a deposit, i can still get out of that..) but.. the new place has a garage, which is pretty important.. It also has a possible off-road space as well, but that will make the garage harder to use (car blocks...

Looking for comments on where to shop/where not to shop for a couple of new or NOS bits - fuel pump, and rubber hose between filler neck and tank. PMs welcome if you don't want to publicly slag off a vendor.

Thanks, Adam.

These diesel cars seem to be so good on paper.
Renault/ Nissan engines with 150bhp from a 2litre :shock:
The same engine in the Renault Trafic?

What to watch for and not to like?..from the latest to the 5 or 6 yr olds please .

Anyone?

is the forum clock still set at british summer time,
as i noticed a post i made last night says i postted it a 00.44am when i must have bin 11.44pm,

regards malcolm

Im 24 born on the 02 03 87 Past my test 27 10 08 I should have 3 years no claims on the 2nd of feb
The best one so far is 746 tesco
my cars a Peugeot 406 Glx Dt 1998 1905cc Four Door Saloon Manual Diesel
There must be some better ones out there. Or unknown ones.
THANKS

1994 model year. Largely unchanged from when they were released in the late 60's. And apparently the prime minister of Japan used to own one (might still do?).

Who's willing to take it on? :lol:

I plonked a bid on steering gear for my trucklet, in the last few seconds of an auction today. Cut it so fine, the automatic email asking if I wanted to up my bid, was generated after the auction closed... :shock: :lol: $200 for a 4WD live axle Hilux PAS steering box is not bad going - assuming it's not off the Top Gear truck.

I saw this last night. It's bloody excellent :)

:lol:

I saw it whilst watching an old episode of The Sweeny. Great telly - they don't make 'em like they used to... The Sweeny is still good despise being over 30 years old now and it's aged well. It's good to watch it to see all the old cars in the streets of London.

Continuing on the...

Right this is gonna be a long rant fellas, but its all so unbelievable and shocking!
Havent managed to sort us out our C4 yet, but last week I found out I had to do a trip to Scotland at very short notice. So a friend of mine was selling a 2001 Saab 9-3 Aero, FSH and well looked after, I bought it from him thinking I could do the Scotland trip at...

Just venting ;)

I've been meaning to fit a flashing led to a vehicle (non PSA) for a while now. I thought I'd have another go this afternoon.

For those who know, you require a permanent 12v feed and an ignition (accessory ideally) feed too. I thought about the dash lighting switch but to my horror found the plug is part of the dash itself, it...

copied this from the CCC forum thought it should get lots of coverage

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regards malcolm

The last few months I've been on the look out for a car to buy.

I've finally come across one that fits the bill. It's low mileage, is taxed and MOT and generally looks in lovely condition and is very very keenly priced, about half the price of similar cars.

There are two things which are making me a little unsure.

First is that the service...

Although this sounds obvious (read on) do you think a car will sell better with a new MOT ?

This is compared to say x months remaining. I sort of think if its less than about 8 or 9 months left then a new, fresh one will help. Trouble is with doing it early is you lose the potential to have 13 months at least as far as I understand it (someone...

I've just returned from fetching some Fleabay tiles for the boss-man. Should've done my homework; 166 2'×1' tiles, half inch thick is almost 1000kg! :shock:

No wonder the Xantia was having a red-hot complain! I don't think the AL4 was meant for that type of lugging...

Has anyone here had an AA inspection done on a car before buying? I'm goign to travel to Glasgow and want to get the inspection done Tues or Wed this week to remove any potential surprise when I get there.I'll be giveing the garage a ring in the morning(or tuesday if they're clsoed tomorrow) to make sure all is well and let them know I want to...

To all our members and readers :-D

Another bumper year for the forum and huge thanks to all who's posted this year and made this forum what it is. Excellent :-D

Here's to 2012 being even better than 2011...

To everyone I do and DO NOT know, who Ive delt with and who I havent!!

HAVE A GREAT TIME EVERYONE and stay safe!!

PAUL :-D :P :) :lol: :lol: :lol:

Came across some new MOT rules for next year whilst browsing the net this morning.

Reading through the list, I get the impression that drumming up business for the motor trade, as well as road safety has played a large part in these new rules.

Has anyone ever sold piles of general scrap to merchants - ie not a car but say a pile of old exhausts, axles etc

I have a barrel full of brake calipers, a pile of exhausts and batteries, alternators etc - probably about 80 - 120 kgs worth.

Is it worth taking to scrap merchant and would I get anything for it?

I know scrap is worth more than it...

Thought I would introduce myself :)
From the East mids not sure how popular the area is on here (as in many members?)
Below is my needing much tlc vtr and well I'm up for making an appearance at my first meet in the new year if anyone would care to inform me of when one not too far away is :)
Feel free to ask questions make comments I'm not shy...

:Santa: :Santa: :Santa: Have a good Xmas every body, and a great 2012. I will be getting to grips with my Xant timing belt shortly, but not before I have some of these, :beer: :beer: :beer:

Anyone know of a good product to gently polish the windscreen, and remove that traffic film which seems to be part of the glass?

Used to use jeweller's rouge back in the day, but haven't seen any for ages.

One of the biggest causes of frustration, and annoyance when visiting a supermarket is this the leaving of a trolley where any one feels like it!

:evil:

Note the lack of a coin operated device on it!

They get left in parking bays, including parent and child ones, in the walkways outside, they drift into the roadway etc.

Also more annoying is...

I have added an Oltcit Club 11R to my collection, does it count as French?

Chris

Hello all

Has anyone bought/used a Flusser heater matrix? I've bought one from GSF for my 190D.
It has small square nuts which are used to attach the inlet and outlet pipe - but the part has been badly machined so two of the four nuts don't quite fit in the plastic stubs.
I could bodge it by gently drilling, but I'm now wondering whether to...

I reckon these may be a rort.

Have just been drawing up the next three months' budget for my fleet (exceeds current forecast earnings by 20% - whoops :cry: ) and boggling at the cost of ordinary old brake fluid.

Really, is there any reason known other than because they can for why manufacturers of glycol type fluids price them as they do? It's...

chaps, I have been offered 300L of wvo later on.. it is 'settled' and has had a basic filter.. dont know how fine, think cotton..
it's not cheap, but still a lot cheaper than Derv..

what should I do with it now? (I normally buy WVO already 'done')

It is not supopsed to have much water in..
Should I,

filter 5 and then 1 Micron
heat it
add...

It’s a while since I have noticed a Citroen AX but one visited me today, this one an AX Spree. It belongs to Dave a friend of my next-door neighbour who has bought it two weeks ago as a runabout. Dave has very limited knowledge of cars and Graham my neighbour advised him to do an oil and filter change as there was rust on the oil filter! I have...

Alright fellas, hope your all keeping well. In the next few weeks am gonna be looking for a new family car so I need your opinions. A family size 4door hatch, It has to be economical, hence im leaning towards diesel, no to small an engine as we do a lot of motorways, not to big an engine to keep the insurance down, were paying £530 for our 2000...

Anybody got any recommendations for a reliable courier/carrier service for sending Citroen parts? Can anybody comment on Parcels2Go, either good or bad? Has been mentioned by a friend to me.

Handyman

are Chedzoy motors still about,
as they were selling loads of citroen stuff ( new/old parts, tools, and tech litriture ) off a year or two ago,

i tried there old email address and it was bounced back

regards malcolm

Shouted myself one of the fancy billet trolley jacks for home use - four wheeled variety, not the three-legged type. So far, quite impressed (1500kg rating). Local price was $220, or about £145.

Definitely not up to fulltime workshop use, but for a hobbyist it seems a viable alternative to a proper workshop jack - without the killer weight.

has there ever been a study/survay into what make/modle ( if any more than others ) of car is involved in the most accidents,

is one make/modle more pron to prangs,
regards malcolm

Hi All,

I have a Blingo 2.0HDI 90 model. It's a brilliant tool, but it needs more motorway grunt when fully laden. Plenty of info around on remapping the 90HDI engine - I just wondered if anyone here has done this - in a Xant or Berlingo, who they used, and what the results were like. There's plenty of plug'n'pray boxes available on fleabay, or...

Well.. as some of you know, I have been lucky to have run 100% WVO for a few years, supplied by a reliable chap on the South Coast..

The use of oil has dictated my staying with (and improving) the great xantia, and even some of the journeys and holidays I have made..

I just got the dreaded email.. Like in Mad Max II, the supply has vanished...

One for our mate HDI again, possibly.

Just quickly, thinking about making an LHS sphere tester... Do the hydraulic oil seals in a modern (new) bottle jack offer compatibility with DOT4?

Thanks, Adam.

a freind sent me an email today with several working minature engines, but not sure how to add them here but googled working minature engines, and found this one

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This should please anyone who appreciates miniturisation.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE MACHINISTS ...
AND SOME REALLY ARE!
V-8 and...

Heard a great horror story today about synthetics - if you dont let them cool down after a hard run like you would in a turbocharged car, the flowability (spelling) is so great when hot that it literally flows straight back to the sump - Dry start next time :shock:

You have been warned...

Having given up watching F1 many years ago I took a look at the Brazilian GP this afternoon and was given a reminder of why I stopped watching it, bowls or even neighbours is more exciting than F1, what a waste of two hours of your life to sit there watching that dull boring tosh.

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In the description he says Citroen charge around £1,200 for these, so these are a complete bargain.

Citroen actually charge £213 including VAT for these!

David.