French Car Forum

Im so paranoid about getting dinks in my car doors that I have my own space at work, over the keep clear sign with fences both sides. :lol:

Doesn't bother me with the usual tat I drive - but having recently bought a nice Berlingo, I've taken to parking it at the end of the supermarket car parks where no one else is, then it doesn't get dinged....

Yep, having sold Chris the Oltcit it is a very different car to the Visa. When you look at it there's hints of other cars in it, such as the GS 1129cc engine, the Peugeot 104esque bootlid design, Peuegot 305 Mirrors, Talbot glovebox handle, Talbot interior door handles...

It's certainly a parts bin car! Unique and absolutely fantastic! :-D If the...

Thanks Xac.
I've pressed ahead, and got it to fit by filing down the edges of the nuts and generally faffing about.
I couldn't face getting a replacement - which required a bike ride across Bradford.

I've tested it with the dash off, and so far so good - no leaks.
I understand the Merc 190 is a fairly straightforward matrix job. I'm just glad my...

I use DOT3 with added carbon black, in my printer. Creates a pigment the colour of Kate Williams' nails. :mrgreen:

Here you are John, as Richard suggests... 206 coolant heater block on the 'bay

As long as you don't have vapour and the heater block is always full of WVO, setting it on fire will not be an issue. WVO flashpoint will be around 50 odd degrees I'd have thought...

Very tidy little AX, you really don't see many around now.

I had one as my first car, it was ... interesting :roll:

A good choice with the C4 110 1.6HDi 8-)

Spec wise, I always buy purely on condition, obviously you dont want the basic LX with no air con (oddly enough it has cruise control) but any other spec is well equipped.

Something you might want to consider if running costs are a priority, the Exclusive and VTR+ models have bigger wheels and therefore...

UPS came to my rescue in the end. I do prefer them as they do perform, always on time, always courteous.

In the end I had to threaten Parcel2Go with court action to get my money back. No money back in my bank account by tomorrow morning means they'll get a set of nice Court papers off me for Christmas, along with a hefty Court fee to settle!...

thanks Steve i had found that and was going to give the No. a go,

maybe they have changed there email address as the one i had fo them bounced back,

regards malcolm

For recovering sunken Citroens, I have a standard wheel changing jack, as originally supplied with, I think, the Rover 800 series, It has a strange 'rocking' action as it lifts, which enables it to get under the lowest of jacking points. Once high enough, I swap to a standard trolley jack.
I also have a very ancient jack very like a short Acrow...

so its not that they might be a lot higher risck then,

Nah, I'd put some corpulent corporate pending heart attcak type of person jabbering on his mobile whilst driving his Porch Tosspot or BMW Trouser Department Problem a far bigger risk than the average spotty yoof in a Paxo...

Let us know how your remap goes MIke, they're not too far from me so if it gives a good result i might be tempted, have they given you a price yet?
sam

Hi Jim.. thanks

SVO.. i suppose I had a minor moral thing (very rare ;) )

maybe you are right though...
there is a chap here that I thnik has one.. he's a good lad... will ask him

D'oh :roll: Not much running on LHS round here any more!

I too also love anything like this,always have done and probly alas will :)

Allen Millyard's a fascinating chap,loved his hybrid Kawasaki KH 2 stroke engines from day one,

not micro engines but great engineering all the same 8-) :

More on Allen Millyard here 8-)

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I remember that Jim, we had a Thames 10cwt van at my first job - 25k new engine, mind you they were only £25.00 or about five times my weekly wage.

Ahh, the memories Peter :-D You never hear of short engines (a replacement block with pistons, cam and crank only) or the BMC 'Gold Seal' reconditioned engines now...

I guess a basic reconditioned...

Give me something like Ghost Rider any day. Reminds me of commuter traffic; far more fun than a prefabricated race.

And since when did the V6 ES9 have TWO coil packs?

Or have I been missing something all these years?

last one I bought new was an OEM Sagem for £115...

Screw the diesel, they come with a 4.0 V8!!! :)

The S-Type R has a 4.2 Supercharged V8.

It is on my shortlist of potential replacements for the Coupé and Activa. :wink:

Not an S-Type R, just an S 2.5.
Belonged to my youngest grandson's other granddad who died a couple of weeks ago. Only 60.
Was going to be donated to the church pastor where...

The spider was apparently a wolf spider. Nasty bite, it's alleged, but not fatal.

you can get pug gas for around £16 quid a go

That's all very well for Peugeots but what about if you want to weld a Citroën?

:lol:

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

regards malcolmps.
Jim have you not recived an email i sent you a few weeks back and a pm i sent via this forum the other day

It cant be that bad Robert surely :lol:

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He has continued the rest of the strip.

Seconds out - round 10 ?

Lookin' forward to the DIBBLE V DONUT rematch =D>

I thought we had PM 's for this kind of spat ? must ask an Admin !

Nice bit of sparkle to an increasingly ggrrreeeeyyyyy Forum though......

Do Androids spit the dummy as much as us Humans ? :-D

Have gone......

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Hi addo

Another simple option is lay 8 lengths of 9 inch plastic soil pipe across the bottom.
Cover with a bit of sand or soil free of sharp stones then lay some scaffold boards as wheel runs across the top.
That should turn the stream crossing into a dry ford most of the year.

Then of course:
Take next scrap car, cut off roof at mid point of...

There used to be a woman in the CCC club who would often attend Northern events in here Hydraulic H-Van. It used to be an ambulance and had rear hydraulic suspension, it had been converted into a camper.

I have not seen that van for years and years, actually, it has just flicked to the right picture and that is her, Hazel. I wonder how recet...

5th gear was for a while but sadly it doesnt draw in the viewing numbers! 4rsing around in cars seems to! TG Do openly say that they are Not a factual review type show and are an Entertainment show with a motoring hint! there used to be one on an obscure channel in the freeview lists but that died off from lack of use and then there was the one...

Wow, there are cars still under warranty over here looking far worse than that! :o

Everyone around here seems to want new cars, I rarely see a car on the old style reg, before 2001!

for all the good they do you're better sending your money to the fcf and let the gentle winds of generosity whisk you along using less fuel.

In short, its bollocks.

I'm backing away from this thread, I was having a really bad day and it was bringing out my darkside which I don't want on this forum.

I had a bit of a shock today when I read this story

:lol:

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-)

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...

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

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

I'd rather have the money :-D

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...

you can use DVLA vehicle enquiry

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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...

I would imagine WVO still lubricates better than ULS diesel

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

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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.

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.

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.

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...

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!

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.

It's here handyman .