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Thanks, Jim. This is the backup plan in case its XUD lump dies again. Blindsiding the ECU/BSI would be a fun part of the install.

It's a despicable practice and should be outlawed forthwith.

If it's not a genuine claim then you'll find it's already illegal. :wink:

The trouble is the insurance companies have a history of not fighting these cases on the grounds that it's cheaper for us to pay out to low life scumbags who think it's OK to tell a few porkie pies where...

Can you pay by the month for insurance, or do you have to find the lump sum?

PAYG is quite common here; even the surcharges are low.

these guys ( built a monstor on a ROLLS ROYCE chassis a few years ago with a MERLIN lump in it, that was definatly spit and fire whilst running,

they showed it off at the last BEXHILL 100 but only ran the engine every time they collected i belive 75 quid for a local pet charity,

although i cant see it on there web site

regards malcolm

Humour aside, I hope the core topic is followed up diligently and without fear of retribution.

Well.... Yes one would hope so!

eh! :shock:

it is now working!!! I tried that several times before!

Cheers pal :D

Quite some time ago Jim asked if there was a suitable freeware tool to crop and resize JPG images and after some discussion the general consensus favoured IrFanView.

Here is an alternative French based offering called PhotoFiltre which has a similar small size and efficiency but is primarily intended for photographic post processing.

You are not...

just up the road from me as well, i live in Stainy :)

Any nice Xantia exclusives in at all as i fancy some good leather!

nice to know of another French place nearby as the one i use when needed at the minute, RTN.

The DTS Mechanical Aptitude Test

I think this appeared on here somewhere before.
It could serve as a useful warm-up.

The 30 pin connector on both Lexia and its predecessor ELIT requires the removal of the relay situated next to the socket otherwise the connector cannot be pushed in far enough to make a connection.

Is that right :? ?

So it WAS a known issue and i needn't have removed the grey clip on mine?

What relay is it that snags the clip and can you just...

Took a detour to Autos and Sons at Bottisham near Cambridge today.

A couple of new Xantias since my last visit.

The white mk2 is a 2.1 Exclusive, with black electric leather seats. The drivers seat has a bit of scuffing, but I think they would clean up OK, and he will take £60 for the set of seats if you remove them yourself.

The green mk2...

Go on Citroen, I dare you! 8-)

Hi Dave

Some of the systems over in Old Ireland seem a bit strict compared to here. I had a 4.2 Diesel which I took over to Ireland when fishing. The local guys told me it was prohibitively expensive to have a car that size over there due to the tax.

Bit like the issue with the difficult to replace glow plug hidden behind the injector pump on 1.9 Diesels !!

This seems to have happened by default after a Firefox update.

No such issue for me and I've only ever used Firefox for this forum.

Very reasonable, and I recognise this as pretty much the same scenario as my patients and consultant psychiatrists. :wink:

Andy

Lexi, it's an F-100. Don't recall ever owning a Holden!
We also had those as ambulances in New Zealand. The base vehicles were made by International Harvester, I don't know who did the conversion.

Welcome old'uns

Something horrible seems to have happened to the other place!

yes, hence why i found this site, just when i needed to scan for info as well!

Ibiza is mk2, a real shed at mo.

thanks all

your very lucky, and i wouldnt refuse that either, ive heard numbers around £400 - £500 a year for a larger engined vehicle!

D

Ironically I've heard you can import a Hummer and you don't have to declare it's CO2 emissions, so get away with paying the old rates of tax.

It's also Race Retro the Historic Motorsports Show at Stoneleigh park next weekend !!

is anyone going to this we were thinking of going

Ah so that's what that advert was about, I never watched all of it, just thought it was something having a pop at Oasis :D

Oh yes; we have rules about the rules about the rules. :roll: I don't believe they really save lives at all - but the vehicle geometry in question was what bothered me at 70MPH. More about commonsense, which the young lad lacked!

The other problem with the article is that it's one of the world revolves around the USA posts and completely fails to recognise the ACEA classifications.

Yup i would go with the Berlingo as well. I had a Berlingo to do courier work for a few years and It never missed a heartbeat and had plenty loading space. Ant witht the Berlingo that aint that much in it to go wrong to be honest. :D

Sorry chaps, it may have been me that caused Mon-Deo to get on the censored list. However since I lost my job last October, that particular car is no longer resident outside my house and I'm back driving the Synergie once more.

I'll let you know Jim.

Only thing is I'm not convinced the Activa is quite right just yet. I considering it may be necessary to pull of the height correctors and roll corrector to give them a proper clean and then regrease them.

There is some info here and there is an information pack you can order online.

It`s all an overall problem of listening to they in the first place. News and Advertising ......selling copy and goods to the same result which is having peeps where they want them.

The unfortunate thing with the Orange of Capitalism is that there are too many people who swallow the skin and the seeds of it as well then wonder why TF they get...

Ta. Just found it on Oscaro using the D8R27 code on the original Valeo: €192 exchange. Found a few on uk sites for around a ton. French parts for French cars pricier than in Blighty? Weird!

Where do you think they get the money for the bankers.

Awesome, there is a guy there who is breaking a Xantia on ebay...looks the same colour as mine....was thinking back bumper :wink:

In that case you can probably bank on making decent money from it then !!, I thought you were in Wales in the UK !

make sure you get the full kit with all the leads if you plan on doing older citroens, software isnt so much of a problem as there are loads of places to download it, you just need the actia interface and leads

The other proposal is for several hundred rabbit hutches that would be fraudulently sold as homes

:lol: :lol:

:bl: We `re getting the keys to the rabbit hutch today.

But they seem to come up with plenty vacuum packed people to suit them Jim :shock:

Suppose it`s down to space in this country..........it costs so much to have it!

This gives you a PDF setup displayed by them ................

The email addresses are out as well. I got through the last time via a tesco.net address. :roll:

A friend took his car the for a service (first and last probably) and he had to take it back as it left a huge oil puddle on the drive. The oil filter had not been tightened up.

Reminds me of the time my brother allowed a national chain to change his oil. They drained the (auto) gearbox and then put the recommended amount of oil in the engine...

self catering where practical, could be a good cheap option.

Two warped things that affect my travelling, are being both vegetarian and a non-drinker.

Cheers, Adam.

Ah, im almost with you there, i dont drink and im very fussy with food. I cant actually remember eating much meat in France anyway. We always go self catering, though we always...

the part you grab to open the door, jim. ie the black plastic catch release

rergards Nigel.

think if i had the money it would definately be a DS even though i work on them everyday id love to fully restore one for myself .... think i might have to sweet talk my boss

Envy is green :P

Where do you work? Id love to work on or with these beauties every day 8-)

im not namng the place but its just south of Norwich

How about a week on sunday the 28th? the white house sounds good to me :lol:

You guitar aficionados may like to see and hear a couple of players that seem to me to be pretty outstanding.

Orianthi - Anybody Else

Orianthi - The Lights Of Manos

Orianthi was to have been Michale Jackson's guitarist on his ill-fated This Is It tour.
She wrote, recorded and produced the album these came from and played all the...

W126 SE L long wheel base's had rear leveling - Also some Jag XJ, but I think that was Jag's own design..

The Rolls system does uses Citroen Spheres as we know, however rear struts are upright, and the rear spheres are hidden in the boot..

I know this from the Tv Series The Garage on Discovery, as they had a Rolls in, no idea which, cant...

if that includes part manufacturing or electricity production.

No, it doesn't, because producing one tonne of steel uses 8 tonnes of water.

Oops, I should probably have known that, but it is a long time since I studied steel production.

Oh right, its not too bad, better looking than the 3008. Almost resembles the C4 Picasso in some views.

Just to add to this I buy and sell a lot of cars but I would never go knocking on peoples doors or leave my number on someone's motor.
Its a basic respect thing i recon. I see loads of cars parked up that I think Oooo could spin a profit on that But unless its advertised or has a big for sale sign on it i just wouldnt assume that its for sale and...

I had frenchcarforum.co.uk bookmarked and it stopped working after the server move. I had to add the www. to the front of the address. Could he have done the same?

Using tracert, my DNS server (OpenDNS) thinks the server hosting frenchcarforum.co.uk (without the www.) is on a pipex network (which I think it used to be)

He's using www, and he...

It even works without entering the model, possibly only where there are 8 numbers.
You enter the 8 numbers, and it tells you the model.
Here are my numbers: 76372389 … and it will tell you it’s a C5.

Thanks again Anders !