French Car Forum

Bastille Day Summer Fair Sun 17 Jul 2005 - 10.00am
A summer fair with French flair.
A traditional family event with a French theme for that touch of chic. Based around the nostalgia of a vintage French car rally (French Bugattis, Citroens, Peugeots, Matras, Renaults) there will also be wine & cheese tasting, delicious French food for sale, local...

My few snaps!

Grace goes to the scrapman tomorrow. It wasn't a great car overall. It wasn't just the rust that killed them. Too much of the design was old fashioned and it was poorly made and in many ways, downright inconvenient. I have enjoyed some of it, as a grand routier, it is superb, fluid, agile, guiet and economical, but It couldn't hold a candle to a...

I recently had a holiday in Italy.
I phoned a UK landline number from a public phone box on a sunday evening useing my credit card.
I've just received the bill.
Around 6 to 8 minutes, no more than 10, cost £36!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is that right??????????????????????

Its not often you get to see Dangel 4x4, so here are a couple I came across on ebay, still quite expensive though.

Jean has bought another car and swopped her ZX Aura in part exchange! arghh after all the time it took to find it in the first place.
The Car she has bought is a white Mazda 323f Exec.1.8i auto, 'R' reg with air con and all the bits. One previous lady owner and only 14,000. on the clock with all service history, its actually been serviced every...

A colleague and myself were just discussing where should new tyres be put on a car. He maintains that for any car, 2 new tyres should always be put on the rear, regardless of the driven wheels.
The michelin website bears this out, but in 20 years of driving I have never heard this and always though the best tyres should be on the drivin wheels....

After accidentily filling my car with shell optimax i'm actually quite impressed, acceleration seems a lot better and smoother and it only costs another couple of quid a tank so i'm thinking why not.
Also a few people that i've spoken too have said that their economy has increased due to not having to put their foot down as much.
What are peoples...

Could be worth an early trip to Aldi on Thursday 9th June.... petrol 2.2 kilowatt generator for £149.99.

Is it OK to just use Super Unleaded with a 1973 Simca 1100 as this has the same 97 octane level as original leaded fuel or is it advisable to use an additive?

What do you think of this. Personally I think its a terreble idea as it wont make any difference if you drive a small car or a Range Rover-Just found out abnout this as im revising for an exam tomorrow which is all about environmental management etc, argghhh im tired but im going on till 4 AM!!!!

I see Marty's been promoted

JohnW has confirmed his visit to see the Goodwood festival. For those that would like to extend the hand of friendship, I've provisionally arranged a get together at The Dolphin, Southampton
on Sunday, 26th of June.

This looks an absolute beauty- If only I could win the lottery!

Shame its got the American headlights that dont rotate with the steering but that also means its got the best engine, and has been coupled to a 5 speed manual box.

I've been busy playing with my new toy over the past few weeks, and consequently haven't looked in here much, but don't worry I'm back to my old ways, so look out for some more useless replies.......
Anyway, I'm sorry to see i've missed all the drama while I've been gone: Locked topics which are too boring, banned users, pointless posts going on...

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Rich.

Wonder what they did about the exhaust-surely the orinal wouldnt fit that engine and the right one for the engine wouldnt fit the car??

Having had a few drinks this evening ( never mind the reason, what with it being a weekday ) I suddenly became overwhelmed with desire to know about alcohol absorption as related to driving ability, so I did a search - I was (and currently am) just about competent to operate a computer keyboard, never mind a car...
I found this. It's a Canadian...

Can't I do that then, officer ???
These are more than likely the words that came out of the mouth of the man I saw next to a police car and tow truck yesterday.
Why? You may well ask, well I shall tell you......
The gentleman in question, wanting to take advantage of the sunny weather, had take an angle grinder to his 5dr Renault Clio and turned...

Is anyone going to this? A friend of mine with a Beachcomber is going on it and i think im going via BX to Brighton for the event after the convoy. I seemed to remember its pretty good and theres usually one or two other types of Citroen there too if I remember rightly.

MPG is not too hard to measure accurately - fill the fuel tank to brim full - CAREFULLY - reset the odometer to zero - pay for the fuel - drive away!
At ANY time thereafter you can do an mpg check - go to a fuel station, fill the fuel tank to brim full - CAREFULLY AGAIN - and this time Note the amount of fuel in litres or gallons to brim the tank...

Here's a few BX brochures that are on ebay, and might be of interest to forum members.
BX CX AX brochure

Rare BX Digit brochure

Colour and trim range for brochure BX, AX, ZX, XM

BX 4 X 4 brochure

Fantastic! NOT
Or as Mr. B would say..... Snake Oil!

Just bought a 1973 Simca 1100 and the brake pedal is solid, any ideas? First thought was seized front brake cylinders but im new to this so wandered if there are any other checks i could do before dismantling the calipers?

Firebond have just quoted £112 for TPF&T for renewal on my totally standard Pug 205 1.6 GTi.
This for a 3000 mile limit.
Im 46 soon, full NCD on my Cit which is £190 fully comp with a full clean licence held since 1977.
Just one SP30 in 1987 (on a motorbike) and only two claims in my life (neither my fault).
Any thoughts on where this old crock...

I'm sure this has been suggested many times in the past so feel free to tut tut but I'm new here....
The Haynes Jokebook is just that for the Xant (or a work of pure fiction based on speculation). The section on the hydraulics, which are unique to Citroen and totally unfamiliar to most is covered so poorly it is worse than a joke. If anything I...

This has probably been discussed before but I'm not convinced about the HDi engines (apologies to any owners of them!). My G/F has just bought a 306 HDi 90 and I've owned one before as a company car, and TBH the economy isn't that great I've found and as soon as you boot them over 3k rpm they clatter like buggery in a really naff and tinny way....

Advantages of each:
6 cilinders: More torque, a little more power, better durability.
4 cilinders: Light-weight, economical, less expensive (cost and maintenance).
Do you agree?
Edit: cylinders
Do you lie in bed at night thinking of your next Troll bollox post?

How similar are they? The reason I ask is regarding the fitting a cruise control, which I am led to believe is just a matter of fitting the control and reprogramming the ecu on the Berlingo. It's a 1.6 petrol BTW.

If anyone told you this was in Sunny Queensland a few days ago would you believe them?

and from another angle, this looks almost like a snow drift; am I correct?

Well, this is what the source really looked like!

and for the record, there ain't no Photo shop/fancy touch ups there.
It was a hailstorm that Brisbane had. On Easter Saturday we...

It pains me to see cars dumped and vandalised, but I just thought I'd share this one with you:
There's an M reg green Xantia 2.0 with rear spoiler been left at the Nottingham Goosefair Park & Ride for about 3 weeks now.
Every panel is kicked & dented, the roof is wrecked where the aerial has been bent forwards, both mirrors broken & dangling. BUT...

This is`nt another rant about speed camera`s,as its all been said before.
But what are these new camera`s that seem to be poping up everywhere?About 3/4 ft taller than the Gatso`s,with a much smaller yellow box on the top.Are they speed camera`s?Around my area they seem to be on bus lanes,traffic lights,high streets,100 yds in front of existing...

Hi thought i would ask - once more - the wise advice of the forum users (i wish i could return more for the all the good help i get ).
What could i expect, in terms of the lose of control and corrections needed on a hydraulic (C5) and on a normally sprung car (406) at around 120~130kms/h (70~75mph)?
Thank you

Check this out for a fast oilburner!

He sits on the start line and the other motor already has a large lead
It brings a hole new meaning to the phrase a bit smokey!
Cheers
Paul

Window tinting appears to be more and more common of late, with fleets of school taxis (4x4's driven by housewives!) driving about and not forgetting the Chavs, you can't drive down the road without seeing a handfull of cars with tinted windows.
My question is, with the recent ammendment to the law regarding the front side windows, why don't...

I recently purchased a Peugeot 807 2.0 HDi with a manual gearbox.
The official fuel consumption figures are something like 30mpg urban, 40 mpg combined and 47mpg extra-urban.
So far, after over 1000 miles we are struggling to achieve 30mpg overall (last tankfull averaged a little over 26 mpg). This includes some long trips and some local driving....

The FCS is now only next weekend! So show of hands (or type!!) whose going, and in what club or are you spectating? Would be cool to see some of these motors we all have talked about.
I am with Club Peugeot UK, and going in the 504 Diesel, along with a couple of other members in a 104ZS Group B rally car, and Stuart Birds 504TI (last months...

Does any one understand these? eg..
VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] and VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] why do they start diferently as they were both built in the same year and what info can people get out of those numbers (and I dont men by checking the specs through PR-Net). i know its suposed to be possible to tell the exact day there were made, how is this done?
Many...

Whose seen this little 2CV van on ebay?

602cc, with a turbo charger, running on LPG!
A seperate burner for a hot water heating system, I hope the gas cylinder in the photo is for that and not the LPG!
Imagine this in a crash if it doesn't have all the safety valves, looks a bit too DIY for me, bit of a prang in Sainsburys car park and you've...

What about this copper let off for doing 159 mph,testing his new car???A good publicity for Vauxhall.
On the 1 hand i tend to agree with the defence.Highly trained advanced driver etc,but let off with not even a fine?? He was doing 159 mph.Nearly 90 mph over the speed limit.
I picked my Xantia up tonight after nearly 4 weeks off the road,been...

Hi!
Fellas, i have a friend who wants to put bigger wheels on his Pug 106 Quicksilver. the engine is the 1.1L, 60bhp version.
As some problems may arise due to wider tyres, especially at overtaking, could one fit a small turbo to it, or the compression stage of a bigger turbo rotated by the engine or an electric motor, as the car will only deal...

CITROEN ZX AURA DIESEL AUTO
And only 37000miles

Hi!
I'm sorry for posting this here, but i couldn't find a site dedicated to it ont eh other GSF forum (Opel is german to us).
Here goes:
My sister's Corsa 1.2 (late 2001 model) is - from what she tells me - blocking easily the rear wheels on a braking, and it seems it doesn't ahev to be very hard.
I'm not sure if the car as a brake distribution...

Hi folks, well after blowing up (hopfully just) the turbo, im about to finish the exams and hope to get the car rebuilt and back on the road this weekend!
There are a short list of things to do, i wont list them all again incase your put off, but the engine looks like it WILL be coming off and lots of rewiring and rebuilding getting done!
Some...

now i know that being interested in the activa i tend to spot all sorts of weird things but i'd like to take the chance to point something out and ask a question...
1 see how the car is leaning slightly? that is the signs that the suspension needs to be ajusted, and untill resently we ddint think this was a problem untill we found that the worse...

I understand that Kylie Minogue has or had a fair following over there and this was announced an hour or so back.
Not real good for someone with a real presentation factor in her performances.
To be hoped it all pans out OK for her. I would imagine it will take a day or so to hit the news over there if it's going to.

Alan S

Remember this subject that was put on the forum a few weeks ago. Around fifteen guys replied, and everybody used lubrication of one form or another. I put the same question on another of my forums - one which is for caravanners. About half of the thirty or so who replied did use grease, but the rest got really up-tight about NOT using anything....

I have just renewed my insurance- TPFT with business use for £165-00, only £15-00 up on last year, not bad I thought,I would have been happy with just that but they (Budget) have thrown in a years full RAC cover-homestart, roadside, recovery, the lot!!!! All included!!!!!!!!!!!
Do they know something about ancient BX mechanical bits.........????

What formula do you use to determine a good secondhand price for things?
Thousands of items go up for sale secondhand/used everyday, and yet there doesn't seem to be a fixed value for worth on any one item.
Here is an example :
21 Television, >5 years old, Black, Good Condition. £40
Calculation :
Take new price £100 (What an average 21 Colour TV...

What do you call a collection of Citroens?