French Car Forum

I had my ZX mot'd on Tuesday, ooeerr..
One rear brake was binding slightly from when I fitted the new shoes about 6 weeks ago, and I found some tiny cracks at the bottom of the tyre treads, when I got a wide bladed screwdriver and twisted it in the slot it was obvious that the cracks were quite deep and the tyre wasn't safe really.. The tyres...

Is anyone interested in buying some seriously good coffe beans ?, i have bought 100 kilo's of Vendin blended natural roasted coffee beans in sealed foil bags,
I have drunk just over half a kilo so far and they are far superior to the coffee beans that starbucks and the like use because they are hot air roasted in batches rather than the usual (and...

I have been an active member of this forum for 4 years.
In that time I have been given some very useful help/advice which has saved me a considerable amount of time and money. I have also offered help and advice to others with the common theme of being a French car owner/enthusiast.
I have also enjoyed some entertaining banter, humour and...

Lot of road noise from Goodyear 175/65/14s. Any recommendations for a quieter tyre ?

it seems I cant or not allowed to post smileys or pictures unless I post a new question/reply even the image insert seems to be unavailable to be what am I doing wrong or is it a simple site setup problem on my side.

I was called to a job this AM but before I got their the bloke called in the dealer ( what a mistake ), problem was he could not get more than 100 mph out of it diesel golf and dealer said it was the air flow sensor before they tested it on the road they got done speeding hahahahahahahahaha and the problem was the accelerator pedal carpet stuck...

I found this video just now and I find it totally unbelievable. So cool and I want one right now. Guess it has some control to turn the prop on and off on the front or something hmm

Wierd query now..... Just spent the last week in France visiting my folks, and my dad drives my old 1995 405 GLX 1.9 TD Saloon. Now, I had the opportunity to drive it too whilst there (bringing all the memories flooding back) and I noticed it felt very different to my 1999 Xantia, engine response wise. There's hardly any torque below 2200rpm and...

Well who saw it?
It wasnt a proper test but they had one in the studio and all the presenters (even jezza) commented how it really is the best exec class car, looks good, all the feautures and top engines also.
I must say its the first new citroen (or new car for that matter) I've liked the look of in ages.
And yes i do see CX similarities, the...

Hello!
Fellas, by any chance, does any one of you know how the temp probe on the C5 (by this, any recent Citroën) works?. For instance, voltage differential, weird protocol for communicating with the display, etc?
I just had the crazyest idea, to be revealed later in exclusive to all you Cit lovers (*cough* nuts *cough* - me included ) if it...

I bought one of those cheap INFORAD speed warning devices the other day. It's great at doing it's job of warning of the presence of fixed speed cameras but there's an unexpected bonus..
It's actually a little GPS receiver and down it's USB port flows GPS data that is readable by Microsoft AutoRoute. INFORAD make no mention of this feature in it's...

shut down because of insulting abuse emails, im a pro so if I step on feet I have a reason and will mail them if Im wrong, even I make mistake but its rare.

Last night I went along to a charity gathering of vintage and classic vehicles, organised by the Lackham Vintage Society. It was held on the village green at Poulshot near Devizes, in some glorious sunshine! Now at these sorts of event its loads of old tractors and trucks and the odd car, but something out of the blue happened! Take a look :-)...

Well one Delorean mystery solved at least!
Anyone who knows about the DMC12 knows how ever amazing a car it was, it was woefully under powered. Like many others i've always found it unbelievable that such a big engine could be so pathetically underpowered, but i might have accidentally stubled accross the reason!
The Delorean engine was NOT meant...

I am looking for interior colour information as I would like to get new frount seats but I need to know the colours.
can anyone help in this regard.
thank you in antisipation

How would you test a diode that is connected in parrallel to a relay coil?
nb. the diode cannot be disconnected.

Whilst looking for a picture of a sphere I happend across this...
Look well down the page...

yes free is what I said and the tools are called
1. TUIT its a very useful tool and used wisely it will cover many applications like when you get TUIT .
2. the latest addition is a Round Tuit and its even more useful when you get round TUIT.
seen this on an ashtray and nearly wet my self with laughter.

Don't think I've ever seen a v6 one in the flesh :

Have a read of this story-

How on earth can you sell the rights to your top asset by mistake ??

Hi all,
I dont much about them, but have noticed a black CX in Guildford thats been standing for over 6 months.
it maybe good for spare or even a project, let me know if you want more details...

anybody know if this service is still avaliable? i need to send a mobile to some one but we would rather do c.o.d
cheers ray

Here's something you don't see everyday-

If you caught any of the thunderstorms today, my apologies lads.
I knew it would happen.
I washed my car

I'm sitting here with my laptop, waiting whilst they make up their minds whether or not to race - what a performance! With no axe to grind it does seem to me that the circuit has been there a long time and if Michelin can't build a tyre to suit then there is no excuse.

I'm not sure if what i'm going to say has been asked before, but is it possible for the peoples location to be a bit more specific than the country. I'm sure this would help when buying and selling items and offering advice and help to other members.
Paul.

Right, I have a problem of moving a car which is not MoT'd, not taxed. It has working rear lights, good tyres, but is in a state. It needs to be moved about 3 miles via back/country roads from a workshop yard to my driveway.
I dont have access to a dolly or a trailer. I do however have a straight bar, and someone to sit in and steer. Is this...

I came out of my house yesterday morning and there was an absolute dog of a BX estate in the parking bays. It was up at the back, down at the front, filthy flat red paint, the rear arm bearings are so shot the wheels are at least 15 degrees in at the top and its covered in oily fingerprints.
Assuming it belonged to one of the builders working on a...

Anyone any ideas of the value of this plate?
I ask as its on a car i have, which has been off the road for the past 7-8 years. To MoT it to get the plate off, it needs extensive welding (not much of a problem), replacement front bumper (i have also) rear lights sorting (i have spares), a drivers window (some jippo kicked it in, so have to get...

I've just been reading the Xantia brake pedal spring thread and noticed that kowalski mentions that the C5 has gone to conventional brakes rather than off the hydraulic circuit, what are they like? Why have they done it ? the brakes were one of the things that attracted me to hydraulic cits. I remember spending absolutely ages bleeding the...

To all the people that could not resist a peek I wanted to find out if I could send a message to this forum as since I changed address and went to broadband at the same time there have been problems.
If indeed you would like to send any kind of reply feel welcome as this would complete the test.
Cheers.
Geoff.
Yes I would have had to have had a...

Here's an interesting one for you!
If 240v ac mains is a perfect sine wave, how come it has a positive and negative?, since both parts of the waveform exist for the same amount of time on each wire !

Anyone recommend a site that I can upload pictures for free?

Right. I've got myself a bit of an issue with this BX.
As I now have 9 vehicles, most of which have one problem or another, I must rationalise. Since I am now the rather proud owner of a CX TD, I fear the BX may have to move on to pastures new. Shame really, as I love it, but I can't have this many cars!
There are some pictures of it on here...

Hi
Trying to change the brakepads on my mate's 92 VW polo yesterday. Seems the whole caliper has to come off, and then the two parts taken apart in order to fit new pads. We get the calipers off and the remnants of the old pads out, before discovering that he had the wrong pads anyway so we called a halt.
Has anyone done this or know of a decent...

Ok well now I have managed to track down a V6 box for my car I've been out in a few citroens on a track and have to say the auto box in sports mode is hard to beat. is there really any point in the manual box when the box on the V6 is so good any way?
so whats peoples opinions, should i go manual or stay auto?
Andy

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.