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Takata Airbag Recall Documentary

by GiveMeABreak » 06 Mar 2025, 17:55 » in Citroën
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Given the number of 'After-sales campaign' notices concerning Takarta Airbags I have been made aware of when looking up parts from PSA for members, I thought I would post a link to the following documentary that may be informative concerning the issue with these igniters.

According to Takata, the chemicals in the airbags’ explosive charge can...

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My DS5, VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff] should be eligible for recall, but my vehicle is in China and I cannot find the corresponding service provider. Could you please contact me officially and tell me how to handle this? ????_20251024002629_33_148.png
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23 Oct 2025, 17:32
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

by GiveMeABreak » 09 Dec 2023, 17:48 » in Diagnostics

PSA Electrical Diagrams - Wiring & Symbols Codes Index

The following will cover most basic equipment, but will exclude later systems & Tech.

PSA Electrical Diagrams Introduction - Function and Constitution of Codes
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Coding of Functions
PSA Electrical Diagrams - Component Coding
PSA Electrical Diagrams -...

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09 Dec 2023, 17:48
Citroen, DS Automobiles and Peugeot Official Part Number Requests

by GiveMeABreak » 15 May 2021, 13:55 » in Citroën
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Parts Service Announcement - 21st March 2025

Please note that there is a temporary disruption to our 'Parts Service', so we will be unable to provide any official parts for members at the present time. Please refer to the Post HERE for further info

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Disruption to Parts Service

As you may be aware, the consolidation of the old PSA to the Stellantis Group systems has resulted in both a merge of data tools and a requirement to migrate PSA accounts to Stellantis Systems.

This has caused some problems for organisations like ours and the Team are currently looking at the best way forward. This...
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21 Mar 2025, 10:53
Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

by GiveMeABreak » 24 Jun 2020, 17:01 » in Useful links
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Just for members to be aware that airbagteam.com based in the UK are offering a 10% discount to FCF members on any of their services.

The FCF does not endorse any company directly, but thought this would be of use to members.

Full details of their services and the discount can be found here:

Airbag, Dashboard, Seat Belt & Airbag ECU Repairs

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I don't have knowledge of the Peugeot, but the issue of a loose connection is known with several makes of car.
I doubt the piece of plastic holding the cable to the floor will cause an issue with the air bag light, but an intermittent loose connection in the plug and socket almost certainly will. Check for a good electrical connection within. Look...
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14 Mar 2026, 06:55
New PSA Heritage Parts for Classic Cars

by GiveMeABreak » 11 Oct 2019, 16:18 » in Citroën

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Parts for Classic / Older Citroen, Peugeot Renault Vehicles

This may be of interest to Members with older vehicles where getting parts is a struggle and for those not already aware of the site.

PSA are embarking on a project to provide some supplies of original and re manufactured parts for older vehicles and classics, and have made it a...

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anti-virus is blocking.......

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16 Sep 2024, 21:28
Revised Easydiagnostics Discount Procedure

by GiveMeABreak » 03 May 2018, 17:22 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

Please note that there is a new procedure in place for members wishing to take advantage of a 15% discount off products from Easydiagnostics.

The old discount code that was entered into the checkout is no longer valid, as a result of the code being propagated over the Internet.

After discussions with Jim from ED today, we have agreed a new...

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03 May 2018, 17:22

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Ambulance

by Gibbo2286 » 07 Mar 2024, 16:39

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in the close today, builder neighbour working on his own house fell off the scaffold onto his mate and the scaffold collapsed on both of them, mate unhurt builder a big lump on his head and concussed, ambulance here for an hour, both declined hospital treatment.

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The man in my post did actually in the end go in the ambulance and x-rays at the hospital found he'd broken a bone in his back and likely to be five months of healing needed. :(
Be careful out there.

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09 Mar 2024, 10:14
Oops!

by Gibbo2286 » 08 Mar 2024, 09:19

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Look where you're going.

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Another scaffolding collapse!

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09 Mar 2024, 09:00
An interesting article.....

by Gibbo2286 » 08 Mar 2024, 08:54

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That's an interesting discussion piece. I've long thought that modern cars have no 'soul', they're not very engaging. You don't 'drive' a modern car - you pilot or navigate it to your destination.
I jump in my hairdryer and I 'm back to 'engagement' - the steering wheel is connected to the roadwheels by mechanical bits, not electrons. You can feel...

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08 Mar 2024, 10:24
Advertising makes the world go round

by NewcastleFalcon » 25 Jun 2019, 08:52
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.....Yes Danish Bacon used to advertise itself with its own name dye stamped on its product, eggs used to have a little lion logo on them, and we were encouraged to go to work on an egg . There was even radio active ready brek but whats going on in 2019...........

The Telegraph Newspaper is advertising on my plastic milk bottle!

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Came across this bit of 80's nostalgia and a tongue in cheek advert for McEwans Best Scotch quite an attractive looking pint and a staple at the time along with Newcastle Exhibition in S&N pubs across the region. When ordering it was a pint of Scotch , or a Pint of Ex .

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07 Mar 2024, 12:17
Rant Corner

by mickthemaverick » 03 Mar 2024, 10:12

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This thread is for those stupid things that genuinely don't really matter but that tend to get your back up or irritate yourself to the point of having to do something about it which nobody will care about!! :-D

To get the ball rolling, and the reason that inspired the thread, here's my issue this morning:

:rant2: I decided to read through the...

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I think this will be my second home...

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03 Mar 2024, 14:58
FCF Archives: February Ferret

by NewcastleFalcon » 01 Feb 2023, 20:56
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It is my intention to mark each day of February 2023 with a visit to the FCF Archives. There is a lot of good stuff in there destined to become yesterday's chip wrappers so I think a February ferret is worth a go.

As is my usual modus operandi, from the 245 threads I have personally started on the FCF since 2009, I have used random.org to make a...

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Have to do one of these today, end of February 2024, and the 29th as a bonus.

Regardless of what topic number 1549 out of 4839 OTCL topics is about, it's getting an airing today.

Thanks Jaine for your thread Driving Music from the largely pre-youtube and pre-streaming explosion days of 2012, with respondents replying mainly in words and lists...
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29 Feb 2024, 11:45
I found this worth

by Gibbo2286 » 23 Feb 2024, 15:36

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watching despite the Yank.

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I think the American guy weighed up the UK car industry at the time perfectly.

No doubt about that, he was spot on. I'm assuming the lady who got sick was suffereing from the smooth ride combined with the almost universal aroma of the velour!! :-D

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24 Feb 2024, 10:11
DIsabling start-stop

by MagicMark » 21 Feb 2024, 10:20
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I've had some bad experiences with automatic stop-start features, and it's just through pure luck that I've not been in an accident. However it seems to have proliferated like a virus. There should be a way to disable this nasty feature permanently, however most cars that support it only have a temporary disable button.

Do any of the modern (2010...

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Well we're hanging on to our trusty diesel for as long as possible or until we're forced into one of these wretched EVs. I see more horror stories of these very day concerning 'self-immolation', insurance hikes because of writing off the car for the smallest knock given the unknown potential battery damage issues, the resale values plummeting, the...
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22 Feb 2024, 12:28
Off the Rails. Even more off topic

by Rp0thejester » 17 Feb 2024, 19:36

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Aah! I see you have a copy of that infamous crime report too! I have one of the original A6 sized posters that appeared all over the college noticeboards in 1969!! :-D If I remember rightly Eddie Current was finally tracked down in a magnetic field where he had gone to ground. Sherriff A C Humm terminated his freedom and transformed his life by...

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18 Feb 2024, 17:50
Gaps in one's Education

by mickthemaverick » 06 Feb 2024, 10:42
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Have you ever come across something you know you should have known but didn't? :)

Such a thing happened to me this morning when a new listing appeared and showed me that a Triumph TR6 doesn't always have a steering wheel!!

TR6.jpg

Details here

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A question that has already been addressed bobins in a thread started by Neil, you can have a read through here :-D
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09 Feb 2024, 20:26
A couple of videos

by Gibbo2286 » 06 Feb 2024, 12:51

forwarded to me by a neighbour.

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06 Feb 2024, 12:51
Scrapyards & Scrapyard purchases.

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Oct 2018, 20:01
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..ain't what they used to be! but I did get what I wanted ...gratis too!

Had occasion to visit Thomsons at Gala today......needed a single caliper bolt.

Number 1...The general Public aren't allowed to set foot in the scrapyard.
Number 2...This particular scrapyard was full of what I would call newer cars, and empty of my vintage of vehicle ie...

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I have posted my tale about the recent purchase of a SATNAV unit here , but I thought I'd post this link to the breaker (alright, recycler! :-D ) that I used as I found them both communicative and very helpful. They do seem to work with more Asian cars than European but then many of us have an Asian car anyway! So if you are after something a bit...
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05 Feb 2024, 12:33
1.6 HDI W16 Engine, but my car isn't "french"

by cunni » 27 Nov 2023, 13:02

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Hi all,

I'm new here but not to cars, Reason im posting here (and mod's please do move this post if its in the wrong category) is my car isn't French, I think it identifies as british... or geman now?! :S haaaa

So I've a 2008 Mini Cooper D 1.6ltd HDI which i've now had for around 4 years. It's been great, Love the engine, it just works.
I found...

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Hi Dan,
you say sensors but have you changed the actual fuel filter? It shouldn't happen these days but it sounds as though the fuel is waxing up! (agricultural life)That's all I got, sorry.
Derek

Hi Derek,

Absolutely understand. Yeh swapped the fuel filter out twice. I've got a Citroen one, and I've recently bought the correct BOSCH filter...

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22 Jan 2024, 20:03
I've seen some things, but never...

by Michel » 11 Jan 2024, 14:41

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An XJS with a Xantia rear end grafted on to it...

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The conversion improves the car.......imho

Owner needs shooting for the white-walls however

Agreed on both points Alasdair! I think the twin exhausts really suit a Xantia rear end.

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11 Jan 2024, 23:22
Paul Breeze Roberts aka "CitroenXM"

by DHallworth » 05 Jan 2024, 13:50

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Paul Breeze-Roberts, a good friend of mine is 47 years old and was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (bone marrow) cancer in 2020.

After diagnosis, Paul spent a month away from his wife and young son at the Christie NHS Trust Cancer Treatment Centre in Manchester where he underwent a stem cell transplant after which it was hoped he’d have the all...

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Nice thing to do David....not sure what I could do to help but if anything comes to mind just shout.

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05 Jan 2024, 22:02
Buying on the never never

by mickthemaverick » 02 Jan 2024, 22:47

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Steve mentioned this on the On Your Bike thread and I thought it might produce an interesting thread. I only bought two things on the never never as well. The first was a reel to reel tape recorder from the shop where Mum worked and I had a Saturday job. It was an HMV machine which cost me 7s 6d a week for 40 weeks. At the time I had the Saturday...

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My motorcycle is on the never-never, simply to ensure that I don't chop and change every 5 mins! I got a good deal on the finance, and if the last bike I did this with is anything to go by, then I'll be quids in when I sell it or trade it in.

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05 Jan 2024, 12:46
Did Santa bring you anything good?

by SwissTony » 26 Dec 2023, 19:40

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I have a friend. She's not from my country. She's pretty particular. In her home country, you ask your friends what they would like, and they tell you.

I refused to tell her. She got the hump and threatened to surprise me. Fine, surprise me! , said I...

So much of a surprise it was, that I offered on FB to give £50 to the charity of choice to...

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.......So much of a surprise it was, that I offered on FB to give £50 to the charity of choice to whoever guessed correctly.

No one has got it. Not even close...

A Nicholas Cage as Jesus cushion.
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You know the Infinite Monkey Theorem, whereby if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite amount of time,...

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26 Dec 2023, 20:04
Brain Bogglers

by mickthemaverick » 23 Dec 2023, 21:52
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I came across this video by chance but gave it a go and realised I must watch it in the morning when I'm fresh!! :-D

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I remember Henry, but he wasn't a jumper, he was an ohmless man!! :-D

Henry could be a jumper but he had some reluctance toward it...

He was indeed ohmless because he had a very complex impedance and lived in a world of imaginary numbers... His favourite letter being j ;)

I think Mick and Jim have aready entered into the Christmas spirit...
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24 Dec 2023, 15:08
Picture(s) of the Day...random review of 2023

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Dec 2023, 15:30

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The FCF's perennial favourite thread Picture(s) of the Day gathers a wealth of interesting contributions and moves on on a daily basis. From time to time I like to dredge some of those gathering dust contributions from the archives selected by the random hand. So this is a repeat of the 2020 exercise for the current year 2023.

I like randomness...

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Random selection (month..(page ref) POTD thread)
January (639 to 646), February (646 to 653) March (653 to 663) April (663 to 673)
May (673 to 679) June (680 to 692) July (692 to 700) August (701 to 716) September (716 to 727) October (727 to 740) November (741 to 754) December (754 to 765 and continuing) . Page selected via this random number...

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22 Dec 2023, 09:22
Nearly.

by Gibbo2286 » 18 Dec 2023, 20:24

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On Friday evening approaching a roundabout I nearly collided with a car I hadn't seen, thought he must have come from the right while my chatty passenger was rabbiting on braked quite hard, she said Was that your fault?
Kept thinking why hadn't I seen him so today downloaded the dash cam to the computer and watched the video, the reason I didn't...

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I did think about trying to use my Cycliq Fly bike camera in the car but the mounting of it was always going to be the difficulty...

If cars came with a standard quarter-turn Garmin mount it would have been easy!

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Last post by CitroJim
19 Dec 2023, 15:12
Very Pretty.

by Sloppysod » 18 Dec 2023, 18:30

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I've seen two of these today and I think it is a very bit pretty car - we'll done Peugeot.

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No adverts for me Jim, I have five YT channels, two on Firefox, two on Brave, no adverts. One on Chromium with adverts since they dumped adblockers from chromium so don't bother with that one much.

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19 Dec 2023, 14:58
NEW "all in" DVLA account for UK drivers

by Stickyfinger » 02 Aug 2023, 11:42

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Today we’ve launched our Driver and vehicles account where you can opt for digital vehicle tax reminders and access your driving licence and vehicle details all in one place.

Link to BETA test sign up

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Excellent!

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19 Dec 2023, 07:51
The Hydrogen Thread

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Well Audi are revisiting Fuel cell vehicles, maybe hedging against potential problems in the sourcing of natural resources for battery production.

Autocar 3rd May 2019

Audi renews hydrogen powertrain development scheme
Firm ramps up fuel cell efforts with new prototype amid EV development concerns

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Redcar hydrogen trial scrapped by government

A proposed pilot project to replace home gas supplies with hydrogen will not go ahead, the government has said.
Redcar, on Teesside, was the remaining area bidding to host the trial after proposals for Ellesmere Port were scrapped in July due to residents' objections.
Both areas have seen protests by...
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14 Dec 2023, 13:21
EV battery tech.

by Gibbo2286 » 13 Dec 2023, 10:10
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This popped up in my emails today, you'll need to skip through the ads.

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I'm pleased to say, Neil, that you've got the job. 8-) I'll expect a 3 sentence appraisal of all future EV related Youtube videos from you - both those that only say good things and those that only say bad things about them. You won't have to worry too much about watching the well balanced videos as they are few and far between.
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And I...
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14 Dec 2023, 05:54
NUMBER NOTICERS RACE

by mickthemaverick » 05 Dec 2023, 12:27

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Two members are currently sitting on x999 posts. Who will be the first to make it x+1000 ? :-D

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I am able to announce that Gibbo took the gold medal moving his post count on to 7000! Ryan gets the silver for making it 2000 (when he does! :-D )

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06 Dec 2023, 13:39
Inaugural meeting of the Percussive Maintenance Society

by MattBLancs » 25 Mar 2023, 22:17
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Inspired by recent threads which have turned into extended discussion on the merits of hammers to resolve various car maintenance issues, I thought worthwhile we had a thread just for that!

E.g.

Roughly page 59 here too,

Suggested but not limited to topics for here:
'ammers and tools wot you 'it wiv 'um
hammer size/type...

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I have a feeling that James May's JIS discussion was in the electric guitar reassembly programme! :-D
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05 Dec 2023, 08:54
Stiletto heels.

by Gibbo2286 » 04 Dec 2023, 10:01

Young woman Stylish and fashionable young man Nice legs ............ old man and woman Bunions :)

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04 Dec 2023, 10:01
Stellantis communication skills (and the lack of)

by Hell Razor5543 » 03 Dec 2023, 07:13

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It would appear (to me, at least) that Stellantis have lost the ability to communicate. Recently I went to a dealership in Basingstoke to order a couple of parts for my C5 (I could not easily find them using a Google search). The dealership placed the order, and a few days later one part arrived. However, there was an issue getting hold of the...

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They have probably absorbed all the bad bits of Fiat, Vauxhall, Opel and GM in general.

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03 Dec 2023, 09:24
French Concept Cars

by Slick Nick » 10 Apr 2018, 12:28
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Our French concept cars, the best looking concept cars?
Here's just a few of the concept cars produced

Renault Trezor
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Peugeot Onyx
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Renault Nepta:
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Peugeot Oxia
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Renault Alpine A110-50
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Renault De Zir
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That's the one Neil :D It was late for me last evening and I neglected to take notes... Thanks for finding it :D
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01 Dec 2023, 09:50
Snow good!

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I don't think I'll be working on the front drive today.

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First Snow Wednesday 29th November 2023

Time to pay homage to Gibbo's trademark quirkily-named thread

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29 Nov 2023, 09:24
So pop down to Timpsons and get a key cut.

by Gibbo2286 » 28 Nov 2023, 11:04

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Those Range Rover values have plummeted recently because of all the thefts in London and elsewhere - good luck trying to get that insured for a reasonable price - it at all! Overpriced junk in any case.

Some of these new models are a tad under £3000 a year to insure excluding London of course!

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28 Nov 2023, 11:56
Emanuel on line

by kangoo michael » 26 Nov 2023, 18:11

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Hi has any one brought a repair manual from Emanuel online , have read a few reviews about them some say good some say scam , they ask €29 for a wiring manual for a kangoo ,ok if its genuine. await your views. thanks.Michael.

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I used these years ago but the PDF although useful illustration wise, was only in French at the time and it was a pain translating sections when you need to look something up, so cancelled within the grace period and stuck to what I had.

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27 Nov 2023, 15:34
Of its time...

by Paul-R » 23 Nov 2023, 15:27

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Warning to sensitive souls, contains racial stereotypes of the period.

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And in a similar vein.

Not the full length version unfortunately

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23 Nov 2023, 15:39
FCF Desert Island Discs

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If you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that you had a gramophone and an inexhaustible supply of needles .

Well in the slightly amended FCF version of Desert Island Discs we will not bother with the book and the luxury item and I would suggest a...

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Another one of those threads gathering dust in the archives.

11 pages of the FCF choice of Desert Island Discs from May 2020. We probably have all changed our selections by now :-D

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23 Nov 2023, 11:16
Vodafone

by Gibbo2286 » 20 Nov 2023, 14:25

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This is how I wasted a chunk of my morning:
Chat Transcript
Reference Number: 187855252748717621
DATE/TIME: 2023-11-20 13:21:04
Your Chat Transcript
The following is a record of your online chat with Vodafone today
You: TOBi Conversation Started
TOBi: Thank you for waiting! Black Friday is approaching. Looking for great deals? Register your...

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My son has recommended that I change to Sky broadband and mobile. Their website is a mess and they seem to want to cram TV down my throat, I don't want TV. I'm sure any negotiations will be similar to the above.
And the same if I try to talk to BT. Although that will never happen due to my reluctance to phone anyone.

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20 Nov 2023, 16:27
Bulbs and headlights general and legal

by NewcastleFalcon » 14 Nov 2023, 17:15
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I think I hit lucky with the spec of my Leaf. It has replaceable light bulbs in the headlights.
An odd spec to me. H13 rather than H4 or H7.

Shopping for the H13’s I am offered a wide range of colours and brightness, and many LED alternatives, no doubt with a little extra paraphernalia to make them work.

Being a bit of a delver, thought I would...

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I daresay a lot of people have them on without even knowing it, together with the BMW/Audi drivers who have specified the 'irritate everyone' pack when they bought the cars!! (that's the pack without the indicators or dip beam available!!) :-D

I daresay you're right Mick :lol:
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17 Nov 2023, 17:32
Heat Pumps, One for the engineers

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Gas Boilers are soon to become persona non grata, and go the way of the internal combustion engine. The only alternative purported is either direct electric heating or heat pumps ground and air source, together with better insulation.

So what do I know about heat pumps. Not very much and its probably all wrong. Here is a back of a postage stamp...

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I have had a number of offers of a free heat pump installation as I am on pension credit but I will not be applying because the cost of running one will be far more than my existing oil boiler even with oil at its present price.

A ground source heat pump is somewhat of a better deal as it will still be efficient when the temperature is below...
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09 Nov 2023, 10:12
Re: Mick's Motoring South Coast Saunter

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It is only just over a week since I returned from the September Stroll but having read the write ups I have been doing, my mate in Spain has asked if we can do a similar road trip in November when he is due to be over here. I never need much persuasion to go driving so we have decided to complete the bottom loop of England so that I can say to the...

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One of the very significant of the many highlights of the Saunter was our visit to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway :D

There, I fell in love with a little visiting locomotive called Sian - perhaps because she shares her name with my youngest daughter... They both share a common attribute - they're both beautiful :D

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09 Nov 2023, 05:31
A little bit of good news bad news...

by Oddball Matt » 06 Nov 2023, 20:47

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...or rather in the opposite order... Mind if I tell you a little story? That`s ok I`m going to anyway...

So, I`m a rural mailman driving in a little sleepy nowhere village in southern Finland. My steed for the past almost a full year has been a Citroen Xsara Picasso diesel that has been converted to a 1+1 van with the rear seats removed and...

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Excellent Matt :) Hugely enjoyed and what a find the new one is :D

I had a Peugeot 207 that randomly cut out... Took me six months to find it - a bad earth... One to the body that had been painted so it acted as an insulator rather than an earth...

I can't say for sure that was it but after finding tat one tangible thing it never did it again...

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08 Nov 2023, 17:44
Impressive.!

by Gibbo2286 » 08 Nov 2023, 09:46

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08 Nov 2023, 10:48
The August Adventure

by mickthemaverick » 11 Jul 2023, 20:04
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Having had a successful morning's work on Bluebell, Jim and I went for a very tasty lunch at his local. The conversation turned to making the most of our assets and therefore the first job is to return to Beamish to see the parts we missed and explore a number of railway orientated places during the trip. So we will be heading north again on...

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An addendum that may be of interest.
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31 Oct 2023, 23:12
The New Citroen Ami

by DHallworth » 16 Nov 2020, 23:41
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Who has seen the new, all electric, Citroen Ami?

I've been following this with interest and am really keen to be able to buy one as I believe it will cater for the majority of my journeys and will allow me to stop doing short runs in my V6's!

In France it costs €6000 which is £5054, top speed is 26mph, and it has a range of 47 miles from it's...

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Saw one in real life in Waitrose Cambridge car park this morning, LHD, UK plates. The road alongside is a 40 limit so presumably it arrived with its own tailback :) IMG_20231031_114634.jpg
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31 Oct 2023, 20:59
No good turn

by Gibbo2286 » 30 Oct 2023, 18:56

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goes unpunished, Took an old friend on shopping trip today, on returning put my foot on her moss covered step went down like a ton of bricks head butted the stone wall, a few minutes of 'what the hell' and blood all down my face. :shock: going to have a black eye in the morning but otherwise ok.

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Owww! Oh dear!

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30 Oct 2023, 20:43
60+ million

by Gibbo2286 » 29 Oct 2023, 09:01

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people got up this morning with their Circadian rhythm disrupted. :)

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It did screw up my Circadian rhythm. Please can somebody tell me what year of the day it is?

Of course James, it's February the 31st of Thursday! :-D

Thanks for that.

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29 Oct 2023, 10:50
car clubs/sharing/insurance

by NewcastleFalcon » 10 Jun 2019, 14:00
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The rural community around Corwen in Denbighshire North Wales has a New Nissan Leaf called NELI

£50/annum to join the club, £1/hour and 25p/mile for your use of it.

Cheaper than owning a new one yourself sitting doing nothing for the majority of the 24 hours in each day!

Story here

REgards Neil

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This is how it works

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11 Oct 2023, 19:11
Mid Friday afternoon and..........

by Gibbo2286 » 07 Oct 2023, 09:19
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A dull misty morning then the sun came out, chucked a pile of washing in the machine, half way through the cycle crash bang wallop and the machine dies.
It's in a tight position and weighs a ton, struggled to get it out, back cover off, the drive belt is off and part shredded, the shreds are tied firmly in a knot around the motor shaft. :twisted:...

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Same here... I used to have masses of such items but mostly all gone now and if anything loiters for more than a few hours in my presence without declaring it to be immediately useful or potentially valuable it finds itself in the next tip run consignment... I'm ruthless...

I hope that doesn't include the unused worktop iron on edging strip!! I...
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08 Oct 2023, 14:27
A weird thing happened.

by Gibbo2286 » 06 Oct 2023, 12:36

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Took my old friend to the opticians to collect her new specs, she asked if we could pop into Lidl to get a few bits, at the checkout all totalled up and before she could pay some stranger leaned over and flashed the payment screen with a credit card and quickly disappeared out the door, she got her money out but the checkout guy said that man paid...

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Kind of odd if a nicked card - as the thief kind of misses finding out if the card works or not if they immediately leg it! (Or did they stand around just long enough to see it go through? Would think that long enough for a excuse me, what exactly are you doing!?! Conversation to break out)

All very odd.

There's a lot of word stuff on YouTube...

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07 Oct 2023, 10:43
I can't be the only one....

by Michel » 05 Oct 2023, 20:10

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Who's sat here wondering if Zel got the V8 fired up... :rofl2:

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Happily, his blog tells all :)

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06 Oct 2023, 05:29
Perfect Business Opportunity

by mickthemaverick » 04 Oct 2023, 10:08

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This strikes me as a perfect Business Opportunity for someone who likes kids but doesn't like ice cream (that lets me out!) so won't eat the stock!! :-D

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Bananas for the uninitiated
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Oh yes setting off must make huge plumes!!

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04 Oct 2023, 13:06
I-Spy a 73 Reg

by NewcastleFalcon » 08 Sep 2023, 10:06
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73 spotting season

ends at the end of September as is customary.

Time to gather together a gallery of original pictures of 73 spotings, see what variety of makes types can be collected.

Here's my starter for 10... Mercedes hits the back of the net with the opener in Yellow!

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73 spotting day Falcon finale a trio of Roxburghshire spottings.

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30 Sep 2023, 19:02

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