French Car Forum

A big Hi to everyone that said hello to me!
A truly great event, and a shame that me and the BX could not stay for longer. Heres some pictures of some 2cv boats. They used the standard 602cc lunp tilted 90 degrees, with dry sumping, extra oilcooler, turbos and intercoolers!
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How about this for an inventive different custom design, incorporating spanners.

Used my Dad`s 406 est HDI 110 this weekend to tow our caravan for a breakaway as my Xantia is still off the road.Mine is a great tow car,allthough it could do with a bit more than its 115bhp.
But the 406,WOW!
Much faster than the Xantia,so much power.Wouldn`t know the `van was on the back most off the time .Missed the suspension of the Xantia...

Once you stop laughing, does anyone have any ideas or opinions on the possibility of putting a turbo on a 1.5 tud engine?
I figure the AX 1.5d is pretty powerful for a n/a but if it got a kick of cold air then maybe i could turn it into a stupid toy car!!
I'll also come clean and tell you im considering putting one in my mates mini!
stop laughin...

Even though I now drive a Mazda 323F and a Reno Megane soft top I still smile every time I see an old model ZX, Why you ask? well it's the string out the back. Just makes me smile

White Tizzydee turbo on Ebay registered in my department. Over a year on the CT (Mot) but bled to death. Half an hour from home and cheap! What a good job I'd already invited DLM over for the next trip! Wonder if you can get Citroen bits in France?
This one is described as fair and has a CD changer fitted so it seems like a good runabout Frogside...

Came down to Dover for the weekend and was driving from Folkestone to Dover on the A20 at about 6 this evening doing 70. (i was actually doing 70!!)
T5 Cop car goes past pulls in in front and drops to about 65 then keeps speeding up, then slowing down, speeding up, slowing down a couple of times. So i overtake the cop car at about 68 and carry on....

I know this may seem a bit childish,but,does anyone know the offical lap record for a road car at the Nurburgring?
I now have GT4 on the Playstation,totally hooked on it,hence lack of posts .The full 13 odd mile circuit is on there.Just wanted the record time as a benchmark .Currently laping about 9 mins.
Cant find anything offical on the net....

Well now that Peugeot have bought out a car with motorised sliding doors, the Peugeot 1007. Does this mean we are less likely to get dings/dents/scratches in car parks, or will people just park even closer causing further problems

Does anybody know what the justification is for the two race suspension of BAR Honda? It seems to be something to do with the fuel system and minimum weight.

Just bought a universal lambda sensor from GSF for my Pug 306 (not fitted it yet). It is made in Brazil by a company called MTE-Thomson. Just wondering if anyone else has used parts made by them and what there thoughts were.
Cheers

Well I think this won't do to well, as from what I have read on this forum, it's not exactly a desirable option in an Xantia.
Here's the link :-

This is a sad - but unfortunately true - story from real life
Wife's colleague have an '02 Blingo.
As most Citroens the Blingo has an oil level gauge. This stopped functioning but thought as a minor problem. Just keep an eye on the engine oil level they were keenly adviced one day.
So they did. Bought one liter of the best oil every week and...

Ok it seems we have all sorts of people out there from many different back grounds. I'm being made redundant in 3 weeks and am now obviously looking for work. I have a very high hit rate for job interviews (always been offered the job even if I feel I’ve been really useless in the interview). Now today I went for an interview and I’m sort of 90/10...

I came across this Simca while doing my lunchtime brouse of ebay- its not your usual 1100 though............

And a bit big for the garage!

Sorry mate about the last post . Was't having a pop at the post. The Why was intended for the 'segway'.
I read somewhere that even the inventors design and sales team weren't sure for what purpose the travel system could be used for on a day by day basis. Saw one in the flesh in Birmingham on a demonstrator day being used to make the public aware...

How about this for a different idea, it looks like fun !
Tour Paris by Segway. Yes, you can hire them !
Here's the link :-
They have links with others, so you can even try a Segway out in the states, in Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, and Washington.
They are also linked with others where you can hire out bikes, but this looks more exciting.
It...

I heard the other day that the BX was originally shaped for Austin for the Maestro but Austin ran into development problems and scrapped the design that was then bought by Citroen. Dont know howe true this is but its an interesting story

All that for £4.95!!!!!!!!!!!
But no picture, specifications, etc.............I reckon its a cheapo ekotec variant.
I wonder how many they have sold and why I can't find one on my neighbours Vectra, despite G.M. having invented it, whatever it is!!!

Well this is what came up when surfing ebay for activa.
Seems the item has been lost in translation.
Odd thing is it's listed for worldwide sale, but the language of ???? ???? is difficult to understand.

With all the talk about BX weekenders 1,2 & now number 3 to take place soon, and come to vannys help.
Good luck vanny, and I hope the car is sorted for the car show.
It seems the Xantia, appears to be left out.
Has there ever been an Xantia, or even an Activa weekender

Hi Folks, well as most of you know after a successfull long haul trip down to portsmouth to get AdamSki's St Tropez BX (Which is a stupidly well behaved car!), my car became terminally i'll on the way home.
Discussions with a number of people has brought me to the conclusion that the Turbo has failed, and the Alternator has also failed in totally...

Gotit. After the last waste of time, when I went to go and get a BX DTR which left me stranded for a day, this collection went much better!
I'm going to put up a web page about this car in the near future, but for the moment:
What a funky car! From the looks of the car, it wasn't actually marketed as a BX DIGIT , as the one on eric's citroworld...

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No bids on this car yet !
Surely these T.D Activas are rare, even in France.
I would certainly snap it up, if it was on sale here.
Here's the link:-

Just to say hello and introduce myself...
I have just become the owner of an early Citroen Xantia SX TD. It's my very first foray into real Citroens (had an AX years ago) after many Peugeots, including 405 Diesels and 205 Diesels.
I still have a Peugeot though, my very much loved and papmered 205 GTi. I have got the Xantia for Daily Driver duties...

The results are in, apparantly the British public rated the Calibra ahead of the Traction Avant, the SM faired even worse and is slagged off in its desription....DS not doing as well as I thought (no.22)....nearly all of the top 20 are supecars and the Greatest Car is the Mclaran F1. Get kinda fed up with the most important criterea when reviewing...

This evening I was reading through my old clippings from motoring magazines (I saved anything I thought was interesting at the time) and found this from The Scribe (he wrote a weekly tongue-in-cheek page in The Autocar), dated 1957:
The left of the road is for learners and those who are prone to take fright.
The right of the road is for Frenchmen...

Hi!
Fellas, do you find upholstering normal seats with springs instead of foam is doable?
i removed the driver's seat on the C5 to find out where a bit of play was coming from and it struck me (the idea, no the seat ).
Thanks!

Take a look at these bags as they would make it safer if you ride a bicycle, or a motorbike. They would even be a nice safety idea if you have kids, and they are into riding a bicycle.

If your car should have a problem, then one of these bags could also be a useful warning, and safety aid when placed behind the car, or if it's raining on the...

Hi
Pinched from my mates at 2CVGB.
www.themoog.f2s.com/2CV.wmv
Very good!

Two tone (burgandy/black) BX19 RD MK 1 on ebay. Looks in very good condition, plenty of pics long description, item number: 454638993. Only 140,000 miles on a 'B' plate.

Only been on there a few hours and already on £560 ! shows how rare they are these days and it does look in good condition. I like the bit about having a totally standard engine but its 170bhp Hes been misinformed I guess as hes advertising it for a friend

Today I got 3 letters in the post
1) a V5c for Vera (registration document)
2) a letter saying that I could not declare SORN on the car as it was not registered in my name (applied for this when I bought the car)
3) a fine because I am the new registered keeper and I have not declared SORN
For overseas listeners SORN is this governments way of...

Rodney Rude . Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
What ever happened to him?

Over to you Alan

Hi guys, new to the forum & have got to say it looks great. Hope you dont mind someone from the Antipodes hanging about! Thought someone may be interested in having a look at some pics from the annual Citroen meet which was held in Perth WA this year. Enjoy!

Hi
The AA used to have a petrolbusters section to their website: you entered your postcode or region, and it would tell you the cheapest local petrol station.
It no longer seems to exist - does anyone know of anything similar?
Oscar
Should have given this a more intriguing name to begin with.

Does anybody know the best way to go about getting a lockup garage....I tried Birmingham council for the last 18 months without a single reply, only need a single car one to store bits in.

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what do you think? it's a quick and dirty windows paint job, but it good enough to get the picture...
Which one is better?
thanks!

Loves towing in Saxo on trailer!
Image a bit poor, used camera phone.
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Visited Dave Bamber this weekend and collected my genuine Citroen tools that i bought on ebay, 5 boxes gratefully collected and stored by Mr B, thank you!
Its those annoying tools that the Haynes refers to 'use Citroen tool number 7xxx', well know i have some of them! It's taken a few hours but i've figured out what a couple of them do, theres no...

Well people do sell their car, and go for a newer model, but I can't help thinking this seller is going about it the wrong way.
Basically most of us would rather progress from a Mondeo to an Xantia, and not the other way round.
Here's the link:-

Once most sensible people have seen the light, and tried an Xantia, there is no going back.

This Activa is big enough to sleep in, and it's the most expensive Activa I've seen !
Here's the link:-

For newbies and experienced
Moved to general chat.

I cannot believe that ITV went to an advert break with 3 laps of the GP to go

That was the limit - got the idea from:

where this bloke has a very lazy cat called Wesley.
This is Wesley playing Buckaroo...