French Car Forum

Stuart...
How did you fettle the BX wiper to park on the opposite side.
Fancy doing this modification to the AX - had a look @ the wiper assembly and the Haynes BOL, but nothings leaping out at me...
Cheers, Marty.

Quick one....
Anyone know where I can get some French number plates made up (but with my reg on) - apart from France?
Ta.

hi moz here anybody know anything about the lamborghini

Don't delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it.
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat...

Its not that bad either considering its an eBay special.
I now realise why all the photos were of soft focus rather than the seller being a numpty with the camera there are one or two more blemishes than he admits to in the item description, its clearly been in a front ender and the panel gaps are terrible - not hideously out, but more back street...

Does anybody know of a QH stockist carrying diesel glow plug relays under the QH brand? all my local ones dont carry relays, and an original pug price of £65+vat seems rather steep. Any suggestions, its the older type Valeo 73100202, common with 504, 505, 604, CX25, C25. QH do one from their Commerical Ignition catalogue, but finding one for sale...

NZ$1000 = about 290 UK pounds.

Ahhh thats better, didnt want to kick the 2cv,dogs or cat!

I'm currently posting very occasionally on Aussiefrogs,
slightly more regularly on Citroenz,
Helping Jon to build Bxclub (although I should say that he is doing all the work and I'm just supplying a little copy),
contributing to the ongoing debate about the future of the CCC from within,
and posting here a fair bit.
It has become time to review my...

You all know that the TRD from Europe becomes a DTR over here.
They never learn though.
Associations with the new range are pretty unfortunate as well
C6= mal de mer
C5= plastic motorised potty
C3= C3PO an annoying and obstinate robot, prone to malfunction
C2= missing a couple of nuts down below
but the C4 takes the biscuit. Its plastic and it...

Damn' thing needs a thermostat' cos it is jammed open.
Costs £3, half that of a BX. Well I was warned.
Has anybody tips for removing the headlining?
Car passed structural audit today and was steam cleaned around its engine bay.
There was a bill for undersealing in the service records, two years ago. It is very good underneath.
I telephoned the old...

The latest regulation this bloody government is going to bring in starts on 1st January. From that date, we are forbidden to do electrical work in our own houses. During the lifetime of the present lot, we've been banned from doing our own gas installations and virtually stopped from fitting replacement windows. How long before we've got to get...

Just been and had a look at the new C4 . Both models are really good looking cars with the 3 door being the strangest to look at . The 5 door has all the usual stuff that you'd expect in a modern hatch back but with the added 5 star N cap saftey test. Loads of room both front and rear, split rear seats and so on . The 3 door well what can you say,...

86 year old Doctor in West Sussex bought a CX 2.5 Turbodiesel 18 months old in 1986. Being a doctor, he had it kept very well and loved it. His doctor told him that it was time to pack up driving which was a shame, because he not only loved the car, having grown up on Tractions (No, Mike he wasn't an orthopaedic surgeon!)but he had just had fitted...

Searching eBay for a bargain motor (the Arcadiane Dyane van is too many £ for my budget) when i came accross this beauty!
Does someone want to tell him what a lowered hydrolastic car actually means?
And for those interested in the (very) nice Arcadaine van its...

as above.

Sods law.Glowplugs need doing again.Starts up ok,but runs worse than a tractor for 10 secs or so.Do the glowplugs twice & it starts & runs smooth.I only did then 2 yrs ago,surely they should last longer than this?
Have read alot about Halfords own on the forum,i will put Beru in this time.
If only the fuel pump wasn`t there

Its not everyday I see these on ebay...
If I was closer I would buy it, to add to the one I have, but for a quid start price anybody fancy a tinker?

So I got to wondering: how does that work? Which part passively steers ? Is it the whole sub-frame, just the stub axles or what?
What are the disadvantages of this setup?
Educate me please

Whilst discussing (read bickering) with my friend via email he was on about how my old Visa diesel was a 1.7
Now it was the 1769cc engine as fitted to the bx etc but why on the visa and bx was it badged as 17RD. Using the standard method of rounding off numbers, 1.750 or higher rounds up to 1.8 so therefore 1.769 rounds up to 1.8, why did citroen...

I have just been reading Auto Express magazine special issue 833,and it's very interesting to see on page 9 that the film industry (in France) are making use of a Citroen as a camera car. They would obviously want a stable platform to mount their camera on, but if you look closely it appears to have been converted into a pick-up platform design,...

Is it me or have any of you guys noticed that at the slightest bit of bad weather (fog this morning) that some vehicles are driven as though over night they have gotten fatter (wider) by at least 2 feet On the way to work this morning after driving 20 miles being dazzled by front fog / driving lights (none on the rear ) as the fog was that thick...

Yes, well, I have done it. I collected my XM VSX 2.5 Turbo Estate today and my face still has a very big grin on it
All I have to do now is learn what all the buttons and knobs do!
This is not an advert nor a plug but I do want to say how very pleased I am with Wolsey House Motors at Diss. The car when I saw it was genuine, as bought in by them...

Citroen AX - How many keys should they have then?
Looked at a few early motors with one key, looked at a N plater garage swore blind they all came with a different key for the ignition barrel.....
Hmm?
Go on somone enlighten me please.
TA

Three years ago a police chief said that the only people who have anything to fear from cameras are those who put themselves and others at risk by blatantly ignoring speed limits. So said the Chief Constable of Derbyshire who was one of the first to embrace the Safety Camera Partnership. Unfortunately, last week he allowed his driver to travel...

Well thats a mouthfull to get put across the back of a Rover, but I wonder how this little arrangement is going to work? SAIC already manufacturers the :
VW Santana (the mk1 Passat!),
VW Santana 3000 (looks Passat),
VW Passat (ok....),
VW Polo (hatch and saloon),
VW Gol (Golf)
Buick GL8 (mother of a V6 people carrier)
GM Sail (almost astra?)
GM...

I had a problem in a supermarket with a car of mine,(not a Citroen)where I parked in the car park. Now I have seen people get out of their cars, & open their doors against other cars usually these muppets park to close (lack of spacial awareness), but even when they do park, & leave enough space which is rare they will open the door(s) wide, &...

Hi I would appreciate extra information on this subject, because my car is only six years old, but has a problem with the exterior trim where the chrome effect trims are showing signs of deterioration. Why is this happening on what is a relatively young car?
Is there a way around this problem as it makes the trims look bad?
I did enquire at a main...

Got an interview for a G grade tomorrow (working as an F as a lone practitioner which heaves me off something terrible)
Its more money, less patinets (40 as opposed to 207) and I should be able to get my holidays roughly when i want, again as opposed to having to fight for them and being on call even when off sick...
Yet why have i spent more time...

Just seen the new ad for the C4,best ad i`ve seen for a while!I wonder if the car turns into a transformer/robot in real life?!?!

Anyone with experience of these books? Better or worse than HBOL! R

How do I change a Front Sid-light bulb?

Am i the only forum member who seems to suffer this terrible typing dyslexial when typing the word THE - if im typing quickly it always comes out as TEH.
Why is this?
Answers on a poscode please!

Right, folks - started another thread here just to tidy it up.
We are agreed on Saturday 2:00 pm. Precisely where at the airport are we meeting, and how are we going to recognise each other?
Up to now, we have:
Yours truly - Dyane
Marty Hopkirk - ZX
Dave Bamber - Berlingo
Tom Sheppard - BX
Oilyspanner - ?
James - ZX
Mat - ?
Please add to list

Now most of us spend our time complaining, quite jusifiably about the motror trade, the amount of money it costs us and the way we are constantly in danger of being ripped off.
Sometime ago a thread was started about good service from garages etc, cant seem to find it now.
So here is an example of how it could be: Having had my back crushed for...

Miles off topic apart from the fact that the late Mr. P was a great fan of '30s motor racing and knew his stuff but if you are near radio 4 at 12.30 today you would do well to listen to the Now Show for Mitch Benn's tribute.

Have been on Holiday and noticed that on the island of Majorca the humble Xsara is the Citroen of choice. Now I know that on the site we Xsara drivers get a little bit of ribbing about how the ZX was, and is a better car even though they are the same car underneath. As I say the Xsara was seen all over the place where the ZX could be counted on 1...

Have been on my holidays for the past couple of weeks and this is what me and the wife have had to put up with.
Oops sorry Cala Bona, Majorca.

Ive been thinking about these tuning boxes, they claim to give you upto 115bhp and however many nm of torque, they do this by dumping in more fuel, but not increasing the boost on the turbo, whereas a company like upsolute who do a chip reprogram increase fuelling and turbo boost but still get round about the same figures. Why is this? Another...

Gawd, waddya doin'?
One of your lot's gone & upset some of the Goddammit booy; ya kern't go sayin' things like that.... set, something fierce.
Read & have a giggle at the posting (one of the best I've seen in years) but if you want to really have a scream, trawl through the responses from the 'gun totin' Good Ol' Boys

Alan S

hi guys, have been sent here from citroenz to ask you all some advice!!
Will the seats (front and back) from a 405 fit into the Bx??? if so is it an easy job or to bits need changing due to the saloon to hatchback change????
many thanks,
timmo.

Has anyone seen that Simpsons episode where Homer goes to kill himself, and drags a huge boulder for miles tied to his gut, only to find one already there at the bridge??
I left my sunroof open at the weekend, it poured with rain, and my seat was soaking.
After a couple of days driving around on a binliner and towel, I wrestled with my torx bits...

I've got a line on a cheapish '87 manual Estate. Before WBM puts the block on it, Is this a decent engine and what horror stories are avoidable when viewing one of these. Spares as common as 6 figure lottery wins ?
Dipsomaniac?
Uninsurable (or is classic insurance available?)
Will I be driven even further over the edge of reason if I try to fit...

Further to the ongoing saga of my bulb eating ZX i have today replaced EVERY single exterior bulb with new ones. EVERY last one.
Watch this space to see how long they last and which one blows first - just been to Formby and back and all still working.

Seems to have turned into a bit of a my car is better than your car debate.
One poor lad wonderd whether it was worth preserving a povvy spec AX and seems to have been lambasted a bit by people saying its not worth it. I disagree. without the preservation of all types of car what will future generations have to remember automotive development by?...

Is cancelled due to a shortage of takers. More enthusiasm in the Frozen Northern Wastelands, where they sit by their great log fires and tell a tale (Hence Noggin, I suppose) so I'll be there (Staying sober )

The Headlamps on my ZX are causing me some problems at teh moment in so much as the wiring loom has shorted twice now and i have lost first my left then my right headlamp - the current state of play is i have side lights, headlamps but not main beam.
I have removed the bulbs for the moment whilst i sort out the reason for a) the car chewing...