French Car Forum

The time is approaching when I pay a fairly hefty premium for Continental Breakdown Insurance. The cover is very impressive. One hour of free onsite labour; recovery home or to a specialist repairer; replacement vehicle if necessary, together with cover for any hotel or ferry expenses. What isn't covered - Any expenses where the vehicle is not...

Take a look at this before you jump in to an answer. Robin

Last year I had a 1.8 Laguna RT Sport.

Fully Comp with buisness use as a nurse it came to £375.
This year I have a Xantia 2.0 HDi Forte / LX
Fully comp comes to £614!
The only difference is in July I wrote the Laguna off on a shopping trolley park in B & Q. Ouch! - On line quotes using confused and a variety of other sites have produced prices...

Thanks Jon. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

What happened to Jason Dawe?
He appeared on Top Gear when it returned to our screens, with the one hour format on Sunday evenings, some time ago. He was the fat boy not slim!
When they returned with a new series, he was not presenting anymore.
I actually saw him the other night on Watchdog, being asked to comment on why Peugeot 206's keep cutting...

Two days ago a colleague was in collision with a young chap in a Saxo. My colleague was driving a Honda with front and side airbags at about 50mph. The driver of the Saxo coming toward him round a gentle bend lost it totally, rolled it and collided with the front of the Honda. The Saxo rolled over onto it's wheels and left the Honda with the...

I see lots of people here have classic cars and future ones, as well as modified. I am just about to insure the 504 on classic insurance for the first time. Does anybody have any reconmendations for brokers/insurance companies? I have found one policy so far that needs no, no claims discount, and doesn't accumalate any year on year either with...

Inspired by Marty's heater matrix bypass, whats the worst/best bodged, botched and general cowboy style repair you've seen or heaven forbid done Crack on

Discovered why the AX is so cold. Why there is only a tiny tiny vestige of heat escaping from the vents....
There is NO spoon matrix.....

Its been replaced by a couple of jubilee clips and a small lenghth of copper pipe.
I have no idea if the matrix is still in there (probably) but presently the two pipes that come through the bulkhead...

Would sell his CX and BX for this

OK because we seem to have spare time on our hands, because its winter and cold - heres the ebay challenge! We all seem to have spotted bargains or piles of old cr*p in the last few months, so my challenge to you all.
1) Surf ebay for a motor.
2) It must not cost more than £500 (or converted currency)at the auction close.
3) It must be Peugeot,...

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CAR THIEF ASKS COP FOR HELP
Monday 13th December
Start my stolen car for me , asks tea-leaf.
A man has been arrested after he asked two policemen to help him start a stolen car.
Beniamin Todea was noticed by a patrol in the middle of the night in the Romanian town of Cluj, and he seemed to be having trouble starting his car. When the two...

Music to listen to, while you are waiting for your Citroen to pressurise the brakes, and set the suspension correctly
All Rise-----Blue
The Only Way Is Up-----Yazz
Lifted-----Lighthouse Family
Pump It Up-----Danzel
Obviously you won't get to hear the whole tune.
Any other suggestions?

I thought it would make a change to post a topic that isn't a problem that needs to be solved.
I've owned a Pug 306xsi & have a Citroen Xsara VTS. I fail to see why Citroen is better than Peugeot or vice versa. Thinking about the car alone (not sales or service), why would you buy a modern Cit over a modern Pug?

On Friday last I received from DVlA a V11 - Licence or SORN expires on your vehicle on 31/12/04. I thought that odd and recehcked the licence disc - it does expire on 31/01/05. I was concious of the fact that a V11 which does not elicit a response by taxing or SORN notification can lead to an automatic penalty at the end of the month following...

Ax has now been pressed into daily service.
Coolant flushed and changed ( was no anti freeze in it?! - there is now), Oil and filters done and new Cam belt (awkward and ready for changing, absoloutly NO WAY was that done at 50K miles).
Car drives well, stops well and seems to be lively enough for my day to day trugging about for work...BUT
Its...

Car parked adjacent to my home.
How about this for a wind up!
Car has been in the road for some time after an R.T.A. The headlamp is damaged along with the bonnet, bumper, front panel, radiator, front O/S wing the list goes on!
The car is still taxed, but I think the owner has forgotten to claim it back.
It's causing a major problem with parking....

Xantia Exclusive - V6 or HDi engine?
The HDi is more economic, but maintenance is hot.
How about driving pleasure? Silence? Other considerations?

What happened to the give way sign, and what it represents?
When I started driving, which was a few years ago, people would drive with more caution.
On the approach to another road, with a give way sign you are meant to SLOW DOWN!
The fact is that people will not do that, and nine times out of ten virtually charge out at you from a side road,...

Check out this website for interesting stories, and video clips etc.
Also have a look at the way a customer was treated by a BMW main dealer, amazing story, and poor quality customer service!!!!!
The website is www.mycarsucks.com.
The BMW story is under the sub section cars suck, and has the title savage BMW sucks. Also have a look at the...

The nice people at Citroen Slough have sent me an AX handbook, which i have just read from cover to cover....
Citroen made a 4x4 AX!
Never seen one. has anyone? Wonder if the system could be retro fitted to another AX? Could be fun an off roader AX.

I've noticed on very very cold days the bulb behind my fuel gauge doesn't come on in the morning, until I've been driving for a few miles then it decides to get out of bed & join its buddies.
Maybe its the bulb or the bulbholder that shrinks slightly when very cold, can't imagine the thermal movement is more than a few thou though.
It's been like...

A non rusting 70's Citroen - now there is a novelty!

I have to know something - - - did the STIG really die?
I don't think so, but does anybody think he really died?

This is mildly worrying, not because of the clear ferocity of the fire, or indeed how it took hold rather quickly (though they still managed to unload the bags).
No what worries me is the hapless tourists treating it like a picnic - photo 6 and 7 shows people very close just sitting around - one almost feels teh need to break out a thermos of weak...

Does anybody know any good, and inexpensive exhaust suppliers on-line, not fitting centres, as its next on the list for the 504 rebuild. Found a couple but could use less strain on the budget, hovering around £150 at the moment delivered. thx

I know this if the andyspares/GSF site, and I've used them for years for my citroens but...........
My wife has a nissan, does anyone know of an online site catering for parts for japanese motors??
Thanks
Matt

I thought you might like to hear about the personal plate that Steve Parrish the bike racer, and more recently truck racer had on the car belonging to his wife, a Mercedes
He for obvious reasons would not drive it. The registration number was put on for fun.
The registration was allowed by the D.V.L.A.
It also featured in a magazine.
The...

Thank you eBay - what would we do without you - showing us things we never knew we needed!

My dumper truck at work runs a 24volt system.The stereo in it is a 24v Clarion unit,which is no good.I have a new 1 but it is a normal 12volt unit.I`m going to check tomorrow with my multimeter,but i dont think there is anything 12v in it.How can i reduce the voltage to get 12v?Our new dumpers have a reducer in them for the 12v stereo &...

I went to Earls Court recently to attend the M.P.H. show.
Great show, had the opportunity to try out many cars without a salesman breathing down my neck!
All the affordable cars there, and the lovely exotic cars that most of us can't afford!
Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, they were all there. We had a lovely day out.
Jeremy Clarkson,...

Pulled car over to side of road to take phone call. While parked, and just after answering phone, there was a squeal of brakes, due to a dog suddenly running across from the other side of the road. It was hit, though hopefully not too hard, by the braking car.
The dog then ran, yelping and very shocked, under the car in front of me, hotly pursued...

To all you expert DIYers out there, here's my problem.
Electric shower with ceiling switch; fed from its own ELCB at the consumer unit.
Turn on the ceiling switch. Wee light on the switch comes on OK. There's live to the inside of the shower. But the power light on the shower does not come on.
Press the shower button. Nothing happens. Wee light on...

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.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.
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...