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Trouble is Neil, if after you bought one it falls apart Citroen will say did'nt you see the tv ad, the're suppose to fall apart

I have the BX edition and the Xantia one. Both are very good with first class descriptions of jobs. Illustrations not so good since they are only pen sketches. No photographs at all. Don't know if they have improved later editions, but the bindings are terrible. My Xantia copy is almost a pile of single sheets.

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Not just that word mate. I have to spell check my posts using the wife, LOL. I think it's old bugger syndrome or something. If it aint got a spanner for it then it's too complicated. It's like those fancy salad sandwiches you can buy. You open the pack and as you appraoch your mouth the filling falls out over your shirt. What ever happend to plain...

Recognition.... Hmm.... Could it be the fact (im assuming) we will all be in Citroens Mike?
Or perhaps we should all carry a rolled up newspaper! HE HE HE!
Thought we were headding towards the museum (signposted Concord) Or perhaps I am wrong.

Hope this is OK with the mods. I have just seen that next months edition of Practical Classic magazine is doing a couple of pages on the Citroen 2CV. Looks good and seems to show at least 6 of the said car in various guises. They did a a buyers guide of the 2CV a couple of months ago, and it's avalible on back order.

Soundslike the guys at auto teknik, who helped me with a duff idel stepper motor. Ordered on a Tuseday and it turned up on the Thursday. I had in my haste ordere the wrong one but the guys said return it and we will send out a the one your after. In the post on the Friday and the now right part was on the car fitted by monday afternoon. No...

Much missed. Those late nights diving up the motorway back in 1992 listening to half man half bisciut, the wedding pressent, new order and many, many more will be missed. changed my listening from the usual stuff to some great stuff.

The same in Spain. Thousands of Xsaras and Saxos - hardly any Xantias. Have often wondered why.

You won't be needing the A/C on now Stuart?

Dunno - but my Dragon works a treatwith bags more OOOMPH and no smoke.

R O F L !

i'd speculate that they can be done all beit a tight fit. XM seats will fit into a BX with modification, and XM seats will go into a 405 without too much of a problem. Though thats the front seats, not sure about the backs. Time to ge tthe tape measure out me thinks!

not seen the Simsons, but the Rugrats drive around in an animated Citroen DS....Cool!

JANE
JAAAAAAANNNNE

I DO NOT BELIEVE IT!
Just been to the Lock Up, a journey of , oooh about 1.2 miles - just past Bamber Bridge nick, where a (friendly) police man shouted me over to infrm me one of my back lights was out......
So that means its lasted about 8 or 9 hours.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Match or lighter anybody?

This is a tricky one. As someone born in 1967 (gulp) I do share a great nostalgia for cars of the late 60's era and the entire 1970's. I now actively desire a Cortina 1600E, a 1973 GS 1220 Club and very badly a 1973 Ami Super Estate. I however do not have any interest in the Marina, the Maxi, the Allaggro, the LNA or the Acclaim. I could...

It's grim up north Tom

If the bulbs are 'blowing' electrically as opposed to mechanically failing ie vibration causing the filament to break, then I would first check the alternator voltage.
It may have become unregulated and outputting too high a voltage .
Are you having to top up the battery electrolyte more often?

Stu
Why not go to the Autotrader site and do a search on similar cars and see what they're going for.........then come back and sell it on here, of course!
Jamie

A (unhelpful) suggestion is to whip the front wheels of an disconect the wear sensors - tape them up.
However Im not aware that the brake sensor causes the car to actually fail to start.
Have you checked the LHM level in the tank? and does the engine turn over? _ The brake light illuminates if the parking (hand)brake is on so its usuall to see...

or at least some other views. R

My consumption seems to range between 40 and 50 depending on how heavy my foot is too.
Stewart

Was told the same thing a few weeks ago, apparently it has a lower coefficient of expansion too, supposed to improve tyre life and fuel consumption! usually costs about a fiver, have not tried it yet.
Stewart

Talbot Tagora - why oh why oh why???!

Check for rust in the rear chassis inboard of the back wheels. Take a sharp pointy, pokey thing and have a prod around the chassis and wheel arches.
Being a diesel it shouldn't have suffered at the hands of the backwards baseball cap boys.

Sounds like a nasty one, have a look at Driverguide.com and see what they are offering as spyware stoppers, they seem to have their finger on the pulse.
Good luck
Stewart

Not from Citroen! I did just check by looking up rear window and tailgate on a couple of popular models, but there is no sign of the sticker on the parts listing.
Try 2cv Graphics by Jeff & Chris they can/have reproduced loads of obsolete badges and stickers for Citroen models. (site was very very slow when I looked, be patient).

Hi, theres not a 4 wheel drive clubin the formal sense of the word, but there are about 18 4wd 2cv's in the UK, all built by Louis Barbour, and the owners tend to meet up now and again to get down and dirty.
Next meeting is on the weekend of 13/14 November, and will involve some green laning plus some more serious off roading in N Wales. Everyone...

Huge!
If you like that sort of thing - Ok but not my bag Im afraid suppose it makes the front end seema little more agressive and angry? - But hey if you like it go with it.

Have just spoken to the wife who by chance is a solicitor and the answer is YES. Under present law, the driver may be liable for using a vehicle with out a valid excise licence(tax disc. The keeper of the vehicle (you) may be liable for an offence of using a vehicle with out a valid excise licence with in a SORN period which is a higher fine than...

Had one as hire car once when over in France with a mate. Funky little thing. Drove fine. Have seen a couple on the roads around Worcestershire both a rather loud lime green colour. I'd have one if the steering was put on the proper side. Never seen any adds in the cars mags I read for them or right hand conversion.

I'm pretty sure the car in the car park is a 604 with 505 wheels
Yes I noticed that they were using old Peugeot models, good advert! lol

Hello and welcome to Andyspares. We could do with some more 2cv chat!

I have done the same before now, you get fed up of a vehicle, prepare it for sale and realise that you have just fixed the faults that you were fed up of! perhaps you need to keep it?
Stewart

could be Triton Green if its the same as the BX?

My wife won't let me go this year, instead we're off to a club meet in Stoke on Sunday. It's the Renault Megane Coupe & Convertible Club. The wife has a Convertible in platinum sliver. The last time I went to the Classic car show I ended up having to be forcably removed from a Mantra Baghera (spelling).I just fell in love with a ready to roll...

None of the email from this Forum seems to work right now. I did post about this in the For Sale and Wanted section some time ago. Without binding on, its some sort of problem with the Forum software coupled with the server. I did try fixing it, and so did the other Admin, David, but we gave up. Basically, if you click Send member an email it just...

Firstly needs to be turbo diesel and go for any trim from Avantage upwards. With the Avantage you get eleccy windows at the front, eleccy sunroof, tilt steering wheel as standard.

I have a Garmin hand-held unit for use with an o.s. map when I am out in the wilds, and what it does is lock onto the satellites to give a more or less exact location- the camera ones work by being permanantly on and knowing where they, and therefore the cameras are.
They are very good, but only as good as the info thats programmed into them, and...

Nope, i dont think it happens on this forum, Jon will be able to tell you for definate.
You can set your preferences so that other forum members can email you direct (though im sure this wasnt working properly for a bit).

Perhaps the fact that I saw Petrol being sold at 94.9pence per litre at the weekend ina motorway service station! What sort of mpg does 1.0 AX return?

lol
i got my zx manual off ebay for £5 i think then got charged £4 for postage! Luckily it was immaculate else i would have been annoyed at only saving couple quid for a 2nd hand one. Naturally its now covered in oil :D

Any chance of something a bit more Northern? ( or indeed Central!)

Dont think so but heres the one I use on my motorsport club forum :)

He'd still only get a small trade in at any used car dealer if he rolled up in a Citroen. Once again it's just like Skoda, all those rally wins and the jokes came thick and fast but who's laughing now eh! Citroen may have it's critics but you always see more horror stories involving Rovers.

What do you mean dreaded hydraulic system?
There is nothing at all complicated about it.
There is a simple way to tell if it is the hydraulics which are leaking, the LHM fluid is bright green and feels like oil. Well it is bright green if it is changed often enough, it can go yellow or orange if left for 15 years.
I suggest you re post in the...

quote: thier Glitz Mix DJ and music doo
Does it cost more without that, whatever it may be? Any resemblance to dog doo?
Obviously not much use if you want to be West of the Cotentin, but Dover-Dunkerque on Norfolk Lines is good and cheap, and there is an Auchan near the port, to fill your car with wine.

I would not buy a car off eBay unless it was near enough for me not to waste too much time and fuel going to look at and test drive it.
I do buy and sell lots of other things of less value on eBay, though, and have never been 'done'.
You will have a decent BX when you are done, though, Jon.

An airlock - maybe?