French Car Forum

Definitely in the calm before the storm in Hertford at the moment, 10.30am, sunny and a moderate breeze, not worth a reef on the mainsail yet!! :-D

Just had a pleasant ten minutes back where I spent all my child

Have you seen any Electric Car adverts?

Nice choice of music for this one of the Zoe from Renault, but not a patch on their nostalgic yuppie ads for the Renault 25 back in the day :-D

Regards Neil

Just got a message saying my contract ends in May and inviting me to renew and upgrade.
This is the small print that seems to be getting added by all the providers:
*The monthly price for your broadband plan will increase each year from April 2023 by the rate of inflation (the Consumer Price Index rate, published in January each year) plus 3.7%....

In a couple of weeks' time, we will be moving house permanently to the UK, after 18 years in southern Spain. We have already bought a house in Shropshire, so will have a permanent UK address.

We'll be bringing with us our two Citroens (XM and BX) and will be putting these on UK plates fairly quickly. At that point, we'll need to insure them with...

I have been thinking about getting an electric car for a while, and a couple of months ago I visited a car dealer with a good selection of them, but found them rather dull. They also had a BMW I3 on display, I looked at the price and decided that it was not for me either.

Since then I have been reading up on the I3 and watching the local prices,...

Hi guys. Newbie on here. Former Citroen Xantia owner but no longer - still miss that car!

I have what may seem like a strange query. Many years ago - and I mean decades! - I read a novel about luxury French car manufacturers in the 1950s... it was very much about the personal lives of the bosses of the firms, probably more so than about the cars....

You may find this interesting, I can see some real problems resulting from some of the rules eg someone turning left in front of you and then stopping dead halfway round because there is a more vulnerable user wishing to cross!! I can't wait to see how many cyclists get done for jumping red lights!!

Not really off topic as such but I wasn't sure where to post this.

I'd completely forgotten that the C6 existed so was somewhat amused to see one on the Netflix drama Stay Close , that back window and other styling queues are so unusual in a good way. I won't spoil the show for anyone planning to watch it but whoever put the people that use the...

got to give it to the Guardian here.....nice title
Headline caught my eye, havent read it yet.

The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

...of course they are talking about Lithium, and its what they describe as a long read.

Regards Neil

Just watching Countdown first time for a while, blimey Rachel ain't half changed. :-D

I recently got my hands on a 1985 Renault 5 (some sort of sport version, I’m not sure). It was an impulse buy at the advice of a very good friend who is knowledgeable when it comes to older model cars. I initially thought about giving it to my wife, but then grew fond of it and decided to keep it to myself. It’s a small card with plenty of power...

For those not already aware, there are changes coming in from the 1st January 2022 regarding car insurance. The practice of 'price walking' is going to be banned. This is where insurance companies hike the insurance premium price up for existing customers for no good reason and rely on their customers renewing their premiums without quibbling or...

Enjoy and awesome Christmas all 👍🎄🎅😎😍

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And may 2021 be a heck of a lot better than 2020!

Celebrate well 😀🎂😋🍻

Hello,

Long Friday afternoon post incoming. Get a beer :) :

Lately, my car decided that she needs an extra care with (starting last year) new radiator, new heater matrix, new oil-to-water heat exchanger and an incoming brand new top engine wiring loom. Add to that the usual maintenance of a new set of belts and pulleys, water pump, oil and...

Once upon a time when I was a dyed-in-the-wool hooligan, I’d previously enjoyed a series of 'proper' Minis fitted with increasingly larger engines, but after buying a house in France I needed something that was a bit more of a 'load lugger'; practical experience taught me that sacks of cement in the boot of a Mini definitely makes the steering go...

on the Birmingham forum, thought it would interest some on here.

I did an oil and filter change on our Peugeot 308 last week. I already had the oil so just the filter was needed. The 308 is Euro 6 so the filter housing has a special thicker sealing ring compared to the Euro 5 models although the filter is the same. I was quite prepared to re-use the old sealing ring but surprise, surprise, there was a correct...

Showing on the 17th December. 😉

Just mooching around the web and found this website, very interesting and time consumming...........
Loadsa memories. :wink:

I was watching a video on The Missenden Flyer's site which was his round up of last month's bike news as published in MotorCycleNews (MCN). One particular article grabbed my attention. :?: :!: The government are in consultation about banning tampering (modifying) motor vehicles. :shock: They claim it is for safety reasons with the oncoming arrival...

There was (is?) a Yahoo group called ZX-L devoted to the ZX.
Last time I stopped by, it seemed to be populated by the lower end of the ZX food chain ;) - not a patch on these forums.
It may be worth a look though as it may have changed for the better.

Got my renewal notice from Direct Line this morning, as usual it's upped in price so I did the Confused search, best price is £15 less than DR but I always look at reviews and in particular the negative ones.
Best price offered was from Ageas, this is what the negative reviews say:

I think I'll give them a miss.

I imagine there are a fair few of us using windows 10 so how about posting some of the unusual pictures that appear, with a brief description, here's one that appeared this week.

Laguna Garzón Bridge in Garzón, Uruguay
In 2015, this ring road bridge opened, consisting of two semi-circular one-way sections that form a kind of lagoon within a...

I don't know if any of you have come across this, popped up on the Google feed this morning, the main video is in Spanish but has subtitles!

Coming to some General Motors vehicles in 2024, it's time to start melting down the family silver and time to say goodbye to your Boy Racer Alloys!

Called the UPTIS, (unique puncture-proof tyre system), they've been developing these for about 10 years and early designs have been referred to as a 'TWEEL' :roll:

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The tyres...

LED rear brake light fix

I have said many times how much I dislike shouty 'presenters', American accents and pronunciations and especially shouty Americans.

This is a breath of fresh air, just love his accent, not a clue where he originates from.

Hello All,
Could some kind person help with the wheel nut torque in ft lb (10da Newton?) for the alloy wheels on my C5 Mklll please?.
I have searched the forum and the supersticky and I am just going round and round and cant find an answer.
Thanks

Hi. In years gone by I would protect pinstripes and stick on badges with good old Simoniz polish. I am in the process of applying decals to Pint Pot and have been given various suggestions for protecting them. Some of the vinyls are very thin with very fine details whereas some of my own hand made decals are from thicker stock. Suggestions vary...

Hi All 

this is a bit cheeky but shy boy gets nowt...

my C5 is dead (RIP) and my arthritis is getting worse so I'm considering getting an automatic C4 Grand Picasso 1.6eHDI

I'm looking at ones from 2014 (so new shape) but I have never driven automatic/semi automatic or a people carrier

all the ones I'm looking at are over 100 miles away but I...

A big general auction from where I bought the Zoe, all sorts included.

Thought I'd seen it all until I saw this: - I mean really, 3 x 1L water bottles emptied in the bin and filled with petrol?

I hope she gets exposed for her stupidity. Apart from the obvious danger, I suspect she is falling foul of the 'The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 (PCR)', which came into force on1 October 2014 which state:...

While in the MOT Test Centre this morning I became aware of new rules for number plates when travelling abroad which came in on September 28th. While it doesn't affect me at the moment I know it may affect others so here is a snippet to show what I am referring to:

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Full details for those who travel frequently can be...

Is it a case of...

or maybe the chorus of this!

REgards Neil

OMG, remember all the stick the Allegro got for its square Steering Wheel, back in the day when I were a boy....

I happened to glance inside a 2014 Fiat 500L earlier today, to see if any of the style of the original had been carried over (seemingly not).

Imagine my surprise though to find that the Allegro was ahead of its time and the Square...

Got this in an email from Confused.

For a long time, we've had a wireless mouse in our lounge, used to operate the nearby Win10 PC, usually to select and pause/play IPTV from the PC to the tv screen, via HDMI.

Anyway, this remote mouse has continued to wake up the PC, if the mouse was accidentally knocked or moved.

Obvious solution was to go into Control Panel, and only allow the...

I've had a 32 gig SD card in my dash cam for a long time, got a blue screen The card is full. tried to format it but the computer seems unable to see it says 0 in the capacity and used boxes, tried it in three adaptors all the same, another card, a twin to it, works fine so I guess it's gone boobs up.

Any way to restore it or is it for the bin?

Quite a few bits here that I might have bid on if I hadn't given up crawling under cars.. :)

An interesting/entertaining run of videos from Brum news.

Look what they're using to lift the roof rafters onto a new build bungalow across from me.

Glad to see Amazon is starting to crack down on the Chinese selling rubbish on their sites and more importantly all the fake reviews for the tat on offer.

A recent article from 'Bloomberg':

Amazon Hits Chinese Sellers With Crackdown on Fake Reviews

More than 50,000 marketplace seller accounts in China have been dropped over pay-for-praise and...

Anyone with experience of American Muscle Cars knows that uprated autoboxes are common on these cars. In this country we seem to turn our noses up at automatics but a properly set up Hi Stall convertor/quick shift valve block Yank box is a revelation. I remember many, many years ago Mercedes set Stirling Moss the task of doing high speed forward...

Hello,

I am hoping to find other fans of Chapron cars here (esp. Citroens).

More to the point, information on that coachbuilder seems to be difficult to come by. Even the almighty Internet only yields bits here and there.

Question: What are the best sources (books, websites, blogs, etc. - anything really) that you might have discovered over...

Yes in the literal wilds of Northumberland I spotted one of these.

For educational purposes, and who knows someone may actually like it, I give you the ugliest front end since the Citroen H Van....and I love the Citroen H Van.

Its all subjective of course, and it could grow on me.....

Lexus obviously think they are onto a winner :-D...

As a welcome to new members from Aussie Frogs to the FCF refuge a thread for a bit of Australian centric chat banter and nonsense.

Now Monty Python afficionados will see the wonderful what are the chances of that happening :?: in that the first Aussie Frogs member to reach the FCF life raft has a user name Bruce! (Bruce H to be precise)

Thanks...

But might be of limited interest here. :) It does lead on to others though.

Just a quick question. I have to source a replacement front wheel bearing and I haven't bought one for years so, in view of the plethora of cheap ones around, I thought I'd get the general opinion on which are the better bearing companies these days? :?:

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We got back from France a few days ago – a two-day drive there by XM, and two back, around 1900 miles in all.

What spotted on the road?
Just three DS-brand in France - how did that happen? Were we right about the launch of the brand being open to question?
An all-electric Zoe, which kept on overtaking us and being overtaken...

As I invited everyone to join me for a celebratory beer this evening I thought a new thread would stop us clogging up POTD or The Jukebox thread with drinking revellry. I am celebrating my points received this morning and so I have enlisted the help of my local brewery:

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who offer a wide range of tipples so I invite you to choose...