French Car Forum

Yes it relates to one of Luton's finest, but sometime Friday/Saturday my driver's side wing mirror glass was stolen.

Bit of trawling of the internet and I find Europartsdealer with a new replacement item at £7.79 with free 1st Class Delivery from Royal Mail.

Ordered it Late Sunday night, and the little brown cardboard box, with the mirror...

OK....after the change over to an MPH one, its not working at all. I have checked the connections etc, put the KMPH one back...that works

No Speedo, no miles click over....zip all, dead as a Dodo

Stumped.

Hot on the heels of the latest update to the current forum software, I find the branch we are presently running will be going end of life in May.

This means no more patches, no more updates and most importantly, no more security updates..

This means we must update sooner rather than later to version 3.1.x.. I have already discussed this once but...

Does anybody know if/how to reset an Electro Mechanical Miles recorded to Zero ?

I have to change my French KMPH Speedo (at present only the face is changed to fool the MOT man) to a MPH one.
I have sourced the correct V6 type in MPH ( I love you Jim :) ) but I would like to reset that to either zero or to the correct KM/MPH.
I will naturally...

Sorry its taken so long....packages are wrapped addressed and ready for the post office, they will be with you very soon.

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I notice that Stickyfinger has changed his avatar and has swapped from badgers to foxes? Is all well in Somerset?

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Needs asking....really who thinks that club is good/bad/should run Labour Party Leadership elections ?

I have a new prime example of why I do not do clubs

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This evening I've been doing a diagnostic session on a neighbours Peugeot 5008 which is in limp mode and having obtained a few codes I then did a Google search on one of the codes and clicked on the following thread started by a new forum member, reading down the replies the third one is as follows;

If you'd put as much effort into sorting out...

Not going to link to the clickbaiting viral article on this, I'll just embed the YT video instead :)

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Quite an interesting concept to show the dangers of texting whilst driving but in a safe environment.

Hi All,

I'm looking at buying an (USB) inspection camera/bore scope this weekend (to go digging around in the walls of the house).

I've found one that our halfords do that is for about £23. And I've found some videos that have been taken with the one I'm looking at getting:

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and

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Anyone here who has (or has used) a...

Before I go and order one, has anyone tried the universal split driveshaft boots that you dismantle nothing, cut old boot off, slip boot on and glue it together. They are not much more than normal ones but should be easier fitted. Anything that saves me work nowadays is a good thing.

Every week I weigh myself and check my blood pressure, having had a history of both being very high...

I've noticed that over the months the trend has been downward and today, measured during moderate activity (housework) I recorded a score of 102/63 at a pulse of 55 bpm :shock:

This seems a bit lowish but I'm feeling great :? No obvious...

hi chaps, my c5 has a bolt on tow ball, 2 large bolts hold it to the main tow hitch.. its a standard factory C5 S1 towbar.

I have one of these, a bike carrier from the US which I would like to use..

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My carrier however, has a square hitch bolted on, with a large pin which locks.. for a US square...

Not seen an old Citroen for ages round here

was up at pops yesterday, figured i best have a poke and prod round the ol' girl, fired up quickly with a battery booster and ran for a mo but spluttered, to be expected as its been sat not fired for over a year, but stared to look and have a prod and poke about, the usual spots and wtaer traps seem to have got it, the sunroof drains have blocked...

Well here it is...

1. Its good because of the things it doesn't have....no dpf and no need for Eolys, no dmf, no rear electric windows, no tachometer, no sat-nav, no automatic gearbox.

2. The three rear seats come out in seconds, no bolt undoing or anything and there you have a cavernous, van like space to do anything you want with, including...

What, no spaces ??...maybe this will do ??

BUT, how do I get into it I hear them saying..........I know, open both doors so I can see when I reverse !....sounds like a plan

OOPS !

as seen on PH

Was attempting to look at IMCDB ( internet movie car database) to check out Duel and up pops a message saying I need to update Adobe Flash Player, in very adobe flash player looking instructions. Suffice to say an inadvertent click involved having CrossBrowser invade my old laptop.

Probably now removed about 90% of it and other associated stuff,...

My last premium 49 days ago was £171.12 fully comp 10 years NCB 7,000 miles for me and wife on Xantia S reg 2.1 TD (110) approx 46.9p a day

Today's quote for a change of car was expensive so I asked for a new policy quote same profile but on a Xantia W reg 2.0 HDi (110) approx 99.7p a day

Seems they heavily load the premium on a 'new' car even...

left speechless and totally empty of reaction either way....the TinterWeb has hardened my ability to be surprised, shocked or even disgusted...it does not make me angry or sad very often and is rarely either impressive of complete.

This however just left me totally numb without any clue how to react.....it seemed to generate one feeling with that...

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Not really sure if this is the correct place to post this, so apologies if it should be elsewhere,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hello peeps,
look, there's no easy way to say this, this is in effect a begging letter,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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I know we all get asked for money all the time and I realise that everyone has...

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That's nearly a third off :wink: :lol:

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Ok, so this isn't particularly french or car, but transport. I just was on the local service bus after dropping the car off at the garage. I know the lassie that drives it, she has done for years, and was its driver when I worked there, in fact I have driven the route many times covering days off, holidays etc. When I was first there the bus being...

I confess to being somewhat the anorak with this stuff. Having bits posted from overseas frequently, I love to not only follow the carrier's tracking updates but also (when it can be deduced) the flights as well.

There's something soothing yet exciting, about watching a little graphic of a plane moving along the dotted flight path, more or less...

Notwithstanding they have the usual wenches on their front page...

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Made me think a little of FAI and Topran. Has anyone given their product a crack? One of the Lithuanian suppliers is pushing them quite affordably.

(I'm an admitted parts adventurer and will try things of less-known brands but...

A laser warning light and line projector...... WOW, what a great warning system ....a distraction menace or just, you have to be joking Sir, here have a ticket :)

I suppose this has been asked a lot, does anyone have multi car insurance which you can add or take cars off of at no extra charge, as there will be 3 cars in my name insured? The insurance I am with did not want to change my existing policy over to the megane although they did eventually. I have been charged £30 every time I have changed it. My...

What is this and how is it used?

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Shout if you can make it.......if anyone deserved a farewell from Citroen's its Malcolm

We are meeting at 1pm ...Bodium Castle Car Park TN32 5UA (nr Roberstsbridge off the A21 north of Battle, East Sussex)
If anybody would like to be picked up on my way there....please just ask and I am sure we can arrange something.

This isn't specifically Citroen so I've put it here.

My wife wants a sat nav, she is visiting cities more frequently and it really helps. I have a myway in my C5 III and it does all I or she would want, including traffic updates via TMC which needs no data connection.

I see from the John Lewis website site that Tom Tom devices link to a...

The BBQ day at PSA HQ in Coventry on the Friday before the nationals ?

FREE MEAT ! and a chance to show PSA workers what they are giving up ?

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Hi....just wondering about adding additional Drive-Off security....a plan to add a little delay and confuse the chavs who look it up the standard theft technique on their phones when they find the car they want to joyride.

I am a fan of the unexpected and am thinking of putting a Removable powder switch into the impact/fuel cut-off supply to act...

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I have 30 years driving experience Bikes, Cars, Lorry, Tanks, Articulated and in all road conditions from the Arctic to the Desert but I have yet to master Supermarket car parks apparently ... :oops:

After dropping off SWMBO I was driving too slowly, so the woman in her X5 decided to commence reversing out of a Supermarket parking bay...

Hey all!
just returned from my first trip abroad in best part of 20 years to see my pops in Southern Brittany, as any old frenchie driver, constantly on the look out for any oldies! was pleasantly surprised by the number of old french motors still about and by the lack of the German infringement!! they were evident, but the majority were...

whats the best way to store/keep all your photos once free drop box comes to a close,

i have heard people having problems accessing there files once there free drop box comes to an end,
they sent me an email stating my free account was ending in June,
and invited me to pay for there service,

i do like drop box but dont want to pay £7 odd a month...

I'm wondering if it's realistic to have both my Xantiae on the road. Estate as a work maul and hatchback as the nice clean one. I've never had more than one car insured and was just wondering how those of you who do have gone about it. There seems to be unlimited options and they all seem to cost a lot more than double the price for one car which...

Hello to all.

While not complete idiots on the computer, sometimes it takes us longer than is worthwhile to do some tasks which others can do in a jiffy.

We have started a small Peugeot/Citroen Renault business here in Bretage and need a logo.

We would like a Renault Diamond, a Peugeot Lion inside it, and Citroen Chevrons inside the lion....

OK, finally getting naffed off with the standard car radio, loosing stations, hiss, stuff plugged into glove box (crap) Citroen adapter etc etc.

My needs are FEW, Bluetooth for the phone, USB and Aux in would be good. I am not bothered about the cars screen loosing radio info etc,. I hardly change stations anyway sticking to 3/4 standard ones....

But hey, Pilton (Glastonbury) is just down the road so it would this week :roll:

So earlier tonight I ended up watching the John Bishop show.

On it at one point there was a band called The Courteeners.

Therefore at some point we could in the future have someone calling a band :wink: The Xauntears :wink:

So they are not going to carry on making Land Rover Defenders.

So what's left could go up in price, but this one is too much ! :rofl2:

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PURETECH NAMED INTERNATIONAL ENGINE OF THE YEAR

Might have to book a test drive

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Converted from a child's plastic toy and then painted....I think he did a good job

PSA strikes again...

We all know and love the 35mm front hub nut - I have a socket for this and have used it on a variety of PSA cars. This weekend I had to look at the rear brakes on the 307 as they were catching when they heated up. Plenty of pad left, just a build up of rust on the edge of the disc catching the caliper when it expanded. On...

What a surprise !

HARTWELLS Bath...........Car has the top-end Dealer Extended Warranty....MOT Cover....Recovery etc

Car has a main HP pump failure on Wed last
Car delivered to them 8am, call from recovery agent to tell me.....Thursday late afternoon....I call to check it arrived OK as I had ZERO contact all day from them.

They do not check it...