CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 28 Jun 2010, 22:11

I really dislike the look of the DS3, i think its ugly. Id rather have a Mini!

Anyway, i do very much like the new C3, that looks to be more of a Citroen and a nice looking car too.

Im also interested to see what the DS5 is going to be like, hopefully that will be a nice looking and interesting car.

Ive been meaing to wash a few of the cars for ages, though i keep putting it off as the heat and our high in limescale water doesnt go well together. Ill have to do what you did and get up very early before the heat.

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 30 Jun 2010, 20:09

I like the look of the DS3...I think it looks much better than the Binis.

I can't wait for the DS3 Racing though:

Link

red_dwarfers · Unread post by **red_dwarfers** » 30 Jun 2010, 20:17

Citroening wrote:

No.....Just....No.....

Unread post by **myglaren** » 30 Jun 2010, 20:26

Saw one the other day, recogniseable by the Audi-style running lights. At least it didn't have the Tangoe'd look about it but still didn't like it.

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 30 Jun 2010, 22:07

red_dwarfers wrote:No.....Just....No.....

196BHP though in a little car...should go well!

jgra1 · Unread post by **jgra1** » 01 Jul 2010, 09:20

i quite like that....

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 01 Jul 2010, 09:58

jgra1 wrote: i quite like that....

Looks like something out of Need for Speed, the PlayStation game

jgra1 · Unread post by **jgra1** » 01 Jul 2010, 10:20

yep

must get my ps2 up and running again..

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 02 Jul 2010, 10:07

Citroening wrote:
red_dwarfers wrote:No.....Just....No.....
196BHP though in a little car...should go well!

Well yes, as does a Mini CooperS, which has the same engine - that would be my choice.

jgra1 · Unread post by **jgra1** » 02 Jul 2010, 10:52

'need for speed' a bad omen..

camera van on way home

not sure what speed I was doing on bike, but suspect over 60 in a 40..it's a very empty twisty B road that was always a 60 then became a 40 overnight once... 15 years and about 8000 journeys to work and never ever seen a speed trap..

hope I am helping with the deficit

now wishing for an SP30 and not court

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 04 Jul 2010, 08:47

jgra1 wrote: camera van on way home

Oh dear John

not good

I'd not be surprised if I got one yesterday. Took the girls to an absolute dive of a town called Wellingborough so the girls could do their bit in the carnival parade; they belong to a majorette troupe.

Apologies to anyone living in Welligborough but after my experiences yesterday, the town stinks (and in parts literally too). There were signs saying they're spending millions regenerating it - why

As the old saying goes: you can't polish a turd...

The root of my displeasure is that we were instructed to meet up at a certain car park in the town centre. Unbeknown to me, the authorities had seen fit to close off the entire town centre roads stupidly early in readinness for the carnival parade

We then spent what seemed like 16 hours desperately trying to get parked as near to the centre as we could so that the girls could at least meet up with their troupe. We made it, just, but at the end I was hot, bothered, stressed and hating Wellingborough more than I did previously... Bombing around in Rattiva desperately trying to find parking most likely saw some illegal speeds and being Northants, they do like their speed cameras

I won't even start on how long the poor girls were kept hanging around in the boiling sun waiting for ever for the procession to start

We all went home sunburned, exhausted and thoroughly fed up.

No such similarity to Friday. I took Robyn and one of her Latvian friends to the University of East Anglia in Norwich to have a look at the uni as a possible one for Robyn to attend; she's looking to do a nursing degree and the UEA is one of the top universities in the country for that.

What a lovely place

I've always like Norfolk and Norwisch but the uni blew us all away; such a lovely atmosphere and setting and full of lovely people.

Top of the list for Robyn now

Robyn's Latvian friend is quite remarkable. She cam to the UK to live three years ago at the age of 15 and did not speak a word of English. She is now looking to go to uni here after getting good GCSE grades and predictably good A level grades. She now speaks English completely natively. Remarkable I reckon

Whilst we were there, we delivered a spare turbo to Davetherave for his XM. Dave was not at home but he left an oily rag on his doorstep as a kind of welcome mat; it smelled all Citroeney

We went to Norwich in the V6 and it went a treat as always. It was so hot that I experimented with the aircon. I once tried it this time last year and it worked but was noisy so that was it, never tried again until Friday and to my amazement it worked well enough to keep us cool and the original noise seems to have gone by and large. I will now get it regassed as it is nowhere near as antarctic as the aircon in my red Activa. That one could freeze the balls off a polar bear

After the horrors of Welligborough Carnival, I took my red Activa out for a spin last evening, just for a joyride, just for the sheer pleasure of it. Nowhere in particular. It was lovely.

So, all cars are good, Rattiva continues to run well in her daily knockabout role and is still fun to drive.

Speaking of fun to drive, it is remarkable how different the Activas and V6 are. The Activas are very light and nimble-feeling whereas the V6 is a real heavy-weight cruiser. You can really feel the weight of the power train against the Activas. Horses for courses; you cannot beat the V6 for a relaxed travel on a long journey whereas the Activa is tops for sheer fun and throwing around corners

Unread post by **RichardW** » 04 Jul 2010, 12:06

UEA = University of Easy Access in my day! Don't let that put you off though - both my sisters went there and had a good time. It is a long, flat, way from just about anywhere though (I like my hills...!)

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 05 Jul 2010, 09:14

RichardW wrote:UEA = University of Easy Access in my day!

That's a good one Richard! I know what you mean about the lack of hills. Cushiest job in the world is to be a member of the East Anglian Mountain Rescue Team...

Off to a funeral today

Not my family but for a good friend's sister. I taking her (the friend that is) down in the V6 and it was looking a bit grubby so at 7Am this morning I was out washing it. I did wait until the street was awake before hoovering it though.

Yesterday was a good day. I started off by checking the spheres on my Red Activa and got the front five done before Brady (brmartyn) arrived for some work on his Xantia.

To get at the Activa Accumulator it is easiest to slip off the battery tray. This had a bit of rust on it so an opportunity was taken to repaint it. I got a coat of primer on it last evening and this morning got another coat on...

Brady needed a new accumulator to be fitted as the tick rate was a bit high. In the event the tester showed it to be completely flat but I knew this before testing as it was only when the sphere was loose did I realise I'd not depressurised the system

We also changed his AL4 gearbox fluid and it was pleasing to see the old fluid was not that mucky. The oil wear counter was only at 13,000 so had a long way to go, still better to be safe than sorry.

then we replaced an ABS sensor, luckily a front one.

Finally I noticed the rear was a bit hard and not really being very keen to rise and fall. A quick check of the Centre Hydractive sphere showed it to be well below par so pro-tem we replaced it with a better (but not perfct) one from my stash. After a good lube of the height corrector, things were somewhat improved.

This week I shall finish the Activa battery tray and then get to check the other five spheres. All of them so far are just at their lower limit of serviceability so soonish I'll have to sport out for some new ones. The ones on there are regassed Westeroen ones and about four years old so not bad really.

On Wednesday the kids and I are going for a day out at Thorpe Park. Looking forward to that

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 05 Jul 2010, 09:27

CitroJim wrote:
No such similarity to Friday. I took Robyn and one of her Latvian friends to the University of East Anglia in Norwich to have a look at the uni as a possible one for Robyn to attend; she's looking to do a nursing degree and the UEA is one of the top universities in the country for that.

What a lovely place I've always like Norfolk and Norwisch but the uni blew us all away; such a lovely atmosphere and setting and full of lovely people.

You came to Norwich but didnt pop in for a cup of tea?? We are 3 minutes away from the UEA.

superloopy · Unread post by **superloopy** » 05 Jul 2010, 13:56

You've moved though, haven't you