French Car Forum

Lets see what you've found, but as always, keep it family friendly :)

Optical illusion

Hello all,

You might want to check out Lidls' website. Next Thursday thay are doing car accessories, some of which you might find useful. I have got a set of the axle stands and they have not let me (or Gracie ) down!

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It is worth going back to their site regularly, as they have special offers (on...

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,

'Jesus knows you're here.'

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could...

We have created this section for members to post up their experiences of being scammed or warnings of potential scams.

Please do not post personal details or emails here, as these can often be hijacked / impersonations of real accounts. Try and keep posts focussed on the scamming element, otherwise the actual threat or scam can become lost in a...

Hi All,
Seems I have a new neighbor with a lovely silver Xantia with personalized reg plate.

Have not seen up close yet, so not clear on the specifications, also due to vague parking arrangements I don't know exactly which house is theirs either.

Is this anyone on here living in HP1 area with a Silver Xantia on a personal plate?

Admins, sorry...

Strictly speaking, this isn't specific to French Cars, but as members often need to send 'bits' to one another, the following may be useful.

To send a Xantia radio, which is just a bit too large to be a Royal Mail 'small' parcel, the cheapest my local Post Office (very obliging) could do it for was £8 :shock: second class parcel post.

However, I...

One for Jim this time of year

Just casting my my mind around the various films in which I've see French-built cars. Comes to mind:

2 CV in Pink Panther with old Peter Sellers

Then only vaguely are the cars in the Day of the Jackal, but there have to be some in Manon des Source, Les Regles du Jeu (sp?), but I don't recall any in The Duellists.

Any more/amplification?

Anyone...

Michel suggested we have a dedicated thread for meeting arrangements so here it is!!
Please use this for anything to do with plans to get together so everyone knows where to look.

I'll start it off by copying my post from the other thread inviting fcfers to a lunch meeting on Tuesday. So far we have 3/4 attendees so I'll amend the booking to...

Member-Notified Special Offers & Discounts

Bobins suggested a thread for members to share their car-related discount codes / vouchers / notifications of offers etc. for mutual benefit, so I've created this thread for that purpose.

So if you want to share any offers you may have received or are aware of, just stick them up here.

Please don't...