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New Diagnostics Forum

by GiveMeABreak » 18 Mar 2018, 13:26 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

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Please note the new ' Diagnostics ' sub forum that has been added to the main page.

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Link to New Diagnostic Forum

As some of you will be aware, we had merged all the Lexia & Diagbox related threads. This was kept in the Citroen technical forum. However because this topic has grown significantly over the years as the software and...

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Please note that if you want to see new posts from the Diagnostic Forum, you will need to SUBSCRIBE to the forum. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Subscribe button.

This needs to be done because it is a new sub-forum, and therefore will not be in your existing subscriptions.

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Member Email Addresses

by GiveMeABreak » 13 Oct 2017, 18:06 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

To All Members

Members are kindly requested to check their profiles to see if their email addresses are current and please update these where necessary.

Some of our members have noted that email sent to others on the forum are bouncing back as unrecognised. We appreciate that people change their email providers / addresses over time and don't...

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13 Oct 2017, 18:06
New Forum Post Bookmark feature

by xantia_v6 » 28 Sep 2017, 19:49 » in Forum News, Announcements and Issues

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You may notice a new Bookmarks button in the forum header and a bookmark icon: bookmark.png at the top of each forum post.

These are part of a post bookmarking extension that we are trialling. Please try it, and give us some feedback.

To bookmark a post (or delete the bookmark) just click the bookmark icon in the post. You may add a short...

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You always could do that by opening another tab (Ctrl-click) or window (Shift-click) on the post's individual header and then copying the URL of that post. I've just checked and it still works.

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05 Oct 2017, 09:24
The French Car Wiki

by xantia_v6 » 18 Jul 2015, 09:54

We are very happy to announce the new French Car Wiki, bought to you by the administrators of the French Car Forum.

The French Car Wiki will provide a long term repository for user guides, how-tos and useful information of the sort that we all know is in the forum somewhere, but can never find!

What is a wiki?
A wiki is a website where the...

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Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

by Sid_the_Squid » 09 Jul 2010, 10:02
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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...

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Daffo is a 3 door
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Funny pictures and videos

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

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Looks more like a Banksy guerilla graffiti than an official marking
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Lidl and Aldi Car accessories

by Hell Razor5543 » 04 Oct 2012, 20:24
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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!

It is worth going back to their site regularly, as they have special offers (on various things, not just car bits) usually...

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Aldi again had wipers for £2.99, not Bosch but another well known make.
And yet again I had forgotten to measure mine :)
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19 Apr 2018, 07:01
Joke I found funny...

by MikeT » 26 Sep 2010, 20:14
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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...

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How can a woman stop her husband from reading her e-mails?
Rename the Inbox to Instruction Manuals .

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Good news; You have decided to give The Birds and Bees talk to your ten year old daughter.
Bad news; She keeps interrupting.
Worse news; With corrections!

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Bad news; You find a pornographic film in your son's collection.
Worse news;...
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07 Apr 2018, 15:16
French cars in films

by Napoleon » 13 Nov 2008, 22:14
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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?

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Excellent episode of The Saint today for french car spotting

To Kill a Saint Season 5 Episode 19. Set mostly in Paris!

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Regards Neil
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06 Apr 2018, 16:51
Total Discount

by myglaren » 17 Jul 2013, 18:35
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The nice people at Total have generously offered a 15% discount on their full range of products purchased through their new online store.
All items are postage free.

The discount available is 15% on all purchases from our online store: . Another thing which may be of use to your members is a tool we have created, named Lube Advisor, which...

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All the major producers now only supply via distributors ( Shell, Fuchs, Castrol, Total etc). The distributors are rated gold, silver and bronze and you can only buy from the distributor based on your annual spend.i.e. don't expect any favours on price!.

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03 Oct 2017, 22:26
Bah humbug! A retreat for those lacking in Xmas spirit

by Xaccers » 07 Dec 2013, 01:46
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One for Jim this time of year

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Assuming that it is an android device then there should be a "settings->application manager" menu (the actual path depends on the manufacturer and android version), which lists all the installed apps. You should find tapatalk there and there should be options to delete cache or application data. If that fails, try uninstalling...
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13 Jan 2017, 04:28
Sending Parcels (May 2013)

by Old-Guy » 02 May 2013, 17:33
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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.

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Everything I buy from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Greece I always get them to declare the value as <£15 so there are no customs charges.
Most of them do this automatically now anyway.
Same from USA & Canada but rarely buy from there now.
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17 Jul 2016, 21:37
FCF AA BOX Challenge 2018- Only 5 left now!!

by NewcastleFalcon » 24 May 2016, 18:58
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How many AA Boxes are left in the Country?

Well there are 19, eight of which are grade II listed include this particularly nice one 746, which I reversed back to, got out of the car and took a photo of on our holidays!

Could there be any near you? Do you have a picture in your holiday snaps of an AA box...or is it just me? :)

Here's the...

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Long time since I've seen one of those keys Davie :D

Is that the AA key or the 205 key Jim? :rofl2:
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Electric cars/vans/bikes-Conversions/Secondhand..etc

by NewcastleFalcon » 07 Dec 2016, 07:34
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I have been enjoying this thread started by Chris (White Exec) Moving on-finally with the discussion starting off with the recent decision of 4 major World cities to phase out diesel vehicles by 2025.

Maybe the time is also right to gather together a bit of an information/knowledge on electric vehicles focusing on conversions and what could be a...

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How about this as a conversion?;
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Metal Whittling!

by lexi » 28 Dec 2017, 12:40

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Little winter project making railway line anvil. 9 grinder 4 grinder and some noisy discs and flap wheels.

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Stuck for a place to dump this and this thread seems the most appropriate.

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Manufacturing Morris engines.

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Amazon Echo / Google Home devices

by Michel » 07 Jan 2018, 09:27
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Hello All,

Neil complained no-one is talking rubbish in here, so I thought I'd ask if anyone as an Amazon Echo or a Google home smart device thingy, and if so, what do they think of it? I've been sorely tempted by such a thing for a while. A couple of friends have them, and they do appear to be genuinely useful for some things. I'm aware of the...

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I asked my Echo to play songs by Georgia Dagaki. I'm sorry, I can't find songs by Georgia Dogfood !

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It can't find my Jackie Evancho songs either :(
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Yesterday, 21:15
Picture(s) of the day..

by NewcastleFalcon » 02 Oct 2015, 18:39
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Heard this on the radio this morning, and thought it must be April fools day. Ponies to be painted in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving collisions with the ponies roaming free on Dartmoor.

Well here's the evidence

Apparently taken from an idea in Finland where Reindeer antlers were similarly painted to reduce accidents....

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Definite winner for Picture of the Day thanks to Davie

Remaining unclaimed....a couple left from Wales, 1 from Devon, and 1 from Grasmere in Cumbria. Then there is the piece de resistance,,,,,,Trinity in Jersey.

Anyone taking up the challenge?

Regards Neil
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Yesterday, 21:08
"Coolest Car Dashboards"

by Hell Razor5543 » 18 Apr 2018, 08:05

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I found this on the Internet. 50 different car dashboards, and Citroen make numerous entries;

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Generally anything French or Italian is streets ahead of the rest.

Bwhahahahahaha.

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The Pickled Egg Jukebox

by NewcastleFalcon » 26 Dec 2014, 21:43
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The FCF used to liken itself to the friendly atmosphere of a good pub, and there's none better than The Pickled Egg which appears once a month in a Magazine called Cheers which is distributed free in North-East Pubs. Its the work of Cluff (John Longstaff) and consistently makes me chuckle.

Here's a little selection-couple of technology...

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That's the type of thing James

Right now, live at Albert Hall, Frank Skinner et al entertaining her majesty with When I'm Cleaning Windows. Apparently HM the Queen as a youngster loved George Formby!

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She's nodding a bit (The Queen) but not yet singing along..... :-D

Regards Neil
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21 Apr 2018, 20:35
Classic car Spring/Summer collection-2018

by NewcastleFalcon » 11 Jul 2015, 19:26
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As we get out and about there's a few more classic cars on the road at this time of year. "Classics" are very much in the eye of the beholder, well evidenced in the current edition of I-Spy Classic Cars which has 120 selections including Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, Ford Sierra.

Here's my starter for 10 spotted in Manchester, and...

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More kit cars out and about in Northumberland but made the schoolboy error of not noting down registrations. Lotus/Caterham seven lookalikes in bright colours, although one was matt grey/black.

Madabout-kitcars is probably the best site for identifying them, but it is harder work than simply bagging the reg-no. :-D

Regards Neil
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21 Apr 2018, 19:58
Have you spotted an 18 reg yet?

by NewcastleFalcon » 08 Mar 2018, 17:48
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I have....it was white, a Mazda and an SUV :-D

What does that tell us :?:

Regards Neil

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I spotted two Citroens today. A cream C4 Picasso in the High Wycombe area, and a white (with red highlights) C3 in Aylesbury.
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21 Apr 2018, 17:05
Whatsthisthen?.entries invited

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Have a go at this one, if no-one has got it in a couple of days I'll post the answer up
There' s enough clues to get it but hopefully its not too obvious

Not sure if Malcolm will come up with the goods on this one, my money is on another forum member of substantial standing...

regards Neil

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One of my old schoolmates bought one of those Singers like that for forty quid, his pals (who all ran Cortinas and escorts) laughed at him, it was a damned good car apart from an incurable oil leak that he just 'lived with'

I did a bit of work on it for him, king pins and brakes but it needed nothing else and he later traded it in for a Jag.

In...
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21 Apr 2018, 10:23
A collection of interesting/awful campers & motorhomes

by NewcastleFalcon » 19 Jun 2015, 13:37
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Here's a starter for 10, bonus points if you can identify the base vehicle!

regards Neil

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If you are interested in the little R10 Romahome based on the Nemo few pictures here of 2010 van...yes you will have to part with £16,000 ish, and its only single berth...

but look at this....you can wash your dishes in a tiny sink, have the convenience of a tiny portapotti

You get the freedom and romance of the of the open road, although...
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20 Apr 2018, 20:10
Dump Your Deezel

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Looks as though a diesel scrappage scheme is about to descend upon us.
According to the Torygraph anyway :(

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Well the decline in diesel sales has resulted in this announcement from the Nissan. The Sunderland Echo has its finger on the pulse. Not great news for Washington/Sunderland/ or the UK. Strange, you may have expected the decline of diesel to be offset with the rise of electric particularly at Nissans foremost plant for producing the Leaf and its...
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20 Apr 2018, 19:14
On TV...

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Thought I might as well start a new thread for this.
Must stop flagging up tv programmes on what seem to be areas of fascination for several of us, but some are just too good to miss.

Have today fallen over a newish BBC iPlayer clutch:
BBC Four
"Transport Revolutions" series
9 progs
including Concorde, E-type (with Q.Willson+), Steam...

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Nothing to do with cars (yet), but you must watch the new BBC2 series Cunk on Britain . First 30min episode of the 5-part series was last night (Tuesday) at 10pm.

Had me open-mouthed and in stitches, especially as the naive Philomena Cunk interviews (equally disbelieving) experts. 1066 and All That for the tv age!

Worth a peek.

Soap opera...
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19 Apr 2018, 10:48
Good Looking Modern Cars?

by Zelandeth » 27 Feb 2018, 00:08
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Thought it could be interesting to see what some of you see as the best looking of the current (or recent) market...

We had this home as a demo a few days back.

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It's one of those designs which for me just works. Especially in such a vivid colour like that. It's big,...

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& by all accounts a 1/2-decent club DJ.

Pop group, B'ham, Jag reminds me of the retired owner of a dealer in Brum who said his best day ever was when The Move walked in off the street & bought a MkII each.

Not being a fan of pop I can't remember which group this was, Deep Purple had set up a studio in the castle, it could have been them, but...
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19 Apr 2018, 10:41
I-spy an Ugly SUV

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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...

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Not so much ugly, as just plain weird: the lifted Volvo XC90 spotted in Newton Abbot!
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17 Apr 2018, 22:10
China's Car Companies-What do you know?

by NewcastleFalcon » 28 Feb 2018, 15:26
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Here's the top 10 largest according to Wiki
Beijing Automotive Group, BYD, Guangzhou Automobile, SAIC Motor
Dongfeng Motor Corporation, First Automobile Works, Chang'an Motors
Brilliance China Auto, Jianghuai Automobile, Chery

The answer for me is very little, but are they set to have the biggest worldwide influence on the automotive...

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Anyone read the South China Morning Post today?

Better news for TESLA if it comes to fruition

China lays out plan for opening auto industry, clearing the way for Tesla’s wholly owned plant

The timetable of wider market access for foreign auto markers came after President Xi Jinping told the Boao Forum last week that China would cut import...
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17 Apr 2018, 21:08
Self Drive Cars

by NewcastleFalcon » 28 Mar 2018, 13:57
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Would a receptacle be useful for self-drive cars? Well here it is.

News story this morning on BBC with that famous old British Marque Jaguar. Will have to look up who own it now.

The first self-styled premium autonomous car has been unveiled in New York - and it's a Jaguar.

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The day I'm told I have to have a self-driving car is the day I'll give up having a car.

That's the plan - discourage people from personal car ownership.

They won't invent self-driving motorcycles so I'll be still riding if I can still walk!

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17 Apr 2018, 19:31
Only Connect---Bullseye!

by NewcastleFalcon » 16 Apr 2018, 20:21

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..anyone get the Morse Code connection right tonight?

The PickledEggJukebox provided the answer :-D :-D :-D

Pickled Egg Jukebox-Morse Code Tracks

The Connection

The Clash-Londons Calling
Rush-YYZ
Theme from Some Mothers Do 'ave them
Theme from Morse

Yes and both teams in the final didn't get it!

Viva the Pickled Egg !

Regards Neil

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..anyone get the Morse Code connection right tonight?

The PickledEggJukebox provided the answer :-D :-D :-D

Pickled Egg Jukebox-Morse Code Tracks

The Connection

The Clash-Londons Calling
Rush-YYZ
Theme from Some Mothers Do 'ave them
Theme from Morse

Yes and both teams in the final didn't get it!

Viva the Pickled Egg !

Regards Neil...

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17 Apr 2018, 10:51
Nielsen CDG gone bust?

by EDC5 » 28 Mar 2018, 21:48

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I was just about to search for my favourite discount oils supplier when I found their website not working... ( )

Google seems to reckon that they are 'Permanently Closed' and their eBay shop is unreachable too.

If so it's a shame; as they were a good, cheap source of Total oils (Engine and LDS) :?

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I think it's just a renaming of the old business as their Amazon page makes reference to NielsenCDG. Their website isn't live yet, I think it's a work in progress at the moment. I have a feeling they changed names around the new financial year - might have been a 'buyout' of the old NielsenCDG name and stock ??

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16 Apr 2018, 20:36
The Best Concept Cars of 2018

by Slick Nick » 16 Apr 2018, 12:16

Here are just some of the concept cars released this year, with some being plausible and will most likely make their way to the roads. With others being designers just flexing their muscles. Which one do you think is the best?

p.s I know there's more than these, but these are the main ones:D

BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe
M8 BMW CONCEPT.jpg...

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Classic for under £10K-what would be nice?

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Is it possible to get a nice tax-exempt historic vehicle (pre 1st January 1974 if my googling is up to scratch) for under £10,000?

Hopefully not a box of bits or a barn-find wreck but something which starts and goes and has an M.O.T. :)

Bearing in mind the fact that i spotted one of these today,

the Rover P5 may be an example (£8,450 as of...

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I think with them you need to have a genuinely unmolested example, all factory original to get the bigger money, most of those examples just pass between collectors!
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16 Apr 2018, 09:19
Computer operating systems

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Very apt :twisted:

I have a Windows 7 Internet PC on my desk at work. You can guarantee that every time you want to get off quickly on shutting down Windows 7 for the day it'll announce it has a load of updates to install before shutting down.

This afternoon was one such. I wanted to be off punctually...

Shut down the PC......

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From time to time I need to do some remote debugging on the forum server, for which I use xdebug on the server and slickedit as the local front-end. Sometimes I run a Linux PC here but at the moment Widows 10 is more convenient. Because I have a 300ms round-trip time to the server, debugging sessions are a little bit slow (it makes you think about...
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15 Apr 2018, 09:37
The Pickled Egg Quiz

by NewcastleFalcon » 29 Dec 2017, 20:06
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With the Pickled Egg jukebox having a life of its own, heres a thread that can be a receptacle for that other great bastion of entertainment....the Quiz.

Ported this over as a Starter, and here's a bonus new one to try

25 once popular cars now almost extinct in the UK 7mins to get as many as you can from the pictures.

Interactive Quizzes...

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That would be the Preston By-Pass opened in December '58. Coincidentally, also the site of Britain's first contraflow..... and reduced speed limit due to workforce in road....... and 50mph speed limit for no good reason.... and miles of coned off lanes for no apparent purpose, etc, etc..... :-D

Yes, wiki tells us it was planned as early as...
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14 Apr 2018, 20:22
Some interesting data from DVLA

by Richard_C » 12 Apr 2018, 11:52

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I stumbled on a list of statistical tables issued by DVLA, link here:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/699231/vehicles-and-drivers-tables-index.ods

(the .ods extension is open data spreadsheet so it will open in excel or almost anything else)

As you go down the list you think oooh, that looks interesting . The...

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Both are fine with me Steve, maybe the download is corrupt..

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14 Apr 2018, 20:07
OTCL 65000 Posts!

by NewcastleFalcon » 13 Feb 2018, 19:51

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As of now following this post 4 to go.....It's going to happen tonight.

I have an Engine up my sleeve as you might expect but it ain't that good. For a start the only picture of it shows the number 90000 ! In a previous incarnation it was 63000 but there are no pictures on the internet of it, and it's a former Austerity 2-8-0 built by the North...

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and the 65,000 th post on the OTCL was this from Steve (Myglaren).

nearly 35/day since 64,000 came up on 15th March.

Seeing as this post is 65001 i will allow myself this French Diesel to celebrate

CC-65001 Mulhouse FRA 001-01 , by ignis, from Wikimedia Commons

The SNCF Class CC 65000 diesel locomotives were built by Alsthom, CAFL and...

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14 Apr 2018, 14:09
What modifications have you done to your car......challange accepted

by Stickyfinger » 23 Mar 2018, 18:51
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My latest

Stone protection mesh.
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Does grafting fuel injection onto the Lada count?

I would definitely think so Zel!
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14 Apr 2018, 05:09
Any thoughts on steering wheel locks and their ilk?

by Richard_C » 11 Apr 2018, 14:09

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Back in the early 70's, no deadlocks, no built in steering locks, door locks made of putty, quarter lights you could push open as long as you were stronger than a hamster and ignition a 5 year old could hot wire with a paperclip, steering wheel locks were essential in some places. I remember Krookloks, time consuming clumsy things hooked round...

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Didn't know cars were still fitted with alarms, so irritating & socially unacceptable. Also counterproductive - because everybody ignores them, as best they can.

I always remember someone at college who was banned from taking his car - because the fibreglass whip aerial flexing triggered his alarm!

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13 Apr 2018, 21:51
The Pickled Egg Library

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Lets try this one see how it goes. From time to time I have deposited something interesting in the Pickled Egg snug hopefully for others to enjoy. Books/magazines/newspaper articles that sort of thing. We all have our different interests but if you have come across a bit of literature which you have enjoyed, post it up here in the Pickled Egg...

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Policecaruk.com has some interesting stuff on.....
Surprise surprise Police Cars

Where you can find out which force pioneered the jam sandwich and why in Lancashire they went for motorway traffic cars in orange. Of course everything is standardised today, no scope for interesting variations.

Great stuff :-D

Regards Neil

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12 Apr 2018, 20:17
Electric Vehicles: What have you spotted?

by NewcastleFalcon » 30 Mar 2017, 18:48
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If EV's are going to progress towards a little section on the FCF to call their own, (subject to a referendum of course :) ) the first stage could be more than one thread :!: :) (There is Simon's blog on his Peugeot Ion in the blogs and galleries section too of course in the members area)

So keep it simple....

What EV's have you spotted? And to...

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Because if I had a medical emergency, I'd want a cramped, bumpy, windy, and wet ride to A&E. :lol:

Last time I was rushed to A&E in an ambulance I seem to remember the ride was exactly that :evil:

It was bloody dreadful and that was in a normal, conventional emergency ambulance about six years ago...
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12 Apr 2018, 08:12
French Concept Cars

by Slick Nick » 10 Apr 2018, 12:28

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Our French concept cars, the best looking concept cars?
Here's just a few of the concept cars produced

Renault Trezor
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Peugeot Onyx
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Renault Nepta:
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Peugeot Oxia
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Renault Alpine A110-50
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Renault De Zir
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and of course one of Citroen's better efforts

Regards Neil

Is that... real? Could it be driven? It looks amazing.

Having seen that car at the conservortoire, I think that it is only a mockup, with no mechanics or structural strength.

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11 Apr 2018, 23:37
Nice places to stop off at.....

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When you go for a nice relaxing drive and explore, rather than a frustrating commute, its nice to stop off at interesting places. Add your places in and who knows we assemble a unique collection for the discerning week-end driver!

Here's a nice place for a stop off if you are pootling around the North-East having a leisurely drive up the Tyne...

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Two very good reasons that Brampton in Cumbria makes it into this thread.

Brampton is about 5 miles off the M6 up the A69 junction to Hexham/Newcastle

One is a sausage sandwich from Cranstons (also at Penrith) and the other

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POTD Red Clock followers will appreciate the excitement of the unexpected discovery of another of those...
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11 Apr 2018, 18:39
For those who like 'Different'

by Gibbo2286 » 10 Apr 2018, 12:46

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Having another look to see if I could find my old Roller, came across this, some really strange stuff if you scroll down.

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I do recall a similar display in MAD magazine many years ago - one was the Firewood

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10 Apr 2018, 17:10
bmw i8 power

by renagade » 08 Apr 2018, 11:29

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Hi Guy's
Just reading about the twin motor bmw i8 that has a three cylinder 1500cc engine in the back that has over 200bhp to offer , why has my 1600 cc e-hdi only give me 110 bhp ??? :rofl2:

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I was listening to Jodie Kidd appearing on Graham Norton's radio 2 show........

Amongst other things She's a pub landlady in Sussex now! The Half Moon at Kirdford to be precise.

The pub's not a million miles away from me.... but I don't think it caters for the likes of me :rofl2:
From the menu:
Ribeye steak, béarnaise sauce, hand cut skin on...

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08 Apr 2018, 13:44
JLR selling off a collection

by Hell Razor5543 » 20 Feb 2018, 23:27
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Jaguar Land Rover bought a large collection from James Hull some time back, and are selling some of it on, with no reserve. Some of the vehicles are interesting;

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I always thought, and still do, the Allegro is quite attractive, as is the Marina Coupe...

The VDP Allegro especially so... The Allegro estate was a bit of an acquired taste though....

Compared to today's hideously ugly old crones of cars they look better by the day...
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08 Apr 2018, 13:31
Nissan & Renault to merge into one company

by myglaren » 29 Mar 2018, 17:46
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Perhaps, according to The Independent .

Shares in Renault rose almost 5 per cent on Thursday following reports the French motor company is in talks with Nissan to explore a potential merger.

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+ the absurdity of having to bring them round/past the PSA van plant to get them here.

Nothing could be more absurd than what the Wilson government forced Rootes Group to do, build a new factory in Linwood Scotland to build bodies for the Imp mechanicals in Coventry.
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06 Apr 2018, 09:43
Treated myself to a crawler

by crapday69 » 06 Apr 2018, 06:34

Well as I was buying an oil filter and some engine flush from Halfords I decided it was about time I bought myself a crawler to make it easier getting about under my car (getting older) so I purchased this set from Halfords plus an extra set of 3 tonne ratchet axles stands. Both for £69, thats with a trade discount of £46 so cant complain....

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06 Apr 2018, 06:34
Remember these.? All our yesterdays

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you know it makes sense.

Topic-Bar-Split , by Evan-Amos (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons

or maybe one of these

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Regards Neil

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I did have a look through the 'back posts' see if I could get the Thread Back 'On Topic' but sadly not.

Difficult to go off topic on this one, just preface anything with the phrase Remember these? :-D

Remember these.........Avocado Cars

a rather gorgeous P6 last of the production line.

Regards Neil
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05 Apr 2018, 22:56
Favourite Places....

by Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur » 01 Apr 2018, 11:36
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in the course of uploading a video to myglaren's 'Pickled Egg Jukebox' I got to thinking of one of my favourite places.... Scotland

....so a topic about Favourite places. What's yours?

Picture is Chanonry Point, near Inverness, that beach is quite something! The beach by the Lighthouse a few yards from here is also the best place in the UK to...

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That word being used .........dreech. It's a Scots word and it is dreich. The ch is not pronounced as in choo choo but from the back of the throat like a noise.
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05 Apr 2018, 18:50
New Car Sales

by NewcastleFalcon » 05 Apr 2018, 06:20

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Our little unscientific thread Have you spottted an 18 Reg yet? has proved to be fairly prophetic.

SMMT have today released their new car sales for March 2018 and its 15% down on 12 months ago. Diesels down 40%.

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Here's the data on EV's and AFV's.

Not quite leading the world yet Theresa! :-D

Still those Motor Manufacturers and Traders have plenty of conventional stock to shift, to put too much effort into flogging EV's.

Regards Neil

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05 Apr 2018, 15:36
VIN Decoder???

by C5Alan » 11 May 2012, 23:54
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Is there anywhere I can get a reliable vin decoder tried a couple I found on google and they where terrible gave the wrong model and year and it was different on each of them

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Hi. can someone please decode this vin for my Romahome ? Thanks.

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02 Apr 2018, 16:46
A Cambridgeshire update

by Richard_C » 29 Mar 2018, 17:14

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Marshalls and Duxford Motors have both ceased to be Citroen sales dealers, but both said that they would continue as authorized Citroen service and repair agents. Duxford are, Marshalls are not as of today.

I went into Duxford to try and book an MOT/Service for 2 weeks hence and although they were as ever very helpful they simply can't fit it in...

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Bury St Edmunds ( a place not an instruction)

Richard, sorry. I know this is a serious post raising a serious issue but I did find the above very funny so thanks for giving me a big giggle :D

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29 Mar 2018, 17:26
Forums still dead ?

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Hi everyone, not a dig at all, as I’m a new member on here but having previously been a paid up member on RTOC for over 5 years which with the appearance of facefuck took a small dive but still kept it’s head above the water line.
It’s very easy these days to just Google or enquir on Facebook your issues or to gather info on a meet etc.
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I think that the rubbish phone calls we get and junk mail seem to indicate that everyone already knows all about me, but then I'm a pretty open sort of person so there is not much anyone could find out that I wouldn't tell them if they asked me, so it doesn't worry me a lot. :)

Peter

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27 Mar 2018, 17:05

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