Another pointless thread

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I have a Citroen - what does that stand for:

I spent 5 to 10 minutes last Tuesday stripping covers off and removing the headlight bulb on my C5 and nearly 50 minutes making the bloody 'simple' clip fit back in - I was hindered by not being able to view the area the clip sits in and frozen hands, lots of swearing, ineptitude etc etc

Ditto here.
One of my first cars was an 850 mini which was borderline scrap. I stripped it to its component parts (everything) and rebuilt it over a period of 3 months.

I now look under most car bonnets and think "that's nice" and put the lid back. It's not always totally obvious where all the fluids go without understanding those funny hieroglyphics they insist on using. No grease nipples though, so crawling underneath is one luxury I'm spared

Bernard

"I have a Citroen - what does that stand for"

Lemon!

Myles

So my son, who knows these things says to me - .

So I was going to phone "my man" this morning, but thought since it is warmer today I'd give it another try - and hey presto it worked first time.
It worked fine at the weekend at -19 but couldn't cope with -15 yesterday.

It is a balmy - 4 today.

My first car was a mk1 Cortina and I loved it, it cost me all of a tenner to buy and took me all over England and Wales with the minimum of fuss. It finally succumbed to terminal tinworm though.


On the subject of cars, and since this is a photography forum: link

My First was a 1955 Morris Minor with split windscreen, but my second and third cars were both mk1 Cortina

One of my brothers had a Moggie with a split screen. He then bought a Traveller - which he turned over on Dartmoor, with two other brothers in it. If the one in the back hadn't been lying down he would have had a chunk of Dartmoor boulder for a head . As it was they all escaped shaken but unhurt. Not a seat belt or airbag between them.

Another brother had a Standard 8. Youngest had an Anglia.

Oldest brother bought a Bentley with a mate. It looked good but in reality was a bit of a Flintstone car - they could have put their feet through the floor and run along with it .

Our drive looked like a used car lot when everyone was home.

First car I ever owned was a 1939 Hillman Minx, which I had intended to restore to working condition but due to finacial constaints eventually gave it to the local scrapyard.

You could be right

I have a day off today - my 8 year old son has a stomach bug so I'm on puke patrol for today

My sisters baby still not here - nearly a week over due and my Dad came of second best to his circular saw and spent several hours having reconstructive surgery on his hand/ fingers yesterday - maybe today things will be better

Gwyn - there could be a number of sensors (or other issues) that are causing that issue - you will probably need the car plugged in to a computer which will locate the dodgy item - shame it costs just to be plugged in

On the plus side it may not be as expensive as you think if you have a decent man on the spanners

It doesn't seam to matter whether it's a wizard on the tools or a trainee the cost of the job is often pre-listed by the likes of Vauxall/Ford and others. If it's a good guy though you probably won't have to go back the next day to have the sump drain plug put in following a regular service. Then they have the nerve to try and frighten you away from "back street garages".

Bernard

I did an apprenticeship as a motor vehicle electrician way back in the 70`s. Back then we would repair just about anything because that`s how it was. Now though!!!!! I used to think the likes of the Citroen DS (well any Citroen) were really monstrous creatures. Used to virtually dissmantle the body before you could do anything. But now! check the oil and coolant keep it full of petrol and screenwash and that really is it. A very de-skilled job now, plug in the diagnostics, charge a fortune and hope the expensive bit they change was the right bit. I just buy new Suzuki`s every now and then and trust everything to the dealer. There again though they are very decent folk.

The car has been fine again today. Maybe it just wanted a day off yesterday .

I will go talk to my Man about it some time and see what he says. He is an incredibly nice, honest person, capable of dealing with everything from the oldest heap to the most modern vehicle, and all at a very fair price.

Makes me slightly jealous of my son's 35 year old Volvo though - the Swedish tank is in it's element in this weather.

I have started dropping hints about a new car . I don't think I can wait until he retires.

It was the thought of a very expensive MOT next time that made me say good bye to one Punto and hello to another.

I was sorry to see my old car, which I'd had from new 14 years ago, go.

But I now have a nice new Punto with more toys than I can shake a stick at..

...and needed a new phone so the bluetooth worked!

Another incentive is the reduced amount of tax payable on certain cars at the moment. From July the tax gets put back on all but the most economical (read: electric) cars. That tax adds a minimum 27.4% to the price of a car

I'm so lucky. I'll never need to buy another car And what about paying insurance based on what ever Tom Tom uploads