Mrs6C

Early Mardi Gras round your way?

One of my university lecturers had one leg (I forget which) and he strode around the place at speed, with the aid of crutches. He lived in Belgium and commuted back and forth for term time. He drove a Belgian-registered Citroen 2CV. I guess it had a hand throttle/brake facility fitted and the clutch pedal was retained either 'as is' or extended to the right, according to the available leg to operate it.

I was wondering where the 'hers' R4 was hiding...

MG Metro, Maestro, Montego Chrysler Cirrus, Concorde

A quick way to sop up residual water in a car carpet is to use a disposable nappy. Supermarkets and online retailers sell them quite cheaply in multipacks. Cut (carefully!) around the absorbant pad part of the nappy, so it can be flattened out. Lay it pad side down on the wet carpet, so that it is in close contact for as wide an area as possible. Stand a weight on it (a clean 5l plastic can of oil is ideal) to press the pad down against the damp area. The granules in the nappy will absorb and retain the moisture. Once absorbed, the nappy can be put in the household rubbish or be dried out and re-used. The pad of a nappy can be useful to apply in the vicinity of a leak as well, to capture and store the incoming drips to prevent them migrating further. Puppy training pads are also good for drip capture. They can be cut to shape and size and be stuck in place with duct tape, to intercept drips and runnels. The above are temporary mitigations, but useful in the of control of incoming water until a formal remedy can be applied.

Find out which factory produced them and take them both back for a visit? In the past (2009?) there was a 'BXagon Challenge', IIRC organised by Phil Chidlow of the Citroen Car Club. A group of BXs and other supporting Citroens did a 2500 mile trip around the (notionally) hexagonal perimeter of France. It is possible that some folk on here such as @chaseracer and/or @dollywobbler took part. Something similar with the AXs could be fun, maybe? There might be an appetite for this from other owners / enthusiast groups, too...

A Mk12... https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=388560093573444

Too late! He gave up and came home and is now cooking bacon rolls for breakfast...

Take it to visit @Dyslexic Viking ?

What a lovely pair of cars, in nice colours. They would look great side by side at the Citroen X Rally, especially with another pair in the red and darker blue, to recreate the 'Spree' poster!

Here's a Model 70 in 1978, shown in a clip from the BBC 'Nationwide' TV programme, about 28 seconds in... https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/miles-to-kilometres/z6y3pg8 The programme was this one: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/73194263dd264f39a8f8a0a709820668

Think it may be due to a lack of volts... my Berlingo display does the same when the battery is low. Try charging the battery and see if it makes a difference. IIRC it's a 'feature' of those Peugeot Citroen displays.

Nice one! That is Nelstrops' Albion Mill, on Lancashire Hill, Stockport: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4187192,-2.1610196,3a,90y,219.57h,93.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfRFvvqfGmz3tbBsGPZping!2e0!5s20230901T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Happily, the building is still there and remains in use as a flour mill by Nelstrops: https://www.nelstrop.co.uk/

Another one!

Ah, a seasonal classic: Christmas with the Rat(s) Pack(ed)! 🙂

The chips might be a bit cold by the time it got back...

You too, @ETCHY and all those who are dear to you... Happy Christmas, everyone! Hope it will be a good one, with a decent New Year to follow.

Mouldy Vol-vo...

Have a play with the 'Content View Behaviour' options in Account Settings (on desktop, this can be found via the drop down list under your avatar at the top RHS corner of the screen). See if using the different options makes a difference. They are: When opening content... Take me to comments I haven't read Take me to the beginning Take me to the latest comment

Eek! Hope all are OK and it's an easy* fix...

Putting these suggestions for mobility scooter ramps on here rather than derail the eBay thread... Mobility scooters are not very heavy. Making use of a lightweight portable ramp instead of requiring the vehicle to have its own would give you more choices, if you want to go down the route of acquiring another car for mobility scooter garaging duties. Even a couple of floorboards cut to the right length would be fine as a portable ramp. There are 'proper' portable ramps available on the market too. Those made out of aluminium are lightweight and smart, like this nice folding one: https://www.careco.co.uk/clever-roll-ramp/ Scaffold boards may be a bit over the top for the job, but they are ideal for loading narrow gauge railway wagons...

You could always get a portable ramp to go with it, maybe even something like this: https://www.careco.co.uk/clever-roll-ramp/

The 504 picture...

In a 504 or collecting one?