GeordieInExile

I strongly admire the owner's refusal to wash this thing and rid it of the various lifeforms growing on it.

19 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I'd wager a broken wire, is the module underneath the car? I've never had the pleasure* of working on a C6

The cables are brand new as well. Unless there is wire related nonsense going on. But then surely it would do absolutely nothing at all when connected to the computer - it'll release the cables in service mode but that's all. 

You really don't see many of these about the place these days. Great little cars. 

Stupid lump of French luxury misery still doesn't have a working handbrake. The new module was fitted to the car, and the car didn't want to talk to it. Even more strangely, it turns out the old module wasn't knackered inside, either. 

At least the suspension and dodgy ABS sensor have been sorted, but still. I want my handbrake back.

Citroen C6 plus £2k for repairs. 

Or... a nice Volvo estate. An 850, say, or a V70. Or, ideally, a 940/960.

£2,250.

Never heard of that special edition before.

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

£715 for my Saab.

And my C6. Please buy it. 

8 hours ago, Supernaut said:

It's not much of an achievement for it to be better looking than the 407 coupe and its basking shark mouth.

The 406 coupe, though? Still perfect.

There's a metallic blue 406 coupe I see in my gym car park quite a bit. It's absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful condition as well. 

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Sorry but that does my head in. These folk need to grow a set, look at their household finances, if nothing needs doing and it's their own money then make their own decision and spend it. 

Christ. Babies.

GLWTS

Either that, or he wants his wife to be the bad guy, the mean old lady who said no. Maybe he is having doubts himself but wants the responsibility to sit with her so he can tell himself he would have gone for it otherwise. A similar level of cowardice and abdication of personal responsibility, really. 

They are in the process of buying a small business, he says, but if that's the case, and if that's the reason you can't have the car... say that. 

On 24/03/2024 at 21:35, vulgalour said:

Eadon Green Zeclat.

It's £550,000-1,000,000 and they put those wheels and that grille on it.  Obviously I want one and it would look great next to my Mitsuoka Orochi or similar that I'd definitely have if money was no object.

 

Why not just have a Morgan Aero 8 and save yourself the guts of a million quid...?

My prospective C6 buyer has gone quiet again, last I knew he was talking it over with his wife. Hmmmmmm.

The C6 naturally rewarded me for this yesterday with its first FTP in my ownership - dead battery. Easily enough sorted... once I remembered the battery on these is in the boot. Really awkward to get the positive lead on, because why wouldn't it be. 

I feel like I see quite a lot of Saab 9-3s about the place - the 2nd generation ones in saloon, estate and cabrio flavours. Way more than the equivalent age 3 series, A4 or C class.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 

You should still buy mine, though.

I'm gonna go with a top spec Peugeot 407. Probably with the 3 litre V6.

Uhoh. What's the plan...?

2009! I'm guessing these were only sold for use as taxis by that point?

2 hours ago, Matty said:

I find em quite funny. And there's no fucking way I'd buy a car off someone who can't be arsed to even write a paragraph anyway.

Yep, if it's an AI description I just exit the ad. Says something about the seller IMO.

This Golf with Vento front end conversion lives nearby. It's in immaculate condition. 

13 hours ago, 666jjp said:

Skoda Superb

These are superb at what they do though!

57 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

fiesta & escrot bonus

I love an inappropriate trim name and I reckon you should start a proper thread just on those! I always liked Vauxhall using Merit for the utterly merit free povvo versions of their cars in the nineties.

16 minutes ago, djoptix said:

It's pleasingly pokey. Funnily enough the only other Ford I've ever owned was also a 1.6, though that was the CVH lump -asthmatic. This is much quicker!

Corley Services achieved, poo count now 2.

Fuck me, what the hell has happened to the world? A KFC meal here is OVER TEN POUNDS.

Footbridge. Grim.

I had a really shite KFC at Ferrybridge services coming back from Coventry the other day, the burger didn't even have lettuce on it and the bun was staler than Motley Crue. 

I know they're shite at the best of times but this was really something else, especially at over ten English pounds. Chips were alright, though. 

Why did people buy a Fusion at the time instead of saving a bit of money and just getting a Fiesta? Such a weird car, up there with the Golf Plus as the answer to a question nobody was asking.

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The one that amuses me the most, Micra Wave

Definitely not for heating up a tikka masala 

A car that has never inspired passion in anyone. 

Mitsubishi Charisma:-