scrapyard shite

[RobT]

Citroen dealers are still scared of spheres and pipework - nothing's changed there.

 

 

Really? That's poor. I'm only a DIYer but found changing spheres relatively easy with the right tool. Maybe I've had a good experience but doing work on the hydraulics on my BX I found quite straightforward. It was a bit time consuming but that's largely due to the fact I'd never worked on them before.

[Ross_K]

Says it all that they started putting spikes in the spheres on C5's to puncture the diaphragm...

[AnthonyG]

Seeing J, K and L reg cars in scrapyards is the way it should be. To me thats a decent length of service and its fair enough that they could well be worn out by that age. Sad thing is its a rare sight now to see cars lasting that long before the fragger - my local yard is filled with mostly 52, 03 and 53 plate cars.. Practically new in my world!

 

That's what I thought - nice to see a yard full of genuinely worn out vehicles - not 9 year old ones.

[AnthonyG]

This worries me about the current family haularse transporter. Of course I want it to last as long as humanly possible, but already tiny little foibles are creeping into its day to day running. Having seen the plethora of scrapped 07, 57 and 08 plate variants of Mrs Micrasheds car, I worry about her own 07 plate version.

 

I take it she runs a Renault?

 

In the 1970s and 80s Renaults were considered a reliable car, certainly better than, say, BL/AR or Vauxhall. It's a bit sad to see how far they have fallen.