maxxo Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Just picked up the picasso from an oil and filter change at my trusted place (Martinet motors thornaby) sure i'm changing cars in a month, but i still need to maintain this one other than that nothing to report, it's been cracking! LightBulbFun and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 What have you learned about C5'S then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 17 hours ago, lexi said: What have you learned about C5'S then? apart from the wiper pattern......they seemessentially the perfect all round car for what i want getting a 2.0 HDi, would prefer the 2.2 but i feel it can be a bit scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/-ulez-compliant-2004-citroen-c5-automatic-estate-car-diesel-hdi-2.2-may-swap-px/1396386910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 2/5/2021 at 7:22 PM, lexi said: https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/-ulez-compliant-2004-citroen-c5-automatic-estate-car-diesel-hdi-2.2-may-swap-px/1396386910 awful lot of car for not much money........ I have esentially bought one though, beautiful red 2.0 HDi collection thread will occur in early march when lockdown eases enough to allow travel Mr Laurence and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, maxxo said: 2.0 HDi Excellent news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, loserone said: Excellent news. 110 auto too!!!!!! plus, i have driven it before oh and it's a 53 plate so the teething issues of the very early ones were sorted by then 150k miles though LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Barely run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 indeed! i must admit i am rather excited! will also make a video of my final thoughts on the picasso got a few little things to sort on it first Jim Bell and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Little job today change the air filter, lovely easy job......unlike a 1.6 HDi! old one was a bit dirty LightBulbFun, Jim Bell and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Is it a hatchback? If so I have some new spares for cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 10:33 PM, lexi said: Is it a hatchback? If so I have some new spares for cheap. it's an estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Does anyone know why these have a wee bit of foam stick to the filter? My 307 HDi was the first car I encountered with a filter like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, rainagain said: Does anyone know why these have a wee bit of foam stick to the filter? My 307 HDi was the first car I encountered with a filter like this. Is it not like a mattress topper, for small rodents and insects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Ive got a 2 layered foam one in my xsara. Was fairly new. When I last serviced it I pulled the dirty top most layer off and refitted... Can probably do that again with the remaining layer and then have a spell with just the paper one then splash out £4.50 on a new one in 2023 Ben_O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 hours ago, beko1987 said: Ive got a 2 layered foam one in my xsara. Was fairly new. When I last serviced it I pulled the dirty top most layer off and refitted... Can probably do that again with the remaining layer and then have a spell with just the paper one then splash out £4.50 on a new one in 2023 done that a couple of times in the past...i'm sure thats what its for!! beko1987 and Jim Bell 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 interesting i filled with esso the other day and have done a few hundred miles since then, cold starts it idles beautifully now i've only every used shell, so this strikes me as odd that it runs so much better on esso rather than shell keeping an eye on it, also seems to accelerate much much more cleanly otherwise literally nothing else to say, it's a fucking cracking car!!! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Well, monday marks 3 weeks of ownership left been quite fond of this one tbh Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 excuse the potato quality videos, was lazy and downloaded them from messenger after sending it to myself so, today had a slightly weird thing beeping when indicating left, wtf was my first thought then "ahhhhhhhhhhh tow bar electrics" weirdly i was pulling into halfords at the time video-1616251331.mp4 so, had a think about what to buy bought a little cheap bottle of WD40 mmmmmmmm filthy gave it a very very very good dose look how tiny the bottle is! anyway after putting probably half of the bottle into the socket...... video-1616252220.mp4 GREAT SUCCESS!!!! probably 15 years worth of crap in the socket finally started to cause issues very pleased at how easy it was to solve Cookiesouwest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxo Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 saying goodbye to this one on monday not gonna lie, i'm actually really sad about it been a much better car than i could have ever expected, in every way at least it's going to a good home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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