Picasso restoration.......a tale of idiocy and citroen fun

[maxxo]

3 hours ago, Landy Mann said:

Out plastic trolley helped in many a move to and from uni, I think it got kept for the C4 grand Picasso that replaced it

Mine is full of car stuff, screenwash and coolant mainly as those are the 2 i go through the quickest

[beko1987]

We regularly got the picnic table out from the boot of @gnomeots old crv mk1 if we needed to perch a laptop next to us at work... Handy shit built in stuff in cars! 

[maxxo]

31 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

We regularly got the picnic table out from the boot of @gnomeots old crv mk1 if we needed to perch a laptop next to us at work... Handy shit built in stuff in cars! 

I forgot they came with the table!

surprised at how many of those i still see

not an SUV fan but i've always like the crv, only driven a mk3 which was a very nice car

[maxxo]

drove to the takeaway tonight, rear screen misted up so wacked on the demister

then i thought, why not open the window and see if the heated mirrors actually work

well......THEY ACTUALLY WORK!

i got far too excited about that

so there i was driving home with a big grim on my face about my heated mirrors

[maxxo]

Today wasn't very succesful tbh

tried to remove the dent from the bonnet

as shown here, this is a before shot

of course, i used the glue gun kit again

So i spent about half an hour or so on this, i mean it did make a different, it's less noticeable now but it's not perfect, that's due to it's location and the relatively strong metal used

still, it's an improvement

[maxxo]

Also been spending some more pennies

I replaced the mats when i had pretty much just got the car in june 2019......i spilled superglue on the rear mat and the drivers mat has a hole on it

they have lasted almost 30k so i can't complain

hopefully this will make the car look an awful lot nicer inside too

also needs a deep clean, due to my kindness and driving people around for 2 weeks it's full of dirt on the seats, cigarette ash everywhere......and they had just put an energy drinks can in the rear door pocket which made it all sticky and horrible

fair to say, i'm not very happy about it

[Agila]

19 minutes ago, maxxo said:

also needs a deep clean, due to my kindness and driving people around for 2 weeks it's full of dirt on the seats, cigarette ash everywhere......and they had just put an energy drinks can in the rear door pocket which made it all sticky and horrible

fair to say, i'm not very happy about it

Love the thread. Like the little details and love you put into it.

You certainly seem a lot more tolerant of people than me, running round after people and they treat your car like that! Words will have to be had I'm afraid.

Good to see the updates though.

 

[Patent]

A recommendation I would give is maybe try to find some rubber mats, at least for the front? They don't wear through like carpet ones and the OEM ones trend to be lipped so fewer stones etc end up ground into the carpet, especially on the drivers side.

My last few cars I've bought some second hand OEM rubber mats that pretty much sell for the same amount of money if you flog them separately when you're done.

[maxxo]

15 minutes ago, Agila said:

Love the thread. Like the little details and love you put into it.

You certainly seem a lot more tolerant of people than me, running round after people and they treat your car like that! Words will have to be had I'm afraid.

Good to see the updates though.

 

My issue is i struggle to say no to people

and usually ends up in situations like this, i must have covered around 1,500 miles in the last week and a half just running around after people only to have my car be made into a total mess

4 minutes ago, Patent said:

A recommendation I would give is maybe try to find some rubber mats, at least for the front? They don't wear through like carpet ones and the OEM ones trend to be lipped so fewer stones etc end up ground into the carpet, especially on the drivers side.

My last few cars I've bought some second hand OEM rubber mats that pretty much sell for the same amount of money if you flog them separately when you're done.

the issue is it's quite difficult to find rubber mats

i don't mind buying a new set of mats every year or so

[Prote]

On 11/5/2020 at 4:04 PM, maxxo said:

The trolley is one of my favourite parts of these carsi. it's so flimsy and shit feeling it's fantastic.

But amazingly tough for something so flimsy...

[maxxo]

4 minutes ago, Prote said:

But amazingly tough for something so flimsy...

mine is literally full, i have another one in the house and i have asked a lot of them

and overloaded them but they've always been absolutely fine

much better than the sorry excuse for a "modubox" the c4 picasso has

[Prote]

23 hours ago, maxxo said:

The issue is it's quite difficult to find rubber mats

i don't mind buying a new set of mats every year or so

I found some old-fashioned rubber mats in the village motor factors. Ones with lots of cutting slots so you can trim them to size. Amazingly tough old rubber - the oily smelly kind - but they're still going strong after a year. 

[Prote]

3 minutes ago, maxxo said:

much better than the sorry excuse for a "modubox" the c4 picasso has

Wow that's interesting!! 

[maxxo]

3 minutes ago, Prote said:

I found some old-fashioned rubber mats in the village motor factors. Ones with lots of cutting slots so you can trim them to size. Amazingly tough old rubber - the oily smelly kind - but they're still going strong after a year. 

Yes i had considered those

part of me is absolutely desperate to get some genuine mats which say xsara picasso on them

another thought i've had recently is about the rubber boot liners, i've found a few genuine ones

[maxxo]

3 minutes ago, Prote said:

Wow that's interesting!! 

Did see one in this colour today,

I thought it looked extremely smart, as i say i do like them but i know they're extremely troublesome

I can see myself owning one some day

[Prote]

Just now, maxxo said:

Part of me is absolutely desperate to get some genuine mats which say xsara picasso on them

another thought i've had recently is about the rubber boot liners.

Before I was a born-again pauper, I had a new Mitsubishi L200 and I bought some plush aftermarket matts - they were about 1" thick. Lovely and great sound-deadening. Just can't remember where I bought them. Fleabay I think. 

[Prote]

4 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Did see one in this colour today,

I thought it looked extremely smart, as i say i do like them but i know they're extremely troublesome

I can see myself owning one some day

I was convinced to buy my old MK1 Picasso by my mechanic who said they were the most reliable. Interesting if the C4 is less reliable ☹️

[maxxo]

16 hours ago, Prote said:

I was convinced to buy my old MK1 Picasso by my mechanic who said they were the most reliable. Interesting if the C4 is less reliable ☹️

It's an awful lot less reliable

which is probably the reason i like them

pretty cool steering wheel

[Prote]

11 hours ago, maxxo said:

It's an awful lot less reliable

which is probably the reason i like them

pretty cool steering wheel

 I like the shape of the C4. What's the main issue with reliability? Or is it anything and everything....? 

[maxxo]

46 minutes ago, Prote said:

 I like the shape of the C4. What's the main issue with reliability? Or is it anything and everything....? 

There seems to be a lot of electrical issues, especially with the wipers but i haven't seen any with failed ones for a while

the EGS gearbox is a nightmare and absolutely awful

and the usual 1.6 HDi injector and turbo issues

[maxxo]

Hit a little milestone yesterday

less than 6 months after hitting 100k

quite impessed at how well it's continuing to do

[Prote]

6 hours ago, maxxo said:

Hit a little milestone yesterday

less than 6 months after hitting 100k

quite impessed at how well it's continuing to do

Cars are best when used regularly 👍. And yours is one of the most pampered. Just shows that these old kippers are good workhouses if you don't skimp on basic maintenance. The 2.0 HDI was always bombproof.

[maxxo]

5 hours ago, Prote said:

Cars are best when used regularly 👍. And yours is one of the most pampered. Just shows that these old kippers are good workhouses if you don't skimp on basic maintenance. The 2.0 HDI was always bombproof.

Have a slight issue with an incosistant idle just after a cold start i'm keeping an eye on but otherwise is doing extremely well considering

Hard at work getting stuff from the local b&q today

hot roof rack action n everything!

[Prote]

16 hours ago, maxxo said:

Have a slight issue with an incosistant idle just after a cold start i'm keeping an eye on 

Mine had a random idle speed. (Felt like an invisible foot on the accelerator).

Turned out to be the idle control valve. Got one from RTG Automotive on eBay - all solved and cheap too!

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, Prote said:

Mine had a random idle speed. (Felt like an invisible foot on the accelerator).

Turned out to be the idle control valve. Got one from RTG Automotive on eBay - all solved and cheap too!

i'm just going to let mine develop, it's easy to fix by just dabbing the throttle so it can't be too serious

[Prote]

58 minutes ago, maxxo said:

i'm just going to let mine develop, it's easy to fix by just dabbing the throttle so it can't be too serious

Idle control valve....go on you know you like tinkering 😆

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, Prote said:

Idle control valve....go on you know you like tinkering 😆

certainly worth investigating that's for sure

[maxxo]

Today was very exciting, fitted my nice new mats

they feel pretty good quality too and match the interior nicely

oh.....and don't have holes in them

[maxxo]

16 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

That looks good. Where did you get it, and do they do other vehicles?

Just caught up with the last couple of months of updates. Some good work going on as ever. Had Londons Burning flashbacks with the tale of rescuing the Picasso from the car park fuego, good job

What's this boot trolley you Citroen fetishists are talking about, got any pics?

Was well worth saving, as i say it's proved itself to be a very very good car

the keyring is from a facebook company, forgot what they are called but i'll find it for you

and the trolley is this, it's excellent

[maxxo]

30 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

The trolley appears to collapse down. Does it secure somewhere in the rear load area?

Looks a useful thing to have though, thanks for the pic

it does indeed, it attaches to the right hand side of the boot where the felt strap is

it's a very useful thing to have, i've actually got a couple of them