2003 Citroen C5 estate.....the end

9,541 · January 9, 2022

1 hour ago, maxxo said:

hmmmmmmmm

MOT day on Tuesday

somewhat worried

MOT day can be like waiting for a first born child, only worse.

10,711 · January 9, 2022

17 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

MOT day can be like waiting for a first born child, only worse.

i shall be walking round for many hours, staring at my phone, constantly refreshing the MOT checker website

10,711 · January 9, 2022

met a fellow owner today to help him out with lexia

created a rare moment!

9,541 · January 9, 2022

1 minute ago, maxxo said:

i shall be walking round for many hours, staring at my phone, constantly refreshing the MOT checker website

Mine is going in for the MOT towards the end of the month, the first under my ownership. I was bad enough with my Grandad's Punto never mind waiting for the results of mine. Haha.

10,711 · January 9, 2022

12 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Mine is going in for the MOT towards the end of the month, the first under my ownership. I was bad enough with my Grandad's Punto never mind waiting for the results of mine. Haha.

this is the first under my ownership, my old picasso caused me enough fun during MOT times!

20,006 · January 9, 2022

47 minutes ago, maxxo said:

met a fellow owner today to help him out with lexia

created a rare moment!

Do you have to start parking like a cunt if you own one? It's kinda putting me off the idea tbh...

10,711 · January 9, 2022

3 minutes ago, yes oui si said:

Do you have to start parking like a cunt if you own one? It's kinda putting me off the idea tbh...

He'd parked like that first, not the best way to park but out of convenience I parked next to him

And I didn't want to get too close to that BMW as it was quite new and didn't want to damage it incase I slipped getting out the car etc

14,494 · January 10, 2022

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

MOT day can be like waiting for a first born child, only worse.

No. MOT's only live for a year, you know that.

9,541 · January 10, 2022

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

No. MOT's only live for a year, you know that.

Depends on how good your parenting is...

10,711 · January 11, 2022

Ahhhhh great success

Failed initially on side repeaters being the incorrect colour, repaired by them which is fine with me

I was told how good it looks underneath and that it's a very good car

56,205 · January 11, 2022

Never in doubt.

10,711 · January 12, 2022

19 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

Never in doubt.

Was slight doubt, but good results

10,711 · January 18, 2022

Ticked over to 170,000 miles today

Nothing to report, still doing great

Very pleased

It's also absolutely desperate for a clean, did 100 miles today and has got the car absolutely filthy

10,711 · January 19, 2022

helped the owner of the grey one out around a month ago when his car was hit by giving him the headlamp i'd removed from mine

became friends, met up today and asked me if i'd like a go, yes please, first time driving a manual C5, very good

i do rather enjoy Citroen related activities

6,051 · January 19, 2022

The manuel is decent, it's fairly long geared, used to pootle about town in 3rd.

10,711 · January 19, 2022

29 minutes ago, Spurious said:

The manuel is decent, it's fairly long geared, used to pootle about town in 3rd.

it's a nice and precise box too, which surprised me

mind you, the last manual citroen i drove properly was a xsara picasso.......that's not the nicest feeling box

10,711 · January 26, 2022

Busy busy day delivering parts and having a ride in a XM

Middlesbrough, to new Brighton, to Anglesey, back to new Brighton and back to Middlesbrough

Reset the trip upon leaving this morning, did the trip on a tank

Not even tired! Rather pleased with the economy too

The car did absolutely superb, so very comfortable, effortless and with zero issues

10,711 · January 26, 2022

Also saw this!

My old Picasso!

Was lovely to see, still looking good and the new owner loves it

26,344 · January 27, 2022

What did you think of the xm then?

10,711 · January 27, 2022

50 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

What did you think of the xm then?

I liked it a lot

I quite fancy one

6,051 · January 27, 2022

10 minutes ago, maxxo said:

I liked it a lot

I quite fancy one

I like them too. They are a pig to work on compared to a C5. The chap who used to do work on them in Ireland didn't like them that much to work on however. C5 is much more traditional car really.

10,711 · January 27, 2022

1 hour ago, Spurious said:

I like them too. They are a pig to work on compared to a C5. The chap who used to do work on them in Ireland didn't like them that much to work on however. C5 is much more traditional car really.

C5 is more refined obviously its a generation newer, likely a better daily driver

I would buy an XM, it would be a second car and stored over winter to prevent corrosion etc

But they're absolutely lovely

10,711 · January 27, 2022

seems yesterdays trip did her some good

i never really short journey the car, and most my trips involve a good bit of dual carriageway etc

but she's running an awful lot better, economy is massively improved and she's even riding better!

i'm seriously considering doing some proper rust proofing, there is barely anything on the car but i want to keep it that way

any reccomendations?

11,076 · January 27, 2022

I never did anything with my two and both had paint damage where the paint was cracked off and bare metal exposed that never corroded.

Bilt Hamber is one product that often gets positive mentions.

The only stuff I have used in the distant past was Waxoyl that didn't impress me and something that seems to have vanished that passivated existing light rusting and changed it into a protective film, a bit like verdigris on copper.

A long run does seem to be very good for them. I drove to Hastings via London one evening then back (to Washington) the following day and managed almost 60 mpg. Usually much less, 35~40 mpg.

Also, loading it to the gills improves the suspension. I swiped a load of scrap MDF from work and took it to the house of one of the cleaners. Estate well overloaded and drove really well, slowly as it was speed bumps all the way. Very noticeable improvement in the suspension for a while after.

14,494 · January 27, 2022

26 minutes ago, maxxo said:

seems yesterdays trip did her some good

i never really short journey the car, and most my trips involve a good bit of dual carriageway etc

but she's running an awful lot better, economy is massively improved and she's even riding better!

i'm seriously considering doing some proper rust proofing, there is barely anything on the car but i want to keep it that way

any reccomendations?

Oh, did you go for a drive somewhere?

10,711 · January 27, 2022

33 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Oh, did you go for a drive somewhere?

Oh yes, a very nice day indeed was had

10,711 · January 29, 2022

On 1/27/2022 at 11:08 PM, myglaren said:

I never did anything with my two and both had paint damage where the paint was cracked off and bare metal exposed that never corroded.

Bilt Hamber is one product that often gets positive mentions.

The only stuff I have used in the distant past was Waxoyl that didn't impress me and something that seems to have vanished that passivated existing light rusting and changed it into a protective film, a bit like verdigris on copper.

A long run does seem to be very good for them. I drove to Hastings via London one evening then back (to Washington) the following day and managed almost 60 mpg. Usually much less, 35~40 mpg.

Also, loading it to the gills improves the suspension. I swiped a load of scrap MDF from work and took it to the house of one of the cleaners. Estate well overloaded and drove really well, slowly as it was speed bumps all the way. Very noticeable improvement in the suspension for a while after.

many thanks for the reply

going to research Bilt Hamber and read up on it

and yes, it's driving vastly better than before, perhaps helped as it was rather loaded with wheels and various C5 bits

10,711 · January 29, 2022

well today was exciting

noticed someone breaking a C5 exclusive......so obviously i had to ask for the obvious part

the second sun visor!

now look how cool i can be!

9,541 · January 29, 2022

1 hour ago, maxxo said:

well today was exciting

noticed someone breaking a C5 exclusive......so obviously i had to ask for the obvious part

the second sun visor!

now look how cool i can be!

Well posh, innit.

18,040 · January 29, 2022

2 hours ago, maxxo said:

well today was exciting

noticed someone breaking a C5 exclusive......so obviously i had to ask for the obvious part

the second sun visor!

now look how cool i can be!

My Saab has these double sun visors. They've been used a lot in the recent low sun. Makes me feel very smug.

However, I now worry I won't be able to go back to a single sun visor'd car

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