collection mission to SPAIN!!!! COMPLETED IT M8

[loserone]

Bonne chance !

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Making friends with a local lad

 

[djoptix]

12 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Making friends with a local lad

 

He looks a bit ruff

[Blue 850]

Good Luck Mr B

[Hertz]

A truly wondrous thread! Welcome back Mr Bollox, good luck with the test and the rest of the trip.

 

[coachie]

10 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Quite a find that blue one innit. I think the only thing I could really do with is a RH rear door (assuming the LH one I've got my eye on, comes through OK)

Is this any use, or too much work?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304269325539

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Results: one rear brake not working off the pedal; presumably a seized wheel cylinder. One front tyre worn out on inner edge (Just looked and it is quite bad tbh, might change it over with the spare later). 

 

[mk2_craig]

That doesn’t sound too tragic. What’s the deal with getting it “legal” - or doesn’t it matter if you’re springing it out the country for good in a few days? 

[Shite Ron]

Tres bien, Muy buena, tidy darts 👍

Not a bad result, I am glad work has not been too busy as I have been following with interest on my IPad  while working on my laptop. I would love to do a trip like this. We stopped in Angouleme when I drove to Gibraltar in a Cortina and had the best meal ever in a very ordinary looking restaurant there. I drove from Angouleme to Jaen  in one day, I would love to do it again one day. I am really enjoying the updates, scenery, food etc. all fantastic and a fantastic experience you will remember forever.

[Mr Pastry]

A bit more weight in the back might get the wheel cylinder working.  For example, as much booze as possible:

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Seriously, probably best left alone as it might start leaking if provoked.

Great progress so far!   Bonne Route!

[Surface Rust]

23 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

A bit more weight in the back might get the wheel cylinder working.  For example, as much booze as possible:

.

 

Seriously, probably best left alone as it might start leaking if provoked.

Great progress so far!   Bonne Route!

No manufacturer would ever show a brochure pic like that now, instead they are all pictures of beautiful people driving along coastal roads or in sanitised urban landscapes. Sigh.

I've been really enjoying this thread, pure escapism and a triumph for shiters everywhere.

[garethj]

47 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

A bit more weight in the back might get the wheel cylinder working.  For example, as much booze as possible:

.

 

Seriously, probably best left alone as it might start leaking if provoked.

Great progress so far!   Bonne Route!

Hey Citroen, fuck you and your eggs across a ploughed field, read the French room!

[Dave_Q]

2 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

That doesn’t sound too tragic. What’s the deal with getting it “legal” - or doesn’t it matter if you’re springing it out the country for good in a few days? 

French law allows you 2 months to get major defects fixed during which you can still drive, one thread I found states they give you a new ticket/card whatever to display with that 2 month expiry on it

For a critical defect it's midnight the same day. 

Either way le_sac is all good to drive this home as per French law.

[jim89]

6 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

French law allows you 2 months to get major defects fixed during which you can still drive, one thread I found states they give you a new ticket/card whatever to display with that 2 month expiry on it

For a critical defect it's midnight the same day. 

Either way le_sac is all good to drive this home as per French law.

So what's 'critical' pour example? Assuming it drove in for the CT say?

[egg]

I think I'd be tempted to bosh a couple of new tyres on the front at a 'le Kwik Fit' equivalent...

[Dave_Q]

7 minutes ago, jim89 said:

So what's 'critical' pour example? Assuming it drove in for the CT say?

Tu doit le traduire toi-même, malheureusement.

https://www.autosur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-129-Defaillances-Techniques.pdf

Although one of them sounds kinda familiar.

[jim89]

7 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Tu doit le traduire toi-même, malheureusement.

https://www.autosur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-129-Defaillances-Techniques.pdf

Although one of them sounds kinda familiar.

cela me semble assez critique.... ☹️

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I would buy a couple of new hoops but who's gonna stock 145x13's nowadays? Seems like a big ask

[TataBobu]

Etc voila: https://touslespneus365.fr/suchen/pkw/?width=145&height=80&rim=13

 

And looks like it's a common trailer size.

[N Dentressangle]

5 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

Etc voila: https://touslespneus365.fr/suchen/pkw/?width=145&height=80&rim=13

 

And looks like it's a common trailer size.

Pair of Atlas Green HP's it is then!

[egg]

18 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I would buy a couple of new hoops but who's gonna stock 145x13's nowadays? Seems like a big ask

I did find some on Eurotyre - but not sure of 'hauteur' so put 70 in, using Limoges here as had to put a garage in...

https://limoges-pneus.eurotyre.fr/devis-pneu/step/2/

Doesn't mean they're actually in stock mind. I guess my thinking was if you have reduced braking, extra grip might be good!

[Mr Pastry]

I'm sure a local tyre place will know what is available.

[TataBobu]

145R13 is technically 145/82R13, but closest is 145/80R13

[egg]

21 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

I'm sure a local tyre place will know what is available.

yes, and much easier to point at one's car than give multiple digits over the phone in French!

[bezzabsa]

16 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Quite a find that blue one innit. I think the only thing I could really do with is a RH rear door (assuming the LH one I've got my eye on, comes through OK)

and RHD lights I presume

[wuvvum]

I'm pretty sure Reg_Bo11ox's French is more than up to discussing tyre sizes...

[wuvvum]

Just now, bezzabsa said:

and RHD lights I presume

Good shout that.

[loserone]

The express's lights are pretty good considering one of them is cracked and they have beam deflectors on.  No issues with the MOT so far

[wuvvum]

Yeah, the Innocenti's lights always pass with deflectors fitted, but if RHD headlights existed I'd be tempted to fit them anyway.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just picked this up:

It's in perfect nick but as well as the door handle pressing being different, all the friggin holes for the catch mechanism are all different too. So its gonna need a bit of surgery before it can be fitted unfortunately. Anyway I still handed over €70 for it. Check out where the door seller lives:

Unbelievably beautiful. Hot mind you - said 38c on a roadside thermometer I passed.

Lovely. Checked the oil while I was there - none burned or spilled. Onwards!!!