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Jay-Zeus posted:As for mods on the G8... Solo axleback exhaust One of my coworkers has a G8 with a Solo exhaust (not sure if it's an axle-back or cat-back) and I got to hear him romping on it the other day. That thing sounds good.
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Plankalkuel posted:Frogmobile Fantastic car. Car and Driver did a story a while back where they took the last Citroen imported into the U.S. and attempted to drive it back to France. IIRC, due to a combination of French engineering and bureaucracy they were forced to tow it back to New York.
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Ludicro posted:Guess who had to take a detour down a country road to get to work the other day? A couple of weeks? I need to wash mine twice a week in Colorado. A mid-week spraydown and a warm weekend day hand wash if possible.
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Gorson posted:Fantastic car. Car and Driver did a story a while back where they took the last Citroen imported into the U.S. and attempted to drive it back to France. IIRC, due to a combination of French engineering and bureaucracy they were forced to tow it back to New York. This one seems to be going strong, at least in the driving department. The leaks or whatever it was, have not reappeared since my last post. This evening I did battle with the drivers door lock. Currently, the key simply turns the cylinder, without engaging the actual mechanism. Luckily Citroen has anticipated this and made taking the door lock out of the door very easy. Large mounts of WD40 seem to have coaxed some life back into the lock, but it is still nonfunctional. I also found the noisy ceiling fan. It is a tiiiiny little fan that blows air over the AC temperature sensor. Presumably to get a better temperature reading. While I commend the attention to detail and willingness to go all in, I'd wish, the the French would leave such complicated solutions in search of a problem to us Germans. That way, I would not have to deal with a small electric motor with worn bearings, coated in almost two decades of disgusting gunk  I'll probably just replace it with a donor part.
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StormDrain posted:A couple of weeks? I need to wash mine twice a week in Colorado. A mid-week spraydown and a warm weekend day hand wash if possible. I gave up on keeping mine clean out here in CO.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:You need to come to America. We stuff 300+ HP V8 engines in front wheel drive cars with no regard for torque steer. Seriously, Impala SS, it just yanks the wheel back and forth on you. I haven't been much more terrified of a car than when I had approximately FIVE ASSPUCKERING SECONDS AGO to accelerate from a dead stop to 65mph in a 2013ish Dodge Caravan. That "five seconds ago" being when I actually buried the pedal. And then it went forward. Mostly. Also sideways. Either side, didn't matter. It was 3.6 liters of Pentastar fury straight to the front wheels. Actually never mind that "straight" part, it went through the steering wheel and then to the pavement. But holy crap, that Citroen. 
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veedubfreak posted:I gave up on keeping mine clean out here in CO. At least mag chloride rinses off with just a bit of warm water.
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awesome-express posted:I had a pretty decent rental for the past week I have one of these and I like it quite a bit. The transmission programming seems pretty stupid sometimes, but other than that I'm quite impressed. However, this is my first new car so I'm a bit jaded by my shitheaps that came before it.
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Noeland posted:At least mag chloride rinses off with just a bit of warm water. It aint the mag chloride that is the problem out here in CO.....
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Plankalkuel posted:I also found the noisy ceiling fan. It is a tiiiiny little fan that blows air over the AC temperature sensor. Presumably to get a better temperature reading. While I commend the attention to detail and willingness to go all in, I'd wish, the the French would leave such complicated solutions in search of a problem to us Germans. That way, I would not have to deal with a small electric motor with worn bearings, coated in almost two decades of disgusting gunk Haha that's brilliant and completely ridiculous.
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KozmoNaut posted:Haha that's brilliant and completely ridiculous. Reinsertion of the fan was unsuccessful. On its own its silent, but apparently it excites the ceiling's resonance frequency. I disconnected it and the heater still does its job. At least the system is redundant. Donor part was ordered on the cheap. The hydraulics are still leaking  There seems to exist a wondrous leak-be-gone cure (ger: LeckWeg) that received glowing reviews in the German Citroen community. Hopefully that helps. The leaks are more like a handful of drops over the night, so nothing dangerous, but I like my car dry and sealed. At this rate, I'm probably still several months behind the 1st (or 2nd?) generation VW Rabbit convertible from the neighbors that evacuated its rear shock absorbers (or braking system?) in one big gush.
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Plankalkuel posted:The hydraulics are still leaking No. No no no. Adding stop leak products is like adding excess coagulant to a blood vessel. Sure, you'll block the leak, but at the cost of clogging up everything else, as well. Don't do it. Get the leak fixed properly.
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KozmoNaut posted:No. No no no. This stuff is different. It is made up of several chemicals that will soften and enlarge old rubber seals. It will NOT plug any holes, which would indeed be fatal! There are a large number of people in the German Citroen community that had small leaks like mine reseal themselves with the stuff and no reports of stuff breaking due to blockage. The worst that can happen is, I waste some money and the problem does not go away, at which point further steps are necessary.
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Was going through Last years local big car show picture folder my gf took pics with her new camera that made my firebird look good.   I brought 6 of my cars down for the event. It supports the local K-9 unit.
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I needed a car. My Mazda 3 was traded in on a CX-5 for the wife. My wife's Honda Civic went to a cousin of hers who needed wheels. Plus it was boring. And the Mustang kinda had an incident with fire and was sold for parts. ( )Been riding transit for a couple weeks while looking for something to drive. I was about to start trawling around for a Fiesta ST when this popped up for sale.  And I bought it. 2004 IS300, 5-speed, 72k miles The lighting is pretty crap but it was taken indoors with an awful phone. I need to get some daylight pictures.
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ehnus posted:I needed a car. Nice! Those have just about the best looking gauge cluster of any car..ever.
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angryhampster posted:Nice! Those have just about the best looking gauge cluster of any car..ever. It's funny you say that - I really like the IS300 except for the gauge cluster. ehnus, do you mind if I ask how much you paid? I just turned one of these down.
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blk posted:It's funny you say that - I really like the IS300 except for the gauge cluster. I paid $10k CDN I snagged the pictures from the ad; it'll be March before I'll be able to get decent pictures otherwise.    
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Found a 2009 HSV Clubsport for a deal which was a little too good to go past, decided it was about time I ticked off the V8 checkbox and embraced the VB swilling bogan within. As with all great deals, it was too good for a reason. A couple of weeks tuning out some rather interesting gremlins in the transmission (Fluid was jet black, looks like the previous owner had been skimping on servicing) and after fixing up a couple of other small things she's running great.  Besides the hopefully solved mechanical niggles, it's in excellent condition. Not a road chip or scratch in sight and the interior is immaculate. I love my dumb plastic muscle car. Having an LS3 under the hood sure beats the old SV6's 3.6l. As a bonus, previous owner left some CD's in the stacker. Pretty much the exact 6 albums you would expect to come out of an HSV. 
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^^Thats a nice car. Are they rwd? The best thing my PO left was a 25$ gift certificate to Applebees in the glovebox.
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Cage posted:^^Thats a nice car. Are they rwd? Yeah, same thing as the Pontiac G8...just newer and with a better engine.
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Friar Zucchini posted:I haven't been much more terrified of a car than when I had approximately FIVE ASSPUCKERING SECONDS AGO to accelerate from a dead stop to 65mph in a 2013ish Dodge Caravan. That "five seconds ago" being when I actually buried the pedal. And then it went forward. Mostly. Also sideways. Either side, didn't matter. It was 3.6 liters of Pentastar fury straight to the front wheels. Actually never mind that "straight" part, it went through the steering wheel and then to the pavement. Love the Citroen, too. When I'm wealthy I'll add a couple of days to a trip to Europe and buy one and have it shipped home. I owned a 1990 Dodge Grand Caravan with an earlier version of that 3.6 litres of Pentastar fury (excellent term, by the way). The throttle response was "Huh? What? Now? Uh... OK I guess" followed by an irritating high-pitched whine from that engine as it spooled up to a roaring 5000rpm over about 8 seconds. Plankalkuel posted:This stuff is different. angryhampster posted:Nice! Those have just about the best looking gauge cluster of any car..ever.
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StormDrain posted:A couple of weeks? I need to wash mine twice a week in Colorado. A mid-week spraydown and a warm weekend day hand wash if possible. I've given up on it until the weather improves, theres no point getting it nice and clean only to go down a country lane the next day and get it all filthy again. Once the winter months are over its going on for a full on clean, interior valeting and getting any small bodywork dings or bumper scuffs fixed. I'll probably get the alloys refurbished as well. Considering its an 8 year old car I think it looks pretty good all things considered.
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I'm pretty jealous of the XM. And a bit jealous of the 406 a few pages back too. Still miss my 406 and ZX, PSA cars were the poo poo before things got boring around the millennium.  Dirty > Clean
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ExecuDork posted:You've already admitted to being German and talking about a car. Sure, sure... different... uh-huh *checks savings account* *cries* Not sure what you are on about, although buying a German car sure did a number on my savings account  Kids, that is your Audi's engine on Audi-approved long-life oil after 160k km (with all services done!). Go figure, why I've bought an old Citroen.
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So drat perfect
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I've made a huge mistake.  Got it for my stepson. It's a 96 RS, automatic, obligatory fartcannon (welded upside-down for god knows what reason), one projector headlight housing. Needs brakes, power steering pump, timing belt, engine mounts. I figure I'll replace the water pump while I'm in there. It runs and shifts well, and the shocks are OK. Not bad for $700.
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wallaka posted:It runs and shifts well, and the shocks are OK. Not bad for $700. I'll give you $400 - before he flips it (literally).
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wallaka posted:I've made a huge mistake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-CPss95p3Ck#t=13 
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Viggen posted:I'll give you $400 - before he flips it (literally). Yeah, my first car ended up upside-down in a ditch. He's actually very anxious about driving. He's almost 18 and just got his learner's permit. He's terrified of crashing, so maybe he'll drive sensibly. Anything's possible, right? The car survived the meth-heads I bought it from. It's tough. Accurate. wallaka fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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stump posted:I'm pretty jealous of the XM. And a bit jealous of the 406 a few pages back too. Still miss my 406 and ZX, PSA cars were the poo poo before things got boring around the millennium.  SD 040 Car & Landscape meld by Execudork, on Flickr(from a few years ago)
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ExecuDork posted:Agreed. If your car is clean, you aren't driving hard enough.    e; my favorite thing about this picture is all the spotless trucks in the background 
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 After this, I took it to a car show and let the mud drip off next to another avalanche that was done up as a promotional piece. I don't think my truck has ever really been spotless and clean. The local home owners association would routinely complain to me after I moved in because whenever it rained, the amount of dirt coming off my truck would look like god himself took a nice big poo poo on my driveway.
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How did he manage Khe Sahn on loop, on the way to his local, without the Chisel? what a perfect combination of CDs
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 Clean is indeed overrated. from a few years ago, anyway that wood block cost $1800 and change
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Cage posted:^^Thats a nice car. Are they rwd? As has been said, much the same as the Pontiac G8. Quite a lot of what's on the G8 GXP is similar to the Clubsport. Bigger brakes, bodykit, a few suspension differences, better interior plus the jump up from an LS2 derivative to a 317kw LS3. They're also fitted stock with 275 wide tyres on the rear instead of 245's all round like standard Commodores. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Holden Special Vehicles once the locally built RWD V8's disappear. Apart from a few notable and sometimes forgettable exceptions, HSV's lineup has always just been factory performance and luxury versions of the Commodore. Would be pretty sad to see HSV kits and badges on FWD V6 sedans. They're a separate company to GM Holden, so, who knows what the future will bring. Hocus Pocus posted:How did he manage Khe Sahn on loop, on the way to his local, without the Chisel? I like to think the PO was about to eject them all before selling the car, but then accepted that those CD's were exactly where they needed to be.
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wallaka posted:Yeah, my first car ended up upside-down in a ditch. Fear != driving skills. If you can, send him to one of those highway survival type classes that catch kids up to the skills they would normally learn in driver's ed in Europe. Learning to avoid a crash in that tin can is probably going to give him the highest chance of survival seriously dont look at the crash ratings for those
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Street Survival is an excellent program for kids: http://streetsurvival.org/ They basically autocross the poo poo out of your kid until they learn how to deal with skids, drive safely, proper visual skills, etc. I wish this had existed when I was learning. quote:The students will become more observant of the traffic situation they find themselves in. They will learn to look far enough ahead to anticipate unwise actions of other drivers. As the students master the application of physics to drive their cars, they will make fewer unwise driving actions themselves. They will understand why they should always wear their own seatbelts, and why they should insist that their passengers wear seatbelts, too. I don't know when the 2015 schedule will get announced, but you should absolutely do it. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Street Survival is an excellent program for kids: http://streetsurvival.org/ My father made me drive through Chicago when I was 16. Same result.
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