terrwilk

This is no contest, the Alfa wins hands down as a drivers car, BUT, as the cost of fuel rises and you admit to using the other car for work cos its cheaper, you have to bite the bullet, if you want to stay married, and she is wise to make you choose, the Alfa is a 'black hole' to your money!!! If you want to keep the Alfa, take it off the road and store it properly, it may redeem itself in the future, bit of a waste though as all cars and in particular Alfas, depreciate fast, it is a gas guzzler, although cheaper tax at the moment, but I sense the Goverment theives, will close that loophole very soon, cos there is no sense in allowing older, more polluting cars on the road with cheaper tax than more modern effecient ones today, you can see it already, as the classic car tax dodgers bring out their smoking joe's and pollute our atmosphere!!! Go for option 3 as it makes sense. Terry <_<

Hi, I have used a dragon tuning box on my C4, mainly to help with economy rather than extra power which my 2.0HDI (136bhp) doesn't need. What the box does is it intercepts the pulses to the injectors and modifies it, thus if you want more power, longer pulse, less power shorter pulse. My cars economy is wooful on anything but long runs, so the economy mode helps. It is easy to connect and disconnect should you sell the car or if still under warranty, remove for servicing. First check out good old ebay, worth a look. Terry <_<

Hi all, With the current trend for ever increasing fuel costs, I was wondering if anyone has or is thinking of trying these hydrogen generator supplement kits. Basically, you convert ordinary water H2O into HHO or browns gas using electricity from the cars electrical system, the gas is sucked into the engine before any turbo at the air intake pipe. On petrol cars there has to be an adjustment to the management system, namely the O2 sensor and the MAP or MAF to fool the ECU. On diesels it is much simpler as there are no O2 sensors and apparently diesels love a bit of hydrogen!! Any thoughts? Terry <_<

Just changed my tyres and I have noticed a lot of tyre noise I didn't have before, been told that the tread pattern is to blame along with the 17 inch wheels. My old michelin's where very quiet, so now I will have to wait another 2 years for these to wear down. terrwilk

Hello all, My old C3 had to be recalled to have front coil spring cups plates fitted to help avoid a broken spring puncturing the tyre. I have just poked my head under the front wheel arches of my C4 and saw a worrying sight. There is no support cup on this car either, don't Citroen learn from the past? or am I being too forward thinking? Anybody else worried? have a look and see for yourself, just seems odd that Citroen identified a possible problem on a different model and not cascaded to all the models. Terrwilk :unsure:

Thanks Yes it is under the removable ashtray

Hi all, lookin to find the obd ii port on my c4 anyone know where it is located? terrwilk

Hi all, Just flicking thro the settings on my navi, found the battery back up showing less than 30%. Anyone know how to change it? Terry C4 exclusive 2.0 HDI

Hi Just wondered if anyone has added a sub to a standard rt3 (magneti marelli) with sat nav, phone etc. need the pin out for (remote amp). Cheers Terry

Hi there sorry to hear of your loss, try getting downloads of adverts of your car from the web, copy the documents, try ebay for a price for the lowest then the dealers for the highest, then www.parkers.co.uk for a price to buy your exact car, send the whole lot off to the insurance Company, sit back and wait to deal with some speckie, crater faced 'youf', who will try to tell you that your car is 'worff' nought!! Tell him/her that this in not the case, i.e. be polite, even though they have insulted you and your poor disabled car!!! should be a law against this, are you listening 'idiots in EU?' lol, sorry distracted there. I did this last claim and it worked for me, got highest book price, nice. Good luck Terry

Try www.moneysupermarket.com Worked for my daughter! Terry

They do all the leg work and cover nearly the insurance companies posted here. I have 2 convictions and 2 claims still got insurance cover for £360 fully comp on my citroen 2.0 HDI exclusive, 6 years no claims 'protected' living in Norfolk. Terry

Hi everyone, just thought i would add my two pence worth. I had a fault with the auto adjustment on my exclusive HID system. Yes it defaults to low setting to prevent blinding oncoming traffic, as with all HID there is no NORMAL setting, it automatic, depending on load in the back i.e. height of the rear of the car. If the height adjusting sensor fails or goes intermittant due to a fault or a dirty sensor, the system loses its reference, so has to go to a default position, which in this case is straight down to its lowest position, believe me, you don't want to be on the receiving end of mis-adjusted HID lamps!!! Makes sense really, as a get you home, however, it is NOT dangerous, you just have to adjust your driving style i.e. slow down and it will get you home. Book it in for a height adjuster fault. PS - if doing long journeys on good roads, turn the directional kit off, why have all that moving of headlamps when just going on well lit roads, the system is primarily designed for dark country roads, like where i live in darkest Norfolk, nearest dual carriageway 10 miles, nearest motorway is 40miles !!!!!!!!!! nearest sh***y farm track, they call a road, is a few yards ... lol. Terry

Hi all, I have seen these claims of huge power and torque increases particularly with the common rail diesels. Has anyone fitted an aftermarket digital tuning box and had any good results? Basically you unplug the wiring loom to the injectors and slave in this box which adjusts the ECU paramters, some are adjustable!! Just wondered Terry :o

Hello everyone, Just done a check on my tyres, which are the original Michelins!! and done 20K Thinking, because its a 2.0L HDI, the front tyres would be wearing the worst, but NO, both rear tyres are showing signs of feathering, the inside tread is deeper than the outside. This is very unusual on a front wheel drive car, ALL my other cars had very even tyre wear on the rear wheels. I will be taking it in to the dealer as I suspect rear suspension geometry is incorrect. The front tyres appear to be wearing in the usual pattern for front wheel drive with power steering. Any input from you guy's would be appreciated. Terrwilk :D