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Jonathan
Firing on two.
Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Location: Disunited Kingdom
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 Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter spanners wrote: The thing is, I can dress up nice and warm so that doesn't bother me but not being able to see out of any of the (steamed up) windows is a little disconcerting!  And iced up windows, too. 
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1988 built (1989 F-registered) Citroën 2CV-Six
2013 (63-Plate) VW Golf SE 1.4TSI BMT DSG7
1932 Morris Minor Open Two-Seater (The £100 car).
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| November 2nd, 2009, 9:10 pm |
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terpineol
Firing on two.
Joined: May 14th, 2009, 6:31 pm
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter Mine sits in the carpark all winter being used as required.
I'm thinking it should perhaps have had a good few litres of black bitumen to the underside at the end of the summer.
Strangely at the moment the demister on the drivers side works very well, but the passenger side takes about fifty miles to start demisting, the heater is also somewhat less effective than it used to be.
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| November 2nd, 2009, 9:15 pm |
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter Check the cable and/or adjustment of the heater flaps, as the nearside one may not be moving far enough? Or perhaps the foam lining of the cardboard tubing has deteriorated, so that it's restricting the air flow...  ken. terpineol wrote:
Strangely at the moment the demister on the drivers side works very well, but the passenger side takes about fifty miles to start demisting, the heater is also somewhat less effective than it used to be.
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter It's just a car, why not use it?
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| November 2nd, 2009, 9:51 pm |
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Dago
Firing on two.
Joined: February 27th, 2009, 7:26 pm
Posts: 940
Location: Etelä-Savo, st Michel
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter I´ve been driving my Dyane round the year quite many years. This year not. Few cars lost that way too. Never had problem here. It is easy to fix for winter and windows clear or not, no probs. Never had petrol heator in my car, just extra fan from GS. More snow the better.
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Matthew Hole
2CV Fan
Joined: April 18th, 2009, 3:20 pm
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Location: Warrington, Cheshire
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter Gave in last year and got a modern for daily use. I get down enough about the rust rust rust issue and driving on salt over the winter just depresses me further still. (I think perhaps I'm not understanding the scrappage scheme.....it is to buy a new car to keep the old one from being scrap, right? ...... )
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter I use my GS some days then the others I use my Dyane... I Couldnt afford to run the GS everyday on the large 12mile trip, with the roads I use,fuel leaks, etc, I can probably average 20mpg when the Dyane runs on thin air... Oh and I have 1 Garage, if 1 car is in use, the other 1 is in the garage.
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| November 2nd, 2009, 10:53 pm |
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter MCRjack wrote: I Couldnt afford to run the GS everyday on the large 12mile trip. My heart bleeds! 18-25mpg, 300 miles a week! (that's why I'm using the cold wet A-series as my winter transport, and the warm dry car is locked in a shed... 
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| November 2nd, 2009, 10:55 pm |
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Annie
2CV Fan
Joined: March 13th, 2009, 11:40 pm
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter I have run them through winter before, but don't any more. They just throw about toooo much road salt around here, it eats them away. It doesn't matter how much you protect the underside it's gonna get in somewhere. Just glad I have an alternative I can use now and keep the A Series alive for a few more years.
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| November 3rd, 2009, 1:06 am |
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imothepixie
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 11:46 pm
Posts: 254
Location: Leicester
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Re: Poll: Use of A series through the winter It's been Three years now that I finaly (un) finished off my colour scheme and some constant gradual un-bodging and re-bodging to my own standard!.. but Bubbles lives on the 'street' and is very much a daily driver... she just seems to get better and better the more I drive and understand!
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