Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for citroen-pr.net (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for cosmetic parts?
I'm only trying to find a lock cylinder for my Mk 1 Xantia at the moment, so it's no big deal to go to the parts desk and ask, but does it mean that I'm quite a lot more on my own in the future if I want to do replacement of anything more esoteric than that by myself?
On Jun 3, 6:14 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying :
> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for citroen-pr.net > > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for cosmetic > > parts?
> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not you...
> It was too good to last... <mutter>
Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap the car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost them money? Who knows?
Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
>> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for citroen-pr.net >> > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for cosmetic >> > parts? >> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not >> you...
>> It was too good to last... <mutter> > Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap the > car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost them > money? Who knows?
No reason to scrap the car sooner - I dunno about the Xant parts 'fiches, but the XM ones are readily available. Anyway - just ring up and hassle the Cit parts guy, making sure you say "Well, I used to look this up myself on citroen-pr.net - perhaps you could pass on that it's increasing your workload...?"
> On Jun 3, 6:14 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding >> much like >> they were saying :
>> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for >> > citroen-pr.net >> > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for >> > cosmetic >> > parts?
>> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not >> you...
>> It was too good to last... <mutter>
> Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap > the > car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost > them > money? Who knows?
Err, sorry but how does not being able to look at a parts diagram / catalogue mean that you might need to scrap the car?!
> "Ambrose Nankivell" <ambro...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1181128728.849208.16450@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > > On Jun 3, 6:14 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding > >> much like > >> they were saying :
> >> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for > >> > citroen-pr.net > >> > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for > >> > cosmetic > >> > parts? > >> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not > >> you... > >> It was too good to last... <mutter> > > Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap > > the > > car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost > > them > > money? Who knows?
> Err, sorry but how does not being able to look at a parts diagram / > catalogue mean that you might need to scrap the car?!
Making it difficult to look things up makes working on it more of a chore, makes it more likely I'll take it to the garage for work, which makes it cost more which means it becomes uneconomic to keep earlier.
> On Jun 6, 12:33 pm, ":Jerry:" <INVA...@INVALID.INVALID> wrote: >> "Ambrose Nankivell" <ambro...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1181128728.849208.16450@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... >> > On Jun 3, 6:14 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding >> >> much like >> >> they were saying :
>> >> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for >> >> > citroen-pr.net >> >> > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for >> >> > cosmetic >> >> > parts? >> >> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not >> >> you... >> >> It was too good to last... <mutter> >> > Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap >> > the >> > car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost >> > them >> > money? Who knows?
>> Err, sorry but how does not being able to look at a parts diagram / >> catalogue mean that you might need to scrap the car?!
> Making it difficult to look things up makes working on it more of a > chore, makes it more likely I'll take it to the garage for work, > which > makes it cost more which means it becomes uneconomic to keep > earlier.
Whimp!
Non franchised garages face that problem daily, also if you have the car in front of you I really don't see why you need to 'look things up'...
> "Ambrose Nankivell" <ambro...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1181316330.500651.176020@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > > On Jun 6, 12:33 pm, ":Jerry:" <INVA...@INVALID.INVALID> wrote: > >> "Ambrose Nankivell" <ambro...@gmail.com> wrote in message > >>news:1181128728.849208.16450@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > >> > On Jun 3, 6:14 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Ambrose Nankivell (ambro...@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding > >> >> much like > >> >> they were saying : > >> >> > Am I being really stupid, or is the replacement for > >> >> > citroen-pr.net > >> >> > (service.citroen.com) no longer free to search, except for > >> >> > cosmetic > >> >> > parts? > >> >> Somebody is being VERY stupid - unfortunately, it's Citroen, not > >> >> you... > >> >> It was too good to last... <mutter> > >> > Thanks. I certainly wasn't impressed. It'll probably mean I scrap > >> > the > >> > car earlier if I can't do so much myself. Whether that will cost > >> > them > >> > money? Who knows?
> >> Err, sorry but how does not being able to look at a parts diagram / > >> catalogue mean that you might need to scrap the car?!
> > Making it difficult to look things up makes working on it more of a > > chore, makes it more likely I'll take it to the garage for work, > > which > > makes it cost more which means it becomes uneconomic to keep > > earlier.
> Whimp!
> Non franchised garages face that problem daily, also if you have the > car in front of you I really don't see why you need to 'look things > up'...
Well they didn't until the service was removed. ;)
I can see how it'd be extremely annoying for them to be looking at an extra €950 a year if they want to get at it though.
And it's nice to have a visualisation if you can. I'm not denying I'm a wimp, though. Or at least fixing cars is something I like to do occasionally if it's easy, rather than anything hardcore.
