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The right hand one cost £26, (At GSF, too and they are always reasonable,) which might explain why the one on the left looks as though it has missed the last service!
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looks like it missed more than just the last one Tom.
Now i come to think about it Im sure I've got a new one sitingin my dads garage. Will have to look when Im next over there.
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Yes, I've a bone to pick with you.
What was that about CXs going wrong with undiagnosable problems after about a week's use?
I spent a month convincing myself that the HG had let go!
As for them costing serious money, Take that smug grin off your face right now!
I'm finally beginning to enjoy it. As an everyday car it takes some getting used to.
Jane loves it though. Probably more than any car I've ever owned, including new shiny ones. Strange critters wimmin'.
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Sorry Tom,
I didnt mean it. I love CX's, I if i could have the absolute choice i would only ever drive CX's and A-series from citroen. I miss not having a CX every single day that passes, after 7 of them I know they are no better or worse than any car that you have to use every day. When they are good then you never have to touch them but if its been neglected in the past you will pay the price (only my personal opinion you all understand)
And if anyone out there wants to offer me a CX ridiculously cheap then get in touch.
Im so glad you are now enjoying the beastie, they love to be used.
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Jane loves it though. Probably more than any car I've ever owned, including new shiny ones. Strange critters wimmin'.
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Do you want to borrow my CX for a few weeks. Ang (my wife) certainly ISN'T fond of it. Sure we have driven upto Queenland, Canberra ... well all over. It's never failed to cause me problems in the 2years I've owned it. When my father owned it the thing was absolutely reliable. Within 1month of me getting it the fuel pressure regulator went bad at random times (causing all sorts of weird/difficult to diagnose problems), the connection to the knock sender died (due to ****ty wiring). I didn't realise due to the computer fault globe being blown on the dash. Half way to Queensland (it was running badly) it cut out on the side of the road. Vigorously shacking one of the wiring harnesses got it running again [:(!]
Lots and lots of electrical problems .... lots .... They become tiresome. I've spent literally days chopping wiring out of the car and replacing connectors and terminals. She is getting reliable now, slowly I'm getting all the annoying niggles fixed.
Would I sell it ??? Never, not on your life. Brilliant car. I had another bad sign last week. A 'P' plater in a late model lowered V8 crummydore tried to drag me off from a set of lights (infront of his mates). The look on his face as this 20year old CX pulled away from him was hilarious. The clutch slip as she came onto full boost in 2nd gear certainly wasn't funny [:0] I see another major job in the future [:(][xx(][V] Lets see how long I can put it off for [}:)]
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Full boost in second? You'll be changing that clutch soon if you keep doing that.
The diesel for all its torque is no getaway car, what the original 60BHP cars were like
I dread to think. I've tried to find a road test but apparently they are still waiting for the testers to get back. 0-60 is a matter of counting growth rings!
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Full boost in second? You'll be changing that clutch soon if you keep doing that.
The diesel for all its torque is no getaway car, what the original 60BHP cars were like
I dread to think. I've tried to find a road test but apparently they are still waiting for the testers to get back. 0-60 is a matter of counting growth rings!
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We have an original '76 CX2200 deisel wagon (ie: the lowest powered of 'em all). It's bloody brilliant to drive, it's quite toey really, you just stick it in 3rd gear around town. It'll rattle away from idle in 3rd gear quite happily, you rarely need to change gears in heavy traffic. It never returns less than 38mpg if it doesn't leave town, upto 42mpg is possible on the highway. Just pick any speed upto 90mph and it'll hold it all day everyday. Forget overtaking, it's an artform. You leave a big gap between you and the car you wish to overtake, as you see a gap in traffic you start gathering speed, by the time your up the bum of the car you wish to overtake you should have built up enough speed to overtake it. You can NOT just pull into the oncoming traffic and floor it thinking you'll scream past.
If my father would re-register it I'd be very happy to drive it to work and back everyday and let the CX turbo rest in the shed awaiting more interesting driving.
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Tom,
FWIW, I think you'll find those air cleaners are almost identical to the early CX2200 (petrol) ones.
I bought one in 1984 for A$85 so the price you got yours is quite good.
The 2200 had the top of the air filter case permanently attached to it, but I believe if you found a filer maker, someone who custom builds them for earth moving equipment and the like, you'd get one made up for only a fraction of the cost of the real McCoy. I'd be keeping the old one in the boot and anytime you happen to see anyone who does odd bod filters, ask the question. I tried one for an early Trs and was pleasantly surprised; apparently the foam Citroen uses doesn't have gold stitching in it after all.
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Good point Alan. I'll go and salvage the old one from the rubbish.
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I've suddenly realised where all this started!!!! When my folks moved to Spain 20 years ago, Dad bought a CX estate to transport the goods in. I was fascinated by the suspension and the layout of the dash - even though I'd never been interested in cars at all. I obviously imprinted on Cits at an early age. When I passed my driving test, 4 years ago at age 32, I went straight out and bought a BX. How odd to be under that sort of influence from such a small interaction.
Anyway, the new Tizzydee is coming along nicely...when I have that sorted I'll get a CX too [:)]
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Blimey thats a tenuous link...............my parents had many cits whilst i was around, when i was born a brand new dyane, then a GS then a cx, brand new imported acadiane then bx's (incl 16V) then ax etc
This isnt mentioning the GS's 2CV's and dyanes before i was born. I blame them entirely but It was very much worth it :)
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Yeah this is not the right place for memory lane but it was the CX remarks that prompted the flashback...
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As for them costing serious money, Take that smug grin off your face right now!
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This is the bit I don't get. Just how is the CX expensive to run ?? There built like a brick sh!thouse. The majority of problems you will have are electrical (which is free to fix yourself if you enjoy playing with lotsa terminals/wires and copper rott).
The most expensive aspect with CX's out here is almost every car I check has horendous amounts of wear in the front end. None of the ball joints and bushes are that expensive, but buy the time you add up 4 balljoints, 4 lower bushes, 4 sets of top arm bearings suddenly your looking at nearly 320quid :EEK:. The problem is they still drive quite OK'ish (to non Cit people) with the horendous wear that they don't ever get fixed.
Motors go forever, as do gearboxs, paint fades badly (as does every other car out here). Oil filters are stocked at even supermarket/chain stores out here (they fit jap cars as well). Air cleaner you just clean and re-oil ... Really there's nothing there you don't need to do to any other car (including BX's) except there is no cambelt to change.
I'm not saying there is no real maitenance required, there will always be something that will need a little tinkering, usually it's a fiddly and free fix though. eg: why doesn't the drivers door mirror on my car hold it's position ?? [:(!]
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Diesels don't have oil bath filters here Shane and routine parts, such as speedo cables are only available from specialists at a price. Any restoration work, assuming that you want to improve the car can be expensive owing to the acute shortage of parts.
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There is an acute shortage of parts in the UK ???
Wouldn't you just take a few freebies as parts cars :D I've never replaced a speedo cable on a CX, why would one break ?? Do they get salty there and rust 'n' break like handbrake cables ... Parts car, sounds like you need one :) You know I'd never replaced a CX handbrake cable until I got the car that had lived in the UK for a few years. It's unheard of out here to break them.
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