cx versus xantia tyre blowout ??
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Peter.N.</i>
I am sure that the CX as the last 'proper' Citroen had many of its virtues. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Oooooh Can of worms.... I thought the BX was the last "Proper Citroen".[:o)]
I am sure that the CX as the last 'proper' Citroen had many of its virtues. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Oooooh Can of worms.... I thought the BX was the last "Proper Citroen".[:o)]
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The Xantias steering sucks though .... It's low geared to the point of being bloody annoying. Even the BX isn't so low geared. It's cr@p after driving a CX everyday.
Still it drives well, just a pitty Citroen feel it's necesary to 'dumb' everything unique and good about there cars down.
seeya,
Shane L.
Still it drives well, just a pitty Citroen feel it's necesary to 'dumb' everything unique and good about there cars down.
seeya,
Shane L.
I should imagine BX and subsequent cars have so called 'Negative scrub radius' steering which is supposed to make the car more stable under certain circumstance (I think loss of adhesion of a front wheel and possibly blowouts)
If I remember correctly this was the only thing pioneered of the Ford Fiesta and was probably the reason that some things like VW Scirroco's were totally dead around the centre and not pleasant to drive on twisty roads. having said that neither BX or ZX seem to suffer like that so I don't know if they have it.
Jeremy
If I remember correctly this was the only thing pioneered of the Ford Fiesta and was probably the reason that some things like VW Scirroco's were totally dead around the centre and not pleasant to drive on twisty roads. having said that neither BX or ZX seem to suffer like that so I don't know if they have it.
Jeremy
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Am I the only one who gets sick of these comparisons? If the cx was the last real Citroen then the BX was? and the non ha Xantia was????
I've come into Citroens late and expect more than comfort from a car hence my choice, but a Xantia none HA is indistinguishable from a BX other than the addition of some body roll and the lack of performance (drive a 1.9 td Xantia and a BX 1.7 td and tell me the bx isn’t more fun to drive).
I've been in a ha2 Xantia with a blowouts at over 70mph and there was no way to tell what had happened (didn’t even feel like we hit a medium pot hole - front left went), the car was totally normal other than a slight amount more road noise and with it being the wife driving when I realised that something wasn’t right she slammed the breaks on and the car still tried to put me through the windscreen as the abs kicked in to stop the car!
The Xantia is the last of the true Citroens (simple (non ha) and complex (Activa)) this changed when the C5 was released because of the use of normal breaks.
What actually sells Citroens (old ones (DS-Xantia)) to me is the technology, rather than just going with the flow they produced a suspension system that is safe and comfortable in different situations. The suspension system can be used to give absolute comfort at low speeds for cruising or incredible grip and safety on bends at speed.
Andy
I've come into Citroens late and expect more than comfort from a car hence my choice, but a Xantia none HA is indistinguishable from a BX other than the addition of some body roll and the lack of performance (drive a 1.9 td Xantia and a BX 1.7 td and tell me the bx isn’t more fun to drive).
I've been in a ha2 Xantia with a blowouts at over 70mph and there was no way to tell what had happened (didn’t even feel like we hit a medium pot hole - front left went), the car was totally normal other than a slight amount more road noise and with it being the wife driving when I realised that something wasn’t right she slammed the breaks on and the car still tried to put me through the windscreen as the abs kicked in to stop the car!
The Xantia is the last of the true Citroens (simple (non ha) and complex (Activa)) this changed when the C5 was released because of the use of normal breaks.
What actually sells Citroens (old ones (DS-Xantia)) to me is the technology, rather than just going with the flow they produced a suspension system that is safe and comfortable in different situations. The suspension system can be used to give absolute comfort at low speeds for cruising or incredible grip and safety on bends at speed.
Andy
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I feel we have gone off track slightly here,
I certainly dont want to say proper citroen or not about any of them, I've owned Xantias and BX's and liked them for different reasons. The rasons i like a CX best on the hydro cit range has lots of reasons, looks, feels, ride, handling, performance, they just suit me well. Same goes for 2CV family of cars. I am not saying the others arent proper citroens, because they are. And Shane if im ever over in Aus can i have a go in a DS please ?
I certainly dont want to say proper citroen or not about any of them, I've owned Xantias and BX's and liked them for different reasons. The rasons i like a CX best on the hydro cit range has lots of reasons, looks, feels, ride, handling, performance, they just suit me well. Same goes for 2CV family of cars. I am not saying the others arent proper citroens, because they are. And Shane if im ever over in Aus can i have a go in a DS please ?
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The BX and Xantia are true Citroens only in respect of the hydropnumatic part of the suspension, with the mechanical part they have capitulated to the mass market with Macpherson struts (I think I spelt that wrong) and although this makes them easier to work on, they dont have the character of the CX with its varipower steering and centrally pivoted wheels. The BX is a remarkable car in its own right, the TD version having 'hot hatch' performance for very little money, I think too, that the Xantia is only second to the XM for ride quality, but they are still a compromise.
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My `real bx estate lost a front wheel on the M25 and i crashed.
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You are going to have to expand on that one, how did you loose a front wheel? [:(]
My `real bx estate lost a front wheel on the M25 and i crashed.
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You are going to have to expand on that one, how did you loose a front wheel? [:(]
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This is my last say, and then I will rest my case (thank goodness for that I hear you say). Yes, aengus is quite right, It does depend where you start. But having been alive for quite a long time I have seen Citroens gradually move away from their individuality. The DS was quite unlike any other car of its time, with disc brakes, hydropnumatic suspension and Citroens different but much improved suspension, but after the CX each succesive model lost some part of its original 'Citroness' and now, suspension spart, they are not so very different from the run of the mill cars. The reason for this has been largely a matter of survival, a lot of people didn't like the quirkiness of them, but that was because they didn't drive them for long enough, they used to say about the CX ' if you drive it for less than half an hour, you will never want to drive it again, if you drive for more than half an hour, you will never want to drive anything else' and that's true, its how I got hooked, and I still regard the CX as the best car I have ever driven.
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