Xantia with half leather seats ?

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Xantia with half leather seats ?

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Hi did they ever make xantias with 1/2 leather seats as i just saw this car on ebay and it looks like the seats are ??

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I would like to have saved this car but its too far from me
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Someone has done a good repair job on those.
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Some early V6s had half-leather seats with Alcantara but those are not those. As Robert says, a good repair job.

That's an odd turbo failure. No mention of mileage...

Got the classic estate rust and that looks bad...
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The proper V6 half leather were the best of the lot IMO. Not cold and great grip in seat.
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Did not think Citroens rusted like that.
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waynedance wrote:Did not think Citroëns rusted like that.
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Post by miked »

CitroJim wrote: That's an odd turbo failure. No mention of mileage...
Squinting at the picture of the dash it looks like it's done 151,533

Failure of turbo causing massive crank case compression does sound strange.

But even if the engine and turbo and body are shot, it might not be a bad buy for someone needing a donor car.
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Post by Citroenmad »

waynedance wrote:Did not think Citroëns rusted like that.
Most common place for a Xantia to rust is on the lower rear wheel arch, especially in the rear door shut sill area.

Ive seen much worse than that, its usually on very late estates too. I saw a late Exclsuive estate recently which was much more rotten, both in that area but also higher up on the rear wings.

An interesting idea on those front seats, though I bet that is more like leatherlook fabric rather than actual leather, still, not a bad idea.
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