Does anyone know this C5?

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Does anyone know this C5?

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Ive just recomended it to my dad as a good one to get as a hack, very distinctive car with the mods, has anyone seen it before or know anything about it?

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Can't say I know that car Dean but C5s definitely have black lowers for a very good reason! It does seem to be missing the lower central grill?

Im a bit dissapointed in myself that I like that red trim inside. That said my 04 VTR had blue trim in most of those places as standards, blue belts too! :roll:

I always wonder with cars which have painted trim which should be black. Has the owner opted to get it painted like that or was it done while getting a lot of other paintwork seen to. Still, its not bad for the money and Wicked Red is a very nice colour.

It is of the early C5 type with slightly different heater controls for the air con and a different gearbox. No lift up reverse on that one ... slight changes happened from early-mid 2002 onwards.

You seem to be able to see a lot of the floor through the drivers side front wheel arch, I bet the liner has gone as a result of it maybe not having a under tray. Just looks that way.
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yep no undertray or wheel arch liners, the red bits inside look a bit much in the photo's tbh but in the flesh its not so bright and livens up an otherwise bland interior. The rear screen doesnt open and sometimes some of the warning lights on the dash dont come on with the ignition but other than that its spot on, Drives A1, the body is perfect as is the interior with good rubber all round, 6 months tax and test too and he picked it up for £900 in the end, just spoke to him, he is pleased to be back in a citroen, he's not had one since our old gold si XM about 10 years ago......................

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£900! That is a bargain :-D
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£900 is a more realistic price.
Do get the wheel arch liners replaced and ideally the undertray or the induction system will suck up loads of water and crap from the road surface and ruin the air filter and MAF.
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Thanks for that Steve, i will pass this valuable info on to him.

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Post by Peter.N. »

That is almost identical to my recent purchase Dean, even the same colour, I paid £550.00 for mine but it has done more miles and needs a little attention but it went through the MOT with just a suspension bush. Mine has the undertray missing as do most of the early ones but it does have the wing liners, no engine cover though. I do like that colour :-D

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