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Re: could we save the xantia in years to come

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lexi wrote:The C5 will come to you all...........it is your destiny :lol:
I would really like a V6 one.. should I move house as planned in early summer, I shall have lots of driveway space. Something like that may well make it on there. That, or a properly sorted and remapped 2.2HDi..

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its not hated by me ive had a xatia 19 td a xsara 2.0 hdi 90hp and now have the 2,0 hdi 110 all perfectly good cars but the c5 is my favorit. people like different thing and thats a good thing but i dont feel any need to pull to bits what other people have.
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CitroJim wrote:I've seen what I'll be having next in my dreams. It was on last night's Top Gear...

I'm absolutely smitten by it...

Image :P 8-) :-D
Oi :twisted: Who's been tampering with my post?

This is what floated my boat :wink: Not that thing above :evil:

I'd like to try a V6 C5. I've come to a conclusion that I really do prefer my engines in the shape of a vee and with lots of ccs :P

That GT500 has both. A V8 and 5,600 of them....
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oneday wrote:its not hated by me ive had a xatia 19 td a xsara 2.0 hdi 90hp and now have the 2,0 hdi 110 all perfectly good cars but the c5 is my favorit. people like different thing and thats a good thing but i dont feel any need to pull to bits what other people have.
You're right of course, and I'm not pulling things to bits. I loved my Golf GTi MK2, and my Saab 900 Turbo 16s, along with my Xantias. However, times and cars change and improve, and compared to what's available now, none of those I mentioned are that great in some respects. Safety is one major thing. I don't need many toys and a flash car - the Berlingo is pretty basic but it is safe.
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CitroJim wrote: Oi :twisted: Who's been tampering with my post?

This is what floated my boat :wink: Not that thing above :evil:

I'd like to try a V6 C5. I've come to a conclusion that I really do prefer my engines in the shape of a vee and with lots of ccs :P

That GT500 has both. A V8 and 5,600 of them....
For some reason, I really can't see you in that Jim. It's not you at all.

If you'd said this

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Then I could see you in that..
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Ohh now that Aston looks absolutely gorgeous Mike. Thing is, from here I could walk to the showroom and get one.. My bad, I should have shown you the AM Showroom in the town on Friday. We went within yards of it too. Next time...

I'm told that I'd hate a Shelby so it looks like it'll just remain a dream. There's something about never meeting your heroes isn't there...

I think you're right that I'm more of a Aston Martin sort of person...
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CitroJim wrote: There's something about never meeting your heroes isn't there...
I don't know, I thought that of the XM but thought what the hell and bought a good one anyway, I'm pretty smitten with it apart from the sunroof leak and lack of air con. Apart from those two things, it is my dream car.
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mines nearly p to scratch but. Messed up on the paint work. I was taking the snow off with a ice scrapr ive scratch the roof and bonnet of the car :(. Hope it comes out
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I think what puts me off is the electrics in the c5. My mums got a clio 99t reg 1.2 pet only done 50 k on it. It has trouble starting. Where my xantias older done more miles no problerm what so ever. Ever left both interiar light on in the car. For 8 hours. Still started. If i didd the same in a c5 diesle bet i would have had problerms
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Northern_Mike wrote:
jacksun1987 wrote:I hate the look of new cars. They look like bubbles on wheels. 1980s 1990s cars look solid.
New cars look like bubbles on wheels for a reason. They're safe and strong.
There's aspects of the styling that affect the crashability (or vice-versa) - small windows and thick pillars, huge front overhangs, general bulk - but styling has ALWAYS gone in cyclical phases. Look at the average normalmobiles from any era, and they'll bear a strong resemblance in general shape. It goes back years. When it comes down to it, it takes a brave manufacturer to put something into production that's really DIFFERENT, and - on the whole - they tend not to sell well as volume cars. As niche models, they can, with the right badge, but then with the right badge damn near ANYTHING will sell well. (1-series, anybody?) Even Audi proved the badge doesn't make you invincible, when they took a bath with the rather clever and laudable A2.
411514 wrote:Why is the C5 hated so much. I've had mine now for almost 4 years, in that time its has not failed to start once.
Wanted for nothing other than basic servicing and consumables (droplinks/balljoints/brakes). Not a spot of rust
on it despite being 10 years old and after a wash looks perfectly smart and modern. I have had a xantia in the
family in the past and find the C5 much more spacious inside and a more refined/smooth drive. Only the 110hdi
engine but perfectly spritely, couldn't want for more great on the motorway.
You could have easily described a <stifles yawn> Toyota there. If that's the best you can find to say in its favour, then Xac is bob-on with...
Xac wrote:It is dull as dish water basically.
jacksun1987 wrote:I think what puts me off is the electrics in the c5.
Yes, and no. It's a general build quality thing. When I was running a very late CX GTi as a daily, in the very late '90s - 70k in three years, taking it to 180k - the problems with it were expensive "hard stuff" mechanical maintenance and repairs. All of those jobs were a PITA to do, and were expensive as a result. When I replaced it with an XM, the problems weren't basic mechanics. They were death-by-a-thousand-papercuts things. Lots of niggly stuff, usually down to cost-cutting, corner-cutting plastic parts a bit too flimsy for the long-term job. They were a PITA to do, and were expensive as a result.

It's entirely possible for electronics to be reliable. Sure, not in the same league as even a Mk1 C5, but neither the CX nor XM were electrically simple, and - on the whole - those aspects were reliable. It's just the cheese-paring that stops them being reliable. And the sheer impossibility of repairing when parts are unavailable, or even diagnosing and repairing without specialist kit that is itself getting old and flaky. Am I right, Lexia-owners?
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Xac wrote:Had the misfortune of a ride in a C5 this afternoon, the top of the passenger seat dug into my shoulder blades.
Good lord were you in one of those poverty spec models? Mine has electric adjustment for the top half of the seat :-D
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Northern_Mike wrote: What argument about NCAP test? There clearly is no argument, the C5 is a clear winner...
Mike

Whilst I agree with you wholeheartedly, I suggest we all get a new car every 6 months as technology moves on so quickly that's its the only way we would remain safe?
I bet the newer C5 is even better than the series 1 :wink: 8-[ :| :oops:

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DickieG wrote:
Xac wrote:Had the misfortune of a ride in a C5 this afternoon, the top of the passenger seat dug into my shoulder blades.
Good lord were you in one of those poverty spec models? Mine has electric adjustment for the top half of the seat :-D
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jacksun1987 wrote:I think what puts me off is the electrics in the c5. My mums got a clio 99t reg 1.2 pet only done 50 k on it. It has trouble starting. Where my xantias older done more miles no problerm what so ever. Ever left both interiar light on in the car. For 8 hours. Still started. If i didd the same in a c5 diesle bet i would have had problerms
I left the sidelights and interior light on for 12 hours in my C5 before Xmas one night. Started first crack in the morning.
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Xac wrote:No idea, what's a VTR?
Pseudo-sporty rep-spec.
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