2001 Xantia Y reg

[Northern_Mike]

A Xantia would make a better kiddy carrier until it invariably broke down and you couldn't get parts immediately to repair it (power steering pipe anyone?) .

They make wonderful family cars. wouldn't be without it at the moment.

Steering pipe? £40 for the flexi with special adaptors, or £50 complete, delivered to your door! Citroen may be NLA, but there are solutions!

All very well and good if a)there's one on the shelf ready to go b)you don't need the car until it arrives, c)you can fit it yourself or find a garage to do it when it arrives.... etc etc. For those of us that live in the real world, it's not a reasonable solution for running a Xantia as an only car. The crash protection is s**t too, which has to be a factor these days with the amount of dickheads on the road.

Of course solutions are available. I run a Renault 4-based special, and I can always get bits for that. Never immediately though, which is why it's simply a hobby car now.

[xantiagreen]

A Xantia would make a better kiddy carrier until it invariably broke down and you couldn't get parts immediately to repair it (power steering pipe anyone?) .

They make wonderful family cars. wouldn't be without it at the moment.

Steering pipe? £40 for the flexi with special adaptors, or £50 complete, delivered to your door! Citroen may be NLA, but there are solutions!

Well service is round the corner so I will be asking mechanic to check the high pressure pipe along with all the other bits Ii go into detail by printing off a check sheet for him and he ticks it off or writes his findings.) He's a trustworthy and knows his cars

[xantiagreen]

For those of us that live in the real world, it's not a reasonable solution for running a Xantia as an only car. .

If I ended up choosing the xantia over the corolla I'd have to check for 0% balance transfers on the CC's, when I purchased the car over a period of 3 months I spent just shy of £700.