still looking good for an old girl

rolphy1975 · Unread post by **rolphy1975** » 29 Sep 2007, 15:23

just thought i would post a couple of photos of my old xantia.it really did clean up very well for a car from 1993 and had a very clean interior. My current renault is a nice car but after having had to xantias i do miss them!!!

i think the alloys look quite nice on it and also being black it all looks like it is factory colour coded (bonus) and like i have read somewhere else on here the chevrons do look much better at home on the bonnet

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Unread post by **CitroJim** » 29 Sep 2007, 21:32

Sweet

You're right, the bonnet is the right place for the chevrons

rolphy1975 · Unread post by **rolphy1975** » 29 Sep 2007, 22:59

the xantia i had before this one had the chevrons in the grille and was a 95 plate n reg with the sx trim spec but i wrapped that round an electricity pole and parked it on its roof, which to be honest it didnt like much as the photos show, i was just glad i did not have any passengers!!

[the passenger door was pushed in to the centre console!!!

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 29 Sep 2007, 23:02

That'd be why it only got 1.5 stars from ENCAP

rolphy1975 · Unread post by **rolphy1975** » 29 Sep 2007, 23:17

all credit to it i was doing about 85-90 mph at the time and only got a few scrapes and ( dont laugh) cut my ear off, but i found it (honest) and got that repaired, cant say the same for the car!!!

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 30 Sep 2007, 01:16

I honestly think the council and utilities companies locate poles, lamps, signs
and countless other random street furniture in positions of maximum danger
and risk to life and limb on purpose; but then I'm just neurotic if you believe
what they keep saying about me...

Impressive! What exactly were you doing at the time to be 80mph airborne
upside down!? You obviously weren't practicing to be part of a new red
arrows routine?

Andrew

rolphy1975 · Unread post by **rolphy1975** » 30 Sep 2007, 09:35

you are right, i wasnt practicing for the red arrors but i was a tad late for work, (i was even later after that though!!! about a week) and trying to make up a bit of time and met a lorry on slight bend, and it had most of the road so i moved left a bit then when i went to move back in to road the back end came around, across the road, bang spin roll crash wallop where am i. the look on the guy whose drive i ended up parked on was great when he came to his door to see me with my ear missing was priceless, i think it put him off his brekkie!

Guess it is true what they say.......You wont get there any quicker.
And the electricity company charged me £1800 for the new pole, 11 kw cable and labour!!!!