Getting a 106 or Saxo

weety · Unread post by **weety** » 18 Dec 2008, 19:58

its time to change my girlfriends car and i am looking at a 106 or Saxo diesel (shhh but the smaller the car the less likely she will knock the edges of

)

anyway i have never had either of those cars before is there anything dodgy i should be looking for in particular? (other than my girlfriends right hook if she reads this

)

cheers

peter

KP · Unread post by KP » 19 Dec 2008, 09:47

Most seem quite resiliant to women driving so should fair up well.
The 1.5 diesels are good and some even coem with a bosch pump.
If you can find one that does your onto a winner as it can run veggie oil and save you a small fortune in fuel if your willing to do a bit of work

weety · Unread post by **weety** » 19 Dec 2008, 17:55

oh yes it was going to be a veggy beast

mad not to nowadays when fuel could go to any mad price it wants

KP · Unread post by KP » 22 Dec 2008, 10:00

Plus waste oil is falling quite quick as well.

I want to soon go back to veggie use as i think i'd be insane not to as well even with the HDi's economy at 90p/litre is much cheaper to spend 30p/litre for filtered oil and stock pile loads of it to get me by for a while.

weety · Unread post by **weety** » 23 Dec 2008, 00:13

astonishingly difficult to get sellers to tell you what fuel pump their car has ...even when i explain the differences they are not that keen to lift a bonnet and look (or take a photo)

weety · Unread post by **weety** » 10 Jan 2009, 19:32

result ... got a x reg saxo with as bosch pump for £800 on ebay...

a supplementary question for anyone that can help.........

i didnt get an owners manual with the car so i am a tadge puzzled by one of the instrument icons

when i turn the ignition on on the left hand side of the instrument panel a yellow square with what looks like a key going into it lights up and then disappears.

what is this indicating? its a poverty spec one so no central locking or remote plipper unit ...just the good old key in the door....

is it telling me a immobiliser is disabled, or is this some other sort of eccentric citroen message?

cheers

peter

Toby_HDi · Unread post by **Toby_HDi** » 10 Jan 2009, 19:41

Thats the immobiliser light. There is still a chip in the key (even though no central locking) that will 'talk' to the ECU via a transponder on the ignition surround (most likely position)

The light going out signals all is well. If you try to start it and it flashes whilst cranking, the immobiliser is kicking in which could be due to various issues, usually that it is not receiving the correct signal or no signal at all.

weety · Unread post by **weety** » 10 Jan 2009, 19:52

cheers for that ... i presume that means it would be rather expensive to get a spare key for it.....