DoubleChevron wrote:
Don't worry,
Simon knows I'm a die hard, pig headed lover of the early cars (something to do with driving CX's and DS's since I was 16years old. I even drove them on my 'L' plates..... Does that mean I'm a very sad case if 19years later I still have the original CX2400..... and still drive a the CX turbo ?? The two cars being my daily transport for the last 19years).
I have a soft spot for the early models too, my very first car at 15 (yes we can start driving at 15 in this crazy country
) was an orange 1977 left hand drive
1129cc G Special estate, a crossover model with the chrome bumpers of the earlier models, but with the rear lights of the GSA... that thing could really rev well but boy was it flat in 4th gear
It also got around corners amazingly well on it's skinny little 145 tyres, better than some other GS / GSA's I've driven, for reasons I don't understand...
Then I went over to the dark side for a few years (two Japanese cars) and came back to the Xantia. I came very close to buying a metalic blue 1988 CX 2500 Gti 5 speed instead of the Xantia but the asking price was too high and the guy wouldn't budge (he wanted $2000 more than a very tidy 1997 Xantia!) so I let that one slip away...
In hindsight it was probably a wise move as I wasn't set up with enough facilities to keep a 17 year old CX healthy and in good shape
My only regret is I will now probably never get another chance to own a pristine CX, especially in the UK.
The Xantia is a great car, and probably one of the most practical of the Hydro Cit's, if I do get another Citroen it will probably be a Hydractive 2 Xantia, partly because I'm so familiar with them now, and there are still a lot around. Even though it's not very practical due to the high fuel costs in the UK, I have to admit I do have a hankering for a V6 Xantia, partly because there are so few in NZ that made it nearly impossible to get one over here...
I think Simon will end up in a 2cv or early LHD Citroen from France of some sort 8) 8) 8) Hey Simon, Renault Alpines a damn cheap over there
Seriously though forget anything earlier than a Xantia from the UK, they are rusted out POS compared to what you can buy out here
When I was in Scotland last September I saw NO Citroen's on the roads older than a Xantia, period. No GS's, no CX's, no BX's, not one. I did see a number of Xantia's and quite a lot of the newer models like the C series, and many models we don't get down under like panel vans and small trucks etc...
Regards,
Simon
Even if we jknow what you say is the absolute truth 
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