11k Xantia 1.9td auto on ebay

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:01

I wonder how much this one will go for!

I would bid, but I think it will be out of my price range later on. It got 12 bids in a matter of ours.

Nice car.

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:16

Now that is an interesting one!

Had this have been a manual i would have been seriously placing bids. However i might still keep an eye on this ... my daily commute could really do with a automatic ... so much traffic.

No tax which is annoying, i hate buying cars out of tax, makes it so much more of a hassle.

Looks perfect, however i do wonder if it has been serviced yearly. Surely it would have been but you never know, mileage wise its only needed one. Also at the cars age it should have had a cambelt change, though i bet it hasnt.

Looks pretty perfect though, nice colour too.

Would this have the newer adaptive autobox or the one before that?

Chris.

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:31

It would have the adaptive autobox, you can tell by the buttons and the selector gate, it would have the AL4 box. I don't car if it's manual or auto, the fact that it's auto is very cool indeed, it must be quite rare in that configuration, but with that mileage even more so, I reckon it will get close to a £1000, if not more.

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:37

No, im thinking more ... Maybe £1500 around there, maybe even a bit more.

Ive been trying to find a nice diesel Xantia, HDi preferably, but good low mileage ones usually go for around £1500ish. I missed out on a nice one last weekend which sold for £1450.

Though this being a 1.9TD Auto im not sure if that makes it more or less attractive.

11K miles, your not going to find another really are you.

Will keep my eye on this, though not sure if id like a 1.9TD auto.

Have not thought about an auto.

Chris.

mark21td · Unread post by **mark21td** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:43

Heres a link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-XANTIA-1- ... 2a01dfa26e

Nice car, you could mistake it for being one year old

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:49

I can see this flying up in price now

I bet a lot of members on here would really like it

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 15 Oct 2009, 21:59

You should give one a try chris, the autoadaptive ones are quite nice, not tried one in a diesel myself, but it was good fun in a V6.

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 15 Oct 2009, 22:01

Being a Series 2, it will be a TURBO D lump with the AL4 auto box, with SPORT mode!!

And WOW is that something... Wrong colour for me though, and despite the miles, I REALLY couldn't get on with it..

AND HOW Lucky it didn't go SOMEWERE else ... need I have to say were??? A lucky rescue is what I will say!!

10pm, £410 quid already... I would be surprised with prehaps 2k???

Shall we have a poll??? What price will she get?? 1k? 1.5k? 2k? 2.5k?

Paul

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 15 Oct 2009, 22:08

You mean to the £2k folk we call Labour?

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 15 Oct 2009, 22:09

SSSsssssssssssssssss, just vote on the other post

Paul

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Oct 2009, 23:05

I might just try an adaptive autobox if i get the chance, i do quite like automatics. Though some boxes i hate and others are not so bad.

I quite like the colour actuallybut unless a car is a really dreadful colour, then i buy on mileage, history, condition and availability usually. Though liking the colour does help, my last car was black, i hated it to bits, the colour not the car. Was the right car but the wrong colour. I said ill never buy another black car, chances are i will do if its a good car

Though it would have to be pretty special!

Chris.

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 16 Oct 2009, 10:13

From 99p to 919 quid in 6 hours!!!!!

All those bids in one eveing, and 8 different bidders!!

It will do well I reckon over or on 2k..

Paul

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 16 Oct 2009, 11:14

Reality check: IT'S AN LX!!

Despite the mileage and arguably the colour, it's hardly the most desirable
of Xantiae is it? Manual rear windows, no sunroof, normal hydropneumatic
sphere setup etc. This may be all you'd ever want and be perfectly happy
with although I believe it would be hard work after living with and being
spoiled by owning an Exclusive/VSX. I guess you can go out there and get
some secondhand alloys, leather seats etc to make it higher spec'd but they
won't have done the same 11k miles; buy it, use it and rack up the miles
and it just becomes another bottom of the range low spec Xantia with
nothing special about it.

Some of the low mileage cars I've bought over the years have been a real
sh!t to work on as they've never seen any real servicing so have been
virtually seized solid and brittle when any surgery is required - they're still
an old car. You're not buying an almost new car, but a rarely used old one
and there may be a very good reason nobody ever wanted to drive it
- maybe a Friday afternoon manufactured car or it's the subject of a finance/
insurance claim stalemate etc.

The "too good to be true/it's almost new" cars are always the one's that are
low spec/trim level and well down in the desirability stakes - another reason
perhaps why nobody has ever really been too excited about them in their
past!

Andrew

Sid_the_Squid · Unread post by **Sid_the_Squid** » 16 Oct 2009, 12:53

Good point(s) Andrew, but I think bottom line is its a rare Xantia, and at the very least its in good cosmetic condition, if not overall good condition. Everything else can be repaired and replaced over time, whilst enjoying the journey. IMO when looking for a Xantia auto the most important thing is the auto box, a good working AL4 is a rare thing, because of this 'sealed for life' bunk the higher the mileage the more chance of a dead or damaged box. Most of the time when a AL4 box dies, the whole car dies with it due to cost of repair, and shortage of second hand replacements. at 11k the autobox has a very high chance of being a good one, should the rest of the mechanics be found wanting, they can be replaced at far lower cost.

Desirability wise, at this age of car, and this subsequent market segment, I would have thought a diesel auto even an LX would be higher than a V6 or Activa for most people.

I still reckon about £2k..

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 16 Oct 2009, 13:07

andmcit wrote:Some of the low mileage cars I've bought over the years have been a real sh!t to work on as they've never seen any real servicing so have been virtually seized solid and brittle when any surgery is required - they're still an old car. You're not buying an almost new car, but a rarely used old one

Wise words Andrew

I've seen some old low-mileage cars and actually owned two myself over the years (not Citroens) and they were not worth having. In addition to the seized bits you mention, you'll find a lot of perished rubber, tired and dangerous tyres, wrecked brakes, an engine damaged by possibly only having one oil change in it's life and full of condensation due to the occasional short trips it makes, a fuel system full of varnish from fuel sttting a long time and going stale in the tank, a cooling system corroded by time-expired coolant and finally, RUST. A car not doing much will suffer. The low-mileage cars I had (for a short while) were rust boxes underneath whilst looking stunning on top.

This car may of course be an exception but buy and be prepared to spend a lot to bring it up to condition. It'll need to be, as they quaintly call it in the glossier classic car magazines, "recommissioned" which is a polite way of saying it'll beed a full restoration

Give me a well maintained, well used car any day. My V6 for instance, has doe 164,000 miles now and has a cast-iron service history for a lot of of that. It's a bit dog-eared in places but fundamentally it's very sound in all the right paces.