Xantia-200,000 not out

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:22

I thought as much, though they all seem pretty good engines. 8vs seem more hardy than the 16vs perhaps.

citroenxm wrote:
The 1600 Turbo Petrol, is found in the Pug 207 and also in the BMW Mini..

Paul

And the DS3.

Unread post by **citroenxm** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:24

Ah yes, the ds3, thats the car that - apparently - BMW mini owners are trading them in for!!

I was amazed, BMW being traded for a DS3!?!

Fantastic!

Paul

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:57

Its not unreasonable to say a lot of Mini owners have them because of the cars styling, a bit like a fashion accessory, the DS3 is a bit like that ...

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 19 Oct 2010, 23:16

You mean they're driven by people who have boyfriends?

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 19 Oct 2010, 23:46

Citroenmad wrote:Its not unreasonable to say a lot of Mini owners have them because of the cars styling, a bit like a fashion accessory, the DS3 is a bit like that ...

Danielle's brother has a Mini, he hardly drives it. It's been back to BMW more times than I can think of. Recently it's had to go back twice to have rust treated. It's just over 3 years old!

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 Feb 2023, 09:14

This thread has the honour of being selected today by the FCF Archives February Ferret 2023

To mark the occasion see if you can come up with some new entries. If you read the couple of pages of the thread you will see and example of the famous "FCF bludgeoning off topic" as the stream of consciousness of posters moves on to other things. For me though participation always trumps pedantic on-topicness.

So whether off topic, a pic of the Cardington hangars, or on your own high mileage stories, let's have something new added to this thread today

What follows is all tongue in cheek

The Cardington Hangars diversion for example...and one I enjoyed...after that it moved to an engines discussion.

andmcit wrote: 19 Oct 2010, 00:02 Just passed the symbolic 234567 yesterday in my SX estate bringing home
my new car transporter trailer from Bedford. Just a spit away from the BRE
Cardington hangars too. Still going strong covering 600 miles at high speed
(going!!) with ease in comfort. I just wish I had a working sunroof as it was
a fab afternoon and I'd have loved the roof open.

Paul, with your enthusiasm for HDi's, what is the cause of a total lack of power
and the engine management light coming on - ruins the car my pal has offered
me?

Andrew

and Jim's cuppa and natter!

CitroJim wrote: 19 Oct 2010, 06:14 Neil, great stuff!!!

Andrew!!!! You must have practically passed my house You should have called in for a cuppa and a natter.
Next time you're over this way...

CitroJim wrote: 19 Oct 2010, 07:36 The Cardington hangars are a common sight for me, living nearby but every time I se them I still marvel at their sheer size..

They still house balloons to this day...

Just imagine how may Citroens you could stash away in those two

Neil

Unread post by **mickthemaverick** » 22 Feb 2023, 11:16

: BFTW

What has this got to do with this thread? - You may well ask, but to find out the connection have a look at this thread!!

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 Feb 2023, 16:58

Appreciate the effort MIck!

Lets make it easier...add to the thread with

The car you have personally driven the most mileage in, in your motoring career

Mine is this. At least 160,000 miles, speak as you find, the Vectra was a very good, comfortable and reliable car.

NewcastleFalcon wrote: 28 Sep 2018, 15:05 Still thriving on neglect Fiat's finest in Ellesmere Port's finest with Japan's best 6-speed automatic gearbox running on 140,000 mile old ATF!

Still serving its purpose, three cheers for the old Vectra!

Neil

Unread post by **mickthemaverick** » 22 Feb 2023, 17:12

NewcastleFalcon wrote: 22 Feb 2023, 16:58
The car you have personally driven the most mileage in, in your motoring career

Neil

I honestly don't know the answer to that question. Having owned as many cars as I have I doubt I've done more than 60k in any one of them. My basic ownership pattern is to get shot before they top the 120k point which usually means a big expensive service, something I have always managed to avoid! So the best answer I can offer is the car I've owned the longest which was my Toyota Celica as pictured on the Open Top Motoring thread just the other day, which lived with me for 19 years in total!!

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Feb 2023, 17:28

I don't know if I've ever posted this before but it's just right for this thread

It happened a long while ago now in my old 'Rat' Xantia HDi I bought from Michel of his parish. Must be ten or twelve years at least...

I called it 'Rat' because it was delightfully scruffy but fundamentally sound. I rather love the rat look... It used to have a toy stuffed rat sitting on the parcel shelf... Later, the rat took up residence in 'Rattiva', another delightfully scruffy Activa of mine and now, because I have no ratty cars it lives in my lounge down by one of my speakers.

I can still remember exactly where Rat turned over 200000 miles. It happened on the A303 just east of Andover heading for the A34... I was lucky to find a layby where I could safely pull in and take this photo. I was praying the thing wouldn't turn over to 200001 before I could stop...

Unread post by **moizeau** » 22 Feb 2023, 17:49

mickthemaverick wrote: 22 Feb 2023, 17:12

My basic ownership pattern is to get shot before they top the 120k point which usually means a big expensive service

That's normally when I buy them

By BX in the UK got scrapped at 450K miles, think it was about 80K when I bought it. My 407 (current) it about to hit 200K, bought it at 160K. The white BX in my sig got scrapped at 160K, I got it at 60K. I don't sell cars, they are kept on the road until no man on this earth would touch them.

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 Feb 2023, 17:52

CitroJim wrote: 22 Feb 2023, 17:28 I don't know if I've ever posted this before but it's just right for this thread

It happened a long while ago now in my old 'Rat' Xantia HDi I bought from Michel of his parish. Must be ten or twelve years at least...

You couldn't be more on-topic Jim! Was that the car you did most miles in, or had for the longest time?

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 Feb 2023, 17:57

moizeau wrote: 22 Feb 2023, 17:49
My BX in the UK got scrapped at 450K miles, think it was about 80K when I bought it.

That is going to take some beating Pete...any pics of it to give a bit of visual interest to the thread, and acknowledge a phenomenal workhorse for you!

Neil

Unread post by **moizeau** » 22 Feb 2023, 18:09

Sorry, nope, it was driven to the tat yard in 2005 just before we moved to France. It is an estimated mileage based on annual use since my ownership, the speedo didn't work for the last 2 years of it's life.

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 Feb 2023, 18:16

CitroJim wrote: 22 Feb 2023, 17:28 I called it 'Rat' because it was delightfully scruffy but fundamentally sound. I rather love the rat look... It used to have a toy stuffed rat sitting on the parcel shelf... Later, the rat took up residence in 'Rattiva', another delightfully scruffy Activa of mine and now, because I have no ratty cars it lives in my lounge down by one of my speakers.

Some visuals would be nice Jim.

The Rat down by the speakers, of course, and if you have them an external pic of the vehicles named Rat, or indeed Rattiva.

In a ridiculous link back to our friends Allcock and Brown and unfinished business on the FCF Archive February Ferret, both Allcock and Brown each carried with them a toy Cat on their famous flight. The curious will find out their names here under the heading unfinished business viewtopic.php?p=746112#p746112

You may find the name of Allcock's Cat personally appealing I would have thought Jim!

Neil

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