Car Transportation Bidding War!!!

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 21 Jul 2011, 13:11

Thanks Kev

red_dwarfers wrote: I really wasn't expecting that

No? If you analyse where I spent most of my time at the National it was amongst the XMs...

I nearly made an offer there and then on that maroon Turbo CT...

It was inevitable really, especially after a drive in Will's 2.1TD...

Citroening · Unread post by **Citroening** » 21 Jul 2011, 14:14

CitroJim wrote:I nearly made an offer there and then on that maroon Turbo CT...

Talking of that car - peculiarly, it lives about 600 yards around the corner from me!

Never seen it once!

davoxx · Unread post by **davoxx** » 21 Jul 2011, 17:05

has the car arrived yet?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 21 Jul 2011, 17:56

davoxx wrote:has the car arrived yet?

No not yet. Next week sometime. Low price necessarily equals slowish delivery...

davoxx · Unread post by **davoxx** » 21 Jul 2011, 18:22

CitroJim wrote:
davoxx wrote:has the car arrived yet?
No not yet. Next week sometime. Low price necessarily equals slowish delivery...

just be careful it does not mean no delivery ...

brmartyn · Unread post by **brmartyn** » 21 Jul 2011, 19:17

Birthday present for yourself is it Jim?

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 21 Jul 2011, 19:39

Are you upsizing your motoring requirements?

Will you still own Activa's?

Here's one of them with a plate that seems appropriate for you!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xanti ... 5d2f698491

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 21 Jul 2011, 20:36

davoxx wrote: just be careful it does not mean no delivery ...

Hopefully OK as the site works like eBay in reverse. You have to leave feedback on the firm you used.

The one who's offered to do my job has some good feedback. Any jokers in the pack will be weeded I imagine. I've used a firm via Shiply before with no issues.

brmartyn wrote:Birthday present for yourself is it Jim?

Yes, Brady

It is, sort of. Timing on the part of the seller was excellent!

ACTIVE8 wrote:Will you still own Activa's?

Here's one of them with a plate that seems appropriate for you!

Oh yes, there's no chance of me giving up the Activa, no way! The XM is just an interest project for me.

In fact I nearly went to look at the Activa in the link as it's fairly local, intending it to be a potential Activa V6. Just before I made the call the XM came up for offer and the V6 Activa project is now on hold for a while...

davoxx · Unread post by **davoxx** » 21 Jul 2011, 20:40

if the have feedback already, never mind me

congrats on the shiny blue birthday prezzie

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 21 Jul 2011, 21:14

CitroJim wrote:
I nearly made an offer there and then on that maroon Turbo CT...

It was inevitable really, especially after a drive in Will's 2.1TD...

That TCT is a bit of a well used example.

The TD though, thats a nice car, I could fancy that.

As I said over on Club-XM, congratulations on the purchase Jim, I bet you can't wait to get stuck into it

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 22 Jul 2011, 08:12

I can see you'll end up back in Oz, Jim. No point having these luxobarges and a countryful of congested highways.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Jul 2011, 08:44

addo wrote:I can see you'll end up back in Oz, Jim. No point having these luxobarges and a countryful of congested highways.

If I could Adam, I'd be back there tomorrow

Just think, I could be the only Citroen owner in Darwin - possibly

Actually, I could also settle quite happily in TAS as well...

Funnily enough, only a couple of days ago Robyn asked me when I'm taking her to see where she was born. Trouble is if I once stepped again on Aussie soil I don't think I'd leave. I regret leaving the last time

Dippy · Unread post by **Dippy** » 25 Jul 2011, 17:30

robert_e_smart wrote:A sherpa is the answer

Preferably Nepalese - not - Leyland

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 31 Jul 2011, 09:48

Sherpa, schmerpa. Any updates for the peasants?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 31 Jul 2011, 10:00

Yep

There's been a few hiccups but it's all on target to collect the car on Wednesday and delivering it to me soon after...

Despite the ad featuring a 7.5 ton tilt bed lorry, the haulier is using an artic for this job which should be fun at this end

At the other end, special arrangements have already been made to get the car to a point where it can be loaded onto the artic.

Forget now what you call them down your way Adam. The Yanks call what we call an artic a semi... Imagine a road train with just one trailer on it and you have an artic... Short for Articulated Lorry, lorry being a British English word for truck... But you know that of course, on account of you speaking proper British English and not the parochial English the Yanks speak

A car transporter artic can be bloody massive...