Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 30 May 2011, 22:25

Is this orange enough?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 30 May 2011, 22:27

myglaren wrote: I wonder how an orange Xantia would look ...

Bloody awful

Yes, somehow I think you may be right Steve, I'm not sure orange would suit a Xantia. Mind you, I can't picture what an orange one might look like.

I'm surprised we've not seen any yet. Red paint often fades down to orange and through this mechanism there are a few very orange 205s and 405s knocking around and they look OK.

Maybe someone can photoshop an orange Xanta?

What I'd really like to see is a yellow Xantia, painted in the same shade of darkish yellow as some Saxos were in the late 90s.

Or, failing that, a Xantia in the 306 D Turbo metallic Blaze Yellow

I reckon either of those colours would look very good...

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 30 May 2011, 22:28

What about the "Fatstangs" and Camaros of the late '60s/early '70s? Orange seemed to suit them well.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 30 May 2011, 22:28

Xac wrote:Is this orange enough?

That looks all right that does...

Can you do me a yellow one please Xac?

Unread post by **myglaren** » 30 May 2011, 22:29

I like my daughter's yellow Saab 900 cabriolet but I really don't think it would suit a Xantia.

I definitely don't like the orange one above^

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 30 May 2011, 22:31

Yellow?

Unread post by **myglaren** » 30 May 2011, 22:34

Too green - like puke, the reaction it induces.

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 30 May 2011, 22:34

Thats a very red orange in that Xant ... bright orane would not suit it. Might just get some emulsion and a roller and see ...

Jim, I think you mean Mango? Or that was what Citroen called it. The Taxis in this town are painted a not too unsimilar colour, I hate it. There are all sorts of cars in that Taxi colour and none of them suit it. There did used to be a couple of Xantias but they are long gone, as is the one elderly C5.

Some cars suit bright and lairy colours but not many and rarely big cars.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 30 May 2011, 22:35

Actually, I have a mate desperately trying to rid himself of a Xsara in that colour - nobody will have it.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 30 May 2011, 22:36

One thing that Volvo used to be absolute masters at were revolting colours.
Haven't seen any recent examples though.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 30 May 2011, 22:37

Refresh (ctrl+F5) as I've updated the colours, can't do much with the yellow unless I spend longer doing it because of the base colour.

Ref · Unread post by **Ref** » 07 Jun 2011, 21:01

The coolest coffee ever

...And an MKI break

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 07 Jun 2011, 21:28

I like the block heater connection.

Ref · Unread post by **Ref** » 07 Jun 2011, 21:50

addo wrote:I like the block heater connection.

Yeah, i have mine right next to the fog light, never used it though

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 07 Jun 2011, 22:37

Nice to see a H-Van being used for something.

There is a very nice H kicking about which does pizzas - the best pizzas too! Its got a full wood buring stove on board and the food is lovely from it.

There is a H-Van being restored quite local to me to be a food van at shows, think its about done now.

A fairly local restaurant used a Hvan as an advert, it didnt seem to move much, it just parked on the high street in the village. Nice to see though.

Until a few years back they were popular sites as frites vans by the side of the road in France, dont see them now though.