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It's still available at the time of this post !
XANTIA 2.1 T.D. ON EBAY
Moderator: RichardW
I was in a Xantia 2.1 at the weekend as a terrified passenger. It was a combination of non-diesel knowledge driver (you don't need to do 60mph in third! She didn't use fifth at all) and her ignorance of the STOP light that caused a sinking of my stomach or was it the back end lacking enough hydro-juice? She seemed not to be too concerned that the steering, brakes and suspension were in danger of no longer working...
- Kowalski
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What are you complaining about? You survived it after all.
60mph is fine for third, if I'm accelarating hard I'll do 60 in third, but I'll be in 5th soon afterwards. I can't see cruising in 3rd at 60 mph being much fun.
People don't seem concerned that things might be about to stop working, they don't even become overly concerned when they stop. Its when they stop working and they're needed that people panic, non-working brakes and solid looking objects....
60mph is fine for third, if I'm accelarating hard I'll do 60 in third, but I'll be in 5th soon afterwards. I can't see cruising in 3rd at 60 mph being much fun.
People don't seem concerned that things might be about to stop working, they don't even become overly concerned when they stop. Its when they stop working and they're needed that people panic, non-working brakes and solid looking objects....
That's what worried me! My girlfriend is as bad. The amount of times I've discovered her AX is below the minimum oil mark on the dipstick yet it keeps going with 107k on the clock and many more actual miles covered! (The speedo didn't work for over a year!). I guess some people subscribe to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach. Seeing as she spends much less on repairs than I spend on "preventative" measures, maybe she has a point...