Xantia is dead. Long Live Xantia!
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Xantia is dead. Long Live Xantia!
Well, after much help from you guys, my turbo-diesel Xantia gave me 8 months of motoring happiness, for the princely purchase price of £1. New spheres, rear height corrector, and some other niff-naff got me around in comfort.
Until my wife stuffed it last Saturday! Went into the back of another car, in the rain. Written off, beyond economical repair.
So I bought another! Got a P-reg 2-litre 16v SX Estate, for £300, with 7 months MOT, some tax, and all it needs is new front brake discs and pads.....not a bad little deal, methinks.
So I'll spend a few weeks getting to know my new Xantia, and hopefully cure any gremlins that occur.....
Until my wife stuffed it last Saturday! Went into the back of another car, in the rain. Written off, beyond economical repair.
So I bought another! Got a P-reg 2-litre 16v SX Estate, for £300, with 7 months MOT, some tax, and all it needs is new front brake discs and pads.....not a bad little deal, methinks.
So I'll spend a few weeks getting to know my new Xantia, and hopefully cure any gremlins that occur.....
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Well bang goes my theroy that you never see a Xant stuffed at the front, because the brakes are so good they tend to be rammed. [xx(]
Nice replacement (Y)
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Well bang goes my theroy that you never see a Xant stuffed at the front, because the brakes are so good they tend to be rammed. [xx(]
Nice replacement (Y)
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Well bang goes my theroy that you never see a Xant stuffed at the front, because the brakes are so good they tend to be rammed. [xx(]
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Well, he said it was in the rain. All bets are off in the rain...these days with ABS people are so used to the wheels not locking that they get caught totally by surprise by just how much longer an emergency stop in the rain takes....(and don't drive accordingly until AFTER their first prang in the rain [;)])
ABS is a wonderful thing but it can certainly give you a false sense of security unless you've actually tried an emergency stop in the rain to bring you back down to reality... [:D]
Regards,
Simon
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Well bang goes my theroy that you never see a Xant stuffed at the front, because the brakes are so good they tend to be rammed. [xx(]
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Well, he said it was in the rain. All bets are off in the rain...these days with ABS people are so used to the wheels not locking that they get caught totally by surprise by just how much longer an emergency stop in the rain takes....(and don't drive accordingly until AFTER their first prang in the rain [;)])
ABS is a wonderful thing but it can certainly give you a false sense of security unless you've actually tried an emergency stop in the rain to bring you back down to reality... [:D]
Regards,
Simon
Well, firstly, it didn't have ABS (it was a '95 LX), and the car in front was stationary just round a corner on a fast bit of A-road. My wife only passed her test in May, and slammed on the anchors, as you tend to do when you see the rear of the car in front getting bigger..Oh well. The new one has ABS
The car was carted off to a bodyshop 100-odd miles away. It's the insurance companies property now, so unfortunately, there's no bits available.
And, yes, a Turbo-diesel would have been nicer, but when this estate was too good to pas up....
The car was carted off to a bodyshop 100-odd miles away. It's the insurance companies property now, so unfortunately, there's no bits available.
And, yes, a Turbo-diesel would have been nicer, but when this estate was too good to pas up....
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Seems a damn good buy for the money? I've heard garages say that there's no market for cars about that price range, but I think it may be surprising.
My previous car was a Vauxhall Cavalier and it had a prang when a Punto hit the engine bay area side on. The insurance company wrote it off and gave us £925 for it (which was more than it cost). The coachbuilders say most insurance companies tend to write cheaper cars off, even if they are basically repairable as it's not worth their while.
My previous car was a Vauxhall Cavalier and it had a prang when a Punto hit the engine bay area side on. The insurance company wrote it off and gave us £925 for it (which was more than it cost). The coachbuilders say most insurance companies tend to write cheaper cars off, even if they are basically repairable as it's not worth their while.