Morning
My lovely Xantia floated through its MOT this morning with only a couple of advisory notes, the usual faded front indicater bulbs, stone chip and perished front brake hoses.
At one point the tester thought I had an LHM leak on the rear height corrector until I showed him it was copious amounts of spray grease
It is a testament to what good reliable cars these are after being driven 160 miles a day every week day for a year.
regards
davetd
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Hi.. Can I join in the crowing ? my 93 tdsx went through too recently ! These cars must have been (relatively) well put together. Thank the lord for the lack of electronics in these things.. - It's probably the last car I'll own that I could hope to understand or fix myself. Best wishes, Martin
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Mine sailed through last time (9 months ago). It just goes to show that the Xantia, when well cared for, is a tough old girl and one of the best kept secrets of the automotive world.
It is such a joy to drive mine after driving other cars. The difference in ride and handling still never fails to pleasantly surprise me
It is such a joy to drive mine after driving other cars. The difference in ride and handling still never fails to pleasantly surprise me
Jim
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
A newly purchased N plate TD SX estate bought through ebay for £100
passed 1st time [first of my ownership too] and the tester remarked on the
high miles - 230k miles. He's forgotten my other VSX that's showing 195k!
Out of interest, wonder where everyone's mileage is at here then!?
The estate I bought was bailed out with by the previous owner after it
appeared to overheat - the warning light came on and the wife stopped
the car and got it AA'd home - the local garage diagnosed a failed Head
Gasket by reading their tea leaves...
turns out the engine got hot as the water temperature pick up wasn't
connected - the vigillant wife stopped instantly thus preventing any harm
to befall the engine...
The moral here is, when folk jump to conclusions, sometimes the obvious
is worth checking first - if I hadn't bought it, the car was going to get scrapped!!
Andrew
passed 1st time [first of my ownership too] and the tester remarked on the
high miles - 230k miles. He's forgotten my other VSX that's showing 195k!
Out of interest, wonder where everyone's mileage is at here then!?
The estate I bought was bailed out with by the previous owner after it
appeared to overheat - the warning light came on and the wife stopped
the car and got it AA'd home - the local garage diagnosed a failed Head
Gasket by reading their tea leaves...
turns out the engine got hot as the water temperature pick up wasn't
connected - the vigillant wife stopped instantly thus preventing any harm
to befall the engine...
The moral here is, when folk jump to conclusions, sometimes the obvious
is worth checking first - if I hadn't bought it, the car was going to get scrapped!!
Andrew