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citrov6 · Post by **citrov6** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:09

hi, i was directed here from citroen car club as a place for other xantia enthusiasts, i have 2 v6's, would love an activa at some point.

i hope to learn and input when i can to this forum, and see how other peoples xantias are running... thanks

davetherave · Post by **davetherave** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:13

Welcome!

Post by **admiral51** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:16

Hi citrov6 and welcome to the forum

hi, i was directed here from citroen car club as a place for other xantia enthusiasts, i have 2 v6's,

You are going to make some people jealous

would love an activa at some point.

There are more of us who want one than those available

i hope to learn and input when i can to this forum, and see how other peoples xantias are running... thanks

Sums up this Forum pretty well 8) 8)

Colin

Post by **CitroJim** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:16

Hi citrov6 and a very warm welcome

I only have one V6 but I do have an Activa. They are both wonderful cars but in a very different way.

There are a good few of us V6 owners on here and there have been some recent threads that will be of interest.

Please tell us more of your V6s. We do like to know the full details

Sid_the_Squid · Post by **Sid_the_Squid** » 06 Jul 2009, 20:31

Welcome to the forum fellow V6 owner, theres lots of information and great people here.

Tell us more about your V6's, Mk1 or Mk2's, what colour interior, mileage, quirks etc.

I've got a light metallic green mk2 with cream interior, only had a couple of months but loving every min.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 06 Jul 2009, 21:41

hi citroV6 you found us then

i dont have a V6 as not got deep enough pocket for that fuel tank

but i admire those on here who do,

the first topic's you should read up are the many
blogs by Sir Jim (citrojim),
i realy dont know how he dose it all

regards malcolm

Post by **xantia_v6** » 06 Jul 2009, 21:52

I remember the good old days when I was the only person on the anyspares forum with a Xantia V6

. Actually they were not so good, because there was no one else to answer my questions or share the misery of V6 parts prices

.

Welcome. It is nice to see womeone else stupic denough to own 2 V6s, although in my case it was something of a mistake which I must correct soon.

I have a cunning plan to get a V6 Activa for my frequent holidays in France, but french registered Xantias are just soooo expensive

.

Tell us some more about your cars.

citrov6 · Post by **citrov6** » 06 Jul 2009, 22:25

thank you for the warm welcome

the first v6 i have was bought for £5000 , 7 years ago 35kmiles on the clock a bargain, now has 145000miles, this was a good runner the only problem it has is when it was jump started it knocked the rev counter over to one side and blew a relay that stopped the cruise working. this is the metallic red with black interrior

the second v6 is a black exterior with cream interior, bought a year and a half ago with 49000miles a very good example, unfortunately i believe in using the car so i have put 15000miles on it but loved it

its strange i would of expected more quirks from these cars but they perform almost flawlessly, usually just the accumulator needing servicing and it is back to driving like new.

fortunately my commute has been short half the week so fuel costs are probably similar to a smaller engined car. though i think i will lpg one of them soon

a v6 activa i have been thinking about that for a while, i would love to see one in action, the hydractive does cope suprisingly well but a v6 flat round a corner would be something...

wainy · Post by **wainy** » 06 Jul 2009, 22:40

Hi!

Two V6's! That's a Xantia V12!

I'm an accidental Activa owner....... bought it to save it but ended up keeping it cos its was SO good!

WAINY

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 06 Jul 2009, 22:43

Welcome Citrov6.

I don't know much about these cars but i can welcome you to the forum.

Russ..

citrov6 · Post by **citrov6** » 07 Jul 2009, 06:58

WAINY i have thought about that many times , and how interesting it would be to have a four wheel drive xantia like the old bx's. i am constantly thinking about an activa

thanks Russ

Sid_the_Squid · Post by **Sid_the_Squid** » 07 Jul 2009, 07:25

Glad to hear all your V6's are running sweet, just as an aside, I hope you've been changing your gearbox oil.
Black with cream interior, wow that must look fantastic, got any pics for us.

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 07 Jul 2009, 07:32

Sid_the_Squid wrote:Glad to hear all your V6's are running sweet, just as an aside, I hope you've been changing your gearbox oil.
Black with cream interior, wow that must look fantastic, got any pics for us.

I sense gearbox oil paranoia

Nice to see the V6 owners club is increasing in numbers.

BTW there is a V6 and an Mk2 Activa on ebay at the mo.

Post by **CitroJim** » 07 Jul 2009, 07:59

Stempy wrote:I sense gearbox oil paranoia

Anything that puts off that fateful day when a geabox rebuild is required is very good

Russ, I see one of yours has done 140K. Is that on the same gearbox? Mine went to 159K before the the gearbox died but if you read my blog you'll see there was a number of events that might have led to the demise of mine at that point. Had the car been properly repaired after a heater matrix failure, it is possible the gearbox might still have been working.

Black with cream interior

Very tasty!

Sid_the_Squid · Post by **Sid_the_Squid** » 07 Jul 2009, 09:36

Paranoid?
Probably, still after seeing the state of the '90k miles old' oil which came of my AL4, I'd defiantly play it safe.

Sorry if I'm covering ground you already know citrov6.