When the engine on my Discovery went porous I ended up using my 24v XM as a daily driver.
It got to the point in 2007 where I was guessing if it was going to start or not when I came out of work.
The AA got fed up with me calling them and then started to charge me so the XM became a daft idea to run every day.
We managed to find a Xantia Activa with 37k miles on Auto Trader for £1295 in Southampton. We flew down and collected it and drove it home.
This was a totally immaculate car with 2 owners from new. A very worthwhile buy.
After this I finished stripping the other 306 and it went to the scrappy to be weighed in:
I then found another two Xantia V6's for sale, The Blue V6 that is now owned by Paul (citroenxm) and the Green V6 that is now owned by Lexi. I'm glad they both found good homes!
I then decided that the mileage on the Activa was going up to quickly in every day use and I wanted to keep the mileage low so I managed to find a Series 2 V6 24v XM for £250, I bought this in Bradford and we towed this one home too.
I ran this car for around 6 months.
It then started to give me grief, the alternator died, the radiator burst and gave me nothing but grief.
I couldn't source a new radiator and wasn't prepared to pay Citroen prices so had this one recored.
Whilst I had this in bits I strayed away from the French stuff and bought a Golf R32 in December 2008.
This was a great car, 3.2 in-line V6 (VR6 Engine), 4 wheel drive, DSG gearbox with paddle shift. It was an awesome car to drive and was the quickest car I'd driven.
I then sold this in December 2009 for more then I paid for it.
At the moment I'm currently running my 306 HDi as my every day car whilst the Activa sits in the shed keeping good.
I'm waiting on an XM Exclusive arriving in the UK from Malaysia in April too, and there's the possibility of another Series 1 V6 24v XM too.
There's also an Activa that I bought for £150 and sold as I preferred the black V6 XM.
On a side note from the Citroens, I'm also a big fan of the Land Rover Series 2B Forward Controls.
And there's another in bits too:
So that's where I'm up to at the moment, everybody I speak to seems to think it's nuts at the age of 23 but it's good fun!
David.