Dean's Activa/XM/V6 and now Talbot blog

Tell us your ongoing tales and experiences with your French car here. Post pictures of your car here as well.
Deanxm
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Re: Dean's Activa/XM blog

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getting attached to that 2.5 there are you Robert? John wont be pleased :lol:

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XM Prestige PRV6 92
Talbot Express Autotrail Chinook 89
Mitsubishi L200 Trojan 14
Xantia Activa 95, sold (missed)

Service Citroen is awesome, it shows me pictures of all the parts i used to be able to buy............
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The 2.5 is magic! But then again so is the 2.1 Automagic! To change gear and get there fast, or to get there more relaxed and chilled.

Fuel consumption with the 2.5 is as bad as the 2.1 though. John will be fine :-D . Rumour has it he is going to stop collecting cars! :lol:
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
1991 BX 16 TGS Auto
1992 ZX 1.6 Aura Auto
1994 Xantia 2.0 16V VSX
2008 C5 2.7 Exclusive
KP
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once a collector starts they never stop!!

Look at luke! he is going to have to get a few acres soon enough at his current rate :p
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:lol: they only stop when they have them all :wink:

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Talbot Express Autotrail Chinook 89
Mitsubishi L200 Trojan 14
Xantia Activa 95, sold (missed)

Service Citroen is awesome, it shows me pictures of all the parts i used to be able to buy............
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Ohhh noooo!!!
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
1991 BX 16 TGS Auto
1992 ZX 1.6 Aura Auto
1994 Xantia 2.0 16V VSX
2008 C5 2.7 Exclusive
Deanxm
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how many xm's did you say you had again? :lol:

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XM Prestige PRV6 92
Talbot Express Autotrail Chinook 89
Mitsubishi L200 Trojan 14
Xantia Activa 95, sold (missed)

Service Citroen is awesome, it shows me pictures of all the parts i used to be able to buy............
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

More than enough! :-D And a 2.5 Estate coming along soon, and possibly another 2.5 car. :oops:
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
1991 BX 16 TGS Auto
1992 ZX 1.6 Aura Auto
1994 Xantia 2.0 16V VSX
2008 C5 2.7 Exclusive
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:lol: :lol:
XM Prestige PRV6 92
Talbot Express Autotrail Chinook 89
Mitsubishi L200 Trojan 14
Xantia Activa 95, sold (missed)

Service Citroen is awesome, it shows me pictures of all the parts i used to be able to buy............
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Robert, has John given you permission to have a fleet of 2.5s?
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He hasn't, but his wife has!
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
1991 BX 16 TGS Auto
1992 ZX 1.6 Aura Auto
1994 Xantia 2.0 16V VSX
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Good luck with the sale Dean when the time comes, and as others have mentioned, its definitely worth that money all day long.

I look forward to seeing it at CXM... :o :-D
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Thanks Franklin, i will see you there.
It was nice to have a blast in Scraptiva before she went,
mmmmm, i see. I might have to PM Xac, i think Roberts account has been hacked.

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XM Prestige PRV6 92
Talbot Express Autotrail Chinook 89
Mitsubishi L200 Trojan 14
Xantia Activa 95, sold (missed)

Service Citroen is awesome, it shows me pictures of all the parts i used to be able to buy............
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Deanxm wrote:
It was nice to have a blast in Scraptiva before she went,
mmmmm, i see. I might have to PM Xac, i think Roberts account has been hacked.

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:lol: Robert secretly likes Activas, he just doesn't want to admit it :roll:
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No, no! I do like (to break) them :twisted: :twisted:

I just can't be bothered with the hassle of them. They would be fine if you only have 1 car as a toy, but when you have as many as I have, the last thing you want is a car taking up as much time as the remainder do in maintenance.

Body roll is great! :-D :-D

Plus if I wanted a fast older Citroen, a BX 16V or a CX GTi Turbo would be the ticket.
1990 XM 2.1 Turbo SD
1991 BX 16 TGS Auto
1992 ZX 1.6 Aura Auto
1994 Xantia 2.0 16V VSX
2008 C5 2.7 Exclusive
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Or a BX GTi 4x4 with a nice 16v Turbo engine dropped in, though parts for them are so rare it's scarey :(