It's not french, but....

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 04 Jan 2011, 23:26

It's a chance to get a little taste of the life of Mrs Bucket - and cheap too!

Am I mad?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 04 Jan 2011, 23:35

It has something Vel Satis about it...

DickieG · Unread post by **DickieG** » 05 Jan 2011, 00:02

R9UKE wrote:Am I mad?

Yes

Is it cheap? Well only if you're being paid the £400 to take it to the scrap yard!

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 05 Jan 2011, 07:19

Honda Civet rebadged, isn't it? I had a similar age Corolla that ended up wedged between two trees in a high speed "off".

For the asking price, I reckon you might just wheedle a series 1 Mi16 off an enthusiast - and that'll be a riot on wheels by comparison.

f00lzz · Unread post by **f00lzz** » 05 Jan 2011, 08:35

£400 for a years motoring sounds like a bargain to me. You never know, it might pass the MOT again next year... £400 for TWO years motoring sounds like an even bettter bargain! Plus... you get the scrap value when it eventually fails the MOT.

robert_e_smart · Unread post by **robert_e_smart** » 05 Jan 2011, 08:37

Class, get it bought!!

HDI · Unread post by **HDI** » 05 Jan 2011, 09:36

Reminds me of the Nissan Bluebird Turbo I sold just before Christmas.

Still wouldn't buy it though, you could get a good ZX diesel for that money.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Jan 2011, 10:03

For that price you could get a decent Xantia

XantiaDaveEire · Unread post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 05 Jan 2011, 10:19

Personally i think its disgusting...but each to his own

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 05 Jan 2011, 11:20

XantiaDaveEire wrote:Personally i think its disgusting...but each to his own

As I said, it has something Vel Satis about it

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 05 Jan 2011, 12:22

Xac wrote:
XantiaDaveEire wrote:Personally i think its disgusting...but each to his own
As I said, it has something Vel Satis about it

It has something distinctly square and 80s about it...

HDI · Unread post by **HDI** » 05 Jan 2011, 12:33

The '80's was not a good time for car design !!!

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 05 Jan 2011, 14:13

HDI wrote:The '80's was not a good time for car design* !!!

*apart from the GSA and CX at chez Citroen? 70's designed maybe, but produced and updated in the 80's.

That Ronda is godawful. I had some driving lessons in a VDP version!
Wooliest ever steering imaginable; mind I was driving a GS!

Andrew

Unread post by **myglaren** » 05 Jan 2011, 14:21

I drove my brother's VDP when my Volvo temporarily carked it and found it pretty good.
He wouldn't tolerate anything with woolly steering though.

It did used to fill up with mayo though, as did the Ford Escort-with-a-boot thing that preceded it. He also regretted not getting the Honda engine.

HDI · Unread post by **HDI** » 05 Jan 2011, 14:25

Agreed but true '80's design was predominantly the 3 box school, pretty dire.
Just about the only car I like from that era is the Ferrari 328 GTB, very pretty, still like it now.

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