Okay so it has been 15 months or so since i tried and failed miserably in my pursuit of a Xantia
However, due the C5 throwing it toys out of the pram and my urgent need of a cheap runaround car things have come full circle, and this time i had the blessing of SWMBO
Not sure how long the Link will stay up for but i will get some pics myself.
Paid £650 and it does need a little work, LHM change and will do all 6 spheres, ride height needs looking at but nothing major, time to get a LHM shower again
If it has been kept in the south of Spain it should be rust-free, but a little dinged here and there!
Looks interesting . . . Time to break open the cavity and underside wax and she should have a long life ahead!
yes kept in Spain for approx 10 years, i have loads of paperwork from its time in Spain that i do not understand
The interior is pretty much as new, not a mark anywhere, only thing that i would change is the stereo, would like to change it for an original head unit.
Oh i forgot to say that the seats are so comfy, why do they not make seats like that anymore ?
Aircon does not work, but then i have a place to come for tech advices and if i can remember i have done all the jobs needed on my former Xantia's so nothing to worry me, apart from trying to find a source of new spheres and seals
Only ever sold one car - a Mk 3 Zodiac estate -regrets? Only when I see what they go for now (& I would've liked to have kept the reg No:) I regret much more the Vanden Plas Princess 4 litre hearse I was on the point of buying when I was offered the Zody & so my regrets are cars I never got (& will never get now), in no particular order: (almost) any Facel Vega, Armstrong-Siddley Star Saphire, Humber Imperial, Alvis TF21, Rover P5B, '66-ish T-bird, '65 Pontiac GTO, '68 Road Runner, Maserati Biturbo. These are the cars I seriously considered when they were cheap, or aspired to when they were new, & still like. Of course there are many others but they fall into different categories. Strangely, perhaps, I'm not sure I'd want any of my old cars back - certainly not my first, or the ones I learnt to drive/passed my test in!
Citroens:-
'81 2CV Club
'05 C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
Jeep XJ Cherokees x 3
'96 Cadillac Eldorado
'99 Cadillac STS
& the numerous "abandoned projects"