I seem to be collecting cars that other people would normally scrap

To this end I now have a Xantia mk1 TD Desire Hatch that I brought home from Lincoln and is having a decent amount of bodywork done to chop out the rust and get it good enough to do at least another 5-10yrs on the road and has had some hydraulic work done and just needs a service and an ABS sensor for its MOT next week.

And I have got from Stockon-on-Tees the other week.

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1,930,000 miles

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As KP said, just run in  2007 Zermatt Silver TDV8 Vogue SE - now sold but was a great car!

ooopppsss lol now corrected! FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Ticked over to 194,000 today and she still purrs well.

Its great staying in 5th all the way down to 25mph and it not having any vibrations or such like. the balancers do a darn good job and it pulls very sweetly.

I reckon if citroen had done a 6speed with VNT turbo it would be a more popular engine. Never mind the fact it has more radiators than i can count properly!
It even has charge cooling! how many production estate cars have that lol FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Have a hankering for a cx dtr turbo 2 safari......

I Remember my uncle had one in the late 80's early 90's and was advertised as the fastest diesel estate on thu road. And was enormous with it.

Arent many around anymore unfortunately and only seen a few rot boxes on ebay..... Might get googling.... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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KP, one of my chaps has a 2000 model Xanti est HDi that he bought damaged at 2 1/2yrs old and we repaired... Has now covered around 50k and is one of the most comfortable cars ive been in He adores it and its great on fuel

Ctc they do go for a lot of miles and 250k isn't uncommon in the hdi90/110's. Just don't let them get to 10k between oil services and inject some oil behind the rear door jambs as they are a triple layer and rot when the water gets trapped in there
If you think the xantia is comfy and it's non hydractive you should try a series 2 xm , cx or ds and you'll be surprised

Northern monkey if your serious I have some contacts who could help or if you want a project and could live without it being a safari there are some very cheap and free ones about but they do need work and I know of a few that have been saved from such starting points with just a few hours a week worth of work

I'm loving the xm still and done 300miles in it already since Monday and booked it in for its mot on Tuesday. The 2.5td is a lovely 4 pot that needs to be driven to be believed, I think it's actually smoother and more balanced than the m57 unit. FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Martin you need a Citroen Forum

Yeah, I'd join, I've had 8 so far, 7 hydraulics...  Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

A1ggs what you got then?!? I've been green blooded mostly since learning to drive about 14yrs ago now and had green blood in the family for 20yrs now  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Well nothing at the moment but I have had a lot over the years. Started in 1976 with a GS 1220 Club. Then a GSA. A CX. Then another GS. Then a GS Pallas. A BX. Then another CX. Last Citroën was a ZX coiler bought in 1994.

I've been looking at the C5 recently. Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Well nothing at the moment but I have had a lot over the years. Started in 1976 with a GS 1220 Club. Then a GSA. A CX. Then another GS. Then a GS Pallas. A BX. Then another CX. Last Citroën was a ZX coiler bought in 1994.

I've been looking at the C5 recently. Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Just to be a little pedantic, isn't a gas spring still a spring?



Quite like some citreons, but never owned one. Somehow I don't think I will.

I dont have the space for a project at the moment, but did see a chap who had a barn with half a dozen cx's in it on one search all non runners but could be a good project in there somewhere one was a 7 seat safari. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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