xantia2.0 Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Hey! Haha, well I swore I would never buy a pre-2000 Citroén and what have I went and done last week... Bought a 1998 Xantia! Well, I bought it for £365 from the local paper with 123,000 miles on the clock, 6 months tax and 2 weeks MOT. I bought it to replace my short-lived Reno Clio (I bought it one week, sold it the next as it suddenly sprung a bad oil leak...), and it does seem to be better! Front and rear leccy windows! Air Conditioning, Soft or Firm adjustable hydraulic suspension, black leather seats that are leccy. What more do you need!? The MOT runs out Wednesday next week so I've booked it in at the local Ford garage as they're usually good with my cars. Since buying it I've... Changed the oil, changed the distributor, HT leads and fixed the bad ground for the starter motor, and replaced a tail light bulb. For this MOT the obvious things it needs is new track rod ends, as you need to turn the wheel to almost full lock to get any movement from the front wheels, and the rear wheels need looking at as after turning a corner the rear seems to be steering!? Like I'm skidding but I'm not. I think it will be about £150-200 to pass the MOT. It is the Exclusive model, which cost over 18 grand new! :D It has the 5 speed Manual (thank God) gearbox coupled with the 2.0 I4 engine, so it's not short of a bit of power when you need it! That's about it... Bye! Quote
xantia2.0 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Posted July 19, 2010 Thought I'd get more than 0 replies... Looks like nobody likes Xantia owners. Quote
Johndouglas Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 Thought I'd get more than 0 replies... Looks like nobody likes Xantia owners. Sign up on this forum - there's guys that know Xantias inside out:-http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/index.php Quote
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