Asimo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 No wonder they struggled when cold back then. 'Box might be ok today though with a sump full of 0w20. Which might be thin enough to just finish a 40 year old E-series...... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Excited! so you should be! :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I used to have a Maxi 1750HL auto. It went like a rocket* and worked fine. (Initially it didn't, but that was because of lack of use and the SU piston was gummed up. When it freed off...POWAH!) I also had a 1750 manual. The gear change was indeed wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I had a Mini automatic once just because it was cheap and I couldn't afford a better car! I was expecting to hate it but thought it was quite good really. I assume it's the same box but I suppose the lack of body weight helped. Glad to see the VP on its way to being fixed, I was never going to do it! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I am taking the VP to Bognor tomorrow to have a manual gearbox conversion and check over before it returns to the road. My friend who owns the trailer volunteered that I could park the loaded ensemble on his drive overnight as it is the end of cul-de-sac while mine is reversing from a 50 mph road not to far from a blind crest. Funny thing since he made the offer he has a viewing on his house this afternoon and made me park the Allegro round the corner until his prospective house buyers have been and gone!Would have sold the house it that was on the drive Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I had a Mini automatic once just because it was cheap and I couldn't afford a better car!...I thought Minis had the Minimatic box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 VP safely delivered and now waiting attention. catsinthewelder, Mrs6C, Dirk Diggler and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 First catch of 2019! Sudsprint, RobT, jumpingjehovahs and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Holy fuck, you two play the game well! (as I am assuming Mrs6C had a hand in this!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 hnnng and leave the all aggro where it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hmm.https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk Doesn’t say what it is- 2litre ct Turbo? richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hmm.https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk Doesn’t say what it is- 2litre ct Turbo? Just a 135bhp 2.0 16v, I have now driven it over a 100 miles and it is a fine car. dean36014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 VP safely delivered and now waiting attention. This is very good news! Mrs6C and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Holy fuck, you two play the game well! (as I am assuming Mrs6C had a hand in this!)I was handed a box of chocolates in this! The Moog and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 omg bribery The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 omg bribery Not by me, but by the seller. Bfg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Twas just a joke as Chris kept joking mrs six cylinder would be upset . As if that would be the case where cars are involved. Anyway i got coffee and cakes in exchange Skizzer and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Twas just a joke as Chris kept joking mrs six cylinder would be upset . As if that would be the case where cars are involved. Anyway i got coffee and cakes in exchange I like the notion when ever you sell a car to a shiter you give chocolates to their partner to numb there pain! Skizzer, Bfg, Brodders and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I like the notion when ever you sell a car to a shiter you give chocolates to their partner to numb there pain! I'm not sure there will be any left to give to the buyer of the 'S' Type... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Oooh lovely! Xantia replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Oooh lovely! Xantia replacement?No... Six-cylinder is on his honour to get my Xantia fixed, as as he broke it... Tadhg Tiogar and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Nice... that's a ten out of ten find if you ask me. Always fancied an XM... that's going to be dangerously close to home if you come to sell it... Nice colour for it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandersnatch Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 First catch of 2019!Best car I ever owned was an XM Onyx. I bought it at three years old for £3000 and had it for about five years. Came home to Essex from Venice in sixteen hours and fifteen minutes including the Chunnel. Fantastic cars. I’m slightly* envious. One’s too many, ten’s not enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I like the notion when ever you sell a car to a shiter you give chocolates to their partner to numb there pain! THIS - definitely THIS...…….. (and I'm single!)Excellent news on the PLAHhhhhh - I didn't know the box could be that bad - a loooong time ago a mate had a similar issue but I informed him it was knackered - Ooops! It went to an Allegro sniffer -so lived on. If he tracks me down I'd hate to think of repaying the cost to him plus interest after all this time! Saabnut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 First catch of 2019! I like how the waistline sort of harks back to that of the SM: Skizzer, Sudsprint, richardthestag and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I like how the waistline sort of harks back to that of the SM: Those pictures do show the design influences, don't they? What a shame the XM wasn't made as a two door coupe as well... that could have been stunning. Six-cylinder and I were lucky enough to be able to visit La Conservatoire Citroen in 2010, where this lovely sculpture resides: Skizzer, Asimo, richardmorris and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 ^"Those pictures do show the design influences, don't they?" And then your first photo looked just like the black plastic lid of the concrete rubbish-bins outside McDonald's.. I know ..should have gone to SpecSavers ! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Always loved XMs but never had one. Nearly bought one from a local 'car supermarket' type place about 20 years ago, was a done deal until I realised just how much I was being stitched up (not aware of just how little a 4 - 5-year-old XM was worth) and they wanted double for it. I was never bothered about the hydraulics on them having had CXs and was quite used to doing the pipes etc on mine and other peoples, now, not so sure as I can't do shit and paying other other buggers to half-arse stuff goes aginst the grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 ....I know ..should have gone to SpecSavers ! I did, which is why I now wear varifocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mopeds-x2-both-for-field-were-running-2-years-ago-honda-love-yamaha-barn-find/333066026002?_trkparms=aid%3D333202%26algo%3DCOMP.CATCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180608100040%26meid%3Dc311b879f2c14cadbbbcee534e2fe64c%26pid%3D100889%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D123639455329%26itm%3D333066026002&_trksid=p2349624.c100889.m5204Couple of cheap field bikes. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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