GeordieInExile

I strongly admire the owner's refusal to wash this thing and rid it of the various lifeforms growing on it.

VW wanted £750 to replace two xenon headlight bulbs on my mates 2014 passat.
No, that's not a mistake. Seven hundred and fifty quid.

£2,250.

Stupid lump of French luxury misery still doesn't have a working handbrake. The new module was fitted to the car, and the car didn't want to talk to it. Even more strangely, it turns out the old module wasn't knackered inside, either. 
At least the suspension and dodgy ABS sensor have been sorted, but still. I want my handbrake back.

hi there, thanks for having me.
This is my exploit yellow Punto 75elx that I have owned for 10 years, and have restored.
I love this car, enjoy the photos.
simon

Lovely to meet you Ken. Hope the Lupo serves you well.
 

You're not wrong, but she has enjoyed a trip on the train.
Collection has been achieved - it's a cheap old bus but there is plenty of work to be done so , it needed to be really.

1995 citroen  sm 

I love how HMC’s example looks exactly like how a slightly shabby one would have looked circa 1989. Including the Capri wheels bought off an unknown geezer in the pub for £40.
Three streets away from said pub, there would be a Capri sitting on bricks. 

Citroen C6 plus £2k for repairs. 
Or... a nice Volvo estate. An 850, say, or a V70. Or, ideally, a 940/960.

I bought a new car.


It's nice but also broken, because Jaguar.
 
New engine required. 
 
Phil

Wallace and Gromit driving a Volvo 240 in space

For 4 grand you could buy both mine and @GeordieInExile's Citroen C6's. 
The most reliable C6 is 2 C6's. 

They've been made before but never really took off.

Good news!
A new home for AROnline
Great British Car Journey are taking it on.

I gave up on threads a while ago but I have wanted one of these cars since they were brand new, plus I think things might get interesting*. So here goes.
So far I count myself as the EIGHTH AS member who has owned this, including the chap who posted it for sale in behalf of the then owner. I think that's pretty great. I hope when I die I return as a car that goes around the country bringing joy to a whole range of different owners.

So far we've had 
Jon.k
Northernmonkey
Robson3022
Paulplom
Kiltox
83C
Schaefft 
Yours truly. 
The first didn't technically own it, he simply posted it for sale on behalf of the owner who had originally wanted to scrap it because of a pulley on the engine which had come adrift. So kudos to John.k for saving what certainly feels like a car which had plenty of life left.
In short (because it is documented elsewhere) it was owned by Westley Richards gunsmiths manufacturer in the West Midlands. It was a personal car to the directly and then used to chauffeur some very wealthy (like Arab Royalty wealthy) to and from the premises. 
After Jon.k's arm was bitten off by NorthernMonkey, it passed through varioous members' hands and gave generally good service along the way.
I promised myself I'd own it one day.

Never heard of that special edition before.

Abandoned brown Proton Perdana to win this page of the thread. 
 

Dear God I hope you’re not going to the Isle of Sheppey.

Doesn’t the XM just look absolutely phenomenal 

also enjoy my shiny spheres 

riding and driving absolutely fantastic, really pleased

well 400 miles covered today
furthest I’ve ever driven this car, absolutely no issues at all which is pleasing!
All 7 spheres now replaced 
both centre spheres were full of oil, no gas at all
corner spheres were between 0 and 10 PSI 
accumulator was about dead too
suffice to say, 7 brand new spheres have completely transformed the car, it actually has suspension now, stays up for longer and just feels fantastic
it has float!

It is indeed. 
I had to replace a couple of missing tyre valve dust caps today. 
I didn't need to remove the bumper.

Either that, or he wants his wife to be the bad guy, the mean old lady who said no. Maybe he is having doubts himself but wants the responsibility to sit with her so he can tell himself he would have gone for it otherwise. A similar level of cowardice and abdication of personal responsibility, really. 
They are in the process of buying a small business, he says, but if that's the case, and if that's the reason you can't have the car... say that. 

Obviously on the subject of Citroën.