GeordieInExile

In good news my only currently fully working vehicle passed its MoT today! (Well… after a new tyre) 

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. 

‘My wife said no’, an excuse from car buyers as old as time itself.

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. 

Why not just have a Morgan Aero 8 and save yourself the guts of a million quid...?

Well, I guess I'm here 🤣

Collection successful 😁

2001 Nissan Elgrand Highway Star 3.5 V6 petrol RWD with 8 very comfortable seats! Owned by a mechanic and has been very well cared for 😊
Place your bets now as to how much fuel it uses on the way home!

I've copied and pasted these initial updates from another forum.   
 
This goes back to 2021/early 2022. First two posts will cover the back story and then I'll add what I've been doing to it this last month.  There's been quite a delay on this because my wife became very ill in mid-2022 and all life turned to making sure she came through her illness (which she has, all-clear been given etc etc).  Life is sort of back to normal (although i'd argue that something like that changes life and perspectives across the entire family.  Not sure what normal is now tbh).  
So back to 2021..............I've wanted to have a build thread of my own for years but I've never had a car that I felt had sufficient interest (or age) to warrant a thread.  But Covid changed my attitude - felt that life can be so precarious that I really had to step up my search for something.  I live in West Wales and alot of my local friends are electricians or carpenters or plumbers.  They go to a lot of houses and farms.  I told them all to look out for anything under a cover or tarpaulin or looked a bit forgotten that to give me a ring.  In 2022  I got a call about this car from one of the lads.  He didn't know what he was looking at, just that he knew it needed saving and 'it looks quick'!  

I met the owner (whom used to use it quite often but then his life took a turn for the worse and it had to be set aside to prioritise other things going on - totally understandable) before xmas 2021 and agreed a deal and paid a 10% deposit....then  xmas and life got in the way and it was only today that I was able to go and pick it up.  The plan is to ignore the exterior for the moment.....and just get the interior dry and all fitted out (I've got all the parts but he did the headlining and then life got in the way and some of the interior needs putting back). 
 
I've got a couple of dehumidifiers coming to help with the drying out too.  I then am going to get the car mechanically fettled and then MOT'd.  Once it's MOT'd then I'm going to use it for business meetings, day trips with the kids, charity runs, going up to North Wales to see my Dad and Devon to see my mum etc etc..  

Some initial pictures - bear in mind it was under a tarp(for 3 years, with the passenger window open..........) right up until the point you see these pictures. 
 
We got it into my shed and onto the ramp to see what we had.  The interior needs a lot of fettling.  On to the next instalment.  

Amateur

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

Want another one?
The so-called "penalties" in this country for driving while impaired by drink or drugs are at best, laughable.  There's no deterrent, even in the unlikely event one is caught.  For the above offences, the FIRST ban should be FOR LIFE, ACCOMPANIED BY FIVE-FIGURE FINES AND CONFISCATION OF THE VEHICLE.  And that's before you hit anything, or heaven forbid, anyone.  The sliding scale for those eventualities should start as above with the addition of a minimum 12 months inside, and go up, and only up, from there.  Fail a breath test a second time?  12 months, bang.  Plus the baseline.
I guarantee this will be an unpopular opinion because boozing is the national sport, but come on, I've seen what happens.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

2009! I'm guessing these were only sold for use as taxis by that point?

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

Recent advances* in safety tech and driver aids such as traction control, stability control, lane assist, adaptive cruise, etc., are creating a generation of dangerous, unskilled drivers.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.

The Citroën C6 is basically a Peugeot 407 in a fat suit, with a disappointing ride and laughable tech even for the time it was launched. 
You should still buy mine, though.