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  1. Sorry if I sound like I'm teaching anybody to suck eggs but is it possible that the battery is so fucked it won't even respond to a jump pack? I've had that happen before, and thought the car was totally dead as well. In my experience anything less than 03.00v won't even crank.
  2. "Mum doesn't drive it much anymore." = everything is dried up, flat, brittle, mouldy. Still bought cars like that, though.
  3. You're not wrong. They do everything you could reasonably expect from a car, and don't really do anything badly. They're nice to drive and easy on the eye (I think). The 90s were about Ford's pinnacle, I reckon.
  4. This was the foundation on which the modern was founded, I think. More thought went into driver convenience and comfort than had been the norm, at least at this price point. You can fit in them, and they still feel undemanding to drive today. This, and Datsuns in the 70s laid the way for cars to not be rubbish.
  5. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175361139805?hash=item28d456a45d:g:Kz0AAOSwKRBi3BLG *paging Lanky Tim*
  6. Not this very same one? And I have noticed that old diesels seem to be hot property at the moment. When I sold my 406 I had a literal waiting list, which has never happened for me before, ever. I think we're in the sunset period of a golden age for cheap, interesting French stuff. It's why I really want to keep this.
  7. Made a stupid video about it because it's easier than writing reams of text. Made it to go in a private FB group, so it will be a little out of context!
  8. That's a lovely offer, but somehow I seem to own three of them.
  9. I'm sorry, I hate the festival. A few people on and off this forum have asked if I'm brining anything and I won't be. I'm sure you'll all be devastated. This used to be an under-the-radar, ego-free hobby, and this has turned it into (or is attempting to) another shiny bonnet fest while people play soggy biscuit with a Citroen ZX or something. Right, that's everyone's evening, ruined - I'm off to bed.
  10. Ha! I nearly bid on this but bought the Xantia instead. Glad it's gone to a shiter. That spoiler...What the actual hell? It looks factory, but I have never, ever seen one before. I would love to know the original owner's thought process when they specced it up...
  11. Having sold the 406 and the e38, I planned on getting something more sensible and modern to use everyday, like a V70 D5. So I bought a Xantia, because I can’t resist the siren call of 90s PSA crap. No mad collection capers to report. It came up for sale 45 minutes from my house, and was being sold by a CCC member who has bought a mint XM and had to make It’s my ultimate spec Xantia. Turbo D, SX, phase one and a half in white. My Dad had an estate in this spec when I was little. He bought it new and HATED it, so these have always been something of a forbidden passion for me. Especially given that I am now on the dark side as a card-carrying Peugeot licker. There’s a few things I’m not happy about with it. It sometimes rides too high at the front and it is slow to get to normal height at the rear when coming from service hight, or after being lowered. I might have fun* with that myself or throw it at Citroen place. The body is what lets it down. Sadly it’s going on the rear quarters - not badly enough to fail an MOT but it will need sorting. For the time being I’m just making it look pretty. The previous, previous owner who was a mechanic so looked after the engine and nothing else had covered up a hole with a Citroen badge. Sadly, access can’t be made from the inside which limits how much I can do on the drive. I did check by taking out the boot trim. I did find a complimentary dead wasp, which was nice. Following speaks for itself. The last time I hit a Xantia with a hammer, it was for a very different reason. Having a Mrs with a design degree is very useful when you’re trying to sculpt wob! I think this is what the US defence people call “mission creep”. Not bad results for a Halfords rattle job by the garage! After flattening it down I’ll move on to some other cosmetics before talking some other niggles. I’ll try and keep this going with updates as they come. Very happy to be in a floaty thing again.
  12. I'm literally that person in my local area. My e38 is growing mould now
  13. I have noticed an uptick in asking prices for 90s stuff but I suspect that has more to do with sellers and traders riding the current nostalgia wave than deeper economic forces, and supply and demand as stuff like 405s get rarer and rarer. Image is still king and worthless stuff will ultimately stay worthless, I predict. Shitters like 307s which somebody has had a wee on, and e46 320is found parked in a ditch with a boot full of mould and used needles still seem to be kicking about for less than 700 sheets.
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