Citroen Visa Spotted on the Road

[Six-cylinder]

You could have knocked me down with a feather when driving into Buckingham this morning, I saw a Visa parked in a local housing estate. After my appointment I returned the took a couple of pictures but only had a poor camera phone with me. It is parked in a unallocated parking area so I don’t know which house it belongs to.The DVLA says MOT until July but needs retaxing. I have lived in Buckingham for some years now and never seen this car before, you just do not see Visas on the road except for car shows.

 

 

 

[xtriple]

I had a Visa 11re back in the far distant past. Swapped it for a Rover 3500 (that was hanging at two or three years old!) that I was desperate to get rid of and the only deal I could do was with a mate who had this Visa just in.

 

Deal done!

 

I sold it within days to a mates wife but in those few days I trucked around in it constantly. It's a funny thing about the motor trade (or maybe it's just me?) that regardless of how nice your own car is, if a smoker comes in with t and t the desire to give it a try is strong. Usually, these test drives last about one journey and straight back for sale, but, the Visa really grabbed me. It was properly basic inside and out (lots of painted metal) with manumatic everything but it flew! It went really well and handled great although it heeled over round corners like a whaler in a storm. I liked it enough to flog it to a mate wife....

 

Fortunately, she loved it as well so when a few months later cracks started appearing in the huge chunks of filler in the roof she didn't mind... too much! Yes it was a bender and had been parked on its roof but repaired (bodged rather) so well, you really couldn't tell.

 

Being a honourable sort of geezer, I offered her her money back (the shock of hearing such words come out of my own mouth nearly killed me!) but she was happy with the car so we had it repaired a bit more properly and she had it for bloody years.

 

I really didn't realise how strong they were 'cos there was no damage anywhere else and it drove as straight as a die.

[Six-cylinder]

I left a note on the Visa and last night the owner called me, the reason it is parked where it is, is because the key has broken in two but he has both parts. I remember a few years I had the same problem and the key shop simply clamped both half in there machine pushed together and cut me a new key that worked fine. He is going to give that a try.

[MrFarkinBasz]

Great spot!

[quicksilver]

I've never seen that one either, in fact the amount of shite I've seen in this town can probably be counted on my fingers I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[Six-cylinder]

Don't forget there is my Visa around Buckingham as well!

 

And we have more shite than you have fingers!

[Six-cylinder]

Another good day for a Visa/C15 fan, this C15 was parked in Buckingham this morning. While I was about to photograph it the owner turned up, I started to engage her in conversation and she told me it was a working van and she had no special fondness for it.

 

Before I had finished the conversation a friends wife popped up because she was parked behind the van and thought I had seen her late model BMW 520D and stopped to say hallo, not a chance I had seen the C15 and not even noticed the BMW!

 

[quicksilver]

Having worked out where it is from the ebay pics I went to have a look at this today. It's moved across a bit since 6cyl saw it and looks scruffy but surprisingly solid - I couldn't see much wrong with it apart from that front wing so I hope it finds a good home. I think 6cyl was angling for me to buy it but I really can't - for medical reasons I can't even drive at present so what the hell would I do with it? I do find it amazing though that out of probably less than 20 Visa RDs in existence there are two blue ones living in the same small town!

 

1987 Citroen Visa 17RD by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

 

1987 Citroen Visa 17RD by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

 

1987 Citroen Visa 17RD by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

 

And as a bonus, these were just round the corner - this estate must be where all the old cars are hiding. The Nova isn't the one I thought it would be so there are two in close proximity.

 

1993 Honda Civic 1.6 VTI by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

 

1988 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

[Six-cylinder]

Having worked out where it is from the ebay pics I went to have a look at this today. It's moved across a bit since 6cyl saw it and looks scruffy but surprisingly solid - I couldn't see much wrong with it apart from that front wing so I hope it finds a good home. I think 6cyl was angling for me to buy it but I really can't - for medical reasons I can't even drive at present so what the hell would I do with it? I do find it amazing though that out of probably less than 20 Visa RDs in existence there are two blue ones living in the same small town!

 

1987 Citroen Visa 17RD by quicksilver coaches, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

I saw it had moved in the car park so I guess the owner got a key cut for it. 

 

Quicksilver you are right I was thinking if we had one each we could form a display team! Now the heart says yes and the head says no, I don't NEED two! but, but.............

[500tops]

Belongs to a guy on the Visa Forum - a thread you commented on!

http://visaforum.freeforums.org/visa-17rd-what-to-do-t2254.html