Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[richardmorris]

I think it amazing that the oltcits make the Spartan visa seem luxurious!

[Six-cylinder]

I made an offer for this LNA 652cc LHD today, unfortunately my offer has been rejected.

[hairnet]

do eeeeeeet

[MarvinsMom]

is that one listed over on the blue?

 

i've seen an LNA advertised somewhere recently, but i cannot remember where.....

 

bloody old age

[Six-cylinder]

I found it on The Independent Visa Forum but it is also on Classic Cars for Sale.

 

http://visaforum.freeforums.org/1981-lna-652cc-for-sale-with-many-spares-t2505.html

 

I would love to owned it but just can't agree a price.

[hairnet]

swap him the merc

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Looks ace but I reckon you could fetch one back from France for half his asking price

[Six-cylinder]

I have now had a reduced price from the seller so dialogue has reopened but we are still a bit apart.

[hairnet]

size 10s

 

tell him to keep the spares.............

[Six-cylinder]

size 10s

 

tell him to keep the spares.............

I have been down that route but the seller does not want to separate the parts from the car.

 

I believe the car is a good usable one it has done 119,000 km with the French service book only stamped to 40,000 km and has been home services with parts receipts once in the UK. The paintwork is described as been touched in but looked presentable.

[hairnet]

mrs cyl size 13s

[Six-cylinder]

mrs cyl size 13s

Sorry I don't understand?

[wuvvum]

Sorry I don't understand?

Of course you don't.  It's Hairnet.

[dollywobbler]

Be patient. There's no chance at all that he's got buyers lined up for it. They're chronically undesirable. I'd like to try one, but I'm not sure I'd like to own one.

[hairnet]

Sorry I don't understand?

take the boss with you and deal might happen - wait till jan and watch him ring you up as dw said

 

Of course you don't.  It's Hairnet.

thanks daaaaave

[holbeck]

 They're chronically undesirable.

 

I've always liked LNA's......

 

Maybe, this is why I like AS.

[Six-cylinder]

The seller had been responding to my PMs quickly but its now a day and I have not had a Yes or No.

[Six-cylinder]

I confess I am a Citroen addict! But not many know I have a BX!

The car is a 1992 BX GTi 8v quite a plain car in Venetian red with plastic wheel covers. The car was pre register by Citroen UK 28th September 1992 and in January 1993 with just 13 miles was sold to the Aylesbury Citroen dealer as part of a batch of 6 Citroen management cars for the dealer used car Dept. At the time it was difficult to sell GTi’s, in the middle of the GTi insurance scare so it was forced upon the dealer to get the other cars they wanted.

 

At the time my farther was running a 1988 BX GTi and as I used to work for the dealer, my old boss who I had remained friends with phoned me to ask if my farther would be interested in the 13 mile GTi for £8,050 cost price (list at the time £13,000). My farther declined saying he would not be ready to buy another car for a year or so. The next time I spoke to my farther he had the car and said he had thought about it and realized what a good deal it was! He keep the 1988 GTi as well and sold the other Citroen he had.

 

Unfortunately my farther passed on a couple of years latter and my mother kept the 1992 BX GTi and sold the 1988 one. My mother then used it for the small annual mileage she did taking it up to 46,000 miles. In 2008 my mother gave up driving and the car sat in her garage, it is now clear my mother is not going to drive again so the car was given to me last year. The car is very safe in a dry garage but does now need putting back on the road before it deteriorates.

 

This is the only picture I have at the moment taken at a family summer party in 2007.

[hairnet]

 

 

would be interested in the 13 mile GTi for £8,050 cost price (list at the time £13,000).

 

[Skizzer]

That BX is really rather nice.  I'm normally not a big fan of red but it suits these very well, and is a good non-orange shade.

 

Is there a story behind the inflatable passenger, or would it be better not to ask?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

It looks to me that Fatha6 pot needed some steer horns on his BX.

[Six-cylinder]

Is there a story behind the inflatable passenger, or would it be better not to ask?

Christmas dinner is over and I have been allowed a few minutes to "Autoshite"!

 

It was a BBQ/picnic to celebrate us purchasing our field and my mother took it upon herself to provide us with a scarecrow!

 

This is likely to be the venue for Shitefest 2016 but the scarecrow ran away!

[hairnet]

[Six-cylinder]

It looks to me that Fatha6 pot needed some steer horns on his BX.

The cowboy is Mrs Cyl father, he does not have cowboy fantasies just thought the hat would be useful when spending the day in a sunny field.

 

He has had an interesting selection of cars though his life including a new Honda Z and then a fine selection of bangernomic including several Volvo 340/360s, old Fiat pandas, Volvo 740s, Citroen ZXs and now has a Citroen Berlingo.

 

I have now looked at all the photos from the party but can't find any more of the BX.

 

At the party I had a DS but a blue one not the white one I have now.

[hairnet]

[Six-cylinder]

2015 Review

 

Purchased in 2015

 

2000 Citroen C15 Van white

1987 Citroen Visa 17RD

1989 Citroen 2 CV Dolly

1994 Mercedes 500SEC

2001 Alfa 156 Sports Wagon V6 Veloce

1985 Citroen CX 2500I/E Pallas Auto

1983 Citroen Visa Special 652cc

 

I have also bought a 1992 Range Rover 3.9 EFi Vogue SE but a friend has already asked to buy it from me so that will be leaving me again soon.

 

Then there are two others a 1999 BMW 328i SE manual saloon and a 1997 BMW 328i manual convertible, they were both bought for and are in the process of being dismantled so I don’t really count them. I did buy the E46 328i with MOT and did drive it on the road for a bit but I have never driven the E36.

 

It has been a bit of a bumper year and all after I said about no more cars at the beginning of 2015 because we had bought 4 in 2014!

 

Sold 2015

 

Not Much!

 

Dodgyton is taking my ZX TD Hatchback sometime soon.

[Six-cylinder]

Shock, Horror, I have sold a car my 1992 Range Rover has gone today!

[Six-cylinder]

I am excited, my E36 BMW 328i sport Coupe has passed its MOT today, it has a replacement engine fitted and drives well, just a couple of small jobs and it will be coming home.

[HMC]

Lovely! Always had a soft spot for these. Underrated in 328i flavour IMO because shadow of M3. Presumably they're softer and more comfortable to cruise about in. How does it compare to your m3 and which do you prefer?

[Six-cylinder]

Lovely! Always had a soft spot for these. Underrated in 328i flavour IMO because shadow of M3. Presumably they're softer and more comfortable to cruise about in. How does it compare to your m3 and which do you prefer?

My 328i is a sport so I would say the ride is about the same as the M3, neither of them hurt me and I do find some cars too sporting! In the mood the M3 is is great fun 321 bhp though the rear wheels with a 6 speed manual box and no nanny control electrics. Most of the time the 328i suits me better quick enough but never bits you and leave it parked anywhere, which I don't do with the M3. Which do I prefer, hard to choose, which is why I still have them both!