Velour sinkage...........

[Rocket88]

"Always buy the best you can afford".....so I  did

[wuvvum]

Silver turbo diesel hydropneumatic Citroëns are for winners.

[Rocket88]

Most comfortable seats I've ever sat in......4 hour journey, got out without a single twinge

 

[beko1987]

Beautiful! I drove one for 200 miles yesterday and it bought back any happy memories! 

[Rocket88]

Surprisingly brisk once up to speed.......and doesn't seem to use any fuel............

 

[Rocket88]

Last owner had advisories on MOT for welding....so he got it done.....then sold it................

[Timewaster]

5 tickets please! 

[Rocket88]

Knowing my record of keeping cars....maybe sooner than you think...............!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4HP18 automatic?

[Supernaut]

Good god that's lovely.

I still miss the seats in the Xantia I had. Amazingly comfy velour armchairs.

[SRi05]

That's a superb looking thing. I'd hit it 

[Rocket88]

Faults..............the clock /outside temp gauge has an interesting concept of time [and temperature]. Chrome inlay strip in body moulding has gone milky. Think I'll demand a re-fund........

[Rocket88]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

4HP18 automatic?

I think so........

[Rocket88]

35 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

That's a superb looking thing. I'd hit it 

Please don't....................?

[beko1987]

6 minutes ago, colc said:

Faults..............the clock /outside temp gauge has an interesting concept of time [and temperature]. Chrome inlay strip in body moulding has gone milky. Think I'll demand a re-fund........

That milky chrome strip affects them all, tadts. Xm, xantia and 406 did it. When I had my Xantia occasionally complete nos trim sets would crop up and sell for £3/400...

@vulgalour made them into zebra stripes on our old xantia and it looked really good

[sierraman]

Well worth getting the Citroen XM book from when these were launched. Some really interesting insights in it, I never knew they were offered in America. 

[Rocket88]

Wonder what your typical red neck mechanic made of them...............

[rantingYoof]

Good god that's lovely.
I still miss the seats in the Xantia I had. Amazingly comfy velour armchairs.

Yup. 120 miles down the M1 and it was like sitting in and riding on a cloud.



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[vulgalour]

Saw one of these the other day while on my errands, same colour too.  Not the same car, of that I'm pretty certain.  They don't half look odd in modern traffic, in a good way.

[maxxo]

I believe i have a book about the XM somewhere

if i can find it you're more than welcome to it

[Rocket88]

6 minutes ago, maxxo said:

I believe i have a book about the XM somewhere

if i can find it you're more than welcome to it

Thanks, I'd appreciate that

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

4HP18 automatic?

 

50 minutes ago, colc said:

I think so........

This may be of interest*

[Rocket88]

Box seems fine..........May do a complete engine /trans fluid change when it gets a bit warmer...........

[Royale80]

Absolutely lovely!!!!

What a motor!!

 

[bramz7]

That gearbox and engine combo in my 605 was good. 

Sadly the XM I had (that we nearly did a swap on, remember?!) was awful. The guy had spent a fortune on underneath but it died of almost immediate HGF. 

I really hate the airbag wheels though. 

[ETCHY]

Gorgeous motors uber cool. Still look great after all these years.

[406V6]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

That milky chrome strip affects them all, tadts. Xm, xantia and 406 did it. ...

Yep, I''ll confirm the trim on a 406 does this.

Lovely velour seats in the XM. If only you could buy a car today with similar seats instead of leather rubbish.

[Timewaster]

4 hours ago, colc said:

Wonder what your typical red neck mechanic made of them...............

A scrap pile. 

 

God dam commie bullshit. 

[brandersnatch]

Great cars, I loved mine. Probably the best car I’ve ever owned and I’ve had an automatic Allegro estate!

Venice to Corringham Essex (1015 miles) in sixteen and a quarter hours including crossing the channel. Super comfortable.

Enjoy.

 

 

[richardmorris]

I enjoyed driving @Six-cylinder‘s car last year. But too large for my daily needs really. I nearly bought a W reg ( one of the very last) 2.0 CTTurbo from Roger Bradford ( ex cx center). Same silver with velour and full history, but I totalled up £15,000 of bills with only 53000 miles. Which still

 left the leaking steering rack which was an mot advisory for the previous three mots. So I walked away.