NEW: "Citroen C15 and Visa Appreciation Society Jottings" (formerly Sunny Jim's C15D)

[Six-cylinder]

In 2013 I bought a red 1998 C15D van. It had run out of MOT but I was told getting a new one would just be a formality.  I was looking forward to getting it and giving it a good polish. Guess what, it was a very rusty van and repairs would have cost twice its value. I was given my money back but I was still disappointed not to get the red van. 

[Sunny Jim]

Given their propensity to rust I guess Norwegian winters might have been too much for them. 

It won't surprise anyone that this is what I mainly transport in mine.

Yup, dog in mog!

[loserone]

Hopefully folk don't mind me joining in.  I've had all sorts in the express 

Logs

Stone

Bit heavy that

 

Also seats

And sleeping children 

And once or twice a sleeping loserone 

 

[Six-cylinder]

I still was on the lookout for a C15 van and 18 months after the red C15 disappointment I bid on a white 2000 (W) C15D and won it on eBay.

The problem was I was very busy and did not have time to collect it from somewhere near Stoke On Trent. Then @Lankytim put up a wanted advert to say he needed to buy a car as a short term stop gap while his car was worked on so I messaged. I said I had nothing to sell him but if he collected our new C15D that was only about 10 miles away from him he could keep it and use it until his car was repaired. If I remember correctly he fixed the drivers window winder that did not work for us. In due course Tim met me at Kidsgrove Station and I got our white C15D that we have had for 10 years now.

[somewhatfoolish]

Smol vans are for winnars.

[Lankytim]

12 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I still was on the lookout for a C15 van and 18 months after the red C15 disappointment I bid on a white 2000 (W) C15D and won it on eBay.

The problem was I was very busy and did not have time to collect it from somewhere near Stoke On Trent. Then @Lankytim put up a wanted advert to say he needed to buy a car as a short term stop gap while his car was worked on so I messaged. I said I had nothing to sell him but if he collected our new C15D that was only about 10 miles away from him he could keep it and use it until his car was repaired. If I remember correctly he fixed the drivers window winder that did not work for us. In due course Tim met me at Kidsgrove Station and I got our white C15D that we have had for 10 years now.

I remember! Thanks for the loan, the throttle cable also had a load of slack meaning it only got around 50% throttle making it extremely slow… soon fixed making it just slow.

[lesapandre]

They are fine if you wind them up. They are very sensitive to the right tyres and keeping the tyre pressures up. 

Mine will cruise for hours on the Autoroute at 100kph+. I have other vehicles but this is my go-to for most trips. 10 years ownership.

Amazingly frugal on fuel. I think about 400 miles between full fills on a trip. Carry a jerrycan and you are looking at a 500 mile + range.

3000 mile oil changes with the best available keep things spinning nicely.  

I have a full plastic load-bed liner and half bulkhead to aid usability. 

All sorts of these type of accessories available in 🇫🇷 and mounds of 2nd hand and NOS parts.

Beginning to get cult status in France. Lots enthusiast owners as well as grungy farmers these days. A secondary rebuild industry is developing. Beginning to become officially 'Historic' under the FIVA/French 30 year rules - so moving onto black plates.

Mine now gets lots of attention and chat.

[artdjones]

The XUD is definitely smoother, but can have head gasket problems, which don't seem to affect DW8s to the same extent.

[jon.k]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286087034625?_skw=citroen+2cv&itmmeta=01JJNV6GCVXZ3QVEX5CKWS3B39&hash=item429c1db701:g:vdEAAOSwKKBm-~vT&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmhdPyEGAlJ0BwlOmFj7%2BwASJe1V08codo0adS7orAg1NBicMP45gMhL9R41k7FoZlhNW%2F8JYcILJZJVJLsADvTJ9vJ%2FIxz9Bze1kk22PVH%2FSHPzEM%2FlrT5SQvTmC8eQ%2FD1IRx%2F%2B7qgEjbOpxhAyQ2cGn1wCREGvasd3msySgpJSVIX2WYkYsv7cz78o6JmrX%2FfF%2FSERy8D2glicimJRBVpv1Hp2VafPg9%2FDKQrQj2RLc6OSaoge9bdDy944rQVNqBCi6xEgoffD8XKAPB2yXcm%2FP%2BBMx700kLpejbPnZCfdA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8yGmruVZQ

[Stinkwheel]

56 minutes ago, jon.k said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286087034625?_skw=citroen+2cv&itmmeta=01JJNV6GCVXZ3QVEX5CKWS3B39&hash=item429c1db701:g:vdEAAOSwKKBm-~vT&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmhdPyEGAlJ0BwlOmFj7%2BwASJe1V08codo0adS7orAg1NBicMP45gMhL9R41k7FoZlhNW%2F8JYcILJZJVJLsADvTJ9vJ%2FIxz9Bze1kk22PVH%2FSHPzEM%2FlrT5SQvTmC8eQ%2FD1IRx%2F%2B7qgEjbOpxhAyQ2cGn1wCREGvasd3msySgpJSVIX2WYkYsv7cz78o6JmrX%2FfF%2FSERy8D2glicimJRBVpv1Hp2VafPg9%2FDKQrQj2RLc6OSaoge9bdDy944rQVNqBCi6xEgoffD8XKAPB2yXcm%2FP%2BBMx700kLpejbPnZCfdA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8yGmruVZQ

Right in as much as 'find another this good' but it would still irk me to pay the price they were new 25 years ago. Its also been for sale for quite a long time. The seller may be getting confused with the old 'now rare = valuable' thought process

[Bmwdumptruck]

Thats double what they were new. Mine was a 95, bought it as a finance repo with about the same mileage on it for around £4000 inc vat. Seem to recall they were around the £4000 plus vat mark new.  My new Peugoet bought in 05 that replaced it was only £7500, although that was a cracking deal playing two dealers against each other.