Here I go again.... Citroen XM luxo-barge content
Discussion
S10GTA said:
Exactly, why would you not need an electric armrest?!
I think it probably is. I need to find the official reasoning behind it. I have just purchased an excellent XM book, which should be here within the next few days.
Im going for, you can open the boot, without altering the internal air, temprature and humidity, something random liek that!I think it probably is. I need to find the official reasoning behind it. I have just purchased an excellent XM book, which should be here within the next few days.
Kitchski said:
S10GTA said:
Just done a little more minor stuff.
I back to blacked the A pillar area, which was a little worse for wear
And I did the same on the door handles
It's the little details that matter
More importantly......you're wearing sandles.I back to blacked the A pillar area, which was a little worse for wear
And I did the same on the door handles
It's the little details that matter
following with interest
Watchman said:
In the 1990s, before I qualified for a car/car allowance, I had one of these for a year from our pool. It was ace, beautifully smooth and had every conceivable electronic gadget (back then).
Mine was the 2.5 litre diesel (I think it was a 6-cyl), automatic, estate (so it was bigger than even yours), and went quite well for something that weighed as much as a small planet, and the seats were probably the most comfortable I've ever experienced in a car.
What really sold it to me was how it helped me get home from the Berkeley nuclear power station in Gloucestershire, where I was working at the time. Bizzarely there was only a single country lane for accessing the site (or the Severn estuary which was treacherous). A nuclear power station without any way of running away or getting emergency services there in a hurry. Very odd.. !! The lane was lower than the surrounding countryside so when we had the floods in 1998, the access road started to fill-up very quickly.
I sloped-off early that day, so I wouldn't get stuck at work overnight (people did). As I approached the road it was already deep, and the water was moving very fast from left to right. The XM has a lever next to the gear lever which raises the suspension around 8 to 10 inches. I thought this was so you could unshroud the rear wheels from the flat-topped wheelarches in the event you needed to change the wheels, and I also thought you weren't supposed to drive it with the suspension fully raised however I've since learned otherwise. Anyway, with the suspension raised, I drove through fast moving water that was lapping around the bottom of the side windows. I was crapping myself and especially because with an automatic I had no way of keeping the revs up without going too fast. I kept it in first gear to try and limit the speed and even managed to create a bow wave for a while before we started going too fast. I had bitten off more than I was comfortable with, so I thought only to get as far through it as I could, even if it meant killing the car.
The flood was about 120 metres in length, and window-deep for a good half of that. When we crawled out of the other side, the car conked out. I sincerely thought I'd killed it but cranked it over a fair while until it fired on *some* of the available cylinders - but not all. After leaving it idling for a few mins, I set of - limiting it to 2nd gear so I could rev it a bit and, hopefully, dry it out. It was lumpy for a few miles but the plan worked and by the time we got to the M5 it was running fine.
I kept that car for about 5 months after that, and never had a single issue with it. I did suspect that it might not make a long-term proposition for someone, especially that it would now (thanks to me) probably rust to nothing within 5 years if the electrics didn't self-distruct first, however I was sorry to see it go. I considered making an offer for it but found out the price the lease company was looking for which was above my capabilities then. Well, it was only (then) a 2 year old car.
Good story! 2.5TD was actually a 4-pot motor taken from the PSA range of vans. It was ancient and not terribly great! The 2.1TD was a good engine, but was still only 110bhp or so. Mind you, in those days that was acceptable in the class.Mine was the 2.5 litre diesel (I think it was a 6-cyl), automatic, estate (so it was bigger than even yours), and went quite well for something that weighed as much as a small planet, and the seats were probably the most comfortable I've ever experienced in a car.
What really sold it to me was how it helped me get home from the Berkeley nuclear power station in Gloucestershire, where I was working at the time. Bizzarely there was only a single country lane for accessing the site (or the Severn estuary which was treacherous). A nuclear power station without any way of running away or getting emergency services there in a hurry. Very odd.. !! The lane was lower than the surrounding countryside so when we had the floods in 1998, the access road started to fill-up very quickly.
I sloped-off early that day, so I wouldn't get stuck at work overnight (people did). As I approached the road it was already deep, and the water was moving very fast from left to right. The XM has a lever next to the gear lever which raises the suspension around 8 to 10 inches. I thought this was so you could unshroud the rear wheels from the flat-topped wheelarches in the event you needed to change the wheels, and I also thought you weren't supposed to drive it with the suspension fully raised however I've since learned otherwise. Anyway, with the suspension raised, I drove through fast moving water that was lapping around the bottom of the side windows. I was crapping myself and especially because with an automatic I had no way of keeping the revs up without going too fast. I kept it in first gear to try and limit the speed and even managed to create a bow wave for a while before we started going too fast. I had bitten off more than I was comfortable with, so I thought only to get as far through it as I could, even if it meant killing the car.
The flood was about 120 metres in length, and window-deep for a good half of that. When we crawled out of the other side, the car conked out. I sincerely thought I'd killed it but cranked it over a fair while until it fired on *some* of the available cylinders - but not all. After leaving it idling for a few mins, I set of - limiting it to 2nd gear so I could rev it a bit and, hopefully, dry it out. It was lumpy for a few miles but the plan worked and by the time we got to the M5 it was running fine.
I kept that car for about 5 months after that, and never had a single issue with it. I did suspect that it might not make a long-term proposition for someone, especially that it would now (thanks to me) probably rust to nothing within 5 years if the electrics didn't self-distruct first, however I was sorry to see it go. I considered making an offer for it but found out the price the lease company was looking for which was above my capabilities then. Well, it was only (then) a 2 year old car.
Kitchski said:
Good story! 2.5TD was actually a 4-pot motor taken from the PSA range of vans. It was ancient and not terribly great! The 2.1TD was a good engine, but was still only 110bhp or so. Mind you, in those days that was acceptable in the class.
Really? Well, it wasn't fast in any sense of the word but because it felt heavy and it was my first auto-box (all my own subsequent cars have been autos - this one confirmed what a great idea an auto was for me with the amount of commuting I do annually), it had a sense of "inevitability" about it's acceleration - as though nothing could stop it.Watchman said:
Kitchski said:
Good story! 2.5TD was actually a 4-pot motor taken from the PSA range of vans. It was ancient and not terribly great! The 2.1TD was a good engine, but was still only 110bhp or so. Mind you, in those days that was acceptable in the class.
Really? Well, it wasn't fast in any sense of the word but because it felt heavy and it was my first auto-box (all my own subsequent cars have been autos - this one confirmed what a great idea an auto was for me with the amount of commuting I do annually), it had a sense of "inevitability" about it's acceleration - as though nothing could stop it.
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