Citroen BX Estate

[bmthnick1981]

Excellent story!

[chunkymonkey71]

Love it!

It's your duty to keep that car alive!!!

[S10GTA]

olly22n said:

We need an update!

Well Kitch's twins are now three years old, and he has an 8 month old too.

Oh, the BX you mean....its still in the barn ::

[LouD86]

Mr S10 GTA. Your named as Si. Wouldnt be Si who once owned a red civic saloon would it be? Trying to think of who I knew in the citroen clan back in the old days when Kitch used to be an aquantance

[S10GTA]

No, that's Si who went down under. He was a friend of Itchy. I'm the Si that used to own the green xantia activa with black multispokes.

[LouD86]

Ahhh yes I remember you, you may remember myself with the Micra?

I remember Itchy too!! All you french nutters!! Who had the lovely 309 Goodwood(perhaps, maybe gti) on 48's

[DHE]

I ended up putting a tweed interior in my BX 14e, the rear central armrest took the interior to a new level of comfort. Good story.

[S10GTA]

olly22n said:

We need an update!

I went and visited The Estate last weekend. It is now a genuine barn find...



With it's own ivy

[DHE]

Will it start though?

[S10GTA]

DHE said:

Will it start though?

Ah fksticks, I have just realised parking it front in was pretty retarded.

[ridds]

S10GTA said:

Ah fksticks, I have just realised parking it front in was pretty retarded.

whoops! Awesome thread!

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Great stuff - I remember when this thread was first posted.

I know how you feel - I have really bonded with my Volvo, like it's an old dog or an old pair of boots.

[Erwin1978]

Nice post! Gotta love those quirky French cars. My father-in-law had a BX in the early 90s, quite comfortable as to be expected and only issue I can recall is the silencer falling off. Unlike the 2 Xantia's he owned afterwards...
I never realized there were 4x4 versions of the BX to? Just checkecd and found a BG GTi 4x4 here in the Netherlands, only EUR4k from a specialist.... mind you, there are only 17BX's for sale!? Would love to have a 4x4 BX estate, were these ever made?

[DHE]

I'm sure they were, vague recollection of a GTI 4x4 estate as well.

Edit to add http://www.bx16valve.co.uk/Files/4x4.pdf

Edited by DHE on Sunday 2nd September 14:01

[Kitchski]

Well it's pretty simple - we'll figure out how long it's been there and then go and film it being started. We'll take bets on how many attempts we need!

Si? What you think?

[vit4]

Get this back on the road!

[Erwin1978]

whooooo... massive want, thanks for the link! There must be some 4x4 Estates left in France... How much does one need for a family? Spacious, comfortable, handles snow, cheap(ish), quirky enough to be cool and keeps dad away from the pub... sorry for the off topic but you've ignited the old BX flame!

DHE said:

I'm sure they were, vague recollection of a GTI 4x4 estate as well.

Edit to add http://www.bx16valve.co.uk/Files/4x4.pdf

Edited by DHE on Sunday 2nd September 14:01

[Kitchski]

The Estate lived!

Think that was after a 3 year lay up in 2010. And when I say lay up, I mean we just park it up and disconnect the battery.

[S10GTA]

Kitchski said:

The Estate lived!

Think that was after a 3 year lay up in 2010. And when I say lay up, I mean we just park it up and disconnect the battery.

Ah, the classic XUD sound

[NiceCupOfTea]

Great thread! A pal of mine had a white BX of some description in the late 90s and I remember it having a great ride! Very much like 80s Citroens, especially CXes but I can't help feeling that a BX would be a more reliable prospect!