RE: Shed Of The Week: Citroen Saxo VTR

[raceboy]

Had one 'on the fleet' some years ago, not exactly the best photo to evaluate ride height, didn't drive it much but remember it being quite fun and according to AskMid it's still alive.
The shed on here looks like it's only just fit for banger racing, that car has had a hard life.

[Howard-]

There's nothing unmolested about that. What a ghastly piece of st.

[steve1386]

Awful steaming piles of crap.

Bought largely by idiots, driven like even bigger idiots, and you'd be lucky to survive a crash in one at anything above 20.

This is a car I wish was never invented!

[angelicupstarts]

steve1386 said:

Awful steaming piles of crap.

Bought largely by idiots, driven like even bigger idiots, and you'd be lucky to survive a crash in one at anything above 20.

This is a car I wish was never invented!

stop beating around the bush , what are you trying to say ?

[GranCab]

I wouldn't say they were flimsy but ... this one was hit by a low flying pigeon

[jiggawhat2k]

I had one for about 6 months. 2x gearboxes later and I was sick of it. Also you literally need tiny child feet to drive one, pedals are so close together. Had to have a pair of driving shoes like my mum. Buzzed around nicely when it worked though.

[Brompty]

There is something very wrong with this car. Panel gaps are all over the place; the front offside headlight is no longer attached; the front offside bonnet and trim is all over the place. The ride height is wrong, etc etc. No, not a good shed this week; must try harder.

[white_goodman]

So this or last week's pristine Escort Encore?

[white_goodman]

Not in the PH classifieds but for 50 quid more, this one looks way nicer and more standard.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Weren't these more like 98/100bhp?

[mini95]

I bought a VTR new in 1998, I had an AX diesel at the time and it was actually cheaper to buy new than the ex demo I went to look at. I loved that car, my first new one which I sold to my dad when I got my first company car.

It then got sold to a girl that fitted crappy Lexus style rear lights then smashed it up. I would have another original one again!

[Zedboy1200]

Perhaps it's my age (I prefer the term retro), but I chuckled all through this week's read ... great journalism :-)

[carl_w]

GranCab said:

I wouldn't say they were flimsy but ... this one was hit by a low flying pigeon

Conversely this one was rolled corner over corner at Honington. Every panel bent, no glass broken, started and ran OK.

[Kitchski]

white_goodman said:

Not in the PH classifieds but for 50 quid more, this one looks way nicer and more standard.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Weren't these more like 98/100bhp?

Bloody hell, that's a much better one!

98bhp from 2001 onwards. Head had slightly bigger valves, couple of minor tweaks etc. Not far off S2 Rallye setup, and they do feel a bit pokier than the 90bhp ones.

Legend has it that some VTRs have the sports gearset fitted too (ratios used in Rallyes, VTS, AX GT etc), but strangely nobody knows which models got it

[Hub]

Yes I'm surprised it took so long for the dodgy panel gaps to get mentioned - just look at the front! Wheels are horrible too. Shed author needs to go to Specsavers if they think it is "smart looking" and "unmolested". (Oh and I think MOT reference to indicators being the incorrect colour normally just means the bulbs are so old the paint has peeled off to clear rather than necessarily a chavvy modification!)

[HardMiles]

probably chalk said:

I can't think of anything to say.

This is brilliant, quite possibly the best response I've read on a fiverum ever!!!!

[crumblingsills]

Dark forces have been at work with the suspension. ...most likely slammed/scraped and then dubiously unpimped....still better shedtastic unmolested examples of this out there surely?.....like most Citroëns of this era if you got a good un then they were generally ok....if you got a bad one........

[bennyboydurham]

These cars (the boggo version anyhow, never drove the cooking ones) had terrible brakes. Like 'oh I need to brake,BRAKE, BRAAAAKE' kind of brakes.

[lucido grigio]

HardMiles said:

probably chalk said:

I can't think of anything to say.

This is brilliant, quite possibly the best response I've read on a fiverum ever!!!!

"Fiverum " ?

Do you holiday in Elevenerife ?.....

Horrid fragile shed BTW.

[Brompty]

white_goodman said:

So this or last week's pristine Escort Encore?

I think I'd rather walk...

[BFleming]

Brompty said:

white_goodman said:

So this or last week's pristine Escort Encore?

I think I'd rather walk...

I'm sure a rusty floorpan would allow you to do both.