1999 Citroen Saxo VTR? The long and winding road....

[Kitchski]

miken2k8 said:

I'd really love a vts to be honest my first car was a 1.1 posi blue 52 plate desire. had it from 2009 to 2015. Loved it was fun to drive as well. Missed the boat for prices though you would need about 2k to get a decent well looked after one now. Can't justify that. Thinking of just getting a c2 vts for about a grand for an 09. Not as raw but 0-60 8 seconds and 35-40mpg not bad.

I think decent VTS' still pop up quite cheaply, and fortunately they'll always be the less sought-after cousin of the Peugeot 106 GTi. I expect very early, original cars will creep up to decent money, but typically the later ones (particularly the ph2) do pop up from time to time. Personally, I'd buy a chavved one and then make it my 'project' to un-chav it! The parts are still out there. Even a VTR would be worthwhile, if it was something like a '96 spec (grey dials/keypad immobiliser).

C2 VTS? Mmmm. Drive one. It's not the same thing (though a 'Code' edition in Iron Grey looks nice).

Shadow R1 said:

Superb write up.

You must be easily pleased! Thanks

outnumbered said:

Glad you could be arsed to do the writeup - very entertaining. The thing that always hits me about the M20/M25 when coming back from abroad is how st the road surface is. I'd done 2000 miles in Europe with the kids in the back of my CSL without any complaints, as soon as we hit the M20, they're moaning about how uncomfortable my stupid car is...

I know. Even the smoothest surfaces in the UK don't seem a match for the same in France (though France has its fair share of awful roads, too!) But the motorways and major roads are normally pristine. It's like the type of aspalt they use is a finer grain, or something. The downside, I found, was wet-weather driving!

The other thing I notice is how few broken down cars they seem to have. I don't think we passed any, yet in the UK there's something on the hard shoulder every day. Stricter annual tests perhaps?

mattfuey said:

Glad to see its back in use, makes me miss mine even more!!

As an aside, my VTS used to do the cutting out whilst driving thing, and I seem to remember I had to repair the loom to the crankshaft sensor as it had gone brittle and was breaking down. Also had a new injector loom. Seem to remember I did the injector loom first, then the crankshaft sensor bit and then that particular problem was solved. Could be talking rubbish though as it was 10 years ago!

Thanks for that. I agree, I think there's a good chance there's a 20yr old French wire somewhere that's had a life of sitting next to something hot, or sharp. I can see me pulling the loom out and stripping it all back at this rate! Crankshaft one shouldn't be the issue, as the rev counter keeps reading. It's like it just loses the spark and the fuel. I suspect it's related to the feed to/from the main relay under the ECU.

stichill99 said:

Excellent really enjoyable write up! Plus your photos are excellent. I have seen countless pics of cars at Reims but they are all the same where yours show some originality.Well done!

Wow! Really? I know nothing about photography (like many Instagram 'photographers', I imagine!) I just see something and snap it. All the Reims Circuit and Aulnay pics were taken on my camera (Canon EOS200D), but the rest was just my phone (Honor View 20).

[Kitchski]

Holy thread revival!

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of my wife buying this car, so to celebrate I (finally) did a video about the story on it.

https://youtu.be/2NEV65W-pnQ

(I'm not going back through this thread to find I've got loads of the dates wrong...)