1999 Citroen Saxo VTR? The long and winding road....
Discussion
Kitchski said:
adammcs said:
No mate I don’t think it’s probably in a scrap yard somewhere lol I’ve got a e46 m3 now
I think most kitted Saxos got broken up in the end, when tastes changed and they were suddenly uncool. You must have spent a lot of money on that though! 
adammcs said:
Kitchski said:
adammcs said:
No mate I don’t think it’s probably in a scrap yard somewhere lol I’ve got a e46 m3 now
I think most kitted Saxos got broken up in the end, when tastes changed and they were suddenly uncool. You must have spent a lot of money on that though! Hello Kitchski, reading this I can't help smile. I've had many Saxos and had the same sort of thoughts feelings problems as yourself!
This was my first car, a Furio with 39k in 2011; which I made the mistake of lowering on 16 inch wheels! Looked the dogs though!
Still hooked! My girlfriend runs a VTS in summer! Currently off road with some big work required!
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Have a scan of my thread!
Great that these cars have are receiving some love these days rather than just abuse!
Regards, Danny.
This was my first car, a Furio with 39k in 2011; which I made the mistake of lowering on 16 inch wheels! Looked the dogs though!
Still hooked! My girlfriend runs a VTS in summer! Currently off road with some big work required!
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Have a scan of my thread!
Great that these cars have are receiving some love these days rather than just abuse!
Regards, Danny.
Edited by Willo26 on Saturday 24th November 19:21
Led here via the front page. I'm going to work in a few hours to start a night shift and this thread has cheered me right up. Very well written.
I'm gonna find your other threads to give me something to read tonight!
You've also led me searching classifieds for something to work on in my spare time!
I'm gonna find your other threads to give me something to read tonight!
You've also led me searching classifieds for something to work on in my spare time!
I love these cars so much
the first day I passed my test as an 18yr old and went out for a spin in my 1.0 lupo I saw a lowered loud vts with a bunch of young bad boyz tail gating a diesel 3 series on the motorway at 100mph ! I was in awe
when lowered they sit so close to the ground, looks like a sports car compared to modern hatch driving positions.
a real go kart.
some day I'll buy a vts, tune it, reduce weight, get proper suspension and make an ultimate road saxo!
the first day I passed my test as an 18yr old and went out for a spin in my 1.0 lupo I saw a lowered loud vts with a bunch of young bad boyz tail gating a diesel 3 series on the motorway at 100mph ! I was in awe
when lowered they sit so close to the ground, looks like a sports car compared to modern hatch driving positions.
a real go kart.
some day I'll buy a vts, tune it, reduce weight, get proper suspension and make an ultimate road saxo!
I owned a Poseiden blue Saxo VTR from new back in 1999. Was a fun car to be fair and at the time 2 years free insurance which was a great deal for someone under 25. I ran it for 7 years and had no issues at all so all good. I have checked recently for the MOT status and it is sadly no more.
adammcs said:
No I bought it already done up
Ah, so I suppose on one hand you've got an excuse..... 
stew-STR160 said:
Crikey this brings back memories of SSC...
The first car forum I ever ventured on to! (icey_furio was my username)Willo26 said:
Hello Kitchski, reading this I can't help smile. I've had many Saxos and had the same sort of thoughts feelings problems as yourself!
This was my first car, a Furio with 39k in 2011; which I made the mistake of lowering on 16 inch wheels! Looked the dogs though!
Still hooked! My girlfriend runs a VTS in summer! Currently off road with some big work required!
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Have a scan of my thread!
Great that these cars have are receiving some love these days rather than just abuse!
Regards, Danny.
Ah yes, 16's on a 1.4 Saxo. And at the time, you thought they were better too, right?!This was my first car, a Furio with 39k in 2011; which I made the mistake of lowering on 16 inch wheels! Looked the dogs though!
Still hooked! My girlfriend runs a VTS in summer! Currently off road with some big work required!
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Have a scan of my thread!
Great that these cars have are receiving some love these days rather than just abuse!
Regards, Danny.
Yours is much shinier though...
smiley_boy2501 said:
Led here via the front page. I'm going to work in a few hours to start a night shift and this thread has cheered me right up. Very well written.
I'm gonna find your other threads to give me something to read tonight!
You've also led me searching classifieds for something to work on in my spare time!
I didn't know what you meant until I saw the front page (and then the bender that is S10 sent me a Whatsapp message about 5 mins later!)I'm gonna find your other threads to give me something to read tonight!
You've also led me searching classifieds for something to work on in my spare time!
Hope reading the other threads didn't get you into any bother, as falling asleep on the job is generally frowned upon!
WCZ said:
I love these cars so much
the first day I passed my test as an 18yr old and went out for a spin in my 1.0 lupo I saw a lowered loud vts with a bunch of young bad boyz tail gating a diesel 3 series on the motorway at 100mph ! I was in awe
This one will stick to the back end of a standard (I assume) 330d. Ask me how I know the first day I passed my test as an 18yr old and went out for a spin in my 1.0 lupo I saw a lowered loud vts with a bunch of young bad boyz tail gating a diesel 3 series on the motorway at 100mph ! I was in awe
FK2R said:
I owned a Poseiden blue Saxo VTR from new back in 1999. Was a fun car to be fair and at the time 2 years free insurance which was a great deal for someone under 25. I ran it for 7 years and had no issues at all so all good. I have checked recently for the MOT status and it is sadly no more.
Nothing abnormal there. I think they'll be down to three digits before long. The value isn't in them to warrant keeping them going for most people, with only the mk1 VTS likely to stand a real chance of going up in value, and they're pretty rare.Better give the thread a quick update, seeing as I've been receiving emails and messages with the likes of "You know your missus' Saxo is on the front page of Pistonheads?" Or another wrote: "Have you seen this?! Why are they fussed about a crappy Saxo!?"
Also...."You're a t
t, and I hope bad things happen to you!" That came through last week. Nothing to do with a car.
But yes, 'tis true:
Certainly put a smile on my wife's face last night! I remember they (hello PH researchers!) picked up the AX GT a year or so ago, and did a similar thing. I remember initially thinking "Wow, that's really cool. They appreciate what I'm doing!"
I then began to wonder if I was the 'bait' in today's clickbait culture. 'Come and look at what this numpty is doing! Spending all his time and efforts on an old AX!' Nah, I'll go with the first one. This is PH, after all - people like reading about cars, even old shonky ones (or if you're like me, specifically the old shonky ones!)
The Saxo isn't too shonky, to be fair. And plans have been laid which will freshen the old warhorse up further. Discussions with my wife have been held, and seeing as she is the owner and has overall say in the direction the car will take, I had to see what my instructions were.
Happily, she's thinking along the same lines I am, regards many of the jobs above. Essentially, she wants to bring it back to how it looked when she first owned it (the two pics below the Nova SR at the top of the page). There's the small matter of it having a black 106 GTi leather interior, and the even smaller matter of the ~130bhp VTS lump now sitting in the front, but in all other regards, we're going original. She wants to make it look, feel and sound respectable; Like she's driving it by choice, rather than because she can't afford anything newer. And, make it more grown-up, because it can be child-like whenever the throttle is poked, or the steering snatched. For all other occasions, we want it as relaxed and sensible as a Saxo can possibly be. The car will continue as a daily commuter into 2019, too
So, first up was a change of gearknob. I have no pictures of this, but the original gearknob is back on. You'll have to take my word for that.
Secondly, an eBay session to find some headlights. It's hard to put into words how exciting it is to go and hunt parts down on eBay....assuming you find what you're after. Happily, I did - less than £60 later and two brand new headlamps have arrived at the workshop:
Then it was time to hunt around for some rims. I know I have the rims, but I don't remember what condition they were in. I know I needed tyres, but I didn't want to order tyres until I knew I had rims.
Luckily, I haz rimz:
And, is if by magic, I haz tyrez too:
Dunlop BlueResponse tyres, to be precise. Affectionately referred to as 'BlueRinses' by the TVR S-Series fraternity, these tyres are probably the best I could find in the original 185/55R14 fitment. Only H-rated, but then fortunately so was the car! I drive a lot of TVRs on these tyres, and they're a slightly more 'sporting' compound to the similar Dunlops I fitted to the mega-miles AX GT. They roll so quietly, and grip so well that I didn't want anything else on it.
Looking forward to driving it on these, especially as the wheels are so light (they must each be 1kg lighter than the VTS rims), and with the thicker sidewalls the ride & NVH should improve, as well as allowing the handling to be slightly more forgiving. And for my money, they're among the best looking rims ever fitted to a production car, in terms of how good they looked on the finished article. Just a shame they're a bit tired, but budget doesn't stretch to a full refurb yet, sadly. In time we will, but with winter around the corner, there probably isn't much point!
I prepared the wheels for tyre fitting this morning. They weren't looking too clever inside:
A quick going over with the wire brush later, and they could at least accept wheel weights!:
Sadly, the tyres are still not on the rims. Why? You'll spot in the centre of the wheels, in the pictures above, that there is no centre cap. The wheels have solid centres, just like a 205 GTi would have done (the 14in version anyway). The tyre guy I use doesn't have the adapter, and so the rims don't have the tyres yet. Nuts.
I've amassed a load of parts ready for the car now, so it'll be a case of picking this up when the space is here to attack it. The stuttering and cutting out seems to be worsening, so I won't be waiting too long! Expect pictures of it in bits in the near future...
Also...."You're a t
t, and I hope bad things happen to you!" That came through last week. Nothing to do with a car.But yes, 'tis true:
Certainly put a smile on my wife's face last night! I remember they (hello PH researchers!) picked up the AX GT a year or so ago, and did a similar thing. I remember initially thinking "Wow, that's really cool. They appreciate what I'm doing!"
I then began to wonder if I was the 'bait' in today's clickbait culture. 'Come and look at what this numpty is doing! Spending all his time and efforts on an old AX!' Nah, I'll go with the first one. This is PH, after all - people like reading about cars, even old shonky ones (or if you're like me, specifically the old shonky ones!)
The Saxo isn't too shonky, to be fair. And plans have been laid which will freshen the old warhorse up further. Discussions with my wife have been held, and seeing as she is the owner and has overall say in the direction the car will take, I had to see what my instructions were.
Happily, she's thinking along the same lines I am, regards many of the jobs above. Essentially, she wants to bring it back to how it looked when she first owned it (the two pics below the Nova SR at the top of the page). There's the small matter of it having a black 106 GTi leather interior, and the even smaller matter of the ~130bhp VTS lump now sitting in the front, but in all other regards, we're going original. She wants to make it look, feel and sound respectable; Like she's driving it by choice, rather than because she can't afford anything newer. And, make it more grown-up, because it can be child-like whenever the throttle is poked, or the steering snatched. For all other occasions, we want it as relaxed and sensible as a Saxo can possibly be. The car will continue as a daily commuter into 2019, too
So, first up was a change of gearknob. I have no pictures of this, but the original gearknob is back on. You'll have to take my word for that.
Secondly, an eBay session to find some headlights. It's hard to put into words how exciting it is to go and hunt parts down on eBay....assuming you find what you're after. Happily, I did - less than £60 later and two brand new headlamps have arrived at the workshop:
Then it was time to hunt around for some rims. I know I have the rims, but I don't remember what condition they were in. I know I needed tyres, but I didn't want to order tyres until I knew I had rims.
Luckily, I haz rimz:
And, is if by magic, I haz tyrez too:
Dunlop BlueResponse tyres, to be precise. Affectionately referred to as 'BlueRinses' by the TVR S-Series fraternity, these tyres are probably the best I could find in the original 185/55R14 fitment. Only H-rated, but then fortunately so was the car! I drive a lot of TVRs on these tyres, and they're a slightly more 'sporting' compound to the similar Dunlops I fitted to the mega-miles AX GT. They roll so quietly, and grip so well that I didn't want anything else on it.
Looking forward to driving it on these, especially as the wheels are so light (they must each be 1kg lighter than the VTS rims), and with the thicker sidewalls the ride & NVH should improve, as well as allowing the handling to be slightly more forgiving. And for my money, they're among the best looking rims ever fitted to a production car, in terms of how good they looked on the finished article. Just a shame they're a bit tired, but budget doesn't stretch to a full refurb yet, sadly. In time we will, but with winter around the corner, there probably isn't much point!
I prepared the wheels for tyre fitting this morning. They weren't looking too clever inside:
A quick going over with the wire brush later, and they could at least accept wheel weights!:
Sadly, the tyres are still not on the rims. Why? You'll spot in the centre of the wheels, in the pictures above, that there is no centre cap. The wheels have solid centres, just like a 205 GTi would have done (the 14in version anyway). The tyre guy I use doesn't have the adapter, and so the rims don't have the tyres yet. Nuts.
I've amassed a load of parts ready for the car now, so it'll be a case of picking this up when the space is here to attack it. The stuttering and cutting out seems to be worsening, so I won't be waiting too long! Expect pictures of it in bits in the near future...
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