Back in The Fold
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:01 pm
Hi, after a 2 year abscence I have finally bought another XM.
It is a LHD 1998 3.0 V6 Exclusive.
Half leather, heated front seats, cruise, climate etc.
Advertised on Leboncoin as spares or repairs it seemed too good to let it go for parts and after various calls to the seller a deal was done.
It is a 2 owner car, 225k kms from new and a large file with service history, every oil change, sphere change, tyre change etc and came with 4 New Michelin M+S tyres fitted to steel wheels.
There were a few faults that the seller described as major, that he felt he could not cope with and was effecting his enjoyment of the car. namely:
Timing belt due, drivers window not working, air bag light illuminated, rip in front seat, remote only working the key and one leak from a brake pipe, faded paint on the roof.
The car had passed it's CT(MOT) in April this year without any advisories.
The owner had used the same Citroen garage for the last 6 years of his ownership and after receiving a very large estimate for the repairs decided to try and sell it before scrapping it.
So after getting it collected last week it is now waiting for a bit of TLC, not that it needs much to get it back to it's former glory.
A few pics are here.
The drivers window is fixed, just a broken cable, air bag replaced and the leak repaired, so just the blip, seat repair and paint to get done at a later date.
Next week will be the timing belt (many thanks for the replies to the question I asked).
So thankfully another one saved, he had received offers of 150 euros as scrap, and hopefully many more kms to come.
I have never had one of the last V6 's, had an earlier RHD V6 and the last one was a 2.5 D Exclusive so it will be interesting to compare them. It is not probably going to be the everyday car, got the 2cv van for that but it will get used as much as possible.
Regards
Mark
It is a LHD 1998 3.0 V6 Exclusive.
Half leather, heated front seats, cruise, climate etc.
Advertised on Leboncoin as spares or repairs it seemed too good to let it go for parts and after various calls to the seller a deal was done.
It is a 2 owner car, 225k kms from new and a large file with service history, every oil change, sphere change, tyre change etc and came with 4 New Michelin M+S tyres fitted to steel wheels.
There were a few faults that the seller described as major, that he felt he could not cope with and was effecting his enjoyment of the car. namely:
Timing belt due, drivers window not working, air bag light illuminated, rip in front seat, remote only working the key and one leak from a brake pipe, faded paint on the roof.
The car had passed it's CT(MOT) in April this year without any advisories.
The owner had used the same Citroen garage for the last 6 years of his ownership and after receiving a very large estimate for the repairs decided to try and sell it before scrapping it.
So after getting it collected last week it is now waiting for a bit of TLC, not that it needs much to get it back to it's former glory.
A few pics are here.
The drivers window is fixed, just a broken cable, air bag replaced and the leak repaired, so just the blip, seat repair and paint to get done at a later date.
Next week will be the timing belt (many thanks for the replies to the question I asked).
So thankfully another one saved, he had received offers of 150 euros as scrap, and hopefully many more kms to come.
I have never had one of the last V6 's, had an earlier RHD V6 and the last one was a 2.5 D Exclusive so it will be interesting to compare them. It is not probably going to be the everyday car, got the 2cv van for that but it will get used as much as possible.
Regards
Mark