Robert's 1.9TD Xantia

[robert_e_smart]

Evening Folks,

Yesterday I bought a nice little 1995 1.9TD VSX Xantia. The price was right, and it has only done 101K miles. Shes in quite good shape for her age. I'm going to use it until spring before I put the blue Xm back on the road for the summer. That is unless I can find another Xm to buy in the meantime.

[Dieselman]

My Father had that cars twin, bought as an Ex-demonstrator and owned until about 2 years ago. problems were limited to a pair of strut tops and a clutch at about 145k miles...Hmm..and not a lot else.

[jorgy]

I also just bought a Xantia Robert, but it's the 110HDi. I'm quite impressed with how refined it is overall. But I prefer the looks of the S1 Xantia.

The 2nd time I drove it, it burst a high pressure LHM pipe it seems! So we've not started very well...

cheers
G

[robert_e_smart]

I grew up with Xantias, they're great cars. But I still prefer the Xms! Better seats, and that bit bigger. I bought it as a temporary commuter to use when I go to University in February before I go on my next school placement.

I hope the Xantia doesn't frustrate you too much George, simple things on a Xm like changing door locks and ignition switches are a real pain in the Xantia (this has been my biggest gripe with working on a Xantia again).

Any pictures of your new car George?

[jorgy]

One lock is inoperative in mine. But I'm mostly worried of the heater matrix going after me having spent £££ on the car. What do u do with a Xantia when this happens (and u can't do the job yourself)...?? So although I'd like to tidy it up a bit, I'll probably wait and see how it behaves for a while.

I'll sure post photos when it's repaired and washed. At the moment it doesn't deserve any photo, I'm angry with it!

G

[robert_e_smart]

Heater matrices are doable. Budget a good weekend and the price of a new windscreen and you'll be grand. The matrix itself isn't all that expensive, I think they're £40-45 now.