1st drive in a Xantia.

CitroJim · Post by **CitroJim** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:07 pm

mds141 wrote:I think I've been bitten by the Xantia bug....over to ebay then!!

V6 or Activa Mark?

Malcolm Savoy has an Activa I believe

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:19 pm

Good luck Mark! Best bit of advice I can give any prospective Xantia owner is to not bother with an Activa! A nice series 1 vsx 1.9 TD is hard to beat!

CitroJim · Post by **CitroJim** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:22 pm

robert_e_smart wrote:Best bit of advice I can give any prospective Xantia owner is to not bother with an Activa!

Mark, reserve judgement until you've tried one

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:29 pm

Reserve judgement until it breaks your heart if you dare

CitroJim · Post by **CitroJim** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:32 pm

robert_e_smart wrote:Reserve judgement until it breaks your heart if you dare

Mine hasn't (yet) but by gosh it's been a close-run thing on occasions...

By way of explanation, an Activa is really an XM cunningly disguised as a Xantia... They behave in very similar ways and have some very similar traits...

Post by **russ92xmsed** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:36 pm

I have yet to sample the delights of an Activa. Hopefully Jims kind offer will remedy that. But my two ideal Xantia models...V6 for the noise

and a sinker VSX ideally.

Robert....sush. I know!!!

CitroJim · Post by **CitroJim** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:41 pm

russ92xmsed wrote:a sinker VSX ideally.

Now they are rather special Russ

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:51 pm

Activas are more heart ache than XMs Jim! Don't be tarnishing the xms exceptional reputation by saying its a xantia activa in disguise

Sinker Xantias are the way forward though. I would love a nice 1.9 D base car like our first Xantia in 1993.

Post by **russ92xmsed** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:54 pm

robert_e_smart wrote:Activas are more heart ache than XMs Jim! Don't be tarnishing the xms exceptional reputation by saying its a xantia activa in disguise

Sinker Xantias are the way forward though. I would love a nice 1.9 D base car like our first Xantia in 1993.

very good Robert.

That gold 1.9 on autotrader or eBay late last year was extremely tempting.

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:56 pm

It did look nice Russ, I love that colour too.

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