Re: Steve Berry's Citroen XM - Crunch!
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:59 pm
OK I'll own up, I was the winning bidder on this.
It was a last second impulse bid, purely because it appeared to be selling for less than scrap value and it wasn't all that far from me in Surrey.
I had no idea of the damage to the rear quarter or the rear door, as the ebay pic cunningly hides this, but I think I would have bought it anyway, the damage is not great and there is a possibility it could be repaired by one of these paintless dent repair specialists. We will see.
I had no idea who Steve Berry was, I met him at St. Pancras train station on the morning after auction ended, I was very short on time as I had to get on the road to N. Wales. He wasn't able to produce a V5, when I asked him where it was he said he had sent it off to dvla and would post the new one when it arrived. He also said the car had a long mot.
The penny dropped a couple of hours later when I waiting for the RAC after running out of fuel less than a mile away in central London (he had handed the car over to me running on fumes "you might want to put a bit of petrol in") that it's probably been declared a Cat C or D and as per insurance requirements he's had to relinquish the logbook to them, and that there would be no new V5 coming from dvla. There was also no sign of the 'current' mot amongst the paperwork, not that it would valid anyway if it's been declared an insurance write off. I paid a fee to check this later on and sure enough it was recorded as a Cat C write off on 7th August 2013. Will have to book it in for a VIC check.
Refueled the car and drove it back to Surrey, seemed to be quite smooth with plenty of power although engine management light keeps coming on and it seems to 'cough' now and then.
Condition is excellent, as someone else said here it's a minter. Mileage 42k and previous mot's correspond with this.
On my trip to Wales I acquired a shedload of car parts including 4 doors, mirrors, bonnet, wings and tailgate. Unfortunately in gunmetal grey but the glass is good and I have removed the necessary glass and intend to fit new glass to the car tomorrow or Wednesday then get it through a VIC and put a new mot on it. Then I will explore options for having the damage repaired.
I now have 4 XMs....and I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing with this one, it will probably be sold on at some point as I'd like to concentrate on getting the G reg one in running order.
It was a last second impulse bid, purely because it appeared to be selling for less than scrap value and it wasn't all that far from me in Surrey.
I had no idea of the damage to the rear quarter or the rear door, as the ebay pic cunningly hides this, but I think I would have bought it anyway, the damage is not great and there is a possibility it could be repaired by one of these paintless dent repair specialists. We will see.
I had no idea who Steve Berry was, I met him at St. Pancras train station on the morning after auction ended, I was very short on time as I had to get on the road to N. Wales. He wasn't able to produce a V5, when I asked him where it was he said he had sent it off to dvla and would post the new one when it arrived. He also said the car had a long mot.
The penny dropped a couple of hours later when I waiting for the RAC after running out of fuel less than a mile away in central London (he had handed the car over to me running on fumes "you might want to put a bit of petrol in") that it's probably been declared a Cat C or D and as per insurance requirements he's had to relinquish the logbook to them, and that there would be no new V5 coming from dvla. There was also no sign of the 'current' mot amongst the paperwork, not that it would valid anyway if it's been declared an insurance write off. I paid a fee to check this later on and sure enough it was recorded as a Cat C write off on 7th August 2013. Will have to book it in for a VIC check.
Refueled the car and drove it back to Surrey, seemed to be quite smooth with plenty of power although engine management light keeps coming on and it seems to 'cough' now and then.
Condition is excellent, as someone else said here it's a minter. Mileage 42k and previous mot's correspond with this.
On my trip to Wales I acquired a shedload of car parts including 4 doors, mirrors, bonnet, wings and tailgate. Unfortunately in gunmetal grey but the glass is good and I have removed the necessary glass and intend to fit new glass to the car tomorrow or Wednesday then get it through a VIC and put a new mot on it. Then I will explore options for having the damage repaired.
I now have 4 XMs....and I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing with this one, it will probably be sold on at some point as I'd like to concentrate on getting the G reg one in running order.
