Matthew's 2.5td Exclusive

[Sesquialtera]

So, continuing from the New Members' section, here shall follow all the news that's fit to print on my recently acquired 2.5td Exclusive, acquired on April 2nd with a shade under 55,000 miles. It's had one previous owner, a French businessman in London. I thus suspect it has done more than its fair share of urban journeys and not had as much chance to stretch its legs as it might have liked. I have taken it for some trips along fast A-roads and it's certainly rewarding to drive. My other car is a 1.1 C2 so the difference is torque is certainly marked!

An MOT was carried out when I bought it so that's all fine for a year. However, I can't help but wonder if a visit to a specialist might be sensible, particularly since the ride seems to be a bit firm and juddery at high speeds. It would give peace of mind if a specialist looked it over and be a good footing on which to begin ownership. It was maintained at a main dealer throughout its life with the last owner but was traded in over a year ago so hasn't had any specialist (or even Citroen garage!) attention in that time. Would such a visit be sensible at this stage?

It's got a few cosmetic things that need doing. At the moment the list is as follows:

Waxoyl or equivalent (advice welcomed please!)
Door/bumper trim
Alloys refurbished
Drivers' doorstrap (doesn't currently have one)
LH display is almost pixel-less
Three window regs needs replacing

It looks nice in the sunshine...





The upholstery is in reasonable shape:



I've wanted an XM since I was extremely young so I'm thrilled to finally have one. Will endeavour to keep it well maintained and will update as and when!

[xantia_v6]

The high speed judder could easily be caused by old, hard and flat-spotted tyres. Check the date codes on the tyres.

[citroenxm]

Are you comming down to X rally Leicestershire this comming weekend??

I should be able to supply you a drivers door strap..

Which window regulators are out.. i think passenger rears and front passengers are the same as all others..

On ebay at the moment is an R reg 2.1 td auto breaking.. might be worth the window winder though the car looks too good to break a shame really.

[Sesquialtera]

Afraid I can't be there this weekend as I have been away in foreign parts all week and won't be back until Monday. A shame about the clash as I would really have liked to have been there! Thanks for the doorstrap offer - will send a message. Only the offside rear window currently works - if I was choosing only one to work it wouldn't be that one! The car was supplied with a spare reg for the other rear window but I've not had chance to attend to it yet. I'd like to get the drivers' window sorted before I come unstuck at a car park barrier! I'd seen the 2.1 on eBay - will contact them when I'm home as there might be a few items that would be useful. A coincidence that it has the same interior as mine and a shame it being broken - I wonder what was wrong with it...