Citroen XM Forum

Well, today has been an epic trip. Leaving Southampton station at 7am, getting home at 16.30, after heading to Ipswich and back.

I am now the proud owner of a series one XM, registered '93. Its a 2.0 petrol turbo with 150bhp, and an auto box. It has only 79700 miles on the clock, and quite a bit of history. It was owned by another XM club member before being sold to a random punter a few months ago, who hasn't really done much with it. He only purchased it as it was local, and he wanted something big and cheap, but decided it was to good to ruin, and consequently placed it up for sale.

Here it is











It was very good on the way home, covering nearly 200 miles without missing a beat. This was on less than £50 of fuel, so approx 30mpg. The ride is lovely and smooth, however the front wheels need balancing as there is quite a lot of shaking at 65-70mph.

It has electric everything, including an electric arm rest, which I never released was essential until today

Very chuffed with it currently. It needs a good clean inside and out, wheels balancing, and thats about it for now I think. Its taxed till Nov, as well as MOT'd till Nov. Now it's time to give it a clean!

Its had a quick wash, polish and wax now

Is that one of mathew T's ex cars.. looks like it.. nice buy.. good top spec and the BEST year to have. K , L or early M reg ones are the ones to go for...

Mathew T should be ppeased to see her back on here... If it is one of his ood cars that is...

It is indeed his old car. He and I need to discuss the history.

Just done a little more minor stuff.

I back to blacked the A pillar area, which was a little worse for wear



And I did the same on the door handles





It's the little details that matter

Nice one!! we hope to see you at cxm rally in little horwood september 8th weekend..

It is very nice to see that my earlier car has found such a good home and the only reasons for selling were I had another identical spec XM in Mandarin and a series one 24v in the same colour and trim. The plastic components certainly do come up nicely with a bit of silicone polish or something similar. I would be surprised if the front wheels needed balancing as I fitted new front tyres not so long ago, although there is just a chance weights might have worked loose from inside the rims as they are only stuck on. Hope to meet you and the car at CXM and I would be pleased to share my knowledge of the history! With regards, Matthew T.

Thanks Matthew. Quick question, what does the tiny button next to the flashing led do?

Thats the alarm and siren reset button in the event the remote plip fails and doesnt work...

It also diactivates the cabin motion sensors if you press it before turning the ignition off, if you leave a dog in the car or you want to leave the windows open or something like that.

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