Citroen XM Forum

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!

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

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.

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...