Oh please! XM estate on Ebay

Selling off one (or bits :o) of your XM collection, or perhaps searching for those elusive headlight washer covers? This is the place to do it.
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Re: Oh please! XM estate on Ebay

Post by Peter.N. » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:15 am

I think that the difference between XM owners and 'ordinary people' is that we appreciate the car for what it is, we don't just want something to get us from A to B, we want something that will do it comfortably and efficiently that doesn't have to go into a garage every time something goes wrong with it and that by modern standards is reliable and cheap to repair.

People that dont really care what car they drive as long as it gets them there are not going to be prepared to put up with the hassle of finding a nice XM or finding spares when needed or someone who is prepared to fix them on the rare occaisions that they go wrong ;) , if not DIY inclined.

When I first started driving a large proportion of drivers would repair their own cars, these are becoming fewer by the day as cars get more complicated and people less inclined to want to fix anything themselves, most people are also considerably better off financially than they were then, what really amazes is the number of people who will spend thousands of pounds on a car and then decide that they dont like it because they did little or no research before making their purchase.

With those sort of attitudes, its no wonder XM prices are plummeting, still, its just as well or we wouldn't be able to afford them. :D

Peter
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Re: Oh please! XM estate on Ebay

Post by andmcit » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:01 pm

Well, we see now what value the vendor has in mind for this estate:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1995-CITROEN-XM-V ... 0392232238 :?

Andrew

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