) of your XM collection, or perhaps searching for those elusive headlight washer covers? This is the place to do it.Paul !citroenxm wrote:Its got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with being a Scotland car or what ever!!
My S1 2.1 SED was a Manchester car! Now, where's the sea there??? But its as bad as my 24v
My 24v was a Telford and Midlands car.. she was bad too!!! No sea there either!
I think you misunderstand what Will is trying point out as being a vehicle which has spent a majority of its life in Scotland
It does need much explaining that in general winter terms Scotland will get the worst of the winter weather each year and hence they salt and grit much more often than else where in the country !
As I know this for a fact whom my friend bought a 2.5 TD Exclusive from 'jackyboy' (Member of the other forum who lived in Perthshire Scotland before moving to 'Clacton-On-Sea' ) a few years ago and which did give my friend some very good service (Once the rusted out STRUT-TOPS were replaced) which he completely denied any knowledge of their condition
Here's the picture of the N/S Strut-top condition (Topside) :-
Click on photo for link to the original thread which I post the /\ image
After being in better/competent hands and some TLC this XM did give my friend some very good years of service, however the rear end was looking rather 'Flaky' in places towards the end of his ownership so he decided it was best to part with it before a large welding bill which may have been looming for him.
My friend and I personally put the premature/advanced corrosion which was taking hold was due to the harsh winters it had been subjected to, being an XM which spent a good % of it time as a daily driver in 'Scotland' throughout the winter months when it lived there
Also Paul IYCR the fairly late White 2.5TD which Steve (SteelcityUK) bought from some area in Scotland too had the rusted out strut tops and also had flaky area's on the underside of the chassis/body !
Click on photo /\ for link to Deans quote below
Dean wrote:Ah that white hatch was Steve's (steelcityuk) and i think from memory it was like that all over, surprisingly brown in places in fact.
Pauls look like tearing of the rubber but then the baseplate doesnt look right to me somehow, there are some strange lumps in the rubber coating and the top of the cone looks uneven and lumpy.
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I rest my case (Along with Wills of course) !
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