Citroen XM Forum

I have for sale a 1997 XM VSX 2.1TD - it is in green metallic, has not been on the road since August 2005 but has been garaged in a warm and dry garage all that time. It has 186,000 miles on the clock and starts on the button.

It will need a new battery but is going in for an MOT and any faults found will be listed as soon as I have them. Back is a tad bouncy but the front suspension appears OK - almost full service history with lots (and I mean lots) of receipts. It has tidy cloth seats, is very clean - there is a tiny dent on the bonnet on the passenger side.

Obviously, having been sat since 2005, it would benefit from a good service and a belt change - I know I would.

purchased by previous owner in 99, at 56k and he's had it till now.

New exhaust at 165000, new disks at 169k and cambelt at 149k (in July 02)

As far as I can tell the one major fault is that the sunroof tilts but does not move back - the two displays work OK and it does have climate control.

£XXX - PM me for more details and pictures as of tomorrow. Will update thread with details of its MoT when it gets tested.

You can't make it an estate can you?

messerschmitt owner wrote:

£350 - PM me for more details and pictures as of tomorrow. Will update thread with details of its MoT when it gets tested.

Ooo..damn you. I don't want a series 2 but that did look an attractive car.....

Keep me posted re the MOT faults please.

The series 2s are good cars Will. Did you ever have one?

robert_e_smart wrote:The series 2s are good cars Will. Did you ever have one?

Nope. I had a S1 and a S1.5 and now the S1 again.

Being honest it's the S2 dashboard and lack of spoiler put me off an S2, I actually like the front grille.

no service book but Citroen was owner one so no expense spared there - servicing here mainly at Warner Bros Cheltenham

first reg 27 11 97 to Citroen UK
purchased 04 09 99 with 56230 miles in exchange for a Xsara estate and a Daewoo Espero
serviced 2 11 99 60761 miles
serviced 21 12 99 66461
28 02 00 72865
18 04 00 78325 serviced plus new radiator and battery
22 04 00 tyres or exhaust
14 07 00 85199 service
29 09 00 93076 service
05 12 00 98441 service plus thermostat and nsf window motor
06 12 00 98592 pads and discs (good service, eh!)
05 03 01 107115 service plus MoT
26 01 01 103853 service
16 03 01 108335 service
16 07 01 115666 service
11 09 01 120508 service, pads (front and back), part exhaust
26 10 01 OSF window motor replaced
07 11 01 126569 serviced
10 01 02 132624 serviced
21 02 02 aux belt plus tensioner
07 03 02 MoT at 136896
18 03 02 138223 service
07 06 02 144922 service
21 06 02 146476 front pads
12 07 02 149008 cambelt - cambelt was 170.38 fitted
17 09 02 154503 service
12 03 03 158028 MoT
13 05 03 161851 service
16 05 03/16 08 03 new exhaust system
07 07 03 169115 service plus discs
06 05 04 abs sensor
05 05 04 179018 MoT plus service
10 02 05 new alternator plus belt
Aug 05 off road

there is a quote for partial respray in 2001 for renew and repaint rear bumper, repair and paint osr wing

Dieselman wrote:

robert_e_smart wrote:The series 2s are good cars Will. Did you ever have one?

Nope. I had a S1 and a S1.5 and now the S1 again.

Being honest it's the S2 dashboard and lack of spoiler put me off an S2, I actually like the front grille.

change the rear hatch for an SI one - sorted! I also prefer the Si dash and hatch but beggars can't be choosers!

I used to be Pro series 1, until I got a series 2.

I really like the series 1 dash, it looks class. But I prefer to use a series 2 car day to day. You have better sound insulation, better door mirrors, HF plips, I like the s2 dash as well. I couldn't be bothered about the spoilers to be honest, but I like the series 1 grille, very Knight rider in style. I like the S2 grille also and front bumper treatment.

I own s1 and s2 and drive them back to back and am convinced the sound insulation is all in
the mind - a placebo effect for s2 owners. Clever betting money may very well isolate the
mirrors not only for the greater nearside visibility but also the possible quieter motorway
blatting - who knows, I'm only speculating.

I just cannot live with the spindly excuse s2 spoiler and the family-face-to-match-the-Xsara
front grille treatment. It's not like I have shoddy s2's either - a black 2.5 Exclusive, a maroon
2.5 VSX, a green 2.1TD manual estate and a palmed out onto my father VSX 1999 2.1TD auto.
No accident the only auto in the list isn't something I want to be bothered with any more.

I just feel happiest in the s1 interior, preferably with a petrol manual at the sharp end;
hey that's probably why I keep buying V6 manuals when I see one to keep me going for a
while...

Andrew

...there are some mechanical construction improvements on the S2 which make working on it a little easier.