Anyone know this car or bought from the man?

[edelweiss]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-R-Citroe ... 039#viTabs

Seems steep but I guess they're starting to command these kind of prices?

[CitroJim]

Seems to be the going rate for a top-notch dealer supplied one nowadays.

It's good news as XM values and prices seem to be genuinely climbing as they become an accepted classic and people get to know just how good they are.

I'd rather pay a couple of big ones for a really good XM rather than on some modern thing any day...

I'm sure you could buy quite a late modern thing for the same money but you'd end up regretting it very quickly..

I drove my youngest daughter's Nissan Pixo (Suzuki Alto) yesterday after giving it a service. There are no words I can use on here to describe just how wretchedly awful that car is

Fine if you like cars with hard seats, non-existent suspension, an engine that sounds like a food mixer and steering that seems to be made of wood but I don't... At least driving one is a good way to understand the qualities of an XM...

[citroenxm]

I drove my youngest daughter's Nissan Pixo (Suzuki Alto) yesterday after giving it a service. There are no words I can use on here to describe just how wretchedly awful that car is

So why on earth did you let her get one then? Surely advice from dad should of been get Citroen or Peugeot, we can fix those without garage costs.... and they ride better.

[CitroJim]

So why on earth did you let her get one then?

It was her granddad’s car Paul. When he gave up driving (at age 88) in April he gave his car to Siany for her 17th birthday

It's a three year old car and when Siany had it the car had done just over 1000 miles. She's put nearly three thousand more on it since. It';s not been a spot of bother at all - absolutely faultless in that respect.

It was a really lovely gesture of dad to do that and Siany loves the car to little pieces. She even calls it Pixie

The very worst part was bringing it up here from Somerset. Robyn and I under cover of great secrecy took a train to Taunton and drove the Pixo back - it was purgatory Not the train journey; that was really quite charming.

[CitroJim]

And it's special to her because she learned to drive and passed her test in it. First time and with no formal lessons...

One thing I will say is the Pixo is so easy to drive... If you can drive a pedal car then a Pixo will be no problem.

[citroenxm]

Ahhh well... then yes.. thats all good and VERY kind.. A 1000 miles from new?? No where Near run in what so ever!

[XMX]

Sorry guy's that I'm not continuing to discuss (Nissan's or Suzuki's), so this is back on topic now as I think the OP (member) is asking for help in deciding on an possible XM purchase

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-R-Citroe ... 039#viTabs

Seems steep but I guess they're starting to command these kind of prices?

Thats a bit weird as I posted the FS spot in THIS thread and supposedly sold on 26th October according to the E-bay listing

But for your info Mark has had many many XM's over the years as a car trader/dealer (And other top of the range Citroen's) which he used to supply the likes of the XM Centre back in their day's !

However I've never bought a vehicle from him, but I have bought some XM spare parts off a 2.5TD Exclusive he broke for spares a couple of year ago now and personally I found him a very nice pleasant/honest person to deal with !

Are you sure you want an Auto model though ?

As Chris has a very nice 2.1TD VSX Manual model for sale (Albeit an Estate) as discussed in THIS thread !



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[Dieselman]

The very worst part was bringing it up here from Somerset. Robyn and I under cover of great secrecy took a train to Taunton and drove the Pixo back - it was purgatory Not the train journey; that was really quite charming.

Not often a journey on public transport can be called the luxury option.

[Dieselman]

I drove my youngest daughter's Nissan Pixo (Suzuki Alto) yesterday after giving it a service. There are no words I can use on here to describe just how wretchedly awful that car is

Fine if you like cars with hard seats, non-existent suspension, an engine that sounds like a food mixer and steering that seems to be made of wood but I don't... At least driving one is a good way to understand the qualities of an XM...

For a moment i thought you must have been lent a Renault Clio, as I was from a bodyshop.

i couldn't believe just disconnected the steering felt, it was completely devoid of feedback.

[XMX]

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