It's finally happened (or very nearly so...)

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:05 pm

Glad to hear it all went well Jim.

CitroJim wrote:You seasoned XM owners are now going to laugh like a drain. I took me ten minutes to work out how to release the bonnet. What silly Frenchman put a release lever there?

I'm guilty of that too when I first got mine...

CitroJim · Post by **CitroJim** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:43 pm

Dieselman wrote: How could it take you so long to find the bonnet release, you even saw me release it...

I know

That was the stupid thing

I saw you but did not make a mental note...

It was only late this evening I found the owners handbook under the flap above the passenger footwell...

I'm soon to start a new thread on the restoration of this car... It's been an interesting evening so far...

Post by **xmexclusive** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:32 pm

A proper XM has the bonnet release just under the drivers left hand.

John

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:55 pm

I'll have to get one of these!!!

2.1 Non Turbo please!

Post by **xmexclusive** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:39 pm

Guess you need a handy bonnet catch for one of those.
I would be forever looking in there for the missing horses.
Must be worse than a 2.5 in limp mode.

John

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:47 am

CitroJim wrote: I took me ten minutes to work out how to release the bonnet. What silly Frenchman put a release lever there?

.

Hi Jim

It's because it's very handy on the LHD XM!!

George

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:55 am

CitroJim wrote:

The seats are like the finest armchairs...

The whole car just exudes class. Even how the doors close with a soft thud and the nearly inaudible locking... Normally I'm not a fan of S2 cars but for this one I'm happy to make an exception...

The XM's seating is a thing to do a case study on... I have not seen this reaction on any other car: even the most I-don't-give-a-damn-about-cars passenger, commenting -usually within 10 mins of entering the car- "how good those seats are!!".

The front doors' thud has no doubt been studied to be so. One of the first things my friend -on successive 5-series- noticed...

Post by **robert_e_smart** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:29 am

Guess you need a handy bonnet catch for one of those.
I would be forever looking in there for the missing horses.
Must be worse than a 2.5 in limp mode.

Post by **Peter.N.** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:05 pm

Pleased to hear it all went well Jim. You will find you have more room under the bonnet if you fit a 2.1

Will look forward to following your progress.

Peter

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