Something else......a Xantia !

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Something else......a Xantia !

Post by Vince » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:03 pm

Some of you may have seen this on the FCF forum (which seems to be down again)? or at various shows last year? but for those of you who havent, this is my 1995 VSX Xantia....a great car which i intend to present a whole lot better at this years shows.... :)

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by Dean » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:05 pm

God Vince you have given me engine bay envy!!!!
Nice car, you should be proud of that, i can see the work thats gone into it 8-)

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by Peter.N. » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:01 am

Sorry Vince you are on the wrong forum. Very shiny though :D
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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by davetherave » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:54 am

We just need to persuade Vince to get an Xm and give it the same treatment!
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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by robert_e_smart » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:28 am

Very, Very nice.

I'm envious. I have seen pictures of it in the Citroenian. The engine bay being so clean made it hard for me to figure out what engine you had!

How do you get the engine bay so clean! Keeping it clean I suppose is the other challenge, limiting the use of the car.

Congratulations, nice to see a Xantia being looked after so well. I'd like a base model sinker some time to add to the fleet, as a kind of future classic.

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by citroenxm » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:00 pm

Look at that engine bay!

I/WE Could eat our dinners off that!

F N H, stunning!!

A credit to you Vince!

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by andmcit » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:19 pm

Very nice.

I like the steam cleaned fresh look though am not a fan of the spray on lacquer shine...

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by Vince » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:49 pm

Thanks for the comments guys and no not everyone is a fan of the shiny plastics which i can understand but i like keeping everything clean and shiny and also it helps plastics and rubbers from not drying up.

Robert its the 1.9 TD engine and as far as the useability of the car goes, this car gets used alot....Ive got 2 kids and a wife that doesnt drive so this car is the family hack....The way i see it is the more i use it the more i get the enjoyment of cleaning it back up again afterwards :lol: ...thats the bit i like really like :geek: As far as looking at Xantias goes......you have CX's and XM's.....youve got a great spread of cars 8-)

TBH the engine metalwork has pretty much all been painted so it just wipes clean again and the hoses are coated about once a month or so with tyre shine spray so again they come back up with just a wipe. The hardest thing was doing the engine bay painting as it was all done by hand with everything in situ so took a couple of weeks each night with an aritsts brush but i got me out in the fresh air as im stuck in the shop all day :)

Id love to do an XM......I really like early series 1 cars, the one with the grill badge off to one side, but i doubt ill ever own one as my wife will soon be driving the car and there is no way she would drive an XM as she thinks the Xantia is big :) I do love their rarity though.

If anyone wants to drop their car off at my house for a few days then i'd happily do someones engine bay for them....for nowt too...I mean it ;)

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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by Dieselman » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:02 pm

Vince wrote:
If anyone wants to drop their car off at my house for a few days then i'd happily do someones engine bay for them....for nowt too...I mean it ;)
And you are where exactly?

Your Xantia looks great, but as Robert said, a little overdressed for me. :oops:

Get an XM, the Wife will soon get used to the size.
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Re: Something else......a Xantia !

Post by robert_e_smart » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:44 pm

Even more credit to you using that as your family car. If that was mine, no-one else would be allowed into it!

My First Car was a '97 TD Xantia, I really liked it, but I prefer the XM more, its just that bit bigger and I prefer the XM seats.

You should get a series 1 XM, and keep it as a weekend car, or something, Let your wife drive it once, and she'll stop complaining about the Xantia being big!
If anyone wants to drop their car off at my house for a few days then i'd happily do someones engine bay for them....for nowt too...I mean it ;)
Now that is a generous offer!!!
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