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

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

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

Glad to hear it all went well Jim. :D
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... :oops: :oops: :lol:
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Re: It's finally happened (or very nearly so...)

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... :lol:
I know :lol: That was the stupid thing :oops: 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...
Jim

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

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

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

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

I'll have to get one of these!!! :lol: :lol: 2.1 Non Turbo please!
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Re: It's finally happened (or very nearly so...)

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.

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

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?

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Hi Jim

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

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

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...
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'93 XM 2.1TD SED Manual, Pearl Emerald Green - @80k, now 115k - RP6077
SOLD '99 2.0 Xantia HDi Exclusive, Silver -118k to 130k
'00 XM 3.0 24v Exclusive, Silver - @117k

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

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.

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

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 :D Will look forward to following your progress.

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