"XM: Fleet Managers, Policemen and Misunderstandings"
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:12 pm
Just came across this...
http://petrolblog.com/2012/07/citroen-x ... standings/
Although not altogether accurate, wittily written - and some interesting comments about what "Most drivers never understood...".
Sorry if this has been posted before.
Made me smile, thinking back to the half-dozen S1 2.1s that appeared at Agfa in the early 90s as managers' cars. One, in silver, was written off in central London after only one week, by its driver, who failed to clock both the sheer length of what he was driving and the ability of the brakes to bring it to a halt on a sixpence. Result was a two-end pile-up; we never saw the car again, but unfortunately he stayed around. Some of the other cars suffered what were probably earthing problems, if the erratic behaviour of the electrics was anything to go by - and this in cars less than a few months old! Some remained perplexed by the tendency of the cars' rear ends to bob up and down in standstill traffic, and of course no-one ever read the Owner's Handbook to find out what everything did and where it was. After 24 months or so (cars went then at 60,000mi) all the XMs disappeared, and, along with a couple of 605s, were put on the "no-no" list, not because they were unreliable or expensive to run, but simply because of the depreciation: around 35-40% in the first year alone.
http://petrolblog.com/2012/07/citroen-x ... standings/
Although not altogether accurate, wittily written - and some interesting comments about what "Most drivers never understood...".
Sorry if this has been posted before.
Made me smile, thinking back to the half-dozen S1 2.1s that appeared at Agfa in the early 90s as managers' cars. One, in silver, was written off in central London after only one week, by its driver, who failed to clock both the sheer length of what he was driving and the ability of the brakes to bring it to a halt on a sixpence. Result was a two-end pile-up; we never saw the car again, but unfortunately he stayed around. Some of the other cars suffered what were probably earthing problems, if the erratic behaviour of the electrics was anything to go by - and this in cars less than a few months old! Some remained perplexed by the tendency of the cars' rear ends to bob up and down in standstill traffic, and of course no-one ever read the Owner's Handbook to find out what everything did and where it was. After 24 months or so (cars went then at 60,000mi) all the XMs disappeared, and, along with a couple of 605s, were put on the "no-no" list, not because they were unreliable or expensive to run, but simply because of the depreciation: around 35-40% in the first year alone.
