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Post by Peter.N. » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:32 pm

I used to repair one for a friend, he came down for B&B always about time the MOT ran out, I welded it up for him for two years, by the third there wasn't anything to weld to. :(

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Post by Dean » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:39 pm

Dont see many Maestro's lots of metro's and the odd Maxi strangely enough, quiet a nice looking car really, cant say the same for anything else they made though, well nothing springs to mind anyway.

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Post by Xantiaman » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:44 am

Its strange as i've never seen many Maestros or Montego's with bad structual rust, usually cosmetic. Last year mine had its first repair to the rear of a sill as it was getting a bit thin but the sills are still sound, and the roof pillars seams nice and clean. They are still hard work and no good for a daily driver for this reason, your always chasing the rust to keep it tidy. Its part of the reason why i went to a Xantia, very good corrosion resistance aswell as being cheap to buy and run. I got hooked near enough straight away by the drive and never looked back. The Activa was always the most interesting Xantia model for me and i was lucky enough to come across one.
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Post by Peter.N. » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:04 am

Just imagine what an XM is like then ... :) :D 8-)
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Post by citroenmad » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:04 am

I agree, the Xms are even more interesting, you might just end up with one if you hang around on here Gareth :lol:

I never see any Maestros or Montego's around here now, they seem to have died out. There was a Maestro in our family for a few years which passed from relative to relative. Which didnt have any rust on actually. Older cars dont tend to survive around here, im not sure why, maybe its the salt air around here by the coast.

Rarely see a metro now, which is no great shame! :roll:

Maestro Turbos must be very rare now, quite nice to have somehting so different.

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