How Practical is an XM?

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Re: How Practical is an XM?

Post by markysimon » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:37 am

onthecut wrote:
markysimon wrote:
By today's standards the XM is not only not complicated, it's positively steam age. I'm curious which bit you think is 'flawed' ?

Mike.
Well JamieB couldn't have put it better, so I won't repeat his affectionate cavil. I will however add the well known 'flaw', which was the use of substandard electrical components – connectors in particular – as a cost-cutting measure. This exacerbated if not caused many of the failures, often repetitive, in the what I still maintain is a complicated car of its time (e.g. ABS warning lights, dot matrixes, sun-roofs, window regulators, heating arrangements, pumps etc., etc.).

My current and previous Citruins (ZX, Xsara) had and have NO electrical faults but they are, I admit, boring and uncomfortable cars compared to the XM! :(

Mark
Why don't we do it in the road?

1997 V6 24valve Exclusive
1995 XM VSX Turbo (Deceased)

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