BX FOR SALE £695

perdobarnes · Post by **perdobarnes** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:39 pm

hi i am a car dealer in Lancashire and i have taken in part ex a bx 16rs reg g682ngn.
i would usually just let a trader take this car, but it is in IMMACULATE condition.
The previous owner obviously loved this car and he has also left lots of spares.
It is white done 109000 miles had is mot'd june 2010

im sure this will be of interest to someone
call me on 07836546650 for any details

the car is on autotrader at £695 so can see pics there

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:45 pm

Looks very nice I've got to say, if I had that cash spare I'd be down now looking at it.

Link.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:51 pm

Camblet cover is missing, not a good sign, otherwise it does look rather good.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:11 pm

Steering wheel's knacked but they're reasonably easy to get hold of (no pun intended

), and I'm not sure I like what's going on re: graphics and wheeltrims, and the front bumper needs attention, but essentially (if the cambelt/cover situation is taken into account) could be OK. Not sure it's worth that sort of money though being a carb fed 16... and I'm sure if the pipes haven't been done they will need doing as it's a pre-facelift Mk.2.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:02 pm

Note the manual choke conversion, which is worth having, body looks very clean asides the nasty stickers and mis matched wheeltrims, but as we all know 16 Petrols arent loved, I think £400-500 is abouts it money as it wont have Power Steering.

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:03 am

Could this be one of those dealer 'special editions' that Citroen dealers seemed to chuck out in the early 90's? 2CV's used to get similar treatment where all they had was a couple of stickers and sold as something special.

Looks tidy enough. Even though its a 16 you still get that essential 'BX' feel that no modern car can compete with!

RichardKC6 · Post by **RichardKC6** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:17 am

Philip Chidlow wrote:Steering wheel's knacked but they're reasonably easy to get hold of (no pun intended ), and I'm not sure I like what's going on re: graphics and wheeltrims, and the front bumper needs attention, but essentially (if the cambelt/cover situation is taken into account) could be OK. Not sure it's worth that sort of money though being a carb fed 16... and I'm sure if the pipes haven't been done they will need doing as it's a pre-facelift Mk.2.

The steering wheel is a cover, unless you've seen it without it in place?

The graphics are the ones you could buy in Halfords/A1 stores etc.

Note the manual choke conversion, which is worth having, body looks very clean asides the nasty stickers and mis matched wheeltrims, but as we all know 16 Petrols arent loved, I think £400-500 is abouts it money as it wont have Power Steering.

I'd have been perfectly happy with a running, clean bodied 1.6 petrol for my MX5. If my 16RE didn't have power steering then even better, it would have felt like my 16RE. This whole thing of values is very interesting... if it were a 200,000 mile, rusting in the boot, scruffy diesel no-one would bat an eye at the price.

Are people still driving BXs in the pursuit of parsimony, or is it now enthusiasm - in which case, surely anything with the best body condition and most intact trim and equipment should be hovering at the top of the values, regardless of engine. Once rot's set in, the time to fix it surely outweighs the values of any car.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:11 am

Sadly not, if its not a TZD or 16v you will struggle to find a home, Ive bought some lovely 16/19 petrol examples in the past for peanuts for that reason. I do think that 16RS will be sat on autotrader for a while to come yet.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:21 am

Richard makes a valid point about driving them out of enthusiasm. I do. I can live with poor fuel economy. I believe now if anyone's looking for a BX they are best advised to go for condition and history. Forget being able to choose location, model, colour, spec etc. A BX is a BX.

And I must've not been wearing my glasses - I didn't realise it was a steering wheel cover,

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:22 pm

I dont think they are that bad on fuel, my old Gti used to do 30mpg on a commute & on a run i managed 36mpg, which for a car thats 20yrs old i think is pretty reasonable.

The 1400 should manage 5-10mpg more, the 1600 petrol carb should do 30ish, along with the 1900 carb.

Auto's probably 5-10mpg less than the carb models i guess?

I tend to average 10-12k a year in my txd, so a petrol would be a false economy, if i was doing less than that, or just wanted a car for the weekend i'd be perfectly happy with any of the petrol models.

Anybody know what the injected versions of the 1400 & 1600 are like on fuel?

I agree with some of the sentiments on here, if you want a lowish mileage, good conditiond bx, they tend to be petrol models, so if its a bargain i'd certainly recommend them to new members.

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:36 pm

Us brits never got a 1.4 injection although our foreign cousins did. I've only ever seen one. A Greek registered estate badged as a '14i Kat'.

Most BX'ers seem to fall into 2 categories.

1. Like BX's, like the fact they're cheap and like the diesels because they're tough, quick enough for modern motoring (the TD is more than ample) and cost buttons to run

or

2. Like fast BX's and buy a 16 valve.

Anything else seems to fall into a more 'specialist' category where there are less buyers.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:44 pm

What, category 3. Like the BX. Period.?

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:46 pm

Aha, i wondered why the 1.4i was rare

Did we also get the monopoint injection 1.9 like the 1.6? Or does that one not exist?

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:15 pm

MULLEY wrote:Aha, i wondered why the 1.4i was rare

Did we also get the monopoint injection 1.9 like the 1.6? Or does that one not exist?

In the UK was either they were either carb fed up until carb fed (until 1991) or multi point fuel injection (TZi/GTi). They kept a 16 petrol in the model line up until the end of production as a "TX" but as of 1992 the legislation meant the need for a catalyst so the hence the switch to single point injection.

RichardKC6 · Post by **RichardKC6** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:51 pm

Ian_Fearn wrote: 1. Like BX's, like the fact they're cheap and like the diesels because they're tough, quick enough for modern motoring (the TD is more than ample) and cost buttons to run

You forgot "...into the ground" after that. I don't believe running and maintaining a BX of any shape properly really counts as buttons unless you're also a serious DIYer - which is why there's always something broken which is "normal for a BX".

Not commenting on your own philosophy, more remembering BXs from previous attempts to run/buy them like my GTi 4x4, which I got for £50 because the CV joint went - drove off in it as a RWD one with the diff locked and got it repaired, but the previous owner wouldn't even spent the £90 for a CV joint replacement.