Another left-hooker - white Mk2 16RS estate, Exeter

Tell us about BXs you have spotted on the road, or BXs/parts spotted for sale including eBay finds.
Post Reply
User avatar
DLM
Our Trim Guru
Posts: 1620
Joined: Mon May 16, 2005 6:41 pm
Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK
My Cars: Historically, lots of BX hatches/estates in the 90s/00s - 16/19i/17td/19d
Recent scruffy diesel n/a estate - "The Red Shed" - is no longer mine.
x 9

Another left-hooker - white Mk2 16RS estate, Exeter

Post by DLM »

Last edited by DLM on Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
User avatar
docchevron
The Immoderate half of the admin team
Posts: 7524
Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:03 pm
Location: A Bucket of Fish
x 7
Contact:

Post by docchevron »

Mr. Rutherford?
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!

Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

That looks really nice, & i love the wedding part :lol: :lol:
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
User avatar
DavidRutherford
BX Digit man!
Posts: 2706
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 5:07 pm
Location: Placing comments on YouTube.

Post by DavidRutherford »

It runs on that odd volatile liquid which I'm not particularly familiar with any more.

Interesting, but it's a 16 pet-rel. So probably not.
this might be a signature
User avatar
docchevron
The Immoderate half of the admin team
Posts: 7524
Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:03 pm
Location: A Bucket of Fish
x 7
Contact:

Post by docchevron »

Good point, the only BX to have with 16 in the title is a 16valve really.
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!

Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
User avatar
mat_fenwick
Moderator
Posts: 7326
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:08 pm
Location: North Wales
x 19

Post by mat_fenwick »

How about a 1.6 HDi conversion? Quite nippy when I drove a Berlingo with that engine...
Image

1993 1.9 TZD Turbo Estate
1996 3.9 V8 Discovery
1993 VW LT35 campervan
1985 Hyundai Stellar V8
2016 Hyundai iLoad
User avatar
DLM
Our Trim Guru
Posts: 1620
Joined: Mon May 16, 2005 6:41 pm
Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK
My Cars: Historically, lots of BX hatches/estates in the 90s/00s - 16/19i/17td/19d
Recent scruffy diesel n/a estate - "The Red Shed" - is no longer mine.
x 9

Post by DLM »

i love the wedding part
Gazoline (French car mag) do a leader feature every issue with wedding cars "of a certain age", and of almost infinite variety.

A petrol it may be, but an estate's always handy. Apart from the autochoke, a relatively simple BX to keep up and together (if OK in the first place). No octopus, easy access to most bits.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
User avatar
Way2go
Over 2k
Posts: 7279
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:15 pm
Location: RCoBerkshire
x 2

Post by Way2go »

DLM wrote: No octopus, easy access to most bits.
Oh? Why's that? I thought they all needed this to convey the returns from Struts, Correctors etc? :?

(Mind you if it had air suspension like he's advertising, it could be the case anyway. :) )
1991 BX19GTi Auto
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Post by Tim Leech »

I think the 16 petrol BX is a great car, change it to a manual choke and youve got something thats reliable, frugal and quite nippy.
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
User avatar
DavidRutherford
BX Digit man!
Posts: 2706
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 5:07 pm
Location: Placing comments on YouTube.

Post by DavidRutherford »

Thing is, you get stung for the larger engine bracket. If I'm going to get stung for that, I'll have a 19, which is about the same economy, but more powerful. Or, get a 14, which is all-but as fast, is much more economic and has the cheaper tax.

... or get a TD. More driveable than the 16 petrol with much better economy.

It's a bit of a shame, as there's nothing wrong with the 16 engine, it's just unfortunate that it's the smallest engine to qualify for the higher tax bracket.
this might be a signature
User avatar
Aerodynamica
BXpert
Posts: 793
Joined: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:43 pm
Location: Glasgow

Post by Aerodynamica »

ct: Reply with quote
I think the 16 petrol BX is a great car, change it to a manual choke and youve got something thats reliable, frugal and quite nippy.
-agreed! the 16 is perfectly adequate - Ideal for LPG shame about the tax though (I was quite surprised about that when I saw it was the same tax as my 2.4 CX)
Graeme M

CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX

'c'est hydropneumatique'
User avatar
DLM
Our Trim Guru
Posts: 1620
Joined: Mon May 16, 2005 6:41 pm
Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK
My Cars: Historically, lots of BX hatches/estates in the 90s/00s - 16/19i/17td/19d
Recent scruffy diesel n/a estate - "The Red Shed" - is no longer mine.
x 9

Post by DLM »

[quote]Oh? Why's that? I thought they all needed this to convey the returns from Struts, Correctors etc?[/quote

Dohh.... second clanger of the day.

Brain somewhat in neutral as up very early to fish-bother today - was thinking of the small octopus (No PAS on 16RS unless fitted as an option). Was probably wishful thinking on my part remembering days of not having to unpack the turbo induction system etc. or feel around aircon pipes as I'm used to doing for many things now. I never touched an octopus - or had problems with one - until I ran PAS-equipped diesels. Ignorance was bliss, and a lot less messy.

The point I was dismally failing to make is that a basic petrol BX is an easier car to learn basic BX DIY on.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
Post Reply