Anyone after a 19 RD estate?

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:57 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-CITROEN-BX-1 ... 0360236812

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:16 pm

Something rather appealing about this one, i just wish the n/a engines had a bit more power & torque & then it would be spot on as an estate. Either way, with 12mths mot at that price, looks good value.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:29 pm

If I don't find a replacement head for mine then I'll be looking for one myself before October!
Hey Phil, do you reckon your new avatar is what I'll look like in 20 years time?

Post by **docchevron** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:06 am

As long as that?!

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:44 pm

i just wish the n/a engines had a bit more power & torque

There's torque aplenty from low down, which is why they were so popular as tow cars, and handy for the same reason where it's really up-and-downy - unless the clutch is starting to slip. I guess it all depends on what you want from a car -they're certainly not a fireball, but they don't need rowing along with the gearstick.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:12 pm

Plenty of torque, i've never felt it

In all seriousness, by modern standards the torque figures are pretty lame, ok i'm comparing them to turbo diesels but hardly anyone these days makes n/a diesels, or do they?

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:56 pm

Hardly anybody makes BXs any more either, or do they?

So you take it for what it was/is (cheap(now), straightforward, reliable if looked after, tugs loads along happily but not rapidly), consider putting a different lump into it if you must drive one but can't live with the original engines, or buy...I don't know... perhaps a Ford Focus TD estate for a similar-sized pressure-fed electronically-controlled turbodiesel estate. Or maybe an HDi Xantia estate? Plus the breakdown cover and the odd ECU reset, too. Simples.

1.9D estates are a bit like the older Landrover - workhorses to be appreciated on their own merits - and used.

Discoil · Post by **Discoil** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:02 pm

DLM wrote: 1.9D estates are a bit like the older Landrover - workhorses to be appreciated on their own merits - and used.

My wife appreciates her 1.9D estate ( 1989 model )

and I really like my land rover Discovery ( 1990 model )

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:47 pm

i took a look at this BX today, as i was passing it! and its been Sold!! anyone here?
it was a very tidy car indeed, but is crying out for a good polish!! who ever bought it has themselves a cracking car!

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:38 am

With regard to the NA diesel, I've never found them particularly sluggish, especially the XUD9A. Yes, they don't accelerate particularly quickly, but they can easily maintain high speeds, and don't drop back too much on the hills either (plenty torque, but yes a tad more power would be nice...)

Mind, the NA XUD7 in the 205 and Visa D are positively nippy; I used to love pissing off the reps speeding past them in my old 205! I managed to get the speedo on the stop with that going down the big hill on the M62, which did feel a bit like Back to the Future...