The ultimate Citroen for 2011

Alfa_man · Post by **Alfa_man** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:27 am

Practical, frugal, compact, fun for the summer and zero depriciation!!!

What more could you want

http://www.carandclassic.com/car/C211694/

rayfenwick · Post by **rayfenwick** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:42 pm

That is rather cute. Lucky I'm skint.

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:50 pm

visa decap, rare.

I think 200 originally RHD imported, how many now?

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:53 pm

Probably that one and handful of others, you see a few at the CCC Rally's

Mike Harker is your man for Visa's.

Citroenboi has one.

sdelasal · Post by **sdelasal** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:48 pm

The words butt and ugly come to mind - but each to their own.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:49 pm

sdelasal wrote:The words butt and ugly come to mind - but each to their own.

I think they are quite pretty.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:25 pm

... but people would laugh at me as I drove by...

My view of the Visa is that in its most basic form, and as a GTi it looks OK. But nothing can detract from the fact the Visa isn't a pretty car. The cabriolet has curiosity value, but you'd need a thick skin and a fat wallet to consider this.

Sacrilege, maybe, I know (says the Synergie owner

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Dollywobbler · Post by **Dollywobbler** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:09 pm

Good grief! Not sure I could pay that much for a Visa. There was another on the market for less than a grand recently IIRC?

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:28 pm

Is it just me or does that look like a budget popemobile.

rayfenwick · Post by **rayfenwick** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:34 pm

Typical Citroen looks - love it or hate it.

I went to see a black XM once (not my current one) the seller said the only reason she was selling was because it was so ugly...

(It turned out to be a blatantly mis-advertised shed, so I told her where to stick it)

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:28 pm

Did it fit?

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:16 pm

£3.5k

Computer say's NO. What should be a realistic price for a car like that in that type of conditon (which does look mint) £1.5k tops?

KevR · Post by **KevR** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:53 am

PaulWitchard of this very forum has one – a RHD one bought for peanuts on that there Ebay a little while back and brought over to France. Not as shiny as this one though!

paulwitchard · Post by **paulwitchard** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:13 pm

Quite right - haven't paid more than £500 for a car this century - the Visa Cabriolet came in at below that price as well.
Ours is silver - nowhere near as shiny, but its great fun.
I'm not a polisher - life's far too short to polish cars!!
Some colleagues have got a Rover 214 / 216?? drophead which looks much better but suffers from terrible scuttle shake and rattles and is imho a complete heap by comparison! The 4 doors are a bonus, when you get to our age getting into the back of a 2 door car is a real pain.

rayfenwick · Post by **rayfenwick** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:27 am

scarecrow wrote:Did it fit?

I didn't actually check, but my impression of her was that it would not only fit, but have sufficient room for a 3 point turn. Towing a caravan.