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erm, I've run BX's as my only cars since I was 17. I still have my first, which I bought from my dad, and STILL use it DAILY. It's done OVER 1 million miles, and has NEVER failed to get me home. Sure, I've spent a bit on it, and replaced thngs usually befire they need changing. But none the less, i would have no issues at all about going anywhere in that car.
Hell, even my "fun" 16 valve I'd happily take anywhere. I have no breakdown cover, dont feel I need it never have.
Yes I regularly drive other vehicles (I look after a large number of cars) and I drive buses for a living, so I drive lots of stuff daily. I also drive over 30 miles each way to work. In my 22 year old BX.
Ok, so it has hydraulics? and? It's no more likely to fail than any other mechanical component. I'd rather have an octopus than 30 computers or multiplex wiring. and yes I DAILY drive past broken down cars on the M5, oddly enough, most of them are shiny modern things..
Octopus is piss easy to check. Piss easy to replace (I can do one on less than an hour) and HP pipes can corrode? and? so can brake pipes on a "normal" car.. Since all of mine are kunifer I tend not to worry.
The arguement has no merit. Anything mechincal can and will fail. Thats life. A BX is n more or less reliable than a brand new BMW, which can and do fail.
Would I want a car that requires a laptop to tell me whats wrong? no thanks.
A BX is a simple car to work on, and fault finding and diagnosis is simple. Repairs are simple, and as for reliability, I'll stick with a BX thanks.
If piss easy stuff like an octopus scares you, maybe BX ownership just isn't for you?
) but there is always that niggling feeling in the back of your mind with any old car that what if?, and with any hydraulic Citroen there IS more to go wrong than say a Ford/Peugeot, which if it were to pop a pipe etc it could leave you stranded.
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