MynameisRichardandI'maXantiaowner
Phew! Glad that's out in the open.
On the up side, the Xantia is much better screwed together than the BX, and is much quieter on the road. On the down side this makes it much heavier, slower, and thirstier.
There are a few design quirks that will probably come to haunt you. I will let them surprise you though for now.
I've nearly covered more miles in Xantia TDs now than BX TDs. Still rather have a BX though. If that 42k estate had been within 100 miles it'd be parked on my drive now
Getting a Xantia
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Silverfox, you have a problem! your Xantia is not supposed to get up instantly, its not supposed to go down
mine feels smooth, well it will do once the droplink and the serpentine belt tensioner are replaced, but it does feel like a bit of a barge, a very comfortable barge but a barge nonetheless, as soon as I go out for a drive in the thing some boy racer is hanging off my tail, damn! I should be in the Hooligan now still it pulled cleanly away in a heavy ind of way
Stewart
mine feels smooth, well it will do once the droplink and the serpentine belt tensioner are replaced, but it does feel like a bit of a barge, a very comfortable barge but a barge nonetheless, as soon as I go out for a drive in the thing some boy racer is hanging off my tail, damn! I should be in the Hooligan now still it pulled cleanly away in a heavy ind of way
Stewart
TZD 19 TD one of the few
Xantia Td estate, going soft
Xantia Td estate, going soft
[quote="Stewart (oily!)"]Silverfox, you have a problem! your Xantia is not supposed to get up instantly, its not supposed to go down
Discovered that the reason mine goes down is cos its an earlier model that isn't blessed with an "anti sink shere"! All I needed to do was change the accumulator = £34! (was one tick a second and the seller had no idea what it was - it was a panic seller! ) Oh and front end exhaust looked too dodgy for my imminent trip to France so wisely replaced it! ( A stitch in time. . . . .?)
Also, the central locking needs fixing - poss rear offside solenoid - but I can live with that for a while!
Discovered that the reason mine goes down is cos its an earlier model that isn't blessed with an "anti sink shere"! All I needed to do was change the accumulator = £34! (was one tick a second and the seller had no idea what it was - it was a panic seller! ) Oh and front end exhaust looked too dodgy for my imminent trip to France so wisely replaced it! ( A stitch in time. . . . .?)
Also, the central locking needs fixing - poss rear offside solenoid - but I can live with that for a while!
Me depressed? Don't make me laugh!