Late GTi

artic-steel · Post by **artic-steel** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:20 pm

Citroen BX GTi, K reg, T & T December, Hydro Suspension, Alloys, PAS , E/W, One driver since new. 350-00.
phone number via e-mail

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:05 pm

Got to be worth someone's money.... well. Worth checking out. Close to you, Arctic?

artic-steel · Post by **artic-steel** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:18 pm

No it's alot further west than me, Elgar country, i found it by chance, I'd love it but no space, i did ring but no reply.

artic-steel · Post by **artic-steel** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:59 am

The guy has just rang me, it was registered in Dec 89 but is a 1990 Model, the K plate is a private one.
One owner, 280,000 miles (anyone beat that for a petrol), new engine & clutch last year, new exhaust & good tyres.
Factory alloys, no aircon.

Sounds like a genuine guy who has really looked after it, if it doesn't sell he'll keep using it.

Oh nearly forgot it's Red

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:30 pm

artic-steel wrote:registered in Dec 89 but is a 1990 Model, the K plate is a private one.

I thought that it was illegal to put a later plate on an earlier car

Or was this before a rule change

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:50 pm

I woudnt buy a petrol with nearly 300000miles on it!

Not for £350 anyway!

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:12 pm

tim leech wrote:I woudnt buy a petrol with nearly 300000miles on it! Not for £350 anyway!

To be fair Tim, its alledgedly a new engine last year so from that point of view could be considered low mileage. After all the other items are similar to the diesels and these boys claim longevity.

Incidentally as a car salesman do you know the answer on the registration rules

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:20 pm

Strange that, it depends when it was first registered, it may have been built and then sat for a couple of years before registering or could have been a import. Its a bit of a grey area, for example my SD1 is a 1979 but was imported in 1997, and was given a age related plate to going on when it was manufactured not when it was registered,. It was built in July 79 so would be a T plate but as it wasnt registered until august 1979 it should have should have really been a V but its a T reg.

Mind you the DVLA ar a bunch of useless baboons!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:21 pm

The engines new, burt the rest of the cars done 280k whihc is alot for any car, and we all know bxs can and do get fragile with high miles!

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:37 pm

tim leech wrote:Strange that, it depends when it was first registered

.....from Artic's info..."registered in Dec 89"

So has jumped 3 plates?

artic-steel · Post by **artic-steel** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:50 pm

Thats what the guy told me, he seemed a real genuine bloke as well, My veiw on mileage is it depends what you want, For an everyday car i would avoid 281,000 but as a second car just to play with & take to the odd show thats different.

I like them in Red & if i didn't have one i'd seriously consider it

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:10 am

I wouldn`t be too put off by the odometer reading. It wouldn`t have got anywhere near that kind of mileage without being very well maintained and if it`s tested as well it should be reasonably good. Possibly worth using the mileage as a lever to knock the price down, but it wouldn`t put me off if I was in the market for one.
Anyhow, think of the fun when you get to take it to 500K-surely you`d have the highest miler in the club then?

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:49 am

If its an 89/90 car it can't legally have any plate, private or not with a "K" prefix.
You're not allowed to have a prefix which shows a newer age than the car actually is.

Baldbazza · Post by **Baldbazza** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:47 pm

Just a thought, but we're assuming the 'K' plate is a prefix, i.e. 1992/3, not a suffix, i.e. 1971/2...