'Report' from France

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:30 pm

I've just come back from a few days in the Lot & Garonne and thought I'd share my 'spottings' with you: 12 BX's - all shabby, bar one, which was an immaculate Millesime. We did park next to a Mk 1 19RD, being used as a builder's van, by the look of it... The best was a heavily 'used' early estate (Brake) in the equivalent of 'Motorway Maintenance' livery - still being used by the Agen department... with the lights and extremely faded graphics from about fifteen years ago!

Spotted a couple of Visas and CXs and an Ami super. But no GS/GSA's. Spotted a green DS being driven by a Brit though...

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:52 pm

Thats the rules regarding importing cars from france? As im sure theres alot more BXs over there to choose from then over here.

tom · Post by **tom** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:25 pm

Nobody will pay the French price over here.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:37 pm

True, just a source of rarer bxs possibly, what about Malta? there right hand drive and a fairly good climate?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:25 am

tim leech wrote:True, just a source of rarer bxs possibly, what about Malta? there right hand drive and a fairly good climate?

Kingswell is telling us that engines there cost more than cars here.

BCXM · Post by **BCXM** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:01 pm

Love going to France and spotting rare models...I saw a DS Safari towing a caravan out there, and I had a citroen visa in front of me coming off the ferry..
I broke down in my 2.0 XM Turbo manual in Dunkirk (run out of fuel due to a lying fuel gauge and trip computer) and saw 3 XM's drive by..If that happened here i'd put money on the drivers stopping and having a laugh at the XM's idiosyncracies..