Athena

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:03 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-BX-TGS-At ... dZViewItem

Looks alright, quite rare now I expect

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:57 pm

Yep I like that, hence why the first bid is down to me!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:12 am

Well a bargain me thinks for £40!

Will let you know how I get on! Am amazed

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:01 am

Nice one Tim, that was cheap. Any test on it?

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:03 am

Yep July! 65k miles with history too

Will give it a darn good clean and take some piccies asap.

Havent had a 1.6 petrol manual for 10 years! Cant be many Athenas left I imagine nowadays.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:24 am

August test and you got it for forty rips? Now that`s what I call a bargain mate, nice work.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:38 am

Thanks mate you know me, put the words "BX" and "Bargain" in the same sentence and my bidding finger cant resist!

BCXM · Post by **BCXM** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:07 am

sorta puts my 16TRS in the shade what a bargain lovely car

well done Tim

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:07 pm

Had a blast in this Athena tonight.

All i can say is......

Tim, i dont know how you do it!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:08 pm

Update!!!!!!

Well this is my best BX buy so far, Im amazed at how good this car is, the guy who sold it is a Citroen enthusiast who bought it in January to tide him over but now has a new company car. He paid £90 for 2 new Michelin tyres just 2 weeks ago then sold the car on ebay for £40! Go figure?

The good bits: The car drives stunningly well I think and puts my 16v to shame for comfort quietness and general all round "tightness", but after only doing 65000 miles it should have, 13000 of these have been done in the past 10 months since the original owner sold. Everything works bar the heater control and besides a oil leak from the rocker cover and a bsuted washer pipe theres not much that needs doing. Theres no rust anywhere, bootfloor inner wings etc and theres a recent whole new exhaust.

The bad bits: Its was filthy! And I mean caked! From what I can gather the original and caring owner had it for 12 years and clocked up about 50000 miles then sold it in June 06, since then its had 4 owners! Adding a further 15000 miles and looks as its never been washed or vacuumed since (until today), and has been used as a builders van/4 wheeled ashtray and a kennel, sadly adding a few cigarette burns to the lovely velour upholstry. The body work although having a deep lustre since I t-cutted and polished it has quite a few bumps, bangs and scrathes, the worst was the rear bumper being pushed in and touching the incorrectly fitted rear silencer which managed to melt a small hole. However Ive been daring and removed the bumper and the rear and middle box and mounted them all correctly, yes me! And its all sorted.

Im going to touch up the chips and scracthes and get the dent man to see what he do and then show it off at the camping rally!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:20 pm

Oh lol and its Blue not black!

Plus has remote locking, door warning dsiplay leccy mirror and a few other bits which im pleased about as I thought it was a TXD equivilent

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:23 pm

djoptix · Post by **djoptix** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:38 pm

Cor chuffin eck Tim!! How did I not spot that one?! And in Herefordshire too! Argh! You need to give me some bargain-spotting lessons, and fast!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:41 pm

Be a ebay addict like me, look for the poorly described ones with no reserve, and search under citreon aswell and citroen as they do lurk in there!

Watch the bidding and dont bit too early.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:17 pm

Had a mini service today, oil and filter plus plugs and air filter and fitted a new rocker cover gasket and was given "the once over" to see if everything checks out. Fully steam cleaned the engine and under the arches and theres no rust to be found!

Found 2 things that need attending to, the T piece on top of the LHM reservoir is busted (anyone got a spare please?) and one of the strut return pipes is perished and thats it.