1992 16v in red rather than pink

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:57 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1992-CITROEN-BX-G ... dZViewItem

Post by **docchevron** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:09 am

Oh god thats pretty, really really pretty.
ARGH, and just today I've been told about 1991 black P2 aswell...
hhmm.... ooh that is so tempting.

Odd that the seller has blanked the number plates in all but one of the pictures, which is identical to the picture next to it with a blanked plate..

and:

Ebay seller wrote:Low emissions – this is a fit engine at just 0.57 when the max permissible is 3.5.

Since when?

Either way, that is stunning......

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:19 am

' Silk Glove, Iron Fist'

Never heard that before, sounds sort of frightening

Yes, does look good. Always hard to take these :' I love it but I must sell it' stories. Just keep it then mate! I think it makes a great family car.
Why is it that as soon as people have more than one kid they think they need either a huge 4WD or a people mover than twenty years ago would have been the standard size for a transit van?

Maybe he's getting tired of being 'fisted'?

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:13 am

toddao wrote:Always hard to take these :' I love it but I must sell it' stories. Just keep it then mate! I think it makes a great family car.
Why is it that as soon as people have more than one kid they think they need either a huge 4WD or a people mover than twenty years ago would have been the standard size for a transit

Sounds like you could be talking about me!

Back OT, I think that looks great. But I sympathise with the seller, obviously

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:10 pm

Bloody nice looking car that is and no mistaking. I've had a couple of people carriers but only because I run (or rather, did run) a junior football team.

kermit the frog · Post by **kermit the frog** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:27 pm

If he can just about handle 160 bhp and 0 to 60 in 7.9 seconds.
Then he would hate my skyline with 492 bhp and 0 to 60 in 4.1 seconds in the wet.
Now that does get your attention.

Regards Kermit

Post by **docchevron** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:03 pm

So when do I get to have a ride in this Skyline!!!???
Just a ride mind, I wouldn't want to drive it, I'd be rather worried about breaking it!

But yes, if you cat handle a BX 16 valve, you shouldn't have a licence really..

kermit the frog · Post by **kermit the frog** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:17 pm

Hi Doc

When i get it finished and back on the road again you will be first to have a ride.
But it will have to wait until the oil bubble bursts.
when it's finished it will now have more than 530bhp so remember your clean under crackers.

Regards Kermit.

Post by **docchevron** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:32 pm

Cool! Thank you!

I know what you mean though, 3 years ago I could fill my coach up from empty for less than £200, today it's more than a weeks wages

Erm, I dont necessarily wont to be scared shitless, but I like Skylines and appreciate a well built grunt filled engine, even if it's not being used to anywhere near it's full potential!

kermit the frog · Post by **kermit the frog** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:19 pm

Sorry Doc for taking so long to reply been hard at work on bit's and peices for the BX.
And watching Lewis Hamilton wipe the floor with Ferrari.
Bring's back memories been to Monaco twice once in 1982 watched the race from the grandstands just before the swimming pool and1997 when i was working for a simulation company and went to the grand prix as hydraulic engineer for the simulator that i helped to build for Marlboro.
Only problem in 1997 was i had to come home on the saturday evening so didnt get to see the race live
But did get to sit on the flight deck of the flight home from central france all the way to the gate at heathrow.( obviously pre 9/11)the landing was great when viewed from up front.

Any way you were talking about skylines well mine if driven off boost it will return 22 mpg on a run.
Put the boost controller on high and give it some welly and it will return 4,5 mpg

so you can see why i will have to wait for the oil bubble to burst.

Regards Kermit

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:17 am

kermit the frog wrote:as hydraulic engineer for the simulator that i helped to build for Marlboro.

I take it by your address that was for Link-Miles then?

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:42 am

kermit the frog wrote:...hydraulic engineer for the simulator that i helped to build for Marlboro.

Mechanical smoking beagles?

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:19 pm

Back end looks a bit high?

Looks tidy to begin with, but I reckon it's pretty similar to mine....fine until you get near it. Bodykit is looking tired in the pics and the grille is wonky...thats after 10secs of picking holes

Could be a very nice car though, but if 160bhp is about all you can handle, you must be stoned or asleep.

kermit the frog · Post by **kermit the frog** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:53 am

Hi Way2go

Sorry to dissappoint you but it was a small company based in littlehampton called Intersim which sadly no longer exsist.
The simulator in question was a mobile six axis able to carry 16 people and at the end was painted and decaled with FERRARI paint and pictures of Michael Shumacher and Max Biagi .
It was based at a site near to heathrow and went to all the european F1 races and Motorcycle grand prix's

Regards Kermit

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:52 am

Kermit wrote

a small company based in littlehampton

Ahhh! Littlehampton. The location of many a childhood summer day at the beach, sat there waiting for the sun to come out - my Dad's favourite words : It's just behind that cloud ( the continuous one that stretched to the French coast)
Haven't they built some posh fish'n'chip shop there now where used to be the greasy old burger bar on the prom? I was actually last there three years ago and it hadn't changed that much. Quite a lot of building going on but it was always pleasantly 'low-rise'

Don't know what the weather's like there but here it's definately beach weather