BX on eBay: 17TGD Turbo hatch

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:04 pm

It also has had a 3-spoke steering-wheel fitted now - those weren't standard on a TGD. I'd definitely want to know more about maintenance if I were interested, and see the thing in the metal.

Lack of meaningful detail & the ad cliches make me certain the seller isn't the one who specced it up.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:38 pm

Sorry guy's, i would go & have a look & report back my findings on here, but wifey has unexpectadly fallen ill & is in hospital, so this is the last thing on my mind at the mo. Once everything's sorted, i may contact the seller to find out more, but it wont be for at least a week (unless it sells of course).

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:56 am

Hey Mulley I hope your missus is on the mend asap mate. Send my best regards please.

ritmo · Post by **ritmo** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:04 pm

Only 68,000 on the clock. However the guy says it doesn't have power steering. Interesting.

Any of you guys buy it?

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:04 pm

If it's a turbo, the only way it wouldn't have powered steering would be if it was broken...

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:21 pm

The big question is then, is it a turbo or simply a 17Tgd

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:39 pm

You're thinking that the seller wrongly thinks the T stands for Turbo then Ken?

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:22 am

It has been known

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:43 pm

As the reg is very clear in the photo, it shouldn't be too difficult to check, assuming the DVLA did their job properly ... or that the seller is prepared to open the bonnet.

I have come across quite a few BX "turbodiesel" sellers whose cars have a T in the model designation but an airbox rather than an intercooler in the appropriate place, and the level of knowledge and care applied to this description would certainly match up with that profile.

However, the TGD turbo is certainly not a mythical beast - I've owned one before now, and a very fine BX it was too.

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:18 pm

Alas DVLA status check does not provide the model, only the engine size which obviously doesn't help matters. An underbonnet shot would be the way forward...

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:38 pm

It is (or at least was initially registered as) a turbo...

As part of a previous job I had access to an online database which could bring up details such as engine type, engine no., VIN number etc. I left there 3 years ago but my log on details still work!

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:42 pm

Nice work Mat! So it would seem that the power steering is u/s...

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:14 am

According to my experian check at work it IS a TGD turbo!