An XM..sorry! Advice please

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:48 pm

Tis a little gem, but not my cuppa...am after a 2.1TD ph 1 or 2, manual or auto (see....I'm not as fussy as Doc!!)

Have 'worked' on the missus today and managed to convince her that getting an XM and selling the Xantia would be a 'wise move' so I'm looking with intent now....if you see any 2.1TDs give let me know cos I am thoroughly bored with the Xantia

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:56 pm

I'll keep an eye out for ya lad!

See, from the moment I met her, I knew your missus had great taste in automotive art!

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:14 pm

See, from the moment I met her, I knew your missus had great taste in automotive art!

Mmmmm, when I met her she was driving a Polo 'Holiday' (or something, I dunno, the one with the slidy 'push back if you have arms like Fatima Whitbread' type dealy roof thingys). Anyway, wasn't long before twas swapped for Satans green blooded machine which I hope (and correct spec permissing) be replaced by an XM......

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:30 pm

BX Bandit wrote:
See, from the moment I met her, I knew your missus had great taste in automotive art!
Mmmmm, when I met her she was driving a Polo 'Holiday' (or something, I dunno, the one with the slidy 'push back if you have arms like Fatima Whitbread' type dealy roof thingys). Anyway, wasn't long before twas swapped for Satans green blooded machine which I hope (and correct spec permissing) be replaced by an XM......

Slightly off topic alert!

My missus had a Suzuki WagonR before i met her.... The green blood runs deep now

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:36 pm

My missus had a Suzuki WagonR before i met her.... The green blood runs deep now

Jee....tskk...wimmin.... Aye, you gotta learn 'em...for they know not what they do!!
Off topic?? CGAF...

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:49 pm

BX Bandit wrote:
My missus had a Suzuki WagonR before i met her.... The green blood runs deep now
Jee....tskk...wimmin.... Aye, you gotta learn 'em...for they know not what they do!!
Off topic?? CGAF...

Sorry Mr Bandit, but a Suzuki WagonR trumps some poxy VW any day of the week

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:59 pm

cavmad wrote:
BX Bandit wrote:
My missus had a Suzuki WagonR before i met her.... The green blood runs deep now
Jee....tskk...wimmin.... Aye, you gotta learn 'em...for they know not what they do!!
Off topic?? CGAF...

Sorry Mr Bandit, but a Suzuki WagonR trumps some poxy VW any day of the week

Dont start youth! I'm having another VW soon (admittedly a camper!)

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:02 pm

cavmad wrote:
BX Bandit wrote:
My missus had a Suzuki WagonR before i met her.... The green blood runs deep now
Jee....tskk...wimmin.... Aye, you gotta learn 'em...for they know not what they do!!
Off topic?? CGAF...

Sorry Mr Bandit, but a Suzuki WagonR trumps some poxy VW any day of the week

Yeah...but they are both birds cars and..well...just...erm...well...you know

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:16 pm

BX Bandit wrote:
cavmad wrote:
BX Bandit wrote:
Jee....tskk...wimmin.... Aye, you gotta learn 'em...for they know not what they do!!
Off topic?? CGAF...

Sorry Mr Bandit, but a Suzuki WagonR trumps some poxy VW any day of the week
Yeah...but they are both birds cars and..well...just...erm...well...you know

For your last quote I'll let you off all previous misdemeanours

Mr Fearn is also excused because he called me 'youth', something that no-one has called me in a long time, though he'd be even better thought of if he bought a Bedford CF instead

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:32 pm

I'm having another VW soon (admittedly a camper!)

Kind of acceptable...along the lines of "memories of Hippy days (not mine!) in 1967, seeing lots of VW Campers painted orange with daisies all over 'em!"
Sort of "retro-cool"!

Boy-racer knobheads don't drive VW Campers, so they're OK!

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:05 pm

mountainmanUK wrote:
I'm having another VW soon (admittedly a camper!)
Kind of acceptable...along the lines of "memories of Hippy days (not mine!) in 1967, seeing lots of VW Campers painted orange with daisies all over 'em!"
Sort of "retro-cool"!
Boy-racer knobheads don't drive VW Campers, so they're OK!

Orange.....with daisies...

You been on the wacky again!!

I must confess, I am not a fan of VW's, no matter what the vintage/make/model...esp them noisy rear engined air cooled types.

Are you going for a oldy type camper Ian or one of the more recent ones?

Billy, oh master, I am not worthy of your forgiveness...but do humbly accept...that said....I'm not a GM Vauxhall fan either....esp the ruddy Vectra.....

Should be safe here in Wales...cos he don't like sheep

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:27 pm

I had a polo fox coupe 3dr in white, great little motor thats been in our family since new. Ok it's crap, but it was reliable, felt solid, good on gas, did 105 flat out & actually handled well on those skinny tyres even though the body roll was laughable, but the best bit was that it was ace in the snow.

No power steering, no electric windows, no stereo, no abs, no airbags, only 4spd, infact there wasnt much of anything, it did have a rear wash wipe though, tiny 1litre engine & 45bhp, but i could really hustle that car along & it kept up with much faster cars on the twisties.

I rembember giving a geezer in his tvr the shock of his life, as i flew over a roundabout overtaking him (yes he did blast past on the straight), but i was smiling to myself

. If i was really strapped for cash i would have it straight back, my cousin is now enjoying the coupe ownership experience.

Another 10 years & that will probably be a classic....

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:17 am

BX Bandit wrote:
mountainmanUK wrote:
I'm having another VW soon (admittedly a camper!)
Kind of acceptable...along the lines of "memories of Hippy days (not mine!) in 1967, seeing lots of VW Campers painted orange with daisies all over 'em!"
Sort of "retro-cool"!
Boy-racer knobheads don't drive VW Campers, so they're OK!
Orange.....with daisies... You been on the wacky again!!
I must confess, I am not a fan of VW's, no matter what the vintage/make/model...esp them noisy rear engined air cooled types.

Are you going for a oldy type camper Ian or one of the more recent ones?

Billy, oh master, I am not worthy of your forgiveness...but do humbly accept...that said....I'm not a GM Vauxhall fan either....esp the ruddy Vectra.....

Should be safe here in Wales...cos he don't like sheep

You had to spoil it didn't you? You were doing so well then wrecked it

I never got the point of air cooled VWs either, and pretty much everything else they've made since. Over priced and over hyped but each to their own.
You won't be safe in the valleys either boyo, I've been training the BXClub's goat to attack sheep and then assume the disguise of an innocent looking poodle and make his own way back.

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:46 pm

cavmad wrote:
BX Bandit wrote:
mountainmanUK wrote:
Kind of acceptable...along the lines of "memories of Hippy days (not mine!) in 1967, seeing lots of VW Campers painted orange with daisies all over 'em!"
Sort of "retro-cool"!
Boy-racer knobheads don't drive VW Campers, so they're OK!
Orange.....with daisies... You been on the wacky again!!
I must confess, I am not a fan of VW's, no matter what the vintage/make/model...esp them noisy rear engined air cooled types.

Are you going for a oldy type camper Ian or one of the more recent ones?

Billy, oh master, I am not worthy of your forgiveness...but do humbly accept...that said....I'm not a GM Vauxhall fan either....esp the ruddy Vectra.....

Should be safe here in Wales...cos he don't like sheep

You had to spoil it didn't you? You were doing so well then wrecked it I never got the point of air cooled VWs either, and pretty much everything else they've made since. Over priced and over hyped but each to their own.
You won't be safe in the valleys either boyo, I've been training the BXClub's goat to attack sheep and then assume the disguise of an innocent looking poodle and make his own way back.

I want a new as possible this time. My last one was rear engined but watercooled. It sounded great through its standard exhaust. I love the sound of flat engines.

A new VW type 5 California will set you back £38,000....

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:18 pm

How about a Merc instead Ian? Last forever.