TIDY TXD Estate

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:14 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-BX_W0QQit ... 9b0c6#ht_5

Nice looking car and reasonable low mileage too, strong money but looks to be worth it.

Post by **Defender110** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:39 pm

Hate it when they call them 'HER' it's a bloody car not a girlfriend!

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:54 am

Defender110 wrote:Hate it when they call them 'HER' it's a bloody car not a girlfriend!

I see where you're coming from there but ive found some cars to have personality traits and gender.

My current BX, has not, my black Ph1 16v some years ago was deffo a bloke. My last red 2CV was a her and had been chiristened by the one and only previous owners as FiFi.

My Dodge is Oh you big yank heap of rusty crap (but definitly male for it)

etc etc

As Tim says though, that estate on the bay looks like it will make someone a nice car.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:01 pm

Yes, it does look good. He says he's getting rid of it because he's having a baby - perfect family car in my humble opinion. People get a bit 'air baggy/sliding doors' once the sprogs pop out. A trip to India where whole families go about on one scooter ( with the driver often speaking on the phone!) will suggest that people have become too worried.
Or maybe he just says that because everyone needs to write some reason why they're selling a car. Maybe 'she' couldn't satisfy him with her big black body..

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:25 pm

^ It's true, but they do have some pretty horrendous accidents too! I was thinking about Indian local buses earlier - how they don't get vandalised because they don't have any fittings left to vandalise - not even windows!

The feminizing thing is just marketing - unless you're from the West Country where it's developed from Cornish grammar (masculine/feminine nouns). I'm guessing.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:32 pm

There's horrendous accidents here in Europe too despite all the so called safety features. Like, it's really not that safe having a car that goes over 200kmph despite all the safety features. The no speed limit on the autobahns makes a farce out of safety really!

Considering the millions of people in India - their whole method of transport is miraculous if 'unsafe' to our western mindset. And, of course 'safety features' in the west have nothing to do with marketing and selling new cars to people who don't need them, along with the paranoia one can create particularly in parents.

SILVER SLIPPER 11 · Post by **SILVER SLIPPER 11** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:10 pm

not a patch on mine ,,and mines free ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:04 pm

From what I read on the For Sale forum there may well be quite a few patches on yours.

I thought David Rutherford expressed an interest anyway?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:23 pm

Be very careful of someone giving away a free mine.

Could be disguised as a suspension sphere and explode any time!!!