bright yellow Xm estate

classic2cv · Post by **classic2cv** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:12 pm

Has anyone seen this car

we have seen it twice now it’s bright yellow and has a four headlight conversion

we saw when driving around wetherby area

it does stand out a bit

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:13 pm

Could be an ex-Bournemouth taxi.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:31 pm

I was gonna say....pale yellow and its from Dorset

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:25 am

Hmm interesting, theres a company near me in leicester called servicemaster that had all its company cars painted bright yellow, from the reps focuses to the bosses Jags! And they looked horrible, mind u they had a good job done as the cars looked as if they had been painted at factory!

I bet they were difficult to shift afterwards!

Who on earth would buy a ex taxi?

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:31 am

Servicemaster, do they go round servicing toilets etc in the Little Chefs and the likes?

If so they had a K reg BX estate.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:03 am

Think so matey, or are u confusing it with apparelmaster?

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:52 am

Take a piccy next time you see it! I'd love to see a bright yellow XM. I always wanted a GS in mimosa!

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:09 am

Wot, you mean like this one...?

Mark.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:24 am

Yeh but thats 70s style you can get away with it! I always liked the tumeric yellow sd1s!

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:40 am

I know someone who's got one of those in my road! He takes it to shows... he also has another SD1 which is a Vitesse I think. And a Capri and a couple of moderns. Always doing work on one of them in his garage

Mark.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:43 am

Apparel Master were, I believe, a company who did (still do?) collect and wash/repair overalls etc.

Daytona yellow Capri? Yes please, especially a Mk1 3000E.

Tim, a few people would buy an ex-taxi. A bloke who was a regular visitor/buyer at the auction I used to work at bought mostly high/very high mileage cars. Had this theory that a) they`d have had just about every part renewed in their time and b) they must have been good cars to have done inter galatic mileages in the first place.

Actually, knowing the bloke as I do there was probably a `c` as well which would include giving them a bit of a haircut before selling them on

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:47 pm

Yes Mark, EXACTLY like that one! Chris did think about selling it at one time but I couldn't afford it

My mate's Rover 3500S is Paprika (which is even more offensive than Turmeric). Linky: http://www.p6club.com/ Enter the site, then scroll down to November 10th 2005 and click the link. That's his car. I've driven it. It's AWESOME.

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:49 pm

Nice, and not offensive says I!

Mark.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:47 pm

My P6 was worse, was in tobacco leaf, which is a shiity yellow brown colour, V8 tho and dovr lovely but no PAS gave me a workout ever time I drove it. Unlike my P5b which had steering so over assisted if u sneezed you would do a 180! Oh I miss that car!

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:30 pm

Tobacco leaf is a horrific colour but Almond is the worst!

The Paprika P6 has recently had power steering fitted but I haven't driven it since. What it could use is a power-assisted clutch! Incredibly heavy.