TZD Estate With Aircon and Alloys

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:58 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-BX-Di ... 3a691449b8

High mileage but its the "ultimate spec" leather asides of course!

RxBX · Post by **RxBX** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:31 pm

Shame about the three drilled holes in the dash (Photo 5#) , my black TGD which I scrapped last week had perfect unmolested dash albeit being Grey !

The TZD should still realise good money as its got 10 months MOT, just needs the gearbox sorting out !

Good luck to who ever secures this one .

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:34 pm

only niggle occasionally 2nd gear baulks on the synchro which it has done for several years and has never been deemed a problem

Hnmmh.......I wonder what his definition of a problem is?

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:39 pm

Way2go wrote:
only niggle occasionally 2nd gear baulks on the synchro which it has done for several years and has never been deemed a problem
Hnmmh.......I wonder what his definition of a problem is?

I imagine second gear syncro is worn with that miles, live with it or just put a new box and clutch in whilst your at it.

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:59 pm

I would imagine this started it's life as a company car, hence the holes in the dash for a car phone. Or worse a private hire cab. Does look quite nice though.

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:23 pm

Another one near me. Ide like a TD to make it 3 different Estates.
Mileage a tad high though. Mind you, i have a spare dash.

Andy

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:26 pm

If I could afford it, I would

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:37 pm

those wholes look likely to be a phone kit, they are repairable with the dash in situ, I know a man who can!

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:54 pm

Is it a bit pricey with over 200k on the clock?
The red 1.6i didnt sell at a redudced price of 300 on feebay? May have done privatley. All those miles must have caused a bit of wear everywhere.

Andy

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:39 am

I'm not usually a fan of breaks - but I could make an exception for that one. It looks very nice. Plus aircon - whooooo! You can't have too many buttons in my oppinion - and if they work . . . bonus!

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:38 am

Paul296 wrote:I'm not usually a fan of breaks - but I could make an exception for that one. It looks very nice. Plus aircon - whooooo! You can't have too many buttons in my oppinion - and if they work . . . bonus!

A lot more to go wrong too!!

Andy

Post by **Tim Leech** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:55 am

Grenman wrote:Is it a bit pricey with over 200k on the clock?
The red 1.6i didnt sell at a reduced price of 300 on feebay? May have done privatley. All those miles must have caused a bit of wear everywhere.

One big difference though Andy is that this is a TD, which is what people want when it comes to BX estates, in fact how many petrol estates are in the club besides your lovely 16TGS?. Not decrying the 16 for a minute as they are great.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:57 am

Don't forget the Green Hornet (similarly, a TZD Turbo estate) did the BXagon with no problem - and thousands of miles on top of that, with a mileage around the 250k mark, In fact until it's accident it had IIRC over 260k miles on it and was running pretty well.

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:19 pm

One big difference though Andy is that this is a TD, which is what people want when it comes to BX estates, in fact how many petrol estates are in the club besides your lovely 16TGS?. Not decrying the 16 for a minute as they are great.

Tim,
I think there are only 3 petrol TGS Estates on the road in the UK and i know TDs are in demand but i feel its mileage is a tad high for the price. Been kicking myself for not going for the 54k NA Estate last week. I know other forum members have been stating that some of their motors have also had very high miles but at what expense? The whole drive train will have had to do the miles indicated and that too wears out. Wheel bearings, clutch, gearbox [dodgy 2nd] etc to name a few parts. Seller dosnt say enough about that.Nor about any potential rust in known areas.
My TGS was such a fantastic find, kept in a warm dry garage for most of its life and its such a pleasure to drive compared to my N/A diesel and with no rust.I just have to use it when its dry for the performance it gives over the diesel.
I would give him 300 quid for it though.

Andy

Post by **Tim Leech** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:49 pm

I would also prefer your 54k TGS to a 200,000 mile diesel, however we all know these cars do love to do the miles and you never know it could be in good nick

If its been a rep mobile at one time most of those miles coudl have been done in the first 3 years and serviced on the button?. Failing that all the worn bits (gearbox asides in this case) coudl have been already replaced.