Red is a good colour for a BX, although you'd excuse me being equally biased and saying white really is the best. The eternal problem with red is that it turns pink and needs lots of work to keep it a deep lustrous red. I know what a pain it is because my MX3 is a red one.
It's strange but different colours suit different cars. For instance, my first MX3 was black and looked better than the red one, but I'm not at all keen on BXs in black and much prefer red.
The Challenge Cars
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BX14TE St Tropez 1990 - now sold
Xsara Forte 1.4i 2000
Kawasaki GPz550A4 1987
Xsara Forte 1.4i 2000
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never had or wanted a red car in my life, prefer silver ,grey,white or british racing /triton green.
Funnily enough my 6 BX's have either been white [3] silver [2] or grey [1] must get a triton green one next.
Funnily enough my 6 BX's have either been white [3] silver [2] or grey [1] must get a triton green one next.
1991 BX Meteor 1.6
light travels faster than sound, thats why you look intelligent and then you spoil it all by opening your mouth !!!!!
light travels faster than sound, thats why you look intelligent and then you spoil it all by opening your mouth !!!!!
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Yes Mat tis a very shiny tow bar. Especially after you started to restore it at approx 2am whilst on the challenge!!mat_fenwick wrote:Everyone knows that it's the best colour, although I may be slightly biased.saintjamesy89 wrote:I've decided that red is my new favourite colour for cars
I washed off the French dirt yesterday, and it doesn't look too bad. Note the shiny black towbar!

Mark Smith
Is it just me or is everything shit?
1989 BX GTi 16 valve. Blanc Alpine. Completed the Citroen Classic Challenge Ecosse and 1337 miles without a hitch.
2000 XM VSX 2.1 td Auto. Rouge Magenta.
TGD saloon many years ago.
1990 Swift 'Corniche' 12/2 aka BXClub HQ.
Honda Firestorm. Gone, but not forgotten.
2015 Triumph Tiger Explorer XC.
Is it just me or is everything shit?
1989 BX GTi 16 valve. Blanc Alpine. Completed the Citroen Classic Challenge Ecosse and 1337 miles without a hitch.
2000 XM VSX 2.1 td Auto. Rouge Magenta.
TGD saloon many years ago.
1990 Swift 'Corniche' 12/2 aka BXClub HQ.
Honda Firestorm. Gone, but not forgotten.
2015 Triumph Tiger Explorer XC.
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like ThisYes Mat tis a very shiny tow bar. Especially after you started to restore it at approx 2am whilst on the challenge!!


Mike Sims
BX 19RD Estate Mk1 - Timex!
BX 4X4 Estate - Oh god, I've done it again!
BX 17RD MK1 - it called to me!
BX14 TGE, - SOLD
XM Turbo SD,GS Club Estate,Visa 17D Leader,HY Pickup,Dyane Nomad,Dyane 6,2CV AZL,Falcon S,Trabant P50,3x Land Rovers (88" series 1,109" series 2a FFR,series 2a Marshall ambulance),DKW F7, Lambretta LD150 x 1.5,Mobylette SP93,Ural Cossack,Ural M63,CZ 250 Sport,Honda Varadero 125,lots of bicycles & tricycles including (but not only) Sunbeams,Higgins & Bates!
BX 19RD Estate Mk1 - Timex!
BX 4X4 Estate - Oh god, I've done it again!
BX 17RD MK1 - it called to me!
BX14 TGE, - SOLD
XM Turbo SD,GS Club Estate,Visa 17D Leader,HY Pickup,Dyane Nomad,Dyane 6,2CV AZL,Falcon S,Trabant P50,3x Land Rovers (88" series 1,109" series 2a FFR,series 2a Marshall ambulance),DKW F7, Lambretta LD150 x 1.5,Mobylette SP93,Ural Cossack,Ural M63,CZ 250 Sport,Honda Varadero 125,lots of bicycles & tricycles including (but not only) Sunbeams,Higgins & Bates!
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OK, because I am extraordinarily greedy for Challenge pix, I rashly offered Mark to host his on Photobucket. He duly e-mailed them to me and they can be seen here
However, they need suitable captions, so over to you Mr Smith:
1. Start a reply
2. Open the album from the link above in a separate tab/window
3. Hover your mouse pointer over one of the pictures then click your left-mouse button inside the box next to where it says IMG code - as circled in the everso helpful ezample below. This will automatically copy the direct link (which will look like
However, they need suitable captions, so over to you Mr Smith:
1. Start a reply
2. Open the album from the link above in a separate tab/window
3. Hover your mouse pointer over one of the pictures then click your left-mouse button inside the box next to where it says IMG code - as circled in the everso helpful ezample below. This will automatically copy the direct link (which will look like

Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
1991 TZD hatch (Triton Green)
1992 Hurricane
1991 TZD hatch (Triton Green)
1992 Hurricane
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There's my full set here.