I've lurked here a long while as a non-member and as I've finally joined it seemed an apt time to start a blog for my BX.
For some reason I've always wanted a BX, so this year I decided it was something I finally had to do. My only requirements were that any potential BX of mine had to be a turbodiesel, and it had to be triton green. I saw a few but nothing to really tempt me until a Hurricane came up for sale at an attractive (well, cheap) price locally to me. Whilst slightly rough around the edges, for the price I couldn't argue and finally I became a BX owner.
Inevitably it's had its problems: the head gasket went a few weeks into my ownership (and was repaired by a very unenthusiastic Citroen specialist who thought I should scrap the car); the starter motor also gave up the ghost in an entirely inconvenient location and it's currently sat broken outside my house while I try to discover where air is intruding into the fuel system. And it's a neglected, previously poorly maintained BX that's sat around for years so small jobs have become trickier than they otherwise would have been, but it'll be a good one evetually.
Niggles aside though, it's a good one and I look forward to it finally being sorted.
As for my other cars:
This has been my labour of love for nearly five years now. Catastrophically broken from the get go, it should return to the road this year after two years off. Still, a life without a Rover V8 is not a life well lived.
The Daihatsu Sirion is my 'modern'. Reliable but by no means boring.
. Hit me up next time you're in the area though, I'll put the kettle on.
