Challenging starting price

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:53 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-BX-GTI-PE ... dZViewItem

adamskibx · Post by **adamskibx** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:25 am

That is rather a lot to ask. It looks quite odd that car, like things are missing. Looks as though the plastic guards inside the front arches are missing etc.

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:24 am

The inner wing plastic inserts are present, the inner wings are just unbelievably clean, cant put my finger on it but theres something about that car that just says "WRONG"! and it's a load of money.

Computer says NO!

Cheers
Chris G

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:27 am

Methinks thats Zimbabwe dollar price

The wings look blank without side flashers and somehow the front bumper doesn't look like it belongs, too white or something hmmm

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:09 am

Me think someone had a few too many shandys when he put that one ebay!

Stewart (oily!) · Post by **Stewart (oily!)** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:39 pm

looks almost too clean, mind you it could be from down the south where it suns instead of rains, big starting price though. even for a sorted one.
Stewart

Captain Slow · Post by **Captain Slow** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:07 pm

I disagree. The French like their cars, and always sell for alot more than here.

There was a 205 for sale when I was there last year and they wanted silly money in my opinion, but because it was French it sold for loads.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:37 pm

My gti auto was that clean under the arches, alloy wheel cleaner and a very powerful steam cleaner can work wonders! No wheeltrim sor bumper inserts though!

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:15 pm

MAYBE the sellers missus is insisting he sells the car and he's said OK darling i'll sell it.

SO he puts it on ebay for stupid money only to find..... Nobody wants to buy it? SO he gets to keep his pride and joy BX GTi!

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:07 pm

you sound like you are talking from experiance there Ian

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:39 pm

The French must like them if they go for that sort of money, perhaps we are missing a trick here, lets get buying loads of cars, convert them to lhd & then sell them on for a profit across the channel.....

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:51 pm

Looks pants.

And its only got 9bhp.....that must be slower than a 1.8D n/a

(and you have to crawl backwards to achieve that, in the dark, with a leg in a cast and pissed on special brew.)

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:07 pm

It's French-registered , it's in France, it's probably got a recent Controle Technique (French MOT - bi-annually AFAIR), and it stops and goes.

That is enough to put a car of almost any make into the 1000-euro-plus class, especially as the French have cars and like driving them, as opposed to coveting fashion accessories on wheels. They couldn't give a stuff what it looks like so long for the most part, so long as it hasn't been Barried.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:13 pm

I agree, the most eye-watering prices are asked (and paid) for cars we would consider way past it. Buying second-hand in France is not like it is here. Trouble is, the insurers, as I found out with my GSX when it was totalled, don't share the same views about a car's value. Mind you, they don't here either.

BCXM · Post by **BCXM** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:32 pm

Thats what I love about going to France and Italy. Seeing old Citroens Fiats is so refreshing when all you see on our roads are Fords and vauxhalls. On my last trip to France not long ago, I had a Visa in front of me and I saw an LNA in Calais. All have stellar miles on them but they really look after their cars..