One for the Brighton-ish contingent?

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:32 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-CITROEN-BX19 ... dZViewItem

The seller may not know his Citroens, but I laughed at the description, even if it is an octopus jobbie. The car shows a distinct lack of "Etanchéité".

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:47 pm

Isnt the problem that he's got just air in they hydraulic system & thats why it wont rise??? could be a bargain.....

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:22 pm

Why are all these eBay BXs so bloody far down South? GRRRRRRRR!

When we get a Northern one, it's usually way overpriced, or only really good as a donor!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:12 pm

Get a cheap train/bus ticket, job done

, no club members nearby?

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:35 pm

Yep...there are probably about half a dozen members within 35 miles of me!
I think I would be a bit wary of buying a car from 250-300 miles away without looking it over first, and I certainly don't have enough free time to go trolling off "daan Sarf!!"

For every BX that comes available North of Watford Gap, there are 15 from South of there! I guess it's because everything South of Birmingham is in actual fact...France!!! (That's what my old Dad used to tell me!

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MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:19 am

Take a gamble, when i won my Gti off e-scud i had to go to Glasgow to fetch & all i had to go on was the owners ad & answers to a few questions..... Arent there any members near to where that car is? thats what i meant to ask 1st time round....

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:41 am

I've bought six cars off eBay - and each without viewing - just a few Q & As plus in a few cases phone calls. Just use your common sense and insist on cash on collection. You can always walk away - or negotiate down if the description was misleading. BTW Always ask if it's been smoked in or had dogs!

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:04 pm

It's only down the road - i'll happily go check it out.

mountainmanUK · Post by **mountainmanUK** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:58 pm

It's not particularly that I was thinking of buying it....rather it was simply a comment on the small percentage of BXs that come up for sale in the North, compared to down South!
Must be 'cos it's closer to France? Or maybe that us Northern folk like to hang on to our cars longer?

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:51 pm

They're richer darn sawth, so they can afford to chop in their BX's for newer motors

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:47 am

Yeah but we spend all our money on accommodation

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:49 pm

Forgot about that