Spotted Xantias! (and other French stuff)

van ordinaire · Post by **van ordinaire** » 26 Nov 2018, 23:36

Stop - I've already getting withdrawal symptoms 'cos my 2CV is so far from being usable since I was in Malmedy the w/eof the Spa 24 hr race.

Anyway,more recently, last Thursday morning, to be precise, coming back from Devon, off the M25 onto the A20 & in a laybye, over the hedge a familiar white boxxy shape, as I passed, glanced in the n/s door mirror &, yup - another C15! Don't think I've seen one (on the road) since Donnington (the village, i.e.) on way back from Manchester in July.

Post by **CitroJim** » 28 Nov 2018, 05:53

Spotted a certain red Xantia Activa this morning whilst out on my run...

Parked in the vicinity of a well regarded vehicle repairer...

Took me quite by surprise at first.. I thought 'Gosh - a Xantia! '

Then I recognised the number plate - XAN71A

Hope the Two Wrestlers do a good job of fixing it Zel

Post by **CitroJim** » 29 Nov 2018, 15:16

Zel's Activa...

Still outside the garage being/has been repaired...

: Own Work

A poor quality photo as it is a still taken from my GoPro video of a short bike ride...

And the sun was in the wrong place...

Post by **white exec** » 29 Nov 2018, 15:37

Bit of a tweak:

Post by **CitroJim** » 29 Nov 2018, 15:52

That looks a lot better Chris!

van ordinaire · Post by **van ordinaire** » 29 Nov 2018, 20:06

Got to the top of the drive this morning & spotted a Xantia estate parked over the road - oh, yeah, it was the one I bought last night!

Hell Razor5543 · Post by **Hell Razor5543** » 29 Nov 2018, 20:21

van ordinaire wrote: ↑29 Nov 2018, 20:06 Got to the top of the drive this morning & spotted a Xantia estate parked over the road - oh, yeah, it was the one I bought last night!

Post by **Zelandeth** » 02 Dec 2018, 00:17

Yeah, there was a slight hold up due to me leaving the wrong immobiliser code with the garage! Hopefully we should have it back on Monday.

van ordinaire · Post by **van ordinaire** » 08 Dec 2018, 19:05

walking down the road yesterday morning, a silver 406 estate went by - so seems I haven't got the only French estate of this era in the neighbourhood?

Hell Razor5543 · Post by **Hell Razor5543** » 09 Dec 2018, 08:52

Just found this on MSN;

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/fre ... spartanntp

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 12 Dec 2018, 16:03

I saw this earlier today. I owned an estate version of this TZDturbo from 1991 until 1998. It had the most comfortable seats I've ever sat on in a car.

Post by **myglaren** » 12 Dec 2018, 16:25

I had a BX19RD estate and it was out first 'proper' car, rather than a banger, since the GS.
Quick, quiet, very roomy and very comfortable.

Post by **white exec** » 12 Dec 2018, 17:32

JohnD wrote: ↑12 Dec 2018, 16:03 I saw this earlier today. I owned an estate version of this TZDturbo from 1991 until 1998. It had the most comfortable seats I've ever sat on in a car.
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Whereabouts in Spain did you spot it, John?
Registration is (I think) the old Cadiz prefix.

Dead right about BX seats - wonderfully comfortable. XM carried on the tradition, thankfully.

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 12 Dec 2018, 18:37

Whereabouts in Spain did you spot it, John?

This BX was in Nerja. You're right about the Cadiz reg. You don't see too many of those about now.

Post by **white exec** » 12 Dec 2018, 19:04

Nerja - we live around 20mins away.
We see only one BX with any regularity now, a BX D (which has to be a tad basic), a red Series 2, parked up (but in use) in El Morche. Scruffy, but it looks to be having some restoration work done on it, ever so gradually.
One more (a white S1 14 petrol) sat in various sidestreets in nearby Mezquitilla, and was finally left to rot in an open-air car park.
Otherwise, we see only one a year now, passing through.

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