When I passed my test I used to bezz around in me mum's AX debut on a J plate. The car just ran and ran!
Decided citroen were alright so bought a saxo when i got my first job. Absolute pile of shite, the thing literally fell to bits. I was on first name terms with the AA men. Sent from my iPhone On 20 Jul 2011, at 20:37, "Matt Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bloody hell, am I the only leeds fan who has never had a citroen > > Matt (passat driver) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 20 July 2011 19:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] very NON LU: Citroen aint that shit init.. > > On 20/07/2011 18:26, Richard Naef wrote: >> Older stuff a bit bland????? I meant the original DS from the 50's& >> 60's and as for the SM...... >> and the 2CV wasn't bland by any stretch of the imagination. > > I loved my BX estate, what a fab car - until I ploughed into a milk tanker > at Silsden :-) > > My C5 is an "Exclusive" it cost me bugger all and it has all the toys - > leather seats, built in satnav, CD Changer, them really fab bright blue > headlights, cruise control, aircon, a thing for keeping your sunnies in, > it's the smoothest ride in Britain (fnarr fnarr) and whereas others arse > about with citroen engineers I just plug in my Lexia3 and the laptop does > the rest. The electrics are really reliable and the engine just goes on and > on. > > I have done 60,000 miles in the past two years in all weathers and all I've > bought is a cambelt, 3 litres of FAP Eolys, a second hand swinging arm and > some drop links. £400 quid all in! For the two MOTS I have bought £27 > quids worth of brake shoes. It's a 2.2 HDI (and yes it has the fap) which > returns just under 50mpg on an average dash down the A9 etc. and 43 round > town. > > The car cost me just under £3k from a local dealer and I reckon it owes me > nowt. It now shows 105k on the odometer and I expect to add another 50k > before I donate it to a local farmer for his chickens. > > She's called Sophie after the first French HST (wasn't the other > Patrick?) and if you break a leg at worldnet you'll probably travel in her > to the LGI without noticing the atrociously maintained English roads :-) > > Betty > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3775 - Release Date: 07/19/11 > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
