NPOCP Chevy Citation

"yitznewton" (yitznewton) 09/11/2015 at 10:06 • Filed to: npocp, craigslist

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Oh my goodness... when I was a kid in the 80s, these were everywhere... I haven’t seen a single one in years. And there’s a good reason for that. Asking $4500

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McMike > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:08

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Birddog > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:13

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I want it but that price is a little on the Cracky side.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:16

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Well, at least it's an X-11. I like the Citation in a weird way, but $4,500 is way too expensive for my tastes.

Boxer_4 > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:38

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The last Citation I saw was this one:

This picture was taken ~15 years ago (can you tell?)

jmedarts > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:46

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“and there’s a good reason for that” - truer words were never typed. what a pos.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 10:48

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There should be a law thay you can’t sell cars over MSRP, or used chevy Citations.

Takuro Spirit > McMike 09/11/2015 at 11:08

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WHY IS THIS NOT A SHIRT YET MCMIKE????

mazda616 > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 11:11

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I always liked the X-11s. So malaise and fantastically ‘80s. CP on the price. Knock 2 grand off and we’ll talk.

Jon-o > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 11:43

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Really cool find! I’ve only seen a couple in my entire life and I do look out for them at notice what it is when I see it.

My dad had an X11 back when they were new as his first car and it even got a few auto X days back in the early 80’s. He claimed it was a rocket in it’s time.

Unfortunately the floor boards became Swiss cheese and the doors rusted through within 4 years in the Ontario/Michigan style salty winters. Ah early 80’s GM.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 17:02

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CP

RacinBob > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 19:01

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Oooh, but how many people can say they raced one..... It was pretty decent for the day. Front suspension similar to Porsche 944. Rear suspension similar to Rabbit. 4 spd and 160 hp out of 2.8 V-6. It’s brakes were marginal and it had a habbit of breaking front hubs off. It was an experience.

You can tell that the GM management team allowed the designers to make a serious effort at a sports car. My biggest regret is their efforts did not extend to making a decent trap system in the oil pan. I had to do it myself 2 cranks and blocks later....

RacinBob > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 19:13

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The X-11’s last ride - 24 hours of nelson 1995. It finished 3rd in class. A beast.

By the way, my street X-11 served as tow vehicle for 7 years. Maybe 40,000 miles spent towing a trailer + car that outweighed it, usually at 75 mph. Also a beast. Air bags in springs really help.

You don’t need a big truck to go racing. Even when the track is 600 miles away.

sdwarf36 > yitznewton 09/11/2015 at 20:35

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I say cp. They’d have to give me more than that to take it.

My X-11 story: I was working in an auto machine shop when these came out. A garage that we dealt with had a customer with one. The check engine light (first car I remember having one) kept coming on. Being under 12k miles, he would bring it back to the dealer. They didn’t know what the problem was-so they told him to keep driving it. So he did—till it burned a hole in a piston.* We got the job to rebuild the motor due to the dealer not having a replacement engine. Being a warranty job, we were going to use all factory Chevy parts. We told them we wanted a complete gasket set. What we got was 2 head gaskets-and intake gasket + a caulking gun size tube of silicone sealer.

* The problem turned out being the EGR valve.

Dunnik > yitznewton 09/17/2015 at 01:36

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