NPoCP: Hauling stuff and hauling ass around corners

"MultiplaOrgasms" (themightymultipla) 07/22/2016 at 11:47 • Filed to: nice

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It’s a 1999 Citroën Xantia Break, in bleu mauritius aka the car of my childhood (ok ours was a 97), with the 3.0 V6 and the 5-speed manual (this has to be rare as is) but the pièce de résistance HAS to be the fact that it has been retroactively upgraded to the SC.CAR active anti-roll system from the Xantia Activa sedans that was never offered in the Wagon and never used since. And it has an LPG conversion but that is less relevant.

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The lack of pictures is worrying but the description is quite informative and includes the german version of “no lowballers”.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > MultiplaOrgasms 07/22/2016 at 12:16

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Nice car but I call CP on this one. Funny how the seller put such an emphasis on how much money he had spent on repairs and maintenence.

MultiplaOrgasms > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 07/22/2016 at 12:35

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We know that ~€6.000 went into the LPG and SC.CAR conversions, and some of the other €9.000 was regular Hydractive maintenance and apparently a minor rebuild coinciding with the Activa conversion, which is presume is a lot more expensive than maintaining the regular old mechanical Hydropneumatic our 1.9 Diesel had. Additionally from our experience I can say that Xantias go through alternators every 150.000km. The rest are run of the middle wear items. That said factoring all of that in I’m still only at around €11.000 so what is the cause of the final €4k? It mentions that it has had some minor paintwork done a couple of times, which as we know isn’t always cheap depending on what was done and by which paint shop. Maybe those €15k total spendings since 2010 included a donor Activa that has been gutted.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > MultiplaOrgasms 07/22/2016 at 12:54

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That with the donor car is my guess. I’m quite puzzled by the fact that the owner could have bought at least three Xantias for the money invested.

MultiplaOrgasms > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 07/22/2016 at 13:08

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The spirit of project cars is stronger than five perfectly well sorted identical cars.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > MultiplaOrgasms 07/22/2016 at 13:12

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But what about 8-10 project Xantias? Damn, so many possibilities with €15k.

MultiplaOrgasms > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 07/22/2016 at 13:26

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If I were Reichskanzler everyone would be forced to drive Xantias. I could start a war to spread the word of 1990s Citroën. Maybe a little genocide here and there. [in Tim Curry voice] Oh I think I just wet myself, it feels rather nice!

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > MultiplaOrgasms 07/22/2016 at 14:52

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If you should ever become whatever form of head of the state, I’ll take three Xantia Buffalos.