Xantia 2.0i Vsx 16v 1993 Red Abs

It really pains me to list this, but anyhow needs must.

Very nice car with a few issues:

1. leaking water pump - not massive hemorrhaging but you're
not going 100's of miles without sorting it first
2. humming rear wheel bearing
3. a few nicks and scratches about on the bodywork but
nothing major

IT GOES VERY WELL!!

ABS works 100%.

Decent radio, lovely interior, working sunroof, in fact apart
from the water pump - everything works!!

In a past lifetime, the car lived in Richmond with some treble
barreled named blokey and wanted for nothing and this still
shows today. I bought it as I fancied a 16v and then almost
immediately bought an Xm V6 24v...









OK, on SORN and no MOT as the many other Citroens I have lying
about the place have had first refusal with my time.
It now has to go though.

The hydraulics all work as they're supposed to and there is a
spare correctly coloured nearside rear door thrown in!!

Open to offers over £150

The engine/alloys are worth that and complete cars are being
being bought by my local scrap yard for £100 though it would be a
shame to see the car gutted for the engine - one reason I
bought it in the first place to prevent such an act!!

It's located in Sunny South Wales...
Delivery within reason can be negotiated, although as stated

I don't have loads of spare time!

andmcit at tiscali dot co dot uk
Andrew

It is a rare and desirable car and one of the very first Xantias in the UK.

For those not genned on VSX's they're NOT JUST A TRIM LEVEL but
the one will all the toys AND THE TRICK SUSPENSION as seen on the XM
BUT without the added complexity of the Activa anti roll system with it's
additional spheres and rams.

It really is a baby Xm!!

It's not even so much the money I need, but I need to clear space. I'd be
really happy to see the car being rehomed and kept as a going concern/
runner where payment could be timed to suit - I realise January is a long
month after the excesses of Xmas...

This is a great car that must be worth twice what I'm asking and would
certainly be worth more with an MOT. I really REALLY don't want to see
it go. The truth unfortunately is I need to clear some of my mental and
physical baggage and needs must.

Anyone interested? It's SUCH A GOOD REG NUMBER FOR A TD BX TOO!!

Just remembered I've got a new timing belt to fit when the pump gets changed
though haven't visibly confirmed which type of water pump it needs as apparently
there are two types...



Andrew

Andrew,

Last time I saw a K Plate VSX Which these K Platers feature the more powerfull 165bhp engine, not the lowerly tuned later ones, it fetched a good price, but as you said, it probably went for its engine...

These are basically the Mi 16 engine really...

Good luck, there cant be that many K plate Xans about now..

Rgds
citroenxm

I know, I know - there weren't that many when they were new with most being L platers.
This must have been a really early/premium order.

Well, I've put an ad on all the Cit based forums and not generated much if any interest sadly.
Folk are aware of the rarity of an early K plate and combine that with an a VSX spec it IS a
good prospect and worth spending the time sorting out and that was the plan. I know it's a
steal at the price but I'd rather it sold here than go for twice that on ebay where a certain
death awaits and I realise with 'that' engine it has 'engine donor' written all over it which
would really be a crying shame.

I may have to rethink the sequence of my car cull. I've got to find new homes for a shed
load though...

Andrew

I actually think that ALL First to UK Xantias were 2.oi 16v cars.. and all were VSX's too..


Rgds
citroenxm

Andrew

I too have a Xantia, and I really think you should try and keep that car if at all possible. Those cars (chevrons on bonnet) are such a rarity, especially such an early one. Unfortunatly it will take a few years before the Xantia will be appreciated as a classic car (the BX is beginning to be seen as a classic in the making that needs to be saved - this has already happened with the XM and should happen to the Xantia before it is too late). So she is worth mothballing for that period, and then bring back to her former glory and displaying her at rallies etc.

I think of my cars from a collectors point of vie; and that Xantia of yours fits the bill perfectly as a car that is worth keeping now, as it will be very rare and worth something in the future, also becuase it is an important part of the Xantia model history. All the publicity material from the Xantia launch were of the 2.0 VSX cars like yours.

That's why I bought a Series 1 Xm and also own a Series 1 CX beauce their potential form a collectors point of view is excellent (I also prefer the series 1 cars to their series 2 counterparts). The same collectors interest also applies to the very last cars of a model range that are produced.

Maybe I think about these things too much and much more differently than most other car owners. But selling that Xantia may be a decision that you regret in the future. I am hanging on to mine, because in a few years time I will regret selling it and will want a Xantia again to have in my collection. I hope you have something less interesting that you can forgoe so that you can keep you Xantia.

Regards

Robert

Hi Andrew

Sorry to hear that you have the same problem as me and are having to part with cars. Not a good start to the new year.

Regards

John

Andrew never mind the petrols, get some hairy arsed diesels up for sale!!

Actually, seriously I agree with exmexc it is a shame that you have to move them because yes they were not used. But, they were safe from the 205 lot. If they get them they will be dust, and fairly quickly.

This post has been edited by demag on January 13, 2008 10:39 pm

Damned double post!!

My broadband is being a right git at the moment and yet it's usually brilliant. Damn!!

Andrew

This post has been edited by Andmcit on January 13, 2008 11:54 pm

Yep, not doing any harm in nice dry storage in suspended animation.
I planned to sort it over time and have a nice little sleeper with an
unusual usable classic (obviously given time - I wasn't in a big hurry).

I'm a sucker for a lost cause and have saved a few Activa as well as
another early 16v just like this one but in green with cream leather.

BTW, I have to part with the one's selected as these are actually the
least interesting one's. I could never happily part with my Cx turbo's
and early Gs's and for that matter the Xm V6's!!

OK diesels. Truth is if they were perfect they'd be on the road but I do
have an early maroon SD XM saloon with a badly fitted new clutch
(don't ask - I don't know why) and a very late HDi 90 Xantia saloon
(X plate IIRC) with either a duff oil/water cooler or a HG issue and then
there's the Concorde Xantia TD est (with the same issue).

BTW, This car was apparently owned by one of the senior engineers
servicing BAe's Concorde at Bristol - it's even got A frosted silhouette of
the plane on it's back windows and chaperoned the plane from the service
area onto the runway the last time the plane left Bristol.

Talk about Clarkson's Concorde moment... sob

So a mixed bag but worth someone's time to sort rather than scrap them!!
I'll have to check what I had planned with the other 20 odd...

Booo

Andrew

This post has been edited by Andmcit on January 13, 2008 11:45 pm

I sympathize with you Andrew, it must be like tearing your heart out.

How come you have to get rid, are you losing your storage?

Can't we have a Club Day there before you move them all? What a day that would be!

I'm sure we could all chip in for a pint for you to make it worth your while!

Think of the piccies we could get!

This post has been edited by demag on January 14, 2008 01:07 am

Yep. Losing half the barn storage I've had for years as it and the adjacent ex dairy
farmhouse is being sold with 50acres and the new buyers 'may' want storage which
at the moment is full of old Citroens.

Then again, after I've actually managed to clear the space, the property may not
get sold and stand empty indefinitely with me sitting in the remaining half of the barn...

not a great situation.

I have another place but predictably that's chock full up too so there'll have to be a
bit of shuffling. My mates and family keep calling it rationalising what I plan to keep.

Dammit, I wouldn't have them all If I didn't want them...
I'll have to take some pictures for posterity sometime soon!

As already stated there'll be at least x9 Xm's. There'll all S1 and mostly saloon
petrol 2.0SEi's, a 2.OSi TurboCT and I'm still undecided on a couple of V6's.

Of the 9 Cx's most are perfectly presentable just needing the usual handbrake
adjustment doing for an MOT!!

There's an '84 S1 2.4 GTi manual in a very handsome dark metallic green that doesn't
really need a lot, a few 22TRS (S2's) and possibly a S2 T1 (as a last resort!)...

as I said earlier..


boooooo

Andrew

Andrew,

Did you sell this???

Whats the lickly hood of having it running on LPG, would it suit it well?

Not keen on the plastic intake manifold though, I wonder if it would convert to metal manifold..

Your thoughts?


Rgds

C

This whole thing really REALLY pains me.

Still got it though am not in a hurry to just give it away for the paltry asking price
as it really is a nice car. By rights I should get it on it's feet properly as I've got
a neww pump/belt - I'll have to shuffle things and get rid of other one's instead
to buy it some time to get repaired and made an honest car. Can't recall the last
one I saw and it goes like stick!! Should be worth something as a going concern
rather than just a Pug engine donor.

Mind, I'm getting all kinds of hell as I'm being lethargic with the removal of 28
Citroens so I'll listen to any offers or suggestions!

It hurts deeply but at least scrap values are going up...

I know what you mean about the plastic manifold; the 8v 2.0i is different with alloy
manifold. I'm pretty certain I've seen LPG on a plastic manifold unless my memory
has been totally shot to whatsit.

Andrew