Morning guys.
Some of you may already be aware of this, but Adrian Chapman (you may remember him from such shows as 'XM-L') is selling his '96 2.0TCT VSX in black with tan leather.
I've listed it here on his behalf, but since its Adrian's car, it's best if I let him do the talking:
Full Version '96 Xm 2.0 Tct Vsx Auto For Sale
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| Something interesting's come up, and it's about time I had a change after nearly seven years with the XM... So... Anybody fancy mine? '96/N TCT Auto VSX. Black with tan leather. 142k miles. Aircon/climate. Passenger airbag. MOT until May, tax until September. I've had it since October 2000, when it had 60k miles - and it's been serviced regularly and properly ever since, by a damn good Cit specialist - including ATF with *every* 9k engine oil change. Two owners before me. If I can round all the paperwork up, it's got a full service history (for whatever that's worth). Two good, two late-middle-aged Michelins on wobbly alloys. Recent cambelt and one front wheel bearing. It's not perfect - you want a full warts'n'all list? OK... Bodily, it's got a few small marks and very minor scrapes here and there - most notably an A5-size ripply bit on the driver's door where some pillock reversed into it. It's missing one headlight washer cover and the scuttle trim ends are currently removed, because of access to the wipers (see below). I don't do carwashing, so it's certainly not a waxed-to-within-an-inch-of-it's-life garage queen. One rear door had a bit of filling before I got it - invisible outside, but there's a small scrape visible on the frame in the door shut. It's never had any bodywork whilst I've had it. Interior's a little grubby, and the fuse box cover under-dash panel's removed, together with the console side - I took it off when the fan heat motor started playing up, never got round to re-assembling it, and the pipework's all a bit disturbed. Everything's with the car, though. The front interior lock buttons are awol, and the surround to the driver's door interior handle is in the door pocket. Electrically, both front windows have been done - the driver's with a good used, the passenger with stainless wire. Both rear windows work fine. The sunroof works fine, but the switch has ignored me a couple of times lately. The fuel computer works fine the majority of the time, but doesn't like hot days. The climate control's a bit tempramental, but can usually be persuaded to do what you want if you ask nicely. The wipers aren't currently self-parking or working on intermittent - I've tried a different motor, with no joy. My suspicion is that it's only a relay. The passenger mirror isn't currently adjusting - I think I must have disturbed a connector when I had the door trim off to do the window, because it worked fine, including reverse-dip, before that. Mechanically, I fear saying this, but it's utterly reliable. It's let me down perhaps a couple of times in the time I've had it - autobox interlock (the underbonnet fusebox has been rewired), and a coolant hose earlier this year. The steering UJ has occasinally shown a *little* notchiness, but nothing massively worrying, and there's a slight blow from the exhaust - the manifold gasket was done not long after I bought the car. The hippo is healthy, the spheres are about a year old, the LHM's been changed regularly. There's a slight LHM leak from the regulator block, probably a pipe seal, but it's never needed topping up between changes. It rarely needs the oil topping up between changes, either. It's had a few ABS sensors, a water pump, rad, drop links, a ball joint and a few other things whilst I've had it - but mainly just servicing. The autobox was replaced under warranty at 9,000 miles from new. It's got a towbar with single electrics - rarely used, but when it has been, it's been used to tow about a ton and a bit of car trailer - and there'll be a large pile of parts with it. I mean a _van-full_ mainly of body panels, but some electrics and a load of godknowswhat, mainly from a '95 TCT Exclusive. If you're interested, give me a shout on 07796 690210. I'm near Jn 17 of the M25. If it's going, then it's going soon. I know how much I need from it to "make the change", so make me an offer. It'll repay a weekend or two of the kind of enthusiasm that new ownership carries... |
If anyone wants to contact him, use the number listed above, or PM me and I'll provide his email address. I didn't want to list it publically in case it gets harvested by the slimming pills and viagra squad!
Cheers
Ciarán
Update, car now sold. (To someone from Ireland no less!). 
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