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What I really didn't need at the moment was another car to go with the Cavmad fleet, but when I got offered one for nowt that ticked all the right boxes I couldn't actually say no. Hell, I even paid someone to collect it for me as I couldn't get there myself. Right, to the chase: It's big (and I mean enormously big) it's Fench, it's turbo, it has built in pimptastic suspension, it's done 218k miles and it's failed the MOT in some fashion. It's also rather jolly in the cool stakes but I would say that. Retro or non-retro, what do you reckon? *Picture shamelessly plundered off the tinernet but exacly the same colour and spec and mine is an estate...  Sadly no leather (but that can be sorted) and doesn't have the double glazed rear window or awesomely cool electric glove box of da posh models but it does have electric seats which are da bomb! Should be, erm, 'fun' in the economy stakes it's a two litre petrol turbo. |
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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OMG! Retro or not?arthurbrown
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Retro or not, who cares when it comes equipped with INSTA-SLAM.
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Lolzas @ Insta slam, even the BXs impressed my hard to please son and his mates. Top, middle or bottom ftw.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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Reminds me of an old Audi 100 Avant I remember seeing in Street Machine mag about 20years ago. It was slammed, blacked out, and so on. Would look good with the trim shaved a bit and all black with big wheels. Basically hiding the fact that it's a Citroen.
(I had a BX once...absolute wibblepoo. The roof peeled off one day when I opened the rear hatch. A gust of wind lifted the hatch and peeled the roof about 2 feet forward.)
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Theres four cars i have promised myself i will own one day and an XM is one of them,i even have the book covering the development story which i am going find and cuddle in bed tonight ;D after i have looked at the pics(stop sniggering).Their just science fiction IMO.
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they are so sh1t they're ace
had/have xantia and xm's
the susp aint as bad as people make out
1 engine bay pipe in 11 years cant be bad
not sure about retro - rare certainly spesh in estat form
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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I knew it by the 4th line.  good work man, you have the army on your side so nowt to worry about.  WIN!  |
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Kyle67
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If the engine gets bored lugging the bodyshell around, I've got a Dimma 205 with an engine bay it can come and play in...
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Whoosh! Any potential swapzors in your fleet 'just in case' Kyle?
At the moment I'm quite literally rofl at the 'so curse word they're ace' comment and trying very hard NOT to imagine Lord Young cuddling an XM book in bed.
Would weighing the alloys in and obtaining moon discs make it more acceptable? I kind of thought that would work well pretty well with some very badly tinted windows and a coffin on the roof ftw.
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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had a xantia a while ago. so curse word it was, well, curse word.
xm has a tad more style so is IMO on the shat-line border between retro and crusherfodder.
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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Urgh, VILE!
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Suzuki GSXR1000 K2
BMW R1150GS
BMW K1200RS
Chevy K5 Blazer
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Marc
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I love XM's, especially in estate form. They're so ugly, they have to be cool in some capacity. The fact that most of the nation only sees them as rusty bangers only increases their desireability.
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WIN!! don't way the alloys in without offering to me first  and for that matter if you get bored of the whole thing let me know as well please |
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Quality. Le Pimp, oooh la la and all that........
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harris66
Part of things
drive it, break it, fix it and make it quicker!
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no comment!  |
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1.2 corsa daily, 1.8t a4 avante, 6.3ltr austin a40....
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come on show us a picture of its silly dashboard
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71 Alfa GT 1300 Junior
89 Alfa 75 3.0 V6 Veloce
89 Alfa 75 3.0 V6 America
2015 C220 estate Daily shunter
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Picture of silly dasghboard I hear you ask. Cop this then...  Personally I'm loving the front quarter light windows...  ...and the hugeness of the whole damned thing...   This is what it looks like to have two tonnes of wibblepoo in your rear view mirror...   Get your hand round this muther then...  And for all you non (XM) believers have a free picture on me...  |
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Corsa Apology Champion 2014.
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cracking cars, but a-holes to work on. I converted a petrol auto to deisel manual once. wiring was a pain, but nothing compared to doing a heater matrix in one. the worst job evAAr!!!1~!
14 hour book time I think, and the book was rather generous....
really drove nicely and you can fit a tardis in the back with room for a small planet to spare. fantastic cars.
the insanity in me wonders about a v6 xantia engine and manual 'box in one with 605 spec suspension and some hardslam.
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good work man, you have the army on your side so nowt to worry about. 
WIN! 
and for that matter if you get bored of the whole thing let me know as well please 
