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Sept 21, 2011 20:07:37 GMT
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Meet the latest addition to the household, a 1996 Citroen Ax 1.5D Dimension. The panda is quite rusty and I think winter would have killed it, so I needed a cheap economical car. Its not in the best condition as the paint on the roof and bonnet is hand painted, but i'm happy with it  Now up for sale  (sorry about the pic size)   |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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Sept 21, 2011 20:09:03 GMT
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My Uncle Had a Brand New 1.5D Elation Back in 1996! I love the fact they have wine bottle holders in the doors.
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BenKH
Part of things
Praise the lowered
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Sept 21, 2011 20:10:48 GMT
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What a beast! There's a site you might be interested in, it's www.lower.com/it  . I jest, looks to be in fairly tidy nick compared to some others I've seen for sale. Definitely one of those cars that'll achieve full on retro status within the next couple of years |
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Sept 21, 2011 20:11:33 GMT
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My Uncle Had a Brand New 1.5D Elation Back in 1996! I love the fact they have wine bottle holders in the doors. you get an image of a frenchman driving around bordeaux with a couple of bottles of wine from his vineyard in the holders ;D |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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speedy88
Club Retro Rides Member
"Nice Cortina mate"
Posts: 2,296
Club RR Member Number: 118
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Sept 21, 2011 20:14:12 GMT
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I've heard unreal MPG figures from these, nice purchase! Would look alright low on banded as well.
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bl1300
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Sept 21, 2011 20:18:12 GMT
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Mum and Dad used to have one the same age. 1.5Diesel Debut. Was a cracking little motor and did 65mpg with 2 adults and 3 teenagers in it. The one gripe we had was its tendency to grind is mudflaps on the road when cornering But then again ours was always pretty well loaded ;D |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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Sept 21, 2011 21:12:04 GMT
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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crazymonkey
Posted a lot
ummm....what was I doing again???
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Sept 21, 2011 21:25:17 GMT
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I actually quite like the little ax. just don't crash it because we all know how badly these fold don't we. one hit our mk2 cavalier many, many years ago and wrote it off (the ax not our cav) due to the bonnet folding badly. our cav only had a smashed headlight lol.
but the mpg figures are pretty bloody good, use the same engine as the 106 diesel IIRC
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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skinnylew
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 11
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Sept 21, 2011 22:32:40 GMT
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meh I've seen them hold up pretty well in a crash as well. Certainly better than a metro or twingo.
Good purchase there, they made one of these do 94mpg when it first came out!!! There's a pic in the Citroen celebration thread.....
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Sept 21, 2011 23:17:03 GMT
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Happy miles!
But please turn the headrests around.
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 Click picture for more |
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Sept 22, 2011 0:23:25 GMT
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I wonder if the old CX wheel trims fit?  |
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THE_Liam
Yorkshire and The Humber
If at first you don't succeed... HAMMERS.
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Sept 22, 2011 5:17:08 GMT
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Great little cars these, needs lowerage though! Should be perfect as a winter runner, surprisingly good in snow |
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79cord
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Sept 22, 2011 5:40:21 GMT
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Wow your tacho goes to 12! But I don't suppose you really need one with a diesel. Congratulations should be fun for you. |
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2011 5:43:35 GMT by 79cord
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Sept 22, 2011 11:45:33 GMT
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Strangely all the radio presets are tuned into French stations, so maybe my vision of the frenchman in bordeaux was right ;D
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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GavinJ
Club Retro Rides Member
MGB 3.9 v8 Sebring
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Sept 22, 2011 15:16:20 GMT
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Good buy! i'm running 106 1.5 diesel for my winter ride and i'm getting 58 mpg out it |
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Sept 22, 2011 16:08:56 GMT
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Might not be mine for long, as the insurance is coming back as an extra £39.18 per month  |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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ZXRob
Europe
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Sept 22, 2011 16:35:45 GMT
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Both my sister and brother had AX diesels at the same time. My favourite memory of my sisters one is her calling me up after a a trip to aberystwyth to tell me I had found her a dud car because the fuel gauge didnt move the whole way and in her old AX (1.1 petrol) it used to move a load on that journey. As you probably guessed it wasnt broken it just hadn't used any fuel!
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Sept 22, 2011 16:55:45 GMT
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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will
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Sept 22, 2011 16:58:33 GMT
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I wonder if the old CX wheel trims fit? Pretty sure someone did that on here.... |
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dazcapri
North East
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Sept 22, 2011 16:58:58 GMT
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I had one of these few years back great on juice, nippy for a diesel (me flogging it everywhere might have had something to do with that) mine could be a right pig to start but I ended up with a bit of a soft spot for it. Then I hit a traffic island with the passenger side front wheel wrecked the front end while working down south, welded it up but it was never gonna be straight it so got scrapped.
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Mk3 Capri LS
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. I jest, looks to be in fairly tidy nick compared to some others I've seen for sale. Definitely one of those cars that'll achieve full on retro status within the next couple of years
Ax GTi Turbo
