The velour barge
Here we go again, I've been daft and bought another motor blind off ebay as I thought it looked cool and different... The wheels and velour sold it for me ... doh!
Yesterday I caught the train to London and was met at the other end by the seller, nice bloke. The deal was done, I was handed the keys and a carrier bag full of history.
I love the lines of the car .. the wheels are original
Frameless windows, and lights in the door, nice touches
Mmmm .. velour, so soft
Remove headrest and recline the seat = bed
The drive through London was ok. The autobox picked up nicely from a standstill and the engine temp stayed where it should whilst in traffic. First test passed.
Along the way I was playing with buttons, theres a few, and some are in odd places. When you find out whats where though it all makes sense and seems quite logical. Most of the buttons make a reassuringly curse word eighties beep
M11 ... So the car has cruise, lets see if it works. OMG working cruise, awesome, so the next 50 miles or so are done without touching the pedals at all.
A quick stop for food/fuel and to read the owners handbook (the original one) as I couldn't find high beam. A quick flick through and I found which switch did high beam, so I set off again.
Very Citroen-esque I thought
Climate controls on slidey things on left, wipers on twisty thing on left.
Cruise control buttons on right, indicators on weird flappy thing on right. Headlamps on twisty thing on right. High beam is pull flappy thing on right
The 2.4 4cyl (4G64 GDi) pulls ok and the 4spd auto works as it should, kicks down nicely and revs hard when you floor it ... or press resume on cruise ;D
I tried most of the toys in the car and so far the only thing I think isn't working is the radio, which is a shame as its a really curse word 80's Phillips cassette player and suits the car.
The only real rust I can see is on the roof near the sunroof and its not pretty. I think the sunroof seal may have been leaking and someone put gaffer tape around the front edge of the sunroof. Its now quite crusty where the tape would have been.
Did I mention the service history? well, it came in a carrier bag and includes every MOT from new and receipts for more oil changes and tyres than you would believe. There are some real gems in the history; including a letter to APEC brakes asking if the pads he got for Xmas are the correct ones for the car (they were) so theres a receipt for fitting them.
Anyway plans for it are unsure atm, as I have too many cars and this or the Lancia were supposed to be replacing the Saab as my "big" car. Its only got about 3 weeks test left, so I'll stick it in for a test and see what needs doing then think about whether I should keep it or not ... I want to keep it as I love the eighties quirkiness of the interior and the lazy driving but I really need to trim down the fleet.
Here we go again, I've been daft and bought another motor blind off ebay as I thought it looked cool and different... The wheels and velour sold it for me ... doh!
Yesterday I caught the train to London and was met at the other end by the seller, nice bloke. The deal was done, I was handed the keys and a carrier bag full of history.
I love the lines of the car .. the wheels are original
Frameless windows, and lights in the door, nice touches
Mmmm .. velour, so soft
Remove headrest and recline the seat = bed
The drive through London was ok. The autobox picked up nicely from a standstill and the engine temp stayed where it should whilst in traffic. First test passed.
Along the way I was playing with buttons, theres a few, and some are in odd places. When you find out whats where though it all makes sense and seems quite logical. Most of the buttons make a reassuringly curse word eighties beep
M11 ... So the car has cruise, lets see if it works. OMG working cruise, awesome, so the next 50 miles or so are done without touching the pedals at all.
A quick stop for food/fuel and to read the owners handbook (the original one) as I couldn't find high beam. A quick flick through and I found which switch did high beam, so I set off again.
Very Citroen-esque I thought
Climate controls on slidey things on left, wipers on twisty thing on left.
Cruise control buttons on right, indicators on weird flappy thing on right. Headlamps on twisty thing on right. High beam is pull flappy thing on right
The 2.4 4cyl (4G64 GDi) pulls ok and the 4spd auto works as it should, kicks down nicely and revs hard when you floor it ... or press resume on cruise ;D
I tried most of the toys in the car and so far the only thing I think isn't working is the radio, which is a shame as its a really curse word 80's Phillips cassette player and suits the car.
The only real rust I can see is on the roof near the sunroof and its not pretty. I think the sunroof seal may have been leaking and someone put gaffer tape around the front edge of the sunroof. Its now quite crusty where the tape would have been.
Did I mention the service history? well, it came in a carrier bag and includes every MOT from new and receipts for more oil changes and tyres than you would believe. There are some real gems in the history; including a letter to APEC brakes asking if the pads he got for Xmas are the correct ones for the car (they were) so theres a receipt for fitting them.
Anyway plans for it are unsure atm, as I have too many cars and this or the Lancia were supposed to be replacing the Saab as my "big" car. Its only got about 3 weeks test left, so I'll stick it in for a test and see what needs doing then think about whether I should keep it or not ... I want to keep it as I love the eighties quirkiness of the interior and the lazy driving but I really need to trim down the fleet.
looks like most of them are on the steering wheel as well.
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