1997 Citroen XM VSX 2.1TD in green with Manual box for sale

[messerschmitt owner]

Those of you on the XM forum know I have just bought another XM - it has languished in a garage since August 2005 but I took it for an MoT today.

Here's the price first so those of you who get bored reading can switch off now!

£XXX

It is a green metallic VSX 2.1TD with super rare for this age manual gearbox with trip computer and other toys

A few pics are here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46466362@N ... 538127382/

It has a pretty full service history from 99 until Aug 2005.

no service book but Citroen was owner one so no expense spared there - servicing here mainly at Warner Bros Cheltenham with a huge number of receipts.

first reg 27 11 97 to Citroen UK
purchased 04 09 99 with 56230 miles in exchange for a Xsara estate and a Daewoo Espero
serviced 2 11 99 60761 miles
serviced 21 12 99 66461
28 02 00 72865
18 04 00 78325 serviced plus new radiator and battery
22 04 00 tyres or exhaust
14 07 00 85199 service
29 09 00 93076 service
05 12 00 98441 service plus thermostat and nsf window motor
06 12 00 98592 pads and discs (good service, eh!)
05 03 01 107115 service plus MoT
26 01 01 103853 service
16 03 01 108335 service
16 07 01 115666 service
11 09 01 120508 service, pads (front and back), part exhaust
26 10 01 OSF window motor replaced
07 11 01 126569 serviced
10 01 02 132624 serviced
21 02 02 aux belt plus tensioner
07 03 02 MoT at 136896
18 03 02 138223 service
07 06 02 144922 service
21 06 02 146476 front pads
12 07 02 149008 cambelt - cambelt was 170.38 fitted
17 09 02 154503 service
12 03 03 158028 MoT
13 05 03 161851 service
16 05 03/16 08 03 new exhaust system
07 07 03 169115 service plus discs
06 05 04 abs sensor
05 05 04 179018 MoT plus service
10 02 05 new alternator plus belt
Aug 05 off road

there is a quote for partial respray in 2001 for renew and repaint rear bumper, repair and paint osr wing

I took it for an MoT today: it failed:

The following are the fail items:

1. Rear suspension spheres (both sides) needs replaced! I knew that one, and it's a painless expense!

2. Exhaust emits an excessive level of smoke for a turbo charged car - I was told to give it an Italian service for that one!

3. service brake efficiency below requirements - basically there is almost no braking (40%) on the rear and when the brakes do start working, the rear suspension starts going down - perhaps the new spheres would balance that one out - although a few decent emergency stops may also work! It may also need a hydraulic fluid flush.

advisories
1. both front tyres worn close to legal limit

2. both front indicators slightly discoloured

3. oil leak from engine - I'll need to investigate that one.

4. slight dampness on suspension pump

That's it!

I doubt any of it is major - and all fixable - I will confess that I have stolen the rubber mats and replaced them with cloth ones from my car, have swapped over the parcel shelf with the one in my car, removed the cargo net from the boot, swapped the aerial for the long one on my car and also will be stealing the rear mudflaps from it.

Having given it a wash and a good look round, the front near side wing is slightly pushed in and would push back out - I didn't notice it and the paint is unmarked, it has a few stone chips commensurate with a life spent going between Edinburgh/Glasgow and middle England every six to ten days for six years and a small dent in the bonnet where something has obviously dropped onto it inside the garage it has been in for half a decade. The near side display has a couple of lines out, the rhs is a little faded but still readable. The keypad cover for the immobiliser code is broken and the aforementioned sunroof works up and down but not back to front - I am suspicious that the button or the supply to the motor is out as it does nothing rather than make the noises of a stuck motor. The plip key has dead batteries so I am unsure if it will need recoded.

It drives nicely, the steering is tight and if I did not know better I would say it was a 100k car rather than a 180k car. It has a nice bit of go and rear suspension apart, I can hear the sensors working on the suspension centre spheres but it is very bouncy at the rear - fronts feel fine just now but the accumulator sphere does need a change!

Let me know if you want to see anything else ... It will need a battery as I have only fitted one from one of my other cars to check it and take it for the MoT.

Campbell

[Oscar]

EEeeep! SWMBO has just said "Buy it if you like!", but I don't think she means it.....

[Philip Chidlow]

Strike while the iron's hot young man! XMs are rather nice.

[messerschmitt owner]

EEeeep! SWMBO has just said "Buy it if you like!", but I don't think she means it.....

I will throw the kid in if it is a dealbreaker!

It has a quarter tank of diesel too!

[Oscar]

Anyone want to buy Groliffe?

[messerschmitt owner]

here's the rest of the service history

6505miles 15 1 98 service MPC Hartlepool
13252 16 3 98 service MPC Hartlepool
18259 11 5 98 service MPC Hartlepool
23761 22 6 98 service Alistair Fleming Ayr
30624 14 8 98 service Fleming Ayr
37030 18 11 98 service Abercromby Stirling
43667 18 02 99 service Autoworld CHesterfield
50345 29 4 99 service Citroen London West Brentford
60761 2 11 99 Warners Cheltenham and then so on to 180k

Also found the radio code too - hurrah - fitted with the standard Citroen XM radio cassette

[mat_fenwick]

Anyone want to buy Groliffe?

Oooh, would be a good spares car for my red estate with A/C...( )

[messerschmitt owner]

sunroof now works in both directions!