My everyday transport. Xantia woes

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Re: My new daily roundabout!

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Piece of shit £200 Fench scrap has let me down after only a month, I want my money back I no my rites m8.

Seriously though, what a good purchase this has been. Done 2000 miles in almost a month and the drivers side window has stopped working.
I'm quite lazy when it comes to fixing my every day cars, so do I try to fix it, leave it or just get the air con re gassed and hope it works??
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I'd try and fix it but set a time/cost limit; if it can't be fixed in say less than 2 hours then leave it unless there's light at the end of the tunnel.
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I think you should bitch mercilessly about it on a beige forum and demand they crowd fund you a car that you can't afford to either run or insure and which you don't have a licence for.
The only acceptible alternative would be to cut the body off and nail it on top of a MK4 Golf to make it safe* to drive in modern traffic
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But only do the first if you're going to scrap it.
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You need to buy the worlds most expensive part worn tyres before doing that though
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Re: My new daily roundabout!

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I think you should do the second & then scrap it, you get rid of a Mk4 Golf too so it's a double win.
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I'll leave it until the weather gets really hot then I'll worry about it
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Well it got warm but not warm enough to fix the window so I thought I would have a look at the rot on the rear wing
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Yep it's rusty. I'll get a second opinion
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Yes it's crunchy alright! He found some wire mesh and some wob, old school repair
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Nothing much inside to look at
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Well, another day with the MiG tomorrow I suppose!
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Re: My everyday transport. Xantia woes

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Welded this up today. Quite rotten in this area so had to make up a few plates
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Was just getting to the point where it looked like rain so I didn't get the filler out, I just rushed to paint it as the first few spits if rain started. Yes it's warped
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Then, as it was really pissing down I decided to wash it for the first time in my ownership. The rain immediately stopped so I had to get the hosepipe out. The body work now looks like a Friesian.
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Suppose I ought to wob it and paint it at some point.
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Re: My everyday transport. Xantia woes

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Xantia got some wob and white paint a few weeks ago
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Not quite the right shade but I'm not that bothered.

This happened earlier though which did bother me
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Yes it's a seized auxiliary belt tensioner. The really awkward one to change, that needs a special electronic tool to do properly
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I might have a go or i might just pay someone, haven't decided yet but I can tell you for sure that driving a hydraulic Citroen with no belt is not fun.
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