Ouch !

[Turks]

I respect your decision but I don't think I could have done it. Not for a French car anyway.

Is it a spanker you have bought or second hand?


Turks.

[bullethead]

No unfortunately not new but fortunately only £9k. Bought from a dealer her indoors used to work for and she knows the previous (1) owner, is a driver at that garage.
Got all the extras, apart from engine size it's as spec'd as the "IS"

[andym3]

You trying to big it up mate, it's still only a Citroen!

[Turks]

What will it be worth in say 3 years? and what would your E53 been worth in three years... Its something I find hard to get my head around, sell the car and get something cheaper to run - example that the new car will be worth £4500 in three years and the E53 probably would be around that mark too... meaning you have actually lost £2k in swapping vehicles - £2k is a lot of extra fuel.

Thats what I sold to my missus when she told me I should get something cheaper to run anyway


Turks.

[bullethead]

Oh in 3 years it'll worth sod all as she does 25k a year, but hopefully she'll get another new/ish or even a company car and i'll get the cast offs.
50-60 mpg significantly more than 18 being a major part of the decision.

[X5Sport]

Brave man, but I certainly could not have done that either. I thought long and hard about ditching the X5 after the gearbox failure and replacing it with a Skoda Superb Estate (had 3 Octavias before which were never any trouble). In the end I just could not find anything that came close to what the X offered so I bit the ammunition store (needed to be a lot more than a single bullet) and went and bought a new X6. Going back to a 50mpg car wold have been the sensible option, but I've been spoiled by having had the X and would have always been looking at others and wondering.

I think you will be back........

[bullethead]

Oh i'll miss so much of it, Boxster to X, X to C2. Now were back to the original thread title.....Ouch !

[Rusty]

[quote=""bullethead""]Oh i'll miss so much of it, Boxster to X, X to C2. Now were back to the original thread title.....Ouch ![/quote]

Think positive, from here 'the only way is up' (to quote yazoo from '88)


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[AW8]

[quote=""rusty nail""] Think positive, from here 'the only way is up' (to quote yazoo from '88) [/quote]

Feel almost embarassed highlighting this but the aforemetioimned 1988 title was performed by "Yazz" or to be pedantic "Yazz & the Plastic Population"

Yazoo were Alison Moyet & Vince Clark, (the later formerly of early Depeche Mode).

Yes, I know...........I am a sad 80's throwback

[Rusty]

[quote=""AW8""][quote=""rusty nail""] Think positive, from here 'the only way is up' (to quote yazoo from '88) [/quote]

Feel almost embarassed highlighting this but the aforemetioimned 1988 title was performed by "Yazz" or to be pedantic "Yazz & the Plastic Population"

Yazoo were Alison Moyet & Vince Clark

Yes, I know...........I am a sad 80's throwback [/quote]

My bad, sorry. You're absolutely right. I knew what i meant, even got myself singing it Was the right year though wasn't it?


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[X5Sport]

Correct. 10 points. 1988 it was.

And I can't get the tune out of my head now either.....

[andym3]

I would find it very very hard to sell the X as it would be to hard to find another car that would even come close to the quality of the X!

[bullethead]

[quote=""andym3""]I would find it very very hard to sell the X as it would be to hard to find another car that would even come close to the quality of the X! [/quote]
Wot, no reverse gear...Yeah It'll be hard to live with 1

[andym3]

[quote=""bullethead""][quote=""andym3""]I would find it very very hard to sell the X as it would be to hard to find another car that would even come close to the quality of the X! [/quote]
Wot, no reverse gear...Yeah It'll be hard to live with 1 [/quote]
The car is in the garage as we speak so when I get it back I wont be having that problem!

[x555]

[quote=""andym3""][quote=""bullethead""][quote=""andym3""]I would find it very very hard to sell the X as it would be to hard to find another car that would even come close to the quality of the X! [/quote]
Wot, no reverse gear...Yeah It'll be hard to live with 1 [/quote]
The car is in the garage as we speak so when I get it back I wont be having that problem! [/quote]

Is that the car that you were selling just the other week