Hi All
My name is cam, and I am very new to the whole french thing.
To give you an example I have owned rotaries all my adult life and have spent $$$ really $$$, but I still enjoying seeing the odd old one.
But a couple of days ago I brought a Citroen BX 16 Valve and my opinion has changed some what!
Absolute love the car and its a pleasure to drive and fun!
I will put some pictures up when I have given it a clean.
I look forward to meeting some new friends and your comments
Kind Regards Cam
Morning
I take it im the second Cam ? or the second cam with a 16v
You can be intake Cam, the other one can be exhaust Cam. He's all hot air :P
Welcome
twin cam?
Check out what I spotted yesteday in the frog spotter section
Regards twin Cam?
Ok I cant wait to clean it, here it is?
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/CitroenBX16Valve.jpg)
Wet cits are where it's izz-at :D
Yeah you can be Twin Cam
by the way, is it this one?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=231082427 (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=231082427)
that's the one flange/xj-s/hairy wanted. he'll be gutted, but happy someone that loves cars got it.
what made you go french? I got a 205 coz I liked the wheels. used to have ae86/rx7/all manner of other stuff.
I'm #1 cam, I talk more shit than carpentry, but not as much as v8pete.
welcome.
Yep thats one off trademe I brought for $1710 which was more than I was advised on paying but decided that you only live once.
Actually my father is big on french and italian cars, and I had mentioned that I wanted to buy a PUG 205 GTI but my budget does not stretch that far at the mo. But I saw this and asked around and I thought it would be a good start. And can I say Im loving it so far.....she's a bit rough in areas but I like that and I will drive it every day to work and get as much enjoyment out of it. I may start to restore it but not in the near future.
Sorry to the other person who I was bidding on it, but you now have another french car lover to join the crew one would say.
Regards Twin Cam
great!
bx's are the best cars ever built
So far I would have to agree, but I might be being biase just a tad.
Actually one of the reasons why I brough was the spec's
160 bhp + 1070 kgs = great fun
I was actuaaly quite surprised having owned some quick cars along the way in my life, and for front wheel drive she stick to the road like shit to a blanket, maybe im not trying hard enough?
I have started to read some of the threads and look at members cars, and it seems that its a good group of people. I look forward to talking to you all over time.
Grr. Haha. All good.
What a sweet looking car. A shame i missed out on it. But looks like it went to good hands.
Thanks mate.
Yep she's in good hands, it was touch and go I was about to bail out on the bidding.
choice car 8). welcome
bxes are almost as cool as mi ses ::)
Very nice Pug ;) well looked after I see. I dont think my badges are that clean :'(
Quote from: cams16v on August 07, 2009, 10:51:19 AM
Thanks mate.
Yep she's in good hands, it was touch and go I was about to bail out on the bidding.
Haha, i bailed at 1500. But my inner winner kept me bidding :D. Still, i think you got a bargain at 1700. Such a lush whip.
Swap for my 8v GTI plus 600 your way?? Hah
It was hard not to go any further as I had strict instructions not to go over 1500 but I had taken it for a drive the weekend before and Knew what's 200 in the scheme of things.
Thanks for the offer but I want to enjoy the french experience for abit longer than four days :D
Haha, was worth a try :P. My BX 8v is still a pretty lush whip anyways. hah
Will it ever stop raining so I can wash the poor thing ???
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/P1000642.jpg)
I think I am in love with your car
Well that makes two of us :) I just wish the Mrs was more happy regarding the new purchase :o
just get her to drive it spiritedly-she will come around. Nothing beats one long distance,they are so comfortable at speed. And safe too-they brake on a dime, and their crash rating for their age is brilliant. welcome to the fold.
Quote from: red16v on August 15, 2009, 05:42:54 PM
welcome to the fold.
the XU9J4 club. boooyah and so forth
gunna blow out the cobwebs at the end of August, with a virgin drive from Auck to the snow and then down to Palmy and back again. So I suppose I will find out, needs new tyres though? Any recommends 195/60r14 brands?
Regards Twin Cam
If I was being fussy all four ::) but I would have to say performance ;D
get some 15" xantia steels for more tyre options.
:D
if you gonna stick with factory sizes, go the michelins- good ones.The car is made for em, vice versa the tyres, so you might as well. The only reason i dont roll michies is that 16 and 17s are OMFG expensive.14s not too bad a corner. You can go 205s on the front max.
michelins can bite my diddle tbh. tread seperation primetime. same with pirellis.
gonna stick with the original mags of course so im stuck with 14's, I was thinking bridgestone?
The 16v has made it on its maiden voyage to Feilding. Great drive along highway 32 from Tokaroa to Turangi the bx loved the long straights and highspeed corners. Also had a bit of fun from Vinegar Hill to Cheltham, very Targa driven :P The car loved it no problems heating wise or missing beats. Have to be one of the best drives so far very comfortable and alot of fun, even the digging of the elbows from the Mrs was not to bad as she's starting to come around. Cant wait for the drive back to Auck's, which way should I go?
Regards Twin Cam
The 16v has made it on its maiden voyage to Feilding. Also had a bit of fun from Vinegar Hill to Cheltham,
nice roads thru there. sometimes i used to leave feilding but not turn off at cheltenham, or wherever it is, and join hiway 1 at mangaweka. its a good drive if you dont mind your whip gettin all dirty
Bugger, yes I was going to take that road on the way back as was told alot of motor bikes like to take that ride through. Ahh next time ;)
Thought I would show a couple of pics of some lovely scenary on the way down to Palmy, but the car kept jumping in front of the camera ::)
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/Highway32.jpg)
Top of Highway 32 at a lookout that looks over Lake Taupo
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/DesertRoad.jpg)
Desert Road - for once a nice clear day
these cars are so lush for long journeys-the seats are awesome.getting all pissy that i have two that arent legal! Soon though...
Have to say, one of the best drives I have done in a while. She handled so well even when I pushed her quite hard. No over heating, no strange noise, very comfortable all in all AAA+++.
Extra bonus..... just worked out that the car did 410 miles (not 410kms as prevouisly thought) on one tank of Gas which is about 660kms to a full tank which is 66 ltrs....1 litre per 10kms :)
Down side is I thought I brought a car that had done 187kms which is really now 300kms :(
Quote from: cams16v on September 09, 2009, 01:21:49 PM
Extra bonus..... just worked out that the car did 410 miles (not 410kms as prevouisly thought) on one tank of Gas which is about 660kms to a full tank which is 66 ltrs....1 litre per 10kms :)
Down side is I thought I brought a car that had done 187kms which is really now 300kms :(
Oh dear
187ml conversion to km FTLHC!
Hey Cam, I'm new to this site too but not new to 16V's.
Looks like you've got hold of a nice one there - I've always liked them in white.
Sounds like you've also been bitten by the 16V bug.
You'll hear lots of jokes about poor reliability and bits falling off them but as you have discovered you get one in it's natural habitat - travelling medium to long distance on the open road and you fall in love.
I once had the pleasure of driving mine non-stop (literally) from Wellington to Auckland, enabled by two things 1. the unusually large fuel tank meant I didn't need to stop for gas and 2. my wife was already in Auckland so there were no 'comfort stops' required.
It was 6.5 hours of uninterrupted driving pleasure, on the western lake road (the one you have pics of) and round through Matamata to avoid the main traffic flows.
I got to Auckland and apart from needing a toilet stop myself, I could of turned around and come all the way back again.
They're such an awesome car on a trip like that, the perfect mix of supreme comfort, good cornering and awesome acceleration for overtaking - especially uphill.
You don't realise how good the seats are until you hop into something else after driving the BX for a while.
Enjoy your car, and after a few trips I'm sure your wife will appreciate it too.
Cheers.
Thanks mate
I was not expecting to be "bitten by the bx bug" as you say, as my intentions were to buy a cheap run about but something that had a bit of go and was a little different to my normal buying car procedure eg fast, espensive $ jap.
Yes its not perfect and I have slowly started to replcae parts, even though I said I would not as its probably not worth spending to much on. But I cant help it she's such a pretty car and needs all the attention I can give her LOL well im sounding like a right bx freak!!!
You have a real nice BX16v there and like everyone has said really low ks. I am moving down to Palmy at the end of the year to live so I look forward to meeting you on the the rest of the lower North Island FF's campaign.
Regards Twin Cam
cool
i spend a fair bit of time in feilding/palmy. home town and stuff.
if you're after black interior bits still i'm going to wreck that ph2 i have.
Am onto your material too. will pick up this weekend, when i drop off my two wrecks.I am officially a fastfrogs horder.two cars that are fucked.ugh. ;D
Quote from: red16v on September 28, 2009, 11:14:20 AM
Am onto your material too. will pick up this weekend, when i drop off my two wrecks.I am officially a fastfrogs horder.two cars that are fucked.ugh. ;D
Do we need to create a special member category for this...
I think you might be right there Griffe. There seems to be a few cars that are sitting about that guys may require parts from to make a good one or just to spruce up there pride and joy.
Maybe the "FastFrogs Horde Collection" LOL
Hey Cam, how did you get on with your tyre selection?
I used to always run Michelin (kind of belong on a french car), the Pilot MXV 3A V-rated ones which weren't cheap.
I had been advised that if you put lower rated tyres on your car than the manufacturers original spec's you ran the risk of your insurance company declining any claim. The insurance market is probably a bit more user friendly these days, but it used to be they would look for any excuse to turn you down.
Had to look for alternatives when Michelin stopped making that tyre in the right size. Currently running Pirelli P6000's after trying Pirelli's on the 309. The P6000's have lasted well and I've had no reason to doubt them on the corners.
My 2c.
Yeah tyres? hell they dont make to many good tyres in 14" do they! I want to stick with the original rims because they look good.
Options -
Nankang - XR611
Goodyear - goodride/assurance
Dunlop - lemans LM600
Falken - ze329
Yokohama - adrive/cdrive
Pirelli - P6000
Bridgestone - Guardian/Turanza
Hankook - Ventus r-s2 z212/optimo K406
At the moment on lending towards dunlops? mayne I need to start a poll on tyres as there seems to be a large debate on this.
Regards Twin Cam
Are they 185/60?
195/60r14 most are 86h but I have seen the old 86v
Anyone using
Dunlop Formula FM 901 195/60r14
As this is where im heading towards
Regards Twin Cam
Just check they're not like 234523 year old stock as most FM901s are getting pretty long in the tooth
I think your right pete they are old stock. ???
saw tyres for $29 in otara today ::) :D
How about 2 Yokohama directionals 195/60r14 for $55 fitted and balanced, yes they are seconds with about 4mm of tread. I hear you saying cheap bastard, but its just to get WOF as I cant make up my mind on tyres??????? ???
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/Yokohama1.jpg)
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/Yokohama2.jpg)
Forgive me for the FSTFRG number plate (just wanted to see what it looked like ::))
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/RearTyreChange.jpg)
Im rolling 195/60r14 Dunlop formula FM901 at front, these are also no longer available just like the Yoko's. Its hard to find directional's in this size and I cant replace those great rim's :)
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/DunlopFormula195-60-r14.jpg)
(http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu73/cams16v/CitBxTyreFront.jpg)
i recognize those tyres from somewhere but i cant put my finger on it....... ::)
Yeah, those tyres sound like a good option if you need more time to complete your research.
4mm tread is OK (depending on your driving style and conditions) WoF fail is 1.5mm.
The 14" rims do narrow your tyre choices somewhat, but you're right - you can't ditch those rims Cam, it's all part of the 16v package.
The two tone ph2 ones are sweeeet.
Yokohama C-Drives seem like the potentially the lushest easy to get thing in that size. AFAIK they're pretty chur. Not directional, but assymetrical. Also, top-end Bridgestones aren't even directional any more so yeah/na/I don't know, directionals probably aren't the great white hope they're made out to be.
Rob Shhhhsssss ::)
Yeah someone picked up some great two tone 16v rims with tyres X4 as well for about $124......hey Red16v ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D got two sets of phase2 alloys stock in stock, and 2131324245412 sets of Phase1 ones
Almost a year latter and it lives, moooooaaaaaaaahahahaha.
I had the biggest grin this morning, and made up for lost time passing everthing in site at great knots of speed ;D
Now to try and get WOF!!!!!!!!!!!!
choice
bloody oates ;)
PASSED ;D