Goodbye to a great car

Sorry you lost your car! It was a nice looking Citroen, and worth more than you were paid, I'm sure. Condolences, SW

Message i.d.:, by author Aratzio aka inspired me,

That's a reflection in a broken mirror. And yes, by your standards, I'm old. Some better pictures of me.

Thanks.

2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

It's a bloody good job those *horrible* wheel-trims have been scrapped.

I've got a pair of RH XM doors, Johan...

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

Horrible aren't they. Lost one of the original ones that's why I got those ogly but cheep ones.

LOL

Sad :(( At least the car looked after you. I hope the Opel driver has learned not to drive too fast; he may not be so lucky next time.

Is that old guy on the right molesting you?

B/

What?!? That car is *far* from being totaled. Wassup with that?

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2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I think I've still got a full set of original s2 trims.

Erm, it's no joke - their's a full set of XM doors in one of my lockup garages...

Voo-Doo Highway (VoodooHighway@127.0.0.1) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

£$£$£$£$£$£$£$

Beyond economical repair. It's worth, say, Eur1500, but repairs would cost twice that, with parts at manufacturer's list price.

Still seems like a waste. In the U.S. you can purchase the vehicle from the insurance company, usually at a big discount to what they paid you. Either you do the restoration yourself, or have someone do it for you. Some states require you to re-register it as a salvaged vehicle, but many do not. Isn't there such a system in the EU? I'd expect there wouldn't be in Germany, but what about other countries?

CL

CL ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Absolutely. Here in the UK, the third party's insurance can not officially write off the car without the owner's consent. If that'd been my car, I'd probably have insisted on a payout less salvage value, with the car not being written off.

But then, I've already got a spare LH front wing and both RH doors sat in a lockup from an XM I broke last year. I've already sold the RH front wing, but it shouldn't be difficult to source another.

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

I've got three. Drop by anytime if you want them but don't wait to long.

The one I sold it to was not happy. Turns out he had scrapped an XM a week before. Engine was wrecked but it would have been a good body donor to repair my old one. Guess ne's trying to get that scrapped one back.

Since I had all the papers he can still fix it and resell it. Guess I'm driving something similar.

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

That excludes the time needed to fix it. I was told that if it were an insurance repair (insurance pays the bill) it would cost well over Eur 4000. The car was valued at Eur1500, that's 1350 cash and Eur150 for the wreck.

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

Same here. Unless the police steals the papers. Then you need new papers and the car needs to pass a check.

If I wanted to I could have had the car fixed, sure I could. Still had the papers and drove with it for more then two months after the accident. Could have restored the car but that would cost me more than car value. Next to that, that 2litre engine slurbs like an aminal no matter how you set your foot.

Despite the looks all that was broken was the outside. Chassis, engine, transmission and the lot was fine.

2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

If I have got 'em, they're in a bin bag in a lockup, because I don't want 'em any more - mine now wears a set of "Wobbly-web" alloys.

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

The original looks better. Sorry.

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2Rowdy ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I've never liked the s1 trims that much - I did have a set, put them on my s2, stood back - and promptly took 'em off again. The s2 trims aren't great, but they seem to "fit" the look better to my eyes.

I had a set of s2 Exclusive alloys for a while :-

but they don't have a centre hole, so they're bloody difficult to balance, and they needed refurbishing anyway. They didn't quite look "right" with a black car, either - they look great on lighter colours, though. Wierd, innit?

So now my black s2 (with tan leather) bears a set of these :-

I've always liked the look of them - probably just as well the XM isn't Emerald Green, else I'd be SOOOO tempted to paint the wheels yellow :-

Message i.d.:, by author Adrian aka inspired me,

They are of simple design. A plate with five little holes. I think they look good.

Those must look good on your car.

What goes with red?

Those pavers (concrete 'bricks') in the parking lot . . . is that singular, or are most parking lots like that your way?

btw, sorry about the loss of the kar; it certainly was a looker.