The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)

[MattsCar]

ferrisbueller said:

The S1 Rallye was a 1.3
The S1 XSi was a 1.4

S1 changed to a 1.6 in the XSi at some point.

Regardless, any Saxo/106 with around 100 bhp will be a revelation to a lot of people used to heavy modern hot hatches.

[Blown2CV]

i had a few saxo VTRs as my family had citroen dealerships, and i always found them a complete hoot.

[Chris Stott]

Fast Bug said:

Finally got my garage built. It cost more than the car it houses which Mrs FB can't get her head around

Does it have an apartment on the 1st floor?

[ATM]

Chris Stott said:

Fast Bug said:

Finally got my garage built. It cost more than the car it houses which Mrs FB can't get her head around

Does it have an apartment on the 1st floor?

No
No
No

Hidden Batman like Man Cave should be underneath

[Fast Bug]

ATM said:

Chris Stott said:

Fast Bug said:

Finally got my garage built. It cost more than the car it houses which Mrs FB can't get her head around

Does it have an apartment on the 1st floor?

No
No
No

Hidden Batman like Man Cave should be underneath

Sadly no underground bat cave. Decent amount of storage space in the roof space, or at least there will be when I board it out. Handy place for me to sleep if I'm ever in the dog house

[jeremyc]

Fast Bug said:

Finally got my garage built. It cost more than the car it houses which Mrs FB can't get her head around

Surely the answer is to buy a more expensive car to help Mrs FB out with her confusion.

[Mr Tidy]

stickylabels said:

That 131 is loverlee!

Old man had a 1600 t/c 131 a Supermirafiori in 70's dog poo brown, velour interior and Voxon radio. Lovely raspy thing it was too.

Yes, it looks fantastic!

I had a Fiat 125 then a 132 1800ES back in the 70s and those Lampredi twin-cam engines loved to rev, and sounded great.

[dscam]

Fast Bug said:

ATM said:

Chris Stott said:

Fast Bug said:

Finally got my garage built. It cost more than the car it houses which Mrs FB can't get her head around

Does it have an apartment on the 1st floor?

No
No
No

Hidden Batman like Man Cave should be underneath

Sadly no underground bat cave. Decent amount of storage space in the roof space, or at least there will be when I board it out. Handy place for me to sleep if I'm ever in the dog house

I can fully empathise.

Finished mine in 2019 with much budget creep. A thing of beauty and good enough to live in (might yet happen!), however after having had a series of nice cars housed in it is now a rather extravagant storage area for many ‘non car things’…

My only advice is to always keep a car in there, regardless of value, lest it becomes a dumping ground!

Ref 106/Saxo chat: I’ve fond memories of S1 106 XSi followed by 106 Gti with the former being the most fun.

IIRC there was a promotion on in the 90s from Citroen which offered 1 year free insurance on the Saxo for full license holders aged 17 and over. That included the VTR, but not VTS, which was an incredible deal at the time.

[PRO5T]

The Saxo broke the golden rule of the faster car being called the S and the slower the R

[PlywoodPascal]

PRO5T said:

The Saxo broke the golden rule of the faster car being called the S and the slower the R

One might say that it not only broke it, it tore the Rs out of it.

[braddo]

PRO5T said:

The Saxo broke the golden rule of the faster car being called the S and the slower the R

It has definitely caused confusion for my small brain whenever there has been Saxo chat

[Chunkychucky]

PRO5T said:

The Saxo broke the golden rule of the faster car being called the S and the slower the R

The faster Saxo was called the VTS?

[ATM]

Chunkychucky said:

PRO5T said:

The Saxo broke the golden rule of the faster car being called the S and the slower the R

The faster Saxo was called the VTS?

Correct

Both were 1.6 but....

ATM said:

VTR 8v
VTS 16v

[L100NYY]

https://www.classicdriver.com/en

[L100NYY]

After getting all misty eyed over my 3dr



I watched this;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqC366iJu8Q&pp=y...

Which then led me to this (wrong lenses I know);

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404138...

[PRO5T]

Saph 4X4s always have been criminally undervalued compared to three doors, they're a proper Group A Homolgation Special.

I've a lot of friends in the historic rally scene and it amazes me these aren't more driven and everyone sticks to mk1 and 2 Escprts-I must ask them why? I guess it's some sort of classification issue as the builds I know of in the rally escort world, it certainly can't be down to money!

I'd love to see some of the old GrpA cars doing the historic rallys, some Deltas, Sierra and the like would liven up what has become a bit of a "seen one, seen them all" attitude to the sport now.

Is four wheel drive banned perhaps?

[L100NYY]

The Q8 Sierra were one of my favourites;

[PRO5T]

Ford had so many great liveries, especially as we went into the 90s.

Tiger stripes anyone?!

[L100NYY]

I had a Tiger Striped Escort Cosworth on my wall

[L100NYY]

In fact, here it is