Citroën AX

My first car was a citroen ax, I bought it in may 2005 for £225 with 10 months mot and tax and 61k on the clock. I still have it but have stopped using it which I will go into later. It broke down twice, once when the thermostat stuck closed and caused it to overheat, and another time when the headgasket went . It has got 89500 on the clock now and has been brilliant, the stuff i have replaced are brakes head gasket 87k ht leads and plugs thermostat tyres and stuff dash bulbs radiator hoses brake pipes front bumper and wing ( after ...

I used to have a Citroen AX some years ago now and really loved it, so when my middle child passed her test and we started to look at cars, I looked favourably at the N reg Citroen AX we saw advertised on the Auto Trader website. My daughter preferred the P reg Ford Fiesta which was close in price range, but I managed to dissuade her after she realised that it wouldn't last long with 100,000 miles on the clock whereas the Citroen we looked at had only done 65,000 miles. The car I used to have was a five door Memphis edition (in the nineties) and the car my daughter now drives is a three door Elation edition, so I've had some experience of both. The ...

Background I was given my AX as my first car. It was a 1991 10e poverty-spec model with a 954cc 45bhp engine married to a four-speed gearbox. It had a chequered past, 54k on the clock, and was a lovely shade of maroon. Equipment: There was very little to it. It had a four speed gearbox, wind-up windows, no rev-counter, no temperature gauge, no power steering, in fact it didn't even have a cigarett lighter socket! The stereo was basic but it worked, although the twin speakers in the back were pretty tinny. Interior: the interior was well thought-out but very basic. The dashboard was boxy, the speedo easy to read as it was the only dial ...