Archive for the ‘BX’ Category

BX: First Repairs

Nothing serious yet (knock on wood), but the BX’s Citroën-ness has been showing already. Things I’ve fixed so far: The rear wiper didn’t make it all the way across the window and back, so I cleaned and lubed its linkage; and the map reading light went out, so I replaced its meagre little 7W lamp [...]

Please Welcome: the BX

Okay, I’ve bitten the bullet. The GTI days are over. Sigh.
Well, or rather, the Golf GTI days are over. My new “modern” car is a GTI too, after all.
1990 Citroën BX GTI Automatic. Yes, that’s right: Automatic. A nice, comfy, automatic family saloon … GTI. The French are a peculiar people.
1.9 litres, 120 bhp. 159k [...]