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Slightly surprised to see this had the petrol engine, as diesel would have been a popular choice back then.
"vertical" space ships don't always seem to address landing or getting out of the cockpit, but I really wanted to make sure that was fully fleshed out here: The lower wings fold to the side as shown and hinges on the bottom bring the landing feet out sideways so the entire ship balances well. The pilot seat hinges forward and down, and the egress ladder folds out from inside along the bottom of the cockpit to allow easy entry and exit.
And I've travelled over 1200 miles as it stands. I went to visit my mum and gran up in Perthshire (Scotland), which meant a 8 hour motorway (for the most part) journey each way. I had never been a driver on one before, so that was a learning curve. Some great roads up there though, way more fun than the motorways were!
The ZX did great, although a dopey woman reversed into it at a service station on the first day. I think she shunted the bumper back slightly but its not mega noticeable. The only irritation was the seriously vague petrol gauge, which I have been getting more daring with each fill up, I think it did nearly 400 miles on a tank on the journey, which isn't bad given the reasonably small tank size.
At the same time however, it probably will be the longest journey this car does in my ownership, as I'm conscious that my plans to preserve it probably won't be helped by them. I'm not sure with that 100% at this stage, but we shall see.
Car: Citroen ZX Avantage.
Date of first registration: 11th May 1994.
Registration region: Swindon.
Latest recorded mileage: 130,112 (MOT 1st March 2019).
Date taken: 11th June 2019.
Album: Street Spots
Once i was a big fan of Motorcycles from Kawasaki and still i am but now Suzuki Haya Busa is also on the list
My new car. It came up for sale locally a few days ago and ticked all my boxes so I went for a viewing. Obviously I was rather taken with it as I handed over the asking price, which whilst a tad rich for a ZX was worth it for such a well preserved car. It's notable for being one with a carb fed engine, which was phased out later in 1992. As far as I'm aware, I'm only the third owner, and it's covered only 43,600 miles in its lifespan. More photos will follow in the next few days. Apologies for the filter happy phone photo!