Saxo Newbie

[vtsalex]

Hi I'am Alex i'am 21 and have just bought a saxo VTS

i'am actually into old bmw's ive had 12 Bmw e30's, has various 325i's a 318is a 316i a 316 and a 318i. Proper Annorack Yes

Ive decided to sell my e30 and try something new. i had been looking at some VTR saxo's but decided a VTS would be where its at.

I set out looking around the internet i had a budget of £500 (not alot) and was determined to find a decent vts for that money.

I had found one at the other end of the country in white with high miles but ended up finding a better one for just under £500 after 2 days of searching high and low on the net.

Anyway i went to veiw the car and it was a hell of alot better than i thought it would be, interior very clean as was the bodywork. and most importantly its all original, and thats the way its going to stay bar prehaps an enclosed induction kit.

Its a 3 owner completely standard car in silver, has 117K on the clock and looks immaculate, its a 1998 pre facelift model which is what i wanted (not keen on the facelift ones) i know nothing about saxo's other than the boot floors rot in peugeot 106's so i assumed the same would apply, had a look under the boot floor carpet and everything looked ok. checked all the usuals and everything seemed ok.

I'am picking it up at the beginning of next week will update once i get it home

I know nothing much about saxos, once i get it home what should i be looking for? where do they rust the most? what are they like behind the bodykit ?

[wrd]

im new too :)
good luck

[saxoboi85]

Well lad 1st of welcome to sax-p the places to look are as you seed the boot floor and inner wheel archs on the rear front floor panels to see if there is a leak front inner wings as they rust there also to keep peace of mind if you can opening the sunroof and por a glass of water down the drain channel as they rust on the sun roofs as for the body kits only problem with them is the glue comes away after times and they flap about a bit also check the rear axle as theses can be pricey to replace if your like me I always take the laptop with me as I work for Citroen and do a fault code check and ecu read to make sure no logs on the the ecu and do a general check to make sure everything works if you need any parts checked to see what part fits ya car just pm me can check the Citroen parts network if ya need anything

[vtsalex]

Thanks :y:

i did check if it was damp around the sunroof and all seemed well, would of perfered a non sunroof one but beggers cant be choosers at that price :A:

[saxoboi85]

Be hard to find a non sunroof model Saxo vts or vtr tbh as 87% came out the factor with sunroofs

[saxoboi85]

And I gave £850 for the 02 plate vtr that I have as my DP and gave 500 for the vts I'm breaking for parts to convert mine so price will soon come up when u start to chuck money at it

[vtsalex]

i wont be chucking money at mine, just service it and keep on top of things

they look better standard imo anyway, the deisigners did a good job in the first place :A:

[SnakeVTR]

i wont be chucking money at mine, just service it and keep on top of things

they look better standard imo anyway, the deisigners did a good job in the first place :A:

Give it a year and youl eat those words :fcuk:.....Welcome to saxp mate :y:

[vtsalex]

UPDATE

Picked car up today

Few issues

My Rear hand brake seems to be sticking is there a common culprit with these ?

Also half way home the airbag light decided to come on

And worst of all the back box decided to detach itself from the rest of the exhaust but ive bodged this for now with a piece of pipe and some exhaust clamps till i buy a new exhaust from ebay

Another minor thing i noticed was the radiator cap was leaking very very so slightly ? do i just need a new cap ?

[saxoboi85]

New cap would be the easier way and the airbag like would normally only come on if its deployed or there is a problem best bet is to check the wires under the front seats as my off come off or got damaged the backbox well ya my get a new one as that is common on them when there old the rear brakes if there sticking the hand brake don't have play in it so its needs losing or there rear needs a clean out as its full of shit