>> At one point when I was living in Rio I had a Xantia. As an
>> aside, a great car, I absolutely loved it. But the clutch was as light as
>> light gets.
I ran mine, a 2.0/110 HDi, from new in 2000 until cumulative issues made in uneconomic in 2013. I think at new, compared to either the 205D it directly replaced or the BX 1.9D we kept as a second car, the clutch was pretty light. By the end of its service it was pushing 150k.
After about 75k one of the bearings in the clutch setup began to rattle, the pedal was substantially lower than the brake and it was heavy. It became a standing joke when it was in for service etc at the family run garage in town for the proprietor's wife who manned the front desk to say 'Simon - you need to get the clutch replaced'. As it was by then, having been elbowed out as family car by #1 Berlingo, mostly a station hack I wasn't too bothered.
Clutch was but one of the £1500 plus needs of work that saw it off in 2013.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Tue 6 Oct 20 at 19:01
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