What a lovely person your other half is...not a single grumble about crossing half of the country to pick up a £4 car...You're one lucky so and so...though I suspect it's not actually all luck... Dave

Find your screen presence very calming and amusing, even throughout these vehicular nightmares. Keep it up!

I've never owned a car, I very rarely drive, know nothing about mechanics, and yet I'm addicted to this channel! Keep it up sir!

My daily driver for a year now has been a 1996 ZX turbodiesel. Banged up as it is, I find it an upgrade over my previous ride, a mk2 VW Golf -also turbodiesel. The Golf died on a Friday and I needed a car to go to work the next Monday and a very limited budget... I love the ease of the ride, the overall comfort, how quiet the engine is compared to the 1.6 vw tractor-like engine... who would have thought two years ago I´d be the proud owner of not one, but two Citroëns!!!

bought 2 ZXs earlier this month (May 2019) for my sons. 1.8i Auto (1996) and an 2.0i Manual (1995). Had a 1.9i (Volcane) new in 1994. An ownership experience I want my sons to experience. Absolutely characterful.

Always had a soft spot for ZXs - very competent cars and being a sibling to the 306, fantastic to drive.

A very fair summary, Ian. My pre-owned ZX diesel was comfy, cheap to run, easy to maintain... Being too skint to risk a failed turbo (mortgage rate was 14%!) I chose normally aspirated. Never mind 0-60mph times, I needed to get around reliably and in comfort. Handling suffered a tad with the big front diesel lump in a relatively small body, but was never alarming. I recall lots of pleasant, untroubled French touring, easily cruising at 100+kph for hours. Rear wheel bearings are a known ZX issue.

I drove down from Edinburgh to Milton Keynes years ago on a works course, they hired me a Citroen zx at first I turned my nose up and wasn't happy but it was the most comfortable drive down as it was the top of the range diesel one at the time, my back normally kills me on long journeys but that was a great car, never judge a book by its cover was the motto of that.

Had a ZX turbo diesel for nine years, cost me nothing in repairs,just tyres, battery,MOTs,sevice costs, set of glow plugs,brake pads and fuel. Never been bettered by any other car ive had.Traded it in with 130,000 miles on the clock, should think it may still be going. Love your style hubnut, great vids keep them coming

That brought back some memories - years ago I owned a 1994 ZX Aura with the same engine. It remains the most reliable car I've owned, bar my current 1996 Daihatsu Charade. I called it my French Corolla. In three years of ownership and a lot of travel (33,000 hard driven kilometres in one year) aside from regular servicing, I replaced a few light bulbs. It was comfortable, nicely built, very economical and the slugging torque of the engine more than made up for the leisurely gathering of pace. It could tow well too. Replaced by a beautiful green Xantia SX Turbodiesel.

Your channel is what I've been missing from my life. I've always had a thing for obscure "crap" cars 👌🏼

Great videos.A whole lot of fun with some great historical and technical information on the cars you feature.I am now a big fan.I look forward to more videos in the future.Best wishes.

Great video. I had the Aura version then the Volcane. Very smooth for a conventional citroen. This car made me loyal to the brand. Also saw them in China used as Taxi cabs.

Came here after watching your 2019 ZX Vulcano Automatic clip and what has your live changed since 2016. As we speak you are down under, away from your house and garage, which never wil be yours again if I am right. New adventures. You are a brave man, Ian. You will enjoy the ride, but it may take some time.

Great vid. Takes me back to my 91 1.4 ZX Avantage, the first car that I bought. It was a lot of car for the money, well equipped, nice to drive but let me down a few times with unknown electrics issues and a leak in the passenger footwell in heavy rain which would fog the car up if you turned on the blower! Still, some fond memories of that car!

Love the ZX 1.9D Avantage. Owned an early 1992 model, without PAS or a catalytic converter. Brilliant, as no computers in it, just mechanical diesel injection. Still going strong after nine years of ownership, when it was 17 years old, and has 187,000 miles on it. Stupidly scrapped it, as didnt want to pay the £250 MOT work, as had just bought an Alfa 916 GTV as well.

First the Vauxhall Chevette, now a ZX. 2 cars my family have loved owning and driving. And also nice to see Mrs Hubnut with you. Hope the gig was good!

Bought a 1.9d avantage for £90 some years ago, slow as hell but what a robust and comfy little thing. Hated cold mornings but once it was going it would just go on and on and on.

I bought a new ZX 1.9d in 1993 and kept it for 14 years and 248k miles with regular servicing. It had no engine faults nor wheel bearings in that time just the usual steering/suspension bushes , batteries and exhausts replaced also new shocks all round. A fairly slow but comfortable and quick steering car.

HubNut, if you need to get a bearing into a drum, put the bearing in the fridge and the drum in the oven at a low temperature. The central hole will expand and the bearing will drop right in (use a smidgen of oil to lubricate and help get it in. Allow the temperature to normalise at room temperature then fit the drum on the spindle (obvs check the spindle isn't broken.) saves on the garage bearing press fee.

The most fun you can have for £4. My first clue at something being suspect would be a whole car being raffled for such a low sum... Something about Citroën styling really appeals to me. Years ago when I was studying I was caught by someone inspecting their Pallas, and she was nice enough to give me a tour of it -- the cylinder speedometer really caught my attention, but overall I thought it was a fascinating car. I'm not a car person (I cycle or walk, or take an occasional bus), but you might have a new follower...

One of the first cars myself and my first wife owned after our boys were born. We took it all over the place. We picked it up second hand but it was a nice car to drive

A '93 ZX Advantage 1.9D was my first car (L840 ULM) when I was 21 years old. It was an amazing machine. Sadly, electrical faults and fuel leaks forced a trade in, simply wasn't worth spending the money on it! What a great channel this is, going to sub =)

I had a ZX AURA TD. Best features were fuel economy, seat rail travel (and the speed at which they moved) and the pendulous liftoff oversteer.

I had a 1992 ZX Reflex (base model) with the non turbo 1.9D. It was slow but great handling and surprisingly tough - when it got t-boned by a Volvo 260, it would still drive, unlike the Volvo!

Pschooow *camera spin*. Love it. Looks like it was quite the caper.

I had a ZX 1.4 Reflex! 😀👍Nice drive.

Used to have crush on ZX and Xantia during my childhood. First time saw it in MotorTraders mag.

Very amusing when ya both together.

Just started watching and great videos and enjoying classics

Looks like a total bargain that. Good vlog cheers!

I've just thought, the last few moments of this video, and you were talking with underpants on from the previous day lol......Glad you got home mate! ;)

Just love Hub Nut you are amazing thank you

love the zx, engines in them especially the diesels are bomb proof, body work will die before engine does, MOT'd mine in November, not a single advisory, not bad for a 20 year old car.

Birmingham Art Gallery & Museum is one of the great museums outside London. It's mix of displays is it's appeal. Brake lights on in traffic, maybe they are driving an automatic? I only put mine in neutral if I'm going to be stationary for more than a minute or so. I don't know how you survive all the obstacles of these capers. The fear of braking down would stress me to much.

I had a 1.9TD AURA. Very nippy and smooth and quiet. Good on fuel. Never see them about anymore!

I really like your videos and the way you tell about you cars :) Greetings from Finland

I had a rather rare 16v model which I dearly miss. They're something of an under rated car and one of the first Citroëns to feel solid and well built. Few electrical gremlins (as normal for a French car), but other than that, it was a fun car and still looks pretty good now. £4 is a bargain I'd say!

Marvellous - I trust you topped up the oil and water at the same time lol!

Happy christmas to you and Mrs Hubnut.

Thank goodness the wheel didn’t fall off on the motorway

That car is pretty nice for $4.00 pounds sterling! Where do you find these awesome cars? raffle winning or not that never happens to me. Lol. Nice to see Citroen owners helping Citroen owners.

That diesel motor sound pretty smooth! As good or better than a lot of modern diesels! Not as quick mind, but probably more reliable.

Those seats look comfy, particularly the rears.

What a great deal! These would fetch for around 2-300 pounds here in Hungary, maybe more. I even considered one when I wanted to buy a cheap runabout without getting a loan for a better one... but opted for the latter, and bought an '05 Lancer Wagon instead. I'm not that daring as Hubnut :)

That reminded me when 4 four wheel bearings went on my 1985 Mini City. Some previous owner over tightened the bearings. The garage I crawled it to was shocked at the state of them.

Hubnut does hubnut. How come no one has mentioned that before now?

love these ZXs, my grandmother had a 1.8(I think) aura, it was a nice car until someone wrote it off

My brother had a tired old 1.9TD ZX that a cousin gave him after buying a newer car. It wasn't a bad old bus, but it did smoke quite a bit, I suspect mainly because the cousin used to run it on heating oil he drained out of his parents tank!

I'm too scared to own a french made car or Italian, but love watching hubnut sort them out , great videos ✌

Good cars these. I´ve had a 1996 ZX 1.8 16v Break, it was a fun car with 110hp and ca 1100kgs! plus single wiper and good (rods) gearchage.

Another great video 👍

I like that you like cars that most of us would scrap without any hesitation.

I had a ZX 1.9TD Volcane and i still really miss that car - very little went wrong with it until the turbo started being a bit low boost at 170,000 - got rid of it but wish I had fixed it

i absolutely lost it and died laughing at 9:03 haha, its impossible to tell if this is some parody like 'the office' or you really are that funny :D

That bearing looks scary! My family is quite fond of those folding aluminium scooters with 12 cm wheels (glorified kids' toys) and I have to admit they're handy - you can get to about double pedestrian speed on shorter distances and when you need to go further you just fold them and get on a bus, tram or underground train. Anyway, one day my girlfriend complained that her scooter's rear wheel felt a bit floppy. I picked up the thing and there was at least a full cm of play! Took everything apart and found very little - I think there were only two balls left or so, the others had either fallen out or ground to dust, as had most of the washers in there. Sourcing the various spacers was fairly tricky but I got everything sort-of working, the rear wheel was still a bit stiff though. The whole adventure ended when she left the scooter somewhere, never to find it again. Shredded bearings are a lot less scary at 5 MPH than at 70 though :-D

I had a Citroën ZX, the exact same as the one in this video. It was a 1993 Citroën ZX aura, same colour too!!

Drove a ZX 1.4 Reflex a few times around 1994. The exterior and interior design was absolutely dull comparing to other Citroen cars such as the GS/GSA, BX and the CX however was very pleasant to drive and comfortable. 1.9 TU engines were quite bullet proof. 👍

I had a xantia d, and the ''power'' delivery always felt different to the turbo version and i always wondered if the cam was profiled different, and would have loved to have tried a d cam in a td version.... the 806 has a td version in it, but it may be from a 406, its had a really odd history as far as vans go

You'd wait ages for a ZX then two come along at once.

Hit the jackpot👍

I had a citroen zx 1.4 reflex club in that colour and i loved it.

I miss my ZX. Maybe I'll settle for one again, like a fool :D

About 6 years ago I bought a then 17 year old ZX 1.9d and it was the most frugal car, with a satisfyingly basic diesel engine. Very uncomplicated and nice to slowly cruise about in. I bought it as a conscious effort to run a car for peanuts and i seem to remember averaging low 60s MPG. Unfortunately it got written off when it was T-boned, but the insurance company paid out and allowed me to keep it.

cool vid !

Had a TD one of these, was like a sports car performance

Love the way it looks! lol I realize it's probably a POS standard car in the EU but here in murica a car that small would be a novelty. lol

i had a zx given to me from a mate. loved it, but had a fuel issue. so nice to drive tho.

your wife is doing a great job of driving this car !!! Just take a side road and you are there! You are not on one of those parking bits on major roads? I had trouble here with a Ford Consul but a local garage managed to find and install a bearing without trouble!

That zx is great you lucky hub nut

I won a 95 Citroen ax for £461.55 and it broke down 15 minutes in. At a garage presently waiting on parts. I cannot wait. It’s a little gem.

Had an AX and three BXs. Interesting cars. Rather French though...!;)

If Jalopy magazine could have had a KZfaq channel back in the day!

Didn’t the ZX share running gear with the Peugeot 306? I looked at a ZX brand new (someone else was footing the bill), but no one came to sell me anything in the showroom! I eventually ended up with a 306 normally aspirated 1.9litre diesel. Fantastic motor. It did 230k miles and never missed a beat, good in snow, good on motorways, good in rural settings (N Yorks & then N Devon).

I'm 5 minutes in and this video is making me stressed! I have just had two cars die on me mind you.

My uncle had a zx furio, cracking wee car, then he was involved in a RTA in it, it made a brief comeback, it was stretched on a Jig I beleive, it was then replaced with a 306xrdt

Great line.... ".......listen to my trim rattle........"

I love the steering wheel on this cars. Non power steering version also has nice feel to it.

Love your videos. Come to Gibraltar and buy and old banger to drive back to UK it would make a great video!!

Had a ZX that wouldn't start, would just turn over fast. Paid £60 for it (this was 2007) just needs the choke pulled out for it to start lol.

Hi mate I know u recorded this video a while ago I’m just having a binge on ur vids lol. Wow 4 pound hahah u can’t go wrong I know you broke down but that car seems really quirky

i have the same car but an estate one it's actually 513 000 klm and all whell bearings are original the same with the transmition shafts i bought my zx 12 years ago for 250 € i couldn't think this car could fail

You expect a lot for four quid don't you ha ha ? I take it Adrian had a non-speaking part so you could pay the lower Equity rate? Handy he is a fellow ZX-er though !! I once had a Morris 1800 Landcrab where a front wheel bearing went. I pulled the hubcap off and a hand full of ball bearings fell out and rolled away. Me and a mate got a new bearing and fixed it by the roadside - the 80's were sooooo different. Loads of car spares shops and shops in garage forecourts that all sold all sorts of car spares over the counter - none of this order it in and we'll have it by Wednesday nonsense. The irony of Hubnut's problems being caused by in effect the hub nut is not lost on us !!

I had ZX turbo diesel loved it

What do you do with all these cars ?

Shout out for Kington! Lovely place to live.

Friend of mine had a ZX. Very soft suspension but when he went round corners, I thought I would slide off my chair!

had the exact same problem with our old berlingo, except it was the left front wheel. Something wrong with Citroën's bearings? Lovely video as always.

You and your missus? Do you occasionally get mixed up as to who is who? I mean your like the same person! Loving your work! Keep it up.

My m reg 170000mile reflex estate was boringly reliable 95 mph flat out gentle accelleration 55mpg wherever i went very comfortable great handling. T boned by an ldv van rip.

How did you 'pull that one off,' aye?! Even if it broke down, you can't complain! Ha! Ha! Ha!

1.9d is the engine of my grandfather Xsara. It has a very particular noise... and he drives it as a fu**ing maniac, so it always seems much more powerful than what it trully is. It is very reliable, though

Could you do a video about Nissan qx

Luckily enough Morris marinas All came with a complimentary bus timetable,

Ive been in taxi versions of this and only a taxi driver can make these things scary lol

the blue bird good car she a beauty, u should keep her she is the best car much better than the 2cv

come to the conclusion your lovely missus is a saint lol

I expect you could run that engine on filtered chip shop oil. Old diesels are great for that.

It's shame the bearings aren't like the drum brake Golfs, you can change them with a hammer and screwdriver. I nearly died in a ZX. The driver took the wrong slip road which was half the length of the one he thought it was and had a big sign at the end, the sign won.

I loved my 1.9D Avantage, but mine was an AUTO and the fuel economy was diabolical.