Modified Citroen Saxos don't always die. Sometimes they just grow up!

[@1961kickboxer]

Good to see an older car kept on the road,in this throwaway society a noble deed.

[@GoldenCroc]

This kind of tarting up small details with OEM stuff is right up my alley. I would wager its also close to a 1:1 correlation of people that do these kind of mods, and how much they care about the car, which I always like to see. "It's a token of our love for machines" to paraphrase the old "Ghost in the shell" TV show.

[@wacholder5690]

1:35 Haribo gold bears in the door pocket. Best for boring, slow moving traffic. Teeth are busy and lesser cursing ... Thanks for sharing !

[@rimmersbryggeri]

You have to get your five a day.

[@UPnDOWN]

The wife had them stashed for her trip to Rustival!

[@wacholder5690]

@@UPnDOWNI can see that. Doesn't discolor the teeth as much as the black Laritz snails ... 🙂

[@kim007250]

I Just want to get some of my leather feed on those seats….Enjoyed that.

[@niallsommerville9813]

If any of my friends complain about my going on about early Hinckley Triumph Motorcycles, I'm going to send them a link to this video 😉 perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much, pick all the best bits that the factory ever made 👍 thank you.

[@herme99]

Doesn't the law require a modded Saxo to have a 4 inch exhaust?

[@L5GUK]

Chode

[@UPnDOWN]

It does, but I'm a rogue!

[@JasperV70-205CT-BX]

Wow this car is a serious customized rocket! Love it Kitch!

[@UPnDOWN]

I never went into the mods it used to have but no longer does, either 😆

[@anadolman3246]

I love a car that has had long term ownership and has evolved/been personalised in subtle ways to the owner's spec.

[@brusselssprouts560]

A massively pretty car.

[@WestYorkshireGuy1]

I really miss my VTR. Bought it brand new in 2001. I wish i had kept it and stored it.

[@gimble447]

I remember thinking when the vtr and vts came out that the wheels and wheel arches were slightly reminiscent of the ones on the glorious Toyota Celica Supra 2.8i ( which of course were a much more common sight on the roads back then) Keep up the great work 👍

[@vinceunlimited]

This video is at Nerd level nine but none the worse for that

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Groovy little car… looking forward to it going up and down on the ramp this winter for all that attention underneath !

[@wanderingorganist]

Thank you for this, I had a Saxo Desire 2-door and had I not had to transport elderly parents around I think I'd have hung on to it a tad longer. Fun to drive, even w the 1.1 8v, and you can park in a matchbox. Were it not for the silly insurance group I'd swap the C1 tomorrow. I like your lengthier style. V personal, friendly stuff.

[@danieltaylor3755]

I love picking up these DIY tips on these videos. Its a shame the Saxo was never sold in Australia. :(

[@Qwerty1235945]

I love the door cards, especially as the hold Haribo 🙂 Keep up the great videos Rich.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

This car can survive because it has tasteful mods. Some of the ones I saw on the TopGear "cruising" segment on the c2 episode were fit for the bin 20 years ago because of the over the top mods.

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

I fitted the same alloy pedals to my Cactus, cannot remember what car it came from or was advertised from but a simple effective modification. The leather seats look really comfy in the Saxo. A great little tinkering video on the Saxo Rich, I really need to drive or own a Saxo at some point.

[@maxeluy]

What not to love about a Saxo 😍

[@UPnDOWN]

Rust.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Those door cards are identical the door cards in my 2001 Saxo 1.1 desire ( as you just pointed out.😆), but with the bog standard black plastic door handles. I bought the car brand new on Jan 2 2001 ( X Reg) and through blind luck & by the skin of its teeth is ULEZ compliant. It's what TFL like to refer to as 'an early adopter' Even though that makes it Euro3, not Euro4. Go figure! ( mind you, I did have to pay £200 to CITROËN to get the certificate of compliance to prove it to TFL). If I'd ordered it and had it delivered for Christmas 2000 it wouldn't have been compliant. Oh.. and I'm still using it on a regular basis in Sept 2024 & has just passed 133,000 on the clock.

[@Faceplant-hl5yn]

Drove a Saxo VTS untill a year ago (end of 2023) when the head gasket failed again.. 22 years old it was and it had 286.000 km

[@grumpytorque8905]

Got to love a bit of OEM+

[@joopjansen9102]

Nice one! I thought it was something to do with the chevrons... that would be truly geeky.

[@mikes747]

I remember annoying my dad when i was younger. He had told me that you could get a brand new Saxo first for £5995 and that he would act as a guarantor for the finance. I went down to my local dealer and ended up coming away with a new pre- reg VTR in Mauritius blue. In my defence it was only four grand more expensive!

[@tristanpage6805]

Love the content. Look forward to the next

[@Simon-ui6db]

I liked my little 1.4 I had, only thing I didn't like was the clutch pedal (too narrow pedal box). The electric power steering went out on it (had to keep hitting the motor as the brushes were screwed). Would of preferred an auto as then its a proper go-kart.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

I have heard that the proper way to adjust a drum hand brake is to slacken the cables then set up the wheel adjustors and then re tighten the cable. What Is your take on that? I have worked very little on drum brakes so your input is valued.

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

C2 VTS had those pedals.

[@andrewhenderson5645]

These are the cars of my youth. Such a shame the rot kills them.

[@demelitia]

8:52 no need to be ashamed; we’re not going to judge you…👀

[@tims.701]

Hello I bought a Peugeot 106 Xsi as a first car 1 year ago and it had a rought life. In Switzerland only 10 Xsi's are still on the roads. The gearknob is broken and I like your setup combined with the pedals. Do I have to buy the full pedalset or can I just buy the plates and fit them on the existing pedals in my car? The gearknow should fit without any modifications right? thx for you help Tim

[@buckneighkidd419]

Not an oil leak... it's a self lubricating Chassis system!

[@ashliehiggins]

Peugeot/Citroen is still use those pedal covers today on brand new cars.

[@DevinderAthwal306]

Great work and some nice mods. Oop, that near side rear tire looks like it has a bit of camber on it. Did you say the rear beam going to be refreshed?

[@UPnDOWN]

Yeah, I've got the bearings already.

[@DevinderAthwal306]

@@UPnDOWN good stuff, just hope it's not damaged anything. I've rebuilt a couple in the past, mainly on the 306 and 206. Will you be filming the rebuild?

[@UPnDOWN]

Hopefully, yeah.

[@stephenwestley1017]

2:21 Well any that's been heavly underseald is a big red flag genuine repairs shouldn't be hiden it's like goin bk to the 70s when every mini. Escort ext had a inch layer of underseal that hid rust

[@TotoGeenen]

When you asked what it was missing I was thinking gauge cluster. The 16v revs a lot higher the the 8vs that came in the saxo yeah?

[@UPnDOWN]

I'm covering that one in the 3rd video (driving)

[@TotoGeenen]

​@@UPnDOWNhahaha for sure!

[@charleserickson7503]

My shit boxes are all diesel powered I live in Zuid Afrika I don't drive in the rain You know the reason, yes to prevent them from rusting.

[@gannonsgarage3265]

lots of salted roads make cars like this disappear😔My first car was a 97 Saxo 1.1 with the key panel immobiliser

[@sm400]

If it was a fiesta or Ka there would be nothing left of underneath😂😂......just attending to my 106 rally underneath....fortunately have a spanish rustfree one to cut a few bits out of to repair ex uk 106..

[@tomwinch9107]

The end of the video hinted at why you reverted to standard suspension - lowered suspension is just too harsh for old backs! Loved the video - it's always good to see you tinkering / waffling and generally using dry humour to combat the rain! P.S. hope I didn't offend calling you old! I've needed soft suspension and sensible profile tyres since my son was born in early 2008 and I 'enjoyed' reliving the broken sleaps again at 37 ...

[@UPnDOWN]

I'm definitely feeling old!

[@johnts10]

Any idea how many millimetres is the thickness for the adaptor to fit on the gear selector so the knob bolts straight in cause i really want to put a stock gear knob and this aliexpress adaptors dont fit

[@UPnDOWN]

No idea I'm afraid!

[@Sid3300]

I imagine the leather seats makes it more comfortable than the standard ones, though I feel like you'd slide about a lot when going for it in corners. Has your wife considered making a channel for the Saxo? Or is she not really into the KZbin stuff?

[@UPnDOWN]

Oh no, she's not interested in doing anything on camera! Closest she has is the Instagram page for the car (@ twenty_years_with_a_saxo). The velour/fabric versions of these seats were more comfy and held you in place more. But they looked awful!

[@sleepyash5730]

honestly thought it was the aluminium glove box pull

[@UPnDOWN]

Was never a thing on Saxos, although somebody did make an aftermarket one for the C4.

[@robertsedgwick1629]

is the oil leak OEM?🤣

[@neildaniel8232]

Please change that spare tyre for something actually usable, that one is dry-rotted and lethal if used! Apart from that a lovely little thing.

[@tomwinch9107]

I bought a 55 plate Renault Scenic recently - the spare tyre's inside the boot in a reasonably light sealed box. I had cause to use it after finding one tyre had a slow puncture due to a nail whilst I was away for the weekend ... the spare has virtually no wear on it, it's a Michelin with a 4105 date code ... I was a little suspicious, but after a thorough check was happy to use as there's no cracking / age related wear you see on tyres that have been in the sun. Given an original spare and the optional extra 'Renault Accident Management' kit (complete with small torch, crayon, spare paper, a card with phone numbers to get Renault assistance and, best of all, a Renault branded single use film camera!), it feels like I should take it to festival of the unexceptional!

[@tomwinch9107]

However it's the Prestige trim level (electric everything on a old French car ... hmmm!) and has only done 75k miles, so it's not really unexceptional ...

[@andyb3666]

@@tomwinch9107 Is it a Privilege? There wasn’t a Scenic Prestige trim level. Sounds right for FoTU though

[@Grimwriggler]

so i am no the only one who went off leather . my wife's 406 coupe is ugly Black leather IMHO, and in summer in Spain unbearable

[@UPnDOWN]

Nah, I used to love it but over time realised it's only redeeming feature is that it's wipe clean!

[@bmwman1981]

Leather is great it wears better is easier to look after and adds value to any vehicle fitted with it over poverty cloth

[@Grimwriggler]

totally correct but for comfort in hot Spain I prefer cloth@@bmwman1981

[@grayfool]

Is a Saxo fan a saxophonist? All right, don't get shirty, just thought I'd ask.

[@iamyourfuture808]

Oil leaks

[@UPnDOWN]

It does!

[@iamyourfuture808]

@@UPnDOWN instead of spending your hard-earned on worn leather seats and "rare" aluminium door handles, wouldn't it be wise to splash the cash on repairing oil leaks and to stop oil running onto the exhaust system? i guess once a saxonite always a saxonite

[@UPnDOWN]

I should have invested in a crystal ball possibly? That way, when I fitted the alloy bits I'd have known that the engine would start leaking a couple of years in the future...

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

I dislike the lack of crash protection

[@handbrakebob]

I dislike boring heavy cars.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@handbrakebob Yeah, shame the Alpine is so expensive!

[@UPnDOWN]

Don't crash and it's not a problem!

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

@@UPnDOWN You can't control other people's behaviour

[@niallsommerville9813]

Wear a crash helmet.

[@grumpy2.0]

Haribo storage. pocket very good