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in de nieuwe reclame van de ANWB/Wegenwacht zit een ax!
in de nieuwe reclame van de ANWB/Wegenwacht zit een ax!
Ja, had ik idd ook gezien!
Wel jammer van die VW verder
(sorry! We hebben het hier blijkbaar of een ander spotje! Die met die golf cabrio zat dacht ik ook een AX in...)
Is die AX in het nieuwe filmpje niet heel toevallig de oude AX 1.1 van Kakanox?
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Wel jammer van die VW verder
(sorry! We hebben het hier blijkbaar of een ander spotje! Die met die golf cabrio zat dacht ik ook een AX in...)
Is die AX in het nieuwe filmpje niet heel toevallig de oude AX 1.1 van Kakanox?
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What's the best car in the world? The Ferrari Enzo? The Bentley Continental R? Or a cheap French hatchback constructed from biscuit tins?
Welcome, readers, to the 100th column I've written for Telegraph Motoring. Obviously I've put up some balloons in my office and there will be a collector's limited edition bound in Morocco leather, but in the meantime I thought I should use this momentous occasion to address a serious topic.
So: what's the best car I've ever driven? As "that other bloke off Top Gear", I'm sometimes approached in pubs and assailed with this very question - usually after a short preamble during which I'm asked where Jezza is (as if I live with him and shouldn't be allowed out on my own) or if I realise that I look a bit like that other bloke off Top Gear. And this "best car" inquiry has always left me a bit stumped up to now.
It would be easy to nominate, say, the Bentley Continental R, one of my favourite cars of all time. But I'm not sure I could universally recommend one. Parking it is an issue, and because it's an aristocrat it has a bit of a drink problem.
I've even driven a Ferrari Enzo, and was surprised how much I liked it. But is it really the best? Not if you're on a budget, wearing a short skirt or wanting to buy some timber from B&Q. Then it's pretty much the worst.
And so it goes on. The best luxury car or best supercar are easy, but what is the unqualified best car I've ever driven? What is the best car I've laid hands on in more than a decade of trying out cars, all things considered? I spent several hours thinking about this and making lists, and I've finally come up with the answer.
What's more, I tried the theory out on a group of merchant bankers I was talking to last week. These were intelligent people, with a fearsome grasp of economic theory and global politics. As merchant bankers, they all drove Ferraris and Astons and the like. In short, we're not talking about the sort of car enthusiasts who just shout "Subaru" regardless of the question.
I suggested to them that the best car I've ever driven, all things considered, was the Citroën AX GT of 1991. Nobody argued, despite being eminently qualified for the job, so I might be on to something.
I admit the AX GT (not, you will note, the later AX GTi, in which Citroën overdid things a bit) is not terribly promising. Constructed from old biscuit tins, powered by a rudimentary 1.4-litre engine and not exactly eye-catching, it would probably kill you in a crash. It was built in France, so was presumably the work of communists.
Then again, if you assume every attribute by which we judge cars is important, it comes out rather well. In 1991 it was cheap at less than ?9,000 (cars were, you might remember, more expensive then).
It reached 60mph from rest in 9.0 seconds, which is quick enough to be amusing, and could attain 107mph, which is fast enough to land you in the clanger. Yet on a long run it could easily return more than 40mpg. It wasn't actually ugly, either.
The more I analyse this, the more sense it makes. The AX was short and had small overhangs, so it was wieldy and easy to park. Yet because no one was too worried back then about what happened if you drove into a lamppost, it was also space efficient and could carry four in reasonable comfort. Entry and egress were easy for the infirm and there was even space for bags.
It was light, too, long before other makers started banging on about weight saving. Lightness made it fun to drive; it was perky and its responses were immediate, like they are in a small sports car. Yet this quality was lost on po-faced actuarial types, so it was cheap to insure.
Because it was light, the suspension didn't need to be firm to keep the body motion in check. So despite the fine handling, the ride was also pretty good. Low weight and low inertia also meant the tyres could be small, which led to that surfeit of power over grip that makes an old Mini so entertaining. Small tyres were also cheaper to replace.
And so it goes on. Pick any other car, and the AX GT will be better than it at something, while remaining plenty good enough at everything else. If Top Trumps could be redesigned to deal with qualitative as well as the purely quantitative attributes of cars, the AX GT would be the card with which you would win. Since my meeting with the bankers, I've tried this theory on a number of colleagues and friends, and no one has yet defeated me in a straight fight.
Try me.
Aldus; James May
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Ben 86 wrote:Ook een beetje jammer dat het om een brandende AX gaat
Ben bang dat er afgelopen week een hoop AX'jes in de fik zijn gegaan in de voorsteden van Parijs...
Nb de geboorteplaats van onze AX'jes 
Stond vanmorgen een foto op de voorpagina van het Financieel Dagblad van een brandende CX
K' heb drie Citroëns, hele mooooie.
Een gele, een goude en een rooooie.
Winaar Le Citron Pressé 2012, categorie equipe met de grootste / mooiste bagage
Een gele, een goude en een rooooie.
Winaar Le Citron Pressé 2012, categorie equipe met de grootste / mooiste bagage
Ik zag gister ook een zwarte in een reclame voorbij rijden, loop echt helemaal te prakezeren welke het was, maar weet het even niet meer!
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Jaja de AX is nog steeds populair bij de media... goeie zaak... 
Greetz Martin
BVB Rallying
Citroën AX 1.1 TRE '87 -- 26 juni 2002 t/m 28 mei 2004
Citroën AX 1.4 GT '90 -- 21 mei 2004 t/m 21 oktober 2008
Citroën ZX 1.6 Break '96 -- 04 mei 2007 t/m juli 2008
Citroën Xantia 2.0 16v break '97 -- 05 juli 2008 t/m ?
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI '90 -- 14 oktober 2008 t/m ? --> rallyauto in opbouw
BVB Rallying
Citroën AX 1.1 TRE '87 -- 26 juni 2002 t/m 28 mei 2004
Citroën AX 1.4 GT '90 -- 21 mei 2004 t/m 21 oktober 2008
Citroën ZX 1.6 Break '96 -- 04 mei 2007 t/m juli 2008
Citroën Xantia 2.0 16v break '97 -- 05 juli 2008 t/m ?
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI '90 -- 14 oktober 2008 t/m ? --> rallyauto in opbouw
Eriks wrote:FoxHunter wrote:Ik zag gister ook een zwarte in een reclame voorbij rijden, loop echt helemaal te prakezeren welke het was, maar weet het even niet meer!
volgens mij ik ook! Zwarte met rode lijn op de zijkant. Dat is in het begin van de appelsientje reclame met dat nummer van gabriel rioz.
Juist, dat zocht ik
Idd met rode streep. Daar herkende ik hem aan omdat ik dat ook heb! Maar helemaal gelijk "appelsientje" Kan ik ook weer rustig slapen Gratis geld verdienen? Meld Je Aan Op Onderstaande Link!
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ALS DE AX NIET RIJD, **Sta Op, En (S)Loop**
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ALS DE AX NIET RIJD, **Sta Op, En (S)Loop**
