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134 The first XM club
A UK XM club would be a very good thing and I'd be all for it.
I do think that we should be running it as a special section of the Citroen Car Club.
This has many advantages. They already hold meetings around the country and have the experience
we would need in organising an event.
Maybe we sould aim to hold a special XM section meeting at the next Citroen Car Club meeting
sometime in the spring.
Steve
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Steve & Keith
I think you are both absolutely right - the time is right for a formalisation of XM support, and that the XM
"club" should be a part of the CCC. There's already several models with dedicated sections, with varying
levels of activity - from SeMantics (SM section, with newsletters, tours and plenty of exclusively SM
events) to CX (with a rally, and CX of the Year at the national rally). BX, GS also have sections, as
opposed to regular columns.
I would hate to see a move away from taking advantage of the CCC for such a model-focus, and would
hesitate to say it wouldn't work - most people only want to join one club, and many many XMers also
have BX/AX/Whatever else which would mean the CCC would come first for them.
By the way - my local expert CitFixer (Louis Barbour, Great Missenden, Bucks - 01494 864112 - plug,
plug - can I have a discount on the 4x4 2cv, Louis?) reckons he works on NO XMs now, and mine is the
only CX he looks after... I'm sure, however, that the majority of the 380 XMs sold in the UK last year are
around me, as I regularly see R & S reg XMs. (Aug '97- date registered!) Is it that earlier XMs are
starting to disappear? I know I wouldn't fancy one that's been home-fixed by somebody who just wants
it because it's a cheap tank....
Bearing in mind next year is the 10th anniversary of the XM, and the 50th of the CCC, can I suggest that
this is a damn good opportunity - I am sure that Julian Marsh and I would be glad to propose/second it's
formalisation at a CCC committee meeting some time.
Adrian Chapman
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