It's a shame to see my favourite car go, but I've been expecting this for a while to be honest. As much as I'd love for you to keep Giselle forever, you've got to do what's right for you and the channel going forward. I shall carry on watching and supporting regardless!
The GSA is a type of car that needs more time spent nursing it, but that becomes particularly hard when you’ve got all those other cars to maintain as well. 👍🏻
I'm going to miss Giselle a lot on the channel. She was my favourite black car on the fleet. Plus my favourite HubNut car that has beige velour seats with press stud headrests.
A pity Giselle's leaving the fleet but at the same time I can see your reasons for doing so. You have plenty of machines even with her departure and they're all small enough to fit in the unit! At GBP3,495 it's a steal too.
Well, I'm not sure about the 'steal' bit, the last time I bought a GSA, admittedly some time ago, I paid.....£495. I know it's now a classic but at the end of the day, it's ?35 years old and has problems. I know that some aspects of even routine care are complicated and unless exorbitant restoration is undertaken, she aint gonna last......for that alone I wouldn't be making an offer and as it's been owned and driven by Ian "earnest thrasher" hubnut welll......😁. No offence Ian but I couldn't let you test my allroad, even though it's the reliable 2.7, she's got 218,000 on her and those tensioners won't take an Italian tune up hubnut style.😂 But there's someone out there drooling over it and you'll get a fair price for her.
Twin Cam was saying he wanted to drive a GS. Lets have a collaboration! 😁 Its always been a fun watch when Giselle was the star. Loved how she floats along the roads.
Giselle is so nice and she just would get worse sitting in the damp unit and driven so little. So it's best for everyone for her to get a new loving home.
Quite an understandable decision, she’s just too nice and there are cars more suitable for the channel than a pristine classic, which isn’t what your channel is about. I’m quite excited to see these funds go towards your other projects, especially hoping to see something with TWC in the future.
Cannot believe your selling her she is a beautiful car I never seen one before until I started watching your channel and the first time I seen her thought what a beautiful car wish I had the cash too buy her. I’ve just started a Volvo 850 saloon restoration project myself. Love the channel 👍
Giselle will be missed terribly but time never stands still... unless your watch has stopped... but time still moves on and the watch is wrong. Anyway it's been an adventure with Giselle on the channel but as you say you need the space. I have the same feeling as when Foxann was up for adoption, a terrific member of the fleet but her time had come. I hope Giselle's new parents whoever they may be love her as much as us subscribers have over the years. Thanks for sharing.
Thats a very cool car, reminds me of my Uncle Stanley's car, a GS model , he was given one as a retirement present from his boss in 1975, it was pure white and i was 7 years old at the time, now 56 and still remember it. 👍
My Uncle Stanley had one too, after his Saab 95. It was a T-reg GS Estate. Sadly I didn't often get the chance to travel in it, and I don't remember how long he had it.
Giselle is what brought me to your channel... I would really come and get her... A GSA Special from 1980 also with 1.3l and 5 speed was my first car! Only thing is Giselle does have the steering wheel on the wrong side!
Giselle has the makings of a superb classic in the right tenacious hands. being a 1300cc 5-speed Speciale it's the right car. I'm fascinated to see the next video with the final sale price and new owner. good luck guys!
Miss Hubnut is right, £3.5K is very cheap as an entry into classic car ownership. Try buying a Ford Escort of that era for a few grand. If you're lucky you might get a rotten shell with a siezed engine. A very Sunday afternoon car, to take you back to those happy days.👌
I would buy it immediately, but unfortunately it is RHD. I live in Poland. It was the last Citroen I dreamed about in the past, but you made me a GSA fan. Not psycho-fan, but a strong fan. Fortunately for my wallet I couldn't find a proper maintained GSA in my neighborhood. :) Cheers from PL EDIT: I hope Giselle would find a good new home.
Sad to see Giselle go - I’ll miss her up and down suspension and mental dashboard - but if you need space, and funds to spend on other projects, then so be it. She’s a beautiful GSA, so I’m sure she’ll find a good home!
This has been coming for a while now. It's one of my and many other's favourites but you probably have too many keepers as it is. I'm exited to see what you're going to bring on to the channel over the coming weeks, months and years
Probably a sensible decision to sell, especially as it will fund further projects which will generate loads more content for us all to enjoy. Will make a nice usable classic for someone.
Not the end, but a the start of a new chapter for Giselle. Hopefully, she'll find an owner (wish it was myself) that loves her and cares for her just as much as you two do.
@@aston-martin-internationalist I disagree it's a "bargain" and that it's "a wonderful example for the price". I could be wrong; let's see how quickly she sells!
Sad to see her go😢, but she deserves more attention! I hope you’ll find a new and good home for her so she gets lots of TLC! I fully understand your decision ! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙
Get the wrench, Ian, but saw it coming ... A suggestion: to compensate for the loss of this French marvel AND to create even more space, why not sell Bella as well and go for a Citroën CX Familiale 2.5 D with tow bar? As quirky and floaty or even more so than Giselle, lots more space than Bella and very frugal in diesel-form? Seeing as, as you say, you want to do more collection capers, this could be the next one: one (new) car replacing two! Just an idea ...
Well done Ian, it's hard to give up an addiction, but, like most addictions, they can hold you back and need constant feeding. There's plenty on here that love Giselle, I'm not one of them. You're either a Citroen person or you're not. In saying that the 2CV is awesome.
Right call made Hubnuts. She's a lovely car but to keep her good will probably require more ongoing time, money and effort than I suspect you can justify. I know there are 4 absolute keepers in TWC, Elly, Myrtle and Betty with Chemmy possibly a 5th so if you want to experience more cars then something will have to give. Being now famously associated with Hubnut should ensure she goes to a loving home
I am so terribly sad to see Giselle leaving, as she is definitely one of my most favourites Hubcars, especially as the GSA is such a super ultra rare car! If I didn't live on the other side of the world, over in Western Canada, I would be hammering down your door to buy it without a moment's hesitation!!! We can't get Citroens over here, or any wonderfully quirky French cars of any kind, unfortunately. I can understand your reasons for selling her, but on a personal note, I feel Hubnut will be a little poorer for her departure, because I especially look forward to and love watching the more quirky cars on Hubnut (Tuk and Ellie). Please make sure she only goes to someone who will preserve and take very good care of her of us, thanks guys. I remain ever hopeful that one of these days you guys will add a Daf to the Hubnut stable, it would fit in perfectly!
We have had a lot of fun watching Hubnut tinkering with this car and having spent a lot of money on it I think it is time to let somebody else to keep it on the road
Will be sad to see Giselle go and know how much she means to you i have always loved her and seeing your adventures but understand why completely hopefully she finds a lovely new home soon Daniel
I'm now all the happier that I got to see Giselle in 'person' at Radwood a year or two ago. Wish I was in a position to take it on but I'm not. Good luck with the sale!
Adieu Giselle. A beautiful French old lady with style, even if her hydraulic works aren't what they were when she was younger. So many channel viewers are going to miss her... The GS family were my favourite eccentric French cars. I remember the huge crowds round the Citroën stand at the London Earl's Court Motor Show gawping at the first RHD car before deliveries built up - no rotating drum speedo back then for us Brits, no oddball trapezium revcounter either, BUT that astonishing flat-four overhead cam engine 280-odd c.c. smaller than Giselle's. Almost at the end of the production run about 16 years later she is, as you both say, a much better car for her bigger 1299 engine, a cruising 5th gear, and with even more quirky interior design features than her older plain sisters of the early 1970s (yay, not one but TWO rotating drums - and the superb indicators, wipers and lights switches cylinder). I hope her new owner lavishes much love and pride on her; she really deserves it.
A lovely classic at a very reasonable price. If like the DS new seat covers to match factory ones can be obtained and fitted yourself. Au revoir Gisselle.
Having seen the car in the metal, it is a very lovely car. If I had space and money I would have her and also the missus wouldn't be pleased. I am hoping to get a Morris Ital in the future.
I am affraid the steering wheel is in fact on the wrong side of the car- in addition to that the car itself is on the wrong side of the English Channel.. appart from that I would be tempted
I've had my driving licence a full 27 years longer than soon-to-be-Mrs HubNut MkII but I've never driven a GSA. Or a GS, CX, SM, Visa, 2CV, Xsara Picasso, Saxo VTS, C6... or indeed, any Citroën of any description. Not even a hired van. I knew this day was coming but I'll carry on wearing the Because French t-shirt with pride. Au revoir to the closest ever member of the HubNut fleet that I'd have in my Ideal Garage of Chod.
It will be a shame to see her go and the new owner will have no surprises to attend to due to your honest and genuine description of her. Lets hope she will be as loved by the next keeper.
Aw sad to see floaty Giselle go, fair choice though and sure she will find a worthy new home for the next few chapters of her adventures. Looking forward to more project work and future colletion capers!
".... faster she goes, the easier it gets...". As I recall from back in the day, this was part of the reason why so few of these lasted. New owners were used to the idea that when you drove faster in a car, it would let you know by the increasing noises and general roughness of the experience. The smoothness, and revability of the GS's resulted in lots being run into the ground before their time.
When you moved the Foxanne on, i figured that this could be next. I always thought that this could be a keeper like the Eilie. I have no doubt that you'll miss it. Next to go should be either the Smart or Mitsibushi
IMO it would have been a good Hubnut car thirty years ago but it's become a bit precious and exotic now. My favourite cars are mainly French, but these are too complex and tempremental for me. A nice car in many ways which I'm sure will go to a good home.
Interestingly I'm regularly using an 81 gsa and it's amazingly un temperamental. Regularly my vehicle of choice. I've slept in the back several times. Comfortable at motorway speeds. Plenty of poke. Great ride. Excellent cars to own and very few on the road.
Its your channel at the end of the day. Easily the best car in the fleet. Sad to see it go. But if it means you actually focus on other projects then all good!😂 Speaking of which, just drop the engine on the smart and fix it properly! It will be so entertaining to watch……😊
If only the steering was on the other side. Good luck with the sale. Am sure the next purchaser would love it if all Clan HubNut autographed Giselle and it came with a family portrait
So sad to see the gsa go, it's one of the cars I always regret not getting. Sadly I don't have the budget but I'm positive one of your great followers will buy and enjoy
For future reference, in accounting terms the cost of a one off item is defined as all costs incurred in bringing it to its present location and condition. So for Giselle it would be perfectly ethical and reasonable to recover the cost of her respray as that is an improvement in her condition. Same applies with any delivery charges to you and from you to the new owner. As you bought her to use HMRC would not consider this to be a profit. Recovering the cost of service items like brake pads, discs and the alternator would be seen as a profit. Different rules apply for traders. NB whilst I hold a level 4 qualification in Accounting this is guidance only not advice.
I'm crying but i get it, i've always said to you that if you could just give her the attention she needs she'd be one of the finest on the road in the UK. Maybe it's best to pass the baton after all, i just hope whoever buys her makes her what she should be !! So long Giselle ...
This is typical Hubnut! She is the best car in the whole fleet. Very sad to see here go such a shame really. I know you need to do what is right for you however as viewers she will be missed terribly! Good luck.
I guess we are all different, but to me, this would require a great deal of work [at great expense] to get her right. Here I am with a 20 year old Volvo estate with 176,329 miles which I am going to sell, yet just had the alloys refurbished, 2 stage paintwork buff and new windscreen just to present it in its best state to go with the many thousands spent on mechanical work because I believe it is more desirable and will sell quickly verses others of same vintage and mileage
Hope Giselle goes to a good home are you keeping the smart once it is repaired another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍
A lovely car for someone with space and time enough for the love and minor fettling an uppy-downy Citroen of a certain age needs. Sadly, I have neither, but I'm sure someone will. Best of luck with your sale.
It's always hard to let go of a car that's become part of your family, but yes, you do have the Pajero and Smart car about to come on stream. Hope Giselle goes to a good home. I remember when you had the full hubcaps on it when you came back from Australia but I didn't remember why you'd taken them off.
FWIW I gad never thougt about Citroen GSs at all until your channel and I now think thry are fab and sort if want one (only sort if at the moment but that may change.
Understandable Sale and can see it both in your faces that its also a hard sale, worthwhile advertising on the Citroen Car Club?? Got my chance meet Giselle at the Hubnut Social in April 2022. Wishing you the best for the sale.
You seem to like Citroen cars and having Two 1986 cars to me that is ideal collection. I have 4 Astra type vehicles Two Bertone convertibles my original is 52 plate and the rare 2.2 engine I just spent £830 on it. Over the weekend I bought a spares car in same colour as my own for £250 and that is 2004 car with 1.8 and leather interior. (I do like a beige leather interior)actually wanted a black leather.. I then have my 2007 Astra Twin Top in Blue with diesel engine 1.9 CDTI design with full service history. Finally kind of I have my Vauxhall Cascada Convertible on 2013 plate which is sadly not in great condition lots of paintwork needed to make a nice car. My other Transport is my 2014 Ford Transit high top van 2.2 TDCI owned 6 years now. My Audi Avant estate 2.7 TDI With 192.000 miles on it.. Then my 2002 Mercedes CLK 320 Convertible owned 8 years. Oh yeah and born in Coventry I have to own A Jaguar 4.0 Sovereign LWB Its on a Y registered plate 2001 has 126000 on clock. Oh and a £500 pound Mountain bike rode about 15 miles so far..
I cannot believe you are selling the best car on the fleet by a country mile, while replacing her in effect with a Smart Car, the worst car on the fleet. That is just so HubNut! I know you have to do what is right for you, but as a viewer, this is a really big loss for the channel - in my humble and probably irrelevant opinion of course. 😅
@@DollyBoy_1923 As a car for the channel the Smart is good - lots of content while fixing, then ready to sell on. But as an actual car for HubNut, it's rubbish! It's not old enough to be interesting for days out or shows, but equally nor practical with just 2 seats so you cannot take the family anywhere. A very short term purchase so seems real shame to lose the Citroën for it.
I was tempted, I have to say... Then I put the reg into TfL's ULEZ checker, and found I'd have to pay £12.50 every day I took her out. So, unfortunately, I have to pass 😢 Good luck with the sale, Ian, I'm sure she won't hang around for long.
There comes a time to move cars on but the paint on Gisselle is pretty good a mirror finish and the dash board switches are very good selling points and MOT documents a bit of history work shop manuals and brochures great selling points it will sell
Incredibly sad that you have decided to sell Giselle, but it makes sense that you need to move her on. Just to reiterate what you said in the video, the GSA is a great option as a starter classic, they are generally very reliable, and parts availability is actually very good. It’s a really brilliant car in so many ways. There is a small group of enthusiastic and friendly owners in the UK (including me!) I would say that having somewhere dry to store it is vital because these cars rust like crazy and aren’t easy to put right if the tin worm does take hold.
Having had a GSA in my 20's I can say with the rear seats down A 6ft5 me can sleep in it at a festival. (Festival type things may have been used to help me sleep. but it is possible. ) If I had spare (any) money I would snap your hand off to buy her.
Damn it... would love to take on Giselle, but i got to much projects, and not enough room for her. These GS, and GSA's are so cool, they are rare in Scandinavia too.
It's a shame to see my favourite car go, but I've been expecting this for a while to be honest. As much as I'd love for you to keep Giselle forever, you've got to do what's right for you and the channel going forward. I shall carry on watching and supporting regardless!
If it's your favourite, buy it! 🙄
@@Codzilla71that’s what i was about to say
One of the most honest car sales I think ive ever seen. Well done, and all the best to the new owner.
The GSA is a type of car that needs more time spent nursing it, but that becomes particularly hard when you’ve got all those other cars to maintain as well. 👍🏻
I'm going to miss Giselle a lot on the channel. She was my favourite black car on the fleet. Plus my favourite HubNut car that has beige velour seats with press stud headrests.
A pity Giselle's leaving the fleet but at the same time I can see your reasons for doing so. You have plenty of machines even with her departure and they're all small enough to fit in the unit! At GBP3,495 it's a steal too.
Well, I'm not sure about the 'steal' bit, the last time I bought a GSA, admittedly some time ago, I paid.....£495. I know it's now a classic but at the end of the day, it's ?35 years old and has problems. I know that some aspects of even routine care are complicated and unless exorbitant restoration is undertaken, she aint gonna last......for that alone I wouldn't be making an offer and as it's been owned and driven by Ian "earnest thrasher" hubnut welll......😁. No offence Ian but I couldn't let you test my allroad, even though it's the reliable 2.7, she's got 218,000 on her and those tensioners won't take an Italian tune up hubnut style.😂 But there's someone out there drooling over it and you'll get a fair price for her.
@@iandennis7836 😂
Twin Cam was saying he wanted to drive a GS. Lets have a collaboration! 😁 Its always been a fun watch when Giselle was the star. Loved how she floats along the roads.
Please don't subject us to that. Half-joking.
Giselle is so nice and she just would get worse sitting in the damp unit and driven so little. So it's best for everyone for her to get a new loving home.
True that unit is so damp in the winter its best for it in the long run to find a new home
Quite an understandable decision, she’s just too nice and there are cars more suitable for the channel than a pristine classic, which isn’t what your channel is about. I’m quite excited to see these funds go towards your other projects, especially hoping to see something with TWC in the future.
Cannot believe your selling her she is a beautiful car I never seen one before until I started watching your channel and the first time I seen her thought what a beautiful car wish I had the cash too buy her. I’ve just started a Volvo 850 saloon restoration project myself. Love the channel 👍
Giselle will be missed terribly but time never stands still... unless your watch has stopped... but time still moves on and the watch is wrong. Anyway it's been an adventure with Giselle on the channel but as you say you need the space. I have the same feeling as when Foxann was up for adoption, a terrific member of the fleet but her time had come. I hope Giselle's new parents whoever they may be love her as much as us subscribers have over the years. Thanks for sharing.
Thats a very cool car, reminds me of my Uncle Stanley's car, a GS model , he was given one as a retirement present from his boss in 1975, it was pure white and i was 7 years old at the time, now 56 and still remember it. 👍
My Uncle Stanley had one too, after his Saab 95. It was a T-reg GS Estate. Sadly I didn't often get the chance to travel in it, and I don't remember how long he had it.
Giselle is what brought me to your channel... I would really come and get her... A GSA Special from 1980 also with 1.3l and 5 speed was my first car! Only thing is Giselle does have the steering wheel on the wrong side!
Honestly well overdue ❤ and not something you're going to be losing money by selling.
Absolutely brilliant video Ian miss hubnut ❤👍well you gave her love and she made you happy time to let her make someone else happy brilliant
Not the decision I would have made but to each their own - good luck with the sale and can’t wait to see what’s next!!!
Giselle is such a cute car, and a fleet favourite, it will be a shame to see her go, but hopefully she will go to another good home❤.
Giselle has the makings of a superb classic in the right tenacious hands. being a 1300cc 5-speed Speciale it's the right car. I'm fascinated to see the next video with the final sale price and new owner. good luck guys!
Lovely car. I'm sure she'll be cherished by her new owners.
So sad to se Giselle go but, at the same time, I'm very much looking forward to the new project.
Love the shinny paint you csn see the refection of your orange jumper on bonnet
Miss Hubnut is right, £3.5K is very cheap as an entry into classic car ownership. Try buying a Ford Escort of that era for a few grand. If you're lucky you might get a rotten shell with a siezed engine. A very Sunday afternoon car, to take you back to those happy days.👌
You rarely see a decent 2cv for under £5 grand now, so Giselle is a blinkin' bargain.
Sad to see her go but its perfectly understandable.
Good luck with the sale and keep up with the awesome content.
I'm not surprised Giselle is going. Good luck with the sale. 😁
Wish I could afford it, beautiful car. Good luck with the sale!
I would buy it immediately, but unfortunately it is RHD. I live in Poland. It was the last Citroen I dreamed about in the past, but you made me a GSA fan. Not psycho-fan, but a strong fan. Fortunately for my wallet I couldn't find a proper maintained GSA in my neighborhood. :) Cheers from PL EDIT: I hope Giselle would find a good new home.
It would be wonderful on the horrid back roads of Poland, where you need all the help you can get from the suspension.
@@erik_dk842: the back roads of Poland are probably in better condition than British roads
@@smhorse Some asphalt left between the potholes?
Sad to see Giselle go - I’ll miss her up and down suspension and mental dashboard - but if you need space, and funds to spend on other projects, then so be it. She’s a beautiful GSA, so I’m sure she’ll find a good home!
This has been coming for a while now. It's one of my and many other's favourites but you probably have too many keepers as it is. I'm exited to see what you're going to bring on to the channel over the coming weeks, months and years
Probably a sensible decision to sell, especially as it will fund further projects which will generate loads more content for us all to enjoy. Will make a nice usable classic for someone.
With loads of followers Ian, I'm sure someone will buy Giselle. All the best for the sale. 😊👍
Not the end, but a the start of a new chapter for Giselle. Hopefully, she'll find an owner (wish it was myself) that loves her and cares for her just as much as you two do.
Was just a matter of time, good to see her go to a new home😊
Bargain! I'd make a swipe at it if I wasn't so hooked on getting a MK1 Twingo. Love the GSA and Giselle is a wonderful example for the price. 👌
I have to disagree with you.
@@Codzilla71in what way?
@@aston-martin-internationalist I disagree it's a "bargain" and that it's "a wonderful example for the price". I could be wrong; let's see how quickly she sells!
@@Codzilla71I guess it's all relative. I think it's peanuts and the body is in good shape.
Sad to see her go😢, but she deserves more attention! I hope you’ll find a new and good home for her so she gets lots of TLC! I fully understand your decision ! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙
Get the wrench, Ian, but saw it coming ... A suggestion: to compensate for the loss of this French marvel AND to create even more space, why not sell Bella as well and go for a Citroën CX Familiale 2.5 D with tow bar? As quirky and floaty or even more so than Giselle, lots more space than Bella and very frugal in diesel-form? Seeing as, as you say, you want to do more collection capers, this could be the next one: one (new) car replacing two! Just an idea ...
Ha! Betty is big enough. Had a Familiale before. They're enormous!
@@HubNut BX 1.7 trd Estate (That what my dad replaced his GS with. )
I was thinking the same. A BX Cottage
Well done Ian, it's hard to give up an addiction, but, like most addictions, they can hold you back and need constant feeding. There's plenty on here that love Giselle, I'm not one of them. You're either a Citroen person or you're not. In saying that the 2CV is awesome.
That's a very reasonable price! Especially as you have looked after her so well.
Right call made Hubnuts. She's a lovely car but to keep her good will probably require more ongoing time, money and effort than I suspect you can justify. I know there are 4 absolute keepers in TWC, Elly, Myrtle and Betty with Chemmy possibly a 5th so if you want to experience more cars then something will have to give. Being now famously associated with Hubnut should ensure she goes to a loving home
I wish I could 😭 I’d love her. She’s a beautiful car
I understand the need for money, Its very very tough for many. Seem odd though to get rid of one of the most reliable
I am so terribly sad to see Giselle leaving, as she is definitely one of my most favourites Hubcars, especially as the GSA is such a super ultra rare car! If I didn't live on the other side of the world, over in Western Canada, I would be hammering down your door to buy it without a moment's hesitation!!! We can't get Citroens over here, or any wonderfully quirky French cars of any kind, unfortunately. I can understand your reasons for selling her, but on a personal note, I feel Hubnut will be a little poorer for her departure, because I especially look forward to and love watching the more quirky cars on Hubnut (Tuk and Ellie). Please make sure she only goes to someone who will preserve and take very good care of her of us, thanks guys.
I remain ever hopeful that one of these days you guys will add a Daf to the Hubnut stable, it would fit in perfectly!
I've been expecting this for a while, but things must move forward.
We have had a lot of fun watching Hubnut tinkering with this car and having spent a lot of money on it I think it is time to let somebody else to keep it on the road
Will be sad to see Giselle go and know how much she means to you i have always loved her and seeing your adventures but understand why completely hopefully she finds a lovely new home soon Daniel
Good one from Miss Hubnut at the end😂
I'm now all the happier that I got to see Giselle in 'person' at Radwood a year or two ago. Wish I was in a position to take it on but I'm not. Good luck with the sale!
Adieu Giselle. A beautiful French old lady with style, even if her hydraulic works aren't what they were when she was younger. So many channel viewers are going to miss her... The GS family were my favourite eccentric French cars. I remember the huge crowds round the Citroën stand at the London Earl's Court Motor Show gawping at the first RHD car before deliveries built up - no rotating drum speedo back then for us Brits, no oddball trapezium revcounter either, BUT that astonishing flat-four overhead cam engine 280-odd c.c. smaller than Giselle's. Almost at the end of the production run about 16 years later she is, as you both say, a much better car for her bigger 1299 engine, a cruising 5th gear, and with even more quirky interior design features than her older plain sisters of the early 1970s (yay, not one but TWO rotating drums - and the superb indicators, wipers and lights switches cylinder). I hope her new owner lavishes much love and pride on her; she really deserves it.
A lovely classic at a very reasonable price. If like the DS new seat covers to match factory ones can be obtained and fitted yourself. Au revoir Gisselle.
Ideal as a starter classic.
Having seen the car in the metal, it is a very lovely car. If I had space and money I would have her and also the missus wouldn't be pleased. I am hoping to get a Morris Ital in the future.
Short answer - Yes! ❤
I am affraid the steering wheel is in fact on the wrong side of the car- in addition to that the car itself is on the wrong side of the English Channel.. appart from that I would be tempted
I've had my driving licence a full 27 years longer than soon-to-be-Mrs HubNut MkII but I've never driven a GSA. Or a GS, CX, SM, Visa, 2CV, Xsara Picasso, Saxo VTS, C6... or indeed, any Citroën of any description. Not even a hired van.
I knew this day was coming but I'll carry on wearing the Because French t-shirt with pride. Au revoir to the closest ever member of the HubNut fleet that I'd have in my Ideal Garage of Chod.
It will be a shame to see her go and the new owner will have no surprises to attend to due to your honest and genuine description of her. Lets hope she will be as loved by the next keeper.
I feel your pain, I'm letting my SLK go after 11yrs and regretting it already 😥
Wish you luck with this sale, she is a lovely car.
Aw sad to see floaty Giselle go, fair choice though and sure she will find a worthy new home for the next few chapters of her adventures. Looking forward to more project work and future colletion capers!
Sad. She’s such a lovely specimen. I hope it never falls into the “cars I sold” regret bucket like me.
I'm very tempted at that price!
".... faster she goes, the easier it gets...". As I recall from back in the day, this was part of the reason why so few of these lasted. New owners were used to the idea that when you drove faster in a car, it would let you know by the increasing noises and general roughness of the experience. The smoothness, and revability of the GS's resulted in lots being run into the ground before their time.
I predict Bella won't be far behind. Sad to see one of your main cars go but understand needs must.
yes bella is getting tired i suspect it will turn into a money pit
@carlsmith6756 there best bet if they still want a berlingo is to get a 1.6 as they seem to be quite reliable. My grandad has one that he bought new
Sad to see Giselle go but needs must.
That's sad. It bought back memories my uncle have one in blue. That's was in 1980s. I hope you find good home it. Have nice weekend.
Sad to see the gsa go ,one of the best cars on the fleet ,hopefully it goes to a good new home where it can be driven regularly
When you moved the Foxanne on, i figured that this could be next. I always thought that this could be a keeper like the Eilie. I have no doubt that you'll miss it. Next to go should be either the Smart or Mitsibushi
IMO it would have been a good Hubnut car thirty years ago but it's become a bit precious and exotic now.
My favourite cars are mainly French, but these are too complex and tempremental for me.
A nice car in many ways which I'm sure will go to a good home.
Interestingly I'm regularly using an 81 gsa and it's amazingly un temperamental. Regularly my vehicle of choice. I've slept in the back several times. Comfortable at motorway speeds. Plenty of poke. Great ride. Excellent cars to own and very few on the road.
Same here - been daily driving my GSA for a few months now and it hasn't missed a beat! Amazing cars, someone is going to be very happy with Giselle.
I think you're spot on that a bit more churn, with more collection capers will help the channel. 👍
Its your channel at the end of the day. Easily the best car in the fleet. Sad to see it go. But if it means you actually focus on other projects then all good!😂 Speaking of which, just drop the engine on the smart and fix it properly! It will be so entertaining to watch……😊
If only the steering was on the other side. Good luck with the sale. Am sure the next purchaser would love it if all Clan HubNut autographed Giselle and it came with a family portrait
Can’t wait for the next collection caper. Please don’t put it in the thumbnail next time though. The surprise reveal is half the fun!
Sad to see Giselle go but good luck with the sale 😁
So sad to see the gsa go, it's one of the cars I always regret not getting.
Sadly I don't have the budget but I'm positive one of your great followers will buy and enjoy
For future reference, in accounting terms the cost of a one off item is defined as all costs incurred in bringing it to its present location and condition. So for Giselle it would be perfectly ethical and reasonable to recover the cost of her respray as that is an improvement in her condition. Same applies with any delivery charges to you and from you to the new owner. As you bought her to use HMRC would not consider this to be a profit. Recovering the cost of service items like brake pads, discs and the alternator would be seen as a profit. Different rules apply for traders. NB whilst I hold a level 4 qualification in Accounting this is guidance only not advice.
Such a nice GSA is too good for Hubnut fleet.
Hope she settles quickly and goes to a good home
Sad news, but I think us Hubnutters completely understand. I hope that she goes to a good home.
Long live Giselle.
I'm crying but i get it, i've always said to you that if you could just give her the attention she needs she'd be one of the finest on the road in the UK. Maybe it's best to pass the baton after all, i just hope whoever buys her makes her what she should be !! So long Giselle ...
This is typical Hubnut! She is the best car in the whole fleet. Very sad to see here go such a shame really. I know you need to do what is right for you however as viewers she will be missed terribly! Good luck.
I guess we are all different, but to me, this would require a great deal of work [at great expense] to get her right. Here I am with a 20 year old Volvo estate with 176,329 miles which I am going to sell, yet just had the alloys refurbished, 2 stage paintwork buff and new windscreen just to present it in its best state to go with the many thousands spent on mechanical work because I believe it is more desirable and will sell quickly verses others of same vintage and mileage
Hope Giselle goes to a good home are you keeping the smart once it is repaired
another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍
A lovely car for someone with space and time enough for the love and minor fettling an uppy-downy Citroen of a certain age needs. Sadly, I have neither, but I'm sure someone will. Best of luck with your sale.
It's always hard to let go of a car that's become part of your family, but yes, you do have the Pajero and Smart car about to come on stream. Hope Giselle goes to a good home. I remember when you had the full hubcaps on it when you came back from Australia but I didn't remember why you'd taken them off.
FWIW I gad never thougt about Citroen GSs at all until your channel and I now think thry are fab and sort if want one (only sort if at the moment but that may change.
Most interesting car of the fleet, I must say, but probably just not good enough an example to carry on. You are going to miss her.
Best car on the fleet.... and she's going.
Understandable Sale and can see it both in your faces that its also a hard sale, worthwhile advertising on the Citroen Car Club??
Got my chance meet Giselle at the Hubnut Social in April 2022.
Wishing you the best for the sale.
Sad times Ian but you have plenty of other exiting projects on the go. Giselle just need a loving home .
You seem to like Citroen cars and having Two 1986 cars to me that is ideal collection.
I have 4 Astra type vehicles Two Bertone convertibles my original is 52 plate and the rare 2.2 engine I just spent £830 on it.
Over the weekend I bought a spares car in same colour as my own for £250 and that is 2004 car with 1.8 and leather interior. (I do like a beige leather interior)actually wanted a black leather..
I then have my 2007 Astra Twin Top in Blue with diesel engine 1.9 CDTI design with full service history.
Finally kind of I have my Vauxhall Cascada Convertible on 2013 plate which is sadly not in great condition lots of paintwork needed to make a nice car.
My other Transport is my 2014 Ford Transit high top van 2.2 TDCI owned 6 years now.
My Audi Avant estate 2.7 TDI With 192.000 miles on it..
Then my 2002 Mercedes CLK 320 Convertible owned 8 years.
Oh yeah and born in Coventry I have to own A Jaguar 4.0 Sovereign LWB Its on a Y registered plate 2001 has 126000 on clock.
Oh and a £500 pound Mountain bike rode about 15 miles so far..
If had the money I'd buy giselle always love the wackyness of the citroens
I cannot believe you are selling the best car on the fleet by a country mile, while replacing her in effect with a Smart Car, the worst car on the fleet. That is just so HubNut! I know you have to do what is right for you, but as a viewer, this is a really big loss for the channel - in my humble and probably irrelevant opinion of course. 😅
Unfortunately it's the car with the most value tied up in it, so it makes economic sense to sell Giselle.
@@andrewhaines3259 I know, I just hope that the money allows the channel to progress in a positive way, IE: projects actually progressing!
@@Adam.Piper62 let's hope so, for Ian & Carlys sanity!
I understand the love for the Citroën, but why so degrading to the Smart car? Cars have feelings you know!
@@DollyBoy_1923 As a car for the channel the Smart is good - lots of content while fixing, then ready to sell on. But as an actual car for HubNut, it's rubbish! It's not old enough to be interesting for days out or shows, but equally nor practical with just 2 seats so you cannot take the family anywhere. A very short term purchase so seems real shame to lose the Citroën for it.
I was tempted, I have to say... Then I put the reg into TfL's ULEZ checker, and found I'd have to pay £12.50 every day I took her out. So, unfortunately, I have to pass 😢
Good luck with the sale, Ian, I'm sure she won't hang around for long.
There comes a time to move cars on but the paint on Gisselle is pretty good a mirror finish and the dash board switches are very good selling points and MOT documents a bit of history work shop manuals and brochures great selling points it will sell
Foxanne gone Giselle going, both my favourites😢
Incredibly sad that you have decided to sell Giselle, but it makes sense that you need to move her on. Just to reiterate what you said in the video, the GSA is a great option as a starter classic, they are generally very reliable, and parts availability is actually very good. It’s a really brilliant car in so many ways. There is a small group of enthusiastic and friendly owners in the UK (including me!) I would say that having somewhere dry to store it is vital because these cars rust like crazy and aren’t easy to put right if the tin worm does take hold.
I get it, I have the same problem, too many cars, not enough space. Good luck selling Giselle.
Somebody with a bit of time and money will get a bargain with that car , good little project car .
OK, that’s how it goes. I hope that there will be another Citroën in your collection someday. Good luck and see you soon /\ Martin 🚗💨🇫🇷
Having had a GSA in my 20's I can say with the rear seats down A 6ft5 me can sleep in it at a festival.
(Festival type things may have been used to help me sleep. but it is possible. )
If I had spare (any) money I would snap your hand off to buy her.
Damn it... would love to take on Giselle, but i got to much projects, and not enough room for her.
These GS, and GSA's are so cool, they are rare in Scandinavia too.
Like all good TV shows, sometimes a much-loved character must move to pastures new.
Looking at it from the front….reminds me of the smaller Citroen Visa.