StephenM

To early to tell but looks good - 1.6 did 280 miles on its first tank with a tight engine, HDi looks to have got around 400 on its first tank!

Well the Berlingo HDi is due next week! over a month earlier than planned... only taken 3 weeks for a factory ordered Desire model with air con, in the new Iron Grey - nice. My outgoing 1.6 forte was reliable and cheap to run - but having done the figures it was cheaper to change now and enjoy more fuel economy to offset the slightly higher payments - what puzzled me was Esure charging an extra £40p/a even though its the same group 5 as the forte that I have owned since new :P " its a dearer car sir" mmm... I smell poo :blink: Never mind, after owning petrol since passing my test 11 years ago (mostly 1.6 16v's) its going to be a shock - remains to be seen if I get as passionate as most desiel owners :o but my mates clio DCi returning 65mpg was tempting! Honestly, the only reason I didnt get an HDi 2 years back was waiting times. I now hope to keep this one for 5 years+ at 20k miles per year, so if I want to sell it on it has to be an HDi, I would normally sell my petrol cars at 60 - 80k miles at most. Anyway - are the HDi's as good as they say?

Can believe those pluriel values!!!! Makes the trade in in price for my berlingo 1.6 forte with 38,000 miles on the clock of £5k (plus an extra £500 dealer allowance as my car was mint) against a new Berlingo HDi seem pretty good now! Even my saxo VTR which was sold after 4 years with 70,000 miles on the clock and aftermarket alarm, suspension and alloys went for £3,700 (private sale) :ph34r: I do look after my cars though.

My berlingo 1.6 does something similar - but only under cold and damp conditions, dealer claims to have eventually fixed it (an electrical fault they claim) but only time will tell as it was sporadic. The car would sometimes take a few goes to start, then ran like it was on 2 cyclinders (or had just become on old desiel!) it cleared after a few minutes. Only did it about 10 times over the winter.

Saw that! I wish I had kept my 2 letters of reply from Citroen to forward on. Seems a bit of a farce that these carriers are designed to be so 'scum friendly' - it would be very easy to make these lockable and would cost very little to the manufacturers.

Well - my 03 1.6 forte (38k miles) acheived £5500 as a trade in, mainly due to it being mint! The deal on a new Berlingo HDi desire was just too good to miss, and better value than the Multipla and (yawn!) Zafira. Reckon the dealer will sell at £6,500 and I know I would have got £5,900 easy as a private sale - as I cant do without a car, for even a day, it meant it had to be the trade in route. Dealer says around 2 months for my Iron Grey HDi with Air Con... all good things come to those who wait :ph34r:

Is this the citroen item - if so i would refuse to pay for something that should be supplied ! I will be getting a bicycle cable lock for my new berlingo - should be as secure as it needs to be for around a tenner,

My non-modutop forte has rubber grommets between overhead shelf and visors, assume modutop should have these too.

Not really into buying a big bus... I mean C8 :rolleyes: 6 or 7 seats would suit me with having child in car and bikes, kit etc. on one of my many trips up north. 3 seats with huge load area is the best option for me, however there has been a few times I have been heading away with friends or family and have been 1 seat short - small seats are OK as it wouldnt be everyday use. On the legroom front, my friend who is 6' 2" travelled to scotland from way down south in the back of a Zafiri... it can be done!

What does the HDi really get to the gallon? My 1.6 16v seems to get 35 - 38ish, I have heard that the HDi gets less than citroen say - nearer 40 mpg, is this true? Also what extras do you get on the desire? Cheers

Looked at the Fiat Multipla - looks great and flexible seating is much better than the berlingo, seems expensive for a fiat and rrp. is up there with the Honda FRV!, dealer was keen to do a great deal on a demonstrator so I will see what figures they come up with - seen new 1.9TDs for as little as £11,500. Compared to the berlingo I was surprised as the tiny boot and limited load area with seats in :rolleyes: but (importantly!) my wife didnt like it as much as the multispace - so its a dilema for us. Because we want a bit more safety in the new car I did consider looking at a new Multispace HDi with specced up goodies - airbags and a modutop, but fancy a change too - mmm, descisions, descisions Also looking at a used Touran or Zafira (flexible seating appeals) but these have no character... the multipla and berlingo have loads! Only if citroen did a seven seater Multispace!

I was looking at £5900 for private as the nearest one to me is a Mk1 51 plate at £5700 (a bit overpriced!). One magazine reckoned £5000 trade - no way I would go for £4k! although I suppose its cost to change. Need to look out for a demonstrator on nearly new JTD Multipla now as they are just a little outside what I want to pay for a car. My neighbour just bought a 52plate 1.9D Mk1 for £4300 (haggled down from £4900 I believe) so they seem to hold their value well enough. Once the I get the small parking ding removed by my friendly local bodyshop I reckon I will make the swap in April or so. Used berlingo anyone? :rolleyes:

I got a locked belt (see my post somewhere on this forum) - dealer had to replace the whole seatbelt assembly as they could get the seat back up! fine since then (over a year and 20k miles later) Indicator switches are a weak point - mine went twice, but has been fine for a year now. Its a known fault where the switch breaks - second time i got a jammed on indicator!

Mine does it and has done occasionally since new. Checked out by dealer who says its OK, at 38k the wheels and suspension are still attached to the car so it must be fine.

Mine does it and has done occasionally since new. Checked out by dealer who says its OK, at 38k the wheels and suspension are still attached to the car so it must be fine.