C5 2.0 Petrol ? Thanks

[Guest Tegs]

First of all hello,

I am thinking of buying an 08 C5 Exclusive 2.0 petrol Auto and just wanted to ask about cam belt intervals and things to look out for ? Thanks for any help.

[coastline taxis]

Youl need to buy a bowser and a towbar. fit towbar to car and fill bowser with petrol as they are horrendous on fuel. Get a diesel model

[Guest Tegs]

Youl need to buy a bowser and a towbar. fit towbar to car and fill bowser with petrol as they are horrendous on fuel. Get a diesel model

 

 

Lol , how bad on fuel ? Around 30mpg

[coastline taxis]

doubt youl get 30 round the town as youve got a auto box on it aswell. And the auto transmisssion is another reason to leave it alone do a quick google on the transmission

[Guest Tegs]

doubt youl get 30 round the town as youve got a auto box on it aswell. And the auto transmisssion is another reason to leave it alone do a quick google on the transmission

 

 

I did hear it could be 50/50 on the box

[Guest Tegs]

But surly not every citroen auto box blows up ?

[paul.h]

If this is for the 2004 to 2008 C5 model, the handbook gives fuel consumption for the 2.0i petrol automatic as urban/extra urban/combined 22.8/44.1/32.8 mpg and CO2 as 206 so car tax will be high. In comparison 2.0 hdi manual is 36.2/56.5/47.1 mpg and CO2 158 and auto 28.2/51.4/39.8 and 189 if you must have an automatic but on here people have reported problems.

 

Petrol timing belt replacement is at 72k to 100k miles, diesel 108k to 160k miles, or 10 years for all engines.

Edited May 1, 2013 by paul.h

[paul.h]

If you want to see the handbook for the current C5 model from 2008, these can be seen on the service.citroen website under Documentation du bord, select language then click on the relevant car icon.

[seefive]

I have an 08 exclusive auto petrol, which I bought in 2009. This is the last of the hatchbcks, not the current shape. It is indeed heavy on petrol - I get around 25 mpg on a mix of urban and rural driving ( no motorways). The AL4 autobox has also been a near disaster, requiring a major £2k rebuild at 3 years/20,000 miles.

 

That said, mine was repaired cat d write-off which I bought for only £5k with 3,000 on the clock, so if I add the gearbox repair and divide by the 4 years I've had it, that's less than £2,000 per year depreciation, assuming zero current value. Petrol is courtesy of a company fuel card, so consumption isn't a huge concern. Road tax is nasty though - £280 per year

 

I recently looked at replacing it with a brand new Mondeo Titanium X 1.6 ecoboost  petrol, but the spec just didn't match up to the Citroen - no xenons, no tyre monitors, manual seats, inferior climate control. So sticking with the C5 for the foreseeable.

 

Al in all, taking capital cost/depreciation into account, it's been a luxurious and economical car for me. but you need to look at your own situation - mileage in particular, to decide if the numbers stack up.

 

Hope this helps