Toyota To Citroen

[pemcol]

I'm a new member and this is my first post, I bought my first Toyota in 1978 and have changed every two or three years for yet another Toyota sometimes the same model sometimes a different model.  My current car is a Verso S and I have just PX'd it for a new C3 Picasso 1.6 auto, in the hope it will prove to be a better car. I never imagined after all those of Toyota ownership that I would change to a different Marque because I was dissatisfied with the vehicle, yes it is reliable but basic, but not basic price, so here I am hoping to enjoy driving my new Citroen.  They seem to do well in the reviews I have read, what is the general consensus of opinion on the current model? Thanks in advance for any replies.

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

My experience of Citroens over the last 9 years are they are good, reliable cars. Most of the posts you will read on here though are people with problems to sort out, rarely does somebody post about how good their car is. There is also a Picaso forum which will be worth you joining and there is a link to it on the home page.

[Carole_Heard]

I've just bought a C3 Picasso having had 2 Yaris (Yaroos?) since 2000, doing over 350,000 miles.

Frankly, the C3 will have to do well to beat the Yarises (Yarii?) on reliability. In all that time, I had one breakdown, a coilpack, costing £135 to replace.

 

I have mixed feelings having done 3,000 miles in the C3 over 4 weeks. Lots of gizmos, but how long will they hold up? I've already had the car back under warranty due to a lighting software issue (unresolved and continuing).

I tried to buy a touch-up stick for the colour "Ink", and apparently Citroen haven't got round to making one yet. Toyota supply touch-up paint with the car.

The front seat storage is pathetic compared to the Yaris especially as the dashboard is big enough to play table tennis on. The glove-box is not really big enough to hold a single pair of gloves!

The tiptronic style auto box is pedestrian in its gear changes, but smartens up using the flappy paddles. The engine sounds like a tractor first thing in the morning until the hydraulic tappets, or whatever, get their morning oil.

I've got low-profile tyres that look cool, but adversely affect the handling. The suspension doesn't compensate for the reduced compliance and the tyres patter on bumpy corners. I've had the car sliding sideways, in the dry, on quite slow corners.

The bluetooth seems as strange as my husband's Citroen Nemo's. It has unwritten rules as to how to connect my phone and I have to connect it, wait for it to dump the phone, then connect again. Every time!

 

 

However, I do like the C3 styling a lot and particularly the digital dash. I think Toyota made a bad move going back to dials and I really don't like the look of the modern Toyotas.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Carole_Heard

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Citroen seem to think the glove box is somewhere to keep all the fuses and maybe a pair of gloves, the ones on our C4 and C5 are also small and not of any great use either.

[john h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Citroen seem to think the glove box is somewhere to keep all the fuses and maybe a pair of gloves, the ones on our C4 and C5 are also small and not of any great use either.

Darned sight bigger than the c3, 2 pairs at least

[maria72]

You think Citroën glove boxes are small - I guess you've never experienced a Chrysler Neon glove box then lol. Just bought a Xsara Picasso (1.6l petrol, 110, 57 plate) after 5 years with a Chrysler. Had it a couple of weeks now but very impressed so far (and cheaper for everything as Chrysler parts had to be imported from the main dealer so very expensive overall).