Hi Fae Shetland

[ShetlandC1]

My C1 story. I researched on the internet for a new car that would be real value for money and came up with the C1, this wee car ticked all the boxes.

 

Next step i ordered one over the phone from my local dealer, step two i went to collect and pay for the car , until this point i had never even sat in one.

 

Well, as i sat in my new wee car (having driven an Audi A6 for the last 8 years) i thought "what have i done" and the thirty mile drive home from the dealership compounded my first thoughts.

 

However and it's a really big however..... having owned a C1 now for three months i love it!

 

Great little short journey car, second gear is so well placed with 50 MPH no problem before engaging third gear she keeps up with and pulls away from most around town traffic.

 

My gripes are, the interior light is activated by the drivers door opening only not the passenger doors and no interior light in the boot space.

 

I'm glad to have found this C1 forum.

 

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[ColinC1]

Hi and welcome to the forum :blink:

 

So where's your local dealer up there ?

 

Anyway, to answer a few of your questions.

 

Lack of Passenger side door switch for interior light.....

http://www.citroen-owners-club.co.uk/citro...?showtopic=4474

 

Boot light (battery operated).....

http://www.citroen-owners-club.co.uk/citro...?showtopic=4408

[downsman]

Welcome to the forum :blink:

 

They are great little cars, but you are brave to buy without trying one. I take it the dealer isn't quite a local as ours!

 

It's a big step from an Audi A6. I traded in a Civic type R for mine, and I'm enjoying driving much more now. It's too frustrating having a fast car in the southeast of England.

[Guest Colin Hunter]

How do Laddo!

 

SO! more than one in GODS country!

 

Cheers Boy! See dee sometime at da central! :blink:

[ShetlandC1]

Thanks for the welcome guys, which is more of a welcome than i got from my 17 year old son when he realised the RED C1 parked outside our house was my new car....lol.

 

Our Shetland dealer is based at Brae.....

 

link for.....Shetland Citroen

 

I may follow up the tip for a passenger door switch later in the year but we are approaching the 23 hours of daylight time of year here in Shetland, thanks.

 

I purchased an Osram adhesive battery powered light as suggested but it kept falling of the inside of the parcel shelf, guess i'll just leave a torch in the boot for winter.

 

As doo sayd Col dis is Gods Country, see dee.

 

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[Guest teepee]

Thanks for the welcome guys, which is more of a welcome than i got from my 17 year old son when he realised the RED C1 parked outside our house was my new car....lol.

 

Our Shetland dealer is based at Brae.....

 

link for.....Shetland Citroen

 

I may follow up the tip for a passenger door switch later in the year but we are approaching the 23 hours of daylight time of year here in Shetland, thanks.

 

I purchased an Osram adhesive battery powered light as suggested but it kept falling of the inside of the parcel shelf, guess i'll just leave a torch in the boot for winter.

 

As doo sayd Col dis is Gods Country, see dee.

 

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Get one of the round LED lights that come on when you push the lens

put velcro on the light and on the rear of the back seat so you can take it off when you need a light or want it out the way when loading the boot

It cost about a fiver including the velcro.