Dirty Back Time

[ColinC1]

Yes, winter is in and for those who have bought a C1 or one of the other city bugs but not been through a winter yet, then its time to find out you get a very dirty back.

 

The design of the rear of the car tends to draw in the dirt, so very quickly your rear is hellishly dirty :rolleyes:

 

Main thing is to keep your rear window, lights and numberplate clean, even if its only going over with a wet sponge and some cold water. I do this every time I use the car in winter ;)

[TurboSlag]

It's no worse than any other hatch i've owned in this regard, and of the 68 cars I've owned 38 were hatches, so I've had time to mull on it.

[Guest Andrea]

i've had mine just over a month now, and yes, the back is utterly bogging, unbelievably so! at the minute can just about see thru the little bit the windscreen wiper manages to clean. I do a lot of country driving, resulting in diving into hedges to escape 4x4s so i thought this didnt help....so it IS a design feature (so to speak :rolleyes: ).....nice!

[Trotsky]

It's certainly making a mess of the not so durable chrome on the rear window/hatch lock body.

[ColinC1]

It has been said that the optional extra 'rear roof spoiler' deflects the air flow and reduces this dirt effect.

 

I cannot confirm or deny this works, as I do not have a spoiler.

 

Spoiler owners please comment !

[Trotsky]

It has been said that the optional extra 'rear roof spoiler' deflects the air flow and reduces this dirt effect.

 

I cannot confirm or deny this works, as I do not have a spoiler.

 

Spoiler owners please comment !

Contacted Citroen UK HQ last year about this, and they claimed it would make no difference to the level of dirt pulled back against the rear.

Doing @ 300 miles a week in winter when it's too cold to wash the glass as it just adds ice overnight, it seemed a good idea at the time.

[littleminxx]

Yes, winter is in and for those who have bought a C1 or one of the other city bugs but not been through a winter yet, then its time to find out you get a very dirty back.

 

The design of the rear of the car tends to draw in the dirt, so very quickly your rear is hellishly dirty :D

 

Main thing is to keep your rear window, lights and numberplate clean, even if its only going over with a wet sponge and some cold water. I do this every time I use the car in winter ;)

 

 

 

i have to say ithink its the same on all cars in winter allcars are going to get dirty however small or big