smokescreen Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Well after 3 years and 3 months of fairly trouble free ownership I've traded in my black 55 reg C3 1.4 HDi SX Sensodrive 89500 miles on the clock. What decided it was just before Christmas two injector seals needed replacing and then the aircon packed up. The Citroen dealer made me a good offer on my car and, being a glutton for punishment, I just couldn't resist a 06 C3 1.6 HDI 16v VTR. One owner from new and the car has only done 12500 miles. Extended warranty for 1 year with the option of extending for a further plus free breakdown cover. I wasn't intending to buy that model but having sat in it, the sports seats are so comfortable and the car drives so well. Loads more torque and so far its given much better indicated mpg on the long run back from picking it up than the 1.4 did going to collect it. I expect when I get around to really driving it the mpg will dip but the book figures are not far short of the 1.4 anyway. Lets hope it's a good'un and that the garage won't see it too often except for regular servicing. SmokescreenBlack 06 reg 1.6 HDi 16v VTR Quote
CE08LDB Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Brilliant Nice Model the C3 VTR. You won't miss the Digital Air Con I don't. I do miss the Automatic Lights and Wipers but its not the end of the world is it. Quote
smokescreen Posted February 3, 2009 Author Posted February 3, 2009 Believe it or not the climate control is the one thing I do miss!!! Having to twiddle this knob to set temp and then rotate another to direct the air here or there - climate control dead simple, set temp and leave it well alone except when demisting first thing when all that is needed is the push of one windscreen demist button until its not required any more. Otherwise, I'm well pleased with the car. Quote
CE08LDB Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Mine was a pain to be honest. On a few occasions I couldn't turn it off even when the engine was not running and the air con would be stuck on using my petrol then. It had a software upgrade but it never fixed the problem. It would happen every couple of months for some reason I never have the heating on anyway so I got the temp set on cold all the time so it dosen't bother me. Quote
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