Little Screamer

[winger]

Members,

I have recently bought a 06 vts C2. I have been struck by how much it revs when driving. I admit I have moved on from a 2.2 honda diesel! But when I have compared the speed to revs on my girlfriends car I am a little worried. At 60mph in the C2 its doing 3250rpm in her 1.4 golf its doing just 3000rpm. But the confusion comes when the C2 is doing 70mph and 4000revs while the golf is doing 80 at the same revs.My main concern is fuel consumption. The published stats for combined are 40mpg but im scraping 35mpg and Im driving bang on speed limits and even 65 on the motorway! I have owned a C2 gt in the past and cant remember the revs (and engine noise) being an issue.

Id have thought in a 1.6 it would be reving lower. Am I being paranoid or should I get it checked?

 

Also, out of curiosity, where is reverse. In mine its right-then-down. only reason I ask is the car came with a non standard metal citroen sport gear knob. Im wondering if the gear box has been changed and the reverse is now not in the standard place...given away if the original knob was present.

 

Thanks for any feedback...other than the above its a great little car, Im really enjoying it.

[paul.h]

I have just seen an article on the C2 in the March 2010 Car Mechanics. It lists other C2 forums which may explain the lack of postings on this site. Namely C2club.co.uk and C2sportsclub.com - both with www first. If you have a look on these 2 sites there are thousands of posts.