Originally Posted by
bishbashbosh
Vaughnt I agree with what your saying apart from the Citroen bit, I worked as a salesman for Citroen for nearly 2 years and they aint as bad as they used to be, some of the technology they use would suprise you.
Iirc the Ford TDCI and Peugeot/Citroen HDI engine are the same/very very similar units, I have seen old shape Citroen C5s, Xsara Picassos and Citroen ZX with over 300k on them and only had routine servicing.
Im with you on the Alfa Romeo bit though lol!
Fair play,I think generally the oily bits are great on frenchies,particularly the dervs,after all it's the same motor as the pug as well and there's millions of them left out there,it's just the little things they tend to do badly like connectors,tightening down trim etc.
Alfa,well,their just scarily bad!!!
I think the new ones are ok,but Christ anything before about 2007 is diabolical build quality!!!!