M.A.D.RST

Been to look at one with the girlfriend as she quite fanices one, just wondered if anyone knew much about them and what they are like?

Thanks.

trevCOSS

iTrader: (6)

the wife has a C2 VTR, build quality is not the best but its been all ok so far, good on fuel for what it is. hasnt broken yet. What else do you want to know?

AlexF

a guy at work has one...

its an 07 plate car and has been back to the dealer 4 times now... admitadly 3 of them was for ignition coils, one per visit LOL!

M.A.D.RST

Oh dear Just if anyone has one and what they thought of it and what problems they may have had!

Its an 04.

AlexF

on an 04 plate I would have thought the problems would be sorted by now....

bud-weis

For the money i think you could do better, residuals are shite too aren't they??

quite like them tbh, but wouldn't own one for the above reasons.

Paddy

Avoid the ones with the paddle change on the wheel!

trevCOSS

iTrader: (6)

the GT never came with the paddle change on the wheel

bud-weis

My old dear has one ( not a GT ) with 'start/stop' ....basically the engine stops every time you come to a junction or traffic lights etc....very very strange

Paddy

Should be easy enough for him to avoid then!

BigMouthBillyBass

Thats the VTR, my cousin has one and is quite often left at the lights with a box full of neutrals. Dealer doesnt want to know as they havent had it do it with them. With it being a common fault surely theyd take her word for it and put a new box/clutch/whatever in out of courtesy? currently trying to speak to Citroen directly french cunts

trevCOSS

iTrader: (6)

Thats what we have, the hardware is fine, I think if anything they should have spent longer working on the software side of things, from my understanding normally a software update will cure this kind of thing but unfortunately citroen dealers are not the best around. Luckily we have had no problems

BigMouthBillyBass

French and Italian cars never have been great electrically.....my wife had a Bravo HGT. Fast as fuck, sounded amazing, but every day something would stop working....then something that was previously broken would come back to life

I think its the cold wet weather to be honest, always used to be worse when it was wet out

Just last night we had to go pick my mate up from bradford on our way to Sheffield to see Foo Fighters because his Clio's battery was flat, and thats on a reasonably new car

Paddy

I sold a cheapy HGT to a bird from essex in the summer. She had CRACKING bangers.

I was hoping the thing would keep breaking down so she'd come back.

Fucking thing was spot on though.

Only fiat I've ever sold that was any good

Anyway, back on topic...

Shings

Clio 182 would be better... I know where theres a nice cheap black one for sale

vibrating_cake

all i know is they stop on a tuppence. goood brakes

BigMouthBillyBass

I really liked it, only thing is anything major mechanicaly that goes wrong costs a fuckin fortune to put right as its an engine out job for everything practically. New cambelt costs in excess of 1k

Luckily ours had its cambelt done before we bought it....then the fucking gearbox went

Sold on ebay spares or repair - fuck paying £1500 for new gearbox and labour on a car that cost less than that in the first place!

Got her an 02 plate Black Puma 1.7i now and shes well happy

I've driven it a few times and it's fantastic, goes well, handling is amazing....like a fuckin go-kart.....only thing is i feel like a right when i'm driving it...have to drive extra fast so nobody sees me

lazy_arse_pie

i had a brand new C2 GT ace little cars , quite small only 4 seats , but easy to drive and cheap to run , handle well and are a good buy imo