Advantages: Spacious, economical fuel consumption, looks good Disadvantages: High repair and maintenance bills, unreliable, doesn't look so good on the back of a tow truck!
After owning my little Citroen C3 for just over 6 years, the time has come to accept that this relationship has run its course and move on to better things. So I have finally part-exchanged my C3 and, hopefully, bid farewell to endless visits to the garage and constant repair bills!
Like most relationships, this started so well. It was love at first sight when I set eyes on the C3, which was a relatively new model when I bought mine back in November 2002. The design of the car is quite funky for a small, relatively cheap hatchback or what is known as a 'super-mini'. It has an attractive curved exterior and looks very modern and stylish. The interior is even more eye-catching with its digital mileometer display, smart curved dashboard and adjustable steering column. It certainly looks like a more expensive little car than the price ...
jo-1976 10.07.2009 (18.11.2009)
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Advantages: Long distance ride comfort Disadvantages: Not so hot on corners, flimsy interior build
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Judging by the amount of luggage some golfing people were expecting to stuff in, maybe that should be a Paxo ? stuff in, geddit?.
Therefore I was mildly surprised and pleased to find that I?d been given a two-month-old Citroën C3, and obviously one of fairly high specification. C3?s don?t flaunt GTi or SLX badges at the rear, so initially it was giving nothing away, although the colour-coded metallic silver (i.e. buggers to get scratched, and therefore just what every hire company needs!) bumpers tended to hint at something above base model.
BASIC DETAILS
The C3 is a five-door hatchback in the ?Supermini? bracket. It comes with a variety of engine sizes including a 1.1litre petrol version (ours) and a 1.4 litre oil burner. The petrol engine pushes out a modest 60 brake horse power, and this was to prove significant later, as ...
BNibbles 21.08.2003 (24.08.2003)
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Took delivery of a new C3 Hdi LX Desire (diesel) in January, no faults on delivery, and 7000 miles later no faults have developed. It's been back to the dealer once for the first service.
It used a little oil until it had coverd 2000 miles but now seems to use none.
The fuel economy is nothing short of amazing, it's fitted with a display on the dash which gives fuel consumption, and that has never dropped below 60mpg. Most of the time it's around 65mpg, and I have seen 70mpg. It has a decent size fuel tank, should have a range of about 600miles.
The performance I've found to be quite good, and better than one would expect from a 1400cc diesel. This little diesel engine is the same one that's fitted in the Fiesta, the Peugeot 206, and the Maxda 2. For some reason it's slighty more economical in the C3, probably down to the tyres ...
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