Opinions on the new generation Citroens?

ginashamz

I’m referring to Citreans made in the last few years, hoe do they fair for reliability? I’ve always found their designs quite quirky and appealing. Every time I’ve sat inside a Citroen it always had a very comfortable ride and supportive seats. I’m in the market for a petrol or hybrid (no diesel) and want something at least as big as the C5, but not interested in an SUV. It looks like they have nothing in their line up that matches my requirements? I like the DS5 but they only come in Diesel engines. Are Peugeot’s a good alternative, any recommendations?

photome

stick with BMW M3 or knackered RX8s /Yaris

Scrapit

They are alot better than imaginary cars.

Jackmydad

I'd try a Jowett Bradford van. They have a quirky flat twin engine, are probably difficult to get spares for, and although I've never driven one, I imagine the handling is interesting.

Very handy when buying tinned custard in bulk as well.

worried_jim

Jackmydad wrote: »

I'd try a Jowett Bradford van. They have a quirky flat twin engine, are probably difficult to get spares for, and although I've never driven one, I imagine the handling is interesting.

Very handy when buying tinned custard in bulk as well.

Does it have rear brakes?

photome

Jackmydad wrote: »

I'd try a Jowett Bradford van. They have a quirky flat twin engine, are probably difficult to get spares for, and although I've never driven one, I imagine the handling is interesting.

Very handy when buying tinned custard in bulk as well.

Brings back memories , my dad had a Jewett javelin, no good to the OP though they aren’t on the PlayStation

Jackmydad

worried_jim wrote: »

Does it have rear brakes?

In theory.

Jackmydad

photome wrote: »

Brings back memories , my dad had a Jewett javelin, no good to the OP though they aren’t on the PlayStation

:rotfl:
Used to see one regularly round here a few years back. I quite fancy one, as they're different.

knightstyle

Well I had a Javelin, it had badges on the dash about being one of the class, (under 1ltr?) winning team. I had just passed the test and thought I was the bees knees.
Sold it after the summer, 1963, as I was poster abroad.

reeac

I shared in the driving of a Jowett Javelin once on a trip from Cambridge to Salisbury and back. At one point it developed a serious engine vibration and inspection showed that a blade had broken off the four bladed fan in the engine compartment. We just broke off the opposite blade and that cured it. A second problem which only occured when I was driving was an electrical defect which was caused by my knee switching on or off a switch on the lower edge of the dashboard. Otherwise everything was fine.

NaughtiusMaximus

We own a 64 plate C4 Picasso, plus points are it's very comfortable, economical and surprisingly maneuvarable for a car of it size (it has a better turning circle than the slightly smaller Qashqai we had previously). I wouldn't recommend it on reliability grounds though:

11 months ago the DMF went, taking the clutch with it. About 5 months later the auxillary drive belt tensioner failed, a few months later the aircon stopped working due a badly corroded condenser. We do have a Citroen extended warranty (at £300 per year) but they like to wriggle out of paying for anything they can fob off as wear and tear (e.g. they paid for the DMF but refused to pay for the clutch). In total we paid around £700 for those repairs, total cost without the warranty would have been over £2000.