Citroen c3

[zafturbo]

guys has anyone any info with reguards the fuel economy ,reliability ect of the 1.2 turbo petrol engine .its a 2017 car so still a warranty left for at least a year so that’s an advantage but still wouldn’t want to be running to the dealer every month for repairs.car will be doing roughly 12kba year any wondering if it’s a option against a 1.6d engined one .

 

[JamieG95]

I’m currently driving one of the 1.2 Puretech petrol engined C3’s and I’m averaging 44mpg. £20 does me a week, it’s great. My Golf was using £70 of super a week lol.

Reliability wise we see very little back in with issues, mainly just water ingress from a dodgey seal on rear lights - which are replaced under warranty.

The 1.6 BHDi engine isn’t a bad unit either, DPF can clog, but that’s no different to any other modern diesel that never gets driven very far regularly. You’ll obviously get more MPG out of the BHDi engine depending on how you’re driving but to be honest I like the little petrol one.

Ps, if you’re looking for one I have 79 in stock

 

[rupertfinch]

Was just about to post that Hallidays have a load - starting at £129 a month.

 

[JamieG95]

Was just about to post that Hallidays have a load - starting at £129 a month.

Yep, and yet every one sold so far has been parked at the back....

 

[DriftnSlide]

I'd heard of expensive problems with steering racks.

 

[VEN©M]

I’m currently driving one of the 1.2 Puretech petrol engined C3’s and I’m averaging 44mpg. £20 does me a week, it’s great. My Golf was using £70 of super a week lol.

Reliability wise we see very little back in with issues, mainly just water ingress from a dodgey seal on rear lights - which are replaced under warranty.

The 1.6 BHDi engine isn’t a bad unit either, DPF can clog, but that’s no different to any other modern diesel that never gets driven very far regularly. You’ll obviously get more MPG out of the BHDi engine depending on how you’re driving but to be honest I like the little petrol one.

Ps, if you’re looking for one I have 79 in stock

do you work at Hallidays? i saw that they had a bunch of C3s i want something cheap and cheerful but it can't be horrendous to drive. i suppose i should call in and have a look!

 

[zafturbo]

@JamieG95 i spoke to your other Jamie on Facebook other day and a sales man yesterday ,can’t rem his name .is the 89hp one or whatever it is a 1,2 turbo same as the 110 or is it non turbo .guy yesterday didn’t know..if it’s turbo then I take it it’s juat mapped differently .

 

[Gavlar]

What about a Yaris? Toyota reliability (5yr warranty too so most fresh examples will still have loads left) and good mpg

Edit: was thinking of the smaller DS3 until I googled a C3! Lol

 

[JamieG95]

do you work at Hallidays? i saw that they had a bunch of C3s i want something cheap and cheerful but it can't be horrendous to drive. i suppose i should call in and have a look!

I do, down in Bushmills. We bought a big batch of them so are able to do them at that deal, I'm driving one myself at the moment - It's not horrendous at all, don't expect them to break any land speed records but they're comfortable, I'm getting 44MPG and has all the toys - Apple CarPlay etc and decent speakers! Feel free to call in and have a look, We're open to 5pm on Saturdays too!

@JamieG95 i spoke to your other Jamie on Facebook other day and a sales man yesterday ,can’t rem his name .is the 89hp one or whatever it is a 1,2 turbo same as the 110 or is it non turbo .guy yesterday didn’t know..if it’s turbo then I take it it’s juat mapped differently .

The 1.2L 82bhp is non turbo, the 1.2L Puretech 110 is the same unit with a Turbo on it. - Just double checked with the mechanics

 

[lackingBHP]

You must have cleaned City Auction Group out of them!

 

[zafturbo]

You must have cleaned City Auction Group out of them!

Is that we’re they have come from ,buy cheap sell dear .good idea lol

 

[lackingBHP]

Yeah noticed last week they had pages and pages of c3 1.2 feel models. They do look like a cool car, nicer than Corsa/Clio

 

[Woodcutter]

Is that we’re they have come from ,buy cheap sell dear .good idea lol

They defo don't come from there! Lol

 

[RickyB]

Is that we’re they have come from ,buy cheap sell dear .good idea lol

General idea of any business model.....

 

[zafturbo]

They defo don't come from there! Lol

Don’t bet on it .they have over 100 for sale.
Well actually there all from Citroen uk really but sure close enough lol

 

[zafturbo]

Jokes aside as obviously I know they didn’t buy then from there .so how come Citroen are selling hundred and hundreds of these 2017 cars with all around same miles as auctions across the uk are selling these atm.have all these cars been ex lease or something .i have no idea how the car sales trade works .they can’t all be private trade ins can they.direct Citroen lease or something like that .??

 

[JamieG95]

Jokes aside as obviously I know they didn’t buy then from there .so how come Citroen are selling hundred and hundreds of these 2017 cars with all around same miles as auctions across the uk are selling these atm.have all these cars been ex lease or something .i have no idea how the car sales trade works .they can’t all be private trade ins can they.direct Citroen lease or something like that .??

We bought them direct from Citroen, they’re all ex contract hire / lease cars and have come to their hand back date and then enter the used car market. The same way that most of your 1/2/3 year old cars enter the market at the end of finance and contract hire deals

 

[zafturbo]

We bought them direct from Citroen, they’re all ex contract hire / lease cars and have come to their hand back date and then enter the used car market. The same way that most of your 1/2/3 year old cars enter the market at the end of finance and contract hire deals

I was just qurious as to how come there was literally hundreds about all the same age.were is all the diesel ones in that case Jamie seeing all the ones available are petrol .

 

[JamieG95]

I was just qurious as to how come there was literally hundreds about all the same age.were is all the diesel ones in that case Jamie seeing all the ones available are petrol .

There’s been very little diesel’s sold of our range recently, they’re much more expensive as manufacturers/government have all been pushing petrol. As the all the good deals were on the petrol models that’s what is going to re enter the market again.

Don’t get me wrong, we do still get the diesels but they just aren’t as popular. Most of our customers would be younger drivers too, the diesels are more expensive to insure and that again leaves them in stock longer.

 

[zafturbo]

There’s been very little diesel’s sold of our range recently, they’re much more expensive as manufacturers/government have all been pushing petrol. As the all the good deals were on the petrol models that’s what is going to re enter the market again.

Don’t get me wrong, we do still get the diesels but they just aren’t as popular. Most of our customers would be younger drivers too, the diesels are more expensive to insure and that again leaves them in stock longer.

Makes perfect sense I suppose .neber thought of it like that .i thought diesel would of outsold petrol by quite a bit .