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Just to point out the current Citroen and Peugeot van are built by Fiat.
I'm fucking glad I no longer work for them.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Blimey, they really are going for the award of crap car manufacturer with them credentials.
My dad has had two Mercs which have been less reliable and much more expensive to fix.
My wife's Suzuki has been slightly better, but it's only six months older than the Renault and it's in worse condition in terms of rust and general wear. It has been slightly more reliable so far, but we've only had it five years and I'm not convinced it will even get to eight with us.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My uncle always ran Citroens but he always got them ex-demo and only ran them for 3 years ago reliability wasn't an issue.
My wife's car is a 10 year old mk 5 Golf diesel which so far has only required a brake calliper in all its years.
We plan to change it this year for either a nearly new Golf GTI or GTD but it's unlikely either of those will be as reliable.
One day Robinsons Citroen of Peterborough will aspire to this level of customer service.
Hmmm mines a non turbo 1.6
do you not find it sluggish, poorly finished, terrible gearbox, too small, badly laid out, underpowered, uncomfortable and with dodgy electrics?
because mine is.
poorly finished - It's a van
Terrible gearbox - I've had no problems with the gearbox, goes into gears easily and never pops out of gear. It could be due to the fact I make sure the gearbox fluid gets changed.
Too small - Mine is a stealth camper, loads of room!
Badly laid out - It has seats at the front and naff all at the back, I fail to see how that can be classed as a bad layout for a van? It's got sliding doors both sides so it doesn't matter if I park next to something.
Underpowered - again it's a 1.9 XUD diesel engine, I didn't buy it to go fast
Uncomfortable - Mine is stupidly comfortable, lovely and spacious in the driving area
Dodgy Electrics - What electrics? The alternator works, the wipers work. Even the fan and the lights work! Beyond that it hasn't got much electronic. I think when it was new it didn't come with a stereo or speakers, you had to buy and fit them yourself.
It's just a great van, just the right size (I can park pretty much anywhere a car can), cheap to maintain and utterly reliable. It doesn't rust like a crappy Ford Transit due to being fully galvanised from the factory. That said it does have a habit of stalling if you're going fast and then brake hard...
It cost me £1k, I can't complain about it at all!
Terrible van.
I had it from 350miles on the clock 12 months ago and it was less than 5k before it started to go wrong, it's now at 42.5k and it's falling apart.
You are right about the hills, it doesn't like the hills around where I live (the Cambridgeshire fens.......)
Oh oh and none of the storage pockets are big enough to fit an A4 folder, where the fuck are you supposed to keep your purchase order notes?!?! there's no place for your fuel card and pedals are so stupidly close together you can hardly drive it in steel toe boots.
We've a toyota whatever at work - essentially a rebadged citroen/peugeot that is a few years old. Because loads of stuff on it is electric it has loads of faults. On my van I have manual windows, wing mirrors and I don't even have central locking. Makes it more reliable as there are fewer things to go wrong on it.
Get a VW transporter, they're hilariously crap. Want to plug in a sat-nav? Best get used to the ashtray drawer being out all the time. Also being a VW it'll probably die before it hits 80k
pfft @ modern vans, you should have tried a Sherpa, or for the full experience, a Sherpa Luton.
The old VW LT28s were fun, especially when the throttle cable broke (which happened more than once) - we (Kennings) used to get them back to the depot for repair by taking the engine cover off (between the front seats) tying a bit of string to the carburetor and using that to control the throttle with the left hand, right hand for steering (and gear changing).
I used to work alongside a fifteen car workshop. So i used to be able to just ask one of the guys to have a look at my car after work etc. I took that for granted.
When I moved on I only realised just how shite some franchise dealers are. I rang Bristol vw to get my car in for a service. I was told nothing available for the next six weeks! The car was displaying a cat warning light and according to the hand book I shouldn't be driving it.
Bristol vw said "do you have the use of another vehicle?".....I rang bath vw and they managed to book me in for the upcoming weekend.