Citroen C1 1.0 Reviews

Carlwyatt's response to carlwyatt's Review

Written on: 07/10/2006

A quick update from the owner.
<br/>My c1 has now covered 5700 miles and it has been totally reliable. I haven’t had one problem with it so far. The fuel economy has remained around the 58mpg, but the performance has improved no end. It revs much more eagerly, and it feels as though it now has more power/torque. The gearbox has also loosened up nicely. I have experimented with different fuels and I find that it runs best on Tesco's super unleaded 99octain. Surprisingly, it ran better on normal unleaded than it did on Shell optimax. I think this may be because optimax has additives that help to improve older engines, but it’s definitely a noticeable difference. I drove from Northamptonshire to Bodmin in Cornwall (280 miles) in the c1, and I was very impressed with it’s motorway manner. On the drive down I stayed at a constant 85mph and the car didn’t feel too stressed at these speeds. I did find that it got a bit fidgety and noisy above 90 though, and the fuel economy suffered as a result, but for the drive home I decided to drive at night and try and find optimum economy, so I hovered around the 55/60 mph area and stopped only once for coffee, then when I worked out the economy I got 69.8 mpg with the radio and heater on, with my camping gear in the back (still a long way from 85.5mpg).
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<br>All in all I’m very happy with this car, and the only real annoyance is still the rear wiper.