The Austin Healey I had prior to my first Citroen had all sorts of things go wrong hence when asked to have a drive of a Citroen ID19 I was in heaven. Here was a car that went through the Toronto snow, went up and down to accomodate road conditions etc. Was warm inside, and I could carry a wardrobe in the trunk (sorry, boot) and got 10 miles per gallon more than the Healey. Nothing went wrong with the Citroen.
The ID was certainly very rare in Toronto, not so in Montreal for obvious reasons. Citroen Canada kept a French mechanic in their garage who was all the assurance needed to have you feel there would be no problem with the car. Once a year the car went in for a look at every thing, (an MOT if you like) and those things were put wright; brake pads, change (red) fluid, check bulbs, coolant change every year, etc. etc. also car for the day. THEN I discovered the DS. Bought new 1967 DS21 in 1968.
Read the other reviews.
C5 falls apart after a couple of years and gives lots of trouble in that time.
I bought my C5 (active, 4 cyl, 2 litres) in 2001
It has now 105.000 km.
Main costs:
3x maintenance (every 30.000 km)
1x New brake blocks rear end.
1x new halogen bulb in right front light.
Electronics and mechanics fully functioning.
Max. speed I drove in Germany 200 km/hr
My average speed on the highway 140 km/hr.
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