Faults:

A fortnight after I got the car, the Diff went, £50 replacement from a breaker, not too bad to replace, just fiddly & needs two to get it out.

A few annoying rattles from the interior, most sorted with finding the rattle & sticking it down with no-more nails!

Only able to access the car from the drivers door.

The lock doesn't actually need a key, if you turn the barrel it unlocks! yet to see if its just dirt.

Central locking remote doesn't work.

General Comments:

The comfort of the car is the best of the cars I've had.

The spec is great, for the age of the car, didn't expect electric windows etc.

Very quick off the mark.

Faults:

Central Locking packed up.

Lots of 'squeaks' form the interior.

Engine cuts out whilst driving.

Sunroof jams up! Needed new tracks.

General Comments:

A very reliable car! I have never experienced the care not starting first time. However, it does take a while to warm up.

Good at taking off at the lights.

Gear changes could be a bit smoother!!

Can be a bit jerky when going on the gas.

Faults:

Head gasket replaced due to oil leak - $50 for parts and labour.

Servo check/fix - $35.

New exhaust pipe (last section) changed. Thank God that Catalyst is fine!

General Comments:

Outstanding ride - assured roadholding, soft suspension, quick and precise steering. Passengers sometimes do not notice cornering at all!

Interior is well laid out, seats are comfortable, there is enough room for 4 to 5 people, suitable to tall drivers. I've put 9 marks to comfort only just because I've driven my friend's XM :-)

The engine is willing (although 1.4 only), accelerates well in town, as well as on the motorway. The average fuel economy is <6L/100km on a long trip. I've also driven my colleagues ZX 1.8 Furio, go for it if you find one!

Very good rust protection - after 10 years shines like new.

These cars are very underrated here in favour of Ford, Opel and VW. If you once got such, you'll never ever look out for a German car!

Faults:

Well, what can I say, the vehicle belongs to my step dad, personally I drive a Rover 827 and Jaguar Sovereign 3.6, but thought I would mention this vehicle due to its amazing unreliability.

Take a car with a really good initial reception, add a few years and what do you get? A tired, nasty car... amazing that people slate Rovers and Jaguars, IMHO they're miles ahead of this shocking example of modern motoring.

I regularly service and maintain the vehicle once every 6000 miles, with gearbox oil changes and other fluid changes, and how does this lovely car repay me? Number one, the gearbox loses 5th gear, 4th gear and general integrity, great. A large bill for another box, and lost of aggro later, and I finish fitting the box.

Now, last night whilst checking over the engine, marvelling at its smallness compared to my 2.7, I noticed a lovely oil leak from the head gasket, I then removed the rad cap and noticed some serious emulsifying of oil in there, great, now I need to remove the head, strip down, skim and replace the head gasket.

The interior is also very flimsy and plastitronic using low quality (IMHO) materials.

The outer panels are typically French and would appear to be made from paper.

Overly I am not endeared to this family run about and would much rather he got rid and purchased a Rover 200 series.

General Comments:

Now for some positive praise on this motor car. It rides in the traditional Citroen fashion, despite being a normal torsion bar/coil spring setup and is comfortable to drive and ride in.

The interior space is good and it does make a practical hold all, it suits my step dads purposes well but just doesn't have the reliability, ease of working on, and indestructability of my Sovereign or Sterling.

Economy probably scrapes 35MPG, but there's more to life than MPG!!

Overall, the bad points are far outweighing the good, the only Citroens I would consider are the large executive models like the DS/SM/CX and XM, all brilliant cars IMHO, they just seem to have lost their way on the smaller effort. A shame.