Citroen

I've had my Citroen AX for about 3.5 years now. I needed a car in a hurry, and was offered the chance to buy it. I'd never had a car with a diesel engine, but had heard all the horror stories.....'Slow and noisy', 'Spare parts cost a fortune' etc. etc. Anyway, I decided to give it a chance, and I'm really glad I did. One of the best things about it, is its incredible miles to the gallon. I recently did a 400 mile round trip and only used about £30 of diesel. It's not quite so good around town, but it isn't bad. It's not that noisy either!! OK, it's a little bit louder than some cars, but no worse than a lot of others. ...  Read the complete review

I purchased a car (Saxo Forte 1.1) in Feb 2000 on Citroen's Elect 3 scheme. It's called the Elect 3 scheme because over 3 years (as I was informed) you pay an amount each month and at the end of the 3 years you can do one of three things - 1) pay off the amount remaining, in my case £3736 after having paid over £7k for a Saxo over 3 years, 2) part-ex the car on a new Citroen or 3) "simply return the car to us and hand the keys back and walk away". Well I opted for option 3 above as a) I don't want another Citroen and b) I don't want to end up paying nigh on £11k for a b***dy Saxo. So on the 3rd February (2 days before the 3 years on ...  Read the complete review