Expensive Citroen
 

I was in a local garage reception yesterday & there was a bloke in there had brought his Citroen in for repair. (60 reg automatic, don't know what model) The receptionist told him that he needed new a gearbox cooler at a cost of £749 plus new pipes & labour. The guy was looking very sick & they were trying to source a reconditioned one. Makes me think my reliable old 75 isn't such a bad car as many say it is, cost me relatively little to run (so far anyway)

VERY !!!!!

Took wifes C4 hatch in to get a price for the cracked windscreen. ( 2005 car. )

995 Euros.---In France.

I had to be scraped off the floor.

4 months ago I saw an identical car, colour and year, go at the Bridgwater car auctions for 500 Euros------:eek:


I windscreen in France or two whole cars in Britain.--:duh:

That's french cars for you, money pits!

I live in France and the cost of repairs for FRENCH cars is horrendous more so at Main Dealers:shrug:

A DPF change or replace whatever they do to them was just shy of €600.

Expensive Citroen
 

Renault Modus window regulator £490. Electronic hand brake module £400. A friends C4 Picasso would not start. £1700 plus VAT.
Warranty claims on BMW Mini from 2006 to 2009 sky high, why? Peugeot engine.
There is a pattern forming I think.


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Yet, if you look at the Whatcar 2018 reliability survey, the Peugeot 2008 and 3008 are in the top-5 SUV's for reliability.

If reliability you are after then buy Japanese, nothing gets close, it's all to do with quality of components, especially electronic components, I have electronic equipment from the 70s working as if they were made yesterday when you take the cover off and look inside, then you can see why. However they were not cheap to buy.!!

I am not after reliability - I was just stating a fact.

I prefer British (Rover, Jaguar) and German (Mercedes, BMW) cars. They match my taste and aspirations.

Now, as for reliability, you'd be surprised as to where some Japanese cars are in the reliability league tables these days.

Dont I know it!! Had a Citroen van for just a year, and it was a reasonably expensive (for me) van, the amount of money I spent on it in the first 7 months of ownership, could have bought me a reasonable holiday, or cheap car.I still have to replace cam belt and water pump, both front suspension arms and front discs and pads. Possibly struts too if the knocking noise doesn't stop after changing the arms. ITs worth now 3k less than what I paid for it, and I still owe 3 years loan on it:mad:. My third Citroen van, the last 2 were great never let me down, but I will never buy French again.

Yes they are at the top, German cars are over-engineered, expensive and not that reliable, and there are no British cars, there are cars assembled in Britain, but that is another story, that will not last for long following you know what.
You drive whatever floats your boat, if reliability is not important then good for you.