Any pistonheads own a Citroen Picasso?

Any pistonheads own a Citroen Picasso?

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Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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I don't understand why they never made a proper 'squared off' estate version of that original Picasso

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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hora said:
I know. I once went out with a girl who was dependable, reliable, quite good in bed but to look at. Gawd she used to pull a face like the Arnie Predator. I see the original Picasso as like her.
Does the job but you'd rather be seen dead than inside it? hehe

Lorne

543 posts

101 months

Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Oh dear, just past 50 a couple of months ago and yesterday found myself in the VW dealers seriously pondering a Golf. Wasn't even a fast Golf but a practical Golf! Lovely old Merc SL to Golf, active life to brain dead senility. Time I suspect for a mid life crisis and thank god there isn't a Citroen dealer anywhere near me!

Incidentally what are the rules and best approach for a mid life crisis. Outcome needs to be something by Aston Martin, with pre-approval from my wife as the forgiveness is easier than approval method is well and truly used up.

darren f

982 posts

212 months

Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Had a diesel Pick-arse-o as a stop-gap company car covering the delivery time on a new Focus. I was not happy when that turned up! A truly hideous thing. What I did not know is that it had an inherent fault whereby activating the indicator switch did nothing other than flash the headlights. After the third or fourth instance of narrowly avoiding a head on smash with other drivers as they turned across in front of me at junctions (they thought I'd 'flashed' them through) I guessed something was amiss and investigated. The situation was then exacerbated by Citroen dealers having 2 aborted attempts to fix it (wrong parts ordered despite it being 'a known problem sir, it's the indicator switch, we've changed loads'), resulting me in playing 'junction Russian roulette' for a week longer. Not helped when sudden changes in direction to avoid collisions is nigh on impossible in something with the handling characteristics of a canoe.

In my one month of enforced torture having to drive the PoS I did eventually find where its appeal lies. It was mega economical (mid 50's mpg) and had storage cubby holes all over the place- factor in its cheapness and it is easy to appreciate how so many are sold as family runabouts. They are so cheap as chips, you could buy a used one, run it into the ground in 2 or 3 years and get shot. True disposable motoring. Not for me though, never was I so pleased to pick up a diesel Focus Estate!

Lorne

543 posts

101 months

Wednesday 6th July 2016
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darren f said:
Had a diesel Pick-arse-o as a stop-gap company car covering the delivery time on a new Focus. I was not happy when that turned up! A truly hideous thing. What I did not know is that it had an inherent fault whereby activating the indicator switch did nothing other than flash the headlights. After the third or fourth instance of narrowly avoiding a head on smash with other drivers as they turned across in front of me at junctions (they thought I'd 'flashed' them through) I guessed something was amiss and investigated. The situation was then exacerbated by Citroen dealers having 2 aborted attempts to fix it (wrong parts ordered despite it being 'a known problem sir, it's the indicator switch, we've changed loads'), resulting me in playing 'junction Russian roulette' for a week longer. Not helped when sudden changes in direction to avoid collisions is nigh on impossible in something with the handling characteristics of a canoe.

In my one month of enforced torture having to drive the PoS I did eventually find where its appeal lies. It was mega economical (mid 50's mpg) and had storage cubby holes all over the place- factor in its cheapness and it is easy to appreciate how so many are sold as family runabouts. They are so cheap as chips, you could buy a used one, run it into the ground in 2 or 3 years and get shot. True disposable motoring. Not for me though, never was I so pleased to pick up a diesel Focus Estate!
Junction Russian roulette is a PoS french thing, sounds a great game, especially as you didn't know you were playing! :-)

giantdefy

684 posts

112 months

Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Last two company motors when I worked were a Zsara Picasso and a C4 Picasso both 100,000 miles with no problems. Retired and bought a new C3 Picasso now 5 years later it has 120,000 miles with only one non-service bill. Cost £600 to sort out the stupid 'washer pump pumps water up the wiring harness and rots a fuse box' problem.

I suppose I'm in the don't really give a st about cars demographic, but it starts, goes at the speed limit, does ~60 mpg, will take all I need to up the tip in one go, etc etc

Issi

1,782 posts

149 months

Wednesday 6th July 2016
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This is brilliant! If you've got a family and need a big vehicle then you're a complete loser with no interest in cars. Fantastic logic!

daemon

35,724 posts

196 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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Issi said:
This is brilliant! If you've got a family and need a big vehicle then you're a complete loser with no interest in cars. Fantastic logic!
Theres a lot to be said for something big and cheap that you can throw the kids / dogs / rubbish for the dump into.

I've had several of them in the past - one being a 200k mile diesel that I bought as a dog carrier for £220 right up to fairly decent ones as a runabout.

Sad that you think a person's particular choice of car at a given point of time defines them.


Mammasaid

3,777 posts

96 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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daemon said:
Theres a lot to be said for something big and cheap that you can throw the kids / dogs / rubbish for the dump into.

I've had several of them in the past - one being a 200k mile diesel that I bought as a dog carrier for £220 right up to fairly decent ones as a runabout.

Sad that you think a person's particular choice of car at a given point of time defines them.
The Mrs has one that we got of an OAP at 8 yrs old with only 12k miles on it!

We've now taken it past 100k and 14 years old with nothing more than a new alternator and regular servicing/consumables. Like may others it's got numerous dings in it, the inside is permanently filthy, yet it goes and goes and goes and refuses to do less that 40mpg for a 1.6l.

It's the ultimate non-car that's brilliant at what it's designed for, maximum space minimum cost.

Lorne

543 posts

101 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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giantdefy said:
Last two company motors when I worked were a Zsara Picasso and a C4 Picasso both 100,000 miles with no problems. Retired and bought a new C3 Picasso now 5 years later it has 120,000 miles with only one non-service bill. Cost £600 to sort out the stupid 'washer pump pumps water up the wiring harness and rots a fuse box' problem.

I suppose I'm in the don't really give a st about cars demographic, but it starts, goes at the speed limit, does ~60 mpg, will take all I need to up the tip in one go, etc etc
Of course you care about cars because (a) you're a bloke, and (b) you on Pistonheads!

Issi

1,782 posts

149 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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daemon said:
Issi said:
This is brilliant! If you've got a family and need a big vehicle then you're a complete loser with no interest in cars. Fantastic logic!
Theres a lot to be said for something big and cheap that you can throw the kids / dogs / rubbish for the dump into.

I've had several of them in the past - one being a 200k mile diesel that I bought as a dog carrier for £220 right up to fairly decent ones as a runabout.

Sad that you think a person's particular choice of car at a given point of time defines them.
I think you misunderstood my post - What I was trying to get across (but failing miserably it seems), was that the OP was stating that you are a loser with no interest in cars, if you buy a Picasso, and I was arguing that you may need a big vehicle if you've got a family .
I've had two of them so I'm on your side.

daemon

35,724 posts

196 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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Issi said:
daemon said:
Issi said:
This is brilliant! If you've got a family and need a big vehicle then you're a complete loser with no interest in cars. Fantastic logic!
Theres a lot to be said for something big and cheap that you can throw the kids / dogs / rubbish for the dump into.

I've had several of them in the past - one being a 200k mile diesel that I bought as a dog carrier for £220 right up to fairly decent ones as a runabout.

Sad that you think a person's particular choice of car at a given point of time defines them.
I think you misunderstood my post - What I was trying to get across (but failing miserably it seems), was that the OP was stating that you are a loser with no interest in cars, if you buy a Picasso, and I was arguing that you may need a big vehicle if you've got a family .
I've had two of them so I'm on your side.
Ah right. Sorry!