Test drive a Citroën C4 Cactus

[feef]

227bhp said:

feef said:

Willy Nilly said:

The heater took a good 20 minutes to blow warm air.

I'm finding this is becoming more and more the case with modern diesels. I had a Sprinter van that I hired so I could transport my bike for a race. It was baltic in the morning and having slept in the back, I jumped in the cab and started the engine. Idling for a good 30 minutes or more, and it was still blowing cool!

Some of the latest engines may not even need radiators in areas with a suitable climate, and I think for those, we'll end up with additional forms of heating

It did have an additional form of heating, you just didn't realise it.

nope, nothing. Nothing in the manual about heating other than the usual controls either.

[Pints]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Idling hardly warms up most diesels at all these days

Takes me up to 5 miles to get the diesel engine warm.

[mikeyr]

Jag_NE said:

BlueHave said:

No idea why anyone would take one look at one and think it was wither a good looking car or in anyway practical or reliable

In the spirit of fairness, what data do you have that suggests a modern citroen is a relatively unreliable car? is the cactus disproportionately impractical for its class and price point?

its certainly economical and the looks piece is very subjective.

Agree, there are quite a few Cacti owners on PH, in fact I'm going to take ours to the next Sunday Service for a change.

As for unreliable ours has been fault free to date, aesthetics are subject to personal taste of course but those airbumps don't half ward off car park dings and if you can name a car with a larger interior space for it's size and price point please do!

It's comfy, roomy, well specced and cheap to run. Plus ours in turquoise so won't go missing in a car park

[DSLiverpool]

So my interest is piqued by the cactus as a possible wife wagon and after 20 minutes on the configure and website I think they call automatic S&S no idea why but I assumed stop start ? They spend so much on marketing and the website and the idiots can't simply state if it's automatic or not

[GSalt]

DSLiverpool said:

So my interest is piqued by the cactus as a possible wife wagon and after 20 minutes on the configure and website I think they call automatic S&S no idea why but I assumed stop start ? They spend so much on marketing and the website and the idiots can't simply state if it's automatic or not

ETG (Efficient Tronic Gearbox) is what you're looking for, although it's an automated-manual/semi-automatic rather than a genuine automatic.