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Thanks guys for the kind words. I have an excuse to do a motorway cruise today so I'm looking forward to stretching its legs on the M40.
Here is a pic showing how impractical the C6 is for general use (which is why I love it)
I have a list of shopping centers I can't visit because I can't fit through the sometimes stupidly shaped entrances with unnecessarily harsh kerbs, but on the other had I have persevered and found free open air parking at nearly all these places a short walk away!
I'm not sure if I told you about the champagne... the rear arm rest, when folded down, makes the perfect table for a mini bottle of champagne and two glasses. I don;t have a photo of it for some reason but it's quite funny, extra glasses fit nicely in the door bins:
It's fair to say I really do adore this thing. I'm probably sounding a bit sad now.
Cheers
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Here is a pic showing how impractical the C6 is for general use (which is why I love it)
I have a list of shopping centers I can't visit because I can't fit through the sometimes stupidly shaped entrances with unnecessarily harsh kerbs, but on the other had I have persevered and found free open air parking at nearly all these places a short walk away!
I'm not sure if I told you about the champagne... the rear arm rest, when folded down, makes the perfect table for a mini bottle of champagne and two glasses. I don;t have a photo of it for some reason but it's quite funny, extra glasses fit nicely in the door bins:
It's fair to say I really do adore this thing. I'm probably sounding a bit sad now.
Cheers
ped
Just re-read my post and still find it amazing that even after having this car a year on valentines day, I'm still as genuinely excited about diving it as the day I got it. Owning a car that divides opinion is excellent, weather people love it or hate it I like the fact it makes people react at all, and to still want excuses to drive the car or even just to drive it about for fun is surely a mark of a truly great vehicle?
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Thanks guys.. I think for £39,000 you would have to be a bit mental to buy one new, but used, they make a fantastic buy. You're right to say that it's the quirky bits from Citroens of old back again. Looking carefully at the car compared to others you can see bits of SM, CX, GS, DS...
Another pic?
Another pic?
Nice to hear you are enjoying the C5. I had a good look at an estate in a lovely pearl white which was nice. It was actually better equipped than the C6, because they took so long developing the 6 by the time it came out things like the SatNav were a bit out of date.
I think a large part of why you normally see BMWs and Audis is the 'company car' culture in the UK. Personally I would have a car allowance instead and choose my own car but I guess most people who don't aren't really interested and just want something easy. Fair enough. But boring!
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I think a large part of why you normally see BMWs and Audis is the 'company car' culture in the UK. Personally I would have a car allowance instead and choose my own car but I guess most people who don't aren't really interested and just want something easy. Fair enough. But boring!
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I haven't ever had a problem with my RT4 satnav (yet!) apart from one time it orientated the map with North up rather than orientating around the vehicle. I thought it was quite funny. A short voice command to the slave woman who lives in the glovebox and it was all sorted.
"Display... Navigation... Orientation.... Vehicle" or something
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Oh an one other time It took me the wrong way up a narrow one way bit and ended up blocking in a bus with no clear view to reverse, so everyone made way for the '6!! haha
"Display... Navigation... Orientation.... Vehicle" or something
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Oh an one other time It took me the wrong way up a narrow one way bit and ended up blocking in a bus with no clear view to reverse, so everyone made way for the '6!! haha
RicksAlfas said:
hiscocks said:
C6 Estate!!!
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I wanted one for years and always knew I would get one eventually if I waited and bided my time. After the Volvo I had a Xantia which was 1.9 diesel, very very slow (pretty sure when you put your foot down it got slower) but I loved it and used to leave it parked at my uni (Oxford Brookes, after I was at Aberystwyth with you mate) anywhere I wanted because they couldn't clamp it when it was in low mode. Hilarious. One time they put cones around it!!!
Anyway, as soon as I sat in a friends CX about 5 years ago I knew it was my destiny to own something mental!
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Anyway, as soon as I sat in a friends CX about 5 years ago I knew it was my destiny to own something mental!
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Hi guys
Still loving the '6'. It puts a smile on my face every time I get in it.
I haven't had any problems, though the altenator was replaced under warranty as agreed a while back because it was producing a slight whirring sound and caused excessive wear on my altenator belt. That would have been quite steep to replace, but could have happened to anyone I guess. Citroen Slough were superb throughout. I'm lucky to be down the road from them as they are the best garage for the C6, some of the smaller dealers have never seen one. If I lived further away I would certainly see if my local dealer was a specialist with the tools for the job; the garage who did my service for example were not a C6 equipped garage and as a result I was referred to slough for the altenator job.
Now I have had the car a year I'm starting to enjoy it MORE, because I too was slightly worried by unreliability stories associated with the older cars. I myself had a Xantia which proved to be a bit of a lemon, but nothing I wouldn't put up with again for the benefit in comfort and the fact it was so cheap. I guess I have started to settle into ownersip more and I still get a thrill every time I approach the car in a car park. You would think I would be used to it but it still stands out a mile.
I'm afraid I can't see the pictures in the post two above, they are blocked at work, so I'll check them and respond later. However I will say that for such a big car I got used to it very quickly and with the excellent sensors (by far the best I have tried) it's easy to park, even in my tight garage where there are tolerances of less than 30cm through the door. The mirrors that look at the kerb are the best thing!
Cheers
Still loving the '6'. It puts a smile on my face every time I get in it.
I haven't had any problems, though the altenator was replaced under warranty as agreed a while back because it was producing a slight whirring sound and caused excessive wear on my altenator belt. That would have been quite steep to replace, but could have happened to anyone I guess. Citroen Slough were superb throughout. I'm lucky to be down the road from them as they are the best garage for the C6, some of the smaller dealers have never seen one. If I lived further away I would certainly see if my local dealer was a specialist with the tools for the job; the garage who did my service for example were not a C6 equipped garage and as a result I was referred to slough for the altenator job.
Now I have had the car a year I'm starting to enjoy it MORE, because I too was slightly worried by unreliability stories associated with the older cars. I myself had a Xantia which proved to be a bit of a lemon, but nothing I wouldn't put up with again for the benefit in comfort and the fact it was so cheap. I guess I have started to settle into ownersip more and I still get a thrill every time I approach the car in a car park. You would think I would be used to it but it still stands out a mile.
I'm afraid I can't see the pictures in the post two above, they are blocked at work, so I'll check them and respond later. However I will say that for such a big car I got used to it very quickly and with the excellent sensors (by far the best I have tried) it's easy to park, even in my tight garage where there are tolerances of less than 30cm through the door. The mirrors that look at the kerb are the best thing!
Cheers
Oh and I can't/won't use multi story car parks now. Reading is off limits (park further out and walk in) and Miadenhead again is a no no. Kerbed my nearside front quite badly in High Wycombe because the car park is as tight as a budgie's chuff, god knows why they make the kerbs 1ft wide. I have literally no idea why they do that. The spaces are big enough. Still, screw 'em.
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