Citroen Cactus - what a disappointment.

[Beato]

Nothing wrong with the Cactus. Leased one since March this year as work mileage was increasing and needed to keep the miles off my other car

Cheap to run, well specced. £140 a month rental.

Not the most exciting car in the world admittedly but does the mundane A to B trips fine

[saaby93]

tomsugden said:

I had one as a courtesy car for a month, and although I quite like the design, I couldn't get on with the controls. Most things inside are controlled by an iPad type device on the dash, so you have to take your eyes off the road to look at the buttons, as opposed to tactile buttons you can feel your way around on an ordinary car. In order to change music or temperature you have to navigate through menus.

Can we play guess the symbols
Assuming you dont need reading glasses while driving
The second one down on the left is.......

[mikeyr]

Can't say I find the ride in ours is overly crash or hard. The USP though is more it's lightness (and subsequently excellent fuel economy) and huge interior space for a pretty small car.

[mikeyr]

saaby93 said:

Can we play guess the symbols
Assuming you dont need reading glasses while driving
The second one down on the left is.......

Agree, my biggest bugbear is that it doesn't have a few physical shortcut buttons but I get why they didn't as saves money. Those eight buttons should really be raised to make them easier to find with a single touch.

[The Wookie]

It was a car designed to be particularly cheap with a low sale price so they probably cheaped out on the dampers, giving them less scope for a half decent ride and handling compromise.

[swisstoni]

mikeyr said:

saaby93 said:

Can we play guess the symbols
Assuming you dont need reading glasses while driving
The second one down on the left is.......

Agree, my biggest bugbear is that it doesn't have a few physical shortcut buttons but I get why they didn't as saves money. Those eight buttons should really be raised to make them easier to find with a single touch.

The second one down on the right looks exciting...

[mikeyr]

That's the hyperdrive and it'll do the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs

Needed when you've only got 82hp to play with...

[OliClark]

MarshPhantom said:

Hydraulic suspension also became a bit of a problem on older vehicles.

That has never been my experience in 20+ years of hydraulic Cit ownership.. On my 25 year old CX (now sold), the suspension was brill, it was other issues (heater matrix) that were the nightmares. Even on a proper banger C5 I bought in an emergency, the suspension was fine - it was the auto box that was crap.

Currently I have a C5 X7 (the 'new' shape one) with proper (Hydro) suspension. I drive a lot of hire cars for work and my god, the difference between steel springs and decent hydro is night and day. Even people know know nothing about cars comment on how comfortable mine is.