Citroën C1
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ArtVandelay

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6,692 posts

213 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Decided I needed something practical and economical to do the shopping in and also so I can teach the girlfriend to drive. Looked at a few options but liked the looks and toys on the C1, plus I had the old model as my first car which I loved so I had to have another one hehe



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Obviously it's not the fastest car but averaging over 50mpg, being easy to park and having a decent boot with folding seats means it's perfect for what I need. No more of using the passenger seat to transport giant stuffed animals...



Also here's a gratuitous photo of the Aston next to a fake ferrari

Edited by ArtVandelay on Tuesday 13th January 22:53

Remagel2507

1,456 posts

221 months

Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Nice choice, we just changed our fleet of old 107s for some new C1s and 108s. Really impressed with them so far, a major improvement over the old models in all areas feels less like the bottom model of the range now

Matt_L

88 posts

210 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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I sell these for a living, its made it a hell of a lot easier now due to the massive improvement over the old model, I'm really starting to like the Tapenade Grey colour, first one I've seen with leather too!

davamer23

1,158 posts

183 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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That's clearly a Panda

davamer23

1,158 posts

183 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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That's clearly a Panda

Quhet

2,922 posts

175 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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The interior of that looks suprisingly good quality. Will make a great car for your GF

CMYKguru

3,017 posts

204 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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The front end looks like a koala squeezing out a turd

ArtVandelay

Original Poster:

6,692 posts

213 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Matt_L said:
I sell these for a living, its made it a hell of a lot easier now due to the massive improvement over the old model, I'm really starting to like the Tapenade Grey colour, first one I've seen with leather too!
Had to have leather, was surprised at how good the quality was and how good the seats look.

Impressed with the little car, love the reverse camera

C.A.R.

3,992 posts

217 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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That is a pretty awful colour! It's like that colour you get when you're a kid and you mix together all the paints at once...

The interior does look incredibly 'premium' though, for a supermini. Which leads me on to the next point; a reversing camera on a supermini? How retarded does one need to be that they can't park the smallest cars on the road?!!

LeoZwalf

2,802 posts

259 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Love your username thumbup

64 plate, does that mean it's around 6 months old ish? (Sorry I am out of touch with UK numbers!)

ArtVandelay

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6,692 posts

213 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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LeoZwalf said:
Love your username thumbup

64 plate, does that mean it's around 6 months old ish? (Sorry I am out of touch with UK numbers!)
Registered end of December, it's got 81 miles on the clock now!

Figured the colour wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea hehe

Mound Dawg

1,925 posts

203 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Not sure if it's just me but...

Does it look a bit like a Fiat 500 to anyone else?

Mercury00

4,249 posts

185 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Surprisingly I like these new ones. I had one of the old ones very briefly and hated it frown I think they missed a trick not fitting a bigger engine for fuel economy - a 1.3 would barely break a sweat pulling one of these things along.

jamiebae

6,245 posts

240 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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In the real world this is about the most economical petrol car you can buy. The front doesn't appeal to me though, it looks like they had two design teams come up with competing proposals and couldn't choose which to go with so put them both on.

An eminently sensible choice of car though, personally I'd have been looking as a Dacia Sandero 0.9, a Twingo or a Panda Twinair, but the C1 is a better real world choice I'm sure.

Martin_M

2,071 posts

256 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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You could have bought a shocking pink smart car and it wouldn't matter. Your other car is an Aston :-)

Matt_L

88 posts

210 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Mercury00 said:
Surprisingly I like these new ones. I had one of the old ones very briefly and hated it frown I think they missed a trick not fitting a bigger engine for fuel economy - a 1.3 would barely break a sweat pulling one of these things along.
They have, you can get these with a 1.2 82hp engine, aswell as the 1.0 68hp one that was used in the previous model.

Patch888

701 posts

157 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Mound Dawg said:
Not sure if it's just me but...

Does it look a bit like a Fiat 500 to anyone else?
I thought that too, looks a huge improvement over the past model.

Mercury00

4,249 posts

185 months

Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Matt_L said:
They have, you can get these with a 1.2 82hp engine, aswell as the 1.0 68hp one that was used in the previous model.
Great news then!

ArtVandelay

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6,692 posts

213 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Martin_M said:
You could have bought a shocking pink smart car and it wouldn't matter. Your other car is an Aston :-)
I do adore the Aston, owned it almost 2 years now and it still makes me smile. As a daily driver it's somewhat crippling in terms of cost however so by spending on a new car I've saved money...or something

/Manmaths

Greggyboy

61 posts

157 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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I remember the the thread with your 650i and Aston! I think a proper petrol head is somebody who can appreciate both ends of the motoring spectrum. Nice C1! biggrin