Advantages: Big enough for the family and their luggage Disadvantages: Typical French gear change
...decided to go for the Citroen C5, 2.0 SX estate as I do like a decent sized car with enough load space to get all the kids toys, bikes etc. in. I’ve had it for about 12 weeks now and have covered just over 1500 miles so I think I can make a reasonable assessment of it.
OVERALL LOOK OF THE CAR
It is very streamlined and looks good in the silver colour I opted for. It has aluminium roof bars which are, for the silver version, as near as makes ... ...(1930 mm) but also the Citroen Xsara (1981 mm). I think this is due to the fact that the C5 has very straight sides, it doesn’t have many projections which keeps the overall width down whilst still giving plenty interior space for both passengers and luggage.
It’s fitted with 15” alloy wheels and, overall, it looks pretty good without ever reaching the point of being a head turner.
INSIDE THE PASSENGER CABIN
Standing on the outside ...
Thamisgith 24.09.2002
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Advantages: Big, comfy, and economical, motorway mile eater Disadvantages: noisy suspension over rough roads, slightly iffy electrics
We decided to go for the 2.0 SX Estate as we've had 3 BX's previously (GTI, TD Saloon, and 1.9 RD Estate) and figured that the C5 2.0 HDi Estate was the natural progression to this line up.
All our citroens have, in general, been very reliable. Even the suspension, which those that don't understand it think is complicated and expensive to repair, is a brilliant piece of engineering (good enough for Rolls Royce and Jaguar to make use of).
We needed ... ...good on the motorway as we travel a lot of miles, as a family, making use of the brilliant French Motorway and Main A road system, the C5 does this kind of motoring brilliantly.
As a general rule, we'll drive the full length of France (about 700 miles) on 1 tank of fuel, in around 9 hours (traffic permitting).
The reason we can do this is simple, it's very quiet and smooth to drive at 80-90 MPH, and still gets well over 40MPG at these speeds, I've ...
silvo63 26.09.2006
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