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There's usually some good car advice on here so I hope someone can help. I'm driving a 2003 Citroen c3, currently on only 80k miles. Car is in good condition and has cost me almost nothing in the last 6 years apart from fluids, filters, batteries, tyres, brakes etc. Just replaced broken rear coil springs last week, now clutch is slipping so wonder where my cut off point should be and what horrors await me if I carry on with it. Car is used mostly for short town journeys and only does 6k a year. No desire or need to upgrade if not necessary. Twist or stick?
How much will it cost you to replace the clutch?
Does it have a timing belt? If so when is it due?
Stick. You’ve just described routine maintenance.
Lol yeah coils are routine on those things, my sister in law went through a few sets!
Other than electrical gremlins I'd just suck it up.
My 2002 1.6 petrol Berlingo is approaching 160k.
I laugh in the face of 80k! It's barely run in yet.
Ok thanks, this is good to hear. I'm not uk based so costs are not comparable but no one is throwing up major issues that commonly appear in the near future. I'll check timing belt as that might be due. The cars been cheap as chips for the last 6 years but two trips to garage in a week left me doubting it!
My 2002 1.6 petrol Berlingo is approaching 160k.
Cute.
My 2003 golf got almost to 250000.
Welding and electrical gremline would kill it for me.
Cute.
My 2003 golf got almost to 250000.
Cute.
My 03 Ibiza got to 275000 miles & the bloke who bought it from me had it remapped within a week.
😉
I doubt it's still alive though based on how I saw him drive it away....
Re, the OP.....how much was the spring to replace? And how much will the clutch cost you? £200 for the spring & £500 for the clutch?
So £117/yr for non-routine maintenance isn't exactly bad. Get it sorted & stick £50/month in an account for non-routine repairs.
I've had two C4's. A hatchback and a grand picasso. I will never buy a citreon again. Kept thinking the niggles would be getting ironed out. More niggles appeared. Tried to trade the grand picasso in and they told me just to keep it, they'd give me the money off anyway. It has finally performed its master stroke, tried to get into it the other day, it would appear that the central locking is totally electronic, flat battery means I cannot get in to even release the bonnet to charge the battery. I would dearly love to launch via trebuchet.
Cute.
My 03 Ibiza got to 275000 miles & the bloke who bought it from me had it remapped within a week.
For sure it was more the french car achieving 160000km being noteworthy rather than slapping it out on the desk i was going for.
Our c2 1.6 petrol on about 95k think the only non service item so far has been a thermostat housing and a brake light switch over the last few years.
It does eat suspension bits , but it’s a vts with a hard ride and gets thrashed round the crappy roads here
Its been the most reliable car ever
My folks old (I mean OLD) Picasso just keeps going. Has had the odd small, fixable issue, and it’s had both sills plated now (which is about the only ‘easy’ welding to do on a modern motor) but the egg shaped jalopy refuses to die.
Looks like its a stick for now, thanks for the reassurance. I’m Norway based so prices high and not comparable to uk - £320 for springs and £900 for clutch although the car is still worth >£2k here. Lets hope its more than a week out of the garage this time!