[Closed] High Mileage Citroens...

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the engine is usually not the weak point

Not small amounts of change there!!

As above the engine in my 2002 307 was still going stronge at 136k when I sold it. The suspension on the other hand was getting rather tired and it ate lower control arms and ball joints

I put nearly 40k on a 2cv and about 6k on a Renault 4

£5k for a Grand Picasso with a quarter of a million miles on the clock seems ambitious, even if it is only 4 years old!

There's a fella near me still scooting about in a 2CV. I think it's a special edition model, judging by the 'Silver Cross' badges, but still, that's pretty good.

Our Xantia did 340,000 Miles, still going well and solid (galvanised) when sold. A Xantia in Sidmouth clocked over a million a couple of years ago. But I’m not sure if they make them the way they used to...

My mum's old C4 did well over 100k miles and had barely needed anything but the normal consumables.

Much more reliable than rumour has them.

My old style Picasso did 165,000 and still was fine.

My dad sold his second lease BX estate to a colleague. He bumped into him a decade later - the car was just shy of 300k and regularly went to Czech Republic to visit family from UK.

BX estate

Got called my "BX mistakes" in our family

IT might have rattly bits, and the interior will likely be in tatters - but I'd put much more trust in a high mileage Citroen than the equivalent mileage German car .

they are binary for sure. it either works or doesnt. Bathtub failure mode.

like bedmaker ill put faith in a high milage citroen before a Vw etc because its made it to high milage already without falling apart or being torched by frustrated owners.

i wouldnt buy one new with my money though.....

where as zee germans just seem to fail because the day ends in Y

There's a fella near me still scooting about in a 2CV. I think it's a special edition model, judging by the 'Silver Cross' badges, but still, that's pretty good.

I've got an E reg with 83k in the clock, perfect condition, It has been restored mind you

Our Citroen works van spends more time in the garage than on the road.

I used to own a Renault Clio mk3 1.4 petrol. The engine blew up at 30k. The fuel pump went at 40k. All the electrics died at 45k.

I got rid and went back to Ford, no issues to report. Wouldn't buy French again.

There's one of these near me. Lovely.
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My 2001 Citroen Synergie has just passed 140K. I've owned it for 14 years and haven't serviced it at all for at least the last 5, just topped up the oil and water. The engine is just as strong and smooth as it's ever been but the rest of it is falling apart!

If it's year 2000+ avoid avoid avoid.

I have had in the past....

Renault 5 Gordini Turbo, 18, 25, 19, Scenic and currently, a grand Scenic

Also Peugeot 205 and 405.

Other than the 18 which was a bit of a dog, i never had any major issues with any of them. I like a French-mobile.

Never had a Citroen though. Don't like the styling.

Yak - Member
There's one of these near me. Lovely.

Beautiful thing.

Even though it would be ruinous to run and unparkable, I have a weird hankering for a moon mileage citroen c6.

I had a £600 XM estate that I bought at 100,000 and drove up to 160,000. The clutch cable snapped meaning a dash out replacement. While I was pondering that a 60,000 mile one owner C5 estate popped up here on the classifieds for £1300' . I drove it up to 150,000 then sold it for £400, It's new owner got another two years out of it,

Flash cars aren't my thing. CItroens are vastly underrated cars in the UK.

Always fancied an XM. In the 90s I had a Xantia which was great. Cambelt went but Citroen ended up paying as they hadn't sent the recall out (cambelt failures happened to loads of manufacturers at that time. Only extra expense over normal cards was replacement hydrostatic suspension units at 90,000.

I've also had Fiats - 127, Strada, X19. All good and much better than their BL equivalents.

I got a Mk 1 BX off my dad. Horrible thing.