Faults:

I only owned it for a couple of months before I crashed it, but the only thing that went wrong with it was that the fuel-pipe rusted through which is common for these cars, though you don't need to worry about the rumour that Citroen's always rust away.

General Comments:

This car is excellent, as well known (it's legendary), except for one thing: THE DESIGN! AWFUL. I can't understand how Citroen's designers decided to make this design, even though it was the 80's.

But except for this I know it is one of the worlds most comfy cars with it's suspension and seats, and the engine (though not the 16V, but the regular GTI 127hp) is a chapter of its own and is REALLY a piece of engineering! It IS the reason the car is so well known, and the engine is still well known by motor engineers over the world.

Think you're driving a car and you put the pedal down to drive fast. When the engine reaches 4-5000 rpm the effect goes down and you will have to gear up to the next level, but with this engine the effect won't be lost at all. Imagine accelerating in the third gear, the engine goes to 4000+ rpm, and with a regular engine you would now have to gear up, but with this engine you can just keep on going till the engine reaches 6000+ rpm and the effect doesn't go down at all either. And so it continues till you come to the final gear. It's very special and it cannot be described with words.

Faults:

Was given this from a mate who has a scrapyard, it looked too good to die. it was an estate, with blown head gasket. had the head skimmed and had a years trouble free motoring.

General Comments:

Suspension was a bit hard towards the end, was told it needed new spheres, but what a cheap car to own! it never failed to start instantly, did 55-60 mpg and had good acceleration too. could carry anything and handled well, seats were the best I have ever sat on. it broke my heart when it failed the next MOT, the rear trailing arm on one side was knackered, would have cost £900 to fix.

Faults:

Leaking hydraulic pipe, air in fuel supply. Central locking actuators failing, radiator leak. Shabby interior. Needed new accumulator sphere... easy if you have correct tool.

General Comments:

Sounds bad, but isn't really. Bought it for 50p from a mate who was going to scrap it. Changed the leaking pipe, had a new fuel pipe and filter fitted by a local garage, they serviced it too. Put up with the leaky rad for a bit until missus moaned at me. Got a free GTi for scrapping with mint interior, so fitted that, it also supplied the central locking actuators.

Engine great, it starts everytime and has given no problems. Sluggish performance away from lights, but very strong on motorway and is unstoppable up hills. Galvanized body has no rust. 50mpg. Huge load capacity. Basically it's cost £500 to get it working, but has been a useful workhorse all this year and I feel it'll go on for much longer yet. I would advocate the 50p car to anyone!!!

Faults:

The following parts were replaced:

Hydraulic pump.

Main hydraulic pipes.

Gearbox.

Petrol pump... and of course I had some smaller problems.

General Comments:

Despite problems with it I really like this car. It is true that nothing moves you like Citroen. I enjoy every time I drive with because of its soft and smooth ride. After all, I bought it for a low price and I can get cheap used spare parts.