"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle)
02/22/2014 at 15:24 • Filed to: None
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"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle)
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This one is now ours! Will be delivered coming friday. It's a 2011 Citroën C4 1.6 HDi, with 73k km on the odo. It has the "Business" package, so parking radar, navigation, dual zone climate control and more convenience/luxury goodies. It's quite a bit more car than the 2001 Xsara Coupé VTR we have now, even though the size is roughly comparable.
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davedave1111
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
02/22/2014 at 17:20 |
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Nice. And the Xsara coupe's under-rated as well. Both are on my long list of nice or great value cars I might buy at some point.
Do you have any idea if the new diesels with DPFs (or FAPs, since it's a Citroen) still have the problems with clogging up in urban driving?
DollaMoneyAve
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
02/22/2014 at 17:27 |
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> davedave1111
02/22/2014 at 17:36 |
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I dunno. It's the co-developed DV6D engine, PSA Citroën together with Ford of Brittain, which Ford calls the DLD-416. Does that engine clog the particulate filter?
The point is kinda moot (soot??) for me because I commute some 35 to 40 minutes, mostly at highway speeds.
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davedave1111
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
02/22/2014 at 17:40 |
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I think pretty much all the early DPF cars did, and I haven't really kept up with the story since. I thought you might have researched it before buying, but given your commute there's no reason you would.
I've been looking into it lately because I'm about to start a new 35 to 40 minute commute, all of which will be in stop-start traffic. Diesel fuel economy would be nice, but there's no way the DPF will get a long run to burn things off.
Mikeado
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
02/23/2014 at 09:52 |
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Very nice. In terms of equipment it must be like an S-Class after the Xsara! May it be a faithful and enjoyable companion.
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> Mikeado
02/23/2014 at 11:00 |
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C'est vrais!
Normal temperature controlled airco (broken) is now dual zone airco. I've got a color display for media and navigation now. I've got cruise control now. The dash is half analogue dials and half digital display, which I can also change in color now. Build-in bluetooth connection for phone, and so on. It's a big step up.
Desu-San-Desu
> Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French
02/24/2014 at 13:35 |
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It looks so angry!
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> Desu-San-Desu
02/24/2014 at 14:14 |
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What can I say? It's Citroën! Design-wise they got their mojo back, they've put out a string of great looking cars in the last few years.