I need to replace the car as its getting tired, looked at the Citreon DS3 today,
really different, wifey liked it,test drive in week, help and advice please

 

Good car for a woman.
Quite like the look of them in a decent colour

 

Test drive arranged ! custard yellow

 

hehe, mates just bought a yellow Fabia VRS, hes 18 stone, man does he look daft, but its quick..

 

A friend has a 2012 one, nothing but trouble - same engine as the 1.6 Mini Cooper I believe which has stretch issues on the timing chain, except BMW acknowledge the issue whereas Citroen pretend it doesn't exist.

Boot lifters failed once, nearly killing him whilst unloading shopping

Various bits of chrome on the exterior is bubbling/rotting - he's a DIY detailer too, so car is rarely dirty for long.

Finish on the wheels is also poor, and bubbling in places.

 

My aunt has one.

On lease, and she liked the first one so much she's just leased another.

Nice car if you're into that sort of thing.

 

Ive got one as my daily ,, went for it for the mpg on the diesel hdi version ,, had it since new and not a single fault ,,, i went for the top spec d sport plus so its got full leather and connectivity etc ,,, cant say enough good things about the car tbh

Petrol turbo ones are known to be problematic ,,, http://www.ds3club.co.uk/forum.phpthe ds3 forum is a good place to read up and as stated the engines do suffer stretched timing chain issues ,,, if its under warranty these seem largely to get dealt with but therell always be the odd horror story about dealers and its bound to reflect 2nd hand values when out of warranty

Go for the hdi diesel with six speed ,,, epic handling and loads of fun

 

Funny that, wife has a C4 & Citroen refuse to accept the air suspension is a recall issue

 

Chrysler engine at a guess?