Bought a 2009 C5 2.0HDi Exclusive Auto.

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 01 May 2010, 21:50

Hi all.

I'm a Ford man through and through. I've had 5 Mondeos and currently in my garage sits a 3 year old 3.0V6 GhiaX that's covered just 19000 miles. I've had it two years.

But now it's time to change and Ford have made the Mk4 Mondeo more sporty, the higher up the range you go you get bigger alloys and sports suspension and bucket seats with limited adjustment. On the motorway it's all wind and road noise with the big alloys thumping over ridges. The sloping seats give me back ache after an hour in them.

So just searching for something more comfortable and stumbled across a C5 review, booked a test drive and the rest is history.

On May 11th I pick up a Storm Grey C5 2.0HDi Exclusive Auto thats a year old and done 13k miles. I'm looking forward to the ride quality, refinement, the silky smooth auto box and most of all the 14 way electric adjustable seats.

My first Citroen so not sure what to expect from the dealers or from the C5 in terms of reliability but early reports suggest it's a very reliable car.

Cheers
Lee

Sl4yer · Unread post by **Sl4yer** » 01 May 2010, 22:00

Congratulations Lee!

Am I right in thinking that all the autos still have hydropneumatic suspension, or is it just the 2.7?

James

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 01 May 2010, 22:16

All Auto's and all Exclusive models get Hydractive 3+. The manual SX and VTR spec cars get coil springs.

Cheers
Lee

Citroenmad · Unread post by **Citroenmad** » 02 May 2010, 21:20

Welcome to the FCF Lee, a very nice car you have there.

Not too many people on here with the new shape yet.

KevMayer · Unread post by **KevMayer** » 02 May 2010, 21:42

I like the look of the new C5 saloon but, I'm really dissapointed that they didn't make it a hatchback.

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 05 May 2010, 20:08

Dealers rang today and the DVLA have not returned my documents for my private plate yet so Tuesday is touch and go.

I can't wait to get it and had booked Tuesday off work.

Might be Thursday now.

Days seem to be going very slow at the moment.

Oh and as I'm selling my Mondeo I've been giving it a bit more welly than usuall so the economy has dropped to 20mpg

Cheers
Lee

XantiaDaveEire · Unread post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 05 May 2010, 20:36

And theres me thinking that the latest c5s all had hydropneumatic suspension except for the cheapest base model

Not really a desireable car then

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 06 May 2010, 18:11

Looking at what's available on the used market I'd say the split is pretty much 50/50 between coil sprung versions and hydractive cars. The SX and VTR cars have a coil sprung chassis and the Exclusive has hydractive but any automatic SX and VTR cars get the hydractive as well.
On the Citroen Select list there seems to be a very large number of auto's, infact looking at 2.0HDi's there are more auto's than manuals for sale.
I suspect this is due to Citroen pushing the C5 upmarket where auto's are prefered.
Most of the lower spec cars have the 1.6HDi but I found it to be a little underpowered.

Cheers
Lee

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 11 May 2010, 18:47

Delayed one day due to DVLA paperwork not coming through.

Now fetching it 11am Wednesday morning.

Cheers
Lee

Deanxm · Unread post by **Deanxm** » 11 May 2010, 19:06

Im glad its not just me that gets like this over a new car, the mrs seems to think its not normal

Good luck, hope you enjoy your new toy.

D

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 11 May 2010, 19:45

Deanxm wrote:Im glad its not just me that gets like this over a new car, the mrs seems to think its not normal

Good luck, hope you enjoy your new toy.

D

The last two weeks have gone really slow.

Noticed the Rover reference in your sig, I had a 75 many years ago with the 2.5KV6 and Jatco 5 speed auto. The C5 diesel auto actually feels stronger and smoother than the 75.

Cheers
Lee

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 17 May 2010, 20:26

Will post a full review soon but in the mean time here's some photo's.

Exterior

Cheers
Lee

logiclee · Unread post by **logiclee** » 17 May 2010, 20:28

Interior.

Cheers
Lee

DickieG · Unread post by **DickieG** » 17 May 2010, 20:41

Nice, hopefully you'll keep us updated with your thoughts on your new car.

XantiaDaveEire · Unread post by **XantiaDaveEire** » 17 May 2010, 23:04

Very nice

the colour suits it very well