Hi all,
I own a Citroen C5 2.0L 5 doors, year 2007. Is this a car that can last me for the next 10 years or so? Tell me more, if you have own a Citroen for more than 10~15 years.
Going by your experience and Citroen car making history, are spare parts easily obtainable then? What are the parts that are likely to fall apart that I need to keep spare?
Kindly advise me.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Keeping the C5 for >10 years?
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Re: Keeping the C5 for >10 years?
Well, my C5 was purchased new in 2001, and 165,000 miles later it is still going strong.
The air con doesn't work after a coming together with a muntjac deer that had a death wish (fulfilled)
Not worth the effort and expense of fixing it.
Normal service items have been replaced as and when required, and it had a new battery after nine years
It's had a new clutch and DMF, and been de catted - well the old one fell off and a piece of straight pipe was so much cheaper. It went through it's MOT in September with no advisories.
The bodywork is battle scarred in a few places but there no sign of any rust.
It's a tough old thing.
Regards
Philip
The air con doesn't work after a coming together with a muntjac deer that had a death wish (fulfilled)
Not worth the effort and expense of fixing it.
Normal service items have been replaced as and when required, and it had a new battery after nine years
It's had a new clutch and DMF, and been de catted - well the old one fell off and a piece of straight pipe was so much cheaper. It went through it's MOT in September with no advisories.
The bodywork is battle scarred in a few places but there no sign of any rust.
It's a tough old thing.
Regards
Philip
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Re: Keeping the C5 for >10 years?
The newer ones do seem to be more complicated and difficult to repair so the answer is I don't know. My C5 is already 12 years old with nearly 200,000 miles and its going fine, even has original clutch/DMF so I shall be sticking to that for a while yet, in fact if I have to replace it, another pre 04 2.0.Hdi will be the preferred option.
Peter
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