First car C2 Furio Newbie- HELP!

[vixen_furio]

Hi,

Purchased my first car a few months ago a Citroen C2 Furio (2003) semi automatic. I realise that the Haynes car manual isnt out yet, so Im looking for ANY advice! Ive noticed that my coolant is always on 3 bars on the instrument panel is this the norm?? What is the average miles per gallon that people have been able to get? Any advice appreciated, many thanks :D

[chambers]

welcome to the club, not sure about the temp or the mpg for a 1.4 someone will know though :-)

[Simon72]

Yes the Temp on a Furio 1.4 Senso is always 3 Bars

On my old one I was getting between 38-45 Mpg (AVERAGE) steady motorway driving.

But pottering around town 32-37MPG

[scuderia91]

hey welcome, my coolant tends to hover round 3 bars and i think my average mpg is about 45 from memory

[JonnyW]

By Coolant, do we mean temperature level?

[scuderia91]

ye the one on the left hand side of the speedo

[JonnyW]

ye the one on the left hand side of the speedo

Thought so :)

[vixen_furio]

Erm how may miles would I expect to get my a full tank of petrol, anyone??
Thanks

[kimz_sexi_c2]

iv got a 1.1 n i get up to 320 miles out of a full tank, dunno about a 1.4 thou, cozzziii has got a 1.4 he might be able to shed some light onto it

[vixen_furio]

Wow thats good news, moving out into the country soon so every mile counts :)

[MRHBLUE2]

Welcome - hope you are enjoying the sensodrive

My Furio gets around 300 from a full tank

Mainly Motorway and A roads tho

[JonnyW]

I get around 300-350 Miles a tank.

I drive like a granny :D

[vixen_furio]

Yeah starting to get the hang of the sensodrive, still abit jerky when slowing down or speeding up LOVE my wee car lol! :)

[MRHBLUE2]

Yeah starting to get the hang of the sensodrive, still abit jerky when slowing down or speeding up LOVE my wee car lol! :)

....the biggest flaw I find is when approaching a GIVE WAY line - like at a roundabout or quiet junction, and the gearbox cant decide whether to select first or stay in second etc - so hesitant !!!

But other than that I really enjoy driving it

[vixen_furio]

Yup Ive found that too, feel like Im bunny hopping around....find it very irritating when trying to take off quick, takes too long for the message to reach the gears! Never the less...first car = first love :)

[JonnyW]

Yeah starting to get the hang of the sensodrive, still abit jerky when slowing down or speeding up LOVE my wee car lol! :)

....the biggest flaw I find is when approaching a GIVE WAY line - like at a roundabout or quiet junction, and the gearbox cant decide whether to select first or stay in second etc - so hesitant !!!

But other than that I really enjoy driving it

Yep!

Mine always does that, its annoying.. Then theres a gap and the 'box is still messing around deciding what to do :lol:

Manual for me soon anyway :D

[elniniol999]

ive got a manual furio 1.4. when im giving it some i get about 28-30 mpg and get about 210 to a tank.

when im feeling a little more economical i get about 34 mpg and can do about 270 a tank but really depends how you drive it :)

where in scotland u from>?

[tomc2]

i have a vts and if im honest i normally et just 260 miles from 28 quid full tank .
last month i drove sensible as was skint and got 325 miles. was really boring and i was late for everything tho lol

[Advikaz]

costs me £34 to fill mine up from empty i get between 260-280... 300 miles from it depending how i drive it

[vixen_furio]

Im in Motherwell....anyone know of anyone in this area that does tints??

[Toodeep]

I have the same car, in yellow. I get over 33mpg and I'm in London. I've taken to using the gearshift paddles behind the steering wheel. The upshifts are still as slow but at least they happen when I want. Even in Auto I tend to over-ride the 'box on an open stretch of road (a relative term in London) changing manually to 4th and 5th when Auto is holding on to 3rd. I also downshift myself but the 'box does change down, even in manual, if I forget. I only have to press the Auto button when I get lazy.

[Toodeep]

A warning more than advice.

I sometimes stay in the car working on my laptop (powered by a 12v to mains inverter off the cigarette lighter) or just listening to the radio. Often after I have done this, the door locking goes haywire so that I cannot lock the car using the remote when I leave. As you may have discovered, although you can lock the driver's door with the key, there is no locking button for the passenger door so this remains unlocked. You can't use the central locking button to do it as opening the driver's door unlocks all doors and the button doesn't work if you hold the driver's door open . The problem has corrected itself in the past - most recently when I activated the automatic locking function. At the moment the car won't lock immediately when I get out. I've discovered that if I wait for a minute or so until the dashboard lights go out and the interior light comes on again (!!!???!!!) the car will then lock with the remote. It will then unlock as normal next time I use it but locking again after use involves the same routine.

I have got it working properly in the past but have tried so many things to do so that it is impossible to know which did the trick. I only discovered this Forum in my search for a solution. It's driving me nuts. At this rate the first modification it will get will be a tree embedded in the bonnet!!