Finally drove a C6... properly

[andmcit]

Some interesting comments here, especially from the Citroen "insider"
and Thwartedefforts (anyone heard how he's doing? Coping with being a Dad?):

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/ ... tm?t=60582

Everybody is waiting for these to become second hand bargains and
yet there's going to be naff all of them available on the market to
sate this appetite.

Andrew

[onthecut]

Got to smile at the Citroen bloke's comment they never intended it to sell many here and rarity adds a cachet to the model. Rarity, maybe ----- complete invisibility, I don't think so.

MIke.

[robert_e_smart]

It'll be a bit like buying a used XM, there won't be many about, but there won't really be many people that will actually cough up and buy one when they are cheap enough.

[Jan-hendrik]

The main thing that put me off that particular car was the cream interior. As the entire dashboard was cream I noticed there was a hell of a lot of reflection in the windscreen. Enough to be off putting.

I thought I caught a glimpse of envy in the eye of the driver of the C6 I came upon a few days ago on a narrow street with slow moving traffic. I now understand why

[Citroenesque]

Depreciation, eh? Blimey

[XMV6sadist]

Broadspeed are selling new 3.0 or 2.2 tdi C6 for £24-27K. That's around £10K off new prices. Once they start doing this sort of stuff the depreciation sets in fast - seeing this I can't imagine anyone who paid near full price for a C6 a few years ago will be impressed. It looks like citroen dealers have lost grip of the resale market.

One thing that may put me off a C6 is the insurance groups they are in! Blimey group 42-46. That's the same as some very seriously fast expensive machine BMW M5's etc... I guess that lack of parts may be part of the problem.

I think I'll wait for a 3.0 to depreciate for a few years