[sparkiemarkie]

Hi everybody,

Happy to report a great car - if you haven't got yours yet. Engine very nice, great sound, quite nippy. Haven't pushed it too much as just 30 miles on the clock.

Only minor negatives:

* Rear view camera doesn't work too well in low light - get bit of interference on the screen, can only just make out car behind - not as good as my Toyota Prius. Nice to have the bleepers though, which my Prius didn't have - to my cost!

* On the sat nav (British Accent) the word 'right' is slightly distorted on 'ht'. Not sure if original recording or sound system. Less noticeable if music on, which we fades down when she's speaking. It's oddly irritating, perhaps I'll get used to it.

Really like the speed limiter function. Very useful for keeping your license and you don't need to keep watching the speed readout. Doesn't work though if you are going down a steep hill!

Some of the negatives I was expecting, but turned out not to be a problem: Gears and gear changes are fine. I guess the touch screen could be quicker, but I didn't find it irritating to use.

Pleased it came with cactus branded mats.

Cheers everybody.

 

[Decepticus]

Sounds fantastic. I can't wait to get mine in a couple of weeks. I've read a few people mention the reversing camera in low light situations,but I was thinking that if I find it a gripe, to swap out the reversing light bulb with a more powerful led variant. Could be worth a shot.
Some guy on the Spanish cactus forums swapped out his main bulbs, signal lights and brake lights with led bulbs with no issues, but he did stick to the right bulb substitutions.

Just a couple a question if possible, because I can't find anything online about it :

What on earth is the interior mood lighting?

 

[geoffus]

I want to know the answer to that as well. It is clearly stated in the brochure as one of the features of the Flair model, but nothing I can find in the owners handbook or in the car. !!

 

[Gibmonkey]

I was also expecting to get the mood lighting with my blue hdi 100 flair. But I read somewhere you only get it if you have the assisted parking stuff

 

[sparkiemarkie]

The mood lighting is a good question. There isn't any!

I was expecting it too. At first I though it was a fault and then I went back to car configuration on citroen website and it doesn't mention it anymore.

Here is a post on the subject: http://www.cactusforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=139

Could very well be that only with assisted parking.

I'm also suffering from the no heat problem reported by another user: http://www.cactusforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=129

 

[Decepticus]

I ordered the parking assist pack, so I'll keep my eye out for it and post a description and pics when it arrives in a couple of weeks, hopefully.

 

[cactusjack]

Another question is, what on earth has interior mood lighting got to do with parking assist. There is no possible connection with the two, I hope there aren't any more false descriptions !!!