Since the end of June 2015 my lease would expire i am the end of 2014 whether to orientate on the successor of my Prius

Since the end of June 2015 my lease would expire i am the end of 2014 whether to orientate on the successor of my Prius. A car whom I had not chosen themselves, but had taken a colleague. But it must be said, a great car that drove very fine.

Several cars passed the review and I'm going to test drive: Toyota Auris hybrid drive, Subaru XV Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Audi A3 saloon and the Peugeot 308SW. But none of those cars I had a 'click'. The Auris was more of the same as the Prius, the XV I thought 'swabbing', the Outlander is now on every street corner, the A3 was just not at all, and the 308 is really very boring.

I then several weeks no attention paid to the new car until I saw somewhere on the internet Cactus passing. I was hooked! What an incredibly fun and original car. I'm going to go into it, test drives viewed items on YouTube and forums. There me then immediately all fell on that one either loves it either Cactus terrible. There's nothing in between. In my circle of friends and colleagues, I noticed that.

After two test runs (actually after the first) I was final. This was going to be him. Precisely for the Airbumps good to come into their own, I did not want any dark / dark combination of paint and Airbumps. Yellow and black was banned by my daughter, because it seemed too much for a taxi they liked. Red had me a little too red and the blue, I did not like. So it was blanc perle nacre with Airbump Chocolat and as upholstery velvet Habana Club.

The full list:
Citroën C4 Cactus Puretech 82 S & S ETG Shine 5D 60kW
Lac Blanc Perle Nacré
Airbump Chocolat
Upholstery Velour Habana Club
17 "alloy wheels 'Cross'
Panoramic fixed glazendak
Luggage box
rafter

Today he is delivered and the first kilometers here Cactus driving. very relaxed. but different than the Prius CVT, now feels slightly shift points, but they all go pretty smoothly.

the weather is getting used to where everything is and to figure out all the possibilities of the large display. the AC works in any case, fine July 10 we deal with on holiday to France..

I will keep you informed!

Ps: I had this report must give a grade for reliability and running I can of course still nothing sensible after a few kilometers. telling, hence 3 stars yet.
What a disappointment ... (8.650 km)

Oh, what I'd like a positive follow-up to my first report, but alas ... The ETG-speed turns out to be a nightmare. In fits and starts you make your way through the traffic like a drunken horse with hiccups.

But first the positives.

I like the cactus still a great car to see. The design and decor gives cause for mirth and I get a lot of positive reactions. 1 acid cousin after (what a terrible car) actually find anyone I speak very successful car. Pedestrians stabbing up an inside out, neighbors that appeal to and attract bekijks you're doing. Especially the summer in France, where the cactus was quite rare. In four weeks, I have seen 6 or 7. But I'll be a while back.

If the Cactus runs once, it runs fine. The transition class, he has not exactly been out front, so sometimes you have to help him with upshift (we ride now 70, your engine screams, we will once again go to his 3?) And downshift ( "we ride now 40, still in his fifth, you hums and vibrates at all, what do you say, back to 4 or 3?"). It's like taking the hand a small child.

Really bad it is when you drive slowly, so up to 20 km / h approximately. So if you drive out your neighborhood drives traffic or searching for a parking space. Then Cactus really has no idea what it is designed to do. Then bucking and jolting and emits like mad. Sometimes you give a little gas in and nothing happens. Give you something to gas, he shoots just with a bang ahead. Or let go of the gas because the traffic comes to a standstill, he rolls not good, but it seems as if he himself extra bijremt with the result that you sail forward with your body. It's really a disaster.

Nine days after I Cactus had been received, we went with them on holiday in the Auvergne. The three, bag and baggage plus roof box. Liège after the next setback came. I had the cruise control already for a while at 120 km / h and noticed a motorcyclist who drove many kilometers long in exactly the same distance behind me, suddenly came fast. I looked at the speedometer and saw that he was on the decline: 110, 109, 108 .... I gave gas, but nothing happened, except that it went slower. 107, 106, 105. In the meantime, I floored (literally the peddle to the metal) and remained the speedometer at 105. I can assure you that it's pretty embarrassing when you are overtaken by campers and cars with caravans.

France showed the ability of the ETG engine to be completely inadequate. Meanwhile, of course, we drove around without luggage and roof box around, but every hill or mountain was made with difficulty and constantly denotes switch back (and switches Cactus quickly back on) in order there to keep some momentum. My daughter noticed very wise to 'no wonder you see here little cacti because they are no mountain about.

Other negatives are:

• the touch screen. Often you have two, three times before pressing anywhere on the screen responds. I put standard after always start immediately the Start / Stop system and that never works at one time. The record is pressing six times before it went out.
• After only 5500 km was to see the first wear spot on the upholstery on the armrests in the door (driver).
• When did you even if there is a dent formed in the center armrest, because there is much on my arm. The used foam is very weak.
• Auto regenwisser is useless. Sometimes he did not know at hefty rain or he goes to extra-fast mode with a few drops.

I have extra long waited for this second report in the hope that the engine after a few thousand kilometers would perform better, but alas. It is now 8650 km on the clock (of which 5,500 in France) and I have noticed no improvement. The consumption disappoints me. After France was 1:14, now it is slightly improved. Now, it is 1: 15.3.

All in all I'm pretty disappointed in the Cactus and I would discourage anyone the ETG-bak strongly.

3 years and 9 months and then I get my new car. So that will count.
Nothing to do ... (12 855 km)

Did last week went to the dealer and a mechanic drove it. According to him, the bucking and jerking normal for a 3-cylinder ETG-bak. He was accustomed to worse. He called the three-cylinder engine a "not very smooth engine. I'll be the best man for wearing the "Understatement of the Year award. I will have to learn to live with it apparently.
Only 3 years, 7 months and 12 days ...
Why not ... (12 992 km)

The touchscreen gave as previously reported already from the outset problems. You should almost always pressing anywhere on the screen several times before responding. For example, browse your music is a misery (and dangerous while driving).
But this morning, the screen stopped there with it all, see picture 4. You can then instantly nothing more. Your radio does not operate, unable to control the temperature, etc.
I put the car to the side after a few kilometers, turned it off and started again (after pressing the red cross gave no response). Again I got the same message appears on the screen. Then again turned off the car, waited a minute and started again.
That helped and I have not seen the notice. Wonder what will happen when I get home for ...