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Well folks if you ever wanted to see self promotion on hukd then you've got it here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It's so obvious it's unreal.

Ronnie Pickering says it doesn't need a #*$~^#@ service you @$#*!

Get one with wheels, it will last longer :smile:

sorry couldnt resist

It was quite significant. Someone had obviously hit the back bumper while the car was parked and driven off without leaving a note. There was a break in the paint and a hole of about half a square centimetre. I had honestly never noticed it before because we hadn't done the damage. I was most concerned about getting the inside cleaned. There were no problems with the inside at all. Really annoying, but I guess it isn't Citroen's fault.

What type of damage was it, it can't have been obvious if you weren't aware of it. (Just trying to check mine before pickup later this week).

Yes, very thorough.

There was one scratch I was aware of and I had been to see about getting it repaired. I had taken it to a backstreet body shop who quoted £170. I took it to Citroen who estimated £300. And the bill on giving it back was £120. So I wouldn't be too hasty to get things repaired before they come.

There was the tiniest of chips inside the door sill, I have no idea how he saw it, I could never have known it was there. He reckons it is the seat belt hitting it. But he got his measuring tool out, took a photo and told me that it was not chargeable.

As I said, they are very, very thorough, but decent. And not expensive.

wow, i have just taken 3 wheels off to be professionally revamped. no other marks on the car at all , i didnt realise they were so strict!! did they go over the whole car with a toothpick?

Yes, they checked tyre tread depth.

I got hit for £437 worth of charges. He was able to point to some damage that I hadn't even been aware of. I can't say that I can disagree with the damage, and the costs don't seem unreasonable on a one-by-one basis, but getting the bill at once is a shock.

Hi did they check the wheel for corrosion? mine has corrision and did they check tyre tread depth?

Well mine went back today with no charge so over the moon.

I have gone for the Skoda Yeti Monte Carlo deal that was on here. Works out at the same £150 per month, but over two years this time.

Well just finished taking the car seats out and hoovered it and all ready for collection tomorrow. Been a pleasure owning it for the last year

I have looked and looked and cant find a decent deal about , I succumbed and bought a 2013 exclusive from a mate who gets them straight from mobility before they go to acction...I actually like the car for the size for my 3 kids , and its not too big.I only do 5k miles a year and my new one has 19k on it , fsh and being delivered from Mercedes so it ought to me ok . good luck everyone , i am out the leasing game .

Surely they would just repair those rather than replace the entire screen. Repair is usually insurance excess free too.

Anyone had any problems with Manheim when returning the car?
Main is being picked up on 21st. I have two very small windscreen chips in the front of drivers view. About 1mm each 10mm apart. I have booked windscreen replacement through the insurance just in case, as I don't want to pay over £300 if they decide that is not good. On the BVRLA guide it says there shouldn't be any marks at all in the drivers view.

I certainly thought so :sunglasses:

I was told by citroen and v4b it has to be serviced before it goes back but can be done at a local garage instead of dealer but use gen parts. The service light comes on at 12 months from when it was registered. For the sake of £75 for the service wasnt worth messing about with on the day.

If its under 12 months since you got the vehicle, the service book is up to date with no 12 month stamp. I confirmed this direct with Citroen contract motoring using the phone number from the end of contract letter. If you check the contract you signed you have to have services completed with 30 days of being due, hence I was told within 30 days and below the contracted mileage and there's no contract requirement for servicing. Not a case of getting away with it, just checking the contract requirements. If your concerned phone them and confirm (please post back with findings if you do :smiley: )

£65 per alloy is a reasonable charge then.

Yep diamond cut and two tone

Not sure and didn't ask. If you look on http://www.manheim.co.uk they seem to have all listed with locations

Are they diamond cut?

To be fair they are all quite bad. Guidelines allow up to 10cm total per wheel, these were way worse

​any idea where the auction room is ? and when ?

​£65 for a scuffed wheel ? what happened to wear and tear?

sorry... posted twice.any deals out there guys??

mines going 06/12 to auction! just received my confirmation email asking for up to date stamped service book.

well mines getting collected on 06/12 and first thing they are asking is for a up to date stamped service book.. worth a try not doing it,but you may get a bill if its not... good if you can get away with it.

Wish I'd known could have saved £150

Mine goes back in november. When I phoned Citreon contract to confirm details they confirmed that as long as the car is collected within 30 days of the end of the contract and has done less than the miles allowed, there is no requirement to have it serviced.

Thats great news on the wheels because i have a scruffed wheel.

Mines gone today, 3 x £65 for scuffed wheels was quoted 110 each locally so jobs a good 'un.

Wasn't even worried about the service book not being stamped even though it's been serviced as it's less than 10k miles!

Straight to auction apparently

A house as come up for sale on a new development so with us selling and buying gonna hold off on something new and get the wife a run around until this is sorted i think.

Any deals about or are you buying?

My contract ends on the 9th nov and its been collected on the 9th as well phoned menheim myself and booked it.

i owned an Smax , they hold their prices well , i had mine for 5 years , but its a little too big ! also the spec on an smax is terrible compared to a picasso for the same price. .. you need to spend £12k on an smax to get the same gadgets as a £9k picasso,ill check out the merc.
Called Brian at V4B today as i called about them collecting my picasso and they wanted it 2 wees early , seems im not the only one its happening to . mine is going to auction in lutterworth apparently , think is i have not got £13k spare so i am looking at getting a 2013 picasso now for hopefully 9-10K.... but ...ANOTHER DEAL LIKE THIS would be great .

S Max is often one I hear of which can accommodate three baby seats with ease, so that might be one to look for. The difficulty is that many cars which fit my brief, and yours, are ideal for the minicab market, so there is more demand and prices go up.

One which I was interested in is the Mercedes R Class. They don't keep their value well so a good second hand model can be picked up, and some of them have three rows of two seats so are six seaters. The down side is that the road tax is high and any repairs could be expensive, as are the tyres.

your bang on the money there. I went to an auction last week to gauge the price.
I have 4 weeks to sort a car out or I am going to buy one. I may try a 2013 Picasso as I only want to spend about 9-10k.
anyone know of any other care out there that seat 3 in the back comfortably??

Yeah, manheim do auctions. They are going to take the car back directly to their auction and pass on the money to Citroen.

Citroen UK knew last year how many cars they had to sell. They fell short of that number. They know that this will cost them big money in bonus from PSA.

The cars cost them, the importer, £14000 to get from PSA. They know they will get an average of £13k at auction if they are one year old and less than 10k miles.

So they end up with £13k, plus our £1500 lease fees, plus their bonus from PSA.

Unless they are in a similar predicament, which Skoda seem to be in at the moment, there will be no deals.

got my letter today as well . ive decided the Peugeot is too small as well , it states manhiem are collecting the car ...they are a auction company are they not ? hmmmm

Really disappointed have the return letter today! It says contract end date as 12th may 2017! Thought we could of had it for another 7 months but just a typo!

yep your right,but I got thinking ,I done 5k.. if I hired one for £2k a year over 5 years it'll cost me £10k and I'd have nothing to show for it. if I bought one (on auto trader now ) a 2013 model with 17k miles for £10.000.00 and did 5k a year after 5 yrs paying it off at roughly £145 per month on a loan of £8k and paying £2k up front it'll be worth £4-5k I reckon as the mileage would only be 42.000 miles. ok,id have to buy tyres and service it ......I wouldn't have ever dreamed I'd like the car so much...I will however keep Brian searching for a deal.
what do you reckon,you found this deal,work your magic again lol

We done even less just done 4k in miles. I was told there taken to auction but no mention where and the likes of arnold clarke available car buy them at a fraction of the cost. The 2008 seems like it would fit. We have 18 month old twins and a 6 year old and was sure they would be ok. If u buy a picasso like ours its gonna be more than £140 a month?

I would love to buy mine,only done 5k in it. where do you think they go? do you think the 2008 will fit 3 big kids in the back in comfort? I saw a nice one today,well get a nice one if Brian gets more like he says he will. I'm thinking of going auctions and picking a Picasso up if Brian doesn't come up trumps. I don't really want to be paying more than £140 a month.this deal was mental.

Same here would love to buy this 1 if i knew where it was going. I seen a 2008 today and my god it looked awful in the lower trim level!

​same here,i need 3 biggish seats in the back... he's trying to get more,but to be honest I saw one today and thought...it is smaller than the Picasso.i wish they could do this deal again .I am toying with buying one but their over 12k.

Phoned brian and i didnt get a car they had gone. Still have the 208 but its abit small for me.

willdo

Yeh and you let me know if u hear.

i see its been pulled , hopefully mine will be in too , can you let me know when you hear plz?

The deal has been pulled now. Spoke to brian and he said i got my prop in before the cut so fingers crossed. We was spoilt but this is still a good deal.

yes he called me today ,i have been looking for a deal for ages and this one is the best i have seen . I have asked him to book me one , id rather do this than have the hassle of not having one when the picasso goes back ,yes,its more expensive but i think we were spoilt by last years deal .if someone can beat this then id still be interested, i could do with another picasso really at £118.

Just posted this deal with brian again from v4b. http://www.vehiclesforbusiness.co.uk/personal-lease-cars/peugeot/2008-estate/2008-diesel-estate-16-bluehdi-100-allure-5dr-108012929

we`ll all be waiting i think , hopefully a deal will emerge soon

Apparently new lease prices coming in the beginning of October for most makes. Maybe then manufacturers reassess what stock of new reg plates needs to be moved because they pre registered too many and decides about the deals. Like it happened with Picasso. I think I'm going to wait.

It's not a replacement for a Picasso but I have just signed up for a Ford Fiesta ST Line Navigation, 140BHP with metallic paint and rear tints. It's a 3+23 with 8K miles at £153 a month with no admin fees. I went direct to Ford for that. Placed the order on Tuesday and they expect it mid to end of November.

Any luck anyone , not much out there at the moment

​bit yucky.

Has anyone looked at the Skoda Yeti deal? It works out at £150 per month all in, but has a much lower spec than the Picasso.

not really a deal then is it , i hope they come up with one very soon .

Just had confirmation that direct from Citreon they can do the same deal of 3+23 at £177 with 10k miles, but no admin fee so slightly cheaper.

​its a tad expensive for me,the deal we have here is about as much as I can deal with.cheers anyway

https://www.gateway2lease.com/cars/kia/sportage/sportage-1.6-gdi-130bhp-1.php#refresh_quote For the sportage. On that site theres a good skoda yeti deal im tempted by

tell you what folks whoever can find a good deal is the winner ... i need a car and i dont want to be paying any more than we are now really , i need this size as well before all of you mention a c1 lol

These go to auction ?? i thought they would go to citroen dealership for sale .

have you got a link ?

They don't allow you. They might tell you which auction company they will sell them from, and you can then go and bid on it, but no matter what happens, they are going to take the car off you.

Anyone know about buying these when they go back?

Just seen a sportage deal which isnt far from the C4 picasso deal. But its for basic 2015 model

All up to that magical £4,617 figure. The 1+23 option is the one to go for as they are not sitting on a pile of your cash in the mean time.

There have been plenty of good deals on Kia Sportage, VW Passat, C4 Cactus. We need to hold our nerve.

I have spoken to Citroen about extending the lease on the current car, which they won't do, but if you apply for a lease on a different Citroen, Peugeot or DS, they will be prepared to extend the lease on the existing car until the new one arrives, so don't be rushed to make a deal with the end date of your current lease in mind if you think that a new PSA deal is on the cards.

​nice one,be good to hear

Brian from v4b just called today,he offered me the flair c4picasso for £177 on a 3x23 deal 10000 miles.or the cactus for*£152. I told him I didn't need a top spec car or 10000 miles but 6 or 7 ,he said his deal would not last.....I said oh well,ill wait a bit nearer to the end of the year...he said he'll look again!!! he's playing the game.if he can do one for £120-£130 I'll be happy.

​i was called by v4b,i knew my wife's hire car needed a service so I asked if mine did and they said yes,only a small service every 12 months.mines due before I return it (Nov 29th).you can use any approved Citroen garage,it does NOT need to be an actual Citroen garage, luckily there is one a mile from me.thatll be far cheaper than a Citroen garage.you can always request the car to be picked up after your last payment (early) and then it won't need a service. (so v4b told me). I was also told the 12 month service if from the day you received the car...not as suggested above,so may be worth checking if unsure.

The guy who phoned to arrange delivery told me it would need done in September. The cars were pre-registered by a few months and need it done 12 months after, so next month.

Hi Can anyone help I wasn't told that I had to service the car when I got it. Didn't think it would need this in the first year. How did you all know this has to be done. Thank you.

They will cut it any way you like, as long as the payments to Citroen come to £4,617 over two years. Add on their £360 fee, so it is £188.63 per month. With fee divided over 24 instead of 12, it is £40 per month more than last year.

Yes I got a call also 9months upfront. Then 24 payments of 144.29 plus £360 fee

Whats the deposit on that deal?

yep your right,but I need a car !! a deal will show up,we all need to keep looking and share a deal here eh?

I am happy to go without a car for a month or so if it means getting the right deal.

The importers are going to start to eye up their year end sales soon and will come up with something more competitive between now and November.

that's too much,brian called me today same deal...he's trying it on I reckon.

I got the same call. Queried the price for 6K and 8K miles a year but they are only offering the 10K miles deal.

I had v4b contact me again today.

Citroen C4 Picasso Flair, 1.6HDi, glass roof, parking assist, reversing camera etc. for £192.38 per month.

An additional £70 per month on a 24 month deal.

Nothing yet, think I'm just too picky

I'm on the lookout for another deal so will be interested to see. I emailed Elliott at V4B about a week ago but haven't heard back. I also emailed the fleet manager at Citreon. He said he didn't have anything to offer but might in September so I'll keep you all updated :smiley:

I spoke to him last week he said hes looking at getting another deal together but i wanna see how the return goes first how much they gonna hammer me

​any luck yet?

spoke to Brian from v4b today,you don't need to use Citroen just a garage that is Citroen approved and use genuine parts...bingo! I've also asked for another deal this year and he's looking out for one.anyone else want another deal this year.?

Thanks for the heads up, there's a bit of a variance my closest (Stoneacre) isn't the cheapest but the cheapest one is near where I work so happy days!:sunglasses:

I've been looking into servicing and having checked my local Citreon garages via the online booking system they range from £129 up to £180 so worth trying a few different ones. I'm going to contact my closest one soon and see if they'll do it for / beat the £129. I'll let you know when I have got it booked in.

I was thinking the same. My neighbor works for ford and can do it on a sat morning for half the price but not sure if it has to be citroen.

can I get the car serviced elsewhere? or does it need to be serviced at Citroen service center only? any idea....

I've got about 4 or 5 quite big dead patches across the bottom of the centre LCD screen

Why whats happened?

Not yet but plan to do so as I'll need some warranty work doing

Has anyone had theres serviced yet? If so did u use main dealer?

behind the times it's part 3 now :stuck_out_tongue:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1607379

Theres the cactus at the same price again. Search pistonheads for best lease car deals part 2 hundreds of deals pop up

Not a lot about at the moment, certainly not much this cheap, have started looking in earnest myself too...

Think we just need to keep an open mind and be led by the deal rather than the car

anyone looking at getting another deal like this one when the contract runs out ? I'm happy with this and want another deal at the same price...any ideas ??

I think that I do not have the Speed Adaptive Cruise Control, nor the automatic full beam headlights. Not the end of the world, but there definitely seem to be different specs amongst those of us who have taken up this deal.

Also, someone mentioned different mood lights on different cars. I have two little pinpricks of light beside the switches for the main cabin lights. Doesn't do much for the mood.

Anyway, it is still a fantastic car. I drove 375 miles in one day this week, with the wife and kids on board. We barely noticed it. The last car would have been an ordeal.

EDIT: I posted this in the wrong topic, should have been in the Cactus one!

I took delivery last week and absolutely love it.

Coming from an 08 Seat Ibiza, which was relatively good spec, this feels like a great upgrade. A really nice drive, already feeling the economical benefits getting c58mpg on almost 400 miles. The Cruise Control, once I got used to it, is much better than the one on my Ibiza. When I can maintain my speed I find myself adjusting it with the +/- buttons without touching the pedal. Super lazy!

A few tips for new Cactus owners are here: http://www.cactusforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=674

Most you will find in the manual, but some nice little 'tricks' in there just to make your life easier.

Also - while not officially available in the UK (only France it seems) you can download Link My Citroen.

iOs guide here - http://www.cactusforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=350
Android apk here - http://apk-dl.com/link-mycitro%C3%ABn/com.psa.citroen

It is a nice little app and syncs your trips, MPG, and more via bluetooth. A handly little tracker and you can even export your data by email (say for things like budgeting, buying your car insurance, etc).

Thanks again OP. While delivery took a little longer for me than I had hoped, there is no getting away that this is a superb deal.

Thank you

I checked my credit score on Noodle.co.uk and under financial arrangements the lease with PSA bank says that the balance is just over £16k. I understand that this is for how much they value the car.

You put citroen as the owner v4b is just a middle man so its citroen coventry or which ever one is delivering your car. Market value i just put £24k u cud £100k they only pay what they want anyway

I will get delivery of my vehicle on 14th of december.
Looking for some help while buying the vehicle.
On comparethemarket.com website it asks if I am the registered keeper of the vehicle, should I select No and provide the details of leasing company?
Also it asks for approximate market value of the car? Mine is white Exclusive (not exclusive plus). Comparethemarket automatically selects the value of the car as 16000 is that correct?
Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help

All the Pistonheads stuff seems quite racy. Unfortunately my Megane 275 days are behind me.

If you're bored part 1 of the thread started here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1346121&mid=17607&i=10000&nmt=Best+lease+car+deals+available%3F&mid=17607

Good call on the pistonheads website. Just looked back a couple of pages and been some good deals. Use the site all the time but missed that thread

Also http://www.contracthireandleasing.com

What other places are there to look for lease cars? Only seen them on HUKD

I was so close to getting the golf r deal but chickened out because never had a lease now ive had this wish i went for it!

To be fair it's been a mix I have probably been lucky and the factory orders have come on time! Agree about the extensions though not had an awful lot of luck and in most cases have returned cars a little early to save having more than one. Could probably avoid the phone and pretend to be on holiday to get a couple of weeks grace. For me it's part of the fun

I guess you could extend your previous lease by asking the finance company. But from past experience of leasing a Merc, BMW, Audi, Renault, VW via Arval etc. it's not been possible. Only managed it with Ford and Skoda financing and that was for 6 months.

What if you leased the cheap Golf R lease deals from a year ago (£200/month)? Or the 208 gti for £160/month? These cars were promised with a delivery of a couple of months - cars were delivered 3-7 months later.

Presumably you've been ordering stock orders? The best offers tend to be on factory orders rather than stock cars.

Would happily share on here if i had the details but i was shown the deal but was on an email from a lad at work who leases. Will see if i can get any details if your interested cant promise anything tho

Would you mind sharing the details as I may be interested (PM is fine :-) )

More positivity from Karlie88 :stuck_out_tongue:

I've been leasing cars for about 18 years now and have never been without a car for longer than half a day, it's quite easy to delay things by a few days until things fall into place.

​mines fine

​brian said you get a new car when the old one gets picked up. so if a deals available then its easy.if not I'll just buy a car its not as if I need a lease deal and that's the best position to be in.salesmen try it all the time,when he offered me this in white/red then blue....I said "forget it and thanks",two days later a grey one appeared (the colour I wanted)

Has anyone else found the gearbox a bit notchy? Not had a Citroen before so might be normal but the Mrs was complaining about it yesterday!

Being car-less for a few weeks doesn't really bother me. I live in London so only really drive at the weekends. If we really needed to go somewhere, and didn't feel like public transport, I would just hire one.

Dont forget you pay your initial payment then a month after so possible have 8 week window to get car. Was shown an offer today bmw gt £170 with £600 deposit so theres mega deals to be had

Getting a brand new family car like this for £150/month will be difficult every year.

Also, timing the delivery of your next car will be difficult. You're likely to be car-less for a few weeks or will be paying to have 2 cars on your drive.

You'll see what I mean next year.

Be sure to get it up on HUKD as soon as you can. I guess Seanwinf was the first to get his motor so needs to get the new one first. There are some great deals at this time of the year. The Nissan Juke one caught my eye as well.

Getting a brand new car every twelve months, and paying £150 pm for the privelege, really appeals to me.

i called Brian yesterday and asked him if i could get a deal like this next year ...he didn't say no ,he just said hell be in tough a few months before this car goes back .

do we have the auto dimming lights ,i cant seem to find the option on the "drivers assistance" section on the screen like it says in the book ,if fact some of the stuff in the book isnt for our car im pretty sure .any thoughts ?

Ohhhhh i have an air freshner in the glovebox but wasnt sure where it went. Will have a look how to fit it

The silver knob on the top of the dashboard is for the air freshener. I was surprised that it came with one to get me started and it smells great. If you look at page 116 in the manual it tells you more about it.

Haha i was thinking that think it opens and closes the vents in the middle? Put the postcode in the city part i was told on here how to do that

ok,what's the silver button by the display panel for its winding me up .oh ,and how do i input a postcode on the sat nav ..thanks

Mine doesn't say + anywhere but has self park, keyless entry, passenger footrest etc.

Looked and mine is the + and does not have the adaptive cruise so thinking mine is the newer model. Where does it say the build date?

Mine is definitely an exclusive + and also has the adaptive cruise control. I'm guessing Citroen had some random C4 Picasso's sat around so have leased them all out. I know they dropped the adaptive cruise or more recent models but not sure what date it was. My cars build date was back in 2014 hence it has the adaptive cruise.

I believe so

Is the adaptive where it automatically reduces speed to the person in front?

I've definitely got the exclusive+ Though don't have adaptive cruise control like some have mentioned but hey ho :wink:

Has everyone else been supplied with the better model as well?

Nope mine says exclusive on side but has every option except 360 view and bits and pieces

I seem to have been supplied with the Exclusive but not the Exclusive+ which has the panoramic roof and the rear parking camera. Also did not get the automatic parking. Has this happened to anyone else?

Yeh we went to tescco carpark just to use it haha very good but was scared. We have had a renault for abit so keyless. Im not sure the keyless lock just locks when u walk away does it thought u had to took your hand behind the handle

Did you try the automatic parking? Very impressive! Plus the keyless entry is really handy. I'm never confident enough to walk away and leave it unlocked though.

I got mine this morning in London. The delivery guy had driven it down from Coventry, and was going to Orpington to pick up a car and bring it back with him.

I had thought it would come on a truck, because of the 6 delivery miles as mentioned elsewhere, but there were 160 on it when he showed up. Also about an eighth of a tank of fuel in it.

From the little I have driven it, it is a great car. The electronic handbrake takes a bit of getting used to.

Cheers for the quick reply. I imagine it will be a completely different delivery driver then since I'm up in York. Looking forward to it's arrival which will hopefully be fairly soon!

Interestingly I phoned Admiral up yesterday to sort out insurance. I mentioned to them that it was a lease car and they said because I was on a multi car policy it didn't matter who the registered keeper was.

Hello,

I'm in Cambridge. They deliver the car one at a time. The delivery guy told me he had come from kent this morning. I asked him where he was heading to next. He said back to kent to pick up another car and then off to London this afternoon. Sorry he did not mention a colour. We had become a bit impatient waiting for the car, but the car looks really good, I think it's been worth the wait.

Our car has just arived. Looks nice in red.Hell of alot of gadgets.

Can I ask if any of you got gap insurance and what you paid?

mines coming monday now . at last ,its sort of put me off getting another next year unless i get it as this one goes,or we will all be car less.

We have been told ours is arriving tomorrow

thanks,he has told me he is waiting for confirmation from port,[whatever that is ,so i am in contact with him . thanks anyway

still no call from brian today !! starting to get a bit **** off now ,was told delivery ought to be last week .

Promise not to laugh!

Had it a week now and only just noticed it doesn't have a CD player :laughing:

We're getting ours on Wednesday.

Finally!

I can't wait. I'm trying to convince the wife that we should do a booze cruise to Calais, but she's not so keen.

does anybody know if i can still apply for this deal?? cant seem to find it on their website....

thanks

Interestingly my car has a build date of 11/12/14 and a registered date of 30/09/15 so obviously they are some old stock they have had sat around. Luckily for us the spec has changed and I believe we have the car with the best spec. In the newer models they have removed the adaptive cruise control and also reduced the number of mood lights inside the car. The engine in ours is a e-hdi 115BHP where as the new engine is a blue-hdi 120BHP. Ours is apparantly 22kg lighter, insurance group 18 where as the new one is 20. Strangely the 0-60 time for ours is 11.4 sec and the 120BHP is quoted as 12.2 sec. After all those geeky figures it would appear we are better off!!!

so,does anyone reckon they will do a deal in a years time to keep us all on board ?I'm a bit scared that I'll get used to a new cheap car.!

Apparently the Picasso we get is not the one on sale at present. The engine we get is Euro 5 and the new one is Euro 6. When these were the current model they were £280 per month on lease. They were pre registered in September and so we need to service them in September 16. The engine is 115bhp and the Euro 6 ones are 120bhp.

Do I know what Euro 6 means? No.

Is it worth saving £160 per month over? Hell, yes!

Sean, did you check out the current brochure? Is there any difference in spec?

They have told me that I can change my Direct Debit date to within 10 days either side of delivery.

I paid my £118 earlier this week and just gave a chaser to V4B, so waiting for a delivery date.

mine still at the "docks" so i should of had a delivery this week,now its looking like maybe next week ,Brian is good but its all a bit slow now ,i have paid my £118 last week , anyone know when they start taking payments ?

Received my call today from Citroen who have given me a delivery date of Wednesday the 25th :smiley:

It's not obvious, I had to look it up!

For postcode enter country then put the postcode in the city box :sunglasses:

I can confirm that mine accepts full 7 digit postcodes

Glad you're enjoying it. There are reports of the earlier versions of the Sat Nav only having 5 digit postcode input and that there is a software update to include 7 digit postcodes. Will be interesting to see what software our cars have.

Well drove to paris and back on saturday and loved it so glad i was in that than my other car! Everything works great except sat nav dont have postcode function or i couldnt find it. Great on fuel and so comfy! Well happy with it especially for £118

[img][/img]Well its just turned up well happy with it and my god its got some gadgets!! Proper happy with brian at v4b and stephen from citroen thanks!!

So did anyone else gap insurance? Ive not got it now from v4b so not sure if to buy from elsewhere or not.

​can I ask where you got it for £20

Got my terms and conditions through today and it does use the term 'market value' so not list price.

Has anyone seen the lease documents to know what Citroen would want in the event of a write off?
Would it not be the retail value of the car (Which would be in excess of Citreon's actual loss presumably) .

Thanks for the clarification.

Just don't see how a car that's actually cost £17k to buy by the finance company, (which is what they'd want if the car was stolen/written off on day 1), would need £10k Gap cover, especially on a 1 year lease. But as you say, your choice.

Enjoy your C4.

:smiley:

Its for the Exclusive+ model, 'on the road rrp' £24,445.00 . Looks like the metallic paints listed as a £520 rrp extra too.
So technically £24,965.

No its the exclusive+ car so £25k 1.6 115. Will have to look into this gap policy then ive got the wrong 1

25,045 according to my paperwork and the Citroen website. Personally not taking any chances for the sake of £20'

Don't think the deal was for a £25k C4? Thought it was the 1.6 with 100ps with a list price of £19k? Or am I mistaken?

Either way, £5k Gap is more than enough on a 1 year lease for any £20k car. In fact, you could argue that Gap insurance is not required. You're merely insuring another insurance policy.

Esure has:
New car replacement
We will replace your car with a
new one if your car is less than
one year old at the date of
damage and you or your
partner are the first and only
registered keeper and if the
cost of damage is more than
55% of the manufacturers latest
UK list price.

I suspect it will be commonplace with all Motor Insurers - sadly!

LV have similar wording :smile:

DL exclude leased vehicles, they state first registered owner (not keeper) so they will only pay you the market value whatever that may be, so worse case scenario is 364 days later....buy GAP Insurance it is not expensive. Please also note that some of these online GAP companies use companies based in Gibraltar as the Insurer, be careful folks.

Good points for everyone me thinks.

List price is Circa 25k and is likely what Citroen finance would want to be repaid

Do you need GAP insurance on a leased car? Does anyone have the wording from the lease yet, I know you need fully comp insurance so in the event of a total loss the current retail value of the car is paid. Does this not cover the liability you would have in respect of the lease car value in the first year?
Thanks in advance for any guidance on this.

Yep, ALA/Gap 123 have 10% off codes floating around on the net and 10% via TCB/Quidco too. £10k is too much cover for a car valued at £17k, especially for a 1 year lease. £5k is more than sufficient, although it only would have made a couple of quid difference when getting a quote.

Also, lots of people mistakenly think their insurance company covers for a replacement car within its 1st year, but that tends to be for registered owners, which of course you're not with a lot of lease agreements. Just a heads up for people...

I got a GAP cover quote for £54.75 - covered up to £10K which is plenty imho. It was based on a vehicle valued between £15-25K. Interesting, well to me anyway, was the fact that DL my Insurer will not give replacement cover on a new leased vehicle!

Might want to cancel that Gap policy - £228 is a high price to pay. You could have paid £60 via ALA or Gap123.

Sorry i ment £19 a month it was from v4b

I took the gap insurance for the sake of £19

I have signed and returned paperwork, I would also like to know if anyone else has taken out gap insurance?

paid my £118 today,cars being delivered next week.(its at the docks),anyone done gap insurance?

Paid my initial payment today direct to Stephen at Citroen. He checked and my cars not at a dealer yet, he hopes he'll have it delivered to me next week sometime.

Oh and registration form etc was last friday paid my initial payment saturday direct to stephen at citroen

I was the 1 who posted the deal so was very first i believe to get in. The people at v4b have been great even with me because i was in abit of a rush! Im sure u will hear something if not give um a bell

Sounds good everyone. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the car when you all receive them. Hopefully I'll get a call soon and a speedy delivery.

Mines being delivered on Monday :sunglasses:

I'm near York and I get mine Friday.

Mines coming tomorrow!!

can we all keep an eye out for a deal next november ?? lol

my paperwork has also showed up ,got my new 65 plate number and i e mailed all the docs to citroen ,covenrty!

i pick up mine on Friday. from my local citroen Garage

anyone knows who the dealer is?

I was emailed the Citroen paperwork today from V4B. Signed it and returned so will wait to hear about payment and delivery date now. My paperwork's got the reg number / vin number on it so ones definitely been assigned to me :smiley:

Sadly the dealer is 2 and a quarter hours away so will have to wait till they have a slot to drop it off with me in York.

I wonder how long it's going to take till we have firm delivery dates.

Coming along nicely. I will say everyone not heard much they are mega busy spoke to them a few times and always helpful and do as much as they possibly can. Citroen have been great as well

No... seems to have gone quiet since they took the admin fee!

i got a decline today... :-(

Anybody have a firm date yet?

delivery in 2 weeks

Got the call today. Got ine in shark grey

so once the forms and the admin fee have been paid, what happens next? does that mean its guaranteed? will sell my old banger if so haha!!

No just order form and admin fee form.

Received my call today. They had 1 white, 1 silver and 1 red one left so I went for the white. Forms completed and returned so will wait on Citroen now :smiley:

Thanks, have you completed the lease paperwork yet? I've only done the order form and broker fee document.

Anybody got a firm delivery date yet?

Hi, so has anyone taken out gap insurance or anything like a dent scratch repair and alloy wheel repair insurance on this?

Didn't get a call today sadly. I'll see what tomorrow brings with fingers crossed :smiley:

Was told similar delivery time.

ok i have a printer and scanner all in one so will give it another try- not sure ive ever scanned anything before !did they say delivery time? he said 7-10days to me earlier

did you scan the forms? im having trouble doing this. Also, when do they take the £360 fee-

I've also gone for the red - signed and sent forms back today so just waiting for a confirmation now

I wanted blue but none left . It's white or ruby red so have gone for red. Was called by the leasing company and they emailed forms over

Me too, signed and returned order this morning for a blue one.

I've had confirmation today by phone call that one is reserved for me . Happy days

oh dear!! i really hope we dont miss out either, our car is 13 years old and hasnt much life left in it. have never had 'new' before nor finance,lease etc. but this seems a good option. fingers crossed for us all. will update tomorrow if i hear anything

Seen this on watchdog terrible!!

i was called back on friday and told it would be monday before i heard

Had confirmation on wednesday i had the car.

Mine was confirmed on Friday.. 2 weeks delivery

Anybody got confirmation about the car? I also applied but havent heard from them.

apparently it's in stock, so around 2 weeks, but they'll have a ether idea on Monday, or so I was told, when I inquired.

I managed to order a picasso yesterday., swapped over from the cactus deal. the picasso that I've ordered is a exclusive plus spec - I'm landed.

i had the same call too.

Had a call this afternoon to say they are still waiting for a batch of credit checks etc from Citroen and probably won't hear anything until Monday now

They are also processing my credit check too so I imagine that by the time that's done they will all be gone. I was told yesterday morning there were 25 and 10 had already gone so by now I imagine they'll all be gone. Cracking deal for people who get it. Will update this when I hear back either way :smiley:

Anyone had any dates at all?

+1 gone very quiet, not holding out much hope now

i am waiting for them to process my credit check too.

im waiting too was told they originally had 45 vehicles, yesterday when i called he said they had 40 left.

I'm waiting for them to process a credit check so not sure if theyve any left or not yet!

Ive gone for the shark grey. Just waiting for a delivery day. Was told yesterday within 10 days then told i would find out today but today they said if i not heard monday he will chase it so just hope its here before 13th nov because of my holiday

i am also waiting for the credit check to clear ,thay say there have been loads of apps,all the black ones are gone [2] !
there is only blue grey white and 1 red left .! not exactly a massive stock is it !. we will see ,but i did say ,dont try to fob me off with a lower spec, [as they will try].
if its gone ,then its gone ,there will be more deals about ,but for a large family car such as this ,it was a cracking deal.

Did anyone manage to sign up for one of these?

Very interesting!!!

Probably only had a certain amount available maybe.

Yeh ive expired it but not changed yet.

Link is dead, deal seems to be gone.

Ah shame this isn't for the Grand Picasso as I am in the market for a 7 seater. Sounds a great deal anyway.

GAP insurance should not be of issue if only a 12 month lease as many Insurance Policies will replace with a brand new vehicle if under 12 months old and written off - However check your wording carefully!

Where have all those posts gone? Who dont self promote and not as if they are pushing a product i am the customer so nice to see there watching there product

Especially seeing as the username is 'loveabargainwales'

Registered office: Wrexham, LL13 9UH, Wales

Coincidence?

LOL

Well folks if you ever wanted to see self promotion on hukd then you've got it here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It's so obvious it's unreal.

What kind of car insurance would you need in place for this. normal comprehensive or the gap insurance

gets 4 out of 5 on WhatCar? and this is the engine, version etc to go for - have some heat

What are the chances of getting a similarly priced lease in twelve months' time? Is it because the local distributor is trying to get its sales numbers up for the end of the year, and so this is a good time to renew a lease?

My key concern is being unable to find any decent deals in twelve months' time.

This
Missus took the last juke deal to our local Nissan dealer and they price matched-collecting this Monday.

Good deal if you like the car

Good deal.

Guys, I'm new to this, do they give the newest one? e.g. 65 plate or what? :innocent:

Very good price even after taking into account it is a shltroen Heat but not a deal for me.

I recently bought a car, but I think I will sell it and go for this deal. This is much better than buying outright as this yearly payment is much less than depreciation. I feel silly buying a car when u can get deals like this

hot!

is it business only? what would happen if something 'happened' during those 12 months? like a child drew on the chair/ a window got broken/ dents/ etc etc.....

MoT after 12 months - really? :confused:

our car is literally on its last legs, never had one on finance / lease before but am tempted. what happpens after the 12 months is up?can you keep it on a similar deal?

Ronnie Pickering says it doesn't need a #*$~^#@ service you @$#*!

As said before you'd have to service any new car after 12 months. The first service on a citroen probably isn't going to be too bad, perhaps around £200.

Looks like business only...

Off topic question if anyone can help me. Should I go with this deal or better wait for the new year and see what deals come up then? Only asking as recently had some expensive parts replaced on my current car and would like to make it worthwhile...

£360 processing fee. Rather excessive methinks.

Cheap as chips

Can you actually do that? He stated on the phone it had to be serviced?

Citroen states a 2013- 1.6 diesel car needs a service after 16000 miles or 1 year which ever is sooner

I don't know this site but there are similar sites who post ridiculously low prices for leased cars, then when you call them, they never have it in stock and they try to push you other cars. Be careful.

It's just standard to need a service, to maintain the warranty on any new car you have to have it serviced every 12 months or 10k miles or some have something like variable service times?? But yeah standard on new cars.

Yes delivery is included. Its only the same as any new car, have to kept clean and tidy and serviced after all its going to be sold on after you have had its best from it.

do they deliver?

so you have to get a 12 month car serviced on 10k miles ...and how much will they screw you for that ? seems a good deal ,but its getting more expensive,i have been thinking about this for ages but am not sure .is the terms and condition's on the site?

looks great ,pity they don't do this on the ds5 , i am in love with that one .does anyone know if you get a choice of colour?

can i ask , why would you want servicing ? do you need it ? also what about any extras?

Fantastic deal. Shame it's not 15k miles like the cactus deal but congratulations on getting such a good deal on your first lease. Citroen are almost certainly taking a bit of a loss on these for some reason.

£148.80 a month with processing fee.

Need to add a £360 admin fee which essentially adds £30 per month.

my current lease is still got a long time to go but this is really tempting

a lot of car for the money

Wow that is cheaper than some of the tiny C1 deals. Jealous as I was originally going for the exclusive model but was sold out. Much higher spec than the Cactus offer the C4 exclusive+ RRP is over £25000 compared to less than £17000 for the Cactus

Its my first lease car because of mileage but doing less now so hoping it works for me

Probably not when you are going over so excessively I guess. My car had clocked 100k now and I want a stop gap for a year so this is attractive but the mileage kills it for me sadly.

Shame the mileage is always so low. If i did 30k in this how much extra would it cost me?

Nope not mis price. The citroen cactus from them at the weekend went mad and they had this off citroen to help with demand. Done order forms etc so defo ok

£360 processing fee

That has to be a mis price! If you can get it at this price snap it up. I am having the lower spec VTR+ delivered on Friday and that is costing £180 a month which is about £100 less than other offers.

Thanks OP. I'm after a lease deal pretty soon - this looks decent.

Alot of car for the money as well

That is cheap motoring for a year