Cracking motor, next time though I'd post to here - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/216-skoda-citigo/ Tweenster might get a bit jealous after seeing those wheels

Needs bigger rims with spacers on the rear.

You preferably need spaces front and rear, I happened to find a some online designed for the citigo (something like a 20mm spacer) but it's over the £100 mark, there are 3 but only 1 comes with screws

Tweenster might get a bit jealous after seeing those wheels

 

LOL! I'm cool with it; I like these wheels but I won't be fitting them, I prefer 15s.

LOL! I'm cool with it; I like these wheels but I won't be fitting them, I prefer 15s.

And I'll stick with my one of a kind black 14" minis

The wheels were the standard fit on the German Monte Carlo, I do like them though.

The wheels were the standard fit on the German Monte Carlo, I do like them though.

You have better roads in Germany!

You have better roads in Germany!

 

Agreed. Germany's roads are maintained to a higher level. Up here, I drive like I'm drunk as I swerve avoiding potholes regularly! 

Agreed. Germany's roads are maintained to a higher level. Up here, I drive like I'm drunk as I swerve avoiding potholes regularly! 

Or perhaps you can't see due to all the snow on the car (hinting to a recent picture )

Or perhaps you can't see due to all the snow on the car (hinting to a recent picture )

 

OH! So that's what it was! Had the air conditioning on, wondered why it wouldn't clear...  

Gave the Citigo a quick clean today and then took her for a spin. I drove like Colin McRae where it was safe to do so and Like Miss Daisy where I had to, thoroughly enjoyed the drive out and despite using 6000rpm on several occasions it still had 50+mpg on the PID. I really do like this little car.

 

As an aside, I've settled on 29psi all round for the tyres, the recommended 26 on the rear seems a little low and bouncy and I find it more settled on 29.

Checked mine the other day and all were 20psi [emoji15]

Put them up to 28 and it's so much better now. [emoji106]

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Checked mine the other day and all were 20psi [emoji15]

Put them up to 28 and it's so much better now. [emoji106]

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Mine just had it's service, if I check them now I'm guessing they'll be at 40psi

Haha you're probably right [emoji6]

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Was a nice morning today and managed to get out and give the Citigo a clean, a layer of Sonax BSD and a clean of the windows. Looking really good; I don't think the photos do it justice but the red really does 'gleam'.

 

 

 

 

The downside to giving it a good clean is finding all the stone chips and scratches. There are some small scratches on the roof (courtesy of the resident peacocks I believe), a stone chip on the leading edge of the bonnet and one on the nearside near the fog light. Hey ho, the joy of car ownership.

the number plate looks different, is it one of those ones with numbers/letters that stick out if that makes at all any sense?

the number plate looks different, is it one of those ones with numbers/letters that stick out if that makes at all any sense?

 

Yes, pressed metal plate in a plate holder, so no screws in the plate.

 

Thats the word I was looking for very nice

Nice pics.

Just needs a bonnet / roof stripe lol.

Nice pics.

Just needs a bonnet / roof stripe lol.

 

No thank you; it's a Monte Carlo not a Sport. But I do fancy a gloss black roof!

Looking forward to seeing the black roof. Shame SUK don't give us in the UK the option of the sunroof on the monte.

A couple more pics:

 

An unusual angle:

 

 

And with its bigger brother:

 

Another nice day so I thought I would get out and treat my wheels to a layer of Carbon Collective Platinum wheel sealer. Unfortunately (and once again!) I failed at the first hurdle in that my trolley jack/hockey puck combo is not low enough to get under the Citigo. So, being the King of Short Cuts, I decided that I would just do the fronts and save the full clean for another day. So I gave the wheels a wash, dried them off and applied the CC sealer. Dead easy to do; they don't 'gleam' but apparently this sealer is good for some 2 years before it needs re-doing. I'll et you know how it performs.

 

The good news was that the wheels are still in A1 condition; no scratches, kerb marks, dings or anything.

 

Oh yes, and I gave it a thrash around the lanes whilst getting dinner - great fun!

I love the word "thrash" [emoji16]

These seem to like it too [emoji106]

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Another nice day so I thought I would get out and treat my wheels to a layer of Carbon Collective Platinum wheel sealer. Unfortunately (and once again!) I failed at the first hurdle in that my trolley jack/hockey puck combo is not low enough to get under the Citigo. So, being the King of Short Cuts, I decided that I would just do the fronts and save the full clean for another day. So I gave the wheels a wash, dried them off and applied the CC sealer. Dead easy to do; they don't 'gleam' but apparently this sealer is good for some 2 years before it needs re-doing. I'll et you know how it performs.

 

The good news was that the wheels are still in A1 condition; no scratches, kerb marks, dings or anything.

 

Oh yes, and I gave it a thrash around the lanes whilst getting dinner - great fun!

I'm still surprised my black wheels have lasted a year without damage