I'm currently looking to swap to a CitiGo/Mii or Up. Now I've had a couple of little test drives, I like the cars and they go well enough. One thing I have noticed is that for me to get into a comfortable driving position the steering wheel obscures a fair portion of the speedometer. Does anyone else notice this or does the speed appear in the digital portion anyway? I never checked, 

the steering wheel is adjustable in an up and down direction ( not forward and back) this solves the problem for me .

Cheers, I was aware of that. But does the digital display portion of the instrument panel displace current speed in MPH??

I think it does if there is a trip computer, but its also on the satnav if you wanted it there.

On our Citigo, with trip computer it does display the speed, and yes i found in some positions the top of the dial is obscured.

Cheers, my thoughts were I don't really mind if the speedo is slightly obscured so long as I have view of the digital bit for speed.

I have looked at my citigo manual and the little display below the speedo does not show the speed. If you want a digital speed display you need to get one of the elegance models which have a PID  which can show speed 

To get the digital readout at the bottom of the speedometer you need the trip computer; this comes in a bundle with parking sensors and cruise control that is optional on SE, Elegance, Monte Carlo and the new Colour Edition - only the Sport had the trip computer as standard. Any Citigo is prepared for PID, which also shows your speed - PID is standard on all Elegance, Black and Colour Edition models. 

Ah right, cheers for that bit of info, at least I know what I'm looking for now. Started to look at the Citigo/Up and not  sure if I can stretch to a new/nearly new or I will get something with a few miles on. I think I've only ever seen one with cruise control so I would imagine it's not a particularly common/popular option.

Standard on Move Up trim from 2012. So there'll be more around that are younger.

Standard on Move Up trim from 2012. So there'll be more around that are younger.

Cheers.

 

Been sniffing around a little, in the hope that with the face lifted Up being imminent there may some deals to be had with regards to old stock. After a quick ring round a couple of local dealers already have discounts in addition to those that are already being advertised. (currently they are knocking £900 off)  A "stock" pre-reg zero-miles, Club-Up with a total £2K off the sticker price caught my eye, which is a pretty good saving. If you aren't too fussed about colour and they have something in-stock that suits that is a pretty good saving. I am tempted but as I'm a tight git, my thoughts are the Up is overpriced to begin with and the outgoing model will take a little hit on price due to the new model hitting the streets. Fingers crossed Skoda do the same, as I assume the face-lift with filter through to those at some point. Having said all that if I can drop on a pre-reg or ex-demo at decent money I would snap possibly go that way.

Edited 29 June, 20169 yr by DampDog