1.6 HDI semi auto

The worst car I have ever driven

On paper, this car should be great. I have a reasonably high spec version with pretty much everything on offer except for sat-nav. As a company car, I inherited this car from another employee so it was not my choice, there are so many problems and faults with this car so I am going to list the good stuff first:

For:
It has a button on the key fob to make the lights turn on when you are looking for it in a dark car park

Against:
Very poor ride and handling, the roll around corners is nausiating. Everyone who sits in the passenger seat comments about the ride and the gear change.
The semi-automatic gearbox is awful, it cannot decide what gear it wants and the gear change is particuarly bad. It jolts forward when it changes up.
The electronics are very unreliable - it is only 2.5 years old and the heated seats do not work, the radio reception is terible, the bluetooth connection is unreliable, often when I lock it, it unlocks itself within a few minutes which is not ideal. It has been back to the dealer several times and they cannot sort out the radio or heated seats
The fuel economy is very bad - I'm a careful driver and struggle to get 35mpg out of it and I am mainly doing motorway driving
The doors are very heavy and tend to shut themselves unless they are fully opened. The boot lid is not sprung loaded so you have to lift it all the way up when unloading.
The fuel gauge is not reliable. I have turned it off at night with a supposed quarter of a tank left and it has failed to start in the morning - apparently a common fault with it accordning to the RAC man.
When I first got the car I let my girlfriend drive it without telling her how bad I thought the driving experience was. After a few miles, the word she used to describe it was 'hideous'.
The most annoying thing about the car is that Citroen have moved every button, every switch and every lever from its conventional place for no apparent reason, just to make the driving experience even more frustrating. I had to get the manual out once to turn the fog lights on.
I am used to driving VWs, Fords or BMWs, maybe I am being unrealistic in expecting a lot from this car (seen as the list price was more than my old 3-series?)
I am only giving this car a 1 star as there in option for 0

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