► Month 10 living with the Citroën C4 Cactus
► Is the prickly one as innovative as we thought?
► This month we struggle with lighting issues
Two winter illumination issues. Firstly, the reversing light is tea-light-powerful pants. I’m having to master left-foot braking merely to up the lumen quotient, the resultant manoeuvre feeling somewhat akin to backing into brothel alley. Secondly, we’ve noticed that the door-linked interior lighting has been bean-countered down to just one measly overhead lamp of an efficacy on a par with the novelty torch from a cheap Christmas cracker. Who’d have thought it possible to lose an entire Labrador in the footwell?
Logbook: Citroen C4 Cactus Blue HDi 100
Engine: 1560cc TD, 99bhp @ 3750rpm, 187lb ft @ 1750rpm
Transmission: 5spd manual, fwd
Stats: 10.7 sec 0-62mph, 114mph, 89g/km
Price: £17,990
As tested: £19,330
Miles this month: 974
Total miles: 8504
Our mpg: 56.4
Official mpg: 83.1
Fuel: £88.05
Extra costs: £0