I remember experiencing power windows for the first time on a Mercedes owned by a friend’s father, and it felt like magic. Today, driving aids and creature comforts have become pervasive. I learnt how to drive in the mid-1990s on a Maruti van - as the Omni was called back then - and that did not even have an air conditioner. Honestly, it was not like this in the past. This, along with the reverse sensors whose beeps you get accustomed to, including the loud shrill just before you hit something, has spoiled me.Īlso read: Bike, auto, jaywalker, beep beep-why ADAS will soon make your car behave like a plane It sure is a lot less physically strenuous than twisting your torso and turning your head over your shoulder. I know the warnings about not trusting the camera solely are there on all cars, but, usually, when I reverse a car, I stare intently at the reverse camera display on the infotainment screen. Even the Maruti Suzuki Alto has a reverse camera as a standard in its top model.Īnd as useful as reverse sensors are, nothing quite beats a reverse camera. Citroen says you can get it as an option but carmakers are mandated to have reverse parking sensors on all cars now. Sure, the car comes with a lovely high-definition screen for the infotainment system, but weirdly lacks a reverse camera as a standard fitment. The fact that there are no electrically adjustable outside mirrors or prismatic night setting on the inside rear-view mirror is downright irritating. Coupled with the fact that the C3 lacks an automatic transmission, which is increasingly a necessity in places like NCR, it was not always enjoyable.īut an automatic is not the only thing the C3 lacks. So, it was a fun car to drive whenever you found an empty stretch of road to give the turbocharger a workout, which, during the day, in Delhi-NCR, is almost impossible. And while I had reviewed the car when the French carmaker launched it in Goa, driving a vehicle in its natural habitat - an urban megapolis - is the best way to evaluate how living with it feels like. Recently, I found the Citroen C3 turbo at my house in CR Park in Delhi.
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