Should I buy a peugeot??

Personally i like the 206 XSi 1.6. Has the sporty seats and bumpers and stuff :)

What sort of stuff? My insurance goes up £84 with the 1.4 GLX and £190 with the 1.6 GLX which is a little bit more than I am wanting to pay..

Well it has the nicer sports interior, almost all have A/C and all have the electrics, they also have the slighly bigger and nicer alloys, and a few of them have had the dealer SP kit fitted, which makes them look much nicer :)

I suppose I am just going to have to go to the dealers and see what they have... I really like Diablo red but there are not many of them around..

I like the Firedance Orange :D

I would NOT recommend Peugeots

I've had them for the last 9 years and they have cost me nothing but money not to mention one nearly killing me with the brakes. I'll sum them up for you. Overrated, Shite, Smokey Engines, Crap electronics, Awful Suspension. And that's just on 309's and 306's

You only have to read this group to notice all the problems with them. Get a Jap or German car.

French are cowards, the lot of them!!

If you hate them so much why are you even reading a peugeot group?

He's wrong anyway :) Get one, they rock.

206's look nice, have nice interiors that seem pretty tough, have no more horror stories than every other small car out there. You may find the pedals too close together, mind you, i've driven the 1.9D, 1.4, GTi and GTi 180 and i never had a problem with size 10 skate shoes...

GTi 180 is AWESOME by the way :)

Hi,

During one minute I've been affraid someone took my pseudo. Nice the dot is missing :-)

Neither would I recommend a german car (c'mon, have you seen the Mk5 Golf ?).

LOL ! Crap electronics... There are no electronics on 309s - excepted ignition and heater fan control.

F#ck off. Remeber Waterloo - not that a clean strategy to use mercenaries to compensate the lack of soldiers.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel :

If you read the motoring press, the answer would be that you shouldn't buy a

206. It's not great in any particular area (they say), and quite poor in some. The driving position and interior quality are usually slated, and the 206 is nothing special in terms of safety kit, performance, handling or ride. It's getting on a bit too. Reliability is not very good, and Peugeot dealers are ususally terrible.

But it does still look pretty nice, and hold its value well.

But if you try it and really like it, that's what matters.

I think I'd be looking hard at the Ibiza, the Micra and the Clio before making my decision.

Androo

I'm reading it because I love laughing at the stories on here

Get one see if care, don't say I didn't warn you

I'd personally be looking at a decent Golf or a Audi A3 if you can afford it, much better engineering, better dealers and aftersales. If your after a smaller car like the 206 then have a look at the Vauxhall Corsa or Astra range, they seem pretty solid, the SXI models are a quite well spec'd.

I drove to Manchester today and couldn't help noticing on the way about 3 or

4 Peugeots that all blew out some kind of s**te, the engines are just not upto scratch in my book, I could list about 20 more faults but I wont ;-)

GT

HAHA did I hit a nerve ;-)

i would never have admitted to the Ka

Was it black smoke?

Me neither - crappy 1.3 engine (old technology, same unit as used in

80's/90's Fiestas) and you have to rev the knackers off it to get anywhere.

Matt

And there's the first point - newer Golf's are overpriced and bloated. Audi's are just over priced!

Possibly so...

Vauxhall have just as many problems as Peugeot with build quality...

Was probably Diesels and like all diesels, blow out black smoke on gear change/accelleration when cold

more faults but I wont ;-)

Peugeot diesel engines are generally considered to be excellent - they easily run for 200k+ miles and have been used by many other manufacturers such as LDV for example because of this.

I myself have a 205 1360cc Petrol with 133k miles on the clock and it runs smoothly with no smoke or untoward noises. I've had garages comment on how good the engine sounds especially considering the mileage. And no, this hasn't always been a pampered car, it originally was a company car and covered most of its mileage in the first few years and we all know how company cars get treated by sales staff...

Matt

Hello,

Nope, this story is far too old for me. That was an example of betrayal, or at least an example of behavior which doesn't comply with classical war leading rules.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel :

All blue and grey smoke, I had to overtake one because the smell was getting on my chest.

Audi's and VW may well be overprice, but the fact is you get what you pay for!