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I had this car from new but did not buy it myself as it was a company car and rented from Peugeot. It was a 52 (October 2002) registration and I had it the full 3 years of the lease and I was the main driver with my partner driving it occasionally. This review is based on the fact that I did 20,000 plus miles a year and quite a bit of motorway driving.
The car was:
5 door hatchback 90bhp 1997cc 4 cylinders 8 valves Insurance group 6 Road tax band C Manual transmission
I'll start with the good bits about it. ! I loved it's looks and colour - aegean blue. It was roomy and comfortable and the performance was superb as far as I'm concerned. It's supposed to do 111mph but I doubt it would but it would happily go along at 90mph - which, of course, I never tried! Very few similar spec cars used to pass it on the motorway! The handbook said it would do 54 mpg and I can believe this.
I was initially worried about having the 90bhp father than the bigger one - 110 (I think) but I was happy with the performance. A colleague who had the bigger one found his was heavy on fuel.
I found it quite spacious in the back when the seats were down and I also found it good in icy conditions. I thought it held the road really well, better than other cars I had driven.
Now for the downsides ... there were probably more than I can remember here and these were mainly in the first twelve months I had the car:
The worst thing was the electricals - the lights and indicators in particular. They were an absolute nightmare - if I used the indicators I would flash my lights too very often and at its worst the lights and/or indicators would come on without anyone touching them. I can't remember how many times the unit was replaced. The Peugeot dealer admitted there was a problem and said Peugeot were in dispute with the component manufacturers. Eventually our company fleet manager kicked up and the garage took the car back for a couple of months and gave me a 406 which was wonderful! This was in the first 6 months.
Other things that went wrong included:
a new alternator a really big and expensive job on the brakes (I can't remember what the problem was but until it was fixed I was afraid to drive it!) the door locks had to be replaced - for a time the back doors would not open the light on the instrument panel went the glove compartment lock broke and it wouldn't keep shut - the garage told me it happened all the time! also I found the tyres needed replacing at undeer 20,000 - this of course may be down to me but I have never had this problem before in many years of driving different cars
Despite all this I still liked the car's performance and opted for a new 307 rather than a 206 when the lease was up (these were the 2 I had to chose between). However if I had bought the car myself I would not have been happy with the number of problems and recalls. I was lucky that if there was a problem I was just given another car until it was fixed, I had no bills to pay and a fleet manager to fight my battles. I don't know whether this was just a rogue car or not but I do know that the electrics on the column were a problem in the first chround of 307s. When we bought a second hand car just before Christmas there was a 307 in with the same problems and I shared my experiences with the garage. I wouldn't like to suggest anyone does not buy one because I may have been unlucky but my experiences make me think it would be worth really checking on the lights/indicators. If you are buying an older one someone may well have had all this sorted and you will be pleased with the car! Just to finish - my new shape 307 (55/Nov 2005) has been fine!
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Advantages: Great drive, flexibilty of 5-7 seats, economical to run and reliable. Disadvantages: You don't get offered a 7-seater by insurance companies if your in for accident repairs.
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