I started driving peugeots about 5 years ago when as a student at university I had to find a car that was cheap to buy and economical to run. My previous car, a VW polo, nearly as old as I was at the time (19) had just given up on life and I decided to buy a secondhand C reg Peugeot 205 diesel which was ideal to get me from Dorset to Bath, where I was at university, and back again. With plenty of room in the back to carry all my gear up to the halls of residence and plenty of room for bringing my dirty washing back home to my parents.
My 205 I named Bob and he did a very heafty milage (approximately 80,000 in 4.5 years) and survived about four minor run ins with other vehicles and the odd shunt or two that you make when you are 19 and a bit to enthusiastic about changing the tape in the stereo and not looking at the road.
In the four and a bit years that I had my 205 it never brokedown, never needed any major work done during a service and whenever it did go in for a service the mechanics were always very polite, professional and honest. They also always explained what work needed doing and why? being a young women I was very grateful of this as I had often heard stories of young women being ripped of by garages. The other thing I would say about the guys at the peugeot garage is that they always gave me advice on cheaper alternatives I could do if they thought the work was a bit unnecessary on a car that age.
Eventually my little 205 reached the 200,000 mark and was still purring along nicely but by this time I was a 24 year old graduate in my first job as a designer and I was yearning for something nice to spend my first real wages on and I knew that the 205, although a super car, would not last forever.
I visited my local peugeot dealer to see what they had on offer I was looking for a 106 or 306 about 7 or 8 years old but to my surprised I walked away having part exchanged my 205 for a 2 year old 306 at a very affordable price. The sales guys were fab and even negotiated an extra £350 part exchange on my old 205 so that I could afford the car I liked.
I've had the 306 for 6 months now and it's great. It has loads of brilliant features and drives and handles like a dream. I had a few problems at first (only to be expected though when you have a car for the first time) but the garage were brilliant in helping me. I drove in one day and complained about some damaged to the wing mirror that I hadn't noticed when I bought the car and they fitted a brand new one for me for free. On one occasion the sales guy even came to my place of work to get me to sign some forms to save me travelling backwards and forwards to the garage. Brilliant service from peugeot always!
Overall I'd say that the cars are great, the service is the best I've ever had but...I do find that no matter what I do the clutch pedal in every peugeot I've ever driven has had a slight squeak. Perhaps it's me I don't know but hey I just turn the radio up and drive!!!
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Squeaky Clutch - Me too!
Someone with the same prob as me, my exhaust fell off too but all round I love my little beast of a car - good review!!! Kate x
justme 20.09.2002 10:48
Good Op.Lianne.x
hepialid 19.09.2002 21:36
The pug diesel engines are as strong an engine as you can find, know quite a few friends who have high milers and they are all going strong. Andy.
Advantages: powerful yet economical; spacious multi purpose car; epitome of reliability. Disadvantages: I have driven Trabants that have easier gearboxes !
Chucklebutty 08.07.2000 ·
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