Would you buy a Peugeot?

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I own a 407, apart from some electronic problems a few years ago, it is good. Drives well, looks nice. A poor man's BMW if you like!
View attachment 43087

I would possible buy another Peugeot in the future.

Are you going to post a picture of the car that "looks nice"? Or is it behind that incredibly bland and featureless car in the foreground?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Always avoid French cars where possible. Crap electrics (came down one morning to find the wipers on my Peugeot had been running overnight, it hadn't rained for days), my Reault Laguna's fuel pump randomly decided to stick occassionally necessitating the need to enter the boot with a hammer in hand to free it before the car would start! Friend of mine was a dealer principle selling Peugeots, he was very happy with them as his workshop was always busy, usually over half of the work was warranty stuff with guaranteed payment from Peugeot!

Stick with German, or Japanese if on a budget.

 

[footychick]

I have a Peugeot 206 (04 reg) and it's fine, no problems

 

[imissworthing2]

Thanks for all the help, forgot to mention I'm in plymouth and dont really want to travel too far to pick one up. Seen afew nice fords around the 2500 mark which look alright.

Over to you Jasper, I'm done

 

[withdeanwombat]

Drove 205's for 10+ years with absolutely no problems.

Just bought each of my daughters one year old 207's and they love 'em. No problems at all, except one of them had the windows down for a summery drive and lost her parking permit out in the wind. Cost her a fiver to replace it.

Bloody Peugeots.

 

[Easy 10]

My mates Peugeot was hilarious. The central locking would activate at random moments when driving along, all four doors would suddenly lock with a load "SHUM". Used to frighten the life out of us, as it sounded for a second like you'd hit something.

 

[The Hon Sec]

The automatic central locking on recent peugeots is something you can disable. Its just another unnecessary feature. When I test drove our latest acquisition, a 307 diesel, it happened. So far this peugeot is OK except that the windows sometimes go down when you are trying to raise them and the spare wheel situation is rubbish. My daughter has a 206 which has done well over 100,000 and is a good little car.
Having said that my wife's Yaris is amazing. It was manufactured in Japan and has been through a number of scrapes including being written off and bought back and repaired. Now done 130,000 and passes MOTs easily. Just had central part of exhaust replaced and the exhaust centre thought that the replaced part was original.

 

[tinx]

I have a 308 estate and the wife has a 107 and both so far have been absolutely fine, no problems at all. I would definitely buy a Peugeot again. Far less trouble than the previous Toyota Avensis, and Audi A3 I had before.

That said the best and most reliable car I had was probably a Volkswagen Golf, nothing ever went wrong with it.

 

[Dr NBC]

I don't think I'd ever buy a French car. Probably biased due to the lack of them in Canada and their perceived reliability issues and relative high cost (Canadian dollars).

 

[super-seagulls]

Are you going to post a picture of the car that "looks nice"? Or is it behind that incredibly bland and featureless car in the foreground?

Ouch.
Each to their own I guess!
You will be slagging off my wife's supermodel good looks next.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I'm not opinionated on much but this topic makes me lose my rag. I cant be arsed to read the whole thread so I'd be amazed if this hasn't already been said but if you are considering buying a Peugeot

NO
NO
NO.

I have a Peugeot estate. I hate it. I'd give it away but no one wants it
The air con has broke, dealer reckons it will cost Britain's GDP to fix. A normal garage can't fix it.
The tyre pressure censors are broke but a new valve costs £70 as opposed to pence for a new one for each tyre. Even when fixed it tells me the car has a puncture when it patently hasn't
Any parts that break cost approximately double that of a Ford. You also have to dismantle the car to fix them costing double in Labour.
There is no leg room in the back despite the fact the car is larger than Susan Boyle
Every time I set foot inside the car it is like an inquest. Faulty Fog light STOP now. STOP puncture. STOP I'm French and a bit mardy today.

****ing Sh1t car. I hate it.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

My mates Peugeot was hilarious. The central locking would activate at random moments when driving along, all four doors would suddenly lock with a load "SHUM". Used to frighten the life out of us, as it sounded for a second like you'd hit something.

Oh and mine does this as well.

 

[Scarface]

A mate of mine just bought a BMW 3 series with 60k miles for £1700, it's in good condition. He said there were loads of 3 series around at a similar price to golfs and peugeots

Where was that? The mrs is looking around for a cheap 2nd car for around that price.

 

[super-seagulls]

I'm not opinionated on much but this topic makes me lose my rag. I cant be arsed to read the whole thread so I'd be amazed if this hasn't already been said but if you are considering buying a Peugeot

NO
NO
NO.

I have a Peugeot estate. I hate it. I'd give it away but no one wants it
The air con has broke, dealer reckons it will cost Britain's GDP to fix. A normal garage can't fix it.
The tyre pressure censors are broke but a new valve costs £70 as opposed to pence for a new one for each tyre. Even when fixed it tells me the car has a puncture when it patently hasn't
Any parts that break cost approximately double that of a Ford. You also have to dismantle the car to fix them costing double in Labour.
There is no leg room in the back despite the fact the car is larger than Susan Boyle
Every time I set foot inside the car it is like an inquest. Faulty Fog light STOP now. STOP puncture. STOP I'm French and a bit mardy today.

****ing Sh1t car. I hate it.

Well that's that then.
Does anyone want to buy my 407, before it starts going wrong and costs me a fortune?
It has 08plates and 50k miles on the clock.
I think it looks nice but @TRHK says it is

bland and featureless.

 

[Giraffe]

No.

 

[PWA]

Would normally only buy Deutsch or Land of the Rising Sun but the other halfs Peugeot is fine.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Really don't understand all this anti-French cars bias. I had a Peugeot 406 TDi from new for 10 years, and it was fantastic (well, apart from a complete dashboard electronics blowout in the 1st year, that is). Now I've got a 5-year-old 207, which I've had for 2 years, and it's been totally trouble-free. Would I buy a Peugeot again? Naturellement...

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

No, I wouldn't

 

[The Grub]

I have had 2 307's a 405 and a 406. All drove really well and they have been some of my most enjoyable cars. However, I did have issues with electric windows and electric sunroof in the 405 but it was probably about 10 years old at the time. They have had a reputation for problems but generally on older cars and I think things have improved over the years. I am currently seriously considering another Peugeot purchase, this time a 207 cc.

 

[BlockDpete]

Never had a Peugeot or any French car for that matter. Ex GF had a 206 and didn't like it.

Surprised no one has mentioned Ford Focus. I've had mine for for ages and its probably the most reliable car I've had. Plus its a reasonable size, and drives well.

Now looking to replace it, I do fancy a change, so something German or Jap is tempting.