what to look for when looking at peugeot 206
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That the electrical parts actually do something other than burst into flames, and ideally that they do whatever it is they're supposed to do.
Unfortunately I can not talk my friend out of buying a peugeot 206. She likes the look of them. So this weekend, i will be going to look at some with her. The cars we will go and see are peugeot 206 1.4 Autos. Ranging from 2000 to 2002 models. What things should i look out for specifically with regards to 206 Auto cars?
Thanks in advance guys
As its for a women, the colour?
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Serious advice: Find something else to do, apologise, and say you cannot go. Do not have any more part in this purchase becuase it WILL go wrong and it WILL be your fault when it does.
The 206 does one thing really well - it looks cute and modern. Unfortunately this means girls love them, and we all know that girls care about only how small a car is, what colour it is and how cute it looks and could not be less bothered about how often it will break, how completely cheap it feels everywhere and what an utter nightmare it will be to own.
It will break down, constantly. It will visably fall apart - as in, new bits of trim WILL be collecting in the passenger footwell on a monthly basis. The electrics will play havoc and the autobox will generate a bill almost as big as the cars value within 18 months of buying it.
They are absolutely godawful and I have never, ever spoken to a 206 owner who has owned the car more than 2 years and doesnt hate it. A good friend of mine finally got rid of hers after it developed a new fault - some rather worrying (random brake fluid leaks, nice) every month. She now drives a Fiesta.
With a limited budget, a woman and an automatic only license it has to be a Nissan Micra K11 Auto.
The 206 does one thing really well - it looks cute and modern. Unfortunately this means girls love them, and we all know that girls care about only how small a car is, what colour it is and how cute it looks and could not be less bothered about how often it will break, how completely cheap it feels everywhere and what an utter nightmare it will be to own.
It will break down, constantly. It will visably fall apart - as in, new bits of trim WILL be collecting in the passenger footwell on a monthly basis. The electrics will play havoc and the autobox will generate a bill almost as big as the cars value within 18 months of buying it.
They are absolutely godawful and I have never, ever spoken to a 206 owner who has owned the car more than 2 years and doesnt hate it. A good friend of mine finally got rid of hers after it developed a new fault - some rather worrying (random brake fluid leaks, nice) every month. She now drives a Fiesta.
With a limited budget, a woman and an automatic only license it has to be a Nissan Micra K11 Auto.
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You say this but my Sister has a 206 which she is actually now trying to sell due to moving away.
It's never broken once. POS mind but never broken no matter how hard I tried when I borrowed it.
EDIT : You're right about the hate thing though. She hates it but only because she can't sell it I fear
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A little bit of sick came up.
Everything will squeak and groan and feel like it's about to break, the gearbox will feel like it's full of dead babies and malteasers (If you convince her at the very least to get a manual, which, please, for the love of god do) and to sum it up, you'll want to kill yourself when driving it so be careful taking it over 60 as the urge to crash into a wall will grow to much.
There are 35 people in my department. They drive an array of mundane euroboxes.
As the only person with even the slightest real interest in cars on the team I am often called upon to diagnose/speculate/repair their cars or comment on repair bills and so on.
Over the last 3 years, without a shadow of a doubt, the most slated/expensive to run/unreliable/regretted purchase on the team has been the Peugeot 206 followed by the previous generation Fiat Punto.
As the only person with even the slightest real interest in cars on the team I am often called upon to diagnose/speculate/repair their cars or comment on repair bills and so on.
Over the last 3 years, without a shadow of a doubt, the most slated/expensive to run/unreliable/regretted purchase on the team has been the Peugeot 206 followed by the previous generation Fiat Punto.
It has to be an auto & 5-door and the max budget is £2000. She would ideally like to spend £1500. She wants air-con and front e/w at the least too.
She does not want a nissan micra as she does not like the shape and regards micra's as a Granny's car
Honda civics, focus's, Astra etc are too big. Not many auto Yaris either. she lives in SE london and does not want to travel too far to go look at car's due to time constraints.
She does not want a nissan micra as she does not like the shape and regards micra's as a Granny's car
Honda civics, focus's, Astra etc are too big. Not many auto Yaris either. she lives in SE london and does not want to travel too far to go look at car's due to time constraints.
It has to be an auto & 5-door and the max budget is £2000. She would ideally like to spend £1500. She wants air-con and front e/w at the least too.
She does not want a nissan micra as she does not like the shape and regards micra's as a Granny's car
Honda civics, focus's, Astra etc are too big. Not many auto Yaris either. she lives in SE london and does not want to travel too far to go look at car's due to time constraints.
Unless you are trying to get stuck into her... Id run away from this as fast as possible. With such a small budget you really can't be that fussy. (It is small for what she is after)
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Christ, tell her to get back to the kitchenIt has to be an auto & 5-door and the max budget is £2000. She would ideally like to spend £1500. She wants air-con and front e/w at the least too.
She does not want a nissan micra as she does not like the shape and regards micra's as a Granny's car
Honda civics, focus's, Astra etc are too big. Not many auto Yaris either. she lives in SE london and does not want to travel too far to go look at car's due to time constraints.
Let her go out and buy one, let her learn the hard way?
Actually all those faults are quite common on early minis (nothing went wrong for the first 18 months of ownership)
I actually enjoined my 206's - i wouldn't get a another one though!
^lemon
haha
Having bought a 206 recently, you absolutely will not get a decent one for £2000. Well, you might do if you look long enough, but it will be incredibly incredibly hard to find.
Get out of this, let her buy it on her own. This car is not going to be good and is going to end in not only a car covered in "lady owner" dings and faults not to mention draped in the finest linglong tyres and daves garage service history, but it will also end in tears when she gets its first huge bill.
AVOID.
Get out of this, let her buy it on her own. This car is not going to be good and is going to end in not only a car covered in "lady owner" dings and faults not to mention draped in the finest linglong tyres and daves garage service history, but it will also end in tears when she gets its first huge bill.
AVOID.
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My friend drives a 2002 206, its never fell apart visuallly. no trim bits collecting in a passenger footwell. all its needed is an exhaust and clutch. I wouldnt say they are bad cars. but 1.5k is too cheap for a decent condition 206.
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