Peugeot Bipper Citreon nemo

mattyg · 3 Jun 2014 at 18:04

Hello Motors

Anyone drive a bipper or Nemo. Were looking at buying 6-8 new vans and have been offered a decent deal on bippers.

Currently running Fiesta 1.4 Tdci's which are lasting 200-250k miles before dying.

Trying to work out whether saving a couple of grand now will bite us later if the bippers only last 150k.

abbotsmike · 3 Jun 2014 at 20:05

What car shell are they based on? Probably a good way to judge reliability!

Maximum Triceratops · 3 Jun 2014 at 21:14

We use Bippers in our fleet and they are poo, the most common thing being the dpf filter which puts it into limp mode and needs cleaning out. So if you only travel short distances then you will be in a continous cycle of getting the dpf cleared. If they are going to get a regular run down the motorway then the issue wont be as bad.

mattyg · 3 Jun 2014 at 21:19

Between 300-400 miles per night so should be ok.

A little worried about saving a couple of grand now over buying fiesta's and then the bippers failing 75k miles short of what we get out of the fiesta's

Maximum Triceratops · 3 Jun 2014 at 21:30

well personally if you can stretch to the Fiesta then I am sure they will serve you better than the Bippa, they are ok to drive on a plus point buy not for long distances and they feel about as cheap as you could imagine.

EDIT - Not sure if this will help but we use transit connects too and they are much more reliable.

mattyg · 3 Jun 2014 at 21:56

£2-3 grand extra over 8 vans is almost a 9th and 10th for free.

I'm sure the drivers would prefer Fiesta's as they drive more like a car

Mr.Nick · 4 Jun 2014 at 09:05

Well if you go for the fiestas, at least you know what your getting yourself in for and any common problems.

khevolution · 4 Jun 2014 at 09:18

i drive a citreon Nemo, do maybe about 300 miles over a weekend, and nearer 1k miles during the week, its not the most exciting thing to drive, steering is very light, my van is a 2010 plate and just gone over 70k and nothing really has gone wrong apart from replacing disc's and pads about 20k ago, but that was because some other numpty driver thought driving through a deep puddle in a gravel car park was clever and stones got them selfs inbedded in the discs.

I have absolutely no problem with the van it does what it needs to fine, but if i had to choose a van myself, i would probably go with ford

mattyg · 4 Jun 2014 at 14:47

May be tempted to split it 50:50. Then at least we wont make the wrong decision..lol

abbotsmike · 4 Jun 2014 at 21:56

mattyg said:
May be tempted to split it 50:50. Then at least we wont make the wrong decision..lol

Except half the drivers will probably end up sulking because they are in the crap vans (whichever one that ends up being!0

mr tommo · 4 Jun 2014 at 22:03

We have a Nemo at work. For the love of god do not get the semi auto. Quite possibility the worse gearbox I've ever used.

Also, the wing mirror glass vibrates loads over 60mph. Strange, probably something wrong with it! Other than that not had a nig go wrong in 30k miles.

mattyg · 4 Jun 2014 at 22:25

abbotsmike said:
Except half the drivers will probably end up sulking because they are in the crap vans (whichever one that ends up being!0

Yay that'll be a winner then at a minimum of 200k miles on all the vans they are sulking now.

mattyg · 4 Jun 2014 at 22:25

mr tommo said:
We have a Nemo at work. For the love of god do not get the semi auto. Quite possibility the worse gearbox I've ever used.

Also, the wing mirror glass vibrates loads over 60mph. Strange, probably something wrong with it! Other than that not had a nig go wrong in 30k miles.

Wont have any fancy bits on it. We install Parrots and thats about it.

atpbx · 5 Jun 2014 at 07:22

We run a couple of kangos (I know not the same model or make) in the fleet.

The are horrible compared to the Mercedes and fords.

Everything the French make just feels so horrible and flimsy.

wesley · 5 Jun 2014 at 07:30

yes dont get a french van. they are noisy on the motorway.

Ashley Griffiths · 22 Dec 2018 at 15:49

Maximum Triceratops said:
We use Bippers in our fleet and they are poo, the most common thing being the dpf filter which puts it into limp mode and needs cleaning out. So if you only travel short distances then you will be in a continous cycle of getting the dpf cleared. If they are going to get a regular run down the motorway then the issue wont be as bad.

Any chance you could shed some more info on the dpf on the bipper having the same issue with mine even after a manifold clean

vanandjuanunited · 22 Dec 2018 at 16:04

khevolution said:
i drive a citreon Nemo, do maybe about 300 miles over a weekend, and nearer 1k miles during the week, its not the most exciting thing to drive, steering is very light, my van is a 2010 plate and just gone over 70k and nothing really has gone wrong apart from replacing disc's and pads about 20k ago, but that was because some other numpty driver thought driving through a deep puddle in a gravel car park was clever and stones got them selfs inbedded in the discs.

I have absolutely no problem with the van it does what it needs to fine, but if i had to choose a van myself, i would probably go with ford

If you do 1k a week how does your 2010 van only have 70k on it

paradigm · 22 Dec 2018 at 16:24

vanandjuanunited said:
If you do 1k a week how does your 2010 van only have 70k on it

Probably because that was 4 years ago and likely wasn't new at that point.