what to look for when looking at peugeot 206

wijcc · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:16

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

wijcc · 20 Jan 2010 at 20:23

err no i have told her that.. i have shown her the honest johns review page as well. Ideally she would prefer a vauxhall corsa or ford fiesta but finding good ones are hard.. have been looking for 3 weeks now with no luck. And she is getting fed-up of using public transport. Her journey to work is about 10 to 15 mins by car but by bus it becomes over 45 mins due to the route of the bus and she has to carry work back and forth too (she is a teacher)

wijcc · 20 Jan 2010 at 23:28

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.

wijcc · 22 Jan 2010 at 16:27

would a fiat punto auto be more reliable than a peugeot 206 auto?

wijcc · 25 Jan 2010 at 10:30

update: the two peugeots were sold before we mangaged to go view them.
We went to see a vauxhall corsa (corsa-b) 2000 w-reg 1.4 CDX 5-door auto with 48K miles on it. It was on for £1800. It was a private trader selling it. It seemed mechanically sound and has 12 months MOT. Managed to get the price haggled down to £1500,the trader would not budge anymore on the price. I still thought it is over priced but she agreed to buy it . As she was getting tired of not having a car. Will pick up the car tonight.