21-10-2018, 05:52 PM
I'm back into the Peugeot owning fold. I murdered the turbo on my Ford F350 and it's gonna cost alot of money to fix so while I save up for parts (and a few bits to mod while it's apart) I've bought myself a Pug as a daily.
It's a Peugeot 206 SW 1.4 HDi bought from Scumtree without having viewed it in person for £550 and amazingly it made it 400 miles home without a hitch although it only did 42mpg sitting at 70mph on the motorway not the manufacturer claimed 75mpg.
It has some faults, everything rattles, the engine only gets to 70*C and some numpty had run the battery earth to a suspension top mount bolt (and nowhere else, I don't know how it even ran). It was 17,500 overdue a service, the boot struts don't hold the boot up and the wipers have scratched the windscreen badly.
Despite the faults though it drives lovely and the split opening tailgate is great. Spent £200 on servicing it with a new thermostat, wipers, gear oil, all the filters, coolant, earth cables and a battery terminal and some other bits besides.
It's a Peugeot 206 SW 1.4 HDi bought from Scumtree without having viewed it in person for £550 and amazingly it made it 400 miles home without a hitch although it only did 42mpg sitting at 70mph on the motorway not the manufacturer claimed 75mpg.
It has some faults, everything rattles, the engine only gets to 70*C and some numpty had run the battery earth to a suspension top mount bolt (and nowhere else, I don't know how it even ran). It was 17,500 overdue a service, the boot struts don't hold the boot up and the wipers have scratched the windscreen badly.
Despite the faults though it drives lovely and the split opening tailgate is great. Spent £200 on servicing it with a new thermostat, wipers, gear oil, all the filters, coolant, earth cables and a battery terminal and some other bits besides.