> > To be honest this car has been a nightmare from the
> > start and I cannot reccommend 307's at all, and
> > personally will not buy another French car.
> [snip] i've only had it 5 months,as you i will
> NOT be purchasing any more pug's in my lifetime,It's
> kinda strange cause i was recommended to pug diesels from
> a friend on they're so called long term reliability,I
> think he's feeling a bit red faced now cause i've just
> about had enough of them.
What a right old mess. I have a Peugeot 106 and it is an absolutely
FANTASTIC car. Seriously. It was cheap to buy, is cheap to run, is reliable
and a great car to drive. It is everything I want in a car.
Meanwhile, my girlfiend got a Peugeot 307 company car. First one was OK,
just the usual teething problems, but she recently got a new one and it is a
complete pile of crap.
The amount of things that have gone wrong is comical, and she took it in
once to have an issue with rattling suspension and on the invoice she got
back it didn't mention this problem but said that the car had a software
upgrade. So, being an inept dealer, they obviously lost the details of the
problem with the car and just routinely did a software upgrade and charged
her company for the privilege.
It really is a good job she's a company car driver because she can rely on
free replacement cars, and gets free breakdown cover. She has been ready to
crash it deliberately just to write the bloody thing off!
Anyway, I know that when I have to buy a new car, it will not be a Peugeot.
On the basis of my car, I cannot recommend them enough, but that is because
it was a nice, cheap, reliable and functional car. As I say, everything I
want.
But on the basis of a 307, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.
But, having said all that, two managers at my work have ?35,000 Mercedes and
they have been piles of shite too. Mostly electronics problems, although the
turbo has gone on both of them, and one comical problem my boss had was when
the lights were switched to full beam, they stuck on full beam, even if you
turned the engine off and on again.
So I wouldn't touch Mercedes with a bargepole, either. Their dealers sound
just as inept as Peugeot, too.
MS