in the know about cars.... Peugeot 206 SW??

[Yorkiegirl]

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we have one..petrol

and we're selling it

oh god Yorkie, i dint even read the poster namei m sorry honey for being so flippant
sw's are fab, small enough car for driving but spacious for a couple of children and loads of boot space.
ours can have full boot opend, or you can just open the glass panel to 'drop' your shopping into..will get three in the back but no more than 2 child/booster seats..lovely car to drive.
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ours is 53 plate but wasnt reg til 2004 and ours will fetch about £5'000-£5'500.
garage would prob charge £6000 for it on forcourt.
we are hoping to trade 'down' to release some cash

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well..i can only drive it while wearing a heel like my boots normally, not huge, jsut cant reach pedal in flat shoes??friend has sadi the same, but dp says its fine?im 5ft 6..he's 6ft1??hight prob?
but nice easy to drive(first car ive driven since passed test)and manouver(sp)we get about 300miles from £30 and dp works 20 mile away, plus i have it one day, so four lots of 20 mile that day

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sorry, not very technical am i..but will bump for you

bump for Yorkie
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yorkie, am not in the slightest bit technical about cars (I think air conditioning is more important than the steering wheel really), but one thing that has been really useful is being able to put bikes for the kids into the boot of the car. My dd is older than yours and her bike is frighteningly big in comparison with the one she had at 5. Could you do this quite easily with the SW ?

hi, yorkiegirl, i hope you are ok. i used to have a 206sw diesel, it was the 2 litre turbo version, i liked the glass lifting seperately at the boot but i had it pre baby. i got it mainly for the dog. i would say that it wouldnt be big enough for us now as we have the pushchair and the dog to fit in the boot comfortably. if youve no pushchair thenn it would probably be ok. we used to get 45 to 50 miles to the gallon so fairly economical. i found driving position ok and it was easy to manouvre. DH who is up on cars would reccomend a ford focus hatch or estate instead for a similar size car. HTH

Hey Yorkie,

Loads to sort, hey...

OK, I've heard only good things about the 206SW. Most of the stuff I've read on it has been excellent. Funny about Evesmama and her heels, LOL - I've read the seat is perhaps a bit too high up ! If you're short you should test drive to make sure the car is comfortable. The 1.4 HDi Turbodiesel is supposed to be the 'pick of the bunch' (performance with economy IYSWIM) but will only do 10K miles between services while the petrols go 20K apparently.

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dont laugh Hub..ive been known to either walk out in casual cut off's tshirt and my heeled boots..or bare feet..people must think im a nutter

i should state 'bare feet', cos i keep spare 'driving / heeled' boots in passenger footwell..just incase..i would reach the floor never mind pedals in bare feet!

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would not touch any peugeot with a bargepole EVER again following endless problems (some really serious like the enging cutting out on motorways)with not one but two brand new peugeots a year ago.

It was what car's car of the year at the time!
Heap of junk. Bits kept falling off. Grrrr. Cost me a fortune

I think with just about any manufacturer you can read horror stories of shoddy mechanics / design and poor customer care through the dealer network.
I was about to buy a Saab estate and heard all about their oil breather issues, direct ignition casette failiures etc. etc. so I steered clear of that. Got a six year old Merc instead... and that has issues with thin water-based paint, insufficient corrosion protection, a few electric gremlins etc.
Cars are so complicated these days it appears to be very difficult to find brands / models entirely 'problem free' IYSWIM. Your best bet is to become slightly geeky on the owner's forums on the Net so you are familiar with the negatives and what can go wrong, find the great dealers and steer clear of the crap ones.
I think it is fair to say from reliability surveys the Hondas and Toyotas tend to do really well.

Make sure you get a colour you love, yg !

jasper - btw - have heard some stories of engine immobilisers / ECUs being tripped when passing places which emit certain RF interference / use particular electronic equipment in their work etc. Were your cut-outs deemed to be from the environment (and you car being susceptible) or from some internal electronic bit that malfunctioned ?