Peugeot 205 1.8 oil burner

[snotrag]

Any cop? 59hp in the book, how horrendously slow is this likely to be?

Lets say there's one close to you with a brand spanking MOT from company you trust, for low £XXX's. Good buy? Purely to get to work and back everyday this winter (8 miles), not get stuck in snow (like my Mazda did today, lots) not rust away (like my Mazda will be doing now unless I jet wash it) and not be that much of a deal if it gets crashed into (like My mazda nearly was multiple times today).

[jamiebae]

Depends how knackered it is. I've had a couple, one was acceptable but the other (shagged smooth, dent on every panel, almost 200k miles on the clock) struggled to do 70 downhill. As long as it has a strong battery then it'll be a good winter car, but the heater will take longer to warm up than a petrol car will.

[Orillion]

snotrag said:

Any cop? 59hp in the book, how horrendously slow is this likely to be?

Lets say there's one close to you with a brand spanking MOT from company you trust, for low £XXX's. Good buy? Purely to get to work and back everyday this winter (8 miles), not get stuck in snow (like my Mazda did today, lots) not rust away (like my Mazda will be doing now unless I jet wash it) and not be that much of a deal if it gets crashed into (like My mazda nearly was multiple times today).

I've had three of these, one turbo and two non-turbo. They were good cars that lasted a long time. Major bits like engines and gearboxes were fine, but odds and ends, like heater fans, were sometimes troublesome.

Edit - mine were 1800 diesels.

Edited by Orillion on Sunday 28th November 19:56

[OlberJ]

jamiebae said:

but the heater will take longer to warm up than a petrol car will.

If it's anything like the petrol versions, when the heaters get going they'll put the Mx5 to shame.

Hell i could cook a chicken on the heat coming out of mine.

[chrisga]

They are pretty slow. I had one as my second ever car about 14 years ago. However, we had another one while my wife was looking for her next car a year or so back purely as a winter runaround as you suggest and it was ace. Started everytime, never got stuck and just kept going through all the snowy weather. Plus we werent worried if anything did happen to it. If its cheap enough go for it. We got hers for £400 with MOT and tax! Sold it for £450 9 months later!

[jamiebae]

OlberJ said:

jamiebae said:

but the heater will take longer to warm up than a petrol car will.

If it's anything like the petrol versions, when the heaters get going they'll put the Mx5 to shame.

Hell i could cook a chicken on the heat coming out of mine.

I'm not sure about that, the heater in my MX5 was perfectly capable of turning my toes into an approximation of ham. I haven't had a 205 for ages so can't remember much about the heaters, only that the derv one took ages to heat up.

[snotrag]

A local specialist who I used to use for bits for my GTi-6 has it, so theoretically it should be half decent at least... I'll ring tomorrow.

[Jovial Joe]

My ex had one, it was her 1st car and she adored it. However it didn't stop her driving it into just about any inanimate roadside object, with tedious regularity, that aside the little Pug was bullet proof and I believe the only thing that went wrong with it was the heater fan died and had to be replaced via a breakers for a fiver.
Wasn't the fastest by any means but started everytime and was as frugal as just about anything that was around at the time to run.
She killed it in the end by skidding on some black ice and hitting a wall, writing it off after nearly 8 years of abuse.
She then bought a Volvo, just to be on the safe side.
Regards

[OlberJ]

jamiebae said:

OlberJ said:

jamiebae said:

but the heater will take longer to warm up than a petrol car will.

If it's anything like the petrol versions, when the heaters get going they'll put the Mx5 to shame.

Hell i could cook a chicken on the heat coming out of mine.

I'm not sure about that, the heater in my MX5 was perfectly capable of turning my toes into an approximation of ham. I haven't had a 205 for ages so can't remember much about the heaters, only that the derv one took ages to heat up.

Don't get me wrong, the Mx5 is ace for heating you up, especially with the top down, the 205 though, just daft.

[aw51 121565]

Driving home last night in the 309, it was -7C outside; inside the car, warm as toast in just a t-shirt, jeans, socks and shoes (yes, I *did* have proper cold weather clothes with me - but didn't need to wear them).

Cracking heaters. Even with the temperature dial half way round, it still kicks out enough heat to be very comfortable .

And with regard to the OP's question - yes, I would.