SOMEONE STOP ME! (Peugeot 407 HDI)

[AmanSehra]

I am 26.

I need a car, that is:
- Practical (for going up and down motorways with mates)
- Reasonably decent fuel economy (as im not made of money!)
- Fun to drive (I have a westfield so that is kind of a trade off factor)
- Reasonably reliable (407 hdi is better than the 2.3 850 T5 I had, but that was super fun to overtake other drivers that were travelling way below the legal speed limit...!)

Now around a £10k limit is reasonable, but I've seen a 407, 6g rand, 2.0 hdi estate, quite comfy, great nick, loads of toys.

But it's a Peugeot, and it's only got 136 bhp, and it looks dull, and I'm 26, and I don't think I can ever look out of the window and feel like "yeh that's cool"...

Can someone please just knock some sense into me. Am I going to regret this?

(It also coincides with the Top Gear review of Peugeot last Sunday!)

[Jonwm]

I had a 407 at 28 I think it was, I moved company and it was this or a golf, I chose the 407 as I'd just come from a golf and fancied a saloon, it was a 1.6 hdi, se spec, to be fair I had loads of trouble with it, gearbox, fan would come on at random times in the night (4am) having not been stood for days, exhaust needed replacing, after 6 month I swapped into a Saab 9-3 and the next new rep had the same ongoing issues, this was a 55 plate so I guess much has changed since.

[Spare tyre]

I had a 406 hdi for my 110 mile commute

Was amazing for the purpose. Sold it with 330 on the clock with a full mot

Still going now

Really reliable for me, I did look after it but no real dramas

I got it at 24 and it saved me a fortune

[Troubleatmill]

Get it.

It will make your time in the Westfield more special.

[ben5732]

Boring, bland, ugly, good at what they are made for. Decent enough run around and comfortable but you won't be getting any smiles per gallon.

[P1H]

I didn't read all of the above, but I read:

- 10k
- 26 yo
- Peugot 407 HDI

Just don't do it, enjoy your life.

[BaronVonV8]

Don't bother wasting £10k on something st for the motorway, spend £2k on buying something st for the motorway and then enjoy your money, as you certainly wouldn't get much of it back when you came to sell the 407. Get an old Lexus LS400 and enjoy wafting around in that, perfect motorway car and if you buy one fairly cheap, I dare say that you'll probably get most of your money back when you come to sell it.

[Monkeylegend]

Just watch last weeks Top Gear.

[LordJammy]

Why not get a V70? They seem indestructible.

[Pesty]

Why not a 407 v6 disel coupe do about 40mpg and 220 plus bhp. Perfect for motorways

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/peugeot/407/...

Actually get a Citroen c6 now that really is perfect for motorways.

Id go c6

[philmots]

I'd get a S60 D5, no brainer

[Pesty]

Buy this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[AmanSehra]

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[swisstoni]

Top Gear on Sunday,
Not true on Monday

[Pesty]

Learn about eloys fluid. Very easy job. If you are technically inclined get a copy of Peugeot planet.
Other than that you should have a very reliable car. If boring and underpowered.

[mygoldfishbowl]

I've had one for a year & over 30,000 miles & it's been very reliable, I hope yours has the same reliability as mine. There are some known problems with these but none of them are anything particularly major.

[Fartgalen]

10k ? 407 ? No !! As suggested, a 2k snotter will be fine. Find a nice Volvo.

[swisstoni]

Fartgalen said:

10k ? 407 ? No !! As suggested, a 2k snotter will be fine. Find a nice Volvo.

Too late mate.

[moustache]

BaronVonV8 said:

Don't bother wasting £10k on something st for the motorway, spend £2k on buying something st for the motorway

This is what I'd be doing. From my own experience, buy something with the VAG 1.9 PD TDI engine. It won't be exciting, but you drive a westfield for fun for goodness sake.

It'll be stupidly economical especially in a golf, and if you want something bigger (Passat/Octavia etc) then it'll still do 50mpg+

[Zippee]

moustache said:

BaronVonV8 said:

Don't bother wasting £10k on something st for the motorway, spend £2k on buying something st for the motorway

This is what I'd be doing. From my own experience, buy something with the VAG 1.9 PD TDI engine. It won't be exciting, but you drive a westfield for fun for goodness sake.

It'll be stupidly economical especially in a golf, and if you want something bigger (Passat/Octavia etc) then it'll still do 50mpg+

Well said and 2k would get a 406 and they seem to just go on forever!