peugeot 508 tell me about them?

[ecopia]

currently drive a 10 red 1.6 jetta tdi, do 600mls a week. jeatta is great and has been faultless was thing of a new model 12 reg one, when all of a suddle i start liking 508's 1.6 hdi, are they any good, and would they put up with 600 mile a week?

[anonymous-user]

I had that generation of Jetta for 100,000 miles. It was really good at doing that sort of work. Any reason for the change?

[ajh38]

I would look at the 2.0l, 140 bhp instead. Better real world economy on a run, can still be had for £30 per year road tax, much nicer car to drive.

I know of a taxi driver that has done 200,000 miles in his.

[aka_kerrly]

The general view is the 508 is a massive improvement on a 407 but that was utterly horrific and pretty much bottom of it's class so I guess it's like finding out herpes instead of cancer, neither are desirable!

I'd stick to the Jetta, in fact I'd take a mk5 Jetta over anything Pug can offer other than a RCZ with all the trimmings.

[Pentoman]

The chassis is the same as the X7 Citroen C5, which is a hidden gem of this class. I bought the C5 by accident and its surprised me. It's on 150,000 miles now and problem-free.

I'm not sure if the 508 comes with the 2.2 diesel, but if it does then mechanics tell me good things about the engine. No DPF problems, for example. The downside is that even in 170bhp form it's not as responsive as the VW 2.0.

At first I thought the 508 looked good, but over time I've decided some of the details could be better.

[ecopia]

no real reason for the change just fancy it and been a commute mobile better to shift it on before theres massive mileage on it,
suppose the day your buying is the day your selling dont wanna be stuck to pug

[Pentoman]

I've just re-read your post. The 508 will be quieter and smoother than the Jetta - significantly (I've done back to back comparison, bizzarely). For all those miles the big car comfort really really melts them away. I do a similar mileage in my C5 and would struggle to go back to a small car. But the Jetta isn't bad at all, I like them. It's relatively coarse but will be more nimble, economical, and should be cheaper to run like all small cars when compared to big cars.

I'm not sure I would want the 1.6 HDi though in such a big car as the 508. Depends how much power you personally need, I suppose. Let us know what you end up doing.