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Morning all,
a bit of a "what would you do" situation here.
we bought a 12 y/old Peugeot 207 at the end of last year for a run around for my wife, cost about £1800. Since then we have had to spend around £400 on it has it flooded in some heavy rain due to the scuttle drains being blocked.
Since then i have noticed the windscreen needs to be replaced (its cracked) and an airbag/seatbelt pre-tensioner warning came on, and subsequently went off again. But one can assume it will come back. The windscreen will be an £85 excess, who knows about the airbag issue.
Is it worth fixing or do i cut my loses before i am throwing good money at it? We need a bigger car anyway, but buying something now will be a bit of a stretch (but possible) and we will probably lose between £400 and £1000 on the Peugeot, depending on whether we trade in or sell privately.
What would you do?
a bit of a "what would you do" situation here.
we bought a 12 y/old Peugeot 207 at the end of last year for a run around for my wife, cost about £1800. Since then we have had to spend around £400 on it has it flooded in some heavy rain due to the scuttle drains being blocked.
Since then i have noticed the windscreen needs to be replaced (its cracked) and an airbag/seatbelt pre-tensioner warning came on, and subsequently went off again. But one can assume it will come back. The windscreen will be an £85 excess, who knows about the airbag issue.
Is it worth fixing or do i cut my loses before i am throwing good money at it? We need a bigger car anyway, but buying something now will be a bit of a stretch (but possible) and we will probably lose between £400 and £1000 on the Peugeot, depending on whether we trade in or sell privately.
What would you do?
Thanks for your response, the replacement car would have more money spent on it (around £10k), so will be "nicer" as well as being bigger car better suited to our needs, as the Peugeot was never meant to be a permanent thing... but i did imagine keeping it for more than 6 months! (i am usually reluctant to change cars, i have been driving 13 years and only owned 3 cars!)
Jag_NE said:
in my view the drains being blocked could have been prevented and the windscreen damage isn't car specific....stop twisting 
This is all true 
But its still money being spent on a car that we never intended to keep forever... I have been in situations with cars before (like my 150,000 mile Alfa 156) where you spend £xxx fixing a problem, only to need to spend £xxx 3 months down the line for something else. With the windscreen, the airbag light and now the exhaust rattle, I want to avoid going down that route again! It looks like i am doing a good job of convincing myself to buy a new car at the moment!
It's a grotty old Peugot, I don't know why anyone is pushing for you to keep it!
Get it sold. Buy an 80s/early 90s volvo for a grand, and keep £9k for fixing it. They're cool.
Old volvo's are moe expensive than I thought 1987 Volvo 480
Get it sold. Buy an 80s/early 90s volvo for a grand, and keep £9k for fixing it. They're cool.
Old volvo's are moe expensive than I thought 1987 Volvo 480
Edited by TheBALDpuma on Thursday 7th June 09:42
jimmy156 said:
Thanks for your response, the replacement car would have more money spent on it (around £10k), so will be "nicer" as well as being bigger car better suited to our needs, as the Peugeot was never meant to be a permanent thing... but i did imagine keeping it for more than 6 months! (i am usually reluctant to change cars, i have been driving 13 years and only owned 3 cars!)
If you want a new car and have the spare cash then why not. It depends if you'll get more pleasure/utility out of a £10k car then spending that £10k on something else? You did say spending more money would be a stretch, hence my suggestion to keep what you have now.I've recently gone the other way, parting ways with a 2.5 year old Giulietta and promoting our second car a 2009 Nissan Note to family duties. I decided I would rather do something else with the money I was spending on the Alfa. It's all priorities at the end of the day.
Edited by nmd87 on Thursday 7th June 10:03
I'd say keep it if you're going to be stretched financially right now run the 207 for a little longer until you're in a better position, you could get a cracked windscreen at anytime.
Also if you're going to stretched what if a wear & tear item went like an Alternator etc, then you're going to be in a fix.
Also if you're going to stretched what if a wear & tear item went like an Alternator etc, then you're going to be in a fix.
TheBALDpuma said:
It's a grotty old Peugot, I don't know why anyone is pushing for you to keep it!
Get it sold. Buy an 80s/early 90s volvo for a grand, and keep £9k for fixing it. They're cool.
Old volvo's are moe expensive than I thought 1987 Volvo 480
Get it sold. Buy an 80s/early 90s volvo for a grand, and keep £9k for fixing it. They're cool.
Old volvo's are moe expensive than I thought 1987 Volvo 480
Edited by TheBALDpuma on Thursday 7th June 09:42
jimmy156 said:
Morning all,
a bit of a "what would you do" situation here.
we bought a 12 y/old Peugeot 207 at the end of last year for a run around for my wife, cost about £1800. Since then we have had to spend around £400 on it has it flooded in some heavy rain due to the scuttle drains being blocked.
Since then i have noticed the windscreen needs to be replaced (its cracked) and an airbag/seatbelt pre-tensioner warning came on, and subsequently went off again. But one can assume it will come back. The windscreen will be an £85 excess, who knows about the airbag issue.
Is it worth fixing or do i cut my loses before i am throwing good money at it? We need a bigger car anyway, but buying something now will be a bit of a stretch (but possible) and we will probably lose between £400 and £1000 on the Peugeot, depending on whether we trade in or sell privately.
What would you do?
I bought a Peugeot 306 years ago for £600. I covered the airbag warning light with a bit of black sticky tape. Granted this wouldn't be allowed now but back then was fine, I ran it for 4 years and never needed anything other than routine servicing. a bit of a "what would you do" situation here.
we bought a 12 y/old Peugeot 207 at the end of last year for a run around for my wife, cost about £1800. Since then we have had to spend around £400 on it has it flooded in some heavy rain due to the scuttle drains being blocked.
Since then i have noticed the windscreen needs to be replaced (its cracked) and an airbag/seatbelt pre-tensioner warning came on, and subsequently went off again. But one can assume it will come back. The windscreen will be an £85 excess, who knows about the airbag issue.
Is it worth fixing or do i cut my loses before i am throwing good money at it? We need a bigger car anyway, but buying something now will be a bit of a stretch (but possible) and we will probably lose between £400 and £1000 on the Peugeot, depending on whether we trade in or sell privately.
What would you do?
Even though the airbag light was on I found out the hard way but it did actually work.
DaveH23 said:
I bought a Peugeot 306 years ago for £600. I covered the airbag warning light with a bit of black sticky tape. Granted this wouldn't be allowed now but back then was fine, I ran it for 4 years and never needed anything other than routine servicing.
Even though the airbag light was on I found out the hard way but it did actually work.
Even though the airbag light was on I found out the hard way but it did actually work.
in my younger days i would have been happy doing the same, but as its "the wife's" car i feel a bit guilty about it!I think tbh, the "want" for a new car was enough to sway the decision, we have put a deposit down on a new car! So if anyone wants a beautiful 207 in outstanding condition, there is one in the PH classifieds
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