Finally sold my Peugeot, and bought a Fiesta
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]For what I use the car for it's brilliant, it's a much smoother ride, it's comfier & it doesn't handle light a yaught (which the 206 did). It's an 8/10 so far, whereas the 206 was lucky to be a 4/10!
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Fair enough, great little engine in that car I must say much more lively than the 206's, handles amazingly also, although to be fair the 206 isn't that bad!
]For what I use the car for it's brilliant, it's a much smoother ride, it's comfier & it doesn't handle light a yaught (which the 206 did). It's an 8/10 so far, whereas the 206 was lucky to be a 4/10![/quote]
Fair enough, great little engine in that car I must say much more lively than the 206's, handles amazingly also, although to be fair the 206 isn't that bad!
johnnyboy101 said:
A bit off topic, but just wondering why you swapped your 206 for it, as funnily enough I drove both yesterday and certainly prefered the 206.
you must be the only one then. look up ANY review in the world and it will tell you the fiesta is a much better car with the 206 being one of the worst ever small hatchbacks.rsstman said:
johnnyboy101 said:
A bit off topic, but just wondering why you swapped your 206 for it, as funnily enough I drove both yesterday and certainly prefered the 206.
you must be the only one then. look up ANY review in the world and it will tell you the fiesta is a much better car with the 206 being one of the worst ever small hatchbacks.I sold it in the end simply because it was absolutely useless on petrol, & couldn't afford to keep the car running.
Now I've bought the Fiesta I can relax, it's only done 44k miles since 2000 & mechanically it's pretty much amazing
The moral of the story is... DO not buy a Peugeot 206, which is a fair few years old unless you know everything about the car. As in the long run, it'll cost you more to repair than what you paid for the car.
Just some advice
johnnyboy101 said:
A bit off topic, but just wondering why you swapped your 206 for it, as funnily enough I drove both yesterday and certainly prefered the 206.
I find teh 206 to be dangerous , the pedal are thrown in the footwell and everytime i brake in one i have to put my foot at an awkward angle to depress it , also the driving position is horrific , the steering wheel is too far away if you have long legs , and the seats are uncomforatble. also for a 1.4 its gutless
thankfully the car is 6000 miles away in south africa so i dont have to drive it often .
i was never a fan of fords after having to drive 1.1 popular vans at BT infact them and NA 1.8 diesel escort vans put me off ford massivly , but the little fiesta like the one above is a right laugh , that 1.25 engine is a peach and loves revs
Same here, it took me the best part of three/four month to get used to the pedals, do you find they're too close together?
I'm 6ft 4", and found it really uncomfortable, everytime I got in the car I'd have to adjust the seats so I'm sitting upright & not laying down. Also what's with the tilt adjusment thing with the Peugeot? If I'm not bolt upright then I'm laying down - you could never adjust your seat on the motorway, they're lethal!
I'm 6ft 4", and found it really uncomfortable, everytime I got in the car I'd have to adjust the seats so I'm sitting upright & not laying down. Also what's with the tilt adjusment thing with the Peugeot? If I'm not bolt upright then I'm laying down - you could never adjust your seat on the motorway, they're lethal!
Is it your own car or company car?
To be honest with you buddy, I've only owned this particular car for a few weeks, but I've got many relatives who have owned and now own the car - and all find it a very good buy. There's very little that goes wrong with the sigma (that's the zetec) engines before 65k miles.
They're very look engines, the 1.25's a nippy car, but's also good on the motorway - a good puller.
I'm sure if you ask around you'll get many positive comments about the car, and few negative
Good luck with changing the car
They're very look engines, the 1.25's a nippy car, but's also good on the motorway - a good puller.
I'm sure if you ask around you'll get many positive comments about the car, and few negative
Good luck with changing the car
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