Any 206 owners?

[wwmnw]

A mate is looking at one and has been offered it for £550 and I know nothing about them, pros & cons? First to say electrical problems wins a slap with a wet fish.

[General Baxter]

electrics lol

iv owned a 406 for about 3 months and rewired most of it lol

[shed-on-wheels]

gearbox's are rubbish on pugs and citreons hmmm elcetrics are poo exhausts manifold seem to crack and clutch cable comon to.

[wwmnw]

electrics lol

iv owned a 406 for about 3 months and rewired most of it lol

Slap yourself with a wet fish lol are they really that bad? I thought they may have bucked their ideas up by now.

[SR-Rally]

What engine? I know to people who have had 1400 ones and headgasket went on both.

[davidfox280585]

worked on loads and there pap,easy to change heater matrix in though

[wwmnw]

Its a 1.1 LX 1999, he'll only be using it for work and seeing his lass.

[Danny s-p]

1.1 206 is the only car iv never crashed and it had 4 hard months of my driving and never need out but new tyres that pritty good in my eyes wish my sister never sold it

[connor c]

they are pure clamps of ****e lol

[wwmnw]

No good points as of yet then?

[DEAN-DOHERTY]

my mate owned a 1.4 and he didnt have any major problems, just usual wear and ter and bushes etc, but wel the car had a hard time getn thrown about the city centre every night, he sold it a wile back, and has just bought a 1.1 this week.

he seems to be happy with them so must be ok, but wel his dad works for peugeot

[amggsi]

1999 should be OK with electrics, they changed to CANBUS (or similar crap) in late 01/02 which can be troublesome.

We have a 2001 1.9d with 130k miles, gets no real abuse, but no love at the same time. Hasn't give any real bother apart from usual wear and tear items such as bushings etc.

Main wear part is the back axle, bearings can go in them which are a pain to replace, usually easier replacing an axle, but second hand ones (in NI anyway are going for £250 plus!). Bearings are a fiver each new, but if the shaft is too worn, there is no point replacing them. First thing I done with ours (and any Peugeot we had before) is put grease nipples on the them and pack full of grease, gives no bother then!

[Hoochie]

I have (and am selling) my 2000 206 gti, Not had any problems in the 2 years i've owned it apart from the power steering pump squeaks now and again, but this has done this since i bought it.
I do like it and it's very pokey...but the only problem with this is it's very thirsty and costing too much to tax and insure so it has to go.

[Dan Stanley]

The interior just falls to bits!!!! I wasn't impressed with the build quality...
:-(

[bazil]

The wife has had her 1.4 glx 3 door for 6 years, in that time the worst repair was a thrust bearing so the clutch got done to, now at 90,000 miles it needs top mounts and a leaky steering rack fixed, but NO RUST lol

good wee car IMO

[Ernie]

I had a 1.4lx on the road for a whole 2 months before I had had enough of it.
The coil pack is a common fault with them aswell.
My advice would be to save his money and get something else.
Mine was a 52 plate with 80k and I never trust it to get me the 3 miles to work each day.

[bazil]

I should add ours is a T reg, pre facelift and pre hassle.

[Jack]

My sister had a Gti-180, I hate them more than I hate Mk6 Asstras. As per previous comments, electrics were toss (alarm/immob system broke once, shorting out and refusing to disarm and randomly opening/closing the doors - then after Peugeot supposedly replaced the entire system it did it again), and interior would fall off in your hands. Handling, economy, power, ride comfort were pathetic but thats probably specific to the 180. At least I'd hope so anyway lol

Hayley had a 206 once too, which she slates as iirc she had no end of trouble with it as well.

[Hoochie]

Just as well i'm selling up then......Ford is the next car of choice...:)

[wwmnw]

Just as well i'm selling up then......Ford is the next car of choice...:)

lollol

Wait, U SRS?

[Gareth_C]

A mate is looking at one and has been offered it for £550 and I know nothing about them, pros & cons? First to say electrical problems wins a slap with a wet fish.

So you can do favours for "mates" makes a change wibbly wobbly lol :p

[Danny s-p]

So you can do favours for "mates" makes a change wibbly wobbly lol :pRUNS to get popcorn to watch the fun unfold :d

[Hoochie]

lollol

Wait, U SRS? If that translates to am i serious.....then yes, i am sick of looking at astras and just not finding anything suitable....i'm quite fancying the Fiesta ST or the Zetec s.

Probably regret it...but hey ho!!....lol

[brainsnova]

Atleast with ford you just need to weld.

[wwmnw]

So you can do favours for "mates" makes a change wibbly wobbly lol :p

Yup, Martin doesn't know much about cars so I'm getting some info for him :thumb:

[bmw156]

If that translates to am i serious.....then yes, i am sick of looking at astras and just not finding anything suitable....i'm quite fancying the Fiesta ST or the Zetec s.

Probably regret it...but hey ho!!....lol

your crazy,

my rents have a focus 56 plate i think, 40k and the ps pump has been replaced 4 times!

crazy.

[Andy]

If that translates to am i serious.....then yes, i am sick of looking at astras and just not finding anything suitable....i'm quite fancying the Fiesta ST or the Zetec s.

Probably regret it...but hey ho!!....lol
wont go far wrong with either of those:thumb:
St i'd have

[Gareth_C]

Yup, Martin doesn't know much about cars so I'm getting some info for him :thumb:

And by the looks of things neither do you :p :thumb:

[wwmnw]

And by the looks of things neither do you :p :thumb:

Yup, as I already said, I know nothing about 206's ;)

[Hoochie]

Ps............... they rattle.....lots....:d

[wwmnw]

The cons outweigh the pros so far lol

[Danny s-p]

Ps............... they rattle.....lots....:drattle a lot i agree i heard a bang on some think on the front and thort the engine had left throe the rear that the only bad point i cud fined is all the rattles and bangs really

[Hobbit]

Mrs Hobbit had a newish one that had to have a wheel bearing and heated rear screen done under warranty by peugeot.

[Ben]

I drove a 2000 GTi 206 for about a year, done 10k miles in it and i done nothing to it, never even checked the oil once. Probably one of the most hassle free cars i have ever had and extremly reliable.

I also would buy a ford the build quality and added extras far far far outweigh vauxhall, the newer gm's seem to have the edge on performance over the ford but ford beat it in every other way.