Car ownership, advice welcomed

[LeonOfTheDead]

If you're not careful, yea. I recommend staying well away from stickers and spoilers for the first few years of car ownership, just to make sure.

I actually wanted to get a huge sticker for my 206, something like this:



Space invaders ftw.

[pimento]

The Invaders are a lost cause.

[Clivey]

Congratulations again!

I hope the 206 works well and isn't a strain on the wallet.

Because I saw your post from an angle (I'm using a TV screen rather than a PC monitor), I thought that said "Z06"...I was like "Whoa, nice ride!"



Those Italian rules sure are restrictive...and a PITA if your parents / other relatives plan to hand you down their old cars. I'm glad I'm not of that age anymore - insurance was a big sting in the wallet when I was 18.

[pimento]

Ya.. my first car was my mum's old Rover SD1 V8. It was after 6 weeks in an old ford courier diesel, but still.. fun for a novice.

[csl177]

I actually wanted to get a huge sticker for my 206, something like this:



Space invaders ftw.

You need these:

[thebrochureman]

I'm glad I'm not of that age anymore - insurance was a big sting in the wallet when I was 18.

Insurance is going to sting me bad, a £400 mrk1 Corsa will cost me £3600 to insure, my Mini clubman will cost me £4000 to insure because it's modded, and thats going though a Mini specialist. So i won't be in a rush to drive.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Because I saw your post from an angle (I'm using a TV screen rather than a PC monitor), I thought that said "Z06"...I was like "Whoa, nice ride!"



Those Italian rules sure are restrictive...and a PITA if your parents / other relatives plan to hand you down their old cars. I'm glad I'm not of that age anymore - insurance was a big sting in the wallet when I was 18.

The main problem was finding something within the limits, but we wouldn't have bought something that much different without them for running costs reasons. There were many good options I had to discard though.

Insurance wasn't that bad. Would have been 1.000 € with road assistance, but through a new law I could get the same class of my parents, so it was I saved 220 € with the same specs.

[FastDriver]

The Peugeot 206 has a history of crappy interior quality, and the overall assembly isn't that good either. Must have something to do with the average 206's owner though.
HDI models have too many miles too, I've set my standard as under 125.000 km.

I'm considering renting a microcar (Panda, 500 and the likes) for next week, would cost 170 € but also give me more time to come to a decent decision.

Thanks for the inputs so far.

I don't like the quality of VW's ride, stiff and yet not sporty. The Ibiza felt a bit better when I got few rides in one some years ago.
I actually don't have so many options so it will probably be based on the better offer I'll find. I just want to exclude cars with a known problem and that kind of stuff.

Like crappy seats on the Citroen C2 and C3, or the uncomfortable seats in the previous gen Punto.

thats funny that you mention the poor quality of the Peugeot, On all of the reliabilty surveys french cars are always on the very bottom! I would never buy a french car. :P

[thebrochureman]

thats funny that you mention the poor quality of the Peugeot, On all of the reliabilty surveys french cars are always on the very bottom! I would never buy a french car. :P

Pus's are not unreliable, well not that i know. We have a Pug 206SW coming up to 54,000 miles, nothing gone wronge yet.

[FastDriver]

Pus's are not unreliable, well not that i know. We have a Pug 206SW coming up to 54,000 miles, nothing gone wronge yet.

Well, I'm sure they don't all break down, but This was a national average. So I'm glad yours is still up and runnin Ive been told BMWs arent very reliable, but mine was at about 182,000 miles when I sold it and the flat 6 was still running along with high torques and the tranny shifted like butter

[henk4]

thats funny that you mention the poor quality of the Peugeot, On all of the reliabilty surveys french cars are always on the very bottom! I would never buy a french car. :P

Top 100 UK Cars | Reliability Index | How reliable is your car?

there is no bias by country in there, please be less prejudiced and inform yourself about cars that are not available in the country where you live.

[FastDriver]

Mercedes-Benz S-Class - Car Reliability Search | Reliability Index | How reliable is your car?

lawlzz!

[f6fhellcat13]

FastDriver, most all of the members of this site have watched a large amount of Top Gear at some point in our automotive enthusiasm. I've noticed that a lot of the information in your posts; "French cars are unreliable", "The Golf is better than the 1 Series" etc... seem to come from the mouths of Jeremy(mostly), James, or Richard.
While we enjoy Top Gear for the entertainment it provides us, and it is a common experience that most gearheads across the world have partaken in, you cannot take what they say at face value; Clarkson & Co. are not as much automotive journalists as comedians and their evaluations of cars are often shallow or downright fabrications. While we appreciate your enthusiasm, it's always nice to have new blood to spice things up around here, please don't fall into the trap of regurgitating Jeremy's opinions verbatim.

[FastDriver]

Top 100 UK Cars | Reliability Index | How reliable is your car?

there is no bias by country in there, please be less prejudiced and inform yourself about cars that are not available in the country where you live.

OK i see the 207 is up there. but look where all the other ones are! 44th and lower! i wouldn't say that is really very good, although much better than the S class Merc hahaha!

[FastDriver]

FastDriver, most all of the members of this site have watched a large amount of Top Gear at some point in our automotive enthusiasm. I've noticed that a lot of the information in your posts; "French cars are unreliable", "The Golf is better than the 1 Series" etc... seem to come from the mouths of Jeremy(mostly), James, or Richard.
While we enjoy Top Gear for the entertainment it provides us, and it is a common experience that most gearheads across the world have partaken in, you cannot take what they say at face value; Clarkson & Co. are not as much automotive journalists as comedians and their evaluations of cars are often shallow or downright fabrications. While we appreciate your enthusiasm, it's always nice to have new blood to spice things up around here, please don't fall into the trap of regurgitating Jeremy's opinions verbatim.

Yeah of course not, There are many times I desagree with what they think about certain cars. And they contradict themselves constantly. I was only mentioning that they do not agree with each other ether. which means we aren't expected to all agree that one single cars is better than all others. It is just simple physics