Buying A Second Hand Car

[DimPrawn]

It's a petrol, 48K on the clock.

Diesel does about 40 MPG and petrol does 30 MPG. Petrol is about 10% cheaper than diesel and servicing costs are lower.

For the mileage I'm going to do, the diesel (which I find rough) makes no sense.

[sasguru]

I just bought a Pug 807 Executive SE. That's the one with six seats (pullman) with armrests on every seat. Full cream leather. Electric heated memory seats. Climate control with invidual settings for each passenger. Electric everything. You name it it's got it. Automatic so easy to drive. Dark tinted privacy glass. Electric remote operated sliding doors.

One owner, full Pug SH on an 04 plate for £4500, with full main dealer warranty.

Great for long journeys with the kids and family.

I thought it was a steal at that price.

Post this on the correct thread

[conned tractor]

Still a good car for not much money.

Similar situation myself but have managed to buy a dog of a mondeo. Am trying to PX against something like 807/ espace/ possibly large diesel estate. Had overlooked the 807 until your mention of it. Thanks.

[sasguru]

I just bought a Pug 807 Executive SE. That's the one with six seats (pullman) with armrests on every seat. Full cream leather. Electric heated memory seats. Climate control with invidual settings for each passenger. Electric everything. You name it it's got it. Automatic so easy to drive. Dark tinted privacy glass. Electric remote operated sliding doors.

One owner, full Pug SH on an 04 plate for £4500, with full main dealer warranty.

Great for long journeys with the kids and family.

I thought it was a steal at that price.

Admit it, you just bought that so you can moonlight as a cabbie.

here's Top Gear's verdict

Our verdict

A real tumbleweed moment for the Peugeot/Citroen partnership, this recently facelifted version of the least exciting car on sale – the Peugeot 807 – continues to engender a stony silence from everyone who steps within. It’s not awful, it’s just… nothing.

Comfort

There is always a trace element of satisfaction to be had from riding in the back of a vast, utilitarian MPV. There is tons of space in both back row, and with a good ride it can all begin to feel almost executive in there. But never actually does.
12 out of 20

Performance
Typical Peugeot drill here: get the larger diesel and you won't be disappointed. Nothing is going to be quick in a car this size, let alone when its laden, but there's enough torque from the 2.2-litre HDI to get the job done.
4 out of 20

Cool
Not even in the rarified world of airport taxi drivers is the 807 going to considered cool. It wouldn't be cool if Kate Moss threw her next three-day birthday bender in the back. Although there probably is enough room.
3 out of 20

Quality
Things look all right in here. Nothing falling off on our hands anyway. There were a fair few problems reported with the ECU in the last version though, so we can only hope they've ironed that out.
7 out of 20

Handling

Not a car you'd want to late brake at the bottom of the Mulsanne Straight, especially not with seven adults on board, but the 807 does the job when the job is almost certainly just getting you to the airport on time.
8 out of 20

Practicality
If you can be bothered to take the rear seats out, and it is a massive shag to do so and then you've got to find somewhere to put them, you have a 3,000-litre load space. Which makes you realise, if you hadn't already, that the 807 is just a van.

13 out of 20

Running costs
Cheap-ish to buy and run thanks to zero cache and sensible diesels, the 807 makes a sound business choice. As a private buy though, you're going to get walloped by tulipe residuals

[DimPrawn]

Residuals I don't car about (I will run it for a few years, all bangers like this become worthless).

Wow, on a track it would be tulip. No way!


It's very quiet, full of leather and toys and fully blacked out windows. Perfect for travelling Britain in comfort and safety. That's all I wanted.

Oh, and cheap too.

[sasguru]

Residuals I don't car about (I will run it for a few years, all bangers like this become worthless).

Wow, on a track it would be tulip. No way!


It's very quiet, full of leather and toys and fully blacked out windows. Perfect for travelling Britain in comfort and safety. That's all I wanted.

Oh, and cheap too.

Yes I'm beginning to picture you cruising around Swindon in your blacked out 807, feeling 'ard.
You must get stopped a lot by drunk people needing a cab though.

[DimPrawn]

Yes I'm beginning to picture you cruising around Swindon in your blacked out 807, feeling 'ard.
You must get stopped a lot by drunk people needing a cab though.

It's just a car mate. Cheap transport for touring the country with lots of friends and family. Oh, I see why you don't get it now.



PS. Here's a better review.

http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-te...ersion_id=3861

PPS. This car cost £25,000 new with the extras!

[sasguru]

It's just a car mate. Cheap transport for touring the country with lots of friends and family. Oh, I see why you don't get it now.

You're right I don't "tour the country with friends and family".
So you're really a pikey chav, eh?

Much prefer to be flying out to exotic destinations.

[sasguru]

PPS. This car cost £25,000 new with the extras!

That's like saying "the flat over the kebab shop in Peckham was £400K at the peak".



Thanks for the laugh mate, it's made my morning.

[DimPrawn]

Yes, sasguru, I'm sure being alone on a desert island suits your personality.