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Old 22nd July 2005, 18:17   #23 (permalink)
snzbear
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Car: Peugeot 807 2.2 HDI
Engine: 2.2 HDI/JTD
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No - unrepentant - Mainly garage's fault

Well I too would agree with those that say the car (807 from March 2003) is good, particularly the convenient doors or the quietness or the comfort. My kids love it too ("Cherry Blossom") and were not happy to hear it will soon disappear (leasing period over).

However the following reasons would say no :

1. I have had a filter problem (5 visits), new seat (argue over who pays), a problem with the indicator (5 visits to date & no solution), broken door handle, endless RT3 software Problems (forced overnight stop in Paris due to battery, missed meeting in Belgium), Radio wouldn't turn off on Monday (car in garage since then). Neither of the garages proved competent at solving these problems & didn't seem to care that this was costing me hours of my time bringing it in & taking hire cars to get to work .. To compensate they gave me a free France Navi-CD once ordered by their customer service manager. It didn't work as it was for Siemens ! Last straw was seat belt buckle breaking on front passenger seat 1/2 way to France so I had to repack the car at 11 pm after driving for 10 hours ..
2. I am fed up with having to be rude / aggressive or slaming down printouts from eurovan2 at my dealer to prove that it the car & not the driver that has the problem. (I had this problem previously with a Sharan, so perhaps my idea of rudeness / aggressive is "run of the mill" for garages.)
3. Mines a leased company car. The leasing company got over 25% discount on the listprice but I pay the tax on the list not paid price. I would prefer Peugeot / Citroen etc. to drop their prices & not give big discounts or generous trade-ins. I will specifically be buying a cheaper car to tax.

IF it had been reliable & given me no problems, I would definitely re-recommend it. But it hasn't and the local garages have proven neither competent nor enthusiastic to solve my problems. Probably, my next car's a Toyota.
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