Opinions on Peugeot 307

Penn

Hey all,

Opportunity has come up to buy an 04 1.4 diesel 307. I need a diesel due to the amount of mileage I do. Getting a very good price and I know the car is well serviced.

I was just wondering what peoples opinions of 307s are. Are they reliable? I think it gets around 60 miles per gallon.

Also, this may sound fairly shallow and whatnot, but I'm a 23 year old male. Would they generally be considered to be a girls car or anything? I mean, my aunt has one. I've never been too fussed about the looks of the car (which would be understandable if you knew my car history) but do many guys drive them? Obviously, this isn't high on my list of factors when choosing a car, but its still something I'm conscious of.

Row

I had a 02 307 1.4 hdi which had done 100k with no major probs.
The are easy on diesel but a little poor on performance....around 55-60 mpg
The can be remapped from 70bhp to over 90bhp which should make a difference....drop links on the front suspensions may need replacement fairly often....there will be a knocking noise from the front.
i know of a 307 1.4hdi which has 200k and still running...taxi...:)

colm_mcm

personally I wouldn't buy one, despite some people liking theirs. They're as risky as a Laguna as far as I'm concerned.

Moanin

I had a 2002 XS model and sold it with 120k on the clock. I never had a bit of trouble with it and the guy I sold it has since put 10k miles on it trouble free. It's a very comfortable car and very economical

Penn

Collecting the car tonight in order to test drive it for a few days, see if I like it. Cheers for the help guys, I'll take all into account

Andy_R

I bought a new 307 1.4 HDI XS in 2004. It was a disaster, needed a new gearbox and a water pump within a year. At its next service the garage saw that the timing belt was degraded from the leaking water pump and was on the verge of failure. I traded it in before its second birthday as the warranty was due to expire. At that stage the dash display was telling me the oil sump was empty even though it wasn't and there was an airbag fault with new parts on order fot that. It was very ecomical on diesel. It was also slow but not so bad as to be dangerous. Later in 2004 Peugeot introduced the 1.6 HDI with 110 bhp instead of 70, I'd imagine it would be a much better drive.

Victor_M

We had a 1.4L 302 petrol a few years back, never had any problems with it, put about 20K on the clock, we switched to a Mk5 Golf 1.4, a still miss the Pug!
It doesn't feel as solid as the golf granted but it's huge by comparison and had a lot more bells and whistles as standard, you see a fair few males behind the wheels of them too.

Penn

Ok, got the car last night. Drives very well, liking it so far. Few minor things would have to be sorted out, headlights aligned (I actually thought only one of them was working) and stuff like that.

I was just wondering, a few months ago I bought a new car stereo for my current car. Is it a big job to put it into the Peugeot? I mean, I know I might have to get the trim around it or whatever, but in terms of the existing radio display unit being on top of the dash, and the radio control stick beside the steering wheel. Would I be best leave it?

Normally I wouldn't mind, but the radio I bought has ports for my mp3 player or USB key, and its also a phone handsfree kit in itself