looking for opinions on 307 commercial

aurin07

looking into buying one this weekend have had a 306 van for the past 2 years never let me down.. looking at a 2005 model 2 litre HDI

Opinions?? owners and pilots

Cheers

JHMEG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_307

The 307 suffers from below average build quality and reliability, it was placed 158th out of 159 cars tested in the Top Gear Survey of 2005. It also ranked 99 out of 113 2-3 year old cars tested by TÜV in 2007.

Also http://www.topgear.com/content/carsurvey/2006/peugeot/307/

Peugeot 307
Overall Position: 150/152

bazz26

The 306 was rated to be a way better car than the 307 that followed it.

Row

Hi aurin07....I guess your 306 has the 1.9 Td xud engine which is bulletproof,
The hdi's are also good but like all modern diesels today which have alot of
sensors...dmf's..dpf's..that can give trouble...:rolleyes:
As for the 307's there not bad but if you get a bad one it may give you
grief ...:rolleyes:
Ron.

colm_mcm

scrap.

mukki

i have a 16hdi with 110,000k and its fine, it was overheating a while when i busted the radiatior after hitting a dog, the oil went like tar from the regular overheating, fixed rad, changed oil and still runs fine, i drive the shyte out of it every time i hit a straight stretch


brother has a 1,4 petrol with 215,000 miles and its fine too


fantastic cars, I wouldn't buy mine if i were you though

my father is on his second 307 1.4hdi he put up high mileage on the first and must be up around 140k km/h on this one. I think a wheel bearing is the only problem he had had on this one and don't remember any problems with the first one apart from both having a tendency to blow break light bulbs. He pulls the car trailer with it too often with a bit of weight in it so it doesn't have an easy life.

Healyc

I have a 04 2.0 HDI Van (RHY Engine - Bosch Fuel System) with 124000mls and it's fine!

Having come out of a 530d M-Sport if was a bit of a culture shock but i got over it after looking at the running costs between the two.

I'm averaging about 520mls per tank (€60 to fill) which is not bad as i do 50% City driving and 50% motorway driving.

It's very comfortable but the only downside in relation to this is the blind spot created by the "A" pillar when turning right and the difficulty to see the nose of the car when parking.

In relation to maintenance - mine has a full Peugeot History which was nice but it need's the alternator to be over-hauled as it's over charging and i already changed the EGR due to lack of power/EML on the dash.

Mine is the XRAD model which afaik is the base model but it still has a respectable spec such as CD player, elec windows and steering wheel controls.

Pro's & Con's

Pros - Cheap Tax (Van), maintenance costs are reasonably low, not too bad of power (110hp)

Cons - Everything "Could" go wrong with it so there a bit risky and a VW Golf van is nicer to drive .

HTH

GERMAN ROCKS

very economical. very comfortable. modern enough. id go with it.