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I suspect that a significant part of the audience from Europe is used to the exoticism of seeing American cars reviewed, yet is now utterly unable to appreciate someone looking at cars they are familiar with and have long dismissed with wonder in their eyes. It's a literal culture shock for them.
I totally get this excitement as it's something you don't get in America. I get excited about seeing a Saturn in the States or something like that for the same reason. Doesn't mean it's good, it's just exciting because it's different.
Now THIS is what the channel is about, regular cars. And the little 206 and its consorts is THE regular car for Europe. They are everywhere and I think well loved by their users. Thing is it is a good car, nothing fancy, nothing strange. It is good at "being a car" .... it sounds easy, but I think not many cars can simply be "a good car". Love the Europe reviews .... maybe somebody should get MrRegular in an old regular car, the 2CV!!!
In the early 2000's, the competition for the Regular Car of the UK was between the Peugeot 206 and the Ford Focus; they were _everywhere_ in the noughties.
Its a million times better than a Clio , i used to have both and always had trouble with the Renault where as the Peugeot kept going strong for a good few years
@@djnigellove maybe. But I had a lot of mechanical problems with the 206. Not with the Yaris. The feel of the 206 is probably better but the Yaris is reliable. It's the only thing that really is important to me.
I don't get it. Most of the people talk about 206's like they were expecting serious performance and handling... It's a cheap economy car! I have a super base model 2000 Peugeot 206 with a 1.1 litre 60 hp petrol engine, no A/C. And when you accept that it is a cheap old shit box, it starts to grow on you. Perky little engine, revs angrily in 2nd, and in a windy road you can have a riot driving it without exceeding the speed limit.
lorfertransam IMO the Peugeot 206 was the last "good" peugeot in the vein of the 205/405/306 type. decent handling, pretty damned good diesel engines (the 1.9 XUD diesel is the most produced diesel engine of all time), good road holding with even a little lift off oversteer... I can totally understand why Mr. Regular loves this.
'02 1.1 litre 'Look' owner here, as far as 15 year old hatches go, it's fantastic. Way more refined and comfortable than most hatchbacks of the era, plus as you say nice to drive. And it still looks fresh too.
I'm keeping track of my first car - 2001 Peugeot 206 1.1 to see what's going on with it. For some reason It always had a sentimental value to me. The little thing keeps on going and going, it never broke down. All it requires is its yearly maintance. It never had an engine problem or something very problematic. I'm aware that people had some problems with them, but at least mine was one of the most realible cars I've ever had.
Mine it's been in the family since new. I grew up in it (it was my mom's car), and when I get my license it ended up as my first car, and still do. Just by doing some maintenace and a little issue with the water pump now solved, it's been bulletproof so far... 17 years and more to come!. And I'm totally with you, that thing has a big sentimental value to me too.
Those bits you pointed at asking if they were speakers, they’re sensors, if the car is locked with the alarm on but the window is left open and someone reaches in to steal your wallet off the seat the sensors will detect that and the alarm will start, hella annoying if your friend locks you in their car at a petrol station because you can’t move
It's funny how everybody get fired up talking it's a bad car, while 99% of you haven't even driven it. It was the first car I bought (a GTi model) and with Bilstein B12 suspension it was super fun around tight corners. It also had most of the creature comforts in my current daily BMW 3 Series. Overall, it's not a perfect car, by far, but it really is not as bad as some of you make it seem.
I own a bone stock 206 gti and it's fantastic! Such a fun car, very nimble and agile, and in the corners it just grips!! Also great steering feel. Yes a bit more power could be good but overall the car feels very good & quick. Love it!!
The 206 is also known among rally fans as its package was very much ahead of its time. The 206 WRC was (at the time) the smallest car in its rallying class; in fact it was so small that the production model was too short to meet the qualifying homologation length, requiring Peugeot to build an extended bumper GT version to qualify. The car made its debut in 1999, and after the turn of the millennium it won the manufacturers' title 3 years running until it was replaced by the inferior 307.
Gonna make a controversial call...well if you live in a market where all these Peugeot models were sold....out of the 205, 206, 207, 208....by far the best looking most cohesive most "of one piece" was actually the humble 206...it just looks...right....208 butt ugly, unless you like the German VW look...207 big long nose spoiled its lines...205 cute, but really looked liked a shopping hatchback, nothing special.
@@omeshenmoodley6592 My guess would be an update on regulations to get a longer wheelbase, but Peugeot developed a 4-speed gearbox specifically for tarmac rallies which proved to be woefully unreliable, getting stuck in 3rd gear often.
yes it is! i'm rebuilding the engine to put forged pistons rods and a big cam! maybe down the road make it electronic injection and turbo. also upgrading the brakes and suspension
I’m always jealously amused when I travel to other countries and see awesome regular cars that we just don’t have here, at least new anyway. Regular Americans always buy cars a few sizes too big when, during 98% of their lifestyle, all they really need is a fun little two door hatch like this. You can still pick up a couple weeks worth of groceries and ferry your typical family/posse around. Certainly no need for a manatee sized Trailblazer with a junk rack on the roof. Mr. Regular, I was just as giddy about seeing all the two door hatches in London and Suzuki Jimnys in Jamaica. Thank you for your videos!
I think America's obsession with large cars goes back to the era of the settlers; the United States is a large country and takes up the majority of the North American continent. In the middle of that country are vast expanses of desert and canyon with little in the way of viable land for supporting large populations, so vehicles with large carry capacity, long-distance reliability and long-haul comfort became der rigeur
2:53 These are movement sensors for the alarm. The hotest version of the 206 was RC, 2.0 gasoline, 177 hp. Nice to hear your approach to european cars :)
It's all for want of something exotic and forbidden. Many of us Yankee car guys grew up on Gran Turismo and thought these were the strangest, coolest things. Even today, these cars are more exciting than American compacts from that era.
The thing with older Peugeots, like this 206, is they ride and handle very well, and had advanced (for the time) diesel engines. Those HDi units drove great. The reason why the majority think they are crap is they weren't built very well. Very unreliable. But when new the 206 had style and panache. It's just that this was 'lost' once they all started breaking down.
I have a 206 hdi. It's been relatively reliable, the engine is perfect, but the little electronic "additions" to the car keep going bad. The alternator, air conditioning and radio have all proved troublesome, but the engine keeps running perfectly.
My 2000 406 has been extremely reliable, I've had to replace normal wear parts (brakes, exhaust backbox due to road salt, that sort of thing) and gas up the aircon, but that's about it on a nearly 17 year old car. The only non-planned repair has been a faulty ignition coil, but that's a 30 minute job anyone can do in the driveway themselves. Oh yeah, and collision damage from getting hit by oblivious drivers on three different occasions. Their cars got totaled, the 406 needed a new bumper and a bit of paint.
I drove a 206 from southern mexico to northern usa and back. Clutch disappeared on the highway on the way to the airport (taking someone to LA). I had to buy a new one on ebay for a local shop to replace it. It was a four door and I loved the size. The attention in the usa was funny. An Iranian immigrant chased me around for the chance to look at the engine (he was a peugot mechanic before leaving).
These things on the A-pillar look like infrared sensors from some kind of alarm system which goes off if it detects movement inside the car. Because otherwise it wouldn't make sense for them to be two there.
Absolutely Seegal, those are the alarm motion sensors. If someone smashed the window, for example, they detect the movement and sound the alarm. They are standard fit and Peugeot use the same exact design even on the current 208.
@@oliverkinson791 depends on your location. Here in Lithuania during the winter they use a lot of salt, and my 206 underside is badly rusted. I hope to get 3 years out of it before it turns to a total pile of rust. :(
It is really funny to see everyone in the comments going mad because Mr Regular likes a Peugeot. I was going to go into a few details about the car but to be honest, I think I'd rather point out that he is entitled to like what he does and I bet there are a large number of people commenting who have never experienced a Peugeot. I bet there are also a large number of people who only listen to what comes out of an orangutan's mouth along with the neat freak and the angry midget. If you think Peugeots are bland, has anyone actually driven a modern Volkswagen? Not exactly thrill a minute cars either. All the power to you, Mr Regular! You and I get what others don't.
megaangelic not here in America, if you are not familiar with the old videos of car alarms going off for no reason, but only the wind or something unknown. It was tough here in America, if someone had one that would detect someone standing beside the car, a cat would set it off, at a store someone getting in the car beside it would set it off. All of that was aftermarket, not factory. Our factory was the vehicle had to be penetrated, so the trunk had to be opened, doors opened, but if the window was broken or wedged opened no alarm. So, there was factory alarms that good, there? Was there any bad or issues with them? I now have OnStar built in so if someone does get my car, it’s trackable, and can lock them in while cutting power, till the police are behind them, to arrest them.
OMG man!!! I'm freaking out! I love this car, seriously. That was my first car when I was 18 in Brazil and just got my drivers license. Mine also had the quicksilver package, but a 1.6 16v 110hp petrol engine. I owned it for 7 years. I know everything there is to know about this car. Hit me up if you want to know any of its peculiarities for the review. For example, it has a very unique rear suspension that uses torsion bars instead of springs, and they can be lowered just by changing the pre-load on the springs. So if you wanted to lower it, you only needed to buy the front springs. The engine in mine also had an aluminum block, something very unusual for that price point. I don't know why this have a bad reputation on the English speaking countries (probably because of Top Gear). It is a great car. It is reliable, mine only left me stranded once in 7 years because of a broken linkage between the gear lever and the transmission. I also had to replace a CV joint once when the car was 100.000km+, other then that, it was just regular maintenance, oil, brakes, tires... I was really into cars when I bought it, and this was by far the best car in its price range, superior in interior quality, performance and mechanically (i.e. independent rear suspension, aluminum block engine, 16v) to all other cars from vw/ford/fiat in the same price bracket. Seriously man, I almost had tears of joy in my eyes seeing this video. This car meant so much to me!
By the way, originally, the intakes in the hood are part of the HVAC system. The car in the video must have had the intake box removed at some point for some reason...
I actually drove this car myself when i was a student, and i loved it until my dad sold it for a new 2014 opel corsa (it was his car afterall, and i was allowed to use it everyday with the car insurance to his name). A few explanations first: - Quicksilver you said was a californian company, it was actually a very popular clothes brand in france (i know so.. cuz i grew up in france choosing those clothes when i was really young, like 10?). So that "Quicksilver edition" thing may have been a move from Peugeot's side as a "IT'S A BRAND KIDS LIKE" move. - You noticed the little knobs at 2:50, my dad's second-hand 2000-ish peugeot 307 SW (a popular family car from peugeot) had this option, he wasn't quite sure himself, although you see them at the back of the car as well at the same height level: i think they were infrared barrier sensors? like if you forget to close the window completely and someone reaches in, the infrared light barrier is broken and triggers the car alarm. I was a Student in Belfort (a city 50 km-ish away from Montbeliard where the peugeot company birthed from, and where there's a massive production plant too). Even in 2014, with the peugeot 206 out of production for already a few years, the car was still so popular that if you drove by a peugeot 206, you generally drive past another one, and there's usually always a 3rd o ne you have to look for. no kidding. The Opel Corsa i have is a base model which has a very .... neat gearbox? what i mean is the gear just shifts in where it's supposed to be so easily instead of having a gearbox so loose you'd have to palp your way around to the right gear slot like a blind man trying to find the nipple on someone's breast. but the acceleration is like the stereotypical sence-of-humor meter of the country it was designed in (i know, it's GM, so sorta 'murican, but i expect it's still sdesigned in germany at least, and soon it'll be honhon-baguette french because it's going being bought by PSA, the builder of peugeot-citroën cars). Meaning the peugeot i had (with... i don't remember if it was a 1.6 or 1.4 naturally aspirated 4 cylinder gas engine?) was fun to drive and just stomp on. The corsa seems to cushion the ride quite well, remaining pretty level even in a tight curve, but you can hassle it all you want, it will only accelerate when you want it to, and it'll only give you enough to do so without any thrills. My french grandpa was a peugeot guy, he gave used one of his cars to my parents and since then my dad drives peugeot cars. And if i ever buy myself a second-hand car, it'll be a peugeot 206, because there's so many of them that replacement parts are cheap, and i expect they will remain so for a very long time. Sorry for that ramble :| hope you enjoy your trip in GB, and i'm now utterly exited to see what the review will be like :D
Yep, tho in blackpool the corsas are the pedo car of choice given the number hanging about the carpark at macdonalds with 14year old schoolies in the back.
You say that, but its large interior, lack of b-pillars, huge dimensions and general character remind me of American luxury cars of the 1950s. It's like a quintessentially French interpretation of old American luxury cars.
I would love to see Doug DeMuro to review one. He loves quirky cars, and Avantime is literally quirk on wheels. It still amazes me that it even made it to production at all.
From what I've been able to hear, the safety standards aren't higher/lower.. they're 'weird'... deliberately weird so that euro/asia spec cars can't directly interface with American markets because... well.. to safe domestic automakers... even though most or their product is coming from their own overseas design studios. (The new Fiesta had a significant redesign under-the-skin to meet these standards I know.)
Haha, you're on my soil driving a Pug. I own a 1990 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9. It's not my everyday driver but it's amazing! You should come and review that! Love your videos, my man, and keep up the good work. Staz
RegularCars they're probably not as awful as most people think they are, but they are well known for being driven as first cars and/or being in an awful condition and being sold for £150 on EBay. They are also almost always that nasty, cheap silver colour, and with cracked hubcaps.
Unpopular opinion: They, and other early 2000 French hatchbacks (and Vauxhall Corsas), have become symbolic of Britain's working class and general cultural and social collapse; of a portion of the population that just gave up, though, to be honest, it's not like the rest of the population was trying either. The way they blend in with 1960s and 70's estate housing, with Tesco car parks, and the cracked roads outside decaying corner shops is both uncanny and unpleasantly common. These cars, and their brethren, are, in a way, more British than anything else in this country; soulless, dirty, and grey. Now, why is this? Well, I think it comes down to the fact that for many people, this will be their peak car. This. A 2005 Peugeot. Peak car. Unfortunate, yeah. But true. What's worse is that this isn't all that uncommon. What's more is that these cars, much like every other car on British roads, are expensive to run. Be it to insure, tax, or fuel, or be it because insurance companies decided that basically anyone on the fairer side of 30 weren't physically skilled enough to drive without handing over ridiculous quantities of money, these cars still aren't actually cheap for a lot of people. Living in this country, for all the positive qualities there genuinely are, is fairly mediocre. What is the average British person's future; what does their future look like if they succeed, and what does their future look like if they fail? Similar. Regardless of how well you do in life, the chances are that you'll be living in a similar house, driving a similar car, and generally doing similar things. It's all a bit grey, much like the weather. And this is the car. This is the car that sums it all up. This is the British class system on wheels. For some people, it's their first. For some people, it's their last. Either way, it's rat race to nowhere that a lot of people don't really want to be a part of anymore.
Nonsense. Not a single "06" Peugeot car was bad. 106 : brilliant little city car, still looks good. 206 : good subcompact, the CC convertible hard-top made the SLK formula available to the masses. 306 : brilliant compact hatchback, still looks modern now. S16 and Rallye were among the greatest hot hatches ever and the Pininfarina cabriolet is very pretty. 406 : one of the best handling sedans of its time, and let's not forget the gorgeous Pininfarina Coupé. Only exception is the 806 which is a boring MPV. It's the "07" Peugeots that were almost invariably awful (107, 1007, 207, 307, 407, 4007, 807).
I also loved this car as a kid. Three years ago it ended up being my first car after I got my license. Mine is similar to the one in the video, but I have a 2-liter diesel. It's fun to drive and to this day is one of the best looking hot hatches ever made imo. btw, mine has a plastic duct under the air intakes on the hood, goes to HVAC system.
I am Brazilian and I have an '08 206 1.4 flex (ethanol/gasoline) and I love it to bits, even though the rough tropical roads haven't done it any favors. The AC doesn't work anymore, it roars like a truck due to catalytic converter issues, everything rattles and the trim pieces are falling off, but it's still *so nice*! The engine is perfect for the size and weight of the car (most Brazilian entry level cars have 1L engines), and it's got a lot more optionals than most Brazilian entry level options from the 2000's. Love love love the french cars!!
The right hand drive ones are barely converted so you probably wouldn't have the same issue with the steering column if you imported a French one to the USA. Even the brake master cylinder is on the left hand side and Peugeot (and Citroen on the C4) just stuck a bar across the rear of the toe board almost like you'd have for duel controls for a driving instructor.
Funny thing: The German car manufacturer Opel (Vauxhall in England) has been a part of GM for more than 80 years (you know i.e. the Saturn Astra from them), has recently been sold to: PSA, the company that makes Peugeot and Citroën. So now there is a connection between those, although it goes in the other direction ;)
Actually, French cars don't have that good of a reputation here either. Nor do Italian ones. Or US cars (which is what Opel basically was before). I personally don't like German cars, and the big downside of Asian makes is that the spare parts are so overly expensive. So what should I drive? ;)
Those air intakes are actually functional and they are for the HVAC. Also the STOP light is for the oil pressure, coolant temperature and level and brake fluid level.
I had a 1992 Panda 750 (mk2 strictly speaking), 34hp of Italian delight! Had to sell up last year due to circumstance but if I still had it I definitely would've offered it!
I'm English and these are cracking little cars. Cheaply made but they look great. I used to want one and got just excited as you about them. 😀 That is a golden years of Peugeot there. Their HDI diesels were so ahead of the time. The one you drove was a later unit, co-devloped with Ford. Before that, they used a 2.0 diesel engine, which was known for being indestructible. It's quieter than the 1.6 and revs like a petrol. Known for doing spaceship mileages like 200k + and still running. If you come here again, try to drive the earlier 306 or 406. Same great diesels, but better handling and made cars. 🙂
Btw, Quiksilver was founded in Torquay, Australia (I think they started up around '73)...but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. Surfing has been a huge sport over there for a long time also. :-)
PS: I love how the switches for the locks and windows are in the middle, where driver and passenger can reach them all - and it keeps the rain from getting in the switches if you put your window down. Wish they'd do that in the states. :-)
206. I am apsolutely not surprised for Mr. Regular to drive THE regular European car, which the 206 is. It's THE first car for any acne-ridden 19 year old who just got his driver's license. The 206. It is way more fun to drive than you think it is, even if you drive one that is faulty, and 90% of them are because the idea of a low maintenance car backfired because for many, it meant NO MAINTENANCE whatsoever. A buddy of mine owns one that had a whole slew of issues that simply weren't fixed because they'd cost double than what the car is worth (he paid $1800 for it 3 years ago), but he did most of the maintenance and even got a new coat of paint (red paintjobs on 206s were notorious for scraping, entire roof on his 206 was basically shredded from the peeling paintjob). He also has a busted alternator; anything above 2k rpm and it sounds like a screaming cat thet was autotuned to sound like an orchestra playing for the Rocky Horror Show, you can hear the whistle from three blocks away. How does it drive? Power steering was faulty so it was as hard as my back-then 07' Vectra C, and torque-steered just as badly (any Vectra C owner who knows their shit will know IMMEDIATELY what I'm talking about). The gearbox on the car was worn out so much that shifting gears felt like I was stirring a stew-one handedly. RCR is right when you say you DON'T feel the clutch, it's incredibly light. Buddy still owns his 206, it's a 1.4l, 78 hp car. He clocked it at 105 mph (165 kmh) and boy, let me tell you, riding over 100 mph in this car is SCARY. I cannot stress how tiny this car is, think early gen Civic hatches, but even smaller. The 206, the official car of a Gang of Four cruising through a block of faded Eastern Europe commie tower blocks driving to the corner store to buy a big bottle of Coke and 2 gallons of the cheapest white wine swill with a pack of plastic cups before parking the 206 on a children's playground parking lot before they head in with their cheap Bluetooth stereo blasting Eurotechno as they get drunk and smoke their blue Camels.
One of the nicest things I discovered while driving in the UK, was how wonderfully easy it was to just get in the car, and have the key on the side of the wheel as the door. Just plop, in, turn, go. No need for the reach around! I loved it!
Not a bad Car BTW, but a bit boring. If you like vintage cars, try the Peugeot 205 GTI from the 80's, 1.9 or 1.6. I don't know if it's a common car in the UK, but it's from far the best car Peugeot ever produce. And one of the best European car of the 80's.
Almost all of them have rusted away. Even when it was still built, I've never seen one without rust bubbles. That said, a 105 or 106 GTI (or the identical Saxo) might a good substitute and is probably easier to find. It's similar in size, very light and was also praised for its great handling.
yeah, many rusted away, except one of my friends, i crashed that. still managed to drive it home safely despite the passengers(among them said friend, who was so hungover the next day he forgot we crashed until he saw his car...)demanding i try to hit a deer on the way home so insurance will pay. i argued that not only would i then be a bambi murderer, we probably wouldn't make it back home at all. so i kept on trucking, trying to keep the thing straight on ice and snow with severely warped chassis from the accident.
Really ! Here it becames a classic and the value is rising up quickly, well it's a bit hard to find a nice one today, but around 8000 to 12000 € for one in good condition.
To crash one is a super common thing even on the 80's. The car was good, but young people driving this little sport cars... well it was the GTI thing... Most of them have hit the trees.
no1DdC I own one and I'm an enthusiast, trust me they haven't all rusted away they were galvanised from factory which wasn't the same for fords and British cars of the same era so there's a lot left however a lot are in garages or have been broken over the years or turned into race cars
I'm so happy to see some regular cars that I really know. Don't get me wrong, your videos are always outstanding, but half the time I don't know the cars because they're classic American cars. So this is really cool to see. I could watch you review Peugeots, Renaults, Citroëns, SEATs, and Skodas all day.
It is so fresh when someone reviews a car without any of the misconceptions that Europeans give cars that always stick no matter what the marque does. My first car was a Peugeot 306 1.6 XS and it was a delightful little thing.
Congratulions Mr Regular! You now say Jag instead of Jagwaaarr. Just need to elongate and roll the a to achieve true Jeremy Clarson Caddishness potentially. "Oh me? I drive a Jaaaaag."
Every time I watch this it makes me miss the 2L N/A 206cc My brother left behind when he moved to Europe. Was such a fun and reliable little car, survived several West Australian road-trips, being lent out to friends visiting from all over the world, shrugging off falling tree branches, and even a couple of kangaroos. It never missed a beat and sure the hydraulics in the folding roof were letting out, the ac would hold gas as well as a 90 year old man, one of the speakers had blown, and trying to find parts or a buyer was a mission in itself. But that little EW10J4 16 valve 4 cylinder with no Variable Valve Timing never gave up and stuck to 5L per 100km, so when a young women had been left an old 1977 Kingswood ute that had no gears left, struggled to start, riddled with rust, and would drink oil as fast as it did fuel, I knew it would treat her right. So we made the trade and after a junkyard heart transplant the Kingswood has been like a faithful old dog, my mind still wonders back to that little 206. Even though it's excessive use of early millennium cracktacktic plastics and raw aluminium corrosion magnet locked down ECU's make it not long for this world. It definitely deserves it's place in history and just like mister regular I still want one to this day.
Back in Brazil, when I wad a kid, my family owned a peugeot 106, 206 and a 207, and right now my brother owns a 308. I always loved peugeots. I think they are nicely built and beautiful. This video was pure nostalgia. I wished peugeot would enter the US market
I was the owner of PUG 206 for 10 years. I want a bigger car for family and I brought a PUG 407. I am very satisfied about these two cars. Nice design for interior and exterior of them, nice and good materials were used to build them and the engines are great (206 - 1.4 petrol, 407 - 2.0 hdi), and I really know what I'm talking about.
I love that your Fit's doppelganger made an appearance! In 2007 I drove a Seat with a similarly-outputted engine and a 5-speed across the Italian Alps into Switzerland on a trip with my dad, across ridiculous mountain roads and all sorts of weather. Those European diesels are truly amazing, and it was very cool to see you in your dream car watching that oil-burner rev... right on
@@megaangelic Maybe only 2 people had a Twingo with the first version, which was never inported into the UK (Mainly personal imports.). With the 2nd version I don't know.....
We had the 206 here in Brazil since 97 or 98, and my father bought one in 2004, it was a 1.4. I really liked it. And it's the car my parents miss the most. They also enjoyed it a lot. And I think it looks really great. Even today. I really like them. One day I'll buy one and make it a hot hatch out of it.
My daily driver from 2003 to 2014 was one 1.6 petrol XS, with 110hp... It had the same brakes and suspention set-up, as the 138hp 2.0lt Gti. Basically a Gti with a 1.6lt engine. And it had more ecpuipment as standard than my mom's 2005 Audi A3 (at almost twice the price). I did 237.500km in it and loved every one of them... a total of less than eur 1.000 spent on things that broke down in these 11years of hard driving... other than that, it was just oils, filters etc every 20.000km... Great little car, handles great, lovely steering, great feedback from the chasis, amazing brakes, low fuel consumption! And great semi-bucket seats! I even got it to several track days and it worked beautifully there too! Completely standard mind you! The things on the A-pillar are for the car's alarm, at least mine were at the same place. I or the passenger would regulary hit them with our heads and they would fall off, but no sweat, the cable would keep them from falling to the floor and you just pressed them to the small hole and the srew would catch again... until the next time you exited the car... Other idiocyncracies? Well... each front light has its onw fuse and both get electricity from 1 cable... What's the problem you ask? Well... the fuses can take more current than this cable and it can burn before the fuses! :) Only the French could design that! Still, just 13 euros to fix at the dealership, so not that big of a problem. Unless the cable is burned and its night and you want to get home... I learned this the hard way... Moreover, Mr. Regular, I believe you are the only person in the world that compared this peugeot shifter to a honda and preferred the French one... :) These things sell for peanuts now here, you want me to send you one over to the States? :) Mind you, I might keep it for myself though! I still miss the little bugger! If you ever come to Greece, e-mail me, we'll get you lots of regular cars, with the steering on the right side this time... :)
The scoops on the bonnet originally fed the cabin air vents, but I guess the design has changed underneath, but kept the vents, as its kind of the car's identity.
Nothing weird, it is a great car. I owned a 206 for 2 years when living in France, before moving to another country. It looks good, it is a very comfortable, dependable, and fun car to drive. If you have the 1.4L 75 CV, or a more powerful engine, this car can be very very fun to drive. And, it is much less dangerous than the 205 when you take tight corners at high speed.
