I drive a 1.6 diesel one of these on my driving lessons, I think it’s great. It’s got plenty of torque, and I love the driving position, I can easily see the speedo as it’s above the steering wheel. And it’s a really easy car to park too.
The 1.6 diesels are good! I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. They are also very reliable. I don’t like the back of these cars are they have awful blind spots and the A Piller is also a bit dodgy. But everyone has their opinion. I would recommend to anyone I like not to buy the petrol unless it’s the 1.6 petrol
Ideally you want a timing chain - unfortunately these are on older cars and quite rare on new cars, main reason behind this is, they tend to last a lot of mileage. If not, the whole life of the car if properly serviced. Dry belt - is like a timing chain but made from rubber. These are changed in accordance with your service manual which is normal every 100k mile or 7 - 8 years. A wet belt - is the top two combines. It’s a rubber belt but submerged in oil. The manufactured will recommend similar intervals to above, however, they are reliable. Mine died after 35k miles, I hear the same horror stories with other manufactures, sometimes as low as 10k. These belts often disintegrate which means the oil strainer gets clogged and starvs the engine of oil OR Snaps. Ether or it’s a right off. I’ve seen ford eco boast (known in the trade as eco booms) snap as little as 10k and a couple of years old. I have spoken to Peugeot directly and they say the tech is getting better, but only time will tell. Would you like me to do a video on this? I have a wet belt - peugour 208 Dry belt - VW Touran Timing chain - g wagon & Spirfire
It’s currently in for a belt change with peugot. They said the belt was fine, i ripped the sump off and found the strainer was blocked. Drove for a few weeks whilst waiting to get in with peugot. They ripped off the sump and it had debris in there.
@@torevenheim9607 I’m happy for you :) was it the same one with the wet belt or do you have the 1.6? I heard the 1.6 is spot on with no oil consumption issues :)
What the heck are you interested in Costa cup holders . At the end of the day ITS A cheap car . May be cheap to RUN JUST as well as thay are always needing something doing on them . Iv NEVER HAD ONE AND NEVER WOULD BUT I KNOW PEPOLE THAT DO and it's a BIG NO NO . 😝.
I learnt to drive on this exact model in 2016-17 & I absolutely hated it. Bad handling, poor visibility, insipid to drive. Then I switched to a Suzuki swift & it was like night and day.
Are you a peugot fan yourself :)? 208 isn’t a bad motor, my main issue with the motor is visibility and wet belt system. I drove a 2024 one the other day, visibility is worse and still got wet belt! What are your thoughts? :)
