As per subject, been looking at this car. Very tidy, only 15k and with
manufacturers warr until april 2006.

I don't know anything about Peugeot, especially the diesels. Anything I
should be aware of, like they are crap ( hope not, I like the car and
swmbo does). I only saw it today and have not driven it yet.

They want 7995 for it, garage not private.

So help people please, your thoughts etc.

Cheers

Dave

Hi

Long shot but does the battery warning light double as a warning for
anything else? Have a look in the handbook.

I say this because on my car the "door open" warning doubles for
"automatic gearbox failure"

Chances are its a gremin which the dealer's diagnostic wizardry should
prove or disprove.

veersix@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a 1993 Corsa 1.5TD and the battery warning light decided to pop
> itself on on Sunday evening just as I was pulling into my drive. Didn't
> have time to check it out yesterday, but having searched on this NG I
> carried out the following checks:
> 
> 1) Checked battery voltage without engine running. Was around 12.7V. So
> battery okay. Should be as it's less than 1 year old.
> 
> 2) Started engine. At idle the voltage varied between 14V and 14.7V and
> the engine sounded very "clunky" until it got warmed up. It was like
> the engine was revving then not revving, hunting I guess you could call
> it. Haven't noticed that before.
> 
> 3) Once that had stopped, it settled down to 14.65V at idle with no
> electrical load.
> 
> 4) Having turned on the lights to full beam, and putting the fan on, it
> showed about 14.35V at idle.
> 
> 5) Stopped the engine and the voltage across the battery is around
> 13.5V.
> 
> Unfortunately, the leads on the meter I've got aren't long enough to
> enable me to rev the engine and take a reading.
> 
> So, it seems that the alternator is actually charging the battery. The
> battery seems to be holding a charge and the engione starts okay. Any
> ideas as to what it could be? If it was the regulator would I expect to
> see higher volts at higher revs? If it's not the reg/rec then what else
> could it be?
> 
> Thanks,
> Colin.
> 

"AstraVanMan"  wrote in message
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> > As per subject, been looking at this car. Very tidy, only 15k and with
> > manufacturers warr until april 2006.
> >
> > I don't know anything about Peugeot, especially the diesels. Anything I
> > should be aware of, like they are crap ( hope not, I like the car and
> > swmbo does). I only saw it today and have not driven it yet.
> >
> > They want 7995 for it, garage not private.
> >
> > So help people please, your thoughts etc.



I have an 2003 206 DTurbo 2.0 SW (estate) I love it.

Mine has covered almost 4 times the mileage of that one and has only
suffered one intermittent electrical fault where all the dash lights would
flash together and the speedo etc would read zero, and then it would all
flick back to normal. The garage tightened the main earth connection and
downloaded a software update. Seems okay since.

It's hard to value it without knowing the exact engine (1.4Hdi or 2.0 Hdi)
and trim level. A Dturbo 2.0 will obviously attract more money than a 1.4XL.

This is our fifth Peugeot. We had a 307 2.0 petrol SW which had severe
engine management faults and eventually was pulled off lease by the company
and replaced. The others have all been good cars. The 306 1.9 Dturbo estate
covered 93,000 miles in just over three years and cost me almost nothing
apart from routine servicing.  The major 36,000 mile service on the 206 cost
200 at the main dealer, the 12 and 24 cost just over 100. Make sure
"yours" has had its' 12,000 mile/2 year service.

I get 55 mpg from mine in motorway and A route use, but I'm not a nutter.
Tyre wear seemed high, with fronts lasting just over 20,000 and rears 25,000
although I do travel with a fully loaded boot, I tow with it, and that was
with Continental Premium Contact tyres which seem to be very soft. The
replacement BF Goodrich tyres are lasting much better.

> It's hard to value it without knowing the exact engine (1.4Hdi or 2.0 Hdi)
> and trim level. A Dturbo 2.0 will obviously attract more money than a 1.4XL.


Its a 2.0l HDi

Dave

> XT trim or Dturbo trim?
> Dturbo has alloys, different grill and looks like the XS.


Knew you would ask that, I may take a trip out there today.

Cheers

Dave

"dave stanton"  wrote in message
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>
> > XT trim or Dturbo trim?
> > Dturbo has alloys, different grill and looks like the XS.
>
> Knew you would ask that, I may take a trip out there today.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave



LOL !

Parkers values the DTurbo at 8875 main dealer, 8670 independent and the XT
Hdi 2.0 at 7665 or 7490.

What Car values the DTurbo at 9515 main dealer, 8486 independent and the XT
at 8387 or 7444.

Whereas, a look at Autotrader indicates that an asking price of 7500 upwards
is about average for the Dturbo, less for the XT. They're not really common,
but there's also no shortage of them - haggle hard and see if they will
offer another 12 months warranty after the current one has expired, 24000
service for free, that sort of thing!

> 
> Parkers values the DTurbo at 8875 main dealer, 8670 independent and the XT
> Hdi 2.0 at 7665 or 7490.
> 
> What Car values the DTurbo at 9515 main dealer, 8486 independent and the XT
> at 8387 or 7444.
> 
> Whereas, a look at Autotrader indicates that an asking price of 7500 upwards
> is about average for the Dturbo, less for the XT. They're not really common,
> but there's also no shortage of them - haggle hard and see if they will
> offer another 12 months warranty after the current one has expired, 24000
> service for free, that sort of thing!


Thanks for the info.

Dave

"Doctor D"  wrote in
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> 
> "dave stanton"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.08.03.06.51.45.660155@privacy.net...
>>
>> > XT trim or Dturbo trim?
>> > Dturbo has alloys, different grill and looks like the XS.
>>
>> Knew you would ask that, I may take a trip out there today.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave
> 
> 
> LOL !
> 
> Parkers values the DTurbo at 8875 main dealer, 8670 independent and
> the XT Hdi 2.0 at 7665 or 7490.
> 
> What Car values the DTurbo at 9515 main dealer, 8486 independent and
> the XT at 8387 or 7444.
> 
> Whereas, a look at Autotrader indicates that an asking price of 7500
> upwards is about average for the Dturbo, less for the XT. They're not
> really common, but there's also no shortage of them - haggle hard and
> see if they will offer another 12 months warranty after the current
> one has expired, 24000 service for free, that sort of thing!
> 
> 
> 

Yes, those valuations seem to vary quite a bit. Made it very difficult to 
decide a price for selling my car.



-- 
Stuart Sharp

In news:pan.2005.08.02.14.21.19.502989@privacy.net,
dave stanton  scribed:

> As per subject, been looking at this car. Very tidy, only 15k and with
> manufacturers warr until april 2006.
>
> I don't know anything about Peugeot, especially the diesels. Anything
> I should be aware of, like they are crap ( hope not, I like the car
> and swmbo does). I only saw it today and have not driven it yet.
>
> They want 7995 for it, garage not private.
>
> So help people please, your thoughts etc.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave


My 206SW 1.4 HDI 52 reg done 84k so far with correct service intervals and 
had
no trouble at all apart from one dipped headlamp lamp out and a footprint in 
the
offside wing where some moron decided to stand on it as a short cut in a car 
park
Enjoy this motor though it is a working car
-- 
Regards Jimbo
Chillu chi nun si fa l'affari sua, cc la linterna va circann guai:
He who doesn't mind his own business
uses his lantern to look for trouble.