OT FOAK what kills coil packs in peugeot 206?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article1018954.ece

Or to put it another way it's a bit like asking "what's the prettiest
toilet paper?".

 

My eldest daughter had a similar problem 3 coil packs (all genuine
pug) in 12 months .

took it to an independant garage eventually they found the following

Incorrect sparkplug gaps

Dodgy connections between battery and alternator

Earth strap missing

They fixed all that and its been fine since and it only cost me
£100.00


Thier explanation of each problem was

Incorrectly gapped plugs means the coil packs have to work harder to
create the spark

I am assuming here it has to reach a higher charge

Dodgy connections alternator and battery , missing earth strap can
result in voltage spikes which

I am assuming here that an alternator probably throws out far higher
voltages and these are smoothed out by the battery

Others may have a better explanation

 

I tell a lie, the 406 finaly broke down after 7 years, 149500 miles when
the gearbox broke.

And I've just realised that my last 5 cars have all been French. And Jean
is still ragginh her 1100 clio.

 

My 7 year old 307 (which I actually hate) just had the "pulleys" done,
but that was not a breakdown, more an annoyance.

 

Ditto, a BX, XM, Xantia and Pug 406 and the wife has had a 106, ZX and
now a Meganne (which I have to admit I may have made a mistake
buying).

The Xant was a bit of a Friday car but nothing that would stop you
driving it, the worst thing on thePug has been a couple of broken
front springs, but I put that down to the crap state of the roads.

 

I bought my ex wife a diesel Megane. I didn't take responsibility for
reliability and repairs however.
It was bad, evil even, and by **** it worked.

 

It killed her?

 

Oh I didn't want to go quite that far. Well, not at the time.

 

No 7year warranty on bog roll though.


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That's the old Rio, which was rubbish.

This is a new Rio:

http://www.roadtestreports.co.uk/media/press-cars/large-images/kia-rio-1
-large.jpg

I had one for a week when I started this job. It was a nearly new Rio 2
hire car.

Had air-con, a reasonable stereo (spec. was OK, but speakers were a bit
rubbish), electric windows all-round, electric mirrors etc.

Engine was a revvy little thing, and I did around 800 miles in it that
week.

Handling was.... well, it went where I pointed it.

Comfort was fine.

Interior plastics are cheap, but seemed solid enough.

They sit somewhere between the Fiesta and Focus in terms of size, but
are several thousand cheaper than a fairly basic Fiesta.

Long warranty.

Epic depreciation potential.

Best to buy at a few years old - you'll still have a 4 year warranty
left and you'll have avoided the worst of the depreciation.

If you want a not very old car as basic transport, I'd say they're fine.
Engine aside, everything else is distinctly average.

When I handed it back, I did wonder why people will pay £14k for an
equivalently specced Fiesta, when the Kia was about £5k cheaper, and
bigger.

 

Looks like a fiesta.

 

This is what I'm considering. Only vaguely now as the Peugeot is
fixed, but if there are any other problems then I'll get rid and start
again.

 

I'd also consider the Kia C'eed. They're supposed to be really quite
good - they even look good, especially in 3-door or estate form.

A former colleague has the Hyundai version of the C'eed (i30, ISTR) and
she loves it - lots of spec. and reasonable TDI power for very little on
her company car tax bill.

 

I don't blame you. I hired on a few years ago. What a horrid blancmange
on wheels.

Remember when Peugeot used to make (by the standards of the day) really
good cars? The 205, 306, 405? All bloody good cars, and the 205GTI was a
belter. How did they lose the plot?

 

In lock step with everybody else, I think.

 

UmBongo is my preferred tipple.

 

On Feb 23, 5:45 pm, (SteveH) wrote:

I seem to remember you saying it was awful on fuel at the time...

 

Aye, it was.

Mostly because it spent much of that week in the red bit of the
rev-counter....

 

....which kinda defeats some of the object of 'saving some money' by
buying a cheaper car.

Another factor these days - how much is the VED?

 

I'd assume if you actually owned said car, you wouldn't have driven it
how I did that week.

£110-£120 depending on year.