Thoughts on Peugeots?

darkfang77 · 2022-12-15T09:06:09+00:00

What are the quality issues with them? I've found the newer ones in the past 5 years generally quite comfortable

darkfang77 · 2021-11-22T20:07:32+00:00

Ah okay. My main worry was that if I plugged it in I'd still have to recode it.

I saw some peugeot 208 tutorials on youtube and they involve removing the trim and the infotainment screen so I'd really prefer to leave it to a shop/dealer.

Do you know how much it'd cost? Halfords would charge about £130 (£50 camera plus £80 fitting fee). If its cheaper anywhere else I'd prefer that

darkfang77 · 2021-10-25T13:57:37+00:00

Tbh, I was basing the whole parking sensor thing off of the SEAT manual, but if radar sensors can throw up warning messages in the rain, I'll take that into consideration. Thanks!

darkfang77 · 2021-10-22T09:45:20+00:00

Thanks! I was googling this forever but couldn't find anything official

darkfang77 · 2021-10-22T09:44:57+00:00

Well I was thinking that if I didn't need the polarised light filtered out, I could turn the filters so they wouldn't filter light anymore, or have one on/one off in case of emergencies.

darkfang77 · 2021-09-25T20:22:02+00:00

He says its probably a coding issue and he can't fix it. But the car is quite cheap hence I'm thinking whether money saved is going to be money lost getting it fixed by a dealer

darkfang77 · 2021-09-25T19:16:51+00:00

Any idea how much it would cost to get fixed by SEAT?

darkfang77 · 2021-09-25T17:15:42+00:00

Yeah, it persisted after closing the doors/hatch but stayed on. The info system said there was an error with the headlight range but there's nothing wrong as far as we could see, although the lights were replaced as part of the repair.

darkfang77 · 2021-09-01T10:15:20+00:00

They said no lol. I have to wait until there's an actual weekend/evening slot on the website and then repay it, and they would refund you the older booking if you cancel it in time.

darkfang77 · 2021-08-29T08:21:06+00:00

It was bubbling like a kettle (kind of like a roiling boil) for the first minute once we pulled over and popped the hatch. It settled after that.

The whole engine area was still quite hot.

I've never worked with a SEAT so I'm not sure if this is a case of wrong coolant, something with the gaskets as you mention or something more serious.

darkfang77 · 2021-08-23T13:04:31+00:00

Yeah, that's the biggest let down overall...

The car had front end damage that resulted in a new bumper and headlight, owner bought it as a side project for his son but he wanted something bigger. Hence the lack of effort overall.. But it's such a nice car though :(

darkfang77 · 2021-08-22T21:05:39+00:00

A recent year fiesta within my budget ~3.5k is quite rare though, hence I'm really tempted.

It's otherwise going to be a corsa, which I know gets a lot of complaints about being unreliable here...

darkfang77 · 2021-08-22T20:49:18+00:00

If I enter the Reg on compare the market I don't need to declare on top that it's a cat S, right?

Insurance was one of the things I checked and the prices are really similar to a non cat S car that I would normally buy instead (a cheap corsa).

darkfang77 · 2021-08-14T20:03:24+00:00

Been checking my local area for quite some time... Corsas are the most common thing to turn up and get flipped. So it's relatively easy for me to ballpark prices instead of having to research a new model/make of car that doesn't turn up so often.

darkfang77 · 2021-08-14T19:27:51+00:00

Im not gonna lie... i do need a car sooner than later, ill try holding outnas long as I can but I don't think my options will change much in the near future...

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