Ali,
Thanks
It's amazing how times change. I recall in '97 when we were looking at the Cinq in very much similar light as my folks were looking at the 107- back then in its' class it was a full-stars vehicle! It had shock-horror features such as side-impact bars and fuel injection, which were class-leading for a short while, at least.
Consider at that point I was looking at buying a 1994 Rover Maestro diesel... glad I didn't, in a way.
Hoping the 107 manages to keep ahead of the game- certainly as you say it has a much better Euro-NCAP rating which is a very nice thing. After all, I also own an AMC GTA (basically a 1987 Renault 9 coupé with a 2.0 litre Éspace engine) which was briefly Car Of The Year. It still holds that status but it's also now very very broken and all the little things that can go wrong have. Slightly cynical, but I've owned a series of lemons. Looking at it though the only thing in common with this Peugeot is the colour
Mom says it's pleasant inside, dad says it's screwed together in a basic but solid fashion.
This car is going to be a very steep learning curve. Moving through the years of 'superminis' (Fiesta1, Fiesta2, Cinq, 107) and owning a bunch of wildly different vehicles (Bluebird ZX turbo, Vauxhall FD Victor, Transit2, Super Minx, GTA, Silverado...) it's up for comparison, and the distance- yes, I used to live just outside Bristol- will make working with this car interesting to say the least. I'm hoping for a few painless years of motoring at least, the maintenance is a given and we're not averse to fixing things. Preventative maintenance is a good thing, in my books.
Either way, my mama likes it, and if she'll drive it about then it's good (she stubbornly refused to drive my Victor soley on the fact it has a V8 in it) and hopefully it shall continue to do so. Looking forward to enjoying the Pug!
--Phil
