Just reserved my CC!!!

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 6:58 pm

All time best.....

either My Sacrifice by Creed, Still Got the Blues by Gary moore or MotorCycle Emptiness by the Manics.

Agree with The Manics, can be dull but this one's a corker! Quite a lot of RHCP stuff very good for driving. I'm listening to Rockbitch in the car at the moment........ Shouldn't have told you that, that's going to do no good for my reputation at all!

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:17 am

:I've just reserved my black SE with black leather .... and to say I'm chuffed doesn't even begin to cover it! Actually, it hasn't sunk in yet but I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll be out of shock....(well I have been hankering after one for a year now.....!)
Deb

Picked mine up friday

What can I say - fantastic! The weather hasn't been kind but I don't seem to have any leaks. Paid the extra for the SupaGuard treatment on the bodywork and here's hoping no waxing for the forseeable future!

It drives like a dream, not quite as much power as my last - Vectra 2.5CDX - although the 0-60 is around the same, the top speed isn't quite the 143 of that one (not that I got anywhere near). I guess the first thing I noticed is that the V6 hardly did any work at any speed and would cruise around 80mph @ 3000rpm but the 206cc is working out quite hard at that speed.

No problems with it, a great drive, the Aegean Blue looks fantastic and is a real eye catcher. My first problem though was not releasing the clips properly and trying to stow the roof. It opened the boot up and then stopped, and doesn't reverse. Once I'd released the clips correctly it went continued no problems.

Lovely

samwise · Post by **samwise** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:15 pm

Hi

I ordered my silver 206cc SE with black leather from Motorpoint end of Feb. and picked it up 3 weeks later on (last) Thursday. On the road cost Â£13,950 (basic car price Â£13,699). There doesn't seem to be a standard price, depends on which batch you car belongs to. Maybe exchange rates have a part to play? Two years Peugeot warrenty. I may try and buy the 3rd year dealer warrenty.

Looks just like the one I test drove at Peugeot (sports pack, same alloys). Got 2 keys, manual in English and an English service record book (when I imported my Alfa 156 I had to buy the service record book). I had sold my Alfa privately so don't know about their part exchange.

Only downside seems that I'll be the 2nd registered keeper on the V5, the first being a holding company but it would have only been in their name for a couple of weeks. Car had 2 miles on the clock (which was also printed on my confirmation of payment receipt) so hopefully won't have too much effect on the resale value (over an import where there was only 1 registered keeper).

So far no problems with the car (now up to 300 miles!). And yes I did just touch the wood of my desk!

Thanks to everyone's posts in this forum that opened my eyes to some of the problems I might expect. I still bought the model but at least I know some of the issues (and what to do about them) I might experience. Cheers

Jason

Deborah H · Post by **Deborah H** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:30 am

Hi Jason

Glad to hear all went well with your Motorpoint experience!!

My boyfriend picked up his new car from there last week and to say the whole thing is a "no frills" experience doesn't even begin to cover it, does it? But I suppose the "conveyor belt" experience is acceptable given the savings to be had....

I am picking mine from there in about 10 days (fingers crossed!) and am a bit nervous given that they cover their a

es so firmly regarding the UK spec issue...did you find everything was identical to the UK spec...and what stereo did you get?

Thanks!!

Deb

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:33 am

I ordered my silver 206cc SE with black leather from Motorpoint end of Feb. and picked it up 3 weeks later on (last) Thursday. On the road cost Â£13,950 (basic car price Â£13,699). Got 2 keys, manual in English and an English service record book

That really is excellent. So with an English manual and service record book, is there any trace the car is an import then? Doesn't seem to be. You should make a killing on the second hand cost then. I paid full UK price for mine, Â£17k for Aegean Blue 2.0 SE with black leather.

Someone else said you don't get Peugeot assistance either, is that right?

Be interested to hear if you have any problems with the dealers tho, guess they will know it's an import.

samwise · Post by **samwise** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:39 pm

Well the car is clearly an import (not that I would try and pass it off otherwise) as the supplying dealer stamp is from Belfort in France.

I will also be the 2nd registered keeper, the 1st being an import holding company. Should be in their name for about 10 days. In case you're worried the car only had 2 miles on the clock!

And yes I am expecting a frosty reception at the dealership.

No peugeot assistance but that seems to be a form of RAC cover and I get AA with my bank card. No 3rd year dealer warrenty either of course.

Motorpoint - Well although I seem to have done OK I think there is an element of "you pays your money and takes you chance". There are very cagey about saying it's UK spec. I had a long discussion with them about sports packs which come as standarded on the SE. They ended up sending someone out to look at the ones they had (non-leather) to confirm they had it. That's all they would do, confirm the previous ones did and all the others they had recieved did but not that mine would.

I did see one at the great trade center (london) that had a sports pack but a plastic gearknob but I suspect the silver one got lost there as sometimes they the gearknobs off?! Most of those had small scratches and dents and I made it clear to Motorpoint (and they agreed) that if I found a single mark on collection I wouldn't except it.

There's an issue with motorpoint about when your warrenty starts (from the date they bought it, not when you bought it). But in the case of CC's, the demand is high enough that I would have though it unlikely to be in an importers holding lot for several months. Mine was purchased from Peugeot on the 3/3/03 and I belive that's the date the warrenty starts from. I'll find out for sure when I visit the dealership.

For the record it's got the 9 spoke alloys, the stereo is a single CD clarion unit (looks like the one in my manual) and the hazards/central locking is a split button (multi-thingy).

I use to have an Alfa 156 Selespeed (F1 style gearbox) which I imported myself. I got the car for 17K rather than UK list of 23.5K by going direct to a Dutch Alfa dealer. Alas Alfa dropped the price over the following year by 6K and I ended up selling after 3 years for 8.5K (a 50% drop isn't that bad for an Alfa!). I sold it privately and no one even questioned that it was an import. Imports have recieved such publicity over recent years that most have heard about them. People were more interested in that it had a full service history from Alfa, condition of the car, etc etc. I hope Peugeot won't do something similar but I don't think there's so much room in the price (the "Driven" review though the car was 1K overpriced).

In summary, I seem to have done OK with Motorpoint but there's certainly no handholding and I think every person will get a different experience. Cheers

Jason

Deborah H · Post by **Deborah H** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:15 pm

Jason - thanks for the info!

I won't be happy til I've got it home and had a real good root around!!

I know I'll be picking it up at dusk so won't be able to check it properly but I'm glad to hear you were happy with yours...

Will ask about the warranty..thanks..

They have assured me that it is being built now and hasn't been hanging around so all I can do is trust them!

On the UK spec issue all they would say is that "other people have checked everything is identical and been happy"...then you get your purchase confirmation which says they can't guarantee it...bah!

Then again, my boyfriend's Golf had everything he was expecting plus a few extras he wasn't so he is a happy boy!

Enjoy yours in the sunshine....!!

Deb

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:49 pm

Don't see any problems with it being an import, just when you come to sell up I'd expect there to be a price differential between an import and a UK sold model.

Yep Pug Assist is RAC, I guess RAC may be better experienced with the Pugs as they exclusively have them in the first year.

Dealer said an import wouldn't be mux wiring and there'd be all sorts of problems but when asked couldn't say why. ISTM servicing with mux is just a matter of checking the event log to see what's wrong rather than using conventional mechanical knowledge...

You can check out the UK SE spec from the PDF on their website but sounds like you've got the same as me. I also checked GTC (bought the last car there) but there was no mention of trim on any of them (they seemed to be S model and no leather).

You got a good deal, well done. In my defence (your honour) the garage gave me the same for my trade-in as I'd have got privately. I put it on my Virgin mortgage - another Â£50 a month. Saving Â£2k on the import would have saved me Â£12 a month.

GTC sound much the same as Motorpoint. It was all pretty clinical and a quick "in and out" process. Only problem was missing radio security buttons. They just took them out of another car

Glad I never had to go back to them with any issues though, it could have been grief.

samwise · Post by **samwise** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:40 pm

As I said I can't really recommend Motorpoint, you pay your money, take your chance but I found the people at Great Trade Center to be totally unhelpful. I asked to see the manual of one of the CC's (to check it had one) and they just said it was in storage and they couldn't get it out. I also saw someone complain about the scatching on one of them (I didn't notice it at first but from the right angle it looked like someone had been using a brilo pad on the bonnet) and sales person just shrugged his shoulders and walked off. I do think these CC's were rejects from other garages and most of GTC cars don't fall into this category but the least they could do is smile!

Given the choice of the two I would be much happier going to Motorpoint and going all the way to Derby.

An import will certainly make a difference on the resale value if you take it to a garage. A friend tried to part-ex his imported MR2 for a Rav4 and they offered him peanuts but that could have more to do with revenge! In the private market place there is much less distinction. Looking in the autotrader to price my 3 year old Alfa there was no clear division between imports/UK cars. It was still more about service history/miles traveled and condition.

I will probably try and sell my CC privately while it still has some Peugeot warrenty left on it in 6-18 months time (I really like it but I do have an option on a BMW Z4 for July).

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:57 pm

[quote=""samwise""]I can see those "in the know" would check for imports otherwise it's not fair on those of us who paid full whack

The Pug dealer gave me Â£4550 on my '97 Vectra 2.5CDX which was a couple of hundred less than private but it was a done deal on the spot with no haggling, advertisers or tyre-kickers. Had I sold it privately I'd have been more inclined to buy an import.

Can't think about selling the cc yet ... but the 307cc might be a choice next time.

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:02 pm

I bought my CC at a UK Peugeot Dealership but got offered a 3k discount which brought it down to almost the same price as an import, but of course I got the full 3 years warranty, Pug assistance and a warm (well, warm as ever!) welcome from the service department. Also no problems about resale value or insurance.

Just to point out that it's always worth checking normal Pug dealerhips before opting for an import.

slimgym · Post by **slimgym** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:37 pm

I bought my CC at a UK Peugeot Dealership but got offered a 3k discount

Wow, some bargaining

Is this recent?

My dealer came down Â£700 on the RRP which he said was the profit on the car. It may well have been, but not including the percentage they get back based on sales. It could be that shopping around dealers might have got it a bit lower, but I pushed pretty hard and he wasn't even budging on mats or anything (got standard mats in the end though).

andyc209 · Post by **andyc209** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:04 pm

I'm listening to Rockbitch in the car at the moment........

Now you are really worrying me...which classic track of theirs?

not fist???? is it!

NeilM · Post by **NeilM** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:11 pm

We bought our 206cc SE from Motorpoint in September and got exactlywhat we expected in terms of customer service- they phoned us when the car was being shipped, then when it arrived in UK, and also matched a very competetive finance deal. They also confirmed full UK spec, though being a July 2002 assembly, we only got the 1 yr warranty.

Our car is a MUX wiring despite what the dealers might say, and all equipment, and instruction book as per UK version.

Only problems are on attempting 1st serice last week- local dealer says we must have original bill of sale (though his colleague said he was wrong!) and initially refused to book the car in, until he was persuaded to ring Peugeot UK for clarification. He also said that the warranty runs from date of supply in France, not 1st reg in UK- still not sure about this!

But- the car is absolutely great (apart from brake squeal)

Neil

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:22 pm

I bought my CC at a UK Peugeot Dealership but got offered a 3k discount
Wow, some bargaining Is this recent?

Yep it was the end of December last year.

Apparently the dealership put an ad in local newspapers saying 3k off all 1.6 CC's registered in December 2003. The sales girl told me that I could get a 2.0 with the same 3k off which sounded great to me so I took it there & then. The deal was only on cars that were available at the time, so I couldn't order one to my exact spec and wait for it to be ready. Luckily though, she managed to find a CC with the exact spec (Blue, leather).

What was interesting is that one of the other sales guys there said it was only on the 1.6! Never mind, deal done, money swapped over and I now have a full UK spec car at import price

However, they did give me a pretty measly trade-in amount for my 106, and I got no extras such as mats etc - I even paid full price for the SP Grille. But the colour coding was also cheap at 200 quid (front, back, sides & vents).