GrandadMonkey wrote:........ I've considered a 207cc to replace our 206cc but remain unconvinced. Let us know how you get on with it after a few months please.
Will do. Here's some comments so far.
It's a 1600 diesel (HDI) and it's very good on fuel considering the size of the car. The car feels much bigger (especially wider) than the 206cc and the driver & passenger doors are huge and heavy. The front seats aren't "bum-huggers" like the 206, this 207 driver's seat feels more like a bench-seat from a Ford Zephyr 4 Mk3. There is about as much legroom in the back of this as there is (or should I say "isn't") in the 206....it really is minimal. The driver & passenger seat height adjustment is not like the 206's pull-lever. The 207 has this idiotic "hand-pump" type of operation, slow and tiresome.
The lighting/radio/wiper stalk setup is very similar to the 206 so for me that's a bonus as I hate having to learn new tricks. Radio/CD sound seems very bass-heavy even though I've adjusted the bass/treble in all sorts of combinations...it sounds muffled to me. Nowhere near as good as the 206 sound.
My wife's 206 has cloth seats all round so I thought it was a step up to find the 207 had leather all-round. Leather seats aren't as good as they are cracked up to be......they were so cold that I splashed out on electrically-heated plug-in seat covers from Aldi. The best £9's-worth I've spent this year.
The headlights are as dim as a TOC H lamp, I'll probably get some bulb upgrades for it.
When reversing the 206, it was pretty easy to judge where the rear end finished, but it's difficult to guess where the 207 rear end is. There are parking sensors, just not working at the minute.
There are some good points too. The roof on the 207 doesn't have the two manual latches, so I won't get the scar on my head like I did when I got out of the 206 and forgot to latch the roof a few weeks ago. The 207 roof mechanism is fine, neat and efficient. With the roof closed, the 207 boot really is huge and the boot floor is contoured for a space-saver spare wheel......there are no glue guns in the 207
And you can open the boot using the remote (it doesn't have a keyhole like the 206).
When I got it, I changed the air filter (hadn't been done at the recent service), and the pollen filter could have provided Porton Down labs with a challenge...that hadn't been changed....EVER ! The oil filter needs a bit of air-hose disassembly to reach but the D-I-Y video on Youtube was a great help.
To drain the oil, you need to unfasten around 10 DZUS fasteners to remove the under-engine plastic shield but it isn't difficult and replacement DZUs fasteners are about 40p each (there were four missing).
I'll be checking out the cost of installation of a tow-bar soon. Don't know whether to use the Pug dealership or to try our local Indespension company...... maybe both.
That's about it..... so far, so, erm, not bad. I'll update you in another month or so.
Kind regards....
Ken
