A solution to my Poo-geot problem!

I just had to share this.  My wife sent this picture to me via e-mail with the subject line: “The Solution to my Peugeot problems“… or should I say “Poo-geot problems…”?

DIE PEUGEOT DIE!!!!

‘Nuff said…

The Peugeot debacle continues…

So, after my last rant here, it would seem the the Peugeot debacle I described only gets worse.  Last week, my wife’s Peugeot 307 broke down, in our driveway thankfully – so it wasn’t too much of a walk home…

With warning lights flashing on the dashboard, an emergency “STOP” light illuminating red on the centre console and the car sputtering and stalling more than once in the driveway, it eventually had to be towed to Peugeot Northcliff, where it has been sitting for much of Friday, the whole weekend and today.

We eventually got a call from Peugeot with the likely story of “there’s nothing wrong with it” but a car that has “nothing wrong with it” doesn’t exactly flash warning lights and stall on a whim does it?

The dealership is holding onto it for another day just to be sure there’s nothing wrong, but I have to be brutally honest, I’m not convinced.

We’ll have to see what comes of this.  I have a feeling that the Motoring Ombudsman and me are going to have a little talk soon…

Stay the f00k away from French cars!

*Slides soapbox closer, climbs on*

Okay, so here’s the deal.  My wife bought a brand new Peugeot 307 X-Line less than a year ago for R172,000.  It seemed like a nice car and the sale person was oh-so-friendly and willing to promise the world with regard to quality and service.

*sigh* Why were we so freaking gullible??

The specific year/model that my wife drives was supposedly recalled earlier this year due to a faulty temperature sensor – causing the car to overheat uncontrollably.  We never once received a call or any form of message to this effect and we only found out about the problem when we eventually had it towed for overheating.

Went in for its first service about five months ago and it’s never been the same.  Wheel alignment gone funny, brakes grinding as if there are no brake pads, screws continually coming lose on the door panels – generally it’s a terrible quality car.

We thought enough is enough and decided that we will get rid of it and get something a little more reliable and higher quality.

HAR HAR HAR.  Nice try boytjie!

That car that we paid R172,000 for last year (and only has 13,000km on it) will fetch R110,000 at the most if we sell it privately and, wait for it, R86,000 if we trade it in on another car.

WHAT?

In less than 12 months this car has lost nearly 50% of its value.  It’s apparently the fastest depreciating car in its class and no other motor dealer (Peugeot included!) will willingly take it for a trade-in.  Trust me, we’ve phoned around, six dealerships have told us the same thing: “You’re f00ked….sorry.”

And I have friends who are going through the same problems with their Renaults and Citroens….

This not only illustrates how the motoring industry regulalry bends us over and gives us a huge one from behind when you want to re-sell or trade in your car – but it also should serve as a warning, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM FRENCH CARS!

They’re not worth the frustration.  And they’re definately not worth the paper you wipe your backside with either…

*Rant over*