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| Performance | 5.6/10   |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 7.1/10 |
| Reliability | 2.9/10 |
| Value for Money | 3.4/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 3.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 3.7/10 |
By angelsey on 11th Aug 2008
| Year Manufactured | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 18months |
| Doors | 5 |
| Performance | 7/10 |
| Practicality | 9/10 |
| Reliability | 3/10 |
| Value for money | 4/10 |
| Overall value | 4/10 |
 angelsey's recommendation | |
With the 2.2L Hdi you have plenty of pace and power. The handling is fine and the ride is both comfortable and refined. Space is better than the Ford Galaxy and you get more toys for your money.
The Peugeot 807 is a nice car to drive but it is badly let down by shakey electronics and an extremely poor engine fault warning system. Although reliable enough, one always has the feeling it is going to break down or bleep a fault at you. The car could have been stellar, if only more time had been spent sorting out the electrics. The faults are relatively small and there is nothing to complain about the drive, but the small problems have the ability to annoy and frustrate beyond measure. There is a mini cab drivers avoid the 807. I will not be owning mine for much longer. Buy a Previa instead.
Three words - 'anti pollution fault'. This is a major problem as (a) it does off all the time and (b) it does not actually tell you what is wrong with the car. I have had it eight times in 18 months and the problems have ranged from nothing to a new turbo seal. I have also been told by my dealer that it is not suitable for inner city life (school runs etc) and that it needs regular basts on the motorway to avoid anti pollution fault problems. Given that the vast majority of people use it for depositing their offspring at the school gates one has to wonder why this problem was not engineered out of the production version. I have has four months of no antil pollution fault - so my fingers remain firmly crossed. However I find myself worrying I am going to end up on the side of the road everytime I turn the ignition key, and that is unacceptable in a modern car - particularly one that is full of kids. The hand brake is perhaps the worst of any modern car. I am quite tall and find myself having to perform a painful yoga routine everytime it is used.
You will also have to disable the alarm (which thankfully is easy) because it goes off for no reason, all the time. The electronic doors on my car have been faultless, but the seats have fits every now and then and 'adjust' without any prompting from me.
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