Peugeot 406 1.8 LX Rapier

a good quality family car it gives around 32-35mpg is very quite and comfortable nice sweet revving engine I would recommend this car to anyone and seems it only cost £310 it can do no wrong it was even fine up on the moor in snow.

I drove more then 50 thousand miles till 3 years and i had to repair only weared things with the Peugeot 406 1.8 LX Rapier. The big general around 100 thousend miles cost only 120$ included work hours. So it's wery cheap form this car.

I have had over 30 cars since 1976 and this has to be the most comfortable as the seat is so adjustable, and I suffer with back and hip problems but have found this the best so far and I have had Vauxhalls, Fords, Volvo's, BMW, Mitsubishi, and Landrover and Fiats, so if you have pins and needles and cramp and neck problems you need to see a GP not another car.

My Peugeot 406 is twelve years old, in that time the only parts replaced have been tyres, brake pads and a timing belt at 70k. To be honest I think its been the best car I have owned. The cars handling and ride are both top notch. There is no rusting on any of the body panels.

Everybody laughted when I bought the 406 but whos laughing now. Most people I know have owned at least three cars whilst I have owned this car.

The Peugeot 406 looks nice and when going it runs nice, but to have spent over £600 in repairs over the last 8 months I honestly can't see how this car has anything good about it. They are expensive to run, juicy and expensive on tax and insurance. All the mod cons on mine barely work and with an 01 model you would expect a bit better from Peugeot on the whole.

Had a 406 for 7 years, never broke down, always comfortable and reliable, drives as well now with 150k on the clock as it did with 15. I'd have another any time, but would go for a 2 litre or turbo diesel. The most comfortable car I've ever driven.

I've had my Peugeot 406 1.8LX Rapier for 6 months now, and travelled over 15,000 miles. I'm convinced that I've done severe damage to my back and neck thanks to the appalling driver's seat; this has to be the most uncomfortable car ever designed. I now have permanent neck pains and pins and needles in my right leg. I've also heard similar complaints from other 406 drivers.

With a ride as uncomfortable as this, it's hard to find anything good to say about the car at all, although to be fair, the car starts without problems every time.

The underpowered 1.8 engine is useless at carting around the heavy 406 shell, and the engine is more than often audibly labouring where other cars would simply fly along. Constantly having to shift to lower gears makes for an irritating and jerky ride.

There are many more cars on the market that offer a better alternative to this car. Don't be persuaded by the low used prices, the 406 is an overall disaster.

I had the Peugeot 406 1.8LX Rapier for a weekend as a courtesy car. I drove it once and didn't get back in it as I felt so unsafe. The gear stick felt as if I was stirring soup, there was no power and when I stopped the car it seemed to rock like a see-saw. Why would anyone spend their hard earned wage on this?

In the 3 years I have had this car, I have never found a comfortable driving position. I now have persistent pain in my right leg due to trapped nerves, and I get pains and pins & needles in both legs when I have been in the car for about 10 minutes - tough when my job means I have to spend many hours on the motorways.

My neighbour have five cats. When she throws the empty cat food tins in the recycling bin every night, I hear the same sound that I hear when I close the boot lid of the 406. Come to think of it, I always wondered is actually made from those recycled cat food tins: now I know... The build standard really is very tinny.

Since it was about a year old (around 20,000 miles) the engine has burned oil: roughly 1 litre every 2,000 - 2,500 miles. I queried this with my local Peugeot dealer, who said that it is perfectly normal. That is, they consider it to be "normal" that the engine burns 4 - 5 litres between minor inspections and 8 - 10 litres between major services! The last car I owned that used ANY oil between services was a Mini from the 1970s.

The "climate control" is only an auto temperature controller attached to a simple on-off aircon system. There is no air distribution to the rear passenger area and no evidence of additional temperature or humidity sensors, so the system is unable to maintain an even temperature through the passenger compartment and needs manual adjustment if the outside air temperature varies over a wide range. Another point is that, in spite of the aircon, there is no cold air supply to the glovebox to be able to use it as a chiller; a minor point, perhaps, but a standard feature on more up-to-date cars.

I don't like the lighting controls; I don't see the necessity of having them ALL (headlights, front fogs & rear fogs) on multiple twist rings on the end of the indicator / dipswitch stalk - very fiddly.

The "intelligent" intermittent wiper control simply chooses a speed at random; the dealer has never managed to make any difference.

On the whole, I think it's a heap of flimsy junk.

Suspension & handling: average.

On the plus side, it's never broken down or failed to start. I drive reasonably briskly and the car returns about 38 - 42 mpg generally.