VW Golf or Peugeot 307?

[allycat06]

Am on the hunt for a new car and wondering if anyone has either of these? If so would really appreciate if you could answer a few q's for me

What do you like/not like?
Is it reliable?
Expensive to fix?
Have you had any issues with the car worth mentioning?

As much as I love my little Mazda, he is becoming more of a liability and I'm spending more on patching him up than he's worth!

[allycat06]

Bump?


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[Netix]

What's up with your Mazda?

[allycat06]

Well the water pump went and we fixed that but the head gasket has gone too, amongst a few other little bits and pieces. All up we'd be spending over half the value of the car (around 2600) to get it back on the road, so not worth it. It's a great little but old and run it's course I think.

I do like mazdas though, I think if we don't get a veedub we'd probably just upgrade to the newer madza 3.


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[Cranky Kitten]

I haven't got/had either the veedub or the Peugot, but I can highly recommend the new Mazda 3's.

Mine is a 2005 model, and I love it! Such a smooth easy car to drive and for their size they have a lot of interior space. I'm quite tall but still don't have the driver's seat all the way back whereas in a number of other small to mid-size cars it's either all the way back or doesn't go back far enough.

The Peugot I think would be more expensive to service/fix as there are fewer of them on the road so more likely that parts would have to be ordered in etc if that makes sense? Mazdas while not as common as Corollas or Lancers are at least frequent enough that most mechanics will be reasonably experienced with them.

[allycat06]

Thanks for that CK. do you have the hatch or sedan? I like the hatch better but the boot doesn't look to big. My old 323 has a huge boot for such a little car! Yeah we've scrapped the Peugeot idea after I discovered it would cost 1500 to insure eek!


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[Cranky Kitten]

I have the hatch and I can say there is plenty of space in the boot, even with the parcel shelf on. Haven't tried fitting a pram in there yet mind you (soon!) but I have managed 3 huge suitcases.

If you take the shelf off (it just unclips and lifts out) you have more room for stuff that pokes up a bit, and if you lay the backseats down the space is massive. We moved house last year and I somehow managed to fit an entire large moving box in there plus fill up extra space around it with a bunch of other stuff.

When I bought mine (Maxx) I also test drove the SP23 which is the sports model - soooooo wanted it because it was awesome, but was a little more than I could afford at the time. Mine I got ex-demo for $25800 with only 1500km on the clock. Definitely good value for money.