Peugeot 308

[Elroy Blue]

Anybody own or ran a petrol 308. Looking to change 'er indoors Focus and 308s seem quite keenly priced. We're looking at 2008 cars at around £5000.
I'm not to worried about the doom merchants as I had a 407 coupe for 3 years, which was faultless. I just like to know if there is anything in particular to look out for.

[ajh38]

Personally I'd go for a diesel but if it had to be a petrol I'd look at the 1.6 Sport. The 1.4 just feels a little gutless for it.

[Elroy Blue]

It has to be a petrol as its used for short journeys around town. I can't seem to find any serious issues on the net which is encouraging

[ajh38]

No, the 308 is on the whole very well put together, it just suffers from the 307's bad reputation. Combine that with the fact that there were a lot sold to the rental market and you can see why you get quite a good deal second hand.

[simoid]

One of my neighours has had a 308 SW for a few months now, I've had a couple of lifts in it.

A little bit less refined than I expected but they're happy with it so far.

Probably a little bit noisier seeing as it's a diesel estate, mind.