Well im 6 weeks in from owning my new 208 GTi from brand new on Sept 1. Overall I am well impressed by the car and I am very pleased with it. Handling is amazing along with performance and general road handling. As a previous 207 GTi owner this car was well worth the upgrade! I am soo glad that I went with the Sat Nav option and heated seats and arm rest as optional extras.
But 6 weeks in how is the car performing at just 1400 miles on the clock?
1. A squeak has developed in the clutch pedal and this has gone in twice for inspection with a Peugeot dealer. Apparently its a known issue so is under review.
2. The horn has developed a fault and stops working. New horn being ordered and installed this week!
3. Sat Nav is excellent and the level of mapping detail and precision is spot on! I have reached several destinations with no problems at all. Turn by turn directions and overall experience is the same as TomTom! My only slight issue is that it dosent do destination by post code. Also there is a problem where the time to destination is wrong on quite a few occasions. For example a 1 hour trip was calculated as being 15 hours! The car must have been assuming I was walking not driving!
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4. I am impressed by the fuel economy and in 6th gear at 55mph on a flat road I am achieving around 59 mpg! that beats a 1.4 eco car!
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5. The in-built entertainment is pretty excellent and as a previous owner of Pioneer's in car entertainment systems this Peugeot variant is spot on! Some great features and the sound reproduction is excellent.
6. Performance is amazing! and boy does it move!
What is happening with Peugeot Connect Apps as advertised on the website? There is no update as to what is happening with this service and ideally it would be handy to download apps directly onto a USB pen drive from Peugeots website. Are there any plans to do a Dash Command version so that you can inspect the vehicles internal monitoring and sensors? There is very good potential here so I hope Peugeot will fully exploit the apps and USB feature.What is missing from my new GTi is some additional onscreen graphics and illustration to show a bit more about what is going on with the vehicles sensors and performance indicators. I know a total geek here!!
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Overall a big thumbs up!
But 6 weeks in how is the car performing at just 1400 miles on the clock?
1. A squeak has developed in the clutch pedal and this has gone in twice for inspection with a Peugeot dealer. Apparently its a known issue so is under review.
2. The horn has developed a fault and stops working. New horn being ordered and installed this week!
3. Sat Nav is excellent and the level of mapping detail and precision is spot on! I have reached several destinations with no problems at all. Turn by turn directions and overall experience is the same as TomTom! My only slight issue is that it dosent do destination by post code. Also there is a problem where the time to destination is wrong on quite a few occasions. For example a 1 hour trip was calculated as being 15 hours! The car must have been assuming I was walking not driving!
4. I am impressed by the fuel economy and in 6th gear at 55mph on a flat road I am achieving around 59 mpg! that beats a 1.4 eco car!
5. The in-built entertainment is pretty excellent and as a previous owner of Pioneer's in car entertainment systems this Peugeot variant is spot on! Some great features and the sound reproduction is excellent.
6. Performance is amazing! and boy does it move!
What is happening with Peugeot Connect Apps as advertised on the website? There is no update as to what is happening with this service and ideally it would be handy to download apps directly onto a USB pen drive from Peugeots website. Are there any plans to do a Dash Command version so that you can inspect the vehicles internal monitoring and sensors? There is very good potential here so I hope Peugeot will fully exploit the apps and USB feature.What is missing from my new GTi is some additional onscreen graphics and illustration to show a bit more about what is going on with the vehicles sensors and performance indicators. I know a total geek here!!
Overall a big thumbs up!
