Would you say the Peugeot 206cc is a girls car

[Smokin Joe]

I could buy a car with FSH for £1000 and drive it around the world. One of our current cars was bought as a stop gap for £800, had it 4 years now and it's not cost 1p in repairs.

Agreed. Know what too look for, trust a little bit to luck (Just as if you were paying ten times that price) and there are sub 1k motors out there with years left on them.

An MX5 is on my bucket list too.

 

[MarkF]

Agreed. Know what too look for, trust a little bit to luck (Just as if you were paying ten times that price) and there are sub 1k motors out there with years left on them.

An MX5 is on my bucket list too.

For £900, you could buy something like this, the rust problem (arches/sill) already done and I know a silver 1998 MX5 is worth £400 for parts so you have a maximum potential loss of just £500!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-mx...620553?hash=item28562f1f09:g:GpQAAOSwikdavl3N

 

[BoldonLad]

For £900, you could buy something like this, the rust problem (arches/sill) already done and I know a silver 1998 MX5 is worth £400 for parts so you have a maximum potential loss of just £500!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-mx...620553?hash=item28562f1f09:g:GpQAAOSwikdavl3N

That was year of ours! It was a sort of bronze/yellow colour however. Bought it new, did 80,000 fault free miles in four years, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy. Then, foolishly traded it for a boring and not very reliable BMW.

 

[Randomnerd]

I had an MX5 for a few years. Great ride. Super reliable. Many a bit jaded now. Look for a good import with history, but be prepared to pay more.
I’ve always had Saabs and have a few now, ready to be rebuilt one day. The convertible is a fine car, but repairs can be costly If you’re not mechanically minded. Expect fairly low mpg with top and foot down. Don’t go near 2.8 v6 unless deep of pocket. 9-3 non turbo is nice summer cruiser
Best rag top I had was Golf. Even old beaters seem to keep going. You might find a mark one with an mot for 1500-1800£
Skoda Fun Pick Up - targa roof, seats in the back, room for a bike. Good following, loads of VW parts available on forums.
If you still want a Pug, here’s a reliable place to get one.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C978856

 

[Brandane]

apply this sentiment to everything.... drive what you like and like what you drive...
seriously, why does it matter if someone else dislikes the choices you make

Simple.... Because some jealous nobbers don't like it when you have something that they haven't got, and with it being a car you do have to leave it unattended in public at times. Jealous nobbers have a habit of taking sharp things across soft top roofs, or paintwork, or tyres.
Even in small town Ayrshire, my street being a favourite pedestrian route from the only local nightclub means that I won't park here at the weekends. They like to kick wing mirrors off cars; hence why I drive a 12 year old Toyota Corolla.

 

[mjr]

Like a bicycle you mean?

But strapped in so you can't be thrown clear, with a motor to grind you home and flammable fuel for the final flambé.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I had an MX5 in the early 90's. Driving back from Wales in February. Roof down, bags behind seats, with climbing slings karabinered into seatbelt anchors. Starts raining, it ok, the aero dynamics means the rain just passes overhead at 70mph. Join M6, heavens open, and traffic grinds to a halt. Takes forever to get to Corey services. Get bags off top of touneau cover. Roof up, bags behind seats again, we resume journey. Heating set to max and steam rising everywhere. Kids in cars we pass point at the two guys steaming away in the MX5.

Loved the car but eventually sold it when roof started leaking. Super reliable though and a joy to drive. I had the roof down most of the time, leather flying jacket and leather gloves for winter driving.

It wasn't even that bad in snow despite light weight and rear wheel drive. But the original that I had, had 185mm tyres rather than the superwide ones you see these days.

 

[NorthernDave]

I know several hairdressers and none of them drive 206CCs - I hope this is a help in some small way.

 

[Profpointy]

How is the 95 on fuel consumption? A guy at work had an older one and was horrified at its mpg. It may have been faulty I guess, I often wondered just out of interest.

In answer to OP, no-one bats an eyelid at my 16 stone colleague who has a 206 CC..tbh, it's a car, a tool, most people really don't care I suspect.

Mine (95 2.3t - turbo petrol small 't') does maybe 33mpg on a run - at least according to the on-board display. Not hanging about, but not thrashing it either. Sub 30 round town, but I don't drive round town much, so don't car about that too much. A stunning car which I paid £2.5k for when it was 10 years old with 70 thousand miles on it. Now 20 years old and 140000 miles. Did put a new engine in last year, but more bad luck than wear and tear as an oil pipe had come adrift.

 

[mustang1]

I had an MX5 in the early 90's. Driving back from Wales in February. Roof down, bags behind seats, with climbing slings karabinered into seatbelt anchors. Starts raining, it ok, the aero dynamics means the rain just passes overhead at 70mph. Join M6, heavens open, and traffic grinds to a halt. Takes forever to get to Corey services. Get bags off top of touneau cover. Roof up, bags behind seats again, we resume journey. Heating set to max and steam rising everywhere. Kids in cars we pass point at the two guys steaming away in the MX5.

Loved the car but eventually sold it when roof started leaking. Super reliable though and a joy to drive. I had the roof down most of the time, leather flying jacket and leather gloves for winter driving.

It wasn't even that bad in snow despite light weight and rear wheel drive. But the original that I had, had 185mm tyres rather than the superwide ones you see these days.

I drove a mk1 MX5 in 1990 to Wales and back. Cracking, cracking little car. Loved it! I found it was queiter with the rear screen unzipped and folded down (there was far less boom). My gf climbed out the back window and screwed the aerial in while we were on the motorway.

 

[Piemaster]

You're thinking about a convertible. The only question you should be asking is:
'Will I turn round and look back at it every time, EVERY TIME, I park up and walk away?'' If not you've bought the wrong car.

Alfa 916 Spiders aren't that much now:

 

[roadrash]

Simple.... Because some jealous nobbers don't like it when you have something that they haven't got, and with it being a car you do have to leave it unattended in public at times. Jealous nobbers have a habit of taking sharp things across soft top roofs, or paintwork, or tyres.
Even in small town Ayrshire, my street being a favourite pedestrian route from the only local nightclub means that I won't park here at the weekends. They like to kick wing mirrors off cars; hence why I drive a 12 year old Toyota Corolla.

when I said why does it matter if someone dislikes his choices , I meant in regards to..


But will I look a complete plonker??
I'm nearing nearly 50 now and feel I'm maybe to old to look respectable in such a car. There also commonly viewed as a hair dressers car or a girls car

 

[Piemaster]

Pfft. If you haven't 'grown up' and started being respectable by now you don't have to. And I have no intention of doing so.

I see (and my kids take delight in pointing it out) a lot of similar aged men driving convertibles. I do.
i suspect part of it is because kids grow up and move away, become independent giving us a bit more time and disposable income - insurance becomes cheaper too

 

[Yellow Fang]

I've looked up the Peugeot 206cc and it could not be more girly if you painted it pink with flowers over it. You may as well wear a dress.

 

[swee'pea99]

All this talk of MX5s has made me go and take a look. I knew I couldn't get one, because of London's imminent Ultra Low Emissions Zone regs, but out of interest...

This sounds from the description like a money-pit, but it's an amazing bit of car to be able to get for £800. I love the way even the seller describes the bodywork as 'tatty':

Mate, that is not tatty. Tatty is when one door is green, the other dark grey, and the rest of the car light grey, and all of it riddled with rust.

It's amazing how many there are listed with 150,000 miles on the clock and looking flawless. And described as MOT'd, service historied, the whole bit.

We ended up getting a Honda Jazz, which is ULEZ-compliant. 125,000 miles and it drives like a hire car. And everything works.

But it ain't no MX5.