Yea…I just watch because I find him really entertaining and calming. Keep up the great work.

@alexandruchivu7327

26 күн бұрын

I share the same thoughts ! this is so rare today.

Reviews from Richard are spot on! Literally covered everything I was wanting to know. I like the honest critique too which makes it a ‘real’ video for someone needing good comprehensive information. Thanks for posting 👍

I'm in the process of learning to drive and Richard is helping so damn much ! And yes I love watching your videos because of how calm and collected your voice is and how easy it is to listen to you :)

Nothing beats the 205s and 206s for me brilliant little runarounds a lot of fun to drive

Love these “normal” car reviews, I’d love to see this compared to another super mini like the Mazda 2. I think a common fault with these 208s are the exhaust, especially the mounts/clamps

This is the best review so far, because of how funny you are :D thanking you from Morocco Edit: Technically the review is great too and detailed on many often forgotten details (y) thank you

Love the 3-cylinder growl.

Brilliant review Richard!

Just bought one looking forward to driving it,

A very thorough review! please do more :)

I've got the Peugeot 208 1.6 gti and its great

Great video as usual Richard! Wish we had these smaller cars here in North America.

9:43 The delayed reaction on the digital speedo haha

I had loved your mx 5 review on the conquer driving channel and wanted to watch few more, then somehow I found this channel, ur reviews are amazing!, why dont you mention this channel in that channel

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have mentioned them a few times in the community posts.

Quite a popular driving school car these. Several ADIs and PDIs around me use them. Slightly quirky, which some new drivers may struggle with, but the visability and ease of driving must claw it back for these cars.

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a fairly difficult car to drive, the clutch is too high.

@seberous

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders my Renault is the same! Throws me off occasionally. I believe I have found why. The clutch fork that the cable connects to doesn't retract any further back after the clutch is fully engaged, meaning the end of the clutch cable travel is the 'full engagement' point. The clutch is self adjusting, so obviously adjusts the end of the clutch fork's movement to the top of the pedal, which is where the full engagement point is, leaving to a high bite. Some say after changing their clutch this changed , probably due to a slightly different release bearing / clutch fork setup. Maybe this 208 is similar, although I doubt it has a cable clutch. I might try to modify mine to retract the clutch fork back further than it goes currently. I suppose if you learn in a car with a very high bite it could cause issues when you buy a car of your own 🤔.

I bought a used 2014 model allure trim. It came already with the face lift visual changes. It has a 1.6 e hdi engine with 115hp and let me tell you, it's one of my favourite cars! It's a lil pocket rocket in the city and it has a 6 speed for the highway. If you are economical you can go has low has 4.0/4.1 l/100km and if you like to press the accelerator it responds really well. The sound of the engine is nothing special below 2000rpm, just quiet, but after that I never knew a diesel could sound so good. It revs with no problem to 4000rpm, it asked you to do it hehehe. It corners really well, the small steering wheel makes it really responsive. I wouldn't say the steering feedback is good, you don't feel basically anything but that quick response really makes it fun to corner. At the end of the day it's a wonderful lil car, 115hp is more than enough for what it is and because it is a diesel, it has really fuel efficient. The 6 speed gearbox and the low torque make it a beauty to drive in any circumstance. You can shift at 1500rpm and it has more than enough torque to go with it. The only bad thing until now is the hard ride. Maybe because I have the 17inch wheels but it's not the most comfortable car in bad roads. On the highway or in good roads no complaints, it absorbs the low bumps of the road really well, but when the road is really bad you will notice it. In general a really good sporty all arounder for daily use!!

@RichardFanders

Жыл бұрын

That is a particularly good diesel engine. Known as the DLD and is used in many cars including Volvo and BMW.

Nice to see an intelligent and courteous driver on the road. Can't quite come to grips with this talk of the steering wheel being too small/fidgety from so many? To each his own I guess, oh! hers too. Personally, I find the wheel to be a great feature, LOVE IT! I'm 5ft/6 and have absolutely no problem whatsoever clearly viewing the dash sitting comfortably. Just needed to adjust the height of the chair slightly, nothing more. If a particularly small person, GOD BLESS!!! to rectify simply make the necessary adjustments, Chair/steering column is all there at your disposal and convenience. I own a Peugeot 1.2 Purtech 82 edition 2019 and think they really are good cars. however, all said and done it's an individual thing when deciding which car is right for you. "Of course it is." Nice video!

Cruise control stalk... while hidden, is frankly the easiest system I have used. As it's on a stalk, it's in the same place ALL the time, the buttons are large so easy to press the right one. Whereas other cars have it on the steering wheel itself where it's harder to press the correct button.

would love it if ou could review a 2016 ibiza

Great review, but ( and I might be a bit bios on this ) , I own a left hand drive Peugeot 208 from late 2018 and it's missing a few features, however it has other. I invite you to review mine 😅

Thanks for the Review! I bought a 14 Plate and its great. Did some background on it and it was sat for almost 2 years in a Garage because of the Lockdowns and slow trade. The dealer had to do some work on it for its MOT and the tyres where all replaced. Seems they ran it every so often to stop it seizing up. in 2 years it did less than 400 miles lol. Anyway I don't mind the small wheel and you get used to the engine noise after a while. I did start to develop a knock going over uneven road so I will get that checked, MOT has no Advisories.

@andysim232

2 жыл бұрын

BTW it is Critical if you are thinking about buying a 208... make sure its had its cambelt changed. Peugeot did a recall on the 1.2 VTi engines beause the belts where perishing. I have no Idea if they are still offering to do it but it affects older ones.

Owned one of these for around twelve months - although it's the pre-facelift (64 plate Allure) and it's the 1.6 diesel. Horror stories galore about the wet timing belt in the petrol versions and I wouldn't touch a Puretech engine with a bargepole - but the diesel engine is great. I agree with a lot of what you've said - it's a comfortable car. I do a lot of motorway driving in mine and it eats up the miles. I've never really understood why people complain about not being able to see the dials - I'm around 6ft and no matter whether I move the wheel up or down I can still see everything. One thing I don't agree with what you've said is the gearbox. You said it was fairly decent - in my opinion it is crap. Very vague, noisy (seems to clunk a little going from 2nd to 3rd) and you need to rev it quite high - e.g. in other cars I've driven the car is quite happy accelerating from around 18mph in third - not so for the 208, you get massive vibration until the car gets to around 25mph. This is a brand new gearbox replaced by Peugeot under warranty (testament to how rubbish the gearbox is as it had failed after 50k) and honestly I've driven vans with nicer gearboxes. I partially agree with you on the interior - I actually think it's quite nice inside but by God does it rattle - the door handles, the glovebox, even the trim around the dials all rattle at certain rev ranges - there's a point at about 1500rpm where they all rattle at once and it drives me nuts. Other than that though it's a great looking little car that is cheap to insure and fill up - the HDi diesel engines tend to go on for longer than you might think as well (see plenty of examples for sale where they've done in excess of 120k - 130k.)

@janiceighavodha2366

4 ай бұрын

dbi

The snail :D i'm dying haha Do you use a gimbal or some person in the backseat to capture these front faced parts? they tend to swing sometimes so i wondered if it's handheld (if thats not too much to ask)

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

The camera is either handheld, on a tri pod or another kind of mount.

@PascalDickhoff

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders ok thanks

Could you do Vauxhall corsa please 🥺this video was so useful

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I may do.

@Alex-sp9hq

2 жыл бұрын

I wish to see him doing that. I have a 3 door 2009 Vauxhall Corsa Active 1.0 Petrol 3 cylinders. For the price they go, I really can't recommend it enough. It doesn't have many of the features of a modern car but it helps you. No hill assist but you can put it in gear 1 and clutch to the bite point, it's gonna work with very little struggle. Same for the reverse gear. The only "complain" I have is the clutch bite point is very high. 😐 It took me a long time to get used to it and even now I'm messing up some times. It's so high that if you lift it any higher, you're gonna release the pedal and it's gonna jerk you forwards.

The one I’d have is the 1.2 litre 3-cylinder PureTech.

The 2012 pre face lift model is my dads car which i have been driving for 4 months now and i'll also be doing my practical exam in this car the 29th of April. I have to say its quite alright to drive for me personally, even tho it has no sensors and no reverse camera i do find it easy to parallel park and navigate through gaps regardless.

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your test!

You should mention something about the 208's huge oil consumption and it wet--belt.

Could you review a skoda citygo or vw. Up. Sometime.

Mines a 2013 208 Access pre facelift 3 door model mines a 1 litre my model is below the Access+ trim level on the pre facelift ones.

This review feels like asmr hehe, kiddin aside i would suggest to invest on a better mic because the audio is a tad bit quiet. -man from a left side driver

It’s small and European so it’s cool.

You can by a 2015/2014 Skoda Rapid or a fabia for the same amount of money, and these are way more practical

@gamestree5318

2 жыл бұрын

also better built and better quality

Does this one has a turbo?

Is this decent for daily commuting on the motorway? First car. Was looking at fiestas in the same year but the interiors to these look much better imo. The one I'm looking at is a 2013 1.2 VTi Intuitive.

@m.1036

9 ай бұрын

Yes, it is a pleasure for daily driving on the motorway. We use it as a family car (3 pers.). We have the 83 PS, 1.2 Pure Tech Active. It is very thrifty with the gas. I hope you could understand my English, we are from Germany.

@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb

9 ай бұрын

​@@m.1036Thank you, I understand perfectly. Test drove it today and will be buying soon!

I have one. The gas is incredibly sensitive and the clutch is certainly one of the harder/ more sensitive ones. It goes from A-B 🤷‍♂️

@jxeh1442

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a 2015 - and definitely does not move without gas 🤣

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't like the clutch.

@jxeh1442

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders I’ve been driving mine like 40-50 miles daily for months and i still can’t get it to behave reliably.

10:56 I think French cars are ruined by their high clutch bites. I learnt in a C3 where the clutch bite was almost off the pedal. Same with a clio. Too annoying to control at low speed

@aircraftspottingDe1

Жыл бұрын

We got a C3, C4, 208 and 307. None of them got a high clutch bite :-) Also drove various other modern PSA cars as rental cars, none of them had it.

Would you recommend this as a second car? (For reference I currently own a 2004 seat arosa) and is it reliable?

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

It has to be your decision based on what you feel is right for you. Most cars these days are quite reliable. Corrosion on the boot is a problem with these.

@eloiseswatman6741

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders thank you

Yeah my girlfriend got the 5008 22 plate and the bite is high

I heard they have lots of problems. Does this Peugeot have standard timing belt? Or one of these wet belt systems

@RichardFanders

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I can't remember, I had this car briefly and a while ago now.

10:35 Fingringhoe road 🤣

should i upgrade my 2011 base model 1.25 82hp fiesta to a peugeot 208?? is it a big difference?

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I would stick with the Fiesta, I don't see that as an upgrade.

@collynkieranmclaughlan6983

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Richard, stick with the fiesta. Its like going from Heinz ketchup to the cheapest rubbishing ketchup around.

@bokichko

2 жыл бұрын

@@collynkieranmclaughlan6983 i really like the 208... and i really like the fiesta...

@bokichko

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders the main reason i want a change is because the fiesta wastes fuel like crazy and it's a low spec one...

@collynkieranmclaughlan6983

2 жыл бұрын

@@bokichko what do you have? My 1.4 petrol averaged 47mpg on shell v power..

Please tell me you saved the snail? 🙂🙏

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I don't remember what I did with it. I'm sure I would have put it in the bushes.

17:47 3,600RPM at 70? That’s crazy my fiesta does 2,600 in 5th gear

@RichardFanders

2 жыл бұрын

A low powered engine like this needs the revs to be that high or the car would slow down when going up a minor hill.

@youraveragejoe1

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders oh wow it’s the 68hp version, I didn’t notice

Can i own these for so many years? Is the 4 cylinder gt line model reliable? How do they fair on bad gravel roads?

@RichardFanders

Жыл бұрын

I can't answer that as I've not owned one for a long period of time. But generally speaking most modern cars are relatively reliable.

@temwananinkana3419

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardFanders thanl you for your reply. Your reviews are so profound. You are straight forward. No gimicks. And your low key humour is spot on. Im looking at these. I am eye the pre dacelift versions with a 4 cylinder. One more question. How would they fare in a pot holed road or a rough gravel road. Could you do that test if possible?

The steering wheel is so dinky.

I'd avoid the petrol 208s. They have a wet timing belt. This means the rubber timing belt is immersed in the engine oil. This degrades the belt over time, causing it to crack badly. If bad enough, chunks of rubber can break off the belt & block up oil channels. The problem is exasperated by the extremely long replacement interval for the timing belt. Change the belt well before the interval!

@rubenbraekman4515

Жыл бұрын

This issue has been fixed a long time ago by adding an extra additive to the oil when changed, I do agree with you. Change the belt well before the interval

pretty sure this is 1.2 liter puretech engine , not 1 liter...

But it's not really reliable though 😕

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