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Know this is not a taxi but looking for advice.....Just been to look at a car for the wife...2005 Peugeot 206 1.4 hdi zest...tidy body drives great full history and stamps, been serviced from new..£1,000....want the car but 180,000 on the clock, ...is it worth it ?

You get what you pay for.

You do not say what the year of the car is - that makes a big difference. To put my silly hat on, if that was a 2 year old car then it is fair to say it has had a hammering. As it is, based on 12k per year you have a 15 year old vehicle, there could well be body work/chassis issues that would not necessarily show up on service history. With a car with so much mileage on and not exactly a prestige model (not a dig Or put down), then I would say that unless it belongs to some little ole lady, I would view the service history with suspicion.

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Common sense........is just not that Common.

Ahem.....

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Ahhhh.....give me a break - I was still trying to wake up

Even so 20k average per year for an engine that small is lots and lots........I would give it a miss.

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Its a diesel engine, it shouldnt ever wear out

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My brother has a fiesta with the same engine that has covered over 200,000 he loves it and won't even think about changing it. Only problems he's had ( other than wear and tear items ) have been an EGR valve and new copper washes on the injectors. He's had the car since 60,000.

As you know.......it is not just about the engine. It is technically a 15 year old car based on 12k per year.

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If its 2005 its a 9 year old car..

I can vaguely recall there was some inherent problem with the Steering on the 206s that involved the Power steering stopping working on bends whilst braking and a few of them crashed and hit trees and the likes.

180,000 on the clock....say normal average annual mileage of 12k = a TECHNICAL 15 year old car

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Technically and in reality it's still a 9 year old car Averaging 20k Per annum..I mean, we could pick any number and divide the Mileage by it...Technically its a 180,000 year old car averaging 1 Mile per annum.

maybe its just cruised the motorways at 70mph in 5th all day

rather that than 50,000 miles spent battering around town all day stop/start

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Nope!

The reality of it is that (Yes) it is a 9 year old car - In actual car usage/mileage ( and that is the yardstick used for buying and selling)......it is in "Technical" terms around 15 years old

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It was first reg on 01/01/2005, decided to go for it just picked it up this morning,the main miles have been tru driving from Liverpool to london, book fully stamped up by the dealer, happy on how it drives...fingers crossed that it gives us many more miles.