I think it's good that the spring broke whilst in your hands and not later after someone buys it! 👍

Your open and honest approach to pricing/margin is attractive. Hopefully plenty of buyers will appreciate this - a rare thing in the motor trade; instils confidence 👍

You forgot the greatest feature of this car, at least the 1.4 HDI version. It does NOT have a DPF which is a godsend these days

Bonus video from Lee is always welcome. Better the Pug broke whilst with the garage so they can fix it and keep a good name. Imagine an angry buyer bringing it back on the same day as purchasing it. Thanks and happy new year to all.

fair play for showing the real stuff, loving your content and your hard work ethic, wishing you a successful 2024

Nice little motor for someone and looking like it’s going to be well prepared. If you are doing a good bit of mileage or want something for delivery service etc could be the ticket. I have found in the past a cold spat of weather can take out a spring.

All the best for the new year mate 👌👌👌👌

Wonderful letting go on the eve of a problem..hats off to you

Sprung into action..little pun. 😆 Clean little car Lee. What's not to like good Miles, decent previous owner, bodywork splendid, trim looks lovely. 1.4 engine.. 60MPG it'll fly away at that not too excessive price. Nice one 👍

I thought it was best to put a pair of springs as the new one puts more pressure on the other😊

This is type of thing Is going to happen to cars that are 10 15 year old things are going to break but a lot of people that buy cars at this age still expect nothing will ever go wrong

As per usual a no nonsense, well presented, informative, insightful, interesting and honest episode. Much appreciated.

Lee, as you intimate the 1.4 HDI/TDCI is a gem. my Fiesta has the same engine with 200,000 miles MORE than your 207 and it still sounds and performs superbly with 55-70mpg according to use. you pretty much covered the engine issues though I must add the induction hoses either side of the resonator go (don't buy a cheapy for the PCV side because they disintegrate into the turbo) and ignore the service shedule and do oil changes at 4000 miles because it dirties quite quickly.

Happy new year Lee - thanks for all the fab content.

Bad luck with the sping but better it happened earlier on before you sold it no unhappy customer and still a good profit in it. Thanks Lee for all the great videos throughout 2023 and see you in 2024.

I have a Focus 1.6TDCi on a 13 place from new with 205k on the clock. Averages about 20k per year and mostly motorway miles. Still average 600-650 miles on 50 litres. Well maintained and hardly uses a drop of oil from one service to the next. An excellent little French engine!

Whoever ends up buying that little Peugeot will get a bit of a result. A brand new suspension spring, top mount, drop link and very recently done new brakes.

Great content as always Lee. Nice little motor 👍🏼

I had a 04 206 van with 1.4hdi engine very reliable tbh remember doing a 450 mile trip on £40 of fuel😅

Not bad we cars them i bought 1 bk in 2022 when my wifes car was written off as a stop gap had it 8 months done 13k not a single problem. Will do someone for a few years if minded!

Always enjoy your videos 😊

Great video same thing happened to me on my vauxhall signum I went to pull off outside my house and the spring broke but at the bottom and the car just dropped on one side

This car is in very good condition for its age, hopefully you should have no problem selling that one. Great video as always, Happy New Year to you and your family❤.

vehicle score has helped me loads, im llooking to buy a car and get back on the road after 10 years using company car. . great to do basic check and know the warnings !

Hi Lee. You couldn’t write it! Better for you that the spring broke in house rather than after a sale. Looks a lovely clean little car. Will make someone very happy. Good luck in selling it in jan. Dave Birmingham

Got a 308cc with the 2.0hdi, superb engine! Neck scarves, heated leather interior, what more could you want

I have had two broken front springs One was a Peugeot 307 SW and one was a rover 45 Just the way it is The Peugeot was at the bottom though and did take out the front left tire .A nice buy for someone on a budget though

I agree, Peugeot Citroën and Renault diesel engines are fantastic engines, older the better I say. The old 1.9d that they put in the C15 vans where absolutely amazing and fast as hell

These things happen Lee, and strangely more frequently in cold waether. No reflection on your good self, A very nice wee car for someone. Happy New Year to you and the channel!

Yes, I believe my problems are mainly confined to that specific engine. Shame i didnt know that when i brought it. Before the 207, i owned a 206cc, again with a 1.6cc petrol. No problems in 3 years of ownership. The 207 also drank oil like there was no tomorrow, and it was very fussy about only being the exact peugeot oil, with no equivalents. I believe its the "prince" engine.

Thanks for this post my daughter has a 60 reg 207 1.4 diesel hdi s 5 door same colour as this one with about 126000 on the clock shes had it nearly 5 years and she intends running it until it dies so thanks for the tips on what to look out for problem wise . Love your channel by the way.

Enjoy 👍

It’s the middle of winter Lee spring break already?…Looks like a belter you won’t have that for long my mate…👍

Lee despite that spring going bang on you. There must be some dosh in this one for you. Please keep telling us what cars not to touch 👍👍

Well done Lee ...keep up the good work..wish l needed a smallee car😢..could you suggest a few 7 seaters and which engines to go for ? Thanks

Only thing i dont like about peugeot and citroen is the clutches are super soft and buyers think the clutch is on the way out.

Well if it only needs a coil spring and a service then it's been a good buy Lee

Used to love my pug 306 1.9TD not the most reliable but great performance

Great video bud, I had a customer who drove 20 miles to me in a 206 so he could p ex it with the spring sticking in the tyre, don't know how it didn't blow,

Love your vids

This happened to me in my e90 i drove a mile to the nearest garage and their was a big gouge around the whole circumference of the tyre from the spring about 1cm deep in the sidewall, the tyre was a runflat though so it didn't even burst.

20 years ago I had a Ferrari 328 GTS. A spring broke on that and I hadn't noticed! The mechanic told me when I took it in for it's annual service. I must be a really good driver to not notice that!

I had a Peugeot 308, 1.6 HDi, 5 door on 98000 miles, which was nice to drive and was cheap to run, I told the car dealer about a rattling noise coming from the front suspension but was told nothing was wrong, found out later that the 2 springs were fractured, I did over 50000 miles in it, only thing that caused it to be scrapped was a bad wiring loom which had melted

That happened to my Vectra as I was walking away from it at the Motorway services. Neither myself or the startled people in the car parked next to me could work out what the big bang was. Mistake. Although the car drove fine the spring was graunching the shock absorber so those needed to be replaced as well. Only about a year later a BMW driving colleague came into work with the end of a spring saying. I found this underneath my car in the morning.

Great car the 207’s, much less hassle than any Polo or Ibiza. A mate put 310,000 miles on a 2007 1.6 HDI 110bhp on original engine, gearbox, turbo etc. Cheap motoring that car at £2200. Years of driving left in, only £20 tax and 60+ MPG.

Love your Vlogs ! Do you do a HPI check on cars before bidding ? or they are pre-checked?

Only had 2 go in 45 years of driving, both on last model Ibizas.

I remember my wife’s Citroen C2 had a broken spring and I think she’d been driving around like that for a couple of days before I noticed it on the driveway she said the steering got hard but she didn’t Think it was a problem ! I also bought what looked like a mint Peugeot 2081.6 auto and within a year it failed its emissions and the engine was toast . I think the cause was it had never been serviced in his life but who knows ?

Nice Peugeot that Lee I like the seat trim

AT LAST A VERY HONEST CAR SALESMAN AND GREAT KNOWLEDGE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Ouch broken spring a sound weve all heard at some point 😂 at least it didn't happen after you just sold it

Adon. OK, early 08. Mine was on order for 5 months so I must have had one of the very earliest out there. Interesting. Mine was so bad that I was convinced something major would have to be done. I know I'm low mileage user, but every car I had before and after has been good. My friends were convinced it was me, but I went through hell with that car. My dealers even called in the Peugeot top men, who wanted to come in and take photos of the old cylinder head, and i also saw it myself.Also new clutch and abs problems at only a couple thousand miles. After your comment here I finally accept that I must have been VERY unlucky indeed.

What happened is rust where its been sat so long probably got to the spring , anyway only like £30 quid for a new one off ebay , Im not a fan of French cars but they do know how to make good diesel engines.

I had Peugeot 206 spring replaced by MOT testers (even though it hadn't actually broke and was still doing job as a spring) the replacement generic spring broke after about 2000 miles whilst car was parked up. MOT testers say springs regularly break because or the state of the roads. Peugeot dealer says spring breakage is virtually unheard of. MOT testers stole money from my car too.

The age of a car is usually more important than the mileage. We have have 2 Fords with the 1.4 Diesel. One with 93k and the other has 138k.

you prep cars to a nice standard your a top uk used car dealer i really like take care lee.😁

On my 306 I’ve had broken front springs TWICE from moving away. Not sure what it is unless poor design or manufacture. Feel your pain 😢

I really like these 206/207 excellent cars

I got 2006 one but it's like 300k km on the clock which I guess is a lot but it's pretty normal for my country standard. Car is giving me sooo much issues with them sensors and even one injector burned out and damaged the pistol on middle of the highway. I leaked oil on so many sides since gaskets are shit even if you change them. Mine don't have DPF but EGR died moment I bought the car.

I have a Mazda 2 which uses the same 1.4 diesel engine.

Hi lee,well atleast it broke before you got on the road properly or before someone bought it etc,should fly out at 2195,happy new year to you🥳🙂👍

Ideal car for a first car for a youngster, although the petrol engines are crap👍

Good little motor Lee👍🏻

Hi lee good luck with this sale,

Learnt to drive in a 207 HDI just like that! All the sounds of that engine bringing it back. 😂 if you can get over the porridge like gearbox, turbo lag and high bitting point they are good 😅 not a bad car in honesty. Good engine and I enjoyed driving it. Jumping back into my own Fiesta though the handling and road holding just leagues ahead. Peugeot more refined. Depends what you like!

I had the same thing happen with a fiesta. I was told to replace both at the same time.

Good points dont rust diesel hdi especially 2.0 is rock solid motor but the rest nahh.

@14:06 Suffice to say that everything exciting and sporty is rather prone to failure when it comes to the Peugeot 207. 😊

Just happened to my car on drive...one all mighty bang ...oh well another job on the list..

Low milage on an old car is not always a good thing. It means it's either been used for very short journeys meaning its not had chance to get up to temperature. Or it's spent a lot of time sat about, again not ideal. I had a very low milage 207 as my first car and had nothing but issues with it.

I had a spring snap once and go through the sidewall of a week-old tyre.

Great looking car and honest video Lee, shame its not Auto😢 keep up the great work 👍

You will sell it no problem, it’s a nice honest car.

Been there .. same car it didn't make it out the auctions car park..!😂

I had a spring go once on me I was 40miles from home so limped it on motorway, your pricing is fair I feel and if you wasn't so far away I'd come purchase a car from you

springs never used to break on old cars up until the 90s , at least on Japanese cars, but maybe they started making them of thinner wire, that is stiffer. I had one snap on a Berlingo, quite common on those.

You should use the push pull method if steering like you was tought

Nice cheap little motor. Good informative vids mate. After a valet and service nobody could complain at £2595 let alone £2195 your asking.

Hi Lee, I once had a Xsara cut out on the motorway - Turned out that the spring broke which provided enough shock to trip the engine cut-out! The irony that a safety device created a hazard. On your 207, I notice the seats are stained, I have that on my car due to water spills - How do you get rid of these white water stains???

There was a time when 3 doors were more desirable than 5 doors. Or am I imagining it? I thought the engine had gone bang in the initial preview 😂.

always best for faults to show its head easy fix and repair on that

Ive had this broken spring issue 3 times.... Once on a work car which remained drivable but had to be recovered and fixed, and twice on a fiesta we owned - both broke on starting up and driving out at slow speed thankfully, but the car collapsed onto the wheel and nackered the tyre... Surely a dangerous design or quality flaw somewhere there with those fiestas... Lost confidence in it, was a 2007 model.

At least it was only a wear and tear item which could happen at anytime on any aged car 👍

That car was bought at spring field.

They don’t make springs like they used to I m always getting MoT failures with a broken spring but only at the end

10:44 Cracking

Wow. Didn’t take long to sell. Well done

"What the fuck was that?" Me - "well buddy thats a peugeot" 😅

At looking a really good car u hove buy at car

They can't really grumble @ £2195 mate, nice little first car for someone

Any ideas for a bulletproof motor for 7-8k. Not bothered if petrol or diesel, but it's for someone who's disabled so something very easy to get in and out of. Ideally also automatic (not CVT please heard they're awful). Looking for some suggestions

Got a score of 926 on our 2017 kia rio on vechicle score.

The 2.0 diesel is a little pocket rocket if you can find one.

How could you tell the injector seals are not leaking as they are under the air box ?

How come if the spring has just broken this minute the broken end is rusty?

@2:53 Doh !!!

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Should change both sides always

The diesels are very good, but a 2008 wouldn't pass ULEZ now would it ?