MOT and brakes…

Well, this title sums up what the car has needed doing today. It’s hard to believe that my 207 is three years old this month.

But that’s not the thing that’s bugging the hell out of me. I got a call from the lass on the service desk at the main dealer (where the car was taken for the MOT) to advise me the car had passed the MOT ok, but there was an issue.

The brake pads were at 10%, and need changing, at a cost of £205. Ok – not a problem, if it needs doing so be it. But then I realised that I’d had the car serviced at the end of July, and was told that the brake pads were at 50%.

Now had I been driving like a moron, and standing on the brakes, and specialising in last minute braking, I could have possibly understood this. But as I’ve been quite gentle with the car (it doesn’t drink as much petrol that way) I am less than impressed, as I estimate I have done a maximum of 3,500 miles since the car was serviced, so I doubt very much that I have been able to use 40% in such a short time.

So as I type this, I have steam coming out of my ears, as I seriously wonder if I made a bad mistake when I swapped my beloved 206 for the 207. Don’t get me wrong – the 207 is great fun to drive, and is fast enough to get me both into and out of trouble.

However, the 206 had a similar mileage on it, and I had no problems with the brakes at all. So either Peugeot has cheapened the components, or my driving style has altered radically. And my money is on the cheapened components.

Ah well, time to call this rant quits – it’s nearly the end of my lunch break, and I’m still fuming.

Back later if I get the chance.


Karen

Now some things you hold on to - and some you just let go
Seems like the ones that you can't have
Are the ones that you want most