In the eighteen years that I have been able to ride it has abandoned me once by car

After having a small year driven around in the Grand Scénic there was another car out of the pool as lease car. This time a Peugeot 508SW Blue Lease Executive 1.6 e-HDi in the color dark gray.

If Blue Lease Executive is the car equipped with the necessary. Standard navigation with Western Europe, cruise control, Bluetooth, panoramic glass roof, multi verstalbaar steering wheel and driver's seat.

The car is simply a French car. Seats are comfortable, reasonably wide, but not too soft. In terms of steering the car is a lot, but not sharp call. I perceive that you soon come into situations where understeer occurs. However, the suspension is fine on order and you can get pretty smooth bumps.

Much has been written about the engine in combination with the semi-automatic gearbox. The system is indeed not perfect. Yes, it all works like a machine, but he turns really, really fast or slow depending on the situation. Particularly want to be in the city he quite smooth upshifts and you're just taking a roundabout in his fourth, only to fall into the gas all the way and the car suddenly abruptly to return to his first and anticipate fly. Activating the sports mode helps them something. The disadvantage is that it does not remain active and you should do so over and over again and you have to remember is if the tank again makes a special circuit.

The consumption of the Peugeot was according to the trip computer around 5,9l / 100km. On a tank of 70 liters of diesel I could drive about 1200 to 1300 km, in winter about 100 km less.

In the eighteen years that I have been able to ride it has abandoned me once by car. During the summer holidays the engine sends a warning and then a relay of the turbo pump had to be replaced. However, after towing a parking lot near the Route du Soleil with two children in the back seat, so the timing could have been better. The relay was replaced happened five minutes and then we could again continue our way. Furthermore, Peugeot has always served, rain or shine. In terms of maintenance, I can not say much because the bills went to the leasing company. A lot of praise for Peugeot Hylkema in Sneek. Correct reception and the car always neatly washed and dust sucked back after maintenance. Small gesture, but very nice.

With 160,000 km ran us off the lease and as I was then looking for a replacement for the Peugeot. Contract was slightly longer because of the shipping of its successor, the new Ford Mondeo Titanium estate.

Looking back, I found the Peugeot a fine car to drive. Comfortable and excellent equipment. That combined with the semi-automatic, however, I would not take myself if I had the choice. Then or switch itself, or a real machine.


Because of a new job I was again offered a lease. Since the procedure is to first ride a so-called pole-car I had limited choice and I ended up driving into the Grand Scenic 1.5 dCi 110 Dynamique in black.

The car comes with leather upholstery, electric seat adjustment and heating, a navigation system, climate control, cruise control, Bluetooth connectivity, a USB input for media, a panoramic roof can and open space, lots of space.

The children love the Scénic beautiful. Own chair instead of a back seat, folding tables and the high is good view of the outside world. To sit on the back on the sixth or seventh seat just not speak, that is quite an adventure. I myself am also talking about the car. The seats are good, you have the high is good overview and the car is spacious and bright (thanks to the large glass roof).

The big Scénic is no streaks tractor at the traffic light. For this, the engine is too light and the car too heavy. But it is a very powerful engine, you ride effortlessly unnoticed harder than 140-150 without the engine noise is really disturbing. The vehicle has six gears, so that helps great to reduce the noise level.

Steering is a bit French. Numb and you find yourself in tight corners that you're traveling with a large and high car, because you feel it or incline. Is some getting used to if you were previously accustomed to ride low and better steering cars. Nevertheless, the car is a pleasant car to drive, designed to comfortably transport the passengers.

The consumption fluctuates at around 6.8-6.9 per 100 km. The leasing company always warns me that this is above the norm, but I would not know how to get it underneath, unless I'm driving on the highways around 100 and I do not really pleasant.

The Scénic me leave until now once and I was the car like two weeks lost. After a ride on the highway, I noticed that the car idling "wobbled". I made an appointment at the dealer who suspected that the car was not running smoothly in the engine. This was not the case and after a long search revealed some behind flywheel the gearbox is no longer run properly causing the car wobbled. Moreover, the service of ABD Heerenveen was fine, they kept me well informed of the progress and problems and by the replacement vehicle was not really a problem.

In a few weeks we are going to make a long drive with the five of the holiday. I wonder how we experience it.
Farewell to the Scénic (158 933 km)Right after the holiday to Italy Scénic ran into his contract mileage and early August was also done.

The vacation to Italy with five people (three adults and two small children) went effortlessly. Plenty of room for luggage and for all occupants.

Looking back, I can say that the Scénic is a great family car. The 1.5 dCi is a nice engine. No stripes tractor, but could easily join the movement.

The prolonged failure after total had no further issues with the car.

The replacement is another car out of the pool, a Peugeot 508SW.