jg321

2008 1.6 TDCI here. Done 20,000 miles in it with no issues at all. Father in-law has a 2006 1.6 TDCI that's just coming upto 90,000 miles, also no issues. If I were buying again I'd probably get the 2.0 TDCI, but then if I had that, I'd probably still want something faster!

My brakes on my 1.6 tdci are awful... Nowhere near as good as the previous ones on my 1.8tdci.

I'm considering the possibilities of a rear disc conversion to see if that helps

 

Agreed with this. In normal use, they're spongy. When you hammer them though, if someone pulls out on you for example, they do the trick, so I assume they're working as designed.

 

Used to drive a VW Polo occasionally, and almost went through the windscreen for the first few miles, then the exact opposite when back in my Focus!

I seem to remember something about the oilways in the cylinder head that cause the Peugeot 1.6 engine to knock out the turbo.

 

This. As I understand it, they usually "go" for a reason, so you need to address the root cause as well as fixing the turbo. My sister lost two turbos (the second one within a couple of weeks of the first!) on a 130K 90bhp 1.6 a few years back, presumably because of an underlying problem.

I just got this done, at 37,000 miles and 4 1/2 years:

 

http://www.omcmotorg...old-Service-199

 

The 3 year service I did as you are considering, the silver service (http://www.omcmotorg...ver-Service-129), which was essentially oil and oil filter change, air filter change and a stamp in my book!

 

I held off the usual 3 year major service (looks to be silver + fuel filter) due to the low mileage. I decided the "age" components could wait for another year, with the exception of the oil of course (which I'm trying to change every 10,000 miles), and didn't have any problems with this approach. I also had my DPF fluid topped up, although this is not relevant to you!

I'm with Nathan on this. Mine is listed as C-Max/Focus and also says auto headlights, despite not having "automatic headlight control", which is what I believe Etis says when you have what is commonly referred to as "automatic headlights".