Hi All :)

[ShadowBoy]

Sorry about starting a new thread just for me to say hi but I couldn't find where your intro pages are (if you have them )
I wanted to join this forum and club for all the valuable advice and information other users give...

I'm 20 years old and just recently brought my first 406 (after being in love with them for many years)
its an X reg (2000) Rapier 1.8L in Blue, It runs fantastic and only done 90,000 miles which i thought
was very good for a motorway car thats 12 years old.

If other users would prefer me to post this elsewhere on the forum could you please let me know where
Thanks

[teamster1975]

Welcome to the club mate!
We use the "Welcome" forum for introductions, I've moved your post there so no worries. We're a relaxed bunch anyway so it wouldn't have mattered!

[jonsowman]

Hi & welcome Some pics are always appreciated if you have time.

[Doggy]

Hi & welcome to the forum.

[midsmike]

Hi and welcome where are u from

[highlander]

its an X reg (2000) Rapier 1.8L in Blue, It runs fantastic and only done 90,000 miles

I had a 1.8 petrol too - except that mine was a V-reg (1999) and it was LX trim, not Rapier. Mine had only done about 27,000 miles on it when I bought it in November 2008.

Sadly, after an encounter with White Van Man in 2010 (the rotten bugger crashed into her when she was parked up by the roadside, then he fecked off without leaving insurance details), she's gone to the great car park in the sky

While I've got you here, I couldn't interest you in a pre-owned PowerFlow cat-back stainless steel exhaust system, could I? It's the one I fitted to the old saloon. It only fits the 1.8 petrol model, so it's of sod-all use to anyone else (my new car is a 2.2 Coupe)

[ShadowBoy]

Hello again everyone
Thank you all for being friendly lol

Im from Herne Bay in Kent, Midsmike
and Jonsowman as soon as I get a good sunny day I well put up some pics for all to see

Hi Highlander,
I'm quite interested in the PowerFlow cat-back set up you got, How much you want for it mate?

[midsmike]

well i asked because french car show is coming up and we have a club stand and wanted to no if u wanted to show ur car on there

[highlander]

The PowerFlow system was £320 all-inclusive when I bought it, but you can have it for £100 plus postage.

Owing to the size of it, it'll need to be couriered, unless you fancy a trip to Aberdeen (or maybe meet up near the borders)? If you do, you could get it fitted locally and have it on the car when you drive back down.

It's currently in two pieces - the backbox is not connected to the rest of the system, but this can be done at fitting.

Please excuse the diagram - the size of the objects on the diagram are basically to-scale, but the angles of the pipes aren't exactly right:


Sizes shown are to the nearest half-centimeter.

This is the backbox:


This is the bent bit of pipe which goes into the backbox:


This is the long section of pipe with the kink in the middle, and the hanger on one side:


This is the middle silencer:


At the top of the middle silencer is the pipe that joins in to the catalytic converter:

[ShadowBoy]

Alright highlander that all looks cool, il let you know very soon about when i can get some spare money for it
and il have a road trip up to where you are and pick it up if thats alright?
But il deffo take it

[ShadowBoy]

And... midsmike, Thanks for the offer about French Car Show but I think I might need to sort out my car a bit first,
Its completely factory standard and needs quite a bit of work doing to it first before its ready for stuff like that but thank you anyway
When is it anyway mate?

[highlander]

Alright highlander that all looks cool, il let you know very soon about when i can get some spare money for it
and il have a road trip up to where you are and pick it up if thats alright?

But il deffo take it

Not a problem!

Thanks for the offer about French Car Show but I think I might need to sort out my car a bit first,
Its completely factory standard and needs quite a bit of work doing to it first before its ready for stuff like that

The "factory standard" look is not to be shunned, especially if your car is free of any bodywork damage (paint blemishes, rust spots, dents, scratches, etc) and the interior is clean. There's nothing wrong with modifying your car for the car show circuit, but just remember that nobody (sane) likes to see the sort of car that appears on http://www.barryboys.co.uk ... keep the modifications tasteful and we'll all get along just fine...

... says the guy with the 19" wheels on his Coupe

[midsmike]

And... midsmike, Thanks for the offer about French Car Show but I think I might need to sort out my car a bit first,
Its completely factory standard and needs quite a bit of work doing to it first before its ready for stuff like that but thank you anyway
When is it anyway mate?

Sunday 17th June, Donington DE74 2RP and as highlander said standard is ok it dont matter wat condition its in even if its a work horse no ones car is perfect mine ent lol u should come we need as many as we can get

[ShadowBoy]

Hi again all,
Highlander... we're in the middle of sorting out a trip to Scotland which will be 11hrs there and 11hrs back :p lol
plenty of time to get acquainted with the new 406 then to come and pick it up, me and my friend will need to sort out
time off work and the money for fuel ect. Again... il let you know shortly about a date when we can come up.

Midsmike... Ok, you twisted my arm il start looking into the costing for getting there and time off ect...

Thanks...

[Doggy]

The "factory standard" look is not to be shunned, especially if your car is free of any bodywork damage (paint blemishes, rust spots, dents, scratches, etc)..........

I guess that lets quite a lot of us out.

Suspect a fair few of us that are not averse to a get-together, but don't want to 'show' our well-used but trusted daily drivers