Also Jasper5's old mowtah and Peter64's new mowtah.
Had a great facebook chat with Peter this afternoon talking about my old 406 HPi Exectutive Estate which he's now managed to wrestle from his brother John
I'm delighted to hear that the old bus is going from strength to strength and is safe in the hands of someone who's going to love and care for it as much as John and I did. Peter's given me permission to post these pics that he took today, I think you'll agree that she still looks fantastic, you'd never believe she's just turned 15!!
On a separate note, when the hell did Photobucket become virtually unusable?
Playtime_Fontayne wrote:"Dai Rees Supplier of Fine Automobilia. Established 2007"
Yea I seen on facebook john had sold it to peter,didn't know if you knew so said nowt. Looks lovely in the pics and the deal allowed Sonia to get miss pug back so win win for all concerned
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2004 Iron Grey 407se 136bhp......Written Off
2006 Moonstone blue 407 se 136 bhp.....Written off
2006 silver 407 SW..........replacement
Indeed still looks smuckin fart.
A fine tribute to the care lavished on it all these years.
(I remember sitting in it once at RAF Cosford many moons ago).
Photobucket can FRO in it's own sweet time.
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Inspired* by Dai's old motor above I thought I'd check and see how my old T-reg 406 was doing these days.......
Not so good.
Last MOT ran out in March 2015 and there's no record of it being taxed either so it's dead, poor thing, looking at the MOT History it certainly didn't die without putting up a massive fight
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
I just checked the original Dogmobile, (which is taxed until October and Mot'ed until November).
Passed it's last test on 14/11/2016 at 271,200 miles with 2 advisories for worn tyres.
Why did I sell it - what? nearly 5 years ago.
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Looking very smart there Dia, a real credit to you, John & now Peter,
I am jealous of the mint chrome bump strips
2002 110 HDi estate, Rapier in monaco blue! ( found quite a bit more power ) SOLD I've sorted the airbag light
1998 3.0 V6 SE coupe in Diablo Red ( my baby ) sold
2006 206 1.4 16v sport in Aegean blue ( wife's shopping trolley )
I think modernish motors (pre 2008) will survive long after having various bits replaced like fuel pumps, injectors, EGR's etc in the early years as very often the replacement parts are improved so as not to fail again.
Not sure how this new breed of stressed and emissions strangled cars will fair.....
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work