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well as yous will all know im fairly new here and did promise some pics of the 406.. well here it is. not the greatest a few of them borrowed from eBay and the others took after we got it home and removed the roof box not had chance to give it a clean yet as its been raining ever since we got it lastnight

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Looks fine from where I'm sitting fella 8)

A good buy me thinks.
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That 406 estate looks really good - well done that man 8)

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yea were well chuffed with it the misses loves it and I reckon we got it at a bargain price of £450 its not been removed from eBay yet hoping theyll remove it soon as reckon it will go higher and theyll be disapointed theve sold it early :lol: as long as the V5 has been sent away i dont care though at the end of the day they cant ask for it back
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Very tidy car jbh! :)
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dogslife wrote:bet he wouldn't use that on the volvo forum

You're right, that's where I nicked it from :supafrisk:

(it's the only thing that place is any use for anyway, most members spend their time complaining about a slight squeek when the close the glovebox etc.... :roll: ) oh and they also complain bitterly about the crap fuel economy from the D5 which makes me smile [read: near-to T5 economy, seriously].
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Welly wrote:
dogslife wrote:bet he wouldn't use that on the volvo forum

You're right, that's where I nicked it from :supafrisk:

(it's the only thing that place is any use for anyway, most members spend their time complaining about a slight squeek when the close the glovebox etc.... :roll: ) oh and they also complain bitterly about the crap fuel economy from the D5 which makes me smile [read: near-to T5 economy, seriously].
its the Volvo forum what do you expect.. im glad i never bought one almost bought the V40... glad i hanged off as i preffer the 406
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Hold on, what's with all these animated avatars? I thought we had to ditch them 'cos Welly's poor 'ickle 'puter couldn't handle them :frown:
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steve_earwig wrote:Hold on, what's with all these animated avatars? I thought we had to ditch them 'cos Welly's poor 'ickle 'puter couldn't handle them :frown:
We'll have to bring back the bouncing boobs then! :cheesy:
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steve_earwig wrote:Hold on, what's with all these animated avatars? I thought we had to ditch them 'cos Welly's poor 'ickle 'puter couldn't handle them :frown:
I can't f***ing stand them :evil:
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Here you go Matt, just for you fella :wink:

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Seen that elephant one on the toupe club? Brilliant!
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Me broadband speed has picked up recently :mrgreen:
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oh yay lets all go back to the days of Geocities, 20pt MS Comic Sans, webrings, animated GIFs and the <blink> tag... :roll:
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well thats the 406 had its test.. I had the car trailer on it last night out moving my mates stock car and i must admit i was impressed on how it done. it wasnt struggling with it and towed fairly well :D
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