Confussed!!!!! D9 D8 110 etc

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:28 pm

hi all,

im confussed, and before anybosy else says it, it doesnt take a lot.
having recently purchased my Pug all the little nubers and letters and bits and bobs im getting confused about.

can somebody explaing to me the difference between D8 and D9 (what it means etc) and tell me any more about my car.

All i know is that its the best thing ive ever bought for economy and running costs and that she is:-

51 Plate 2.2ltr HDI GTX 406 and she averages 48MPG which to me is the mutts doodars.

thanks

so help me out fellas cus feel a complete biff reading some of the posts and not knowing what the hell anybody is going on about.

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:48 pm

Ok, in a nutshell:

D8 = Mark 1 406, available from 1995 to 1999
D9 = Mark 2 406, available from 1999 to 2003/4

The D9 sports a slightly restyled interior and exterior, most notably larger, clear lensed headlights and the inclusion of a strip of body colour coded plastic through the horizontal middle of the rear lights. Those are the most distinctive changes and make identification of a D9 easiest.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:08 pm

Right - so that makes mine a D9

and when peeps are talking about 110 i presume they are refering to the the BHP

It all becomes clear now - give me a PC/Laptop and or a load of bits and im happy - routers and networks and im in my element but cars - hhhmmmm

thats why i joined the forum - like No.5 once said "need input - more input" "No.5 is alive"

Post by **Welly** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:13 pm

bloody hell, another computer guy

There's loads off them on here

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:20 pm

Yep sorry guilty as charged

geek - but its my job not something i take home with me - had to put a wireless network in the house though so missus could use laptop on her knee and not sit in computer room and eldest could connect his games console to it aswell from his bedroom. what a pain in the A%S*.

Post by **Welly** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:32 pm

Hehe, when I go to visit my sister and her husband (they have no kids

) both of them will be chilling out on the sofa with a wireless lap top each on the internet

Always makes me smile

GeordieBoy · Post by **GeordieBoy** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:28 pm

You have a 2.2 HDi, if so watch the Cam Belt closely, change it early like maybe 20,000 miles early as I've heard they have a habit of breaking early, if that happens its a new engine.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:06 pm

ok will keep an ey on it and see what happens, usually change the cam belt early on all the cars ive ever owned as the belt slipped on my first car many years ago but that was a chain as apposed to belt and it slipped a cog, big load crunch sound as the pistons came up and the valves closed and then was the end of a relationship with an Audi 80 sports.