old topic, 406 replacement ?

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Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

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Welly wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:43 am
johntl wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:44 pm anybody had one of these ?
the pug 508, looks , full of kit , complicated ! french electrics !! :frown:
I would much rather have a 508 over any Ford!

The 508 will be a proper Peugeot and not full of borrowed/cheapened Ford bits.

It's a shame French cars still seem to have this "electrics" stigma, my experience with anything newer than year 2000 has been the opposite. You're FAR more likely to have electrical issues with a VAG product than French but no-one will admit it openly because German cars are the best* and never* have faults.

Yup. I've recently received personal abuse on Youtube from a BMW fanboy. I'd commented on a video about the mid 80's E30 3-series. I bought a brand new 325i back then. Rear shockers collapsed within a few weeks of driving it back from the factory in Munich. And it had a snappy rear end that BMW should have sorted after the poor reputation of the previous 3 series. I commented, and added that I loved the engine, straight 6, 170bhp, but the rest of it was a very ordinary saloon. That didn't go down at all well with the fans.

I got rid of my 2002 Golf TDI last August. A few weeks before the MOT, up popped the ABS light. Ran the diagnostics software, and it showed up as a rear sensor fault. Bought a new sensor, and set about what I thought would be a straightforward small job. Sweating under a hot 27 degree sun trying to remove the old sensor, hacking, drilling it out. Only to find , after I fitted the new one, that that didn't cure the problem. At which point, I'd had enough of Volkswagen electrics. There were lots of previous electrical offences by this car that I took into consideration in my decision to get rid.

Now driving a 2006 Yaris Mk2 1.0.
I just needed a period of boring, and reliable.

Thinking maybe a 2010 - 2014 DS3 1.6 118bhp non turbo might be next..


[ The PD engine in the Golf had done moon mileage, 240,000+ miles, used no oil, and felt like it was good for the same distance again..., it was the electrics that drove me away... ]
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Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

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Still looking !!
anybody thoughts on the lexus Is 220d 2010 ?? :frown: :frown:
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looking at anything with the 2.0 tdi 140 bhp engine, taxi drivers get 400k miles out of them !!1
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Is this 400k with working DPF?
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Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

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Just got the old 406 through it's test again ! ,just needs 4 tyres soon
Not bad for 21yrs old !!
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Well done you! :mrgreen:
(still miss mine). :(
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That's splendid 8) I miss mine too, although I still see it quite often as my buddy Goran now owns it. I spoke to him last Saturday and he'd just washed it and fed the leather. I still reckon it's a fantastic looking car, sadly sitting in it reminds me why I stopped driving it - oh my bloody back :frown:
Unskilled meddling sin©e 2007

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Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

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I miss the heated leather seats of my old Exec.
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VW Passat 6, common rail (110/140hp). What will be worse compared to 406? I prefer 110hp engine. The other choice is VW Touran 2008, PD 140hp.
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Re: old topic, 406 replacement ?

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Hi guys
sad to say the inevitable has happened ! I've sent the old 406 to the scrap yard .
it served me well ,had it 13 yrs
cost me £1050, sold for £220
repair costs £7500
covered 135k
running a 57 plate Lexus 220d at the moment, see how long that lasts ??
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