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Some may remember I sold my 406 1.9td to my little brother and bough a Volvo V70 2.4 T5. I sometimes wish that kept the 406 and hadn't of bothered with the V70. The pug was cheap to run as I used veggie oil, and did around 600 miles to tank of derv. The Volvo is a great car much better built than th...

Cracking! Always liked the big volvos. Said to the other half that if winters keep getting worse and if we move out to the sticks in the next few years we may look into getting something like a 4x4 Volvo or Subaru saloon or estate. Yep big Volvos are great, But avoid petrol ones they drink petrol. ...

New pic's of my motor are here http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/adamr8965/

So far it's needed a ball joint and top strut mount, and four tyres.

Plus endless trips to the petrol station.

I love driving this and my 406 but this puts a much bigger smile on my face.

Mines 5 miles a day

Hey all, me and my good lady have been together for 10yrs this May and we got engaged many years ago. Now i never thought i would get old (but i am) and she's been droning on about getting married now. I have mixed ideas about this because some people it would say it might fall apart after a few mon...

Thats the my mate at the garage said, i ain't no fitter. I pay him in veggie oil to run in his disco!!!

Welly wrote:

adamr8965 wrote:.....front tyres......

Oh right, erm, you might need to get used to that

Yesi would think so £170 for a pair of front tyres and it's £100 a side for the ball joints as they need to be pressed into position

Will post some pics soon as, it's down the garage getting a new pair of ball joints and front tyres at the moment.

I could take it and find out not sure were the nearest 4wd dyno is to east yorkshire, the 2.4t put around 250bhp standard so a chip and map, yeah your about 300 ish
I looked at the trip computer before resetting it and the police average was 11.7 mpg mines a bit better at 22mpg.

... on Saturday I bought a new family car and its not a 406, I went for a Volvo V70 T5 AWD. I collected it from Manchester and its a ex police traffic car, They had put back in the normal Volvo cd player. It comes with full 12mths mot and 12mths tax as well, and for a bargin price of £1995. I need a...

Yeah been looking around seen a couple of 110 hdi se on a 04 but nothing much else at the moment really

2004 I believe was the last date of UK manufacture, I think they went up to a 54 plate, but you may luck out and find an 05 or 55 plate one (it's not unknown for cars to sit around unregistered for a while after arriving in the UK). Thanks for the info, think it would be hard going to find a 2.2 hd...

Changed my mind now, its either going to be a 406 hdi 2.2 with full leather and cruise, sat nav. Or a Volvo v70 t5 just because of the power and the size which is really good.

What year and plate did they stop making the 406?

The vectra is going tomorrow night a chap in hull has bought it needs a donor car, so it lives on for a little longer.

Most men with a touch of the flu would be dying on the sofa, asking the wife to run around after them.

Hats off to you for the work.