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FAQ - 406 D8 petrol (excl. V6) running and starting problemsPeugeot wrote:what are you worried about? we made car that lasted 10 years"..."Zat is very goode non?
) FAQ - 406 D8 petrol (excl. V6) running and starting problemsPeugeot wrote:what are you worried about? we made car that lasted 10 years"..."Zat is very goode non?
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But as Hionest John said, it always seems to be when the cyar's moving about slowly (or indeed, parked up for the night)I had the same dilemma when my tubby failed its MOT. I reckoned I could spend £600 on work that needed doing (inc. seriously overdue cambelt change), or £600 on a V6 someone was selling on here. In the end I took a gamble which (touch wood) seems to have paid off, but the thing to remember is you need to be acutely aware that you could be buying a lemon. There's plenty of potential faults which could easily write a car off and there's plenty of people out there that would happily take your money for a car they know has such a fault.Captain Jack wrote:But... I still can't help thinking what will fall off next.
), if I still worked in Manchester, or if the moon had been in a slightly different position, I'd have probably kept the tubby. Better the devil you know! About 10p. Nah, dunno... 500-600 quid I would guess?steve_earwig wrote:So, how much is your car worth CJ? If you flogged it how much would you get and what would you replace it with?
I have around 6k to spend + the cost of my '6. And leather seats would be an absolute bonus. A 406 coop is tempting as well, but with the amount of stuff going wrong with it is really putting me off 
The front brakes and disks were replaced last year 15k miles ago. I have an advisory on my MOT that the rear disks are warped and drop links are loose (getting that sorted along with suspension). Various rattles and other little niggles are rather offputting, so we'll see....steve_earwig wrote:A car you know nothing about and that might need expesive work doing too? I'm guessing the value of your car to be almost nothing and the longer you take driving it into the ground the later the new car you can replace it with. I can't think of much else dangerous that could go wrong either, I presume you have a fairly good idea of what sort of condition your brakes (or is that breaks now?) are in and you'll have new road springs too. Just wait for the pump to go bang and bin it!
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I sympathise, I've spent £500 sorting mine outmuffindell wrote:Each time I buy a new car it costs an additional £1000 to put it where it should be even though it may have a spanking new MOT and full service history, AND I always spend a good hour looking around for faults
That car went on to be a little money pit, with a new cam belt change ending up with all new tensioners, water pump and a knackered crankshaft key-way (which they had to build up with a chemical metal), a few weeks later on last day of annual holiday a mindless person keyed every panel ( The trauma continued with dash bulbs blowing, rear brake lights blowing, the exhaust blowing, drop links clonking, front bumper cracking, a mindless car park swipe down the front door giving it a bow in the wrong direction. the nail in the coffin was when the key-way crankshaft fix gave up again - time to polish and get rid 
Bottom pully, headlights misting, exhaust dropping off, injector rattle under 3,000rpm, drop links, rear cylinders leaking, front calliper seizing, warped disks, CD player not playing, A/C condenser leaking, steering not running true, rear tyre wear on insides, climate control panel info blanking, rusting arches, battery dead, ball joints banging, cat. convertor hole in one, fuel gauge mind of it's own. I've had cars (new and used)made by other manufactures and they've all had their problems and none are much cheaper than the other to repair! One thing that I have learnt, Peugeot DO make the best diesel engine, they do make cars that handle well; it's a shame some of the other bits and pieces aren't as well engineered but then again thinking about it, it's the other bits and pieces that fail - Bosch injection and braking systems, Lucus brakes, Bosch headlights, Seimens ecu's, Valeo starting and charging, rear lights; the list goes on. In fact the things MADE by Peugeot actually don't often fail, is there a story in this?
