(Still can't quite believe all the expense and hassle I've caused myself -- it's quite out of character. )http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... 9178829741#
Pick it up on Saturday. Originally advertised at £4700 when I test-drove it, and nearly sold over the weekend. It will have it's original registration number on (07).
I looked at cheaper ones but they were either tatty or the inferior Sport spec. It's still dear compared to the 2.0, but I've spent so long being sensible that I just have to do something for me and bugger the consequences. So this is it.
This is not a sensible car. It's more to tax, burns more fuel, is much more complicated, and is a bit challenging on the eye. The only sensible thing to do is keep the 406.
I expect the 406 to be the best car I will ever own, and it's looked after me far better than I've looked after it.
However, after 8 fantastic years I have if nothing else to get the fast cars thing and the new cars thing out of my system.
The 406 is going in a garage, and I expect to dig it out in a few years and fall in love with it again with the certainty that the grass is not greener anywhere else.
Oh, but the 6 is still going on the rolling road on 2nd. (Out with a bang if nowt else.)
Not much to report about the 407 yet, only what I found on the test drive: dodgy tyre pressure monitor! 1st to 4th are the same ratios as the 406 110 and 2.2, which are slightly longer than the 90, so that felt odd. 5th is in between, and 6th is much longer, so it was a bit odd. Pulled completely smoothly to 3000 (and no doubt far beyond) which is odd to me since I'm screaming for a gear change at 2500. Peak torque arrives at just 1500rpm, and I think I detected a slight turbo kick
low down from the small turbo. No way did I see it's potential on the Leeds "ring road", but I did detect some good roundabout potential 
So, roll on Saturday...
I thought they stopped doing those 