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Here she is, the glorious Miss Pug!

She's a 2001, Y plate LX estate, 7 seater Family version.
2.0 16v



Day 2 of owning her and already set about ''getting hands on with this car!''






Notice the Ford......... (Wait for the sticker, just wait for it!)


Sticker ;) (Especially to pee the old man of)


Fog light also done now I must add (Although it worked and would NOT of been an MOT failure, it looked awful lol).



Miss Pug with my mums 206, Sadly written off 8th Feb 2013 in a serious accident.

looks very tidy,

lozz wrote:looks very tidy,

Thank you very very much

Sorry to hear about the 206


Some nice pictures there, youve put alot of effort into them well done,
Wished i had such skills, ican only do plain boring one's.

lozz wrote:Sorry to hear about the 206


Some nice pictures there, youve put alot of effort into them well done,
Wished i had such skills, ican only do plain boring one's.

Thanks Mum loved her 206, not had it a year either! At the end of the day that little 206 came up against a HGV and my Father was able to get out the car although hurt. WOMAN who caused the accident fled the scene, luckily there were witnesses and Dad's here to tell the tale, although deeply traumatized. He used to co-drive in many rallies in the 80's and said this is by far the hardest smash he has ever been in, says he could see the car going under the HGV frame

I must admit my camera is good at taking the pictures, I just know how to edit them right.. Love my car so wanted to do it justice... Have you posted pictures of yours? I'd like to be nosey now lol

Idont have a 406 sonia,
ihad one a week ago but ilet it go, it was only apetrol one so igot bored with it

atm ive got 306 and a little renault convertable, idont think iwill be getting another 406.. saddly ilive in a high risk area
so insurance on the 406s dosent work out logical, if it wasnt for that iwouidnt own anything else,

lozz wrote:Idont have a 406 sonia,
ihad one a week ago but ilet it go, it was only apetrol one so igot bored with it

atm ive got 306 and a little renault convertable, idont think iwill be getting another 406.. saddly ilive in a high risk area
so insurance on the 406s dosent work out logical, if it wasnt for that iwouidnt own anything else,

Ahhh no Any pictures of the 306? Mum is looking at more 206's but I think they may be tempted to go for a 306..... I told them to go for a 406 but they told me I was biased?

not avery good picture,
but heres one itook when ifirst got it,

306 is a good car, not had any major problems with it and the parts are very cheap,

That really does look very tidy indeed

That rev counter goes round an awful long way

What did you do to the MFD screen? It kind of looks like you just turned the contrast up? Although admittedly, I do not know how to do that on the Type B MFD.

206/306/406/... you pays your money you takes your choice. You do get an awful lot more for your money with a 406 though, and it's a no-brainer as to which I'd prefer to sit in.

Sorry to hear what happened to your pa, was he just banged up a bit or something more serious? I could never feel safe in a 206 anyway, ever worse where I live now (where the drivers are just mental) so perhaps you could persuade your mum to get something with a bit more metal round it (Sherman tank?)

Your car certainly does look clean and straight, I particularly like the sticker (where's Bailes? )

+1 Never been in so serious an incident myself, but the few I have been involved in sometimes shake you up much more than you reaslise to start with. Hope your father's OK

That's a mighty smart looking 406 you have there.

(Love the sticker - as steve say's one immediately thinks of young Bailles, (who has had a 406, then a focus, then another 406 and now a mondeo - clearly he's at an impressionable age and can be forgiven for a little ford-curiosity).

rwb wrote:That really does look very tidy indeed

That rev counter goes round an awful long way

What did you do to the MFD screen? It kind of looks like you just turned the contrast up? Although admittedly, I do not know how to do that on the Type B MFD.

206/306/406/... you pays your money you takes your choice. You do get an awful lot more for your money with a 406 though, and it's a no-brainer as to which I'd prefer to sit in.

The 3 bulbs behind the display needed changing, all 3 had blown! A simple enough job, nice and easy to start with! I then replaced the stereo to another factory fitted model as the reader was knackered on the stereo that came with the car.....

steve_earwig wrote:Sorry to hear what happened to your pa, was he just banged up a bit or something more serious? I could never feel safe in a 206 anyway, ever worse where I live now (where the drivers are just mental) so perhaps you could persuade your mum to get something with a bit more metal round it (Sherman tank?)

Your car certainly does look clean and straight, I particularly like the sticker (where's Bailes? )

They recon he's broken his collar bone Luckily they caught the woman driver (she does no justice for women drivers like me.......) the Police had to convince her she was at fault... Over take on the brow of a hill, cause a serious accident then flee the scene - what kind of a stupid........ (Don't get me started again!) lol
Thanks, car is fantastic

Doggy wrote:+1 Never been in so serious an incident myself, but the few I have been involved in sometimes shake you up much more than you reaslise to start with. Hope your father's OK

That's a mighty smart looking 406 you have there.

(Love the sticker - as steve say's one immediately thinks of young Bailles, (who has had a 406, then a focus, then another 406 and now a mondeo - clearly he's at an impressionable age and can be forgiven for a little ford-curiosity).

Ha ha Thanks....... I was unlucky enough to drive that Tranny for a little while - OMG never again... despite my Fathers love of Fords I shall never be a Ford girl I'm afraid......

lozz wrote:not avery good picture,
but heres one itook when ifirst got it,

306 is a good car, not had any major problems with it and the parts are very cheap,

elanor.jpg

Looks tidy Lozz, I did look at a white 306 estate (diesel) before I opted for the 406. I wanted to know if any 306 estates were 7 seaters but sadly not.........

Sadly no, they didnt make a 7
because theres no spare wheel well ..ipresume thats why they didnt do a 7 seat version,

In fairness, After buying Miss Pug I did wonder if I had gone for a ''too small'' car but thinking back on it, I really didn't wanna be one of those families who HAS to have a peoples carrier, I prefer cars to big buses and MPV's - ok so another 806 or an 807 would of been more practical, but no where near as fun as this 406

I am not that technically minded when it comes to my car - I am umming and ahhing about where to put the axle stands at the rear of the car.

Can you take a look at this picture and advise? I know it's not that clear but you guys must have an opinion on whether that's an OK place or not. It seemed pretty secure...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... ec0561e65e