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My pugs.
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:09 pm
by steve_earwig
Oh look, there's a forum for photos. Look it even mentions photobucket (where's the "banging head against wall" emoticon?)
Yes, I know the D8's springs are sagging. Hitting stuff like curbs and speedbumps all the time was the reason I didn't want another 406, until I went round a few carparks with a tape measure - get away from my car with that!
Phwoar! What a pair!!
Notice anything strange? (Apart from my hairy legs reflected in the door...)
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:10 pm
by steve_earwig
Woohoo! It worked!
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:11 pm
by jameslxdt
the steering wheel is on the wrong side
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:20 pm
by steve_earwig
Well, there is that of course... In the UK a left hooker is quite a common sight of course, here a right hooker is a bit of a rarety. When I first got here I was driving an old UK reg transit, the game was for the passenger to put his hands over his face when there was oncoming traffic, and maybe lean out the window and scream. We got some very strange looks...
Re: My pugs.
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:12 am
by Captain Jack
steve_earwig wrote:Notice anything strange? (Apart from my hairy legs reflected in the door...)
The handbrake actually holding the car in one place? ...oh.. you're in gear, so not that..
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:23 pm
by mjb
Nice pics. It's great to see a D8 next to a D9 and play spot the difference. I never realised they decided to move the indicators a few inches up for instance
What's that on the side of the drivers seat?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:58 pm
by PJ
mjb wrote:What's that on the side of the drivers seat?
Manual height adjustment. Handy for wee folk to see over the dash
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:12 pm
by PJ
mjb wrote:Nice pics. It's great to see a D8 next to a D9 and play spot the difference.
Precisely.
Notice anything strange? (Apart from my hairy legs reflected in the door...)
Is the drivers side lighter than the other??
Nice pics btw.
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:57 pm
by steve_earwig
Not that I'm aware of. I was actually seeing if anyone screamed "what the fux that?", I'd never even looked at a 406 in the UK so I was wondering if there were any major cosmetic differences or anything. Other than that, yes, it's left hand drive, although I can reverse the pics if this makes anyone unhappy.
Yep, handbrake on (about 8 clicks...), in gear and on a level serface, it's not going anywhere. Actually, having reverse alongside first, instead of fifth, is confusing me a bit. I'm used to looking down and seeing it's in first before driving away, sometimes this one's in reverese instead and I get a bit of a surprise... Must make the damn handbrake work and break this filthy leaving-it-in-gear habit!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:59 pm
by steve_earwig
PJ wrote:Manual height adjustment. Handy for wee folk to see over the dash
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I'm not wee, I'll have you know I'm 5 foot 11 and 3/4!
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:02 am
by PJ
steve_earwig wrote:PJ wrote:Manual height adjustment. Handy for wee folk to see over the dash
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I'm not wee, I'll have you know I'm 5 foot 11 and 3/4!
psst! I use mine all the time
