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ddoherty406
2.0 16v
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by ddoherty406 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:19 pm
I thought my 96 lx model was as basic as you can get, but this is from a 97, reminds me of my old 106 xnd which had the clock in the dash too.
eoin27
The Irish 406 addict
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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by eoin27 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:54 pm
My dads first 406 had that. Those early basic 406's were spartan in comparison to the executive d9's
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
Welly
The moderator formally known as Welton
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by Welly » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:57 pm
Just tell everyone it's a rare rotary engine that revs to 12,000 rpm, at, mid-day, like
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eoin27
The Irish 406 addict
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by eoin27 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:50 pm
I remember when my dad had the clock in his 406, i had a dream that there was a secret rev counter underneath just waiting to get out.
Why i am telling everyone this i dont know.
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
Doggy
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by Doggy » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:25 pm
steve_earwig wrote: Who alse remembers cars where the heater was an optional extra?
My dad had a Morris 8, (series E), for which he made a heater matrix out of hydraulic pipe threaded through sheet steel fins & clamped together between 2 sheets of 1/4 ply wiv lots of holes drilled in them. It was 'attached' to the under-dash parcel shelf & skinned many a knee or shin - it was about 10" square by 5" thick and didn't seem to make a blind bit of difference due to lack of air circulation / fan.
But then he was a mechanical engineer.....
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6 -speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
swiss
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by swiss » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:26 pm
Reminds me of my 106
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And, yes, that is actually the position I left it in
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DaiRees
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by DaiRees » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:38 pm
Did you call a taxi to get you to the curb?
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Doggy
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by Doggy » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:41 pm
Good idea leaving the roof open so someone can 'post' the missing wheeltrim
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6 -speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
STALLED
The moderator down under
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by STALLED » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:04 am
My mates Merc 180e has a clock - I joke that it's for timing how fast it takes to get to 50! Slowest car in the world!
1997 406 D8 ST Manual 2.0L!