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Bon soir 406 peeps!

Today, I are been mostly observing Perjwahs in their natural environment - that is to say, France. Her indoors had other priorities but, well, it was either that or look at the dirty Renaults.

No piccies, I'm afraid (was worried the Gendarmerie might have taken exception) but I certainly spotted a good crop. Several elderly 405s, one or two sporting rather nasty spoilers. Quite a few 407s about too. Even saw a blue 605 exec in beautiful condition and one of those old Cits whereby the suspension puffs up when you start them ^^

More importantly I saw a good crop of our beloved vintage Gaelic motor. Plenty of D9s but a couple of fine examples of D8age. Spotted one in Sherwood Green, pimp-ed out with a spoiler and, would you believe it, Bluey Bling™ ^^ What intrigued me was the chrome strips along the black plastic mouldings and along the rear clusters. Are these high-spec 'features'? I see the D9s have a coloured horizontal strip in the clusters, whereas mine seems to have a reflective bit.

On the down side, this particular example also had a chrome strip on the grille slat... not so nice IMO :(

Anyway, back in Blightey now - with a fridge full of cheap French lager. Win!
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swiss wrote: our beloved vintage Gaelic motor.
Have you done navigation yet? :P

Seriously, I'm thinking of taking mine over in the next coupleof weeks to pick up a couple of kitchen sinks & I'm checking up on anything else wot' s cheaper......

Anyone know how to get French prices out of service box?
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On my UK address it gave me pounds, on my HR one it gives me Kuna, so I'd imagine you'd have to give your account a French address. 1a Rue de Grenouille...
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swiss wrote:Plenty of D9s but a couple of fine examples of D8age. Spotted one in Sherwood Green, pimp-ed out with a spoiler and, would you believe it, Bluey Bling™ ^^ What intrigued me was the chrome strips along the black plastic mouldings
It's always intrigued me, that. From what I can tell it's standard on D9s but on D8s it's only on V6 saloons?
and along the rear clusters. Are these high-spec 'features'? I see the D9s have a coloured horizontal strip in the clusters, whereas mine seems to have a reflective bit.
What, chrome across the middle of the light clusters? I've never seen that before! :shock:
On the down side, this particular example also had a chrome strip on the grille slat... not so nice IMO :(
Hmm guess you've found a modded one
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