LX/GLX - What's the difference?

[DiscoPol]

Simon Servicepox says as follows:


Vehicle family 406 new
Build code 08641 89 2 0007
Warranty Start Date 01/10/2000
Engine serial number 10 DYFR 4000386
Gearbox serial number 20 DL80 2190532
BER e2*98/14*0087*01

General information

PRODUCT TYPE CAR
COMMERCIAL MARQUE/COMPONENT TYPE PEUGEOT
VEHICLE FAMILY 406 (RESTYLING)
SILHOUETTE 4 DOOR SALOON
TRIM LEVEL LEVEL 1+
ENGINE TURBO DIESEL DW10TD
TRANSMISSION BVM5
PAINT TYPE NON-METALLIC PAINT
BODY COLOUR VALLELUNGA RED PAINT
INTERIOR TRIM TYPE INEA CLOTH GJ
UPHOLSTERY COLOUR FZ
GEARBOX (CHARACTERISTICS) BE4-5L MANUAL GEARBOX
ENGINE (TYPE) EW/DW
OTHER BADGE HDI
BADGE 406

Vehicle characteristics
TRIM LEVEL LEVEL 1+
PAINT TYPE NON-METALLIC PAINT
BODY COLOUR VALLELUNGA RED PAINT
INTERIOR TRIM TYPE INEA CLOTH GJ
UPHOLSTERY COLOUR FZ
GEARBOX (CHARACTERISTICS) BE4-5L MANUAL GEARBOX
STEERING UNVARIABLE POWER STEERING
SPEEDOMETER DRIVE TACHO TORQUE 22X18

Now im fairly sure where you have "Level 1+" as your trim level on my vin number it stated it was a GTX so Im guessing yours is a special order for commercial use i.e Police.

I might be wrong and its been a while since i checked my own,but im sure somebody else with pox access can confirm or not if that Level 1+ bit usually says LX,GLX,GTX etc etc.

Have a good trip out and catch up with you soon.

Polski

[swiss]

So what's the crack with the ex po cars? On the Omega forum they have a thread describing how to recognise and avoid them, since they'll have been thrashed to death and have had millions of miles racked. Anything similar with the 406?

[rwb]

Police 406 diesel? That couldn't catch anything!

Now that its retired from the police, does it get a public sector pension?


Looks like standard equipment also depends on year:
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/p ... spx?page=3
(Always nice to read a good review too.)

[sirwiggum]

I once read that ex cop cars were a good buy as they were serviced on the button, and any repairs needed are made and not skimped on.

Yes high mileage, and thrashed, but then so are taxis

[SimonTNUK]

Thanks for that Polsipug, now I know, a police spec special

I bought it with just under 100,000 miles on the clock, for £1700.
I also got a full service history for it, along with every repair and replacement done on it. It had every oil change etc done on the button milage wise. 100,000 was fairly high milage for the age it was, but not high.

As it's a 90bhp diesel it wouldn't catch anything, although it's surprisingly lively. Taking off from lights I quite often leave a sporty type car in my slipstream, although that's probably only if they're half asleep and don't expect me to take off quite so 'spiritedly' . As it's in red, with no marks on it's roof from aerials or extra disco lights or anything, I take it that it was a pool car for general use. Not a traf-pol pursuit car or anything like that. More likely used by CID to travel around in and as a plain-cloths motor for observing what's going on. Or it could have been some high honcho's PA's motor for running around town, or just one that anyone who needed a car would sign out and use as required.
There is a huge cable with about 50 cores in it, coiled up in the radio cubby-hole.
There are also a few holes in my centre console where a mic clip has been screwed in and similar things. So I imagine that whoever used it could keep in touch with HQ by radio and check stuff via a built in computer.
There is a standard roof mounted aerial hole in my roof, with a Pug' blanking plug in it, no aerial. There was a hole drilled into my right rear wing, which is where I've fitted an aerial for my radio.

If this is a reasonable example of an ex-police pool car, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.

[kevtherev]

http://www.checkthatcar.com/data/data9. ... 96%20-%20)