406's have the most extra's

[mjb]

Yeah, I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad these here Peugeots never got wrong

Compared to Renaults...

[STALLED]

Now we do

Ah, but could you afford to drive one?

When Petrol is $1 a litre (which it is at the moment) - Then yes! Drive it with a not so heavy right foot and you can get 13L/100km with a mix of city and freeway driving! Really high tech if you look at the specs of it - especially the suspension! All aluminum...

WAAAAANT!

[TooT]

Yeah, I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad these here Peugeots never got wrong

Compared to Renaults...

mjb has a real hatred towards Renualts. Bad experience with a Laguna by any chance???

I like the look of that Ford, if we had it in this country it would crumble into a pile of dust within 4 years.

[mjb]

mjb has a real hatred towards Renualts. Bad experience with a Laguna by any chance???

I had the only Laguna ever made without electrical problems (usually caused by placement of components in places which would act as buckets when leaks occurred, which they did regularly). However mechanical problems were rife, and mostly caused by piss poor design and build quality.

Very comfortable car though due to the fantastic seats and seriously poor suspension which mostly lacked the ability to hold the car on the road round a corner

I like the look of that Ford, if we had it in this country it would crumble into a pile of dust within 4 years.

I dunno, aluminium body so it won't rust. Looks nice though, seems a descendent of the Granada. Wonder if it shares the same fatal flaw of UK Fords - a tiny footwell?

[HimBigChief]

Bit late with this one, but how do you tell if a D8 has fold-in mirrors, or is it just a D9 thing?

[mjb]

On D8s, the switch for it is under the mirror control switches on the drivers door card

If you're thinking of retro-fitting, the parts involved (among others) appear to include (but don't take it as gospel):

£286 8149Z7 LH Mirror
£265 8149Z5 RH Mirror
£19 6552LG Switch
£64 655976 ECU

I'd hate to think about the wiring job involved. You'd have to spend a lot of time trawling the servicebox paid-for section in order to find the necessary wiring diagrams. Was half pondering it myself until I saw the ECU. Probably ties into the alarm/locking/immobiliser so it might invalidate the insurance in the event of theft. The ECU's likely needed to just activate the motors for a short time so could be replaced with a relatively simple home-made circuit

[STALLED]

I dunno, aluminium body so it won't rust. Looks nice though, seems a descendent of the Granada. Wonder if it shares the same fatal flaw of UK Fords - a tiny footwell?

Having driven the previous shape - No. You fit a small european country (Such as the U.K) in the footwell of a Falcon!

[steve_earwig]

I can't remember my Craptina having a tiny footwell either, in fact quite large and capable of holding a couple of gallons of rainwater

[turbolag]

The 406 was always a well equipped car, even if some models were a little souless inside. All were very comfortable.

The 407 takes this even further and the level of kit on even the base models includes all round leccy windows, dual zone climte, Thatcham I alarm etc, and if you're really lucky most of it should even work if you avoid the pre mid-2005 cars.

[trem1]

The 406 was always a well equipped car, even if some models were a little souless inside. All were very comfortable.

The 407 takes this even further and the level of kit on even the base models includes all round leccy windows, dual zone climte, Thatcham I alarm etc, and if you're really lucky most of it should even work if you avoid the pre mid-2005 cars.

mine all works fine thank you very much

[steve_earwig]

...mumblemumbleestatemumbletinybootmumble...

[turbolag]

The 406 was always a well equipped car, even if some models were a little souless inside. All were very comfortable.

The 407 takes this even further and the level of kit on even the base models includes all round leccy windows, dual zone climte, Thatcham I alarm etc, and if you're really lucky most of it should even work if you avoid the pre mid-2005 cars.

mine all works fine thank you very much

Er, I meant to say, except Trems motor, which is immaculately maintained and sleeps under a heated eider down of a night! Indeed, it's so good that some jealous D8 owner recently sratched it out of spite




Think i got away with that?

[Doggy]

Think i got away with that?

Not sure. I would put the lights out & avoid answering the door...

[CountryPug]

Definately a great spec'd car. I remember our original 406 GLX 1.9 d-turbo would put its own windows up when you locked it with remote key. Now that was a party piece back in the day