406 Owners - how old are you?

[STALLED]

The colour is called Palomino Bronze, and was only offered in the very early cars.

Advice - Get rid of that dodgy air filter, drive through a big puddle and it will kill the car. Secondly, sign up to www.aussiefrogs.com - David Cavanagh of French Connection in Melbourne is wrecking a few 406's, but other than that they are hard to come across.

Are they ROH wheels (Aussie brand for those who don't know - They look very similar to Adrenalines)....

[BJ92]

Cool thanx 4 the advice, i almost hav all the parts to put the original air filter i might get a colour silicon pipe 4 the intake hose.

ill signup to aussie frogs now

[STALLED]

BTW - Try Renowreck at Wyong!

[v6saloon]

just turned 24 and i am on my 4th 406! i had a red sri turbo then another red sri turbo then a blue exec turbo (that the bottom end went on the way home from buying it! gutted!) and now a phase 2 210bhp v6 saloon and they are great cars, exellent handling, fast, comfy, reliable (ish) and look great.

[bosshogg]

bosshogg

well i am 46 and counting i drive a52 plate silver2.0 hdi lx estate car,its done 128,000 and still going strong.i do not care if people call it a grandads car because i am a grandad driving it as i have 2 grandaughters. anna and violete .

good looks, comfatable ride, great fuel econmy.who could ask for more thats the 406.



bosshogg silver 2.0 lx hdi estate on a 52 plate.

[plod]

I'm 25. I've wanted a 406 ever since seeing Taxi.

Got Taxi 3 to watch tonight - got for me birthday today - yes i'm an old git - 41

Had mine 3.5 years - got it off a mate who had it and added the 17inch alloys and had it remapped to 140bhp (110HDi)

I love it for being very comfortable. Love being able to drive long distances and get it out feeling like you've been nowhere, which is great when you drive all week for a living - last thing you want is to feel tired - hence why i've refrained from lowering the car

[406BE]

I'm 25. I've wanted a 406 ever since seeing Taxi.

Got Taxi 3 to watch tonight - got for me birthday today - yes i'm an old git - 41

Had mine 3.5 years - got it off a mate who had it and added the 17inch alloys and had it remapped to 140bhp (110HDi)

I love it for being very comfortable. Love being able to drive long distances and get it out feeling like you've been nowhere, which is great when you drive all week for a living - last thing you want is to feel tired - hence why i've refrained from lowering the car

how much did your mate pay for it bieng remapped? been intrested in doing that with mine too

[110wyn]

I'm 41 & have just bought my first 406 - a gtx 110 estate.

[kevtherev]

turning 30 this year, this new peugeot owner
seems nice hoping its as good on the long trips as others are sayin gotta blast down to the south coast in a couple of weeks ( 200 mls)
my last car ( corsa) bout crippled me after a couple hours
seems to be plenty of 20 somethings owning 406's

[mjb]

seems nice hoping its as good on the long trips as others are sayin gotta blast down to the south coast in a couple of weeks ( 200 mls)
my last car ( corsa) bout crippled me after a couple hours

10 minutes in a new Astra (about 6 years ago) had me in sheer agony. A couple of hours in it had me off work for a fortnight with a seriously bad back. 45 minutes in a new (last year) Audi A4 had me in severe pain.

30 hours straight behind the wheel of a 406... fine (that was driving from Stoke to the north of Germany then a 15 hour traffic jam on the autobahn)

[Blue406]

seems nice hoping its as good on the long trips as others are sayin gotta blast down to the south coast in a couple of weeks ( 200 mls)
my last car ( corsa) bout crippled me after a couple hours

10 minutes in a new Astra (about 6 years ago) had me in sheer agony. A couple of hours in it had me off work for a fortnight with a seriously bad back. 45 minutes in a new (last year) Audi A4 had me in severe pain.

30 hours straight behind the wheel of a 406... fine (that was driving from Stoke to the north of Germany then a 15 hour traffic jam on the autobahn)

MMM!

I did a 7 hour straight blast from the ferry at Amsterdam to northen Germany in my old saloon. No stops, just straight through. When I parked up at my destination, I was still relaxed and comfortable. The 406 is a brilliant mile muncher for sure.

Recently got stuck for 4 hours in my coupe due to snow. Got out still fresh with no aches and pains. The Coupe is just as comfortable as the saloon and estate.

[mjb]

The Coupe is just as comfortable as the saloon and estate.

No it ain't, not by a long way. It's still vastly more comfortable than almost anything else on the road though

I thought my coupe felt just a bit harsher than the saloon+estate before it, but driving my dad's saloon the other week made me realise it's a lot harsher.

[eoin27]

Im 25. Had 3 406's since September 2007. Not a good sign. All D9's. All 2000. Two HDi saloons and a 2.0 coupe SE.

I'd still have my second one if I wasnt going to head to NY (Never Happened in the end). Still regret selling it. And I'd definitely still have my first one if my dad wasnt trading in his car for the 607. I just took his fresher, cleaner one and crammed in a load of stuff from my higher spec LX and made my dads one into an LX from an L. Flogged off the first one and gave the proceeds to Dad.

All in all, I'll have this coupe for a long time unless I can afford to trade up to a 2.2HDi 2003 SE with decent mileage. That wont be for a while as they're still going for around 6-8k here in Ireland

Edit: Just regarding the few previous posts. The saloon is a bit more comfy that the coupe. Of course it would be. But I know that feeling when you get out of a car after a long drive and you feel more relaxed than when you got in. The 307 or Xsara I had for a while couldnt do that. The 406 is up as one of the best cars ive ever driven from this perspective.

[no2lurch]

I'm 30. i've had this my first 406 for about a month

[daniel]

I've just got my first and i'm 45. For the last 9 years i had a Volvo 740 estate so maybe I'm getting younger.