New car ideas...

[Bailes1992]

Sam, the best advice i can think of to give you is to have a good search of forums and see what the 'common' issues are BUT bear in mind lots of people who join them have problems with there car, thats why they joined it. Try to stay unbiased but realise that forums can give the wrong impressions. IE; your 406 was crap and the focus is worse (reading your posts) but the reality is all things break. If 100,000 things are made and 1000 are duff does that make them all bad.....nope, but those 1000 people who bought a bad thing moan louder than the 99,000 that got a good one. Its just human nature, make your own mind up on looks,performance etc its your money but remember whatever you buy someone was sick of it enough to sell it!
also you might want to consider an aftermarket warranty if your worried.

I like the way it looks, think it's a mean looking car.
Thing is no matter what car you go for theres always common faults. The Mondeo has the injector issue (£1500 to fix) and the DMF (£700 to fix), the 406 has general electirc niggles like all Peugeots, the DMF and the crank pully.
I think the 407 is definatley another car to put on the table though

[waue1978]

Can't comment on reliability or what the 1.6 is like, but I drove the 2.0 HDi 407 when it first came out & I thought the handling was superb. Very much electronically assisted, but it took the roundabouts a lot steadier than my 406 does.

Your £3k budget probably won't get you an estate, but reckon you'd get a fairly nice 1.6 saloon for the money.

[STALLED]

80kw in a car weighing close to 1600kgs = BORING!

[Bailes1992]

80kw in a car weighing close to 1600kgs = BORING!

Will be 140bhp when I finish with it though.
I'm looking allot at "what would I do to it"
A remap takes it to 136bhp.
Remove the fap 2-3bhp? Plus the turbo will spool quicker and will get better MPGees
Panel filter plus a nice cold air feed anohter 1-2bhp?
And maybe if I see any real gain a slightly better intercooler?

[trem1]

just a quick quide
http://www.tdperformance.co.uk/cars/peugeot-tuning.html

[trem1]

another company, same sort of figures
http://www.torquetronix.co.uk/remapping ... 7-794.html

[Bailes1992]

What I don't want to happen is me remove the DPF, have the car remapped and the car look for the DPF again.
How do the clutches on these engines handle remaps?
May just get the company remapping it to electronically remove the DPF during the remap and then take my car to an exhaust place and get a full system from the turbo back fitted.
Can I remove all the Eloys tank and everything once it's been removed?

[trem1]

have a look on peugeotforums Sam there a few people done this

[Bailes1992]

have a look on peugeotforums Sam there a few people done this

Just registered Going to have a gander now, seems a good forum

[Bailes1992]

Trem, just tried to post a thread and nothing happened? Just went back to the 407 page?

[sirwiggum]

For the money, I'm surprised at how *little* the Honda Accord needs.
Any car around or sub £2k are going to need 1 or 2 big jobs, but apart from the routine handbrake tightening (as per the 406 ) it needs for nothing. Routine servicing of course, oil/plugs/timing belt, but no mounts, clutches or sensors are gone.

[lozz]

athink if iwas going to spend acouple of grand on a motor Id go for an Ex mobility car, Low mileage and most of em do round the block trips to the shops etc,
been looking at some Going through Bellevue car Auctions, some of them come with Warranty too,
can save over £2k on car values - getting em from there

[sirwiggum]

athink if iwas going to spend acouple of grand on a motor Id go for an Ex mobility car, Low mileage and most of em do round the block trips to the shops etc,
been looking at some Going through Bellevue car Auctions, some of them come with Warranty too,
can save over £2k on car values - getting em from there

How much of a hassle is it to get it in a "regular" taxband? Do you need to pay back-taxed VAT or similar?

My old Citroen ZX was an ex-motability car (although the previous owner re-tax-banded it). 1.9 XUD n/a diesel with 70k miles, beautifully maintained, most reliable car I ever owned.

[lozz]

athink if iwas going to spend acouple of grand on a motor Id go for an Ex mobility car, Low mileage and most of em do round the block trips to the shops etc,
been looking at some Going through Bellevue car Auctions, some of them come with Warranty too,
can save over £2k on car values - getting em from there

How much of a hassle is it to get it in a "regular" taxband? Do you need to pay back-taxed VAT or similar?

My old Citroen ZX was an ex-motability car (although the previous owner re-tax-banded it). 1.9 XUD n/a diesel with 70k miles, beautifully maintained, most reliable car I ever owned.

Vat-etc?
yup but thats all in with the auction fee, but its worth it , as your coming away with a better car than you can get off a fourcourt as your saving ££s also -
your getting peace of mind the car as no Third party interest, eg, loans secured on it,
and a bit of warranty ithink its 6 mths waranty theyre handing out on some cars,

[Bailes1992]

Unfortunatley I'm comming over all sensible, I've been given the £2000 and stuck it in an ISA.
I went to a Welsh Ford meet Thursday night, on the way home I had a little fun down the A48 from Cardiff and found myself with a massive grin on my face.
My car is 100% mechanically sound now, my last tank was about 25% motorway, 50% town and 25% thrashing it and it still did 34mpg.
I'm going to be doing 90% motorway driving come August, if I can be getting 40mpg regularly I don't see the reason to get rid?
I'm also scared of getting another car with issues, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

I know my engine burns a little oil (valve stems) and I know it's covered in scratches and dents, but so what?
I'l hold onto it for at least another year and see how I'm feeling then, if I decide to keep it then I'l be doing something like this to it...




Think it looks absolutley Gorgeous!
Thinking of doing something like the above but in Gunmetal Grey or a dark metallic red.
Get an ST170 leather interior as my current seats do my back in, And might look into getting a low mileage ~20k engine for it.

Probably end up spending more than the cars worth, or more than actually getting a new car but so what? I'l have a car thats unique and a car that I will like.
And I suppose if I do it gradually then it wont hurt the pocket too much.

But for now, that £2000 is staying put until I decide to actually get a new car.