Sorry, everyone. It was a frustrating morning and a very busy day. Morning starting with me forgetting to get reference number for the pre-booked train ticket for my Bristol to Birmingham leg of the journey, which meant I had to fork out £50 for a standard single ticket, in addition to the £19 I already pre-paid. 10 minutes after I set off, I realised that I had the email saved on my phone and could have simply shown them the PDF of the ticket
The seller picked me up from the station in my car - washed and hoovered, lovely. Got the documents and photocopies of the V5 (the originals went to DVLA for number plate transfer) and went on my way. The drive back was littered with accidents and the sat-nav in the car successfully suggested diversions around them. Nice. This gave me a chance to try the car out on all types of roads - from motorway down to a single track lane!
The first thing I noticed is how smoothly the car accelerates. There is no turbo lag at all - it's just a continuous pull throughout the rev range. I am not sure I like it as I was so used to no acceleration up to about 1800 rpm and then whooosh. It's very deceptive though - gains speed very quickly indeed without any drama at all. The car feels tight and much better built than the 406. No knocks or any unknown noises so far, though I think the battery needs replacing soon as from cold it's barely turning over (though still starts within two turns).
The other thing I noticed is an odd smell in the cabin (other than my own) - smelt a bit like burning wood and there doesn't seem to be a pattern to it. It happened four times on my 3.5 hour journey back at random times and at random speeds. I do have this smell very occasionally in my 406 but again, there's no pattern to it. It's not exhaust fumes but something else... could it be DPF regeneration thing? Still need to plug it into PP2000 and see what's what.
The bad bit are: the sound from the radio is absolutely crap - I've heard better sound from an ALBA range of "hi-fis". I still have no idea whether it's RT3 or RT4 unit there but the car doesn't have a JBL. So, already found a JBL amp, wiring, sub-woofer, which will sit near the CD changer in the boot behind the lining (so no space lost) and the speakers and tweeters. Pretty familiar with the JBL unit on the 406 and the wiring seems to be pretty much identical to the 407 one, so won't be an issue putting that in.
The sat-nav - it doesn't talk to me! Whenever a junction is coming up, I simply get a notification on the speedo display where to turn - a bit like on the 406 sat-nav, I guess. Maybe there's an option to turn it on but I had a quick look in the menus and couldn't find it. Also, it won't take post codes, so I have to type in street names etc. instead. I can easily obtain a "backup copy" of the latest sat-nav software and maps so will be doing that at some point. The hard drives are prone to failure, so will look into replacing that with a CF or SD card instead. Should speed up loading times. Also, the whole thing rebooted itself once while I was driving.
Heater flaps are prone to breaking and, officially, it's a dash out job to replace them. People on the Pug forums are, instead, cutting into the heater box from the side to remove the broken flaps. There are other bodge-like methods of repairing these things so I need to see if mine are getting weak.
Really, I haven't had to chance to look at everything there as it was a big rush to get home, then to my parents, followed by a walk to watch the Guy Fawkes Carnival in Glastonbury. Lots of booze later means a tired Captain.
Will report back once I give it a good look-over etc... In the meantime, here's the picture I posted on Facebook.
And here's me with my bunny ears at the carnival.
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