407 ahoy!

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:43 pm

Finally ordered the new mota

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:43 pm

You lucky bastard!

Not sure I'd fancy an automatic car, but let us know what it's like.

GeordieBoy · Post by **GeordieBoy** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:58 pm

The Police Force is paying way too much wages atm like.

Dunno if I could live with an Auto but I'm sure the v6 power and torque will make up for it.

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:59 pm

Actually I was in an auto Jag with the same engine in and it went like stink. Would still prefer the manual though

trem1 · Post by **trem1** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:01 pm

nice one turbo

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:15 pm

It's a 6 cog auto. Me likee very much, cos i'm a lazy fat bar steward.

When I divorced I took a big wedge of equity out ofthe marital home. No longer living with Haycinth Bucket and not needing the latest super new 6 bedroom mansion, and recovering from a breakdown (wibble) and desiring some peace and tranquility, I bought a 2 bedroom stone cottage in the village of Arrsendovnowear. Small, but relatively cheap and was just covered by the equity, leaving my savings and a small sliver of equity remaining. 3 years of saving what would've been mortgage payments have seen me with enough for the 407, which i'm gonna keep til I retire in 12 years, and possibly beyond. It doesn't leave a lot in reserve, but the ammount i was saving each month can just replenish the savings.

When I retire I'll retire the car also, so i'll have a garage of classics comprising 405, 406 & 407. I'll then buy my final new car, a 408 no doubt, to get me to my post retirement part time job collecting the trolleys at Safeway, or perhaps pushing barrows of unidentifiable green things about the local garden centre.

Post by **DaiRees** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:44 pm

I think bluey's probably got something to say on behalf of the whole 406oc community.....

Nah seriously, nice one mate, hope it serves you well!

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:19 am

Congrats on the purchase - They are one nice car!

Post by **Welly** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:21 am

Nice one fella, you know you can't beat the sound of a multi cylinder Diesel - music to my ears.

So, like, did you sell Turbolag Towers and give her indoors 'alf the equity once the mortgage was cleared and that?

If I can be pleased about anything that this government has done over the last few years it is the huge equity that is sat there in my house. It's of no real use at the moment but in a case like yours it can be a god send really.

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:45 pm

Is it a coupe btw??? Only seen four 407 coupes on the road so far.

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:34 pm

Yeah, sold the house, split the equity after expenses 50/50, and she had all the contents, bar my car and personal possessions.

I'd got lucky, buying my way onto the property ladder for the first time in 1989, and I never made less than £40k profit on any house sale, and having moved 7 times we had worked our way up to a level where our salaries otherwise wouldn't have been able to sustain us.

I feel sorry for the youngsters trying to do the same today, poor schmoes.

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:56 pm

turbolag wrote:When I retire I'll retire the car also, so i'll have a garage of classics comprising 405, 406 & 407. I'll then buy my final new car, a 408 no doubt,

the new one's a 4007 and its already comming unfortunatlely

yuk

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:54 pm

The 4007 is a new venture for Peugeot into the 4x4 market, not a replacement for the 407.

I agree though James, not the prettiest thing around, and will never be outside my house.

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:59 pm

its a joint venuture with mitsubishi, as they needed a decent diesel engine for the outlander (what the 4007 is) and in return they gave pug the same base to use to make there own 4wd but its exactlly the same except the electrics
its a stupid idea, as pug have always a had an emphasis on clean cars (i.e. the HDi engine) and now they go and do this
idiots

turbolag · Post by **turbolag** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:07 pm

Captain Jack wrote:Is it a coupe btw??? Only seen four 407 coupes on the road so far.

It's an SW. Coop as tempting, especially as there are some good deals, but i want a tow bar to mount my mountain bike carrier, and a big boot for my muddy MTB kit, and it' wouldn't look quite right on the coop.