Even my 2.0 Twinspark had a lovely roar.
GTV was a great looking car, when I see one I always think it still has a fresh timeless design.
Red leather and the low driving position made you feel one with the car.
Is it worth a few hundred quid?
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sirwiggum
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Re: Is it worth a few hundred quid?
1999 Honda Accord Coupe 2.0 Vtec Automatic
Previously 2002 406 HDi 90 Rapier Monaco Blue
Previously 2002 406 HDi 90 Rapier Monaco Blue
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Re: Is it worth a few hundred quid?
Not really - the 406 is too well soundproofed406executiveHDI wrote:i heard that v6 start up and it makes all them problems not matter, i wonder does a v6 have the same effect on a 406
There is a nice feeling when you've got the windows open (smoking...) and you're burbling around town at low revs; the distinctive V configuration's sound gives you a lovely warm feeling inside...The effect does happen though when you let it sing under load. Turn the stereo off and explore the higher end of the rev counter on a country lane or racetrack and you're in heaven!
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
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Re: Is it worth a few hundred quid?
the v6 sound is unbeatable and the italians seem to get the best engine noises out of their cars, i remember my old panda all it had was a 1.1 but still leaving a 30mph zone and thrashing it made a fantastic sound, the view out the window never matched the sound but it was still great
Re: Is it worth a few hundred quid?
So far, I have owned 2 HDis, one being written off at 174k, and one of the best cars I have owned, the other in Feb at 246k and the only issues I've had have been from poor diagnosis (remember when I got ripped off for a turbo??) 
Driven for other people 2 HDis (both of them worked until over 300k)
I'd personally go for it, all the above cars have been taxiid to death and were a pleasure to drive, even at high mileage. At 246k, the exec still was the one thing that, no matter how bad my day had been, I could walk out of the house and it would be guaranteed to put a smile on my face. Always.
As for the DMF clutch issues, all of the above (with the exception of the exec) were still going on the original clutch when taken off service - the exec had a solid flywheel and FIRST clutch fitted at 244k shortly before being written off that was fitted only because I changed the gearbox (driver error when I knackered 3rd gear synchro when being too lazy to park properly and instead of turning round drivers side away from trees, elected to climb out passenger side with engine running DOH).
I also have the 306 HDi with 190k on it, good car.
I would reiterate that any HDi problems are a lot of the time down to bad diagnosis, most of the time with a flat diesel, the place to start is at the air filter and MAF, as it is with any diesel.
I am driving a passat at the moment with 453k on it and original engine at the moment, although not a HDi, it was very flat when I first got in it, a change of MAF turned it from a tired old nag to a fire breathing monster within seconds (ok, the owner just blew the turbo out of it, but at 453k I think he got his money's worth out of it)
It's worth pointing out that there are only 3 406's left on our borough's taxi fleet. This is due to a combination of the old regs (can't plate a car from new after 5 years of age, so now has to be 55 plate and over and they stopped making the 406 in 04
) and the cars being written off. As far as I am aware, there hasn't been a single 406 taken off from being too costly to repair, they've all been written off in accidents where the high mileage makes them uneconomical to repair.
Which leaves me down to the last three.
Anyone who knows me knows I love my 406s. After the last got written off, I approached all three owners with a view to buying the car off them. Do you think they would sell them?
Not a chance
The owners are hanging onto their pugs for grim death, knowing much as they may be dated in some people's eyes, they are still one of the best work horses on a fleet. Go to any town or city, park at any airport and you will guarantee to see several. And the owners aren't interested in getting a new Skoda or Passat, or Mondeo, these pugs are still the most cost effective cars to run.
As for the V6 406, as someone previously stated, they purr like a baby kitten at low revs, but they're like a wolf in granny's knickers when you open them up, the sound (and the G Force as you get sucked into the driver's seat at Mach 5) is just
(And enough to give a nervous passenger brown trousers)
Impossible to drive *normally* for more than a few minutes
Driven for other people 2 HDis (both of them worked until over 300k)
I'd personally go for it, all the above cars have been taxiid to death and were a pleasure to drive, even at high mileage. At 246k, the exec still was the one thing that, no matter how bad my day had been, I could walk out of the house and it would be guaranteed to put a smile on my face. Always.
As for the DMF clutch issues, all of the above (with the exception of the exec) were still going on the original clutch when taken off service - the exec had a solid flywheel and FIRST clutch fitted at 244k shortly before being written off that was fitted only because I changed the gearbox (driver error when I knackered 3rd gear synchro when being too lazy to park properly and instead of turning round drivers side away from trees, elected to climb out passenger side with engine running DOH).
I also have the 306 HDi with 190k on it, good car.
I would reiterate that any HDi problems are a lot of the time down to bad diagnosis, most of the time with a flat diesel, the place to start is at the air filter and MAF, as it is with any diesel.
I am driving a passat at the moment with 453k on it and original engine at the moment, although not a HDi, it was very flat when I first got in it, a change of MAF turned it from a tired old nag to a fire breathing monster within seconds (ok, the owner just blew the turbo out of it, but at 453k I think he got his money's worth out of it)
It's worth pointing out that there are only 3 406's left on our borough's taxi fleet. This is due to a combination of the old regs (can't plate a car from new after 5 years of age, so now has to be 55 plate and over and they stopped making the 406 in 04
) and the cars being written off. As far as I am aware, there hasn't been a single 406 taken off from being too costly to repair, they've all been written off in accidents where the high mileage makes them uneconomical to repair.Which leaves me down to the last three.
Anyone who knows me knows I love my 406s. After the last got written off, I approached all three owners with a view to buying the car off them. Do you think they would sell them?
Not a chance
The owners are hanging onto their pugs for grim death, knowing much as they may be dated in some people's eyes, they are still one of the best work horses on a fleet. Go to any town or city, park at any airport and you will guarantee to see several. And the owners aren't interested in getting a new Skoda or Passat, or Mondeo, these pugs are still the most cost effective cars to run.
As for the V6 406, as someone previously stated, they purr like a baby kitten at low revs, but they're like a wolf in granny's knickers when you open them up, the sound (and the G Force as you get sucked into the driver's seat at Mach 5) is just
(And enough to give a nervous passenger brown trousers)
Impossible to drive *normally* for more than a few minutes