Less and Less 406's for sale?

[Bailes1992]

As you all know I'm currently window shopping and preparing to get a HDi 110 Executive or SE...

About 2-3 months ago I was shifting though HUNDREDS of Execs and about 150-200 SE's on Autotrader...

Now theres about 10 Execs and 6 SE's and about 4 out of 6 SE's are Automatics?

Where have they all gone?

[plod]

Aint it always the case!!!!!

A few months ago when we first had a few quid come through there was no 2.2hdi estates
Ended up spending most of the money on the new bathroom and bedroom, and now there is a few 2.2 estates in exec and se guise and haven't "quite" got enough to buy, especially after paying out the £330 for the clutch

[lozz]

ithink if you sift through the adds you will find a few,

ifind people are getting lazy and not giving much detail,

like this one ive been looking at

what is it Lx, rappier etc ?

lazy advertisers

peugeot estate.jpg

any ideas what model it is?

im thinking its a Se

[FarmerPug]

i always thought there was fewer execs about isnt it a limited edition?, when i was buying mine there was only another 3 on at the same time, 2 were v6's, and the other was a hdi with over 200k on the clock.

[ally406]

There were a few down my local scrappy due to the scrappage scheme. Bloke said they were all 100%, but he wasn't allowed to put them back on the road. Apparently throwning out perfectly good stuff saves the environment

[iangt4]

There were a few down my local scrappy due to the scrappage scheme. Bloke said they were all 100%, but he wasn't allowed to put them back on the road. Apparently throwning out perfectly good stuff saves the environment

friggin country gone mad ! thank god that twat "Gordon Brown" has been replaced with "wallace & grommit"

[sirwiggum]

406s tend to come and go in waves. When I was looking mine they were thin on the ground, which is why I ended up with a bit of a lemon.

They will get rarer and rarer as time goes on. There are hardly any Xantias now, and no ZXs.

As for scrappage

Loads of classics scrapped so people can get a couple of grand towards a Hyundai i10.

Some dealers did recognise classics and bought them themselves for the scrappage amount.

At one BMW dealer, they took a Triumph Mayflower in part exchange for a 116i. They had no hesitation in scrapping it. Typical yuppie "if it isn't brand new and trendy it's worthless" attitude.

Absolute shame.

[waue1978]

Here's one for Bailes:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-PEUGEOT- ... 19c87248bc

Sh*tty feedback record, but if you read into it properly, he's probably not as dodgy as it suggests. £875 may seem overpriced for a D8, but he'll probably take an offer & there aren't many around with sensible miles these days. Plus the fact that it's a 2.1 means that Sam can appease his tinkering side by doing the Bosch conversion to make it a chipmobile.

Honestly, I think that it's a good buy. The only thing that stops me going for older stuff now is my private plate, otherwise I'd probably look at old TDs & Mondeos & early 90s Beemers & Mercs.

[Bailes1992]

Here's one for Bailes:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-PEUGEOT- ... 19c87248bc

Sh*tty feedback record, but if you read into it properly, he's probably not as dodgy as it suggests. £875 may seem overpriced for a D8, but he'll probably take an offer & there aren't many around with sensible miles these days. Plus the fact that it's a 2.1 means that Sam can appease his tinkering side by doing the Bosch conversion to make it a chipmobile.

Honestly, I think that it's a good buy. The only thing that stops me going for older stuff now is my private plate, otherwise I'd probably look at old TDs & Mondeos & early 90s Beemers & Mercs.

I'd much rather this...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Start off with a 1.9TD with the semi ecu controlled bosch.
Then put the VP40 pump off the 1.9 onto the 2.1. That way I have no immob issues, I keep the electronic advance, I keep my rev counter above 3000rpm and my engine management light stays off.

Even more so, I keep my cable clutch which means I can fit a 306 HDi gearbox with a cable clutch.


But I'm aiming abit higher...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Shame it's a Fecking automatic

[FarmerPug]

that is one mint looking se, perfect in every way apart from the auto, id have a 2.2 automatic but the 2.0 auto is just a bit too slow.

[Bailes1992]

Thing is it's only 4 speed which means massive gaps between gears and less MPG. Ok it would be far better with a remap but can the box handle it?
The only SE 110's on autotrader at the moment are automatics. I hope that changes when I go to buy!

[sirwiggum]

4 speed auto in a 2.0, surprisingly quick but just drinks the fuel.

[Bailes1992]

I think I could live with an Auto if I ended up with an SE as miont as the one I posted a link too.
But can the box handle a remap? I'd think another 40bhp must bring it down to about 10s 0-60?
Plus you got kick down

[steve_earwig]

i think i'd be a bit cautious of remapping an automatic - they don't seem to need many excuses to foul up and it's not like you can just stuff a manual box in there these days. you'd probably need to get a map that's meant for an automatic anyway.

[Bailes1992]

I can hold out for a Manual SE or Exec.

Oooo look at this...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

Anyone want to lend me £3,000?