Some Car Owners.....

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:45 pm

Sounds like welly needs to go and strangle his mate, and Captain needs to go ad throttle his member! Either way there both going to need the kleenex ! lol

johnd · Post by **johnd** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:58 pm

I've a had a few different cars over my years of driving started with a Austin metro then to a Micra once I had a few years no claims bonus decided to up the ponies under the hood Had volvo 460, nissan primera, vauxhall frontera. I was considering a VW golf but I bought my brother-in-laws pug 405 as a stop gap it was only the 1.6 but by god could it shift and the ride was fantastic had this for 12 months then decided to upgrade to the 406 I had never considered the peugeot as a option as I really wanted the golf gti now I have the 406 I will never chop her in there is nothing out there that looks as good and drives as good.

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:41 pm

johnd = Hardcore Peugeot driver..... by chance !

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:46 pm

johnd wrote:I was considering a VW golf but I bought my brother-in-laws pug 405 as a stop gap it was only the 1.6 but by god could it shift and the ride was fantastic had this for 12 months then decided to upgrade to the 406

This is what made me choose the 406. My dad had a 405, also with a 1.6 engine. Was SUCH a nice ride.. comfy and smooth. I still maintain that it's better than the 406's.

Post by **Welly** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:07 pm

I had a 405 1.9 GR in a champagne colour, it was 3 years old at the time with 50,000.

It went like a rocket

, and I am SURE it handled better than my 406. I think it was sharper and more planted for some reason.

The 1.9 engine with the carbourettor [spelling?] had instant throttle response and was 'torquey' from low revs, anyone who went in that car said how fast it felt

I changed it for a 309 GRi (1.6 GTi engine) and that was crap.