HOW MANY MILES HAS YOUR PUG COVERED?

[jonsowman]

I bought my 03 reg 406 2.0 HDi in 2004. I started out being keen, getting it serviced at 24,000 miles. Then changed my mind and have never had it serviced since.

Not even so much as an oil change?!

And the mileage so far: 148,268.
Now I am thinking about treating it to its first replacement cam belt.

You are a brave person.

A good testament to how hugely robust and hardy the 406s are. Not that I necessarily approve of the lack of care!

[rwb]

Brave man indeed!

Is it a generic OBDII thing or PP2000? Generic OBDII readers (e.g., ELM) don't work on my 02-plate.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for 03-plate 406s round Basingstoke then. There was a very nice red estate about this morning, but that was a Y.

For the price of a deposit in Basingstoke you can buy a whole house in Huddersfield

196883 rolled by today

[kelvin]

Not even so much as an oil change?!

Nope. Topped oil occasionally only. Although I do admit it is high time I changed the filter!

A good testament to how hugely robust and hardy the 406s are. Not that I necessarily approve of the lack of care

There is actually a bit of history with this; Many years ago I was a shift leader, maintaining a naval radio transmitter station near Capetown. I was able to show the station chief that most of the transmitter faults occurred after scheduled maintenance. He allowed me to run a trial which proved a correlation between high failure rates on equipments that had "suffered" scheduled maintenance and a trouble free period of operation for those that didn't have the scheduled maintenance. Scheduled maintenance routines (which involved daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual etc inspections) were then dropped and the station became more reliable, with virtually zero unplanned down time.
At that time (mid 1970s), I had a colleague who had a Peugeot 404 (I think). He made it into a magazine story about his car when he passed 500,000 Kms.
Also, my first Peugeot was a 406 saloon, a company car. When the 1,000 mile service fell due, I was in Paris on business. When I returned home the leasing company refused to let me get the first service done as I had passed the 1,000 mile mark. So I thought "stuff it. it isn't mine anyway so why should I worry?".
A couple of years later, I bought it from the leasing company for £1,500 and it never had a service or a problem, other than a recall for a faulty microswitch in the transmission.
The bottom line is, as you say, "hugely robust and hardy". Talking with my son recently, I said that if I won the lottery, my next car would still be a Peugeot.
And then I look at my brother with his Audi and the phenomenal amounts he pays for maintenance and laugh my head off!

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[kelvin]

Is it a generic OBDII thing or PP2000? Generic OBDII readers (e.g., ELM) don't work on my 02-plate.

Generic. Allegedly an ELM but bought off ebay!
It doesn't read a few of the more esoteric parameters such as accelerator position, fuel rail pressure etc but does give me a few others. I am not sure about the CO2 measurement though. At one point it said 1,949 gms/Km. If that was accurate, I could bottle and sell the stuff!

I'll keep my eyes peeled for 03-plate 406s round Basingstoke then. There was a very nice red estate about this morning, but that was a Y.

It is a blue one with a deformed front wing where my son whacked it with his mini!

[DaiRees]

[hdibio]

Mines has clocked 155k and drives like a dream ! She's been treated to the works though !
New clutch , timing belt , water pump , coolant flushed , all rear suspension bushes including drop links and anti roll bar bushes, all the brake pipes , 1 new front spring ( I'm still edgy about the other one breaking ) both lower ball joints a steering knuckle all the hand brake cables, a full exhaust even if you only realise there's a longer tailpeice on the estate after you've fitted a saloon silencer ! New discs pads calipers etc ! Service it every time the light comes on and never let any clunks or bumps go unnoticed ! Wish I could say the same for the outside though more car park dents and paint defects than I'd care to mention

[allymad]

195455 with the 5th gear syncro gone! and a slight turbo leak

[scotty73]

222222

[Welly]

Awww, you went to all the trouble of hiring a Rolling Road to capture the momentous occasion rather than risk driving on the highway whilst operating your camera device, now that's dedication for you

[scotty73]

Awww, you went to all the trouble of hiring a Rolling Road to capture the momentous occasion rather than risk driving on the highway whilst operating your camera device, now that's dedication for you

Indeed.

[dgt]

1999 1.9TD 170k miles. The engine in it has about 195k miles.

Only broken in really....

[OllyRag]

Mine has 108k on it, had it from new, Nov 2000.
It's a 2.0 Hdi Estate LX.
Been and still is one good motor.

[GingerMagic]

Mine is on 185,000 so far and its a 2004 2.2Hdi. It is an ex-taxi though, so has a very suspect service history but is being better looked after now, bless.

[scotty73]

Mine has 108k on it, had it from new, Nov 2000.
It's a 2.0 Hdi Estate LX.
Been and still is one good motor.

I can't work out if mine has been driven twice as fast as yours over the last 13 years or just done twice as many miles.

Welcome to the forum mate.

[Doggy]

Nitric is now officially run in, having clocked up 100k on Thursday.