406 D8.5???

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:37 pm

this is the second one ive seen now, looks very strange

its half D8 and half D9

406 HDi 110 D8.5???

Post by **DaiRees** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:59 pm

Yeah, we had a chat about one on here a little while back.

The problem is that anyone who has any idea will naturally assume it's a damaged / repaired car.

ThePrisoner · Post by **ThePrisoner** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:37 pm

Wow that is weird, it just don't look right!

Pris.

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:03 pm

Chop shop ! ! ! lol

Its a HYBRID !

I guess they just had some bits left over to use up from the old D8's ! or the owner wanted the D9 headlights to be no more !??

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:28 pm

OK I might be a wee bit tired here, but it looks like a standard D8 to me (bear in mind I'm an estate driver!)... Is it the rear light cluster?

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:24 am

My mate's got a T plate D8 but with a HDI 110 in it, but the whole car (in and out) is a D8.

Surely this one is a standard D8 which has had a rear shunt and decided to put a D9 boot and lights on it.

Post by **DaiRees** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:06 am

neildavies wrote:Surely this one is a standard D8 which has had a rear shunt and decided to put a D9 boot and lights on it.

....and that's why it'll be a bitch to sell to anyone who's got even the remotest idea about these cars.

Nah we concluded last time we had this discussion that there were afew "especially gifted" D8s that came off the line right around the change over period. Guess pug couldn't organise retooling the whole thing in one go

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:17 am

Is it the T or V plate that were the change over reg?

Post by **Welly** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:22 am

ebayer, describing it's ''array'' of features wrote:New style V5 Vehicle Registration Document

Woo Hoo, I'll buy it

Post by **DaiRees** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:29 am

niz406 wrote:Is it the T or V plate that were the change over reg?

Yes

ThePrisoner · Post by **ThePrisoner** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:31 pm

Equally I have seen a couple of T reg D8's on the road, and some T reg D9's.

Pris.

Post by **Welly** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:37 pm

Mines a T reg D9, without all that emissions crap on it

See, newness at the front and back. I never knew the D8 had a different boot

Red painty bits in the rear clusters, the same colour as the lights so you can't see it (unfortunate downside of Diablo Red)

If you saw the state of it today, you'd tell me off - not been washed in 4 weeks

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:44 pm

Welton wrote:If you saw the state of it today, you'd tell me off - not been washed in 4 weeks

thats not so bad welton i havent washed mine in about 4 months

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:05 pm

Oh I have a "Y" Reg 406 D8....Then again our numberplates aren't ordered by year here

As for having late plate D8's in the UK - I have read that there were "51" of the original shape MINI running around...now thats some old stock!!! "

"T" reg would be 1999 yeah?

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:06 pm

Oh I have a "Y" Reg 406 D8....Then again our numberplates aren't ordered by year here

As for having late plate D8's in the UK - I have read that there were "51" of the original shape MINI running around...now thats some old stock!!! "

"T" reg would be 1999 yeah?