Peugeot 407 gt coupe v6 petrol, shed ?

[Exboxster1]

So,
Needed a car that was ULEZ for occasional commute into central London.
Man maths was applied so a v6 3l coupe ticked the boxes.
1 owner, and such a wonderful person to buy a car from. Stacks of main dealer history, weather's originals In the glove box, i kid you not. Marvelous. Some solid bills in there too. Proper big boy road tax scares people away but that means there are great cars available.
80k miles and drives beautifully. No forecourt shot as had over half a tank in when I picked it up.

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[Exboxster1]

One of many.like this.

Had all the parking sensors changed as one failed for example.

Have to say that so far I'm loving it.

And EVERYTHING works. Voice command, power everything, hidden boot button. As I understand it they were built on a separate line and it shows- it is so well screwed together. There are no rattles or squeaks at all which is really impressive. If only they made it more conventional looking...

[DailyHack]

Cool cars, always thought these looked great when they were new, still do! Were these pininfarina designed also?

[cologne2792]

Properly nice things!

The scary VED even affects the 2.7 diesel so you can at least feel a little better.

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DailyHack said:

Cool cars, always thought these looked great when they were new, still do! Were these pininfarina designed also?

Sadly not but my own 406 was

[Macron]

Fabulous OP!

Few about now, and that colour is great.

[1Rb]

Underrated cars. I had the 2.7 weasel and it was an awesome cross continent cruiser thanks to the double glazing, recaros and JBL stereo. Enjoy!

[Exboxster1]

Is it sad that I can't wait to go and chk I I have double glazing.....

[bolidemichael]

It's a bit gopping, but all else seems spot on. How have you not added the first post to the barge thread? The werther's alone would illicit a collective chorus of approval.

[Cambs_Stuart]

Good buy! What's the interior like? From memory some came with a very bright red leather...

[V6Nelo]

Nice buy.

Friend worked at Peugeot when they were for sale and wanted to buy one. Different but good looking.

Was tempted too as wanted something to eat up the motorways and heard good things about the comfort, double glazing a bonus.

Recently got a Optima but realised adding both my car taxes results in £500 pounds anyway. Miss the v6 for motorways when in the Kia, still have it though, same design house by an Alfa gtv.

Interesting to see what was done for those bills

[Lotusgone]

I enjoyed my 406 v6 saloon for over 60k miles. Thereafter have cast eyes over both 406 & 407 coupes - but went for German stuff instead.

Both look good in their own way, kudos for going for the non-obvious.

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bolidemichael said:

It's a bit gopping, but all else seems spot on. How have you not added the first post to the barge thread? The werther's alone would illicit a collective chorus of approval.

Ha- I'm a ludditie and never really post. Will look at how to do it. Thanks for the suggestion.

To add to the werthers may i present these. Found in the "other" glovebox



Car has unmarked tan interior, and yes- I have double glazing! That explains how it's so quiet.

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cologne2792 said:

DailyHack said:

Cool cars, always thought these looked great when they were new, still do! Were these pininfarina designed also?

Sadly not but my own 406 was

one of the best looking mainstream cars of its time, the replacement was ugly and still is ugly, a lot of car for the money though. I looked at buying one a while ago but ended up with an Alfa GT

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MonkeyMatt said:

cologne2792 said:

DailyHack said:

Cool cars, always thought these looked great when they were new, still do! Were these pininfarina designed also?

Sadly not but my own 406 was

one of the best looking mainstream cars of its time, the replacement was ugly and still is ugly, a lot of car for the money though. I looked at buying one a while ago but ended up with an Alfa GT

It's a fantastically pretty thing that's great to drive but the Italian build quality isn't anything like as good as the French saloon and estate versions.
The French supplied dash and centre console are fine but the bespoke Italian interior bits, gorgeous as they are, do tend to fall off.
The main body issue is where the rear wing joins the sill. It seems to be spot welded and seam sealed.
The sealant fails, the water gets in and then rust occurs in the seam - despite the panels being exceedingly well galanized.

The 407 coupe was built on a separate line at Peugeot and going on the experiences of the owners, seems to have been assembled extremely well.

[Exboxster1]

Small up date.

That cracked front plate was irking me, and I was surprised it wasn't an MOT advisory.



Sorted

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And whilst looking at that.plate it made me appreciate the fading on the headlights.
As is typical they had faded a fair amount.




Half an hour with some masking tape and Maguires headlight polish kit and I was pretty chuffed