406 V6 Coupe

[mat13]

just a few pics of my little toy.

[norman156]

Crickey, just looked at your profile and saw the price you paid. What a bargain! Very nice looking cars

Edited by norman156 on Tuesday 11th August 10:23

[t84]

I like these, very classy looking.

[GingerWizard]

with the very essence of my soul i hate all french cars post 1995' however i have always thought these to be the best looking coupes out there. Ferrari esque..... Nice price too!

[mat13]

To be fair the only thing french about the car is the central locking which keeps surrendering. And as i keep telling people its not a proper french car as it was built in Italy.

[norman156]

mat13 said:

To be fair the only thing french about the car is the central locking which keeps surrendering. And as i keep telling people its not a proper french car as it was built in Italy.

Plus the Peugeot V6 is rather good. If you're having central locking problems it might be worth having a look at the door looms, not sure about the 406 but on some Peugeot's they made the looms to short so some wires have a tendancy to chaff and break

[dannytherev]

Always liked the 406 coupe well done that man!!

[BelperJim]

£500 what a bargain! I'll have it off you for £600;)

[mat13]

i love it to bits, also its probably the best car i could afford to run as im only 20 and the insurance is crippling. I am wanting to move up into tvr ownership soon though.

[LotusExcelSA]

mmmmm....Pininfarina designed

Very nice indeed

[The Dirty Bubble]

mat13 said:

i love it to bits, also its probably the best car i could afford to run as im only 20 and the insurance is crippling. I am wanting to move up into tvr ownership soon though.

And then the insurance will be the least of your worries when it comes to crippling your bank balance.

For £500, I don't think you could do much better. Wish I could have run a v6 when I was 20.

[mat13]

The Dirty Bubble said:

mat13 said:

i love it to bits, also its probably the best car i could afford to run as im only 20 and the insurance is crippling. I am wanting to move up into tvr ownership soon though.

And then the insurance will be the least of your worries when it comes to crippling your bank balance.

For £500, I don't think you could do much better. Wish I could have run a v6 when I was 20.

its actually not too bad to run, when im behaving myself i can get 25mpg and i do a lot of motorway miles which helps as it seems that this car was built for cruising long distances. The only really expensive side to this car parts as a lot were bespoke, a good example is the exhaust system as it is cheaper to buy a custom made one than a standard from peugeot.

[jezb]

£500? Bargain that.

Nearly bought one 4 or 5 years ago but got an Alfa instead. The Pug V6 is very nice

[977]

The Dirty Bubble said:

mat13 said:

i love it to bits, also its probably the best car i could afford to run as im only 20 and the insurance is crippling. I am wanting to move up into tvr ownership soon though.

And then the insurance will be the least of your worries when it comes to crippling your bank balance.

For £500, I don't think you could do much better. Wish I could have run a v6 when I was 20.

I beg to differ, I've done 2k in my TVR recently, it was pretty cheap to buy for what it is, and I've spent £60 on a new accessory belt, and a few bolts for the power steering pump, hardly crippling...

Nice 406, I've always like the look, but I've had my barge days with the E46, now I'm 22 I can insure a substantial V8 in a light car, I intend to keep it that way, as frankly it is utterly brilliant. Bargain cars are a good way to get something flash a little sooner than you might otherwise, keep at it!