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Plenty of Peugeots - and then there was one


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I managed to get scooter No.1 back together and looking pretty tidy, so I bosched it on ebay and sold it to make some space.

 

Acceptable looking:

 

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I needed some space because I did a buy of something else 2-wheeled.

 

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A mighty Huoniao HN125. Supposedly a copy of a Honda CM125, its actaully not a bad little bike. Good for getting some road miles before I do my full license anyway, I'm enjoying blezzing about on it.

 

Car-wise the red 205 has now gone over to Ireland and is in CarlosFandango's fleet, so my many years of constant Peugeot ownership has come to an end. For the first time in quite a while I didnt own a car.

 

A change in personal circumstance has meant I'll need a car of my own again, so I set a meagre budget and a distance limit and did a bit of a searcharoo online. I must be out of touch, but it seems like £400 doesnt get you much any more, at least not within 15 miles of Lincoln. Far too many moon-miles ruined heaps being peddled around here.

 

I did, however, manage to find something adequate.

 

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A Mazda 323, not exactly one of the most interesting or inspiring cars ever built. I have to look out the window to remember exactly what it looks like.

 

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But, it is well tidy, hasn't been to the moon and back and was in budget. The seller went to great lengths to tell me I wasn't going to be picking up chicks in this, but I think that the velour and autobox have a certain niche appeal. 

 

I'll be pressing this into daily use soon, hopefully it'll not turn out to be a total heap.

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Not updated this in aaages due to me creating vast problems in my personal life, but lets not get into that.

 

When I Ieft things I had the lovely Mazda pictured above. All in all not a bad car that, so I'm pleased to see that OhDearMe still has it and his Mrs is enjoying it. I, however, needed something french and temperamental in my life.

 

Enter my 3rd (?) Peugeot 106.

 

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An early facelift 1.1 model.

Not a lot to say about this one really. It was cheap because the rad was leaking, so I replaced that. Then the exhaust downpipe snapped the first time  I drove it, so I replaced that. I also replaced the brakes and a driveshaft in the pissing rain, such is my commitment to owning shoddy french death traps.

 

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Now, by all rights, this should have been a decent car, but it kept filling with water when it rained (no sunroof! What?!) and the brakes were piss poor.  This was evidenced fully when some livestock escaped in the dead of night and ran at me as I drove home.

 

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It was pitch dark and the fucker was a dark brown/black colour, poor thing. Felt flippin terrible at that, but  there was nothing I could have done. The accident had creased the inner wing and lots of other bits, including the door (!) so I decided reluctantly to send it to the big farm in the sky.

 

I immediately got looking for a replacement and luckily found something close by which fitted the bill. Yep, another Peugeot. I'm doing well at filling my Pre-2000 Peugeot Bingo card now, with my first 406.

 

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1999 Peugeot 406 GLX with the 1.9TD engine. Only done 76k and bought from a bloke who had owned it since it was 1 year old. It came with excellent history, including the chaps notes on what he'd done to it. I'm pleased with this one, just hope nothing runs out in front of me. The heater fan has now broken though, so its already excelled itself.

 

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GLX is a good spec on these early 406s, even with reasonably not in the way front arm rests. And those alloys are lovely. 

 

I've only ever had 2.1TD examples, what's the 1.9 like? 

Coventry plate too so OBVIOUSLY FORMER PEUGEOT UK CAR £££ not. 

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15 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

I've only ever had 2.1TD examples, what's the 1.9 like?

I reckon the 1.9 is adequate at best, performance is ok, mpg is ok, low 40s with my mix of town and B road commute. I may make some small tweaks to the fuelling in the future. Bloody comfy car though, wafts along like nobodys business.

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That 406 looks super shiny-literally 0% of the ones I see in the frozen North look that clean these days, impressive.

 Always fancied one of those! Despite owning dozens of cars I've never actually had a French one, probably the only one I'd consider TBH.

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36 minutes ago, AlsoMike said:

Not updated this in aaages due to me creating vast problems in my personal life, but lets not get into that.

 

When I Ieft things I had the lovely Mazda pictured above. All in all not a bad car that, so I'm pleased to see that OhDearMe still has it and his Mrs is enjoying it. I, however, needed something french and temperamental in my life.

 

Enter my 3rd (?) Peugeot 106.

 

49728404926_02890900bd_c.jpg20190824_104634

49727873823_76a331e8a6_c.jpg20190824_104706

 

An early facelift 1.1 model.

Not a lot to say about this one really. It was cheap because the rad was leaking, so I replaced that. Then the exhaust downpipe snapped the first time  I drove it, so I replaced that. I also replaced the brakes and a driveshaft in the pissing rain, such is my commitment to owning shoddy french death traps.

 

49728721422_5d3dc40d72_c.jpg20190827_185906

 

Now, by all rights, this should have been a decent car, but it kept filling with water when it rained (no sunroof! What?!) and the brakes were piss poor.  This was evidenced fully when some livestock escaped in the dead of night and ran at me as I drove home.

 

49728405321_5aeac986d3_c.jpg20191101_182859

 

It was pitch dark and the fucker was a dark brown/black colour, poor thing. Felt flippin terrible at that, but  there was nothing I could have done. The accident had creased the inner wing and lots of other bits, including the door (!) so I decided reluctantly to send it to the big farm in the sky.

 

I immediately got looking for a replacement and luckily found something close by which fitted the bill. Yep, another Peugeot. I'm doing well at filling my Pre-2000 Peugeot Bingo card now, with my first 406.

 

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1999 Peugeot 406 GLX with the 1.9TD engine. Only done 76k and bought from a bloke who had owned it since it was 1 year old. It came with excellent history, including the chaps notes on what he'd done to it. I'm pleased with this one, just hope nothing runs out in front of me. The heater fan has now broken though, so its already excelled itself.

 

I had a '96 GLX TD about 8 years ago. Fan stopped working but responded well to a swift kick to it underneath the dash on the passenger side. Worked fine after that.

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3 minutes ago, Shirley Knott said:

That 406 looks super shiny-literally 0% of the ones I see in the frozen North look that clean these days, impressive.

 Always fancied one of those! Despite owning dozens of cars I've never actually had a French one, probably the only one I'd consider TBH.

I'm quite impressed with this one so far, but then I do have low standards! The paintwork has stood up well because it was garaged from almost new up until I got it and started subjecting it to actual use.

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Just now, Steve79 said:

I had a '96 GLX TD about 8 years ago. Fan stopped working but responded well to a swift kick to it underneath the dash on the passenger side. Worked fine after that.

Well this one wouldnt stop at all... stuck on max all the time. Until I unplugged it. I have a resistor for the fan coming in the post, hopefully that will sort it.

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17 minutes ago, Steve79 said:

I had a '96 GLX TD about 8 years ago. Fan stopped working but responded well to a swift kick to it underneath the dash on the passenger side. Worked fine after that.

Most of your cars 8 years ago needed a kick of some sort to get working ??

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10 hours ago, bramz7 said:

GLX is a good spec on these early 406s, even with reasonably not in the way front arm rests. And those alloys are lovely. 

 

I've only ever had 2.1TD examples, what's the 1.9 like? 

Coventry plate too so OBVIOUSLY FORMER PEUGEOT UK CAR £££ not. 

I've had both. A nice 2.1TD estate (S-reg like this one) from 100K to 140K & a cheap, rough-ish saloon 1.9TD (120-140K), to be honest, never thought their was that much difference between the two other than the bigger one had a little more torque. They both felt similar and gave similar mpg figures.

I'm not a diesel (car) guy but both were perfectly fine vehicles and both excellent long distance cars. I like XUD's as they are old-school reliable and fixable diesel engines, I know modern diesel stuff gives huge mpg and great performance but the trade don't call them timebombs for nothing. 

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The main issues are its clonking from the front end, I suspect bottom arms need doing, but these are only £30 a side. its either that or track rod ends. Its got a slight blow from the exhaust at the downpipe and it'll need the fuel pipe replacing as its had a dodgy replacement in the past. Starts and runs fine tho, rear beam seems ok and is pretty rust-free bar a couple of small belbs on the rear arches. Just got a couple of dents that need popping out. MoT til Oct (and previous history aint bad). I'm in Market Rasen in Lincs.

Theres nothing hugely wrong, but when faced with doing these bits again (done many times in the past on previous 205s) I lost enthusiasm quite frankly.

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Bit of a thread resurection - last year I bought this 206:

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I needed a cheap runaround and this seemed to fit the bill, and took me one step closer on my Peugeot Bingo card. 206 box ticked!

Its a 1.4 petrol in LX flavour and came filled with enough dog hair to build a whole new dog.

Unfortunately no sooner had I cleaned it things went downhill. Upon receipt of the log book it turned out to be a cat D, which the cheeky sod seller had kept quiet about. No bother I thought, it was cheap and works ok*.

Then the clutch developed a bad judder. Then a rear tyre had a blow out. Followed by the brakes seizing on while I was driving down the M1. This culminated with the clutch release bearing shitting itself and I'd had enough. A few of you may have seen the for sale post at this point.

Moving on a few weeks, the price of second hand chod local to me spurred me on to pay someone to do the clutch, I sorted the brakes, slapped on 2 new tyres and it now seems to be behaving itself again (touches wood).

So I might treat it to a bit of a tidy up. Theres a dent in the drivers door that I suspect will push out. I'll service it etc. Does anyone have a matching wheeltrim laying around they could sell me? Also need an aerial as some genius has nicked mine.

Sparse updates and moans about how its not as good as a 205 to follow.

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On 03/02/2023 at 13:45, AlsoMike said:

not as good as a 205

That 205 was a nuisance.  It was a nuisance to @Jim Bell, it was a nuisance to me, it was a nuisance to @Jimbob McGregor trying to keep it running for me, and it was a nuisance to @jmsguzzi.  Also, it's continuing to be a nuisance to it's current owner.

 

I say the 206 is better.  And cheaper.  Fight me.

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I preferred the 206 I had as my first car when passing my test to the 406 I had 3 cars ago... Fact*

Keep having silly thoughts of another 206 one day but I'm sure alot of my fondness is just happy memories of the time rather than the car 

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