406V6

Following on the theme of badly named Volkswagens, who wants to drive something with Toe rag (*) on the badge ? (*) I may have spelt it wrong

There’s a huge amount of interesting material on the site, especially discussions with industry figures. What happens going forward is anyone’s guess. I’ve been following the site long enough to remember a couple of occasions like this in the past when Keith lost interest. The first when it was handed over to Craig Cheetham. The second when there was some kind of partnership with the Honest John site. In both cases the site came back to Keith after long enough for him to recover his interest. Lately the site has been in a poor state, though, with numerous crashes, lockups, cookie loops and other woes.

Mine had a speed sensor fault a few years back. The symptom was that the speedo needle would intermittently drop to zero and the mileometer in the trip wouldn’t increment. No error codes generated that I’m aware of. I had a new speed sensor fitted when it was serviced. The part was widely shared among PSA cars, cheap and easily obtained.

Good choice. I got some of these for the 406 a few months back – all 4. Initially I was disappointed as the general feel of the car was quite coarse and they were noisy. After around a hundred miles they changed character for the better and since then have been quiet and smooth with decent grip and handling. MPG seemed to improve slightly too compared to the previous Michelin Pilots.

Nissan Tiida anyone ? Had this one for a few days in Ireland in 2010. OK to drive without being memorable in any way. They weren't sold officially in the UK as far as I know but a few were imported and sold by Arnie Clark.