The 405 News

[Jim Bell]

Sell it and buy a 405.

[DVee8]

[purplebargeken]

Its shit. Burn it. Give it to me, I'll burn it for you eventually.

[stormee]

Peugeot 405 'Der bringt Sie weiter!' (original sticker)

[chaseracer]

Damn. I want a 605 again now.

[Junkman]

Well, I had enough of this seats for servants nonsense.

Either my kidneys were freezing, or I was simmering in my own juice, or the Junkwoman's legendary vegetarian farts had nowhere to go.

What finally pushed me over the edge was, when my little one got out of the car with her back all wet and sweaty. I felt sorry for her.

Hence I now got me this settee for posh people:

 

 

 

Once this is installed, the original pristine (and I do mean pristine) black leather furniture will be up for grabs.

So if there are any masochists on there, that are keen to upgrade* their 405 estates, please feel free to arrange to pick it up from SK3 0LX,

before I flog that rubbish on that iPay.

Before I forget, the front seats are heatable. All you need to do is wire them up and fit some switches somewhere.

[Lacquer Peel]

The 405's leather seats are nice but I don't 'get' leather seats in a car, sweaty in the summer, freezing cold in the winter, made from the hides of tortured animals.

[djimbob]

The 405's leather seats are nice but I don't 'get' leather seats in a car, sweaty in the summer, freezing cold in the winter, made from the hides of tortured animals.

 

If you regularly carry people with body odour issues, then the smell can transfer onto your cloth interior quite quickly, therefore the leather alternative is very attractive in this scenario due to the ability to be cleaned and fed easily and quickly

[Junkman]

If you regularly carry people, leather will quickly lead to them having body odour issues, which doesn't occur if you have a proper cloth interior.

Leather is either too cold or too warm, but never an ambient temperature.

Besides, I have heard of people having frozen to death, or died from a heat stroke, but nobody ever died of smell.

[Junkman]

Result!







Can someone please rid me of these?




I have absolutely nowhere to put them. The tip is looming if nobody wants them.

[Jim Bell]

I really like leather seats.  Unfortunately I dont have a a 405. Or £150.

I'd probably try them in the 205 but everyone would shout arsehole etc.

[Junkman]

Unfortunately I dont have a a 405.

 

That's a mistake.

[Junkman]

The usual window regulator breakage was had.

 

 

 

 

*Quality replacements are now made in China to *exacting *specifications:

 

 

*Good thing they only cost twice what the originals went for.

 

 

Three hours later:

 

[forddeliveryboy]

You forgot to put the glass back in. 

[Junkman]

You're telling me now?

 

Bugger...

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Yeah, you don't want that interior to get rained on. 

[bub2006]

As I said at glossop I do like leather interior but I also hear sentiments on here. Many a holiday was spent sliding round the back seat of a Volvo 240 glt as a child on freshly shined seats.

[forddeliveryboy]

Gaffer tape some perpsex or polycarbonate in, it's 200 times stronger than glass. And the expensive cheap Chinese parts may last longer.

 

You could fit a sliding bit in the middle for ventilation/finger gestures, race-style. 

[binhoker668]

Hmm, would the leather front seats possibly fit a Xantia?  A terrible council estate mod i know, but i like 'em!

[Lacquer Peel]

I think so, Vulgalour fitted 405 front seats to the autoshite bike Xantia.

[bub2006]

The xantia has 405 front seats but rears are different. Junkman looked at it in glossop other night. I think front seats are a bit high too but that may be usual

[Junkman]

This is what should be where the holes in my front bumber are:

 

 

The problem now is, that I can't sleep before these are reinstated on mine.

I mean, it's one thing to have headlight washers.

It's yet another, to have James Bond headlight washers.

[Cavcraft]

How much do you want for the interior?

[Timewaster]

My Mi16 had headlamp washers but they didn't do that.

 

They did clean half the bonnet and the windscreen but that's not important right now.

[Jim Bell]

It's weird having lamp jets but no wipers. Suppose I've been spoiled with lots of old volvos which seem to have lamp jets and wipers as standard.

[carlo]

I have one headlamp washer jet cover Mr J but can't find another one anywhere.  So my car looks rather lop-sided.

[timolloyd]

You lot got me looking at 405s again. Found this beauty on the Bay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/peugeot-405-STDT-turbo-diesel-estate-only-97-000-miles-SAME-OWNER-SINCE-1994-/201609005433?hash=item2ef0d54979:g:nDUAAOSwzJ5Xdnda

Although I wonder if the driver's door struggles to stay open of its own accord?

 

 

Judging by the vaseline, the trader is pretty excited about this too

 

[Junkman]

Ahem.

Would everybody please be so kind and not buy that one, urrg...because...you know...errrr...not yet...well...you know.

 

Well, Junkman says 'please'.

[warren t claim]

The 405's leather seats are nice but I don't 'get' leather seats in a car, sweaty in the summer, freezing cold in the winter, made from the hides of tortured animals.

Peugeot use 100% camel foreskins for their leather seats. I'm probably the only person who prefers the seats in the 205 1.6 GTi over its 1.9 brother.

[Jim Bell]

Ahem.

Would everybody please be so kind and not buy that one, urrg...because...you know...errrr...not yet...well...you know.

 

Well, Junkman says 'please'.

You don't like diesels. Remember what happened last time.