Sold 1995 Peuegot 405 GLX 1.8 Estate £250, Reading

[bramz7]

So this is my first time doing one of these....
So long story short, something French (obviously) and on my buy list came up cheap and local*. I agreed to buy it without even viewing it and put down a refundable deposit as soon as I could. Owners had it a fair while and is selling due to old age/retirement.
Right now I'm on a bus. I got given a student ticket for people under 20. I'm 26 years old....

[bramz7]

 

Somebody once told me this is one of the worst places near Southampton. I also generally dislike Southampton.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Romsey is far too posh for AS, really... If you want to impress us you need to collect a car from somewhere like Jaywick.

[bramz7]

Meh. Boring station or what. Suppose it does have an airport attached.

[spartacus]

Buying sight unseen is for winnars, good effort. I'm looking forward to the next exciting installment.

[bramz7]

Here's a clue

Old boy visibly fighting back tears as k drove off. Ow.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

coventry reg, got to be a Peugeot of some sort

[vaughant]

309? Possibly derv?

Bonus points for a Turbot derv!!!

[bramz7]

Sadly I haven't got a 309 with cruise control

[vaughant]

405/6?

Looks a pug dash perhaps???

[Sigmund Fraud]

Late 405 !

[bramz7]

[carlo]

Now you have me interested!  Looks very much like an after-market cruise fitment?  Must be 'cos Peugeot only fitted cruise to automatics or STI 2.0 manual petrols.

 

Does it work?

[Brodders]

Very nice.

 

Is there going to be any 90s French motor you haven't owned by the end of the year?

[bramz7]

Now you have me interested!  Looks very much like an after-market cruise fitment?  Must be 'cos Peugeot only fitted cruise to automatics or STI 2.0 manual petrols.

 

 

Does it work?

Owner said so. I dare not try it...yet. It is after market as you say, what a weird choice of third party option.

Very nice.

Is there going to be any 90s French motor you haven't owned by the end of the year?

Haha, to be fair I think I've got the dream lineup now, but the AX will be up for sale when I move out.

I'd quite like a Xantia or 306 at some point but they can wait.

[Skizzer]

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Somebody once told me this is one of the worst places near Southampton. I also generally dislike Southampton.

I once got chased out of Romsey by some blokes wielding scaffolding poles, for not knowing which day was market day. I'm not making this up.

 

You were lucky to get out of there with all your limbs unbroken, never mind with a nice 405.

[bramz7]

I once got chased out of Romsey by some blokes wielding scaffolding poles, for not knowing which day was market day. I'm not making by this up.

 

You were lucky to get out of there with all your limbs unbroken, never mind with a nice 405.

 

Thankfully I was picked up from the station, so didn't get to meet the charming locals. 

 

Anyway, more photos:

 

My 1995 Peugeot 405 GLX. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

My 1995 Peugeot 405 GLX Estate. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

My 1995 Peugeot 405 GLX. by Sam Osbon, on Flickr

 

Not bad for £250 eh. 

98k, MOT until November, some reasonable advisories last time but I'll get those sorted.

 

Still feel bad for the previous owner seeing a car of 20+ years drive away must be a bit heart wrenching....

[M'coli]

Tidy! I'm quite envious of your French Fleet - although this one may well have been built in Ryton?

 

Still feel bad for the previous owner seeing a car of 20+ years drive away must be a bit heart wrenching....

I don't think it could have gone to a better buyer.

[The Moog]

£250 ? Bargainous

[Louise2cv]

Always liked the look of these.

 

Obviously the angry headlamp era was the best in terms of Peugeot good looks, but these are very smart looking.

[chaseracer]

...the angry headlamp era...

 

[trigger]

I really do like 405 Estates, admittedly i prefer the diesels but the petrols seem much cheaper and are probably just as good. They are really comfortable things to drive too. Enjoy it!

[tooSavvy]

Station was in a 'bidding war' with the OvalBois, over ToMM©.

 

.... all chod is one trip from razor blades, in the end

 

 

Nice save ...

 

 

 

TS

[Vince70]

We've had two GTX pez estates now one was a G plate auto and the other a H manual and both never put a foot wrong.

 

My dad bought his first one purely by accident and it was an ex high miler company car that had a new engine fitted by Peugeot at around 100000 miles and still looked and drove like a new car.

 

He was in the local co-op car park when the owners wife couldn't get in a parking space so my dad said to the lady do you want to sell it and she agreed on the spot so he had that car for a few years but he was a bit of a Peugeot fan beforehand as he was driving a lovely 309sr at the time but when he sold the 405 he regretted it straight away so I found him a low miler manual about a year later which he also kept for a couple of years.

 

He also regretted afterwards selling that one but by that time finding a decent non builder van 405 estate was like finding a needle in a haystack and he didn't need a large car anymore, but it looks like you've got the holy grail with that beauty and for 250 quid it's a no brainer.

 

His first one also had a tow bar on it although we only used it once to pick up a ride on mower on a massive old army trailer for my mate on a 100 odd mile journey you wouldn't know it was carrying any weight so the pez engine seems up to the job.

[Timewaster]

Can't beat a 405.

Nice ones are getting hard to find now.

[bramz7]

Thanks for the comments all. I've made the most of the temporary insurance and driven it a bit more today, very grippy aren't they?!

It's not without its faults but most are minor and don't effect the running.

Could this be the first car I keep for the long term? Other than my project BX...

[carlo]

Tried the cruise yet?

[Cavcraft]

It's ace!

[Supernaut]

Very nice!

 

I've wanted to lick a 405 for a while. I was thinking about them a couple of years back, as a replacement for my 306!

 

A friend at uni had a 405 saloon turbo diesel, in a weird pale green metallic colour, and it had a purple velour interior, with mirror tints on the rear windows, 205 GTi pepperpot wheels, and it ran on veg oil. That thing was fucking ace.

[strangeangel]

Loved my old 405, even if it was a heap. Well done