OT: WOOHOO

I'm not sure If I would want to make the trade off.

Reply to
Theo
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you wont get a nice 20v turbo for 5k

Reply to
Theo

its a common enough engine with the 406, our shop hardly ever recons those, bmw's and honda's are common place ( relatively speaking )

Reply to
Theo

Which are mainly OEM bits in different boxes.

Reply to
SteveH

You can have my Audi V6 Quattro for 5500 with full car pc as featured etc :) I recken thats a bargin, and it still drives like new.

Ronny

Reply to
Ron

No and no. Fast, bland looking, but not ugly.

Reliable, good residuals, well equiped, superb build quality.

Another cracker from Honda - especially in 2.2VTEC form.

Very good car. Manic, but fun.

Excellent car - vastly underrated, so cheap.

They are? - there's a few around, but a good one is still well worth having.

Great cars - if a little barge-like.

Decent RWD chassis - you just have to be careful with the loud pedal.

Power is nothing without control.

Still a great car. Would walk all over a Pug 406.

We agree on something, then.

Not the 16v. That's got the excellent Lampredi lump as fitted to the Delta Integrale.

They're different.

Reckon a £5k one could be a little ropey, though.

Reply to
SteveH

You'd get a mint 16v, though.

Reply to
SteveH

Best looking car on the roads IMHO....

Reply to
Tony Bond

Not all of them. So bits are absolute s**te! Bit of a lucky dip IME

Reply to
Carl Gibbs

Mileage...?

Reply to
Dan405

Still looks nice yea, but it's dated a lot quicker than I expected it to. Looks quite old now (and I drive a Rover ffs, heh).

Reply to
Lordy

145k
Reply to
Ron

Good lord...

Do they really sell for over £5k with that kind of miles on?

Reply to
Dan405

You don't want one. IIRC it's £1,500 to change the cambelt.

Richard

Reply to
Richard Kilpatrick

Nah - it was never that much.

An authorised dealer could do it for about £800 - and there's now a load of specialists that will do it for £400 without removing the engine.

I'd still have the 16v over the 20, though, as they're cheaper to run long-term.

Reply to
SteveH

Which is fine if thats what you want. However, not everyone wants to drive around in £500 bangers. People might want the style of a newer car, the comfort, or other things they can't get from a £500 banger.

Reply to
Michael Rodgers

It's completely driven by vanity and one-upmanship, then. Because my £600 banger is no less comfortable than it's new equivalent.

Reply to
SteveH

I'm just getting old mate, I think the Rover 75 is a bit of a looker too :)

Reply to
Tony Bond

Just run in, good for 300k, its not a ford escort remember, full service history, and the car is immaculate, and I dare you to drive mine then get in a brand new mondeo and tell me which one smoother, quieter, etc

Ron

Reply to
Ronny

doesnt say too much for the new model.

Reply to
Theo

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