What's the general consensus on......

It'll do the job comfortably and well. Hell of a better bet than that Rover... Handles well for a barge, obviously being a diesel, it'll be slow and irriating to drive, but then that comes with territory.

Do it :-)

Old style TD isn't as frugal as the common rail stuff. But it'll drink less than your marea, if only because it'll be slower. Feels a bit expensive to me too.

cheers, clive

Yup, that's my thoughts, really.

I'd aim for £1200 plus the Marea, new MOT and cambelt.... or at least evidence that I'd get another 12 months before a belt is due. (It's only an XUD, so my local guy would do the belt on that for £f*ck all)

Yeah, they're piece of piss, I could pretty much do one when I was 10 (albeit on a BX with the samller engines).

Although in your situation I'd probably look for a well looked after, late model BX TD for about a quarter of what you're paying, but I dont think you'd go for that!

Curiously exactly what I did two years ago :-)

cheers, clive

Wrong car from wrong manufacturer from wrong country with wrong engine, wrong gearbox, wrong bodyshell in the wrong colour.

Other than that, it's got leather, and air con (if it works) so it's not all bad.

Sorry, I thought I asked about a 406, not an Elk-Klasse.

SteveH: And I'll be p/x ing this... Ulucky Car Salesman: what is it SH: A Fiat Marea UCS: Marina? Wasn't that BL? SH: No you miserable tard, it's the same as a 156 but with a stupid engine that doesn't fit in the enginebay and no style whatsoever UCS : How much petrol is in the tank? SH: 1/4 UCS: Here's 20p, go buy some matches, sir...

Ahhh - right, so a Mercedes made in Germany with a CDi engine and a proper autobox in Silver is wrong/wrong/wrong/wrong/wrong?

Hmmm..

Anonymous 4 door saloon in crap colour with junk engine and fragile gearbox and dodgy electronics. Ahh yes, you /were/ looking to replace a Marea weren't you!

Mr Pot.......

At least my engine is vaguely accessible.

At least mine doesn't need to be on a regular basis

"chain cam"

euch...

That's so "Bavarian-Munchen"

Well junk engine was a gimme, being that its A) a diesel and B) a cheapish diesel. I'm not sure where you invented the gearbox bit from mind you. Basing your entire prejudice for the 406 on the fact that you once rode in a

In news:1hft3l5.1ujp7lt16zo1o4N% snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk, SteveH waffled on in a semi-interesting fashion, it went something like this;

I quite like the 406.

Not quick, but they feel reasonably well built, Exec spec is pretty nice, seats are comfy, and the 2.1 whilst being a bit on the noisy side is nicer to drive than the 1.9.

Does seem expensive, you can get the 406 V6 Exec for half that, and then you'd have a grand for fuel.

Lol - that car is now lond dead, replaced with a Volvo 240. They have a 190E as well.

Fuel costs - right, well he said he did 30k/year, and the Marea does26mpg, so at 94p/litre that's £4930/year on juice.

Let's say that driven in the same way, that diesel Pug will do 35mpg - calling it 98p/litre that's £3818/year on juice.

And let's say the V6 will do 22mpg - that's £5827/year.

So £2k a year dearer to fuel....

Me too. My mate got a lower spec one off Ebay for £400.

Madness.

Highly unlikely it was a diesel for that money...... I suppose you could