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[rcgbob44]

I had a couple of Peugot 405`s................nice cars to drive but the most expensive cars I have ever owned.

All french cars seem well styled and built but cost the earth to run and maintain.

[stef]

Originally posted by Jools

Peugeot 406 GLS 3.0 Litre V6 A real Q car, looked just like an ordinary 406 but with 210 bhp. Went from Lyon to Paris in it at 155 mph all the way

umm.. that's 500km.. at 155mph.. the car could only do 145mph top speed..
sure it wasnt 155kph ?

[philthy]

Originally posted by chris.p
Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear

I have a company car, it is a laguna 1.9 dci on a 52 plate, to date it has done 127,000 miles, now the bad bit.

1 new gearbox
1 new intercooler
1 new turbo
1 new set of front suspension
1 new set of track rod ends
1 new set of control arms
1 new set of track rod arms
numerous electrical faults


And before any one ask's, NO the above items were not replaced due to any accident, they just failed


Chris.

[Edited on 16-11-2005 by chris.p]

Should have bought a volvo


H reg ( 89 ) 2 litre turbo 940 auto saloon

Full record of purchases from new

18 Oil filter & oil changes from new

2 Exhausts from new

2 Batteries

Couple of bushes etc on front suspension

A dozen bulbs

2 sets of brake pads

Few sets of tyres

1 Second hand ECU

Only broken down once since we bought it 10 years ago (ECU)

Used every day

Washed every few months whether it needs it or not.

Never garaged

No rust - anywhere

Sunroof leaked last year - sealed with duck tape

180,000 miles

Annual costs including purchase - £500

Worth 2p

Refuses to die

Havn't got the heart to sell her.

l

[Jools]

Originally posted by stef

umm.. that's 500km.. at 155mph.. the car could only do 145mph top speed..
sure it wasnt 155kph ?

Oh dear, oh dear...somebody with too much time on their hands and working out the veracity of everything other people say

I used to spend a lot of time working in Lyon - well actually l'Isle d'Abeau just South East of Lyon and about 5 kilometres from Bourgoin Jallieu - so I used to drive there about once every two months.

I would have thought that it was obvious to anyone that a comment like that wasn't intended to be taken literally. Obviously, I didn't do 155 mph ALL the way, I had to stop at the Peage, stop for fuel, slow down for slower moving traffic and slow down when I got to the peripherique.

Perhaps I should have said that I was in a hurry and wherever, and whenever, possible drove the whole journey with the accelerator mashed into the floor - it was a UK car with the speedo in mph and registered 155 flat out.

Somehow, it seemed easier to say all that the way I said it in my original message

[stef]

I just wish people were more accurate in their posts !
155... that's 73mph over the speed limit, sir...

[Tonio600]

I just wish people were more accurate in their posts !
155... that's closer to 74.2 mph over the speed limit, sir...

[Jools]

[little britain mode] Yeah I know [/little britain mode]

[BDG]

Brings a new perspective to road rage

[stef]

Originally posted by Tonio600
I just wish people were more accurate in their posts !
155... that's closer to 74.2 mph over the speed limit, sir...

i gave him the 10% margin, for speedo accuracy