Guess what. GRAND FINALE !!!! *21/03/10*

[macplaxton]

As far as I can gather (the fallible collective knowledge and fibs which is Wikipedia ) they never put 406s together at Ryton.

Funnier though is this line from Honest John's page on the car "A sub-editing nightmare in the Which? Car office - there are more things wrong with the 406 than we could fit in our summaries."

[whiskeyonesix]

Rotten Luck you've had there Ben

[volvosneverdie]

Been offered something 300 shaped.
*counts through penny jar and hunts down back off sofa*














Its gonna be a crusty one.
Stay tuned.

[griffo20022]

Christ it sounds as though that car was riddled with the equivelant of raging aids man! Never have I heard of so many things all happen in one go like that lol!

BTW those Isuzu engines are the f*cking b*llocks! I had a 1.7TD Mk3 Astra for my first car with the Isuzu engine and it's was amazing, great on fuel, nippy for what it was and extremely reliable! The fact it's in a Cavalier makes it a million times better as they look awsome IMO!

[volvosneverdie]

Christ it sounds as though that car was riddled with the equivelant of raging aids man! Never have I heard of so many things all happen in one go like that lol!

BTW those Isuzu engines are the f*cking b*llocks! I had a 1.7TD Mk3 Astra for my first car with the Isuzu engine and it's was amazing, great on fuel, nippy for what it was and extremely reliable! The fact it's in a Cavalier makes it a million times better as they look awsome IMO!

Went to see the cav. It was shit.
Not as described.

300 looks likely now.

[griffo20022]

Fairies muff lol, be even better if you end up with a 300 anyway

[foggyjames]

Cavs are getting hard to find, and the diesels are often abused. Good ones are peachy, but finding them....

cheers

James

[SteveP]

Buy that one on Retro Rides for £375!! (can't remember where it is though!)

[volvosneverdie]

Buy that one on Retro Rides for £375!! (can't remember where it is though!)

when was that?
cant find it.

linky if poss dude.

Edit* you meant a cav steve? thats miles away
thought you meant 300.

[trabitom99]

The 406 is dead. It's still pissing water and oil all over my street, but at least it's dead. .

Don't do what I did and try and fix it. The story will go on and on ...

I put these things down to regular maintenance and a preventative approach. It might be that these nationalities of cars attract owners that don't look after them...

It's true that some of these breakdown statistics are more than a little biased. Of course a Porsche Boxter and a Mercedes SLK are more reliable than a Chrysler Voyager and a Renault Espace. Rich OAP vs. cash-strapped family man always wins. But my 405 was seriously pampered and it still fell apart. AFAIK it was made in Coventry ...

the back box lasted 8 years (beat that, V300!)

Blame Bosal / Walker / whoever for that...the genuine ones are ok!

My Gli has had six back boxes (and the damn thing is blowing again), four of them were from Volvo. Judging by the previous owners' bills, the original ones haven't lasted any longer than the Bosal ones ... The original ones were made by some UK company, I forget the name.

Tom

[SteveP]

Bad luck dude!

I don't think I'd ever buy anything french again either... also had a 405, which at some point had an engine replacement. However, rest of the car had done 135k miles, it handled well, didn't really get serviced properly in 4 years, was very comfy and quick for a 1.6 and had absolutely no rust. But this was an early carbed model. I can only imagine as things like ABS, Aircon and further electricalness came into play things would rapidly go down hill! However, saying all that I'd still like an early 2WD 405 Mi16!

[foggyjames]

I'm really surprised my that, Tom. They've always struck me as being made of much heavier steel, etc.

cheers

James