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No body got any thing to say or ask?

 

we are all out trying to match your MPG )

GGJ

 

Very good hahahahaha it might be that my starter motor has packed up.i
get good M.P.G. trying to get one from vechicle electrics in southampton

 

you are right though Chris, it has gone very quiet in here,
must be a good week for Peugeots not falling to bits. Or diesel is now so
high everyone has parked them
up and walked away
My 406 and the partner van have been pretty good lately(touch wood)
although I did crack the rear light lens on the way when getting stuff out
of it the other day.
£20 for a new one so not the end of the world.

GGJ

 

Every body gone on holiday, with-out the kids.

 

Hi,

OK, there's a couple of things :
- what the f#ck is the reartrain of my 206, if you depress the throttle
pedal in curves when it's wet, you may well have the rear coming out (I
already spinned on 180°, happily without hitting any of both rails... Was
too violent and too fast for me to countersteer). I live with it, but even
for an old Pug customer like me, the rear axle seems a bit too alive ;-)
- I'm pleased with it anyway, even if sometimes I miss my old 205. BTW,
it uses a bit less fuel on the same roads / speed / jams conditions, with a
fuel record of 4.478l/100 over a full tank (should be around about 45.1MPG
if I'm right on the conversion), while the best overall was at 4.78l/100km
(42MPG).
I'm far far away from your MPG I'm afraid

That's all I have to say

Happy motoring,

 

At least we know what you get up to,spinning round 180 can think of
much more things i would like to do when wet.

 

Hi,

Eeer, it was raining, I was coming at a large corner, on a lane going out of
a 2x2 carriageway, I did some kind of "ooops f#ck f#ck f#ck". I didn't want
to do this. On waiting for the car to stop, I locked the brakes (the only
one thing to do, anyway), the engine stalled of course, but that's the kind
of things you don't care The right point is, there was no one around, I
was alone, no car front, no car back.
So if you ever drive a 206, be careful about this feature, this wasn't a
legend ;-)

Regards,

 

And at what speed was u traveling?

 

Hi,

I have no clue. I'd say 40-45MPH. I remember I thought "I'm perhaps a bit
too fast" and prepared for a left-foot braking. Next time I'll try to brake
before entering the curve, I have to remember I have the ABS.

Regards,

 

Salut G.T.

that's doggs ages since i've seen you around.
must say i'm not that much on the net either

Not much going on here too....
driving a 406 now, got ripped of by the garage the other day for a
clutch/presure group revision. damn fucks managed to ruin my radiator
( got a new one) forgot to refit the bottom plate, forgot to reconnect
the electrical connectors to the fan's and on top of that they took
my car out for a drive on sunday and managed to clock up 200 Km

This was at peugeot Dealer "de Jong"in amsterdam...
needless to say they wont see me back again.

Actually thinking to go drive swedish, not sure which one but could
well be a 95
Bit anxious about that as France does not have many Saab dealers and
mom lives around your corner...defenately no Saab dealers there...


About the rear axle of the 206.
If it is anything like the rear axle of a 406 then it might be well
worth checking the stabilisation rods at either end. I replaced mine
about two months ago, along with the bushes, much to improve the
stability and handling. Now it is stabile again in the corners and
doesn't step out anymore. ( though it must have been an odd sight
seeing a 406 over steering while Front wheel driven....)

How's live in your nic.


Cheers!

 

Hi Marc,

True it's been a long time... I use to post less messages than before,
mostly because I don't have much knowledge on newer models. I've been
breaking out of cars, I don't wanna look for info like I used to do before.

Errr or you mean a 407 ? IIRC, you had a 406 2.2 HDi before, didn't you ?
As you shouldn't have paid for the rad, it's some bad luck... Which involved
the no reconnection of the fan plug (which could have made some serious
damage... A friend of mine had to cope with an expansion vase explosion
(yes, it exploded) on a 750ZXR in the jams around the Bol d'Or)), the real
scandal being the 200km trip. You should complain to your local Pug office
(Peugeot Netherlands ?).

Sure. I am lucky. Where I am now, I have a comprehensive local dealer near
my workplace (moreover he has our company cars on maintenance), and I have a
main dealer about 15 miles from home. Local dealer which is useless as hell
when you speak about the "general servicing" division, but comprehensive and
correct if you deal with the "fast service" division. I won't tell you how I
had to change a wheel bearing and backbox... but it would say it all.

I'd like to test drive one... I guess the older were nice, I'm a bit
dubtious about the recent ones, as Ford doesn't seem to care about them.

Sure, not. To live in deep Burgundy (and I say Macon comes in this
category), you must stick with common brands, which means french makes, or
VW. Stick to frenchs then
There's a main dealer near your mum's.

Eeer I don't think it has something similar in terms of design. At the
beginning with the 206, I had a kind of "violent" steering style, esp. for
rear passengers. It was due to the rear train, being (do I need to recall it
?) an active-type. I had exactly the same problem with the Xsara, so I just
had to get used to it.
The point is, I tested the stability when depressing throttle on the wet,
and it was fine, no bad reaction or whatever else (and it was at pretty high
speeds). As it is very noticeable on wet (to say the least) I would rather
suspect the rear tyres. They are from Pirelli (original equipment) when I
have a pair of Michelin at the front. And anyone here knows I hate Pirellis
for their poor handling on wet roads.

For the common people, yeah. Although the 205 was slightly understeering,
the 405 tend to understeer (and I know some about this... I just loved this
car), as did the 306 and the 406. Pug means a brilliant chassis, and a live
rear axle, we all know this. Just it's a bit too much on the 206, but I'll
wait for my rear tyres to wear out (they are 70,000km old) and take
Michelins as usual, I'll see what it says.

Eeer sometimes boring, but I won't complain

Regards,