Project Cruise Ship

[devils_fuel]

I've just picked up my new chariot, there will be a lot of haters out there as it's a marmite car...

I missed the motorway junction coming home but it wasn't an issue as I wanted to see the mpg in 6th . Tom get ready...65

It's quiet and a place you really want to be..

The reason I bought it:

80.5k FSH (lower than average)
136bhp hdi
3 owners
4 doors and big boot
Everything electric worked - it has an electric boot release on the remote
Very comfortable/quiet relaxing place you want to be.
Xenons
Economical due to 6 speed
Very clean underneath
Cheapish r/tax
Cheap insurance considering

Not so good:

Typical pug...aircon not working - I will get it pressure tested, if not
holding pressure it's most likely the £1k+ common problem
Road tax ends this month

He wanted £3k and I paid £2.7k which I thought was a good deal

Here ya go...cover your eyes..

[DavidA]

Nice. 407 ? There's a guy at work with the coupe version and that looks pretty tidy too.

[devils_fuel]

Nice. 407 ? There's a guy at work with the coupe version and that looks pretty tidy too.

Correct mate . The build quality is not too bad actually..no rattles or squeaks

Only 4 door salon I liked for £3k with 80k, FSH, sensible insurance and good mpg's

I've read on a 407 forum they can be mapped up to 195 bhp easily and good mpg's

[Scott]

Not bad at all mate good to see you're sticking around!

[silverzx]

Well done, it took a while but you finally sorted something!

[devils_fuel]

Thanks Scott

Yeah Trent finally lol, I finally found (hopefully) a good car with an honest seller and an honest reason for selling lol

I will take you out in the derv coach soon, it's very comfy

[Uberderv]

Nice

[devils_fuel]

Thanks mate

[Danny2009]

And here's me thinking we've got rid of you

Nice cars tbf I like them

[7057sam]

Looks good mate

Wats the plan???

[devils_fuel]

And here's me thinking we've got rid of you

Nice cars tbf I like them

Thanks darling, I thought the same

It feels like a tank and a family saloon so not a sporty drive, it's a motorway mile muncher and it felt so comfortable on the motorway last night

Looks good mate

Wats the plan???

Just enjoy it mate, it has brand new tyres so rims are out of the question for a while etc

I may ask on the 407 forum about remapping but I don't think it needs it lol. I may think about a lip spoiler for the boot though..

[Danny2009]

That grill is crying for a big front mount

[Tom]

Always need remaps!

[devils_fuel]

It's got a vertical front mount lol

Maybe a little more poke Tom

I've just looked at the sports mesh grills..£96 !!!

[Dum-Dum]

Well hurry up and map it then!

[procta]

tom will blow his juices when he reads the mpg!!

[devils_fuel]

Well hurry up and map it then!

I'm skint mate after buying it, mods will be a longtime away as I will enjoy it for a while

tom will blow his juices when he reads the mpg!!

Ha ha hope not on my car

[devils_fuel]

I have bought my first shiney for the car, just waiting for it to be delivered

Non-genuine Mesh grilles for 407's are over £100 and genuine SP's are £150+

I found one on the bay and paid £27 inc p&p

It hopefully will help it look less like a wide mouthed frog and slightly more sporty, just need to get body coloured bump strips

A quick chat with Ruan last week confirmed that mapping it is not that simple or cheap

[Eeyore]

The clutches on these are dual mass arent they? A friend had one and it cost a bomb to replace!

[Seb_Ryan]

The clutches on these are dual mass arent they? A friend had one and it cost a bomb to replace!

Flywheel not clutch lol, and yeah they ain't cheap.. you can put convert to single mass on most cars, but puts extra strain on gearboxes etc

[devils_fuel]

The clutches on these are dual mass arent they? A friend had one and it cost a bomb to replace!

The clutches on these are dual mass arent they? A friend had one and it cost a bomb to replace!

Flywheel not clutch lol, and yeah they ain't cheap.. you can put convert to single mass on most cars, but puts extra strain on gearboxes etc

On further investigation I was advised not to tune it as I will probably get DMF issues

The fly wheel
The starter
Possibly the Clutch
Possibly crankshaft oil seal

Are the issues that need to be addressed with DMF issues

I don't want gearbox issues as it's a 6 speed

[ozonehostile]

Is this one of the newer pugs unfortunate enough to have Siemens engine management?

[devils_fuel]

Probably mate, it starts and drives..not had a proper nosey under the hood yet lol

[bashbarnard]

Gearboxs aint to bad to do on them tbh with you. Done a few duel masses to when I worked for pug. You just have to remove front hakf of subframe. It splits in two with about 8 easy to get to bolts. Chuck a solid one on there be carefulk not to dump the clutch and your away. Also if it has dpf. Remove knock centre out and get it wrote out system while u have ure remao done

[devils_fuel]

If I remove the dpf do I not run in to issues at MOT time with the emissions as they are very strict with new derv's, hence the dpf ?

[bashbarnard]

The new derv limit is only applicable after 2008 and even without a dpf they pass. Trust me. Im a tester too they must have one fitted but who says u can knock the centre out.

[graebob]

DPF regs are a visual inspection, so you can remove the centre. To my knowledge, VOSA are cracking down on the people doing the remapping to remove the fault codes, rather than people removing the DPFs themselves.

[bashbarnard]

Also vosa arnt vosa anynore they have merged with the dvla and are now the dvsa. So long as ure car looks like it has a dpf and passes emmisions. No problems

[devils_fuel]

thanks chaps i will go and read the regs then, i was just to lazy

[procta]

devs just do as the lads say and stop been a fanny