Peugeot Turbo Diesel 405 -- Reviews/Feedback

[Ext User(Fran)]

I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot 405 1997 Turbo
Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
been recently serviced, had log books etc.

I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
paying out the loan and getting something like this.

Fran

[Ext User(jackbadger56)]

Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
for the French........who knows!!)
There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
Oz.

On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> paying out the loan and getting something like this.
>
> Fran

[Ext User(Fran)]

On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
> I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
> into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
> would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
> rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
> production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
> new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
> bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
> for the French........who knows!!)
> There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
> with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
> Oz.
>
> On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> > Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> > dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> > been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> > I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> > Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> > ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> > was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> > paying out the loan and getting something like this.
>

The closest I could find on the net were two 1996 models for about
$9500 (odo=1000km --- probably a zero or two missing at least) and
$10,000 (odo= 95,000)

Fran

[Ext User(Mad-Biker)]

just over 3 million k's you say!

I have a 405 mi16 and it went like a scald cat, but hard to get parts for,
they were exy, nobody knew anything about how to fix them, including dealers
and specialty euro mechanics.

it broke often, and was the most unreliable car ive ever had!.

I paid about 18,000 for it, and after a few years of trying to sell it, gave
it away for 3k. no dealer would take it as trade.

I vowed never to buy a Peugeot again after that!


"Fran" <Fran.Beta@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1169946215.334717.209290@m58g2000cwm.googlegr oups.com...
>I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot 405 1997 Turbo
> Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> paying out the loan and getting something like this.
>
> Fran
>

[Ext User(jackbadger56)]

On Jan 28, 5:10 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
> > I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
> > into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
> > would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
> > rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
> > production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
> > new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
> > bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
> > for the French........who knows!!)
> > There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
> > with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
> > Oz.
>
> > On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> > > Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> > > dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> > > been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> > > I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> > > Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> > > ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> > > was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> > > paying out the loan and getting something like this.The closest I could find on the net were two 1996 models for about
> $9500 (odo=1000km --- probably a zero or two missing at least) and
> $10,000 (odo= 95,000)
>
> Fran

Yikes, must have forgotten about the 1 in front!! I've obviously been
away from the industry for too long, but anyone coming in for a
valuation of any 405 (diesel or otherwise) would have been lucky to
get more than a couple of grand (for a low k's example in excellent
condition).
If this is what owners are all asking then so be it. But they're only
going to sell it to someone who *really must have that exact type of
car*, rather than someone searching across a particular price
category.
There is this, but not much info;

http://tinyurl.com/2s2oh7

I'd look at something else, or wait a few months until the dealer gets
sick of seeing it gathering cobwebs!

[Ext User(Fran)]

On Jan 29, 4:14 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 5:10 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
> > > I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
> > > into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
> > > would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
> > > rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
> > > production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
> > > new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
> > > bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
> > > for the French........who knows!!)
> > > There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
> > > with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
> > > Oz.
>
> > > On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> > > > Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> > > > dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> > > > been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> > > > I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> > > > Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> > > > ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> > > > was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> > > > paying out the loan and getting something like this.The closest I could find on the net were two 1996 models for about
> > $9500 (odo=1000km --- probably a zero or two missing at least) and
> > $10,000 (odo= 95,000)
>
> > FranYikes, must have forgotten about the 1 in front!! I've obviously been
> away from the industry for too long, but anyone coming in for a
> valuation of any 405 (diesel or otherwise) would have been lucky to
> get more than a couple of grand (for a low k's example in excellent
> condition).
> If this is what owners are all asking then so be it. But they're only
> going to sell it to someone who *really must have that exact type of
> car*, rather than someone searching across a particular price
> category.
> There is this, but not much info;
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2s2oh7
>

Three years older, and no infor on Kms. Perhaps it doesn't matter if
the engines and drive train are especially good.

Fran
> I'd look at something else, or wait a few months until the dealer gets
> sick of seeing it gathering cobwebs!- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

[Ext User(jackbadger56)]

On Jan 29, 9:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 4:14 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 28, 5:10 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
> > > > I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
> > > > into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
> > > > would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
> > > > rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
> > > > production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
> > > > new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
> > > > bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
> > > > for the French........who knows!!)
> > > > There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
> > > > with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
> > > > Oz.
>
> > > > On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> > > > > Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> > > > > dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> > > > > been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> > > > > I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> > > > > Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> > > > > ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> > > > > was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> > > > > paying out the loan and getting something like this.The closest I could find on the net were two 1996 models for about
> > > $9500 (odo=1000km --- probably a zero or two missing at least) and
> > > $10,000 (odo= 95,000)
>
> > > FranYikes, must have forgotten about the 1 in front!! I've obviously been
> > away from the industry for too long, but anyone coming in for a
> > valuation of any 405 (diesel or otherwise) would have been lucky to
> > get more than a couple of grand (for a low k's example in excellent
> > condition).
> > If this is what owners are all asking then so be it. But they're only
> > going to sell it to someone who *really must have that exact type of
> > car*, rather than someone searching across a particular price
> > category.
> > There is this, but not much info;
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/2s2oh7Three years older, and no infor on Kms. Perhaps it doesn't matter if
> the engines and drive train are especially good.
>
> Fran

Just thought, if you can get a 1996 model 406, were they still making
405's a year later?
I know that they're French so earth/human/logical/simple/post-17th
century rules don't usually apply, but maybe the dealer is doing what
dealers do best ; )
>
> > I'd look at something else, or wait a few months until the dealer gets
> > sick of seeing it gathering cobwebs!- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

[Ext User(Fran)]

On Jan 29, 9:29 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 29, 4:14 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 28, 5:10 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, "jackbadger56" <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Seems a lot, just someone trying to catch the diesel wave!
> > > > > I recently looked for a 406 HDi wagon, and it seemed possible to get
> > > > > into one of those with less k's for same money. Having said that, 1997
> > > > > would have to have been one of the very last of the 405's, and as a
> > > > > rule of thumb I usually look for a car that had already been in
> > > > > production for a few years, rather than buying an early example of a
> > > > > new model. It's just that most factories need a while to iron out any
> > > > > bugs on the production line (for the Japs, 6 months should do it, but
> > > > > for the French........who knows!!)
> > > > > There are still heaps of diesel 405's getting around in country areas
> > > > > with a squillion k's on them, so maybe they're a good thing for rural
> > > > > Oz.
>
> > > > > On Jan 28, 12:03 pm, "Fran" <Fran.B...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I saw an ad on a car window for someoen with a Peugeot405 1997Turbo
> > > > > > Diesel with 3220,000 on the clock selling for $7900. There was a minor
> > > > > > dent in the bonnet, but it seemd in reasonable nick. Aparrently it had
> > > > > > been recently serviced, had log books etc.
>
> > > > > > I was wondering whether this sounded cheap, expensive or about right.
> > > > > > Having just spent a bucket load servicing and reinsuring my Astra
> > > > > > ($2000!), and thinking about having a car I could run on biodiesel, I
> > > > > > was wondering if I'd be ahead selling the Astra 2004 (70,000kms),
> > > > > > paying out the loan and getting something like this.The closest I could find on the net were two 1996 models for about
> > > > $9500 (odo=1000km --- probably a zero or two missing at least) and
> > > > $10,000 (odo= 95,000)
>
> > > > FranYikes, must have forgotten about the 1 in front!! I've obviously been
> > > away from the industry for too long, but anyone coming in for a
> > > valuation of any 405 (diesel or otherwise) would have been lucky to
> > > get more than a couple of grand (for a low k's example in excellent
> > > condition).
> > > If this is what owners are all asking then so be it. But they're only
> > > going to sell it to someone who *really must have that exact type of
> > > car*, rather than someone searching across a particular price
> > > category.
> > > There is this, but not much info;
>
> > >http://tinyurl.com/2s2oh7Threeyears older, and no infor on Kms. Perhaps it doesn't matter if
> > the engines and drive train are especially good.
>
> > FranJust thought, if you can get a 1996 model 406, were they still making
> 405's a year later?
> I know that they're French so earth/human/logical/simple/post-17th
> century rules don't usually apply, but maybe the dealer is doing what
> dealers do best ; )
>
>


Private sale on a car window in the carpark.

Fran