406 coupe - any thoughts
11 March 2004, 01:00 PM
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I don't have the coupe though just the 3.0V6 saloon 
Its a great car with lots of nice toys, etc. The engine is considerably more economical than the scooby despite its CCs and is fooking quick when you get her wound up 
The best bit is the lazy driving where you can pull cleanly away from mini-roundabouts in 3rd and 4th!! Feel free to ask any questions
Its a great car with lots of nice toys, etc. The engine is considerably more economical than the scooby despite its CCs and is fooking quick when you get her wound up The best bit is the lazy driving where you can pull cleanly away from mini-roundabouts in 3rd and 4th!! Feel free to ask any questions
11 March 2004, 02:39 PM
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mother in law had a 3.0v6 coupe, suprisingly quick and handled well, interior was ok was this sandy coloured leather, with sky blue paint. It should of been real wheel drive as it had a few tourqe steer problems in the wet.
it was a w plate and had the updated 230bhp unit and sounded pretty sweet.
had a bucket load of problems when it was new but was ok upto when she sold for a cr-v yuck.
is there many used ones around what do they fetch ??.
it was a w plate and had the updated 230bhp unit and sounded pretty sweet.
had a bucket load of problems when it was new but was ok upto when she sold for a cr-v yuck.
is there many used ones around what do they fetch ??.
11 March 2004, 05:26 PM
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Had one very briefley-was a company car.
It was an automatic-felt very smooth and responsive. Brakes seemed good and thought the handling was ok at the time. As mentioned before a bit uninvolving but effortless driving. Had all the toys (crusie etc) Shame the alloys looked so damn small otherwise nice looking car.
It was an automatic-felt very smooth and responsive. Brakes seemed good and thought the handling was ok at the time. As mentioned before a bit uninvolving but effortless driving. Had all the toys (crusie etc) Shame the alloys looked so damn small otherwise nice looking car.
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2nd Gen engine was 210bhp as J4CKO suggests. The scooby is sitting in the car port costing me £130 a month EXTRA in insurance and about £50 a day in depreciation. Now at £7500ono for a 60k MY99 impreza - watch NSR for a MASSIVE rant when I finally sell it 
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I doubt you'll regret it. I was supposed to be taking a step down but I've somehow found a cheap car with loads of toys and stonking performance that can give scoobys a good run when up and running. Win-win I think
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SB - what sort of MPG are you getting out of the V6? as i have accidentally gone over to the pug side, this could be a route to more fun for me.
atm i get about 30 mpg out of the 2.0 406, mainly dual carriageway and A road driving. (must bear in mind that when i was doing the same route in the scoob, i hardly ever got out of the high teens)
atm i get about 30 mpg out of the 2.0 406, mainly dual carriageway and A road driving. (must bear in mind that when i was doing the same route in the scoob, i hardly ever got out of the high teens
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15 March 2004, 02:42 PM
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At the moment (mainly rush hour motorway driving = slow down/speed up) I'm getting 26.5mpg. This is with the air-con in eco mode most of the time, having no fear of a 20-120mph then back off run from roundabouts, using cruise where I can (defo saves) and generally setting cruise at 81mph (indicated)(don't know why, just sits nice at that speed 
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The 2nd version of the 3.0 (210bhp) is said to have a few more mpg's up its sleeve
In real world terms I can get £45 of optimax into my scooby and £45 of NUL into my pug. I'd get 260-80 miles out the scooby and 350-70miles out the pug (same routine during the week) so effectively I'm getting about 90 miles per tank improvement. Factor in, longer service intervals, cheaper services, cheaper insurance and peanuts to buy and overall its a good swap for a scooby I'd say
I'm getting a sports zost fitted tomorrow to free up a bit of a growl - will report back with results
)The 2nd version of the 3.0 (210bhp) is said to have a few more mpg's up its sleeve
In real world terms I can get £45 of optimax into my scooby and £45 of NUL into my pug. I'd get 260-80 miles out the scooby and 350-70miles out the pug (same routine during the week) so effectively I'm getting about 90 miles per tank improvement. Factor in, longer service intervals, cheaper services, cheaper insurance and peanuts to buy and overall its a good swap for a scooby I'd say
I'm getting a sports zost fitted tomorrow to free up a bit of a growl - will report back with results
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