Gutted :( and what to buy next....

[ozonehostile]

Saw this on facebook, very unfortunate given the time, effort and money that you've poured into this.

Buy something very cheap and shite like a 106 1.1 for a few weeks, and search around for the right 406 to swap all the bits over, or even the right other car to swap the 406's engine into?

Or get a Fiesta Zetec S diesel.

Matt very kindly offered me a £150 clio with a few months mot he's got at work that I'm very tempted by to use until I decide what to do, got a Nissan hire car at the moment but not sure how long for. There's a couple of really nice coupes around at the moment but they're at the top end of the price range that I can't afford yet until I've been offered a payout for mine

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This sucks big time balls mate. But I had a heart in mouth moment when I read the thread title thinking it'd be the '6 gone so I suppose this is the lesser of two evils.

Avoid the fiat 1.9, so the Alfa, and Astra. It's nothing but trouble, although the 888 is mental fast (test drove one when I had the big power fabia vrs and it felt quicker).

407 coupe is lush and if u can put up with an auto u can plump for the 2.7 v6 hdi!!

I think I would've cried if the 6 was written off by a mong in a micra, so yeah in that sense I'm glad it was my daily haha 

I really ought to test drive a 407 coupe and see how I get on with the auto box, guess I could deal with it if it's not slow and dim witted like Peugeot autos of old

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I wouldn't pay the extra for 888 tax, get a decent XP sporthatch & there's a couple of awesome mappers on the Vaux forums who have seen mid 200's without much work, I miss my Vectra loads.

My mate has an sxi sport thingy with the 1.9cdti and with the map it's running it's unbelievable how it shifts  it's the car that got me thinking about a g888 as it's just a nicer spec and better looking still with that awesome tuning potential. But it's just finding one and for the right price

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Absolutely gutting..

Have a look at an alfa156 jtd.. 2.4 10v 5 cylinder grumble.. 60mpg on a run and fairly reliable (mines on 192k and going strong)

At least recommend the decent version 

The 20 valve

Or look at Saab 93 diesel 

Just cruised down to the south of France in mine, aircon on, loaded up for a week and with on board and still averaged 62mpg

 It was your alfa that made me think of one swampy, also there's a 159 jtd around here that gives a stage 1 306 hdi a pretty good run for its money, similar size just a bit different from the usual