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

[RetroPug]

Sorry to read this. Horrible to have all your hard work taken away. But consider yourself lucky she didn't hit you head on....that happened to my mates uncle recently. We're guessing she was not paying attention (stereotype would say texting)

I'd agree with Luke. Get something like he's got for a DD while you hunt down a good 406 to put your bits into.

Best of.

Funnily enough, that's exactly how my old gti6 got written off.
The lady's satnav told her to turn right, she looked at the screen to check that it was the correct street, and while still looking at her nav she turned across my lane of traffic, no indicating, no warning. I was just driving along and suddenly I was hitting someone.

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

That sounds ideal!

Yeah, I'd say it's all too much to decide in a rush and it's a decision that's been unexpectedly forced on you. Drive the clio about for a bit, do your new work commute and see how it treats you and what the drive is like, get the 406 back and strip bits off, and then you can decide whether to get another and put the bits back on, whether to sell them for cash for a different car, or whether to maybe put the engine in a 306.

The payout, plus selling lots of nice bits would probably get you a decent other car, or a ratty 406 would benefit from all the bits and be a good car.

It is a real shame though, your 406 was gorgeous, especially in that colour.

Do consider a fiesta zetec s tdci, mine's absolutely great. They've got a lot of modding potential as well, not that I've played with mine at all yet.