Thread 28706378

How stupid would it be to buy a diesel 1998 Peugeot 406? The offer is for $6500, but I could probably try to haggle for $5000. It would be a weekend car.

Parts and Dealer support?
Cars rapidly become unreliable when your local mechanic guesses at how it goes together.

>>28706378 (OP)
wtf is wrong with mutts?

if you're gonna buy an obscure grey market car might as well get one thats worth it

>>28706378 (OP)
>FL
Did it come from Mexico or something?

>>28706405
Owner is Cuban and I do not believe that the estate was ever sold in Mexico. I have befriended a few Cubans (one of which is a mechanic) and we might check it out.
>>28706384
British expat (trust me, you make more and have less taxes) and I used to own a 206. I just thought it would be funny to have a weekend car that is otherwise normal in my eyes, but be vaguely interesting to the discerning auto enthusiast.
>>28706390
Good point, however, I think it is less the syle and more so the engine. I would only by the 3L V6 if it was not a diesel.

I was gonna say this is a £1000 car but I haven't seen one for sale for so long I have no idea what it's worth. Is it a 1.9 turbo diesel?

>>28706410
>expat
You're an immigrant unless your work sent you there on a contract.

>>28706429
>contract work
What I do... Maintenance engineer for a (British) large company.
>>28706424
It is the 1.9, yes.

>>28706378 (OP)
Unless in Switzerland, Andorra, San Marino or such, 6k car can be way better, if you want it. Picked up 08 alfa 159 Ti 2.4 JTDm for 5900€ a couple of years ago. No issues, a bit over 100k mi with all the bells and whistles from the local italian enthusiast workshop. If the luxury or sportiness is not your jam and you want to cosplay as a common frenchman, make it a bit of a meme, catch some late nineties feels, long lost nowadays, go for it! I too see the appeal. But keep in mind, that for 6k you have the right to request, that your Pug is spotless, with flawless records, low mileage and perhaps even cheeky but sure warranty for a brief couple of months or so.

>>28706536
>alfa 159
I could not really find one. I tried searching (as I do not want the headache of importation) and I found two Peugeots (the other was a 206, but the guy want $16k giving a whole boomer autism speech about how it is one of 250 206s that match the description), a Renault (which was a 5 Turbo), and a number of Citroen 2CVs and a H van (with prices ranging $13-60k) and one Fiat (but it was an older 600).

No Alfas (apart from the new ones), no Rovers, no Talbots, no Skodas, etc. The only makes I did not really bother looking into were Tatra and Lada.

>>28706577
Ahh, fuck, re-read your OP. Initially thought you're in Europe. Ofc, in USA it's impossible. There is literally one in NY, owned by the son of some italian military attachee or something and due to some peculiar loophole, it's not yet crushed. But hey, maybe you can find something in Canada and all that and THEN it's easier...

>>28706378 (OP)
you want a garbage commuter as a weekend car?
if it was a 406 coupe then maybe it would be worth some collector value.

>>28706596
>due to some peculiar loophole
Maybe, maybe not. Most 406s are over 25 years old by now, final year was '03.

>>28706661
159 alfas are not coming for a while though

>>28706598
Sort of, it is a weekend car "with a purpose", what I mean is that I have a car that can turn heads, but is livable. My main hobby is not /o/, but I guess /o/ adjacent (soaring), I did some of my own wrenching, but of course, I can go to a supplier, or, if push comes to shove, a Halfords and get what I need. Now spares will be more difficult, but not impossible. I know a guy with European diesel parts in Connecticut. I know that certain models of 405 have common engine parts, so that is a bit of a relief, in a sense.

>>28706671
They'll be all knackered by then.
It's a shame that you can't import neat new cars like the rest of the world can.
Protectionism, much.

>>28706671
2007 bro.

>>28706378 (OP)
>sold by a flipper from Miami (that claims all 13 of his cars currently for sale are his "private personal cars" that totally didn't come straight from an auction)
>ads all completely in spanish
>titulo limpio
I wouldn't be too sure, I can definitely see a few red flags. I can see the temptation if you come from where those cars are ubiquitous, and if you're in the area I suppose you'd have nothing to lose going to look at it, but I'd be extremely weary with those type of sellers, as in my experience they're usually very dishonest.
At the same time, it does look pretty clean and is priced right, for an imported special-snowflake car at least. Just don't let it be an emotionally-guided purchase if things end up feeling off is all, not that I'd know of any other alternatives other than importing your own.

>>28706410
>angl*
That's even worse

It seems nice as a curio but 6.5k is a lot