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Next best thing?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:45 pm
by ds21
Hi, trawling ebay and spotted this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-PEUGEOT-605- ... 1e5f284cad
Of course it would be an ideal donor for an XM transplant - make a change wouldn`t it.
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:03 pm
by robert_e_smart
Nice. 605s are very rare too. Anyone know how many 605s were made?
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:24 pm
by xmexclusive
Its a high mileage engine.
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:17 am
by jorgy
ds21 wrote:
Of course it would be an ideal donor for an XM transplant - make a change wouldn`t it.
Nooooooooo....!!!!!
I know u r jocking but....Nooooooooo
The 605 is a very good car -very accomplished- that deserves all the respect. And there must be only a few 24v in the UK! If I didn't have already 2 XMs, I'd buy this and give it all the love it deserves.
I remember that in comparative period road tests it was usually preferred to the XM for being more on the sporty side of handling. Excellent handling, no matter in what magazine/year/country(!) was the test done.
BTW this (the 24v) has electronically controlled shock absorbers. Don't know if it's 2 stages or a more progressive function. But in a document I have, the sensors it uses look like identical to the ones the XM uses (which would make sense)!
This, the XM 24v, and the Thema 8.32, are the 80s-to-90s executive saloons I'd like to savour for a while, or for more...
cheers
G
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:25 pm
by XMX
I don't want to go off topic, but has anyone noticed the same seller's
BARN FIND ?
If any goes for the /\ motor I hope there good at welding!
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:55 pm
by Duke
...not normally a Peugeot fan but I like that!
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:06 pm
by steelcityuk
I very nearly went for a 605 after the 405 but went the Xantia route instead. Funnily enough there's both a 605 and a XM in the car park at work.
There's a YouTube of a Top Gear test of the 605 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gppKvnfugnk
Steve.
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:44 pm
by andmcit
Thanks for the pm David, I have been watching it.
xmexclusive wrote:Its a high mileage engine.
I cannot see any reference to it's mileage - have you been in touch John?
Wonder if it has the same cats set up as my Xm as I could do with better ones
and like the idea of another engine...
REVENGE.... whhhhhhaaaahaaaaaa
Andrew
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:29 pm
by David Hallworth
If I'm not mistaken I think the 605's came from the factory with stainless steel exhausts.
I think Paul told me it's on around 177k miles.
David.
Re: Next best thing?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:06 pm
by XMX
andmcit wrote:.................
REVENGE.... whhhhhhaaaahaaaaaa
Andrew
Did you secure it then Andrew ?
As I thought you were trying to thin out your collection of PSA vehicles !
The Pug only achieved
£275 yet the rusty Alfa by the same seller listed, got to
£665 BUT the reserve was not met so I wonder what they hoped to get for that piece of rusty shite
.